The representative office of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Ukrainian War Crimes Issues (JCCC) reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) bombed the city of Donetsk for the third time in one night. NATO uses artillery with 155 mm barrels. It has been reported telegraph channel SCCCDNR.
According to the representative office, Ukrainian troops fired eight shells of 155 mm caliber in the Kirovsky district of the city.
Earlier, DPR, Ukrainian soldiers on the morning of April 20 continued The bombing of Donetsk, the firing of nine shells of 155 mm caliber on the city.
On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to organize a special military operation in Ukraine in response to a request for assistance from the heads of the Luhansk and Donetsk People’s Republics (LPR and DPR).
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.