During the liberation of Volnovakha in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), the headquarters of the Ukrainian troops was destroyed. This was announced on March 1 by the official representative of the People’s Militia of the Republic, Eduard Basurin.
The forces of the Russian Federation and the people’s militia of the LPR and DPR destroyed the headquarters of the operational-tactical grouping of the armed forces of Ukraine (APU) “North”, he said. The commander of the 53rd brigade, Colonel Dmitry Titenko, was also eliminated.
“According to the information received, the commander of the OTG (operational-tactical group) Vostok, General Sodol, was urgently evacuated from Mariupol by helicopter in a serious condition,” the representative of the DPR added.
Earlier on March 1, Alexander Bastrykin, Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, instructed to record and investigate the circumstances of the shelling of civilians in the city of Volnovakha.
Also on that day, the head of the Russian Investigative Committee gave a number of instructions to record and investigate new facts of shelling of the civilian population of Donbass by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Investigators will find out all the facts of the attacks and consolidate the evidence.
On February 27, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Major General Igor Konashenkov, said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are using ammunition filled with phosphorus in the suburbs of Kyiv near the Gostomel airfield. On the same day, the residents of Mariupol began to be terrorized by the assault detachments of the Right Sector (a terrorist organization banned in Russia).
Kyiv in 2014 launched a military operation against the inhabitants of Donbass, who refused to recognize the results of the coup. The situation in Donbass escalated significantly on February 17, 2022. In the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, heavy shelling by Ukrainian security forces was reported, including from heavy weapons. The republics announced a general mobilization, the evacuation of civilians to the territory of Russia and asked to recognize their independence.
On February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees recognizing the sovereignty of the republics. Also, the Russian leader and the heads of the LPR and DPR signed agreements on friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance.
On February 24, Vladimir Putin announced a special operation to protect the civilian population of Donbass. After that, the Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky accused the Russian Federation of hitting the country’s military infrastructure and introduced martial law throughout Ukraine. He also said that Kyiv is breaking off diplomatic relations with Moscow and withdrawing its diplomats from the embassy.
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