AFU servicemanMOSCOW, April 8 Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev, head of the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation, said. /04/1fdcc79d5343597751438db88411ce59.jpg» />Ministry of Defense: a missile was launched at Kramatorsk from an area under the control of UkraineHe added that the Ukrainian military intends to blow up the storage facilities at the coke plant when the DPR troops approach the city. On February 24, Russia launched a special military operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine . Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» He stressed that it is planned 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. By March 25, they completed the main tasks of the first stage — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal of the operation in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
