Tochka-U rocket debris in KramatorskMOSCOW, 9 Apr. Photographs taken by Western journalists with Kyiv's permission prove that the Tochka-U missile that attacked Kramatorsk was Ukrainian. The Donetsk TV channel «Union», as well as several Telegram channels specializing in military topics, drew attention to this. «The serial number of the Tochka-U missile, which fell on the train station in Kramatorsk the day before, appeared on the Web. Rocket 9M79-1, serial number Sh91579. Previously, Ukrainian militants used missiles from the same series,» the channel said. The authors of the publication also listed other missiles that were on the balance sheet of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Two of them were used in 2015 in Alchevsk and Logvinovo, others — in Berdyansk and Melitopol. ex-deputy of the Rada Ilya Kiva in the Telegram channel. In addition, some noticed that the serial number of Tochka-U was initially blurred on Ukrainian frames, but records with readable numbers appeared on the air of foreign TV channels — for example, in the news release of TG La7.
The Ukrainian military equipped firing positions in the buildings of schools in Kramatorsk Among other things, the representative of the People's Militia of the DPR, Eduard Basurin, reported that Kramatorsk was fired upon by the same brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as earlier — Donetsk. As a result of a provocation at the railway station in Kramatorsk, according to the statement of the head of the Donetsk People's Republic Denis Pushilin, 50 people were killed, including five children. The Ukrainian side tried to pretend not to be guilty. However, according to presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov, the Russian Armed Forces do not use the type of missiles that were used in Kramatorsk. The Ministry of Defense also denied all accusations, emphasizing that the Tochka-U tactical missiles, the fragments of which were found near the Kramatorsk railway station and published by eyewitnesses, are used only by the Ukrainian military. The 1st Separate Rocket Brigade attacked the center of Donetsk, killing 17 people on the spot and injuring another 36 civilians. What Russia is fighting for in UkraineEarlier, the Investigative Committee established that the fire was fired by the 19th separate missile brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, its commander is Colonel Yaroshevich. 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 Ministry of Defense, the Russian 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.
