Ukrainian troops on the contact line in DonbassDONETSK, Mar 27 Ukrainian troops 29 times in a day opened fire on the territory of the DPR, using 416 pieces of ammunition, according to the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC). «Over the past day, the Representative Office reported 29 facts of firing by the armed formations of Ukraine (VFU). The total number munitions used by VFU — 416 units,» the representative office said on VKontakte. 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 Russian Armed Forces, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive, but there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine, the President of Russia emphasized. Ukrainians and after the defeat of Kyiv
