A man demonstrates shell fragments. Archival photoDONETSK, May 12.Ukrainian troops shelled the village of Vladimirovka in the Donetsk People's Republic, reported dead and wounded as a result of the shelling, the headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR said. «As a result of the shelling of the Ukrainian Armed Forces — ed.) in Vladimirovka, along Kashtanova Street, an ammunition hit a house building. According to preliminary data, there are dead and wounded,» the defense headquarters said in the Telegram channel. 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.» bloody crimes against civilians» of 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. What Ukrainian artillerymen did in Donbass
