Representative of the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire. Archival photoDONETSK, May 10. Five civilians were injured as a result of shelling of the liberated territory of the DPR by Ukrainian troops, the representative office of the republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire Regime (JCCC) reports. The line of the DPR JCCC received information about the wounding of 5 civilians as a result of shelling by the armed formations of Ukraine of the previously liberated territory of the republic,» the message published on the department's Telegram channel says. It is noted that the wounded are residents of Mariupol, as well as the settlements of Vladimirovka and Pavlovka. The total number of victims in the liberated territory of the DPR has reached 1,341 people, including 68 children, the representative office adds. 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, they completed the main tasks of the first stage — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass. coast of Mariupol
