A fragment of a high-explosive fragmentation artillery mine. Archival photoDONETSK, May 29. At 18.10 (coincides with Moscow) Ukrainian troops fired 20 120mm caliber mines at Staromikhailivka in the DPR, the republic’s representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC) said According to the mission, the shelling was carried out from the settlements of Krasnogorovka and Nevelskoye, 10 minutes were fired from both directions. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. Russian President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, as of March 25, the Armed Forces completed the main tasks of the first stage — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
