Ukrainian military exercises. File photoDONETSK, Feb. 26 The Ukrainian military shelled the village of Zheleznaya Balka in the Donetsk People's Republic, fired 6 shells of a prohibited caliber of 152 mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC) reported. ).»12:00 — N. Novgorodskoye — N. Zheleznaya Balka: 6 shells of 152 mm caliber were fired,» the organization informs. Russian President Vladimir Putin on February 21 signed decrees recognizing the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics, back in 2014 declared their independence from Kyiv, and early in the morning on 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. 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. The civilian population, according to the department, is not in danger. Later, the Ministry of Defense added that the Ukrainian border guards «do not offer any resistance», in some cases the Ukrainian military surrender and then have the opportunity to return to their families.Situation development — in the online report >> =»/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/756d25967640640a74f1de9050939e2f.jpg» />RKN demanded that the media remove false data about the operation in UkrainePosted by: Varvara Skokshina
