DONETSK, March 19 251 people, including 48 children, according to the headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR. .Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on 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.» 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 RF Armed Forces, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive, but there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine.
