Fighters of the People's Militia of the DPR. File photoDONETSK, Mar 13 Ukrainian troops fired four 120mm mines into the village of Aleksandrovka in the DPR on Sunday, the republic's representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire Regime (JCCC) said.» Fire was recorded from the side of the VFU (armed formations of Ukraine — ed.) in the direction: 15.30 (coincides with Moscow time) — the settlement of Maryinka — the settlement of Oleksandrivka: 4 mines with a caliber of 120 millimeters were fired,» the message published in the Telegram channel of the representative office reads .Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on 24 February. 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 President of Russia emphasized.
