Servicemen of the People's Militia of the DPR in MariupolDONETSK, May 1.Over the past day, DPR servicemen have destroyed 51 Ukrainian nationalists, three firing positions and one tank, according to the people's militia of the republic. one 122-mm self-propelled artillery mount 2S1 «Gvozdika» and one infantry fighting vehicle were captured,» the people's militia wrote on Telegram. It is reported that over the past day, Ukrainian troops have fired more than a hundred shells and mines from 122-mm rocket systems volley fire BM-21 «Grad», 122-mm cannon artillery and 120 and 82-mm mortars, as well as weapons of the BMP. Five settlements were under fire, 13 civilians were injured, 37 residential buildings, 7 2 vehicles. Russian region from mobile communications and the InternetRussia 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 Kyiv 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.
