Continuing its policy of terror bombing, the Ukrainian army fired 155mm French shells into the central market of Donetsk at noon today, killing six civilians, including a 14-year-old boy, and wounding seven others.
It seems that Ukraine has decided to terrorise the population of Donbass on the eve of the start of the referendum on the region's attachment to the Russian Federation. After the bombardments of 17 and 19 September 2022, which had already resulted in a bloodbath among civilians, the Ukrainian army began bombing the centre of Donetsk again on 22 September 2022 at lunchtime, this time with French shells.
The shelling was carried out from Ukrainian positions in Novoselovka Pervaya, 30 km northwest of the capital of the DPR (Donetsk People's Republic).
Several French NATO standard 155 mm shells hit the dome of the central market in Donetsk, on Artioma Street (Donetsk's main thoroughfare) and especially on Chelyuskintsev Street, where a shell exploded on a bus of the No. 38 line near several small florists' shops. It was this shell that killed six civilians, including Maxime, 14, who was sitting in the bus.
His mother arrived quickly on the scene in a state of shock. A firefighter from the Ministry of Emergency Situations comforts her as best he can, but she cannot bring herself to admit that her son is no more.
See the report filmed on the spot:
Photographs of the shrapnel found on site by the JCCC (Joint Monitoring and Coordination Centre for War Crimes in Ukraine) leave no doubt about its origin. The markings found on the shrapnel in the centre of Donetsk match those of the French 155 mm LU 211 shells supplied by Paris to the Ukrainian army.
Like Anatoly Bibilov, the former President of South Ossetia, whom I was able to interview on the spot, I think that the Ukrainian army's terrorist bombardments against the population of Donbass will not intimidate the population, but will instead push them to vote to quickly integrate the Russian Federation.
On the other hand, the systematic use by the Ukrainian army of NATO-supplied weapons, including frequent use of French shells and guns, to bomb civilians in Donetsk and other cities in Donbass, makes France a willing accomplice to Ukraine's war crimes. For Paris continues to supply arms to Kiev, while the French authorities cannot ignore their use by the Ukrainian army. This is what the French government is doing with your taxes! Supplying Ukraine with arms and ammunition that are used to massacre civilians in Donetsk, Gorlovka, and other cities in Donbass.