A house shelled from the Ukrainian Grad MLRS in Yasinovataya. Archival photoDONETSK, April 20 Fourteen civilians wounded in the liberated territory of the Donetsk People's Republic during the day received medical assistance, the headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR reports with reference to the Ministry of Health of the republic. «Over the past day, from 09 :00 April 19 until 09:00 April 20, on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic, previously liberated by the DPR group of troops, medical assistance was received by 14 civilians wounded as a result of shelling of the AFU (armed formations of Ukraine)», — the message says in the Telegram channel of the headquarters .Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on 24 February. 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.
