LUHANSK, Mar 17More than 730 attacks on the territory of the Lugansk People's Republic by Ukrainian troops were recorded from February 17 to March 17, a total of 7320 ammunition of various calibers was fired, nine civilians were killed, the LPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC) reported. «Over the past month… the representative office of the LPR in the JCCC recorded 737 attacks on the territory of the republic by the armed formations of Ukraine using heavy weapons (multiple launch rocket systems, artillery, mortars). In total, the enemy fired 7320 ammunition of various calibers, including missiles of a tactical missile system» Tochka-U» (2 missiles) and MLRS BM-21 «Grad» (980 shells),» the ministry said on its Telegram channel. , including three children. 254 housing constructions in 22 settlements were destroyed and damaged. 39 civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged, including a kindergarten and a gymnasium, an outpatient clinic, power lines and gas pipelines in six settlements. 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 Defense Ministry, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Russian Armed Forces, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive, but there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine, the Russian president emphasized. NATO is stained with blood»: in China they named the culprit in the crisis in Ukraine
