Fighter of the People's Militia of the DPR in the village of RybinskoeDONETSK, March 9 The People's Militia of the Donetsk People's Republic reported about the losses in six brigades of Ukrainian troops since Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine: 735 Ukrainian soldiers were killed and 797 people were injured. — 63 military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were killed and 85 wounded; 25 air brigade — 59 military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were killed and 79 wounded; 56 motorized brigade (separate motorized infantry brigade — ed.) — 75 military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were killed and 99 wounded; 54 ombr — 116 military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were killed and 121 wounded; 53 ombr — 225 military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were killed, including the brigade commander, and 211 were wounded; 36 obrmp (brigade of marines — ed.) — 197 military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were killed and 202 were wounded,» Narodnaya Militia said in a statement published on Wednesday. 
Ukraine turns into SomaliaRussia 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 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 the occupation of Ukraine is out of the question, the Russian president emphasized.
