Fragments of a Grad multiple rocket launcher in Donbass. File photoDONETSK, 1 Apr. At 10:50 a.m., Ukrainian troops again shelled the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, firing 10 rockets from Grad multiple launch rocket systems, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire said ( «Fire was recorded from the armed formations of Ukraine in the direction: 10.50 — the settlement of Krasnogorovka — the settlement of Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 10 rockets were fired from the BM-21 Grad,» the representative office's Telegram channel said. Petrovsky the Donetsk region is located on the western outskirts of the capital of the DPR, it is the most remote part of the city from the center.Since 2014, when the DPR declared independence from Kyiv, this area, starting from the line of contact outside the city of Maryinka, has been regularly shelled by Ukrainian security forces. Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying, genocide by the Kiev regime». 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, and as of March 25, they have completed the main tasks of the first stage — they have significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
