A sign at the entrance to the city of Yasinovataya in the Donetsk regionDONETSK, Mar 16 Ukrainian troops at 13.10 Moscow time fired at the front-line city of Yasinovataya, firing five shells with a caliber of 122 mm, reports the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC). point Yasinovataya, fired five shells with a caliber of 122 mm,” reads a message published on the representative’s Telegram channel. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Russian Armed Forces, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive, but there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine, the Russian president emphasized. 08InfographicDonetsk and Lugansk People's RepublicsInfographicView
