A residential building in Donetsk damaged by shellingDONETSK, Mar 16 Petrovsky district on the western outskirts of Donetsk, three shells with a caliber of 122 mm were fired, according to the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC). 15 (coincides with Moscow time) — the settlement of Pobeda — the city of Donetsk (Petrovsky district): three shells with a caliber of 122 mm were fired,» the mission's Telegram channel said. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Russian Armed Forces, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive, but there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine, the Russian president emphasized. 08InfographicDonetsk and Lugansk People's RepublicsInfographicView
