House damaged by shellingLUHANSK, Mar 20 Ukrainian troops four times overnight fired at the territory of the Lugansk People's Republic, an electromechanical plant was damaged in Pervomaisk, reports the representative office of the LPR in the JCCC. In n.p. Pervomaisk received damage to the Pervomaisky Electromechanical Plant named after Karl Marx", the representative office in Telegram reports.
Russia launched a military operation on February 24 to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine, while the offensive is being developed by the forces of the republics of Donbass. The armed forces say they are only targeting military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. There are casualties on both sides. In the south of Ukraine, the Russian army took control of the Kherson region, Melitopol, Berdyansk and blocked Mariupol, now the fighting is going on in the city center. This made it possible to cut off the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the coast of the Sea of u200bu200bAzov and connect with a group of troops in the Donbass. In the eastern direction, the People's Militia of the DPR liberated Volnovakha and reached the Verkhnetoretskoye-Novoselovka-2 line. LPR troops are also developing an offensive. The Russian army took control of Balakleya. Kyiv is blockaded from the west, battles are going on near Kharkov.