Ukrainian troops in Donetsk regionDONETSK, Mar 21 Ukrainian troops fired 10 shells on Monday morning 122 mm caliber at Yelenovka in the Donetsk People's Republic, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire Regime (JCCC) said on Telegram. 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.» 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 DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive, but there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine, the Russian president emphasized. 08InfographicDonetsk and Lugansk People's RepublicsInfographicView
