The broken bus of the National Guard of Ukraine on the street of Mariupol. File photoMARIUPOL, March 27 Ukrainian militants tried to hide the symbols of the national guard on the bus, which moved around the city, RIA Novosti correspondent reports. The bus with the symbols of the national guard of Ukraine was on the territory of the city hospital of Mariupol. The inscriptions and emblems were sealed with masking tape, but because of the rain and wet weather, the designations still became visible, a RIA Novosti correspondent betrays. 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 President of Russia emphasized. on preparations for battles in Mariupol
