A man displays shell fragments. File photoDONETSK, Apr 17The number of people injured in the shelling of the city of Khartsyzsk by Ukrainian troops on Sunday increased to four, according to the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC). Earlier, the headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR reported one victim in the shelling of this city.
Kadyrov announced the start of a «specific» special operation in Ukraine «Information was received through the operational line of the DPR JCCC that as a result of the shelling of the VFU (armed formations of Ukraine — ed.) of the Khartsyzsk settlement, the total number of injured civilians increased to four,» the representative office specified. It is noted that all the wounded were provided with the necessary medical assistance. 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 genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine.» According to the Russian Defense Ministry, as of March 25, the Armed Forces completed the main tasks of the first stage — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass. At present, the strategically important regional center of Volnovakha south of Donetsk has been liberated in the DPR, and battles are underway for the final liberation of Mariupol, the largest city and industrial center on the coast of the Sea of Azov. In the LPR, according to the statement of the Russian Ministry of Defense on March 25, 93% of the territory of the former Luhansk region was taken under control. The cities of Severodonetsk, Lysichansk and a number of other settlements of this agglomeration remain under the authority of Kyiv.
