NM NM column near MariupolDONETSK, Mar 18 Representative office of the Donetsk People's Republic in the Joint Center for the Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire Regime (JCCC) reported the wounding of eight civilians, including children, from the territories of the republic previously liberated by the People's Militia. , among them children aged 12 and 15, and one civilian in Vinogradnoye. operation in Ukraine on 24 February. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to abuse and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» To this end, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine» bloody crimes against civilians» of Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Russian Armed Forces, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive, but there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine, the President of Russia emphasized. to be and remain Russia
