As a result of the shelling of the Yuryevka settlement in the Lugansk People’s Republic by Ukrainian troops, a local resident was killed, two more were injured of varying severity. It has been reported telegraph channel Representation of the LPR in the Ukrainian Joint Center for Control and Coordination of War Crimes Issues (JCCC).
It was stated that two rockets were launched from the American HIMARS multiple launch rocket system at the settlement.
Earlier, the mayor of Donetsk, Aleksey Kulemzin, said that there were two residents of the Leninsky district of Donetsk. dead During the bombardment by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
It was previously reported that there were Ukrainian soldiers. produced As a result of the bombing of the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, one person was killed and seven injured. It was announced that four 155 mm caliber bullets were fired.
On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to organize a military special operation to protect Donbass, in response to a request for assistance from the heads of the LPR and DPR.
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.