Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a meeting with Denis Pushilin, acting president of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), said that the task of the Russian troops is to push the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) to a distance where they cannot inflict damage. It has been reported TASS.
Putin added that it is also necessary to create conditions so that there will be no bombardment. According to the president, we need to strive to reduce the number of attacks.
“Our job, of course, is to move them a distance where they can’t hurt us. <…> The mission of all our military formations, the Ministry of Defense, the volunteers – all [состоит в том, чтобы] to make sure there were no bombardments,” the president stressed.
Previously, at the DPR office at the Joint Center for the Control and Coordination of Issues of War Crimes in Ukraine (JCCC), reportedThat the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired eight 155-millimeter shells of “NATO” caliber in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk.