Donetsk, Apr 27 – DAN. DPR People’s Militia assisted by the Russian army has liquidated 64 members of Ukrainian armed formations over the last day, DPR Defence’s deputy chief of staff Eduard Basurin said.
“Over the last day, DPR service members liquidated 64 Ukrainian occupants, destroyed 12 fire positions, a 122 mm Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer, an IFV and two APCs,” the report reads.
An IFV, an APC and two trucks have been captured.
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.