Windows damaged by shelling. File photoDONETSK, Feb. 24 Eight civilians were injured, one died in the Donetsk People's Republic as a result of shelling by the armed forces of Ukraine during February 24, Eduard Basurin, spokesman for the People's Militia of the DPR, told reporters.» As a result of Ukrainian aggression, there are casualties among the civilian population. Eight citizens were injured, one died. Six residential buildings were damaged,» Basurin said. On Thursday morning, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided on a special military operation of the Russian Federation to demilitarize Ukraine. In a televised address to the Russians, he said that the circumstances «require decisive and immediate action from us, the people's republics of Donbass turned to Russia with a request for help.» According to the Russian leader, all responsibility for the bloodshed will be on the conscience of the ruling regime in Ukraine. He urged the Ukrainian military not to follow the criminal orders of the Ukrainian authorities, lay down their arms and go home. Later, the Russian Defense Ministry stressed that the Russian Armed Forces do not launch any missile, air or artillery strikes on the cities of Ukraine: military infrastructure, air defense facilities are disabled by high-precision weapons , military airfields and aviation. The ministry assured that nothing threatens the civilian population.The development of the situation in Donbass is in the online report >>
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