Ambulance in Donetsk. Archival photoDONETSK, Mar 10 A resident of Staromikhailovka village in the Donetsk People's Republic was hospitalized after shelling by Ukrainian troops, head of the Donetsk administration Alexei Kulemzin said. woman born in 1979. Kulemzin on Thursday gave details about the woman's condition. «As a result of the shelling of the town (urban-type settlement — ed.) of Staromikhaylovka, a woman born in 1979 received a shrapnel wound in the left lumbar region. The victim was hospitalized in a medical institution,» — Kulemzin wrote in Telegram. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine 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 Defense Ministry, the Armed Forces strike only at 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 the occupation of Ukraine is out of the question, the President of Russia emphasized.
