Shards of exploding ammunition. Archival photoMOSCOW, 9 Jun. Ukrainian troops shelled the city of Stakhanov near Luhansk, at least three people were killed, the Prosecutor General's Office of the Luhansk People's Republic reported. MLRS «Grad», shelled the city of Stakhanov. As a result of the shelling, at least three civilians were killed, and residential buildings were also damaged,» the agency said in a statement published on its Telegram channel.AFU fired at Krasny Liman, there are dead, the DPR reportedTwo entrances of an apartment building collapsed as a result of a direct hit by a shell. Earlier, at the LPR office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire stated that the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired 20 shells at Stakhanov in the morning. Russia has been conducting a military operation in Ukraine since February 24, after Moscow recognized the sovereignty of the DPR and LPR. Vladimir Putin called the purpose of the hostilities «the protection of people who have been subjected to genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces have already reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass. Along with the Russian military, subdivisions of the republics operate in the region.
