Russian soldier in Melitopol. Archival photoMELITOPOL, May 13. Servicemen of a special unit of the Armed Forces neutralize mines laid by Ukrainian troops on the Azov coast, RIA Novosti correspondent reports. retreat, the Ukrainian units mined the water area and the coastal zone. Thus, once again endangering civilians,» an officer of the engineering unit told RIA Novosti. and on plots of private houses in the coastal line and on country roads. Since February 24, Russia has been conducting a special military operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine. As Vladimir Putin stressed, its goal is «to protect people who have been subjected to abuse, genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense, the armed forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, nothing threatens the civilian population. By March 25, they completed the main tasks of the first stage — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The agency called the liberation of Donbass the main goal of the operation. What Ukrainian artillerymen did in Donbass
