Servicemen of the People's Militia of the DPR. Archival photoDONETSK, Aug 26 One person died, four more were injured during the shelling of the territory of the DPR by Ukrainian troops, the headquarters of the territorial defense of the republic said. «Over the past day, from 08:00 on August 25 to 08: 00 August 26, as a result of the shelling of the VFU on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic, one person was killed and 4 more civilians were injured, one of them was blown up by a PFM-1 mine,» the statement said in his Telegram channel.
Russia evacuated more than 25,000 people from Ukraine, the DPR and the LPR in a dayRussia has been conducting a military operation in Ukraine since February 24. Vladimir Putin called its task «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the President, the ultimate goal of the hostilities is the liberation of Donbass and the creation of conditions guaranteeing the security of Russia itself. Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine
