Employees of the DPR Ministry of Emergency Situations remove the tail of a Grad multiple rocket launcher on a street in Mariupol. File photoDONETSK, Apr 20 Ukrainian troops have fired more than a hundred shells and mines on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic since the beginning of Wednesday, including from BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket systems, the People's «Since the beginning of the current day, the enemy has fired more than a hundred shells and mines from 122-mm BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket systems, 122-mm cannon artillery and 120-mm mortars,» the statement of the People's Militia in Telegram reads — channel. 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.
