Consequences of shelling in Donbass. Archival photoDONETSK, June 4 At 13.35 (the time coincides with Moscow time) Ukrainian troops shelled the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, firing 20 shells of 122 mm caliber, the representative office of the Donetsk People's Republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Cessation Regime said fire (JCCC). «Fire was recorded from the VFU (armed formations of Ukraine — ed.) in the direction: 13.35 — the settlement of Krasnogorovka — the city of Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 20 shells of 122 mm caliber were fired,» the representative office in his Telegram channel. What the Ukrainian artillerymen did in Donbas Petrovsky district of Donetsk is located on the western outskirts of the capital of the DPR, it is the most distant part of the city from the center. Since 2014, when the DPR declared independence from Kyiv, this area, starting from the line of contact outside the city of Marinka, has been regularly shelled by Ukrainian security forces. 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 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.
