In the DPR, 77 civilians were injured due to shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a day

Ambulance in Donetsk. Archival photoDONETSK, Mar 26At least 77 civilians were injured on the territory of the DPR as a result of shelling by Ukrainian troops in a day, the headquarters of the territorial defense of the Donetsk People's Republic reports.»Over the past day, from 09.00 On March 25, until 09.00 on March 26, as a result of shelling of the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, previously liberated by the DPR group of troops, 72 people were injured. .In turn, the representative office of the DPR in the JCCC states that Ukrainian troops fired at the DPR 18 times in a day using 220 ammunition. 12 housing constructions were damaged in Donetsk (Petrovsky, Kuibyshevsky and Kirovsky districts), Aleksandrovka, Gorlovka, as well as 8 civilian infrastructure facilities. 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 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 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. «: the fate of people affected by the war in the Donbass