
A ruined house near the Azovstal plant in Mariupol. Archive photoDONETSK, Apr 15 Eleven civilians wounded on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic during the day received medical assistance, the headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR reports with reference to the local department of the Ministry of Health.»Over the past day, from 09 :00 (coincides with Moscow time — ed.) on April 14 until 09:00 on April 15…, medical assistance was provided to 11 wounded civilians throughout the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic,» the headquarters' Telegram channel said.
VFU shelled the DPR 20 times in five minutesRussia 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 and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.

