Representative of the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire. Archival photoDONETSK, March 31 A civilian was killed on March 30 as a result of shelling by Ukrainian troops of the city of Donetsk in the Donetsk People's Republic, the DPR representative office in the JCCC reports. one civilian born in 1983 as a result of the shelling of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (Armed Forces of Ukraine — ed.) in the city of Donetsk at the address: Dorozhnaya Street, 21,» the statement published on the representative's Telegram channel reads. 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 Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
