Consequences of the shelling of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk. Archival photoDONETSK, June 4 A civilian was killed during shelling of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, the headquarters of the territorial defense of the Donetsk People's Republic reported. «Armed formations of Ukraine attacked the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, a man died. A civilian was killed by militants on Vilhelm Pik Street,» the headquarters' Telegram channel said. Since 2014, when the DPR declared independence from Kyiv, this area, starting from the line of contact outside the city of Marinka, has been regularly shelled by Ukrainian troops. 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. .jpg» />14:05InfographicMap of the special operation of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine as of 04.06.2022According to the statement of the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and, as of March 25, they have completed the main tasks of the first stage — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine . The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
