DONETSK, Aug 20 People's Militia soldiers received two multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS)» Cheburashka» produced in the DPR, said the head of the republic Denis Pushilin.
"Our fighters highly appreciated the MLRS "Cheburashka". A very important point: completely our development and domestic equipment. We started the import substitution program several years ago, and now we are producing such powerful weapons on the territory of the republic. Today I handed over the keys to two modernized installations & # 34; Cheburashka & # 34; operational-combat tactical formation "Cascade". I am sure that the soldiers will use them in the best way", he wrote in his Telegram channel.
Russia has been conducting a military operation in Ukraine since February 24. Vladimir Putin called its task «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to him, the ultimate goal of the operation is the liberation of Donbass and the creation of conditions guaranteeing the security of Russia itself. The Russian army, together with the forces of the DPR and LPR, completely occupied the territory of the Luhansk People's Republic and a significant part of Donetsk, including Volnovakha, Mariupol and Svyatogorsk, as well as the entire Kherson region, Azov districts of Zaporozhye and part of Kharkiv.