LPR People's Militia LUGANSK, Mar 13 The LPR People's Militia took control of the village of Varvarovka, which made it possible to reach the city of Rubizhnoye, said Lieutenant Colonel Andrey Marochko. a Ukrainian military loader was destroyed, carrying shells for MLRS, as well as tanks and their crews. 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 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.
