A soldier displays fragments of ammunition. File photoDONETSK, April 2 At 15:00 Ukrainian troops shelled the village of Vasilyevka in the DPR, firing two mines with a caliber of 120 millimeters, according to the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC).» Fire was recorded from the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (Armed Forces of Ukraine — ed.) in the direction: 15.00 — settlement Avdiivka — settlement Vasilievka: 2 mines of 120 mm caliber were fired,» the statement published in the Telegram channel of the representative office 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.
