The Donetsk People’s Republic announced that the Ukrainian Armed Forces bombed Yuryevka, the Mangush region of the DPR, and fired Storm Shadow missiles at the settlement. This was reported in his report telegraph channel Representation of the republic in the Joint Center for the Control and Coordination of War Crimes Issues of Ukraine.
“Fire recorded from AFU (Ukrainian Armed Forces) at 19:10 – Yuryevka (Mangush region) settlement: two Storm Shadow aircraft missiles were fired.”
Previously, the power structures of the DPR, during the offensive of Ukrainian troops on Mariupol applied Storm Shadow missiles. It was also noted that the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked the Azovstal factory.
On May 22, Denis Pushilin, acting president of the Donetsk People’s Republic, announced that the Storm Shadow cruise missiles fallen Near the former military airport in Mariupol.
On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin, in response to a request for help from the heads of the DPR and LPR, decided to organize a special military operation to protect Donbass.
After the results of the September referendums, the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics and the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions became part of Russia.