A car drives past a destroyed house. File photoDONETSK, May 24. Ukrainian troops shelled the villages of Panteleymonovka and Mikhailovka in the Donetsk People's Republic in 25 minutes, firing 22 shells with a caliber of 122 mm, according to the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the ceasefire. «Fire was recorded from the armed formations of Ukraine in the following directions: 07.25 (coincides with Moscow time) — the settlement of Novgorodskoye — the settlement of Panteleymonovka: 8 shells of 122 mm caliber were fired; 07.45 — the settlement of Novgorodskoye — the settlement of Mikhailovka: 8 shells of 122 mm caliber were fired; 07.50 — the settlement of Novgorodskoye — the settlement of Panteleimonovka: 6 shells of 122 mm caliber 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. Where are the troops deployed after the storming of Mariupol
