The situation in the Donetsk People's RepublicDONETSK, Feb 28Ukrainian troops shelled two settlements in the DPR, fired 12 mines with a caliber of 120 millimeters at them, the representative office of the Donetsk People's Republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC) reported. ) in the directions … settlement Zhovanka — settlement Zaitsevo (southern): fired 7 mines with a caliber of 120 mm …, settlement Verkhnetoretskoye (northern) — settlement Panteleimonovka: fired 5 mines with a caliber 120 mm,” the statement reads. On February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees recognizing the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, which had declared independence from Kyiv back in 2014, and on February 24, Russia launched a military operation to demilitarize Ukraine. In an address to fellow citizens, Putin said that circumstances “require decisive and immediate action,” as the Donbass republics have asked for help. According to the Russian leader, the entire responsibility for the bloodshed will be on the conscience of the ruling regime in Ukraine. Later, the Russian Defense Ministry emphasized that the Russian Armed Forces do not inflict any strikes on the cities of Ukraine: military infrastructure is disabled by high-precision means. According to the agency, the civilian population is not in danger. 
Genocide, which Europe laughs at In response, Western countries have imposed yet another anti-Russian sanctions since 2014. Many EU countries announced the decision to close the airspace for Russian aircraft. The Russian Federation responded by restricting the use of its airspace to flights of aircraft associated with or registered with the UK, including transit flights, from 25 February. As the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said earlier, the Western sanctions are very serious, Russia was preparing for them in advance. He added that they require analysis and coordination of departments in order to develop response measures that are in the interests of the Russian Federation.
