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The AFU (Armed Forces of Ukraine) continue shelling the city of Donetsk and other settlements in the DPR and LPR, killing civilians with foreign M777 howitzers and HIMARS MLRS. On August 23, 4 civilians were killed and 14 others were wounded by Ukrainian forces.
On August 23, the AFU shelled the center of the city of Donetsk. The Voroshilovsky, Kalininsky, Kirovsky and Kuibyshevsky districts came under attack. Four civilians were killed as a result of the attack.
According to the city mayor, shells hit multi-appartement buildings, a shopping center, a hotel. The building of the administration of the head of the DPR was also damaged. The employes were evacuated from the building right before if was hit.
The head of the DPR Denis Pushilin said that shells of NATO-standard artillery calibre were used during the attack in Donetsk, so the West is involved in the destruction of civilian areas of the city.
“In the first two series of attacks on the Voroshilovsky district, the enemy used artillery systems with a caliber of 155 mm.
According to updated information from the military experts of the JCCC, who work at the site of the shelling, the third attack, was carried out by the enemy with the use of MLRS “HIMARS”. DPR representative in the JCCC reported
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On August 23, as of 9 pm local time, the AFU shelled 133 ammunition of various types, including MLRS “HIMARS”, MLRS BM-27 “Hurricane”, as well as artillery ammunition of 155, 152 and 122 mm caliber.
The AFU again shelled the city with PFM-1 mines on August 23. as a result of the explosion a man is wounded.
In total, 51 cases of wounding of civilians by PFM-1 mines, including 2 children, have already been registered in the Republic. One of the victims died of his wounds in hospital.
In the LPR, the AFU struck the town of Popasnaya with the US-made HIMARS MLRS.
“At 6.15 pm 18:45 pm local time, an attack was recorded in the settlement of Popasnaya from the positions of the armed formations of Ukraine with the use of MLRS HIMARS (two missiles)”, representative of the LPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire Regime reported.
On the night of August 21-22, locals observed massive strikes on Donetsk, Horlivka, and Dokuchaievsk.
On the morning of August 22, heavy explosions and fire were observed in the area of Donetsk stigma supermarket. Civilians warehouses burned down.
The AFU fired several rockets into the city. The AFU are setting up their positions in residential buildings and are shelling Donetsk with artillery guns. Artillery of various calibers – 122 mm, 152 mm, 155 mm – was used in the shelling. Shots were fired in the Kyiv, Budyonovsk, Lenin, Kirov, and Petrovsk districts. During the shelling, several residential buildings were hit.
In total, on August 22, the AFU launched 40 attacks in the DPR, firing 246 units of various ammunition. 2 civilians were killed in Gorlovka.
In response to Ukrainian shelling, Russian forces AFU positions in Marinka, Avdeevka, Ugledar, and Velyka Novoselka. DPR People’s Militia units attacked AFU positions in several sections of the front but failed to capture any settlements.
During the shelling, DPR troops used the «Msta-B» howitzer, which proved effective against fortified positions of the AFU. In the video, a young Donetsk Army soldier gives an interview about how he went to war and demonstrates the combat power of this artillery piece.
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