DPR people's militia fighter in the Donetsk region. File photoDONETSK, Mar 18 Ukrainian troops fired 33 120mm caliber mines at the settlements of Luhanske and Yelenovka in the Donetsk People's Republic for 3.5 hours, according to the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Regime ceasefire (JCCC). «Fire was recorded from the VFU (armed formations of Ukraine — ed.) in the direction: 07.55 (coincides with Moscow time) — the settlement of Novomikhailovka — the settlement of Yelenovka: six mines with a caliber of 120 millimeters were fired; 09.40 — the settlement of Novomikhailovka — the settlement of Luganskoye: 22 mines with a caliber of 120 millimeters were fired; 11.30 — the settlement of Novomikhailovka — the settlement of Luganskoye: five mines with a caliber of 120 millimeters were fired,» the mission's Telegram channel said. 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». How the Ukrainian army is fighting
