A woman demonstrates a mine fragment in the courtyard of a residential building. File photoDONETSK, Apr 17The People's Militia of the DPR reported that since the beginning of the current day, 37 Ukrainian nationalists have been destroyed, as well as three firing positions of mortars, one armored car and two trucks. «Since the beginning of the current day, our servicemen have destroyed thirty-seven Ukrainian nationalists, three firing positions of 120-mm mortar , one armored car and two cargo vehicles,» the People's Militia reports on Telegram. Since the beginning of the day, Ukrainian troops have fired more than 150 shells and mines on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic, seven settlements have come under fire, the People's Militia of the DPR reports. «Since the beginning of the current 24 hours, the enemy fired more than 150 shells and mines from 122 mm BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket systems, 152 and 122 mm cannon artillery and 82 mm mortars. People's Militia on Telegram. It is noted that as a result of the actions of Ukrainian troops, two people were injured in the DPR since the beginning of the day 12 houses were damaged. 
Zelensky announced Ukraine's readiness to «fight Russia for 10 years» 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.
