The aftermath of shelling. File photoDONETSK, 23 Apr. At 6:40 a.m., Ukrainian troops shelled the village of Dolya, firing ten shells of 122 mm caliber at it, the representative office of the Donetsk People's Republic at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC) reported. «Fire was recorded from the side of the armed formations of Ukraine in the direction: 6.40 (coincides with Moscow time) — the settlement of Novomikhailovka — the settlement of Dolya: ten shells of 122 mm caliber were fired,» the representative office said in its Telegram channel. Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine on February 24th. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv 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.
