DONETSK, February 26 Ukrainian nationalists plan to shell Dmitrovka, Donetsk and other settlements with artillery «According to intelligence data, Ukrainian nationalists plan to shell the settlements of Kramatorsk, Slavyansk, Dmitrovka and Donetsk with rocket artillery,» the message says.Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed 61 residential buildings during shelling, the LPR said on February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees recognizing the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics, which had declared their independence from Kyiv back in 2014, and early in the morning on 24 February 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, all responsibility for the bloodshed will be on the conscience of the ruling regime in Ukraine. He urged the Ukrainian military not to carry out the criminal orders of the Ukrainian authorities, to lay down their arms and go home. Later, the Russian Defense Ministry stressed that the Russian Armed Forces do not inflict any strikes on the cities of Ukraine: military infrastructure is disabled by high-precision means. According to the department, the civilian population is not in danger. The Ministry of Defense added that the Ukrainian border guards «do not offer any resistance», in some cases the Ukrainian military surrenders and after that they have the opportunity to return to their families.The development of the situation is in the online report > ;>Ukrainian armed forces shelled Sakhanka with banned caliber mines, DPR saidPosted by: Stanislav Vand