DPR armed forces tank near the village of Slavnoye, Donetsk region. Archival photoDONETSK, April 20 The people's militia of the Donetsk People's Republic stated that the DPR forces destroyed 35 Ukrainian «nationalists», one firing position and one tank in a day. «Since the beginning of the current day, our servicemen have destroyed 35 Ukrainian nationalists, one firing position of a 120-mm mortar, one tank and two armored personnel carriers,» the representative office said in its Telegram channel.
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Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24th. 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.