Residential building in the village of Donetskiy, Luhansk regionLUHANSK, Apr 10 Ukrainian troops shelled the settlement of Donetskiy in the LPR with the use of «Gradov», reports the representative office of the LPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC). BM-21 Grad (20 shells),» the report says. It is noted that the shelling was recorded at 9.30. 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 Kiev 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.
