People's militia of the DPR announced an offensive in the area of ​​Nikolaevka

Fighter of the People's Militia of the DPR on the line of contactDONETSK, 24 Feb.The people's militia of the Donetsk People's Republic declares that it is conducting successful offensive operations in the area of ​​​​the settlement of Nikolaevka, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are suffering losses and leaving their positions. brigades) suffer losses and leave their positions,» the People's Militia of the Republic said in a statement. «The headquarters of the 53rd brigade is leaving Volnovakha and hastily leaving the city in the opposite direction from the line of contact,» the DPR NM stressed. «/>The Ukrainian military is leaving their positions en masse, the LPR and DNR reported, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin said earlier that he had decided on a special military operation because of the Donbass. 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.» The President of the Russian Federation stated that the entire responsibility for the bloodshed would be on the conscience of the ruling regime in Ukraine, and called on the Ukrainian military not to carry out the criminal orders of the Ukrainian authorities, lay down their arms and go home. Russia is taking action not against the people of Ukraine, but against the junta that seized power in Kiev, Vasily Nebenzya, Russia's permanent representative to the UN, said on Wednesday. According to the agency, military infrastructure, air defense facilities, military airfields, aviation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are disabled by high-precision weapons. The ministry clarified that nothing threatens the civilian population.