Ukrainian flag MOSCOW, Mar 6DNR forces are engaged in local battles with Ukrainian troops and nationalists around Mariupol, the attack on the neighboring regional center of Volnovakha is proceeding according to plan, said the representative of the People's Militia of the Republic, Eduard Basurin. Earlier, he said that the Ukrainian side refused to guarantee the regime of silence in Mariupol and Volnovakha. The headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR reported that the republic evacuated more than 300 people from Mariupol and its suburbs to the Novoazovsky district, despite the provocations of Ukrainian nationalists.»Azov» militants shot civilians trying to get out of Mariupol there are also fights. «Well, these are (the most violent clashes) not far from Volnovakha. Because our offensive is going according to plan, the enemy is putting up very strong opposition to this,» Basurin said. 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. 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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