Consequences of shelling in the DPR. Archival photoDONETSK, June 7. Ukrainian troops shelled the settlements of Shirokaya Balka, Dolomitnoye and Zaytsevo Yuzhnoye in the Donetsk People's Republic from mortars and an automatic heavy grenade launcher on Tuesday evening, according to the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the ceasefire. According to the representative office, published in its Telegram channel, shelling was recorded from 18.15 to 18.17 Moscow time in the direction of the settlements of Shirokaya Balka, Dolomitnoe and Zaitsevo South. A total of 10 AGS grenades were fired, nine 120mm and 12 82mm grenades. in the LPR, 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.
