Representatives of the LPR in the JCCC. Archival photoLUGANSK, May 29. At 11:30 a.m., Ukrainian troops shelled the village of Molodezhnoye in the Luhansk People's Republic from a mortar, firing four 120-millimeter mines, the LPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire said. From the side of the armed formations of Ukraine, shelling was recorded: at 11.30 from the direction of the settlement of Zolote-4 towards the settlement of Molodyozhnoe, using mortars of 120 millimeters (four mines),» the mission's Telegram channel said in a statement. Russia launched a military operation on Ukraine 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.
