The aftermath of the shelling of Donetsk. Archival photoDONETSK, May 16. Two people were injured as a result of shelling by Ukrainian troops in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, the headquarters of the territorial defense of the Donetsk People's Republic reports. «VFU attacked Donetsk, two people were injured. As a result of shelling in Petrovsky district, on Shestakova Street, a man and a woman were wounded. They are currently receiving medical assistance,» the headquarters said in a Telegram channel. Since 2014, when the DPR declared independence from Kyiv, this area, starting from the line of contact outside the city of Marinka, has been regularly shelled by Ukrainian security forces. 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.
