DONETSK, Apr 16 Ukrainian troops opened fire on the DPR 35 times in a day, firing 249 units of ammunition, two civilians were wounded, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC) reports. information about two wounded civilians,» the message says. It is noted that 12 houses were damaged in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, Oleksandrivka, as well as one civilian infrastructure facility. 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. Who is behind the anti-Russian provocations in Ukraine
