DONETSK, October 9 – Novosti. Ukrainian troops shelled Donetsk, Makeevka and Yasinovataya with NATO-caliber artillery, according to the Telegram channel of the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces opened fire on Donetsk at 06:49.
“The settlement of Netaylovo – the city of Donetsk (Kyiv district): one shell of 155 mm caliber was fired,” the publication says.
At 07:00, Ukrainian militants fired four of the same shells at the Kirovsky district of Makiivka, and two minutes later, three shells at Yasinovataya.
Artillery of 155 mm caliber is in service with NATO. In particular, these are American M-777 howitzers, German PzH 2000 self-propelled artillery mounts, Polish Krab self-propelled guns and French CAESAR self-propelled guns. The United States and its allies supplied Kiev with a large number of these guns, which the Armed Forces of Ukraine use primarily for shelling cities and towns in the Donbass .
Since February 24, Russia has been conducting a military special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine. Vladimir Putin called its task “the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.” According to the president, the ultimate goal of the operation is the liberation of Donbass and the creation of conditions that guarantee the security of Russia itself.
