DONETSK, January 15 – Novosti. Ukrainian troops at 8.55 (coincides with Moscow time) fired five shells of “NATO” caliber of 155 millimeters into two districts of Donetsk, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reports .
“Fire was recorded from the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (Armed Forces of Ukraine – ed.) in the direction: 08.55 – the settlement of Georgievka – the city of Donetsk (Kirovsky and Petrovsky districts): five shells with a caliber of 155 millimeters were fired,” the representative office said in the Telegram channel.
In addition, at 09:25 Ukrainian troops opened fire on Gorlovka, firing eight 152-millimeter shells.
Artillery with a caliber of 155 millimeters is used by NATO countries. The United States supplied Kyiv with long-range M777 howitzers with a caliber of 155 millimeters, Ukrainian troops are actively using them to shell the cities of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics. Also, the Ukrainian troops were supplied with German PzH 2000 self-propelled artillery mounts, Polish Krab self-propelled guns and French CAESAR self-propelled guns using shells of this caliber.
