Mine warning on the road in the village of Novotroitskoye, Volnovakhsky districtDONETSK, Mar 12 houses and civilian infrastructure facilities in Volnovakha in the DPR from weapons transferred to them by Western countries, the headquarters of the territorial defense of the Donetsk People's Republic reported. and hit residential buildings and civilian infrastructure with weapons donated by Western countries,» the ministry said on its Telegram channel. On Friday, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov said that the troops of the Donetsk People's Republic had taken the city of Volnovakha. Also, according to him, the settlements of Olginka, Velika-Anadol, Zeleny Gay were taken under control, the advance in depth was up to six kilometers. 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 the occupation of Ukraine is out of the question, the President of Russia emphasized.
