Tochka-U missile fragment crash site in DonetskMOSCOW, Mar 14 Rocket strike «Tochka-U» in Donetsk by Ukrainian troops is a war crime of Kyiv, said the head of the Donetsk People's Republic Denis Pushilin. Mayor Alexei Kulemzin said earlier that a Ukrainian missile «Tochka-U» was shot down near the Government House in the center of Donetsk. Later, the headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR reported 20 dead and nine wounded. The Ministry of Health of the DPR, in turn, reported 16 dead and hospitalization of 23 injured. TV channel «Russia 24». 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 there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine, the President of Russia emphasized.
