LIVE UPDATES: Ukraine Has Killed 152 People in LPR Since February Including 21 Minors, Lugansk Says

On February 24, Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine, amid Kiev's attacks against the people's republics of Donetsk and Lugansk. President Vladimir Putin stated that Moscow aims to end the eight-year-long war, waged by Kiev against the people of Donbass, noting that the actions of the Ukrainian regime amount to genocide.