A resident of the village of Staromikhailovka, Donetsk region, who suffered during the shelling. Archival photoDONETSK, May 8. Ukrainian troops fired five 82mm mines at Staromikhailivka in the Donetsk People's Republic, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC) said. from the VFU (armed formations of Ukraine — ed.) in the direction: 20.10 (coincides with Moscow time) — the settlement of Krasnogorovka — the settlement of Staromikhaylovka: five mines with a caliber of 82 millimeters were fired, «the message of the representative office in the Telegram channel says. Russia began military operation in Ukraine on 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.
