
Fighters of the People's Militia of the LPR in the village of Krymskoye, Luhansk region. Archive photoLUGANSK, May 1.Over the past 24 hours, Ukrainian troops have lost 9 personnel, as well as 3 armored personnel carriers and 4 vehicles, the People's Militia of the LPR said. : 9 personnel; 3 armored personnel carriers; 4 vehicles,» the People's Militia said in a Telegram message.DPR servicemen killed 51 Ukrainian nationalists in a dayIt is reported that over the past day, Ukrainian troops fired 81 shells from Uragan and Grad multiple launch rocket systems, artillery pieces of 152 and 122 mm caliber and mortars of 120 mm caliber at five settlements. in order to suppress the enemy’s fire activity against civilians of the Republic by the on-duty firepower of the units of the NM (People’s Militia — ed.) of the LPR, the positions of the VFU (armed formations of Ukraine — ed.), from which the fire was fired, were promptly discovered and destroyed,» the report says. 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 Kyiv 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.

