DPR servicemen near MariupolDONETSK, Mar 18 Fighting in the Donetsk People's Republic from 11 to March 17 led to the death of 150 military and 46 civilians, follows from the data published by the Ombudsman of the Republic Darya Morozova in Telegram. It is also reported that 866 military and 113 civilians were injured during the week. 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 Russian Armed Forces, the DNR and LNR groups are developing an offensive, but there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine, the Russian President emphasized. to be and remain Russia
