VIDEO: Casualties in Donetsk's Mercury Market

During the shelling of the Kirovski district by Ukrainian armed forces in the Donetsk People's Republic, the Mercury market was also struck. According to Russian media reports, 5 people have been killed and 23 others wounded.

Recall that on the morning of February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the start of a special military operation aimed at the demilitarization of Ukraine. In a televised address, he stated that the circumstances “demand decisive and immediate actions from us, as the people's republics of Donbas have requested assistance from Russia.”

According to the Russian leader, the entire responsibility for the bloodshed will rest on the conscience of the regime currently in power in Ukraine. He urged Ukrainian soldiers not to follow the criminal orders of the Ukrainian authorities, to lay down their arms, and go home.