A Armed Forces servicemanLUHANSK, April 8 republic, having fired seven shells with a caliber of 122 mm, the representative office of the LPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire Regime (JCCC) reports. settlement of Donetsk with the use of a 122-mm artillery gun (seven shells),» the mission's Telegram channel 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.» 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.