Miner. File photoDONETSK, March 21The Chelyuskintsev Mine in Donetsk is de-energized due to shelling by Ukrainian troops, 78 miners are underground, the headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR said. «As a result of the shelling of the Ukrainian Armed Forces ) in Donetsk, the Chelyuskintsev mine is de-energized. There are 78 miners underground,» the staff said in a statement. 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 abuse and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» To this end, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine» bloody crimes against civilians» of Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, 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 stressed. 
Two civilians were injured during the shelling of Donetsk by the Armed Forces of Ukraine
