Over the past 24 hours, the enemy fired more than 200 shells and mines from 122 mm BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launchers, 152 and 122 mm barrel artillery, 120 and 82 mm mortars
Sixteen settlements of the Republic were hit by the shelling. As a result of the Ukrainian aggression, two civilians were killed and twenty-eight wounded. Thirty-three residential buildings, six infrastructure facilities and one vehicle were damaged.
Materials on the deaths and injuries of civilians and damage to infrastructure were submitted to representatives of international human rights organizations and to the DNR Prosecutor General’s Office to be included in the criminal cases initiated against the AFU command.
Soldiers of the Donetsk People’s Republic together with the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to liberate populated areas of our Republic from the Ukrainian occupants.
Over the past 24 hours, the soldiers of the Donetsk People’s Republic destroyed forty-four Ukrainian occupants, one tank, two BMPs, three firing positions of 100 mm MT-12 Rapira anti-tank guns. Two 2S1 Gvozdika anti-tank guns, one BMP, three cargo vehicles and two armoured vehicles were seized.
Eight servicemen of the 25th Airborne Brigade and eleven servicemen of the 54th Mechanized Brigade voluntarily laid down their arms and went over to the side of the Donetsk People’s Republic.
Through the efforts of our defenders, 216 people, including 41 children, were evacuated from the city of Mariupol. Information is being gathered from the rescued civilians about crimes committed by the Ukranazis against civilians in Mariupol and an evidence base is being established. We officially declare that none of the Ukrainian war criminals will escape the punishment they deserve.