2022-05-20 19:12:23
Statement by the official representative of the DPR People’s Militia on the situation on May 20, 2022
Since the beginning of the day, the enemy has fired more than 160 shells and mines from 122-mm multiple launch rocket systems BM-21 "Grad", 122-mm cannon artillery, as well as 80 and 120-mm mortars.
The areas of 8 settlements of the Republic were under shelling. As a result of the Ukrainian aggression
a civilian was killed and 3 were injured. 14 residential buildings and 4 civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged.
Materials on the fact of wounding civilians and damage to infrastructure will be transferred to the DPR General Prosecutor's Office for inclusion in criminal cases initiated against the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Military personnel of the Russian Federation and the Donetsk People's Republic are conducting successful joint operations in the Donetsk direction in the area of Avdeevka, Marinka and Gorlovka to destroy the fortifications of Ukrainian nationalists. Since the beginning of the day, our servicemen have destroyed
more than 20 Ukrainian nationalists, a firing position for 122mm D-30 howitzers, a tank and 2 infantry fighting vehicles. A BMP, 2 armored personnel carriers, a ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft gun and a cargo vehicle were captured.
Artillery units continue to actively destroy enemy firing positions, identified accumulations of equipment, dugouts and blocked gaps. Subunit commanders carry out competent work to identify and destroy enemy observation posts and firing points.
The ongoing measures will minimize losses among the civilian population located in the territory temporarily controlled by Ukraine and prevent Ukrainian combatants from gaining a foothold in civilian’s houses, as it was in Mariupol.
Unfortunately, there were losses among our fighters. Over the past week, in the struggle for independence,
27 defenders of the Donetsk People's Republic died in the line of military duty and
120 comrades were injured.
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