Ukrainian troops shelled Dolomitnoye and Zheleznaya Balka

Ukrainian soldiers firing mortars. File photoDONETSK, June 5 Ukrainian troops shelled Dolomitne and Zheleznaya Balka in the Donetsk People's Republic, firing five LNG grenades and five 120mm mines, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Cessation Regime reported. fire (JCCC). «Fishes were recorded from the VFU (armed formations of Ukraine — ed.) in the direction: 11.48 (coincides with Moscow time) — the settlement of Novgorodskoye — the settlement of Zheleznaya Balka: five LNG grenades were fired: 12.04 (coincides with Moscow time) — the settlement of Semigorye — the settlement of Dolomitnoe: five mines with a caliber of 120 millimeters were fired,» the representative office said in the Telegram channel. 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.