Shards of a Grad multiple rocket launcher. File photoDONETSK, Apr 2Ukrainian troops fired ten BM-21 Grad missiles at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, the DPR office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC) said.» Fire was recorded from the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (Armed Forces of Ukraine — ed.) in the direction: 11.30 — Georgievka settlement — Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 10 rockets were fired from the BM-21 «Grad», — the message says.Ukrainian troops again fired at the city area at 12.05 — then, according to the DPR representative office, 12 shells of 122 mm caliber were fired. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called it the goal of «protecting people who have been subjected to abuse, genocide for eight years from the side of the Kiev regime». 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» nbassa. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, 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.
