Remains of Ukrainian Tochka-U missiles on the territory of the DPRDONETSK, March 5 Air defense systems The Donetsk People's Republic on Saturday destroyed four Tochka-U missiles of the Ukrainian troops, their remnants fell in residential areas of four cities of the republic, the People's Militia of the DPR reports. «Four missiles of the Tochka-U tactical missile system, the remains of which fell in residential areas of the settlements of Ilovaisk, Amvrosievka and Donetsk,» the message on the website of the People's Militia reads.The Ukrainian regime is living its last days, this is agony, Pushilin saidAccording to the agency, since the beginning of the current day, Ukrainian troops have opened fire 32 times on the territory of the DPR using multiple launch rocket systems, artillery of 122 and 152 mm calibers, as well as 120- and 82-mm mortars . The areas of 17 settlements of the republic came under shelling. In recent weeks, the situation in Donbass has escalated: Kyiv has concentrated most of the army on the line of contact and regularly shells the DPR and LPR, using prohibited equipment. Due to the threat of Ukraine's invasion, the DPR and LPR began the evacuation of women, children and the elderly to Russian regions. A general mobilization was announced. In this situation, on February 19, the leaders of the republics turned to Russia with a request to recognize their independence. 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 Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, nothing threatens the civilian population. 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 Russian President emphasized.The development of the situation is in the online report>>
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