Donetsk. Archival photoDONETSK, May 12. The television tower of the Ministry of Communications of the Donetsk People's Republic was damaged as a result of the shelling of Donetsk by Ukrainian troops, according to the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC).»As a result of the shelling The TV tower of the Ministry of Communications of the DPR at 4a, Infantry Street, was damaged by the Ukrainian Armed Forces (the armed formations of Ukraine — ed.),» the representative office said in a message on the Telegram channel. Earlier, the department reported that at 8.52 Moscow time, Ukrainian troops fired on the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, firing four shells with a caliber of 122 mm. 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. What Ukrainian artillerymen did in Donbass
