Fighters of the People's Militia of the DPR. Archival photoDONETSK, May 21. Since the beginning of the current day, servicemen of the DPR have killed 15 Ukrainian nationalists, the people's militia (NM) of the republic reports. points of our Republic. Since the beginning of the current day, our servicemen have destroyed 15 Ukrainian nationalists, three firing points, one firing position of 152-mm towed artillery installations 2A65 “Msta-B”, two infantry fighting vehicles and one cargo vehicle, “the statement of the NM representative says , published in the Telegram channel. that one 122-mm BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket system, four mortars and two cargo trucks were captured transport means. 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 “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.