A man demonstrates shell fragments in Donetsk. File photoDONETSK, Apr 9 Ukrainian troops once again opened fire on one of the districts of Donetsk on Saturday, using mines with a caliber of 120 millimeters, according to the representative office of the Donetsk People's Republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC). According to the department, published in the Telegram channel, the shelling was recorded at 13.15 Moscow time, four 120-mm caliber mines were fired at the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk. using shells of 122 mm caliber and missiles from the Grad MLRS. 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. What distinguishes the Ukrainian security forces
