Ukrainian tank on the outskirts of Nikolaev. File photoMOSCOW, June 18Ukrainian special services are filming stories about houses allegedly destroyed due to shelling by the Russian army in Nikolaev, the head of Russia's Interdepartmental Coordination Headquarters for Humanitarian Response, head of the National Defense Control Center, General- Colonel Mikhail Mizintsev. «More than 40 actors were involved in staged video filming, all participants were paid a cash reward of $ 25,» he said. Mizintsev once again warned about the spread of fakes. The Russian Armed Forces do not strike at civilian targets and treat civilians humanely, the colonel-general added. Since February 24, Russia has been conducting a special military operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine. 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.» The armed forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. The main goal of the operation in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
