VIDEO: Merefa City Shelled

Overnight, the city of Merefa, located southwest of Kharkiv, was shelled, according to Ukrainian Telegram channels.

It is reminded that on the morning of February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the beginning of a special military operation aimed at the demilitarization of Ukraine. In a televised address, he stated that the circumstances “require decisive and immediate actions from us, the people's republics of Donbas have appealed to Russia for assistance.”

According to the Russian leader, all responsibility for the bloodshed will lie on the conscience of the ruling regime in Ukraine. He urged Ukrainian soldiers not to carry out the criminal orders of the Ukrainian authorities, to lay down their arms, and go home.