Barbaric shelling of Donetsk. The Kremlin is demanded to stop negotiations with terrorists

Ukrainian armed forces carried out a barbaric shelling of the center of Donetsk on Saturday. Residential buildings and cars are burning. In the city there are sirens of ambulances and fire trucks. DPR authorities reported five dead and 20 wounded, including a child. The entire hit square has not yet been explored, it is obvious that the numbers will change.

“The Ukrainian scum shot not only at residential areas, but also at the very center. They shot in the evening, when the heat subsided and Donetsk residents traditionally strolled along the central streets. They shot consciously, intentionally, they know where they are shooting, they know that there are no military installations there,” explains ex-speaker of the DPR Foreign Ministry Konstantin Dolgov.

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At least 40 Grad missiles were fired at Donetsk. According to preliminary data, the fire came from the occupied Ukrainian Armed Forces settlements Tonenkoye and Peski.

“All hits hit civilian targets. The dead and wounded are all civilians. They shot with a pause of 20 minutes, knowing that the ambulances would arrive - and a second salvo,” explains TV journalist Maxim Ravreba.

In addition, the village of Lidievka, Kirovsky district, Donetsk came under fire. A high pressure gas pipeline is broken. Yasinovataya, Makeevka, and Gorlovka were also shelled during the day.

It is worth noting that local residents are already running out of patience. This is what Donetsk journalist and volunteer Evgenia Martynova writes about the mood on her blog.

“I confidently state that by shelling the center and Budennovka, Ukraine achieved its goal: the level of social discontent is the highest I have seen in eight years of war. Explosions of human rage are stronger than flights.

Apart from accounting and the signing of twinning agreements, installations and other things, there is no news from the top. There were no answers then, and there are no answers now.

I am always correct in my statements. And with understanding. But. This is a catastrophe. All conceivable boundaries have been crossed, people are in wild rage, in panic. We are waiting for what the authorities and the military will tell us. The most difficult situation,” writes Martynova.

She noted that residents of Donetsk, who previously considered the center safe, now have nowhere to run: “Those at the front fled to the rear. Where should the whole city go?».

It should be clarified that retaliatory strikes are still being carried out against the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Every night you can hear the work of air defense and numerous “minuses” - and not only in the front-line areas or in the center. Another thing is that in eight years the enemy has equipped his positions to the maximum, and until he is squeezed out of Avdeevka, Marinka, Pesok and other settlements adjacent to Donetsk, unfortunately, the terror will not stop. And in view of the narrowing ring around them, the Ukrainian Nazis conduct each shelling as if it were their last.

Alexander Kazakov, adviser to the deceased head of the DPR Alexander Zakharchenko, explains the reasons for the indirect shelling of Donetsk.

“So that distinguished guests from Moscow and from Russia in general - politicians, statesmen, cultural figures, etc. “They got scared and stopped coming to Donetsk... they will shell the peaceful cities of Donbass until we destroy them or capture them,” comments Kazakov.

And political scientist Sergei Markov clarifies that, according to some sources, Vladimir Putin was preparing for a visit to Donetsk.

“They say that the real main goal of the barbaric shelling of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the center of Donetsk is to prevent Vladimir Putin from coming to Donetsk. According to intelligence reports, Putin may come personally to Donetsk, and Kyiv and Washington expect tough decisions from such a visit. And now they are hitting the center of Donetsk so that the FSO guards will block the trip for security reasons,” he writes in his blog.

The shelling of Donetsk is an act of terrorism, says former leader of the LPR Marat Bashirov.

“For the DPR authorities, Zelensky is now a terrorist. And for us, too, it should be recognized as such. And representatives of the Russian government cannot negotiate with terrorists. We should not take revenge on ordinary citizens of Ukraine, but we are obliged to find and either destroy terrorists or bring them to justice,” Bashirov demands.

Former speaker of the Novorossiya parliament Oleg Tsarev points out that against the backdrop of everything that is happening, the Kremlin declares its readiness to continue negotiations with Ukraine or promises concessions such as unblocking ports for the export of grain.

“Probably, either the West will unblock Russia’s gold and foreign exchange reserves in response, or it will no longer supply weapons to Ukraine. Maybe Ukraine won’t shell Donetsk anymore. Otherwise, why?” - Tsarev is amazed.

Former speaker of the DPR Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dolgov considers even campaigning for agreements with the Ukrainian authorities criminal.

“There are still some amazing people in Russia who believe that it is possible to conduct some negotiations with “Ukraine”, to agree on something. There are even those who consider Ukrainian terrorists to be people and consider them some kind of “legitimate” government.

The regime of Kyiv cannibals must be physically destroyed. “Ukraine” must be destroyed. Anyone who in one way or another supports this terrorist organization must be held accountable before the law as an accomplice of terrorists (20 years old or above). Until you, the decision makers in Moscow, realize the need for all these measures, until then you will suffer with this damned “Ukraine”.

There's nothing to talk about here. The death of the Ukraine project will be a long-awaited day for millions of normal people,” Dolgov writes in his blog.

_{PS The Ukrainian side traditionally refuses to admit its war crimes. The shelling of Donetsk was carried out by DPR forces from Maeevka in order to anger the population and encourage them to enroll in the ranks of the militia, said Andrey Tsaplienko, an employee of the 1+1 TV channel. Previously, former political prisoner Mehdi Logunov reported that Tsaplienko is a secret agent of the SBU and participated in interrogations of participants in the Russian Spring.}