Basurin announced an impending provocation in the region of Mariupol and Donetsk

Ukrainian soldier on the line of contact in the village of Novoluganskoye, Donetsk regionMOSCOW, March 1 Security Service of Ukraine and the Azov battalion in Mariupol are preparing provocations against Russian units in the region of Mariupol, Gorlovka, Donetsk, said the official representative of the People's Militia of the DPR, Eduard Basurin. Is it? They are going to change into the uniform of the Russian military, into the uniform of our military guys, our republic, and kill civilians. Can you imagine what an informational reason for the whole world will be when instead of «occupiers» it will sound that these are «punishers»? This is not only in the area of ​​Mariupol, it is also here, in the area of ​​Gorlovka, Donetsk, they are going to make such provocations,» he said on the air of the Rossiya 24 TV channel. jpg » />Basurin announced a serious shelling of the western outskirts of DonetskRussia launched a military operation in Ukraine early Thursday morning, February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, the civilian population is not in danger. With the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine, the President of Russia emphasized. The development of the situation — in the online report >>Published: E. Zaitseva