Representative of the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire. File photoDONETSK, April 1 On Friday, Ukrainian troops shelled the settlements of Ozeryanovka, Shirokaya Balka and Bayrak in the Donetsk People's Republic for 2.5 hours on Friday, using 120 mm caliber mines, heavy machine guns and small arms, reports representative office of the DPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC). «Fishes were recorded from the VFU in the direction: 15.15 — the settlement of Troitskoye — the settlement of Ozeryanovka: eight mines with a caliber of 120 millimeters were fired; 16.57 — on. Novgorodskoye settlement — Shirokaya Balka settlement: heavy machine guns and small arms were used; 17.40 — Novoluganskoye settlement — Bayrak settlement: nine 120 mm caliber mines were fired,» the message of the representative office in the Telegram channel says. 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.
