A man displays shell fragments. File photoDONETSK, Apr 18 Three more civilians were injured as a result of shelling of the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic by Ukrainian troops, the DPR office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire Regime (JCCC) reported. The operational line of the DPR JCCC received information that as a result of today’s shelling, three more civilians were wounded: the settlement of Gorlovka: a man born in 1969; the settlement of Yasinovataya: a woman, born in 1966; the settlement of Makeevka (the village of Zemlyanka): a woman, born in 1968″, 
«Only IG* does this.» The American journalist was amazed at the atrocities of the Armed Forces of UkraineIt is noted that on April 18, seven civilians were injured from shelling by Ukrainian troops. 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, they 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.
