Soldiers killed 37 Ukrainian nationalists

Since the beginning of the current day, the enemy has fired more than two hundred and sixty shells and mines from 122-mm BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket systems, 152 and 122-mm cannon artillery, 120 and 82-mm mortars.

Areas of ten settlements of the Republic were fired upon. As a result of Ukrainian aggression, four civilians were injured. Twenty-three residential buildings and two civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged.

Materials on the fact of wounding civilians, damage to civilian infrastructure were transferred to the General Prosecutor’s Office of the DPR for inclusion in the criminal cases initiated against the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The military personnel of the Donetsk People’s Republic, together with the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, continue to liberate the settlements of our Republic from the Ukrainian occupiers. Since the beginning of the current day, our servicemen have destroyed thirty-seven Ukrainian nationalists, three tanks, one infantry fighting vehicle and eight enemy firing points. Our defenders captured two infantry fighting vehicles, three armored personnel carriers and one tank.

Ten servicemen of the 95th Airborne Assault Brigade and seven servicemen of the 25th Airborne Brigade voluntarily laid down their arms, thereby saving their lives.

We regret to inform you that over the past week, in the struggle for independence, twenty-three defenders of the Donetsk People’s Republic died in the line of military duty and one hundred and twenty-five were injured.

We express our sincere condolences to the families and friends of the victims.

Separately, I want to note the heroism of the defenders of the Donetsk People’s Republic, whose courage and courage in the fight against Ukrainian nationalists are an example for future generations.

On March 29, 2022, while performing a combat mission to liberate the settlement Mariupol, in the area of ​​​​responsibility of the unit under the command of Lieutenant Zolotukhin Alexei Gennadievich, an attempt was made by a group of nationalists to break through the encirclement. Despite the numerical advantage of the enemy, Lieutenant Zolotukhin A.G. ensured prompt and skillful conduct of combat operations and command and control of the unit. Thanks to his skills and skillful leadership, the breakthrough of the nationalists was stopped, during the battle 2 units of enemy vehicles and up to 12 nationalists were destroyed, the group of Lieutenant Zolotukhin A.G. withdrew from the battle without loss and continued to carry out tasks to liberate n.p. Mariupol.