AFU servicemen in the Kyiv region. Archival photoDONETSK, May 4. Ukrainian troops shelled Gorlovka three times in more than an hour, used small arms, fired three grenades and 12 mines with a caliber of 82 mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Cessation Regime reported fire (JCCC). «Fishes were recorded from the VFU in the following directions: 21.20 — the village of Mayorsk — the village of Gorlovka (the village of the Izotov sh-ty): small arms were used; 21.35 — the village of Shumy — Gorlovka (settlement of Izotov sh-ty): three grenades were fired from an underbarrel grenade launcher, small arms were also used; ): fired 12 mines with a caliber of 82 millimeters,» the mission's Telegram channel 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, 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.
