Serviceman of the LPR People's Militia. Archival photoLUHANSK, April 3Ukrainian troops fired 15 mines at the Donetsky settlement in the LPR, according to the LPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC).»From the side of the Ukrainian armed formations shelling was recorded … from the direction of the Novotoshkivske settlement towards the Donetsk settlement with the use of 120 mm mortars (15 min),» the report says. It is noted that the shelling was recorded at 16.50. 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 genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine.» 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.
