Ukrainian military shelled Lozovoe with mines

DPR army servicemenDONETSK, February 26 agreements, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire Regime (JCCC) reports. On February 21, Putin signed decrees recognizing the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, which had declared their independence from Kyiv back in 2014, and early on 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. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, on the evening of February 25, the Russian army disabled 211 military infrastructure facilities in Ukraine, including 17 command posts and communication centers, 19 anti-aircraft missile S-300 and Osa air defense 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. Discussions with Russia on the neutral status of Ukraine were allowed in KievPosted by Maxim Gorbachev