MOSCOW, Mar 11Russian President Vladimir Putin and Finnish President Sauli Niinistö in a conversation paid special attention to humanitarian issues and ensuring the safety of the civilian population in Ukraine, the Kremlin press service reports. «President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö… attention to humanitarian issues and measures taken to ensure the safety of the civilian population, and the organization of humanitarian corridors for the evacuation of civilians from the clashes zone,» the message says. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, the civilian population is not in danger. With the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine, the President of Russia stressed. As of March 11, more than 3.2 thousand military infrastructure facilities were destroyed, as well as 98 aircraft, 1041 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 113 multiple launch rocket systems and 118 drones, including the Turkish Bayraktar TB2. The territory around the Chernobyl (mothballed) and Zaporozhye (operating) nuclear power plants was taken under control. Eight years later, the North Crimean Canal was unblocked, and work is underway to restore water supply to Crimea.Yesterday, 17:00Exacerbation of the situation in the DPR and LNRV DPR from March 4 to March 10, six civilians were killed due to hostilitiesThe offensive is going in several directions, Kyiv is blocked from the west, the Russian Armed Forces have achieved air supremacy over all of Ukraine. A detailed map of the regions of Ukraine in which the Russian military operates, however, has not yet been officially published. According to the RF Ministry of Defense, as of March 2, 498 Russian servicemen were killed and 1,597 wounded during the operation. Among the Ukrainian side, according to the Russian military department, the losses are many times higher: more than 2,870 killed and about 3,700 wounded. According to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, as of March 7, 474 civilians were killed and 861 wounded during the conflict. These statistics take into account, among other things, losses in the territories of the DPR and LPR, which, according to UNHCHR estimates, account for 24 dead and 112 injured. Against the backdrop of hostilities in a large number of cities and villages in Ukraine, a humanitarian catastrophe is emerging. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation lays responsibility for this on the Kiev authorities, who refuse to coordinate the work of humanitarian corridors, as well as local nationalists, in some cases, according to the military department, holding civilians as a human shield. «For them, we are not people, but half-dead meat» . Illegal prison of the national battalion «Aidar»
The former sausage factory is a separate building surrounded by a concrete fence. The Aidarovites set up watchtowers along the perimeter, which made the plant look like a concentration camp.
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The former sausage factory represents a separate building surrounded by a concrete fence. The Aidarovites set up watchtowers along the perimeter, which made the plant look like a concentration camp.
For eight years, the LPR authorities have been receiving testimonies from victims who were held as prisoners at the plant. >For eight years, the authorities of the LPR received testimonies from the victims, who were kept at the plant as prisoners.
When the People's Militia of the LPR took control of the Starobelsky district, employees of the local public organization "Memorial&# 34; let's go there immediately.
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When the People's Militia of the LPR took control of the Starobelsky district, employees of the local public organization "Memorial" we immediately went there.
In the basement of the workshop there is a smokehouse, consisting of separate chambers. From above they are closed with bars, originally intended for laying out meat.
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In the basement of the workshop there is a smokehouse, consisting of separate chambers. From above they are closed with bars, originally intended for laying out meat.
Each section of the smokehouse is 80 × 150 centimeters in size. People spent weeks and months here crouching. The chambers were not heated during the winter.
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Each section of the smoker is 80 x 150 centimeters. People spent weeks and months here crouching. In winter, the cells were not heated.
Hand-held anti-tank grenade launchers on the territory of the former sausage factory, in which the illegal prison of the National Battalion "Aidar" was equipped. >6 of 10
Hand-held anti-tank grenade launchers on the territory of the former sausage factory, in which the illegal prison of the National Battalion "Aidar" was equipped.
According to the testimony of the victims, the prisoners were beaten and tortured , doused with ice water, kept starving.
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According to the testimonies of the victims, the prisoners were beaten, tortured, doused with ice water, kept starving.
Now investigators and forensic experts from the LPR are working in the prison: they are looking for the remains of the DNA materials of the victims of the concentration camp, documents.
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Now investigators and forensic experts from the LPR are working in the prison: they are looking for the remains of the DNA materials of the victims concentration camps, documents.
The video testimony of Oksana K., a nurse who was taken prisoner, who later died of wounds and illnesses, has been preserved. "The prisoners are very much off — beaten, humiliated. For them, we are not people at all … We are half-dead meat for them", Oksana testified. p>The video testimony of Oksana K., a nurse who was taken prisoner, who later died of wounds and illnesses, has been preserved. "The prisoners are very much off — beaten, humiliated. For them, we are not people at all … We are half-dead meat for them", testified Oksana.
The authorities of the LPR do not exclude that somewhere near the prison there is a burial place for the dead.
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LPR authorities do not rule out that the burial place of the dead is located somewhere near the prison.
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The former sausage factory is a separate building surrounded by a concrete fence. The Aidarovites set up watchtowers along the perimeter, which made the plant look like a concentration camp.
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For eight years, the LPR authorities received testimonies from victims who were kept at the plant as prisoners.
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When the People's Militia of the LPR took control of the Starobelsky district, employees of the local public organization "Memorial" we went there immediately.
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In the basement of the workshop there is a smokehouse, consisting of separate chambers. From above they are closed with bars, originally intended for laying out meat.
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Each section of the smoker is 80 × 150 centimeters in size. People spent weeks and months here crouching. In winter, the cells were not heated.
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Hand-held anti-tank grenade launchers on the territory of the former sausage factory, in which the illegal prison of the National Battalion "Aidar" was equipped.
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According to the testimonies of the victims, the prisoners were beaten, tortured, doused with ice water, kept starving.
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Now investigators and forensic experts from the LPR are working in the prison: they are looking for DNA remnants -materials of the victims of the concentration camp, documents.
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Video evidence of Oksana K., a nurse who was taken prisoner, who later died of wounds and illnesses, has been preserved. "The prisoners are very much off — beaten, humiliated. For them, we are not people at all … We are half-dead meat for them", Oksana testified.
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LPR authorities do not exclude that somewhere near the prison there is a burial place for the dead.< /p>