Mariupol after the retreat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. File photoDONETSK, Apr 23Five civilians of the Donetsk People's Republic were injured as a result of shelling by Ukrainian troops, including in Mariupol, the representative office of the Donetsk People's Republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC) reported. five civilians as a result of the shelling of the VFU (armed formations of Ukraine — ed.) on the previously liberated territories of the Republic,» the representative office reports in the Telegram channel. >During the shelling of Gorlovka by Ukrainian troops, a civilian was injuredAccording to the representative office, four people were injured in Mariupol, including two men and two women. A man born in 1951 was injured in the village of Talakovka. «Thus, the total number of recorded victims in the liberated territories of the DPR is 1,236 people, including 67 children,» the representative office reports. 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 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.
