Employees of the DPR Ministry of Emergency Situations liquidate the consequences of a Ukrainian shell hitting a residential building in Donetsk. File photoDONETSK, Apr 22 Ukrainian troops fired nearly 20 120mm caliber mines on the outskirts of Donetsk, according to the DPR office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC). According to the agency, published in Telegram-channel, the shelling was recorded at 11.10 (coincides with Moscow time), 18 mines with a caliber of 120 millimeters were fired at the Volvo Center area (outskirts of Donetsk — ed.). 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. Commander of the Central Military District called the goals of Russia in the second phase of the operation
