Consequences of shelling in the Luhansk People's RepublicMOSCOW, Apr 7 Ukrainian troops at 06.20 Moscow time on Thursday shelled the settlement of Donetsk in the LPR, fired five shells with a caliber of 152 mm, the representative office of the LPR at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC) reported. settlement of Donetsk with the use of a 152mm artillery gun (5 shells),» the representative office said in a statement. Russia launched a special 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.» bloody crimes against civilians» of Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and, on March 25, they completed the main tasks of the first stage — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
