Ukrainian tank in the Donetsk region. Archival photoDONETSK, June 12 — RIA Novosti. Ukrainian troops shelled three settlements in the DPR in less than half an hour, firing a total of 25 mines and 16 shells, according to Telegram — the channel of the republic's representation in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire Regime. So, at 5:40, the village of Golmovsky was fired upon, 25 mines with a caliber of 120 millimeters were fired at it. A minute later, the Armed Forces of Ukraine opened fire on the village of Golmovsky — 10 shells of 155 mm caliber, and at 6:05 — on the Petrovsky district of Donetsk (six shells of 122 mm caliber). .jpg» />Yesterday, 19:25 «Part of the balcony was blown away.» Donetsk and Makiivka came under fire from «Grad» On June 10, Ukrainian troops fired 18 shells from the MLRS «Grad» at Makiivka and Donetsk. One person died, more than 10 were injured, apartment buildings and private sectors were damaged. The day before, the Ukrainian security forces shelled the cities and towns of the DPR many times, firing more than 200 shells from Grad multiple launch rocket systems, cannon artillery and mortars. In just 115 days since the beginning of the escalation of the conflict in the Donbass, the JCCC registered almost 4.2 thousand cases of firing, while killing 167 civilians, including eight children. Since February 24, Russia has been conducting a military special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine. As Vladimir Putin stressed, its goal is «to protect people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense, by the end of March, the Russian army had completed the main tasks of the first stage — it significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the department was called the liberation of Donbass. In particular, Volnovakha, a strategically important regional center south of Donetsk, Mariupol, the largest city on the coast of the Sea of Azov, Svyatogorsk, where the famous Orthodox monastery is located in the status of a lavra, were liberated in the DPR. Almost the entire territory was liberated in the LPR, with the exception of Lisichansk.
