Firefighters of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the DPR put out a fire in a furniture warehouse in Donetsk, which broke out after shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. File photoMOSCOW, June 7The reason for the intensified shelling of residential areas of Donetsk by Ukrainian troops is that 700 of their soldiers were recently killed, said Eduard Basurin, deputy head of the People's Militia Department of the Donetsk People's Republic. it became known that there was an accumulation of forces and means of the enemy and fire damage was inflicted on these places.The enemy suffered about 700 people killed, 100 units of various equipment — tracked, wheeled, special equipment.After that, a very strong shelling began, probably from anger, residential areas , precisely those areas that have never been shelled before. These are the residential areas of the city center, like two days ago, yesterday, the day before yesterday, three days ago. So that people understand why they started shelling the city and what is the reason for this. Now I can partially talk about it,» he said on the TV channel «Russia 1». />Shoigu announced the liberation of SvyatogorskRussia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24th. Russian President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, as of March 25, the Armed Forces 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. Along with the Russian military, units of the DPR and LPR operate in the region.
