View of a neighboring house through a broken window of a house in Makiivka. File photoDONETSK, Apr 4 Ukrainian troops shelled Makiivka and Yasinovataya in the Donetsk People's Republic in about 20 minutes, firing a total of 11 122mm rounds, the DPR office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Cessation Regime said fire (JCCC). According to the representative office in its Telegram channel, at 22.04 (the time coincides with Moscow time) Ukrainian troops fired eight shells at Makeevka, and at 22.25 three shells at Yasinovataya. 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.
