Donetsk, Aug 8 — DAN. The servicemen of the DPR People’s Militia and Russian armed forces have destroyed two fire points of Ukrainian militants outside Donetsk and Gorlovka, the deputy Chief-of-Staff of the DPR Defence Eduard Basurin said.
“The servicemen of the DPR People’s Militia and Russian armed forces have destroyed a platoon of Grad artillery, two armoured vehicles, two fire points in Pervomaiskoye (north of Donetsk), and Kurdyumovka (north of Gorlovka),” he said.
Russia started a special military operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine on February 24. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the decision was made after the DPR and LPR Heads addressed him asking for help.
The Russian leader said that Moscow is not planning to occupy Ukrainian territory, the only goal is to protect people who have been continuously shelled and subjected to other forms of genocide by Ukraine for eight years. *ot