Shell fragments in Donbass. Archival photoDONETSK, May 29. At 10.40 a.m. (Moscow time) Ukrainian troops shelled the village of Mineralnoe in the Donetsk People's Republic, firing three shells with a caliber of 122 mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Regime said ceasefire (JCCC). «Fire was recorded from the armed formations of Ukraine in the direction: 10.40 — the settlement of Avdiivka — the settlement of Mineralny: three shells of 122 mm caliber were fired,» the representative office reported in its Telegram channel. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine 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, they 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. What Ukrainian artillerymen did in Donbass
