Fire in a house damaged by shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Petrovsky district of Donetsk. Archival photoDONETSK, March 28 Ukrainian troops opened fire on two districts of Donetsk, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire said. . In five minutes, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired four shells of 122 mm caliber and five mines of 120 mm caliber, the mission specified. On February 24, Russia launched a special military operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to abuse, genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense, the Russian Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Armed Forces, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But the occupation of Ukraine is out of the question, Putin emphasized.
