Ukrainian troops shelled four settlements in the DPR

Consequences of shellingDONETSK, Apr 8Ukrainian troops fired four shells at Yasinovataya, Donetsk and Panteleymonovka in the Donetsk People's Republic in ten minutes on Friday morning, firing 22 122mm shells and six 120mm mines, according to the DPR office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC). ). «Fishes from the VFU (armed formations of Ukraine — ed.) were recorded in the direction: 06.45 (coincides with Moscow time) — the settlement of Krasnogorovka — the city of Donetsk (Petrovsky district): six shells with a caliber of 122 mm were fired; 06.50 (coincides with Moscow time) — the settlement of Avdiivka — the settlement of Yasinovataya: eight shells with a caliber of 122 mm were fired; 06.50 (coincides with Moscow time) — the settlement of Novoselovka — the settlement of Panteleimonovka: eight shells with a caliber of 122 mm were fired; 06.55 (coincides with Moscow time) — the settlement of Krasnogorovka — the city Donetsk (village of the Trudovskaya mine) fired six mines with a caliber of 120 millimeters. According to a message in the Telegram channel, 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.