DPR People's Militia soldier on the line of contactDONETSK, Feb. 24 According to RIA Novosti, the official representative of the people's militia of the DPR, Eduard Basurin, told RIA Novosti. /uploads/2022/02/a40ab45c45f31289d625fb2014017a7e.jpg» />Basurin said that he did not see the Russian military in the DNRU on Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided on a special military operation 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 the civilian population was not in danger. Approximately two hours later, the Ministry of Defense added that the Ukrainian border guards «do not offer any resistance», Ukrainian air defense systems were suppressed, and the military infrastructure of military air bases was disabled. The military department denied the information of foreign media about the alleged downing of a Russian plane over Ukraine in the military department. content/uploads/2022/02/3d4725182b3a37346738c360462eabc3.jpg» />February 22, 19:08InfographicDonetsk and Lugansk People's RepublicsInfographicViewPosted by: Kirill Volkov
