Ukrainian servicemen DONETSK, Mar 12Not all Ukrainian police officers who served in the now liberated territories of the DPR served precisely the regime and stained themselves with cooperation with neo-Nazis — some of them fulfilled their duty as law enforcement officers and have a desire to continue serving, adviser to the chairman of the government of the republic, Yan Gagin, told RIA Novosti. «I would not began to say that they all cooperated precisely with the Kiev authorities… There are also those among them who stained themselves with military crimes and were associated with the Nazis and with national battalions.But there are also those who, as they say, swore allegiance to the people of Ukraine «, swore allegiance to their land. And they express a desire to serve and protect further in accordance with the oath and their calling … There are very spirited guys who very actively helped both citizens and our soldiers during the liberation of the territories of the republic … (Thus ) it cannot be said that all of them (Ukrainian policemen in the then Kiev-controlled territory of the DPR) cooperated with the regime. they did their duty as a policeman,» the source said.DPR troops liberated 85 settlements, Pushilin saidOn March 11, Eduard Basurin, a representative of the People's Militia of the DPR, said that the DPR forces occupied the city of Volnovakha. This regional center is of strategic importance, since it is located on the highway connecting Donetsk with Mariupol, which the armed forces of the republic are trying to take under control. On March 5, Vladimir Zhoga, the commander of the Sparta battalion, one of the most famous units of the DPR, died in Volnovakha while ensuring the exit of civilians. According to the headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR, on March 12, the forces of the republic took control of 85 settlements. 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 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 the occupation of Ukraine is out of the question, the President of Russia emphasized.
