Ukrainian troops shelled four settlements in the DPR in 35 minutes

A serviceman demonstrates fragments of ammunition after shelling in the Donbass. File photoDONETSK, Mar 26 Ukrainian troops shelled four settlements in the DPR in 35 minutes, firing 21 mines, 58 grenades and six shells, according to the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire ( JCCC). «Fishes were recorded from the VFU (armed formations of Ukraine — ed.) in the directions … settlement Zhovanka — settlement Zaytsevo South: 3 mines with a caliber of 120 mm were fired, … settlement Novgorodskoye — settlement Gorlovka (settlement of Gagarin mine): 18 mines fired with a caliber of 120 mm, … settlement Novgorodskoe — settlement Zheleznaya Balka: 58 grenades fired from AGS, … settlement Avdeevka — settlement . Yasinovataya: 6 shells of 122 mm caliber were fired,» the report says. It is noted that the shelling was recorded from 8.05 to 8.40. 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.» 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 forces of the DPR and LPR are developing an offensive, but there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine, the President of Russia emphasized. «: the fate of people affected by the war in the Donbass