Ukrainian military. File photoDONETSK, May 8. Ukrainian troops fired 40 rockets from Grad multiple rocket launchers at the Zheleznaya Balka settlement in the Donetsk People's Republic, according to the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Cessation Regime fire (JCCC). «Fire was recorded from the armed formations of Ukraine in the direction: 10.00 — the settlement of Dzerzhinsk — the settlement of Zheleznaya Balka, 40 rockets were fired from the BM-21 Grad,» the representative office's Telegram channel said. military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal “to protect people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.” To do this, he said, it is planned to carry out “demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine”, all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the RF Ministry of Defense, Voo armed forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and, as of March 25, they have completed the main tasks of the first stage — they have significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
