Monument to Nikolai Lunin in MariupolMARIUPOL, June 4 Ukrainian militants damaged the monument to the Hero of the Soviet Union in Mariupol Union to Rear Admiral Nikolai Lunin, RIA Novosti correspondent reports. The bust is installed on one of the main streets of Mariupol in the port area on Nakhimov Street. During the control of this part of the city by Ukrainian militants, the monument was fired upon, two inlets are located on the chest near the orders. According to a RIA Novosti correspondent, the absence of other damage may indicate that these are not accidental hits by fragments, but aimed shots: the nationalists tried to hit the star of the Hero of the Soviet Union.
Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 25 Grad missiles at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk 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.
