LUGANSK, February 26 According to the People's Militia of the LPR. «Since the beginning of the current day, Ukrainian militants fired four times on the territory of the republic, shelling four settlements. Large-caliber weapons were actively used,» the message says. people's republics, which declared their independence from Kyiv back in 2014, and early in the morning of February 24, Russia launched a military operation to demilitarize Ukraine. In a televised address to fellow citizens, Putin said that circumstances “require decisive and immediate action,” as the Donbass republics asked for help. According to the Russian leader, the entire responsibility for the bloodshed will be on the conscience of the ruling regime in Ukraine. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the evening of February 25, the Russian army disabled 211 military infrastructure facilities of Ukraine, including 17 command posts and communication centers, 19 S-300 and Osa anti-aircraft missile systems, shot down six combat aircraft, a helicopter and five drones . In addition, according to the Russian military department, 67 Ukrainian tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 16 multiple rocket launchers, 87 units of special military vehicles were destroyed. 
Ukrainian armed forces shelled Lugansk with mortars, DPR saidPosted by: Daria Buimova
