The Ukrainian armed forces bombed the community of Zolotoye-5 using multiple Grad rocket launchers. This was announced today, on 3 March, by the Mission of the Lughnsk People’s Republic (LPR) to the Joint Ceasefire Control and Coordination Center, TASS News Agency reports.

According to the statement spread by the Mission, at 16:10 the Ukrainian army fired 40 projectiles from “BM-21 Grad” multiple rocket launchers in the direction of “Zolotoye-5”. The information about the victims and the devastation is being clarified.

It should be noted that the first Russian-Ukrainian talks took place in Gomel region on 28 February, the meeting lasted five hours. The Russian delegation was headed by Assistant to the President Vladimir Medinsky. He stated that the Russian delegation is ready to negotiate with the Ukrainian side as long as it takes to reach an agreement.

It should be reminded that in the early morning of 24 February, Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a message announcing the decision to launch a special military operation in Donbas.

“Circumstances require us to take decisive and immediate action. The Donbas People’s Republics have appealed to Russia. I have decided to launch a special military operation in this regard,” Putin said in a televised address to Russian citizens.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that from 5:00 am (7:00 am Yerevan time) on Thursday, the Russian Armed Forces carried out intensive attacks on Ukrainian military facilities and airports.