A man walks down the street in the DPRDONETSK, Mar 16 Two people died as a result of Ukrainian shelling by the troops of the village of Vasilievka, Yasinovatsky district of the DPR, the representative office of the republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire Regime reported. Ukraine. — Note ed.) in a residential building at st. Lesnaya, 4th century Vasilievka", the report says.
It is noted that Ukrainian troops fired seven 122-mm shells and two 120-mm mines at Yelenovka in five minutes at Vasilievka. On February 24, Russia launched a special military operation to demilitarize Ukraine. Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to harassment and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Russian army, units of the DPR and LPR are developing the offensive.