Participants of the action in support of the Russian military. Archival photoVOLCHANSK (Kharkiv region), May 4.A maternity ward at a local hospital has been opened in the city of Volchansk, Kharkiv region, with the support of Russia, a RIA Novosti correspondent reports. Since February 24, 36 babies have been born here — 22 boys and 14 girls. Russia fully provides the operation of the hospital's generator, and also provides the necessary food. In the near future, children under two years of age will be sent for a complete free examination in Belgorod. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24th. 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, 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.
