A resident in the courtyard of an apartment building that was shelled in the Kievsky district of DonetskDONETSK, Feb. 27 Ukrainian troops fired seven times at DPR settlements in an hour, including from 120-mm mortars and 152-mm artillery, the representative office of the republic in the JCCC reports. Shelling was recorded from 20.10 to 21.15. In total, 133 grenades, mines and projectiles were fired, including 120 and 152 mm caliber. On Thursday morning, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided on a special military operation to demilitarize Ukraine. In a televised address to the Russians, he said that the circumstances «require decisive and immediate action from us, the people's republics of Donbass turned to Russia with a request 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 follow the criminal orders of the Ukrainian authorities, lay down their arms and go home. The Russian Defense Ministry stressed that the Russian Armed Forces do not launch any missile, air or artillery strikes on the cities of Ukraine: military infrastructure, air defense facilities, military airfields and aviation. The ministry assured that the civilian population is not in danger.The development of the situation is in the online report >>
Disarm and Deactivate: The Demilitarization of UkrainePosted by Olga Filippova
