DPR People's Militia Serviceman. Archival photoDONETSK, June 5 The people's militia of the Donetsk People's Republic reported that over the past day the servicemen of the republic had destroyed up to 40 Ukrainian soldiers, two T-64 tanks, three infantry fighting vehicles and three firing points near the settlement of Peski , from where the shelling of the city of Donetsk was carried out. «Joint actions of the military personnel of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed two T-64 tanks, three infantry fighting vehicles and up to 40 personnel. Three enemy firing points in the area of u200bu200bthe settlement Peski, from where Donetsk was shelled,» the ministry's Telegram channel 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, 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.
