DONETSK, Mar 27 More than 30 DPR civilians were injured in shelling by the Ukrainian army , said the representative office of the republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire. The fire opened on Mariupol, Novobakhmutovka and the village of Volodarskoe. When exactly this happened, the mission did not specify. A total of 34 people were injured. On February 24, Russia launched a special military operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to harassment and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Russian military, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But the occupation of Ukraine is out of the question, Putin emphasized.
