Ukrainian troops fired more than 200 shells at the DPR in a day

A serviceman demonstrates fragments of ammunition in the courtyard of a multi-storey residential building in Donetsk. Archival photoDONETSK, May 24. Since the beginning of the day, Ukrainian troops have fired more than 200 shells at six settlements of the DPR, the People's Militia of the Republic says. «Since the beginning of the current day, the enemy has fired more than two hundred shells and mines from 122-mm multiple launch rocket systems BM-21 «Grad», 122-mm cannon artillery, 120 and 82-mm mortars. Areas of six settlements of the Republic were fired upon,» the ministry said in a statement on its Telegram channel.DNR forces have killed 24 Ukrainian nationalists since the beginning of the dayRussia 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. 24.05.2022 InfographicView