The aftermath of shelling. Archival photoDONETSK, May 18.Ukrainian troops shelled Dokuchaevsk at 07.40, firing six rockets from the Grad MLRS, according to the representative office of the Donetsk People's Republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC).» Shelling was recorded from the side of the armed formations of Ukraine in the direction: 07.40 (coincides with Moscow time) — settlement Novomikhailovka — settlement Dokuchaevsk: 6 missiles were fired from the BM-21 «Grad», — the message of the representative office, published in Telegram- channel.Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called it the goal of «protecting people who have been subjected to bullying, genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years. For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out» the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine «, to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for the «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces only strike on 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.
