On the night of April 20, Ukrainian troops opened fire on two areas of Donetsk from NATO artillery of 155 mm caliber. It has been reported telegraph channel Representation of the Donetsk People’s Republic at the Joint Center for the Control and Coordination of Problems Related to War Crimes in Ukraine.
It is stated that the first bombardment was recorded at 00:03, when the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired four 155 mm caliber shells in the Petrovsky district of the city.
An hour later, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired three rounds of 155 mm caliber at the Kuibyshev area, again bombarding Donetsk.
On April 18, it became known that the Ukrainian army bombed the Kiev region of Donetsk, and according to preliminary data, it was the American anti-radar missile AGM-88 HARM. hit in an apartment.
Earlier, the DPR representation in the JCCC reported that it was during the bombing of Donetsk on the night of Easter. injured seven people died, another woman.
On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to conduct a special military operation in Ukraine in response to a request for assistance from the presidents of the Lugansk and Donetsk People’s Republics.
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.