Destroyed part of a residential building in Donetsk, damaged by the shelling of the city by Ukrainian troopsDONETSK, Apr 3 >During the 46 days of the escalation of the conflict in Ukraine, 72 civilians were killed in the Donetsk People's Republic, 988 civilians were injured, including 59 children, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire Regime (JCCC) said in a statement. «For 46 days. Escalation killed 72 civilians. 988 civilians were injured of varying severity (682 from previously liberated territory), including 59 children,» the office's Telegram channel said.
What Russia should do with UkraineAccording to the report, during the escalation in the republic, 1,887 residential buildings and 485 civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged, including 28 medical institutions, 66 educational institutions, 256 electricity, water and gas supply facilities. During the 46 days of the JCCC escalation recorded 1619 facts of firing, 1441 of them with the use of heavy weapons. In total, Ukrainian troops fired 18,502 ammunition of various calibers. 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 Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
