Servicemen of the People's Militia of the DPR ride in an APC down the street in Mariupol. Archival photoDONETSK, March 27 During the clashes, Ukrainian troops lost almost 50 personnel and equipment over the past 24 hours, the People's Militia of the DPR reports. firing points, one tank, two armored personnel carriers, one infantry fighting vehicle. One 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount, two infantry fighting vehicles … and two cargo vehicles were captured,» the report says. It is noted that eight servicemen of the 54th mechanized brigade and ten servicemen The 25th Airborne Brigade voluntarily laid down their arms and went over to the side of the DPR. 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. .jpg» />The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost 40 people in the LPR per day, the republic saidAccording 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. shelled the territory of the DPR
