Consequences of shelling in Donbass. Archival photoLUHANSK, April 9Ukrainian troops shelled Pervomaisk in the LPR in the morning, fired 12 shells, according to the LPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC). shelling … from the direction of the settlement of Novozvanovka towards the settlement of Pervomaisk using a 122 mm artillery gun (12 shells),» the report says. It is noted that the shelling was recorded at 8.00. 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.
