Consequences of shelling in Donbass. File photoLUHANSK, April 30Ukrainian troops shelled the village of Stakhanov in the Lugansk People's Republic, firing 20 shells from the BM-21 Grad MLRS, the LPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire said (JCCC). «From the side of the armed formations of Ukraine shelling was recorded: 21.30 from the direction of the settlement of Gorskoe towards the settlement of Stakhanov using BM-21 MLRS (20 shells),» the representative office of the republic reported in the Telegram channel. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine 24 February. 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.
