Serviceman of the People's Militia of the DPR. File photoDONETSK, 25 Apr. Ukrainian troops shelled the Petrovsky district of Donetsk again, firing six 122-millimeter shells at 09:55 Moscow time, according to the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC).Previous shelling of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk was recorded at 9.40. «, — it is noted in the message in the Telegram channel of the representative office. The Petrovsky district of Donetsk is located on the western outskirts of the capital of the DPR, this is the most distant part of the city from the center. Since 2014, when the DPR declared independence from Kyiv, this area, starting from the line of contact outside the city of Marinka, has been regularly shelled by Ukrainian security forces. 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.
