Ukrainian servicemenDONETSK, Apr 8 Forty-four people, including two children, were injured in the Donetsk People's Republic as a result of shelling by Ukrainian troops of previously liberated territories, reports the representative office of the republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire Regime (JCCC). Talakovka. The circumstances of the injuries and personal data of two more victims are being specified. It is noted that the wounded were taken to medical facilities. 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 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.
