Fighter of the People's Militia of the DPR. File photoDONETSK, Apr 24Ukrainian troops shelled Gorlovka, Yasinovataya and Mineralne, firing 17 shells and 10 rockets in half an hour, according to the DPR office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC).» Shelling was recorded from the VFU in the following directions: 11.40 — settlement Dyleevka — Gorlovka (village of the mine named after Izotov): 12 shells of 152 mm caliber were fired; -21 «Grad»; 12.10 — settlement Avdeevka — settlement Mineralnoye: 5 shells of 122 mm caliber were fired,» the report says. 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, they completed the main tasks of the first stage — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass. What distinguishes the Ukrainian security forces
