
A house shelled from the Ukrainian Grad MLRS in Yasinovataya. File photoDONETSK, Apr 14Ukrainian troops once again shelled Yasinovataya in the DPR using large-caliber shells, the republic’s representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC) said. . Three 122mm shells were fired at Yasinovataya.Ukrainian troops shelled Yasinovataya twice in eight minutes A total of 60 Grad MLRS rockets and 25 122mm rounds were fired at Yasinovataya. Yasinovataya is located about 25 kilometers north of Donetsk and houses the largest railway station in the former USSR. To the west of the city, which has been controlled by the DPR since 2014, in the direction of Avdiivka, there has been a line of contact with the combat positions of Ukrainian troops for almost eight years. 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 Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.

