Consequences of shelling in Donetsk. Archival photoDONETSK, May 3. At 21.45 Ukrainian troops shelled the Kirovskiy district of Donetsk, firing five 122-mm shells, the representative office of the Donetsk People's Republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire Regime (JCCC) reports. «Fire was recorded from the armed formations of Ukraine in the direction: 21.45 — the settlement of Nevelskoye — the city of Donetsk (Kirov district): five shells with a caliber of 122 mm were fired,» the mission's Telegram channel said in a message. 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.
