Ukrainian troops shelled Oleksandrivka again

A soldier displays fragments of ammunition. Archival photoDONETSK, May 31. Ukrainian troops fired two 122-millimeter shells at the village of Oleksandrivka in the Donetsk People's Republic again, according to the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC). «Fire was recorded from the side of the VFU (armed formations of Ukraine — ed.) in the direction: 11.00 (coincides with Moscow time) — the settlement of Georgievka — the settlement of Aleksandrovka: two shells with a caliber of 122 mm were fired,» the message of the representative office in the Telegram channel says. Ukrainian troops fired on HolmovskyThe DPR representative office in the JCCC earlier on Tuesday reported another shelling of Aleksandrovka by Ukrainian troops using 122mm shells.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.