A man demonstrates shell fragments in a crater near an electrical substation in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk. File photoDONETSK, June 4 At 21.42 (coincides with Moscow time) Ukrainian troops shelled the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, firing 15 rockets from the BM-21 «Grad», according to the representative office of the Donetsk People's Republic in the Joint Center for Control and coordination of the ceasefire regime (JCCC). «Fire was recorded from the VFU (armed formations of Ukraine — ed.) in the direction: 21.42 — settlement Peski — Donetsk (Kirov district): 15 missiles were fired from the BM-21 «Grad «, — reads the statement published in the representative's Telegram channel. 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 the» demilitarization and denazification of upniks responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and, as of March 25, have 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 Donbas. On credit
