A residential building damaged by shelling. Archival photoDONETSK, March 20Ukrainian troops at 17.25 fired at the village of Lozovoe in the DPR, firing 10 mines with a caliber of 120 millimeters, the representative office of the Donetsk People's Republic in the JCCC reports. — the settlement of Nevelskoye — the settlement of Lozovoe: 10 mines with a caliber of 120 millimeters were fired,» the mission's Telegram channel 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 emphasized. strikes with Kinzhal and Caliber missiles, the successes of the DPR and the efforts of Turkey
