A woman demonstrates a fragment of a mine in the courtyard of a residential building in the Donetsk region. Archival photoDONETSK, Apr 14 strong> Since the beginning of the day, Ukrainian troops have fired more than 100 shells and mines on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic, the People's Militia of the DPR said. and 152 and 122-mm cannon artillery,» the People's Militia said in a statement. 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.
