Ukrainian troops shelled the village of Yelenovka

The wall of a residential building in the village of Yelenovka, Donetsk region, damaged by shelling. Archival photoDONETSK, May 18.Ukrainian troops shelled the village of Yelenovka in the Donetsk People's Republic, firing four shells with a caliber of 122 mm, the representative office of the republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire Regime reports. armed formations of Ukraine in the direction: 13.20 (coincides with Moscow time) — the settlement of Novomikhailovka — the settlement of Yelenovka: four shells with a caliber of 122 mm were fired,» the mission's Telegram channel said in a message. 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.