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Representation of the DPR: APU fired nine NATO shells at Gorlovka and Donetsk

DONETSK, January 3 – RIA Novosti. Ukrainian soldiers fired three 155 mm shells at Donetsk and six shells of the same caliber at Horlivka. DPR representative Ukraine’s Joint Center for Control and Coordination of War Crimes Issues (JCCC).

“Fire was recorded by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (Armed Forces of Ukraine – ed.) in the direction: 20:22 – Tonenkoe settlement – Donetsk city (Kuibyshevsky district): 3 rounds of 155 caliber millimeters were fired; 22:10 – Novgorodskoye settlement – Horlivka settlement ( Central city area): 6 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.

Artillery with a caliber of 155 millimeters is used by NATO countries. The United States has supplied Kiev with a long-range M777 howitzer with a caliber of 155 millimeters, Ukrainian troops are actively using them to bombard the cities of the Donetsk and Lugansk 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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