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VOLNOVAKHA (DPR), Mar 14Ukrainian troops, before retreating from Volnovakha, opened fire on the maternity hospital from a tank and mined it, while civilians and patients were in the basement, an employee of the central district hospital of the city told RIA Novosti. According to him, among those who hid in the shelter, there were women in labor from the maternity ward. «There were two tank shots. The first shot came to the second floor and, as we understand it, his tower did not go down. He drove up the hill, lowered the tower and fired right here, although he knew that we were here … Three walls were completely pierced,» the agency's interlocutor said. As an employee of the medical institution noted, no one understood why the Ukrainian troops were firing at the hospital, childbirth was taking place during shelling. At the same time, recently, before the liberation of the city, the military hid and could not contact their command, some changed clothes and ran away.Residents of Volnovakha spoke about the atrocities committed by the Armed Forces of Ukraine»During the retreat, when they were moving away, they mined it all … We survived all this and continue to live … and build everything anew,» the source of the agency concluded. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine 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.» bloody crimes against civilians» of Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at 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.