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Ukrainian soldiers firing mortars. File photoDONETSK, June 4Ukrainian troops shell a mine in the DPR, there are no casualties, the Ministry of Coal and Energy of the republic reports. «Since 8.40, the Chelyuskintsev mine of the State Unitary Enterprise of the DPR «Donetsk Coal Energy Company» is under fire from the VFU «According to operational information, «arrivals» were recorded on the territory of the enterprise. The personnel is in shelter, there are no casualties,» the report says. 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, 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.