Consequences of shelling in the DPR. File photoDONETSK, June 7.Ukrainian troops shelled Panteleimonovka and the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, firing eight shells with a caliber of 122 mm and eight with a caliber of 155 mm, the representative office of the Donetsk People's Republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire said. coincides with Moscow time) — the settlement of Novgorodskoye — the settlement of Panteleimonovka: eight shells with a caliber of 155 millimeters were fired; 12.00 — the settlement of Krasnogorovka — the city of Donetsk (Petrovsky district): eight shells with a caliber of 122 millimeters were fired. representation channel.
Ukrainian militants wanted to cover the positions of artillery with the Lavra in Svyatogorsk. Petrovsky district of Donetsk is located on the western outskirts of the capital of the DPR, this 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 troops. Panteleymonovka is located 38 kilometers from Donetsk. 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 the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and, as of March 25, they have completed the main tasks of the first stage — they have significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
