In the LPR, 29 people died due to shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in three months

A ruined house in the town of Popasnaya. Archive photoLUGANSK, May 17.Ukrainian troops shelled the territory of the Luhansk People's Republic 943 times in 3 months, using 9745 ammunition of various calibers, 29 civilians were killed, more than 50 were injured, the LPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire Regime (JCCC) reports. «For 3 months. (from 02/17/2022 to 05/17/2022) the representative office of the LPR in the JCCC recorded: 943 shelling of the territory of the republic by the armed formations of Ukraine using heavy weapons … In total, the enemy used 9745 ammunition of various calibers, including missiles of the Tochka-U tactical missile system (9 missiles), MLRS BM-21 «Grad», BM-27 «Hurricane» and BM-30 «Smerch» (1837 shells)», — the message of the representative office in the Telegram channel reads.In the DPR, 117 civilians were killed in 89 daysAs reported, during the specified period, 29 civilians were killed and 51 people were injured. 1067 housing constructions in 29 settlements were destroyed and damaged. 101 civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged. 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.