A soldier demonstrates fragments of ammunition in Donetsk. File photoDONETSK, May 29Ukrainian troops shelled the Petrovsky district of Donetsk twice within five minutes, firing 21 shells with a caliber of 122 mm, the representative office of the Donetsk People's Republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC) said ). «Fire was recorded from the armed formations of Ukraine in the following directions: 16.40 — the settlement of Krasnogorovka — the city of Donetsk (Petrovsky district): seven shells with a caliber of 122 mm were fired; 16.45 — the settlement of Novomikhailovka — the city of Donetsk ( Petrovsky district): 14 shells with a caliber of 122 millimeters were fired,» the office said in a Telegram message.»How to break the chain.» What the Ukrainian artillerymen did in Donbass According to him, this is the 15th case of shelling of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian troops in the current day. The representative office also reported on the shelling of Yelenovka in the DPR. At 16.10 Ukrainian troops fired three shells with a caliber of 122 mm at the village. Petrovsky district of Donetsk is located on the western outskirts of the capital of the DPR, this is the most distant part of the city from the center. Since 2014, when the DPR declared independence from Kyiv, the area, starting from the line of contact outside the city of Marinka, has been regularly shelled by Ukrainian troops. 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 abuse, genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» Ukraine, a military titan who will destroy him. 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. What Ukrainian artillerymen did in Donbass
