Damage to the facade of a residential building after shelling of a residential sector by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kalininsky district of Donetsk. File photoDONETSK, June 4 The number of people injured in the shelling of Donetsk by Ukrainian troops on Saturday evening increased to 10, according to the headquarters of the territorial defense of the Donetsk People's Republic. Earlier, the headquarters reported two casualties as a result of the shelling.» shelling of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (Armed Forces of Ukraine — ed.) in Donetsk, the number of wounded has increased to 10 people,» the statement published on the Telegram channel of the Defense Headquarters reads. 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 Kyiv 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.
