Ambulance in Donetsk. Archival photoDONETSK, May 18. A civilian was injured during shelling by Ukrainian troops of the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, reports the headquarters of the territorial defense of the Donetsk People's Republic.» a civilian was wounded. She is currently receiving medical assistance,» the headquarters said in a 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.» 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.
