Servicemen on a street in Donetsk. Archival photoDONETSK, Feb. 24 The Armed Forces of Ukraine fired more than 300 different munitions on the territory of the DPR during February 24, Eduard Basurin, the official representative of the People's Militia of the DPR, told reporters. «Since the beginning of the current day, the enemy has opened more than 50 times fire on the territory of the DPR using artillery of 152 and 122 mm caliber, 120 and 82 mm mortars, firing more than 300 shells. The areas of 13 settlements of the republic came under fire,» Basurin said.
Army shelling damaged two power lines in Donetsk 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 >>
The offensive of the People's Militia of the DPR is going according to plan, Basurin saidPosted: Daria Buimova
