A woman cleans up glass fragments in a school building in HorlivkaDONETSK, Feb. 26 Ukrainian troops shelled Gorlovka in the Donetsk People's Republic, reports the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC).
" village of mine 6/7): six RPG grenades were fired, heavy machine guns were also used", the DPR representative office in the JCCC said in a statement.
In recent weeks, the situation in the Donbass has escalated: Kyiv has concentrated most of its army on the line of contact and is regularly shelling the DPR and LPR, using prohibited equipment. Due to the threat of Ukraine's invasion, the DPR and LPR began the evacuation of women, children and the elderly to Russian regions. General mobilization announced. In this situation, on February 19, the leaders of the self-proclaimed republics turned to Russia with a request to recognize their independence. On February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a televised address that he considers it necessary to immediately recognize the sovereignty of the LPR and DPR, and signed the relevant decrees. The head of state instructed to ensure the maintenance of peace in the republics.
As a result of the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the LPR, civilians were killedOn Thursday morning, Putin announced the start of a special demilitarization operation Ukraine. In a televised address to the Russians, he said that circumstances «require decisive and immediate action from us, the people's republics of Donbass turned to Russia with a request for help.» building military infrastructure. The civilian population is not in danger. On Friday morning, 118 Ukrainian military facilities were put out of action, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was taken under control. Ukrainian air defense systems have been suppressed, the military infrastructure of military air bases has been disabled, the Ministry of Defense notes. 8c850b194c3ce799229e22de3e518ce0.jpg» />Ukrainian security forces carried out nine attacks on the LPR in a dayPosted by Maxim Gorbachev