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Ukrainian troops bombarded Gorlovka, Yasinovataya and Mayorsk with NATO shells

DONETSK, January 1 – RIA Novosti. Ukrainian troops opened fire on Horlivka, Yasinovataya and Mayorsk with 155-millimeter “NATO” caliber cannons. reported Representation of the Donetsk People’s Republic in the Ukrainian Joint Center for Control and Coordination of War Crimes Issues (JCCC).

“Fire was recorded from the Ukrainian armed formations in the following directions: 16.50 – Dzerzhinsk settlement – Gorlovka settlement (Nikitovsky district): 6 shells of 155 millimeter caliber were fired; 16.55 – Katerynivka settlement – Mayorsk settlement: 8 shells of 155 millimeter caliber were fired. 16.56 – Tonenkoye settlement – Yasinovataya layout: 8 rounds of 155 mm caliber were fired.”

Gorlovka is located 50 kilometers north of Donetsk, the city is home to the Stirol chemical concern and coal mining enterprises. This is one of the largest settlements in the DPR, before the beginning of the conflict in the Donbass, the population of Gorlovka was more than 250 thousand people.

Yasinovataya is located about 25 kilometers north of Donetsk and is home to one of the largest train stations in the former USSR.

Artillery with a caliber of 155 millimeters is used by NATO countries. The United States has supplied Kiev with a long-range M777 howitzer caliber 155 millimeters, Ukrainian troops are actively using them to bombard the cities of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics. In addition, the Ukrainian troops received German PzH 2000 self-propelled artillery mounts, Polish Krab self-propelled guns and French CAESAR self-propelled guns using shells of this caliber.

Source: Ria

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