Ukrainian servicemen. Archival photoLUHANSK, March 2 Ukrainian troops opened fire nine times at night on the Luhansk People's Republic and shelled six settlements, the LPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire Regime (JCCC) reports.
"On the part of the armed formations of Ukraine, 9 attacks were recorded on 6 settlements of the Republic", the message says.
According to the representative office, 12 houses and the medium-pressure gas pipeline Du-57 were damaged in the city of Pervomaisk, and two houses and a power line were damaged in Kirovsk. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine early in the morning on 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 question of the occupation of Ukraine, the President of Russia emphasized. «There have been no such shelling for a long time»: destruction in Horlivka and Donetsk On the morning of March 1, Ukrainian troops fired almost 40 minutes at three settlements in the DPR in 45 minutes. Shelling in the Donbass is ongoing. On the morning of March 1, Ukrainian troops fired almost 40 minutes at three settlements of the DPR in 45 minutes.
Gorlovka was subjected to massive shelling.
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Horlivka was subjected to massive shelling.
AFU used prohibited mines of caliber 120 mm or more, the DPR office in the JCCC reported.
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As a result of the shelling, 19 civilians of Horlivka received injuries of varying severity. 19 civilians of Gorlovka received severe severity.
Houses and social institutions were destroyed.
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Houses and social institutions were destroyed.
Donetsk was subjected to another brutal shelling from the Ukrainian side the day before.
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The day before, Donetsk was subjected to yet another brutal shelling from the Ukrainian side.
Donetsk residents hiding from shelling.
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Donetsk residents hiding from shelling.
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The shells were densely embedded in residential areas.
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The shells were densely embedded in residential areas.
Due to a direct hit by a shell on the street, a social worker was killed.
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A social worker was killed due to a direct hit by a shell on the street.
A serviceman shows fragments of ammunition in the courtyard of a residential building in Donetsk.
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A serviceman shows fragments of ammunition in the courtyard of a residential building in Donetsk.
Shells destroyed the entrance of a high-rise building, exploded near a maternity hospital and a children's hospital.
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Shells destroyed the entrance of a high-rise building, exploded near a maternity hospital and a children's hospital.
Two cars burned down on one of the shelled streets.
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Two cars burned down in one of the shelled streets.
Residents of a multi-storey residential building in Donetsk hide from shelling on the stairs.
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Residents of a multi-storey residential building in Donetsk hiding from the shelling on the stairs.
According to the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin, there have not been such shelling of Gorlovka and Donetsk for a long time, Ukrainian troops are acting with more frenzy than before.
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According to the head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, there have not been such attacks on Gorlovka and Donetsk for a long time, Ukrainian troops are acting with more frenzy than before.
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The shelling in the Donbass is ongoing. On the morning of March 1, Ukrainian troops fired almost 40 minutes at three settlements of the DPR in 45 minutes.
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Gorlivka was subjected to massive shelling.
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AFU at the same time, prohibited mines with a caliber of 120 mm or more were used, the representative office of the DPR in the JCCC reported.
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As a result of the shelling, 19 civilians of Horlivka received injuries of varying severity.
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Houses and social institutions were destroyed.
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The day before, Donetsk was subjected to yet another brutal shelling from the Ukrainian side.
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Donetsk residents are hiding from the shelling.
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The shells were densely placed in residential development.
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A social worker was killed due to a direct hit by a shell on the street.
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A serviceman shows fragments of ammunition in the courtyard of a residential building in Donetsk.
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Shells destroyed the entrance of a high-rise building, exploded near the maternity hospital and the children's hospital.
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Two cars burned down on one of the shelled streets.
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Residents of a multi-storey residential building in Donetsk hide from shelling on the stairs.
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According to the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin, such shelling of Gorlovka and Donetsk not been for a long time, Ukrainian troops are acting with more frenzy than before.