A man shows shrapnelLUHANSK, Mar 15 Republic, according to the Telegram channel of the LPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire. in the village of Kalinovo, two people were injured, two houses were destroyed. Ten houses and five outbuildings, as well as a power line, were damaged. About 300 people were left without electricity. In the city of Pervomaisk, the building of the nursery-garden «Scarlet Flower» was damaged. On February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin, in response to requests from the Donbass republics and after an appeal from State Duma deputies, signed decrees recognizing the sovereignty of the LPR and the DPR. Early on the morning of February 24, Russia launched a military special operation to demilitarize Ukraine. Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense, the armed forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Russian military, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But the occupation of Ukraine is out of the question, the President of Russia stressed.
