Destroyed military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the private sector of Volnovakha. File photoLUHANSK, Mar 11 Ukrainian troops fired on Friday at two settlements of Stakhanov and Logvinovo in the Lugansk People's Republic, firing 15 120mm caliber mines and six 122mm caliber shells, the LPR office at the Joint Center for control and coordination of the ceasefire regime (JCCC). «From the side of the armed formations of Ukraine at 9.30 (coincides with Moscow time) shelling was recorded: from the direction of the settlement of Mironovsky — Logvinovo: a mortar of 120 millimeters (15 minutes); at 9.35 the settlement of Popasna — Stakhanov: artillery gun 122 mm (6 shells),» the representative office reported in the Telegram channel. 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 abuse and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» To this end, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine» bloody crimes against civilians» of Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, nothing threatens the civilian population. With the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But the occupation of Ukraine is out of the question, the President of Russia emphasized.
