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A car in the courtyard of a residential building in the village of Yelenovka, Donetsk region. File photoDONETSK, June 15Over the past day, Ukrainian troops fired more than 410 shells and mines in the regions of 18 settlements of the Donetsk People's Republic, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC) said on Wednesday. «Over the past day, the representative office reported 64 facts of firing from the side of VFU (armed formations of Ukraine).In the Donetsk direction, the enemy used MLRS «Hurricane», «Grad», artillery 155 and 122 mm. In Gorlovka — MLRS «Grad», artillery 152 and 122 mm, mortars 120 and 82 mm, AGS . Having fired 412 units of various ammunition,» the department said in a Telegram channel. It is noted that «areas of 18 settlements of the republic came under enemy fire.» As a result of shelling, two civilians were killed, eight people, including a teenager born in 2010, were injured. 37 residential buildings and six civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged. 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.