Ukrainian soldier. Archival photoDONETSK, May 29.Ukrainian troops shelled five settlements in the Donetsk People's Republic, Gorlovka twice in 35 minutes, firing 34 shells and eight mines, according to the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Cessation Regime fire. According to the representative office, shelling was recorded from 18.40 to 19.15 in the direction of the settlements of Golmovsky, Gorlovka, Shirokaya Balka, Ozeryanovka and Panteleimonovka. A total of 34 122mm rounds and eight 120mm rounds were fired. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on 24 February. 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.
