Photo: Telegram channel Prikhodko RIK.
As a result of the shelling of Gorlovka, NM DPR colonel Olga Kachura under the call sign Korsa was killed, Mayor Ivan Prikhodko said on his Telegram channel.
“Today is a black day for Gorlovka and the republic. A brave and wise woman, who stood at the birth of NM DPR, died tragically,” reads the mayor's publication.
The mayor expressed his condolences to the family and relatives of Korsa, who was also the commander. rocket artillery division.
On February 24, the Russian Federation launched a special military operation in Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin identified the demilitarization and denazification of the republic as its goal, as well as the protection of the people of Donbass. For this, according to the Russian leader, he plans to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for “bloody crimes against civilians” in the region.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Russian army intervenes only in the military infrastructure and parts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). .