DONETSK, February 26 5 shells with a caliber of 152 mm, reports the representative office of the republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC). shells of 152 mm caliber,» the mission's Telegram channel said. Russian Federation Vladimir Putin on February 21 signed decrees recognizing the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, which had 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, all responsibility for the bloodshed will be on the conscience of the ruling regime in Ukraine. Later, the Russian Defense Ministry stressed that the Russian Armed Forces did not launch any strikes on the cities of Ukraine: military infrastructure was disabled by high-precision means. According to the agency, the civilian population is not in danger.The development of the situation is in the online report >>UAF use scorched-earth tactics in Donbass, DNRO saysPosted: Stanislav Vand