Ukrainian military exercises. File photoDONETSK, March 19 At 11.50 Ukrainian troops shelled the Petrovsky district of the city of Donetsk in the Donetsk People's Republic, firing two mines with a caliber of 120 millimeters, according to the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC) ). «Fire was recorded from the VFU (armed formations of Ukraine — ed.) in the direction: 11:50 (the time coincides with Moscow time) — the settlement of Krasnogorovka — the city of Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 2 mines with a caliber of 120 millimeters were fired,» it says in a message on the Telegram channel of the representative office. 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 Russian Defense Ministry, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive, but there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine. 55 civilians
