From February 17 to May 6, 2022, 105 civilians, including three children, were killed, according to the statement of the DPR representation in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination on ceasefire posted on its Telegram channel.

The statement also highlights that 460 citizens, including 39 minors, suffered injuries of different degrees of severity, whereas 3,145 houses and 667 civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged.

During this period, there were 2,511 shots, 2,263 of which were fired from heavy weapons.

The Joint Center for Control and Coordination on ceasefire was created in 2014 by the Trilateral Contact Group (Ukraine, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Russia), to implement the Minsk Agreements, aimed at resolving the conflict in Donbas.

Moscow withdrew from this institution in 2017, so this Center ceased activities in the non-Kiev-controlled territories.

However, the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics (DPR and LPR) unilaterally announced the creation of their respective representations to continue recording the attacks taking place in the region.

Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24, after the authorities of the DPR and LPR requested its help to repel Kiev’s increased attacks and intense bombing.

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