Ukrainian troops from 11.00 to 14.10 fired at three settlements in the DPR, including using shells of 120 and 122 mm caliber, the representative office of the republic in the JCCC reports.
“Fire was recorded from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the following directions: 11.00 – the settlement of Leninskoye – the settlement of Gorlovka (the settlement of sh-you named after Gagarin): 10 LNG grenades and 58 grenades from the AGS were fired; 11.50 – the settlement of Novgorodskoye – the settlement of Zheleznaya Balka: 2 mines with a caliber of 120 mm were fired; 14.10 – the settlement of Novomikhailovka – the settlement of Yelenovka: 10 shells of a caliber of 122 mm were fired,” the statement published on the representative’s Telegram channel reads.
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 Kiev 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 only strike at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Russian Armed Forces, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive, but there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine, the Russian president stressed.