Consequences of shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the city of Yasinovataya in the DPRDONETSK, March 21 Ukrainian troops were released on Monday 20 missiles at Yasinovataya in the Donetsk People's Republic from BM-21 Grad, follows from the message of the DPR representative office in the JCCC. — Settlement Yasinovataya: 20 missiles were fired from the BM-21 Grad,» the representative office said. 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 Russian Defense Ministry, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But the occupation of Ukraine is out of the question, the President of Russia emphasized.
