A fragment of a Grad multiple rocket launcher. Archival photoDONETSK, May 28. At 4:30 p.m. Ukrainian troops shelled Makiivka in the DPR, fired three rockets from the BM-21 Grad, follows from the message of the representative office of the republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire ( «Fire was recorded from the AFU in the direction: 16:30 — Avdeevka settlement — Makeevka settlement (Kirovsky district): 3 rockets were fired from the BM21 Grad,» the representative office said. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «to protect 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 the» demilitarization and denazification of criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. the 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.
