Luhansk People's Republic: Pionerskoye village was shelled with 120 mm mortars

Ukrainian servicemen on the line of contact in the Donetsk regionMOSCOW, Feb 20The shelling of the Pionerskoe settlement in the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic, which killed two people, was carried out with 120-mm mortars banned by the Minsk agreements, the LPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire Regime (JCCC) reports. Earlier, the official representative of the People's Militia of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic Ivan Filiponenko reported that Ukrainian security forces launched an artillery strike on the village, as a result of which two people were killed, at least 5 houses were destroyed, one burned down completely.The ex-deputy of the Rada told what Ukraine wants for refusing to join NATO «On February 20, 2022, the armed formations of Ukraine (VFU), grossly violating international humanitarian law, cynically shelled residential buildings in the village of Pionerskoye using 120mm mortars, as a result of which two civilians died resident of the Republic, as well as completely destroyed one residential building in the gardening cooperative «LADA» and several more were damaged,» the statement of the LPR representative office in the JCCC, published on the basis of an analysis of fragments of used ammunition and damage found at the site of the shelling, says. Earlier, the leadership of the DPR and The LPR announced the temporary evacuation of citizens to the Rostov region in connection with the threat from Kiev. First of all, the evacuation concerns women, children and the elderly. As stated by the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin, President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky will soon order the military to launch an offensive in the Donbass, to implement a plan to invade the territory of the DPR and LPR. On Saturday morning, the leaders of the DPR and LPR signed decrees on general mobilization in the republics.The development of the situation in the Donbass — in the online report >>The operation to force Russia into war failedPosted by Olga Filippova