A soldier demonstrates fragments of ammunition in Donetsk. File photoDONETSK, Apr 16Ukrainian troops shelled the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk in the Donetsk People's Republic, firing four 122mm shells, the DPR office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC) said.» Fire was recorded from the side of the VFU (armed formations of Ukraine — ed.) in the direction: 15.40 (coincides with Moscow time) — the settlement of Avdiivka — the city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): four shells with a caliber of 122 millimeters were fired, «the message of the representative office says in 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 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.
