Servicemen of the People's Militia of the DPR . Archival photoDONETSK, May 15.Since the beginning of the day, 24 Ukrainian nationalists have been killed, the People's Militia of the DPR reports. “Since the beginning of the current day, our servicemen have destroyed twenty-four Ukrainian nationalists, two cargo vehicles. One infantry fighting vehicle and one armored car were captured,” the department's Telegram channel says. 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 Kyiv regime for eight years.” For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine, to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for “bloody crimes against civilians” in Donbass. 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. 05/15/2022 InfographicView
