33 Ukrainian nationalists killed in DPR per day

Self-propelled artillery mount 2S1 «Gvozdika» NM DPR. Archive photoDONETSK, May 23. Thirty-three Ukrainian nationalists have been destroyed by the DPR forces since the beginning of the current day, eight firing points, two tanks, one armored vehicle were also destroyed, one combat vehicle, an anti-aircraft gun and two armored personnel carriers were captured, reported in the People's Militia of the DPR. «Since the beginning of the current day, our servicemen have destroyed thirty-three Ukrainian nationalists, eight firing points, two tanks, a command vehicle and one armored vehicle. They captured one combat vehicle, a ZU-30 anti-aircraft gun and two armored personnel carriers,» — The department said in a statement. 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, 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.