MOSCOW, Apr 21 military settlements of the Donetsk and Luhansk people's republics. «The Investigative Committee of Russia opened two more criminal cases on the facts of criminal actions of Ukrainian security forces against civilians in Donbass. These actions are qualified under part 1 of article 356 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (ill-treatment of the civilian population, use in armed conflict of prohibited means and methods),» the ministry's Telegram channel said.The Armed Forces of Ukraine shelled three settlements in the DNR As a result, houses were damaged in settlements, buildings, the workshop of the Yasinovatsky machine-building plant were partially destroyed, in the village of Mineralny — the equipment of the Verkhnekalmius filtering station. Two women were injured in the urban-type settlement of Vladimirovka and Novocheretovatoye. As a result of artillery shelling in Mariupol, six civilians were injured,» the report adds. In addition, in the LPR, Ukrainian nationalists attacked civilian infrastructure in the cities of Zolote-5 and Pervomaisk, as well as the settlements of Zolote and Berezovskoe. As a result of shelling in Pervomaisk, more than 60 houses were damaged. In the settlements of Zolote and Zolote-5, 18 residential buildings were damaged, as well as a kindergarten building. Ukraine February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to abuse and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» To this end, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine» bloody crimes against civilians» of Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and, on March 25, they completed the main tasks of the first stage — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
