A house shelled from the Ukrainian Grad MLRS in Yasinovataya. File photoMOSCOW, April 22Ukrainian troops shelled the settlements of Dolomitnoye and Yasinovataya in the Donetsk People's Republic, firing GP-25 grenades and 122mm shells, the DPR office at the Joint Center for Regime Control and Coordination reported ceasefire (JCCC). «Fire was recorded from the VFU in the following directions: 18:25 (coincides with Moscow time) — settlement Novoluganskoye — settlement Dolomitnoe: 5 grenades were fired from GP-25, small arms were also used; 19:55 — Avdiivka settlement — Yasinovataya settlement: 6 shells of 122 mm caliber were fired,» the representative office's Telegram channel said in a message.
Ukrainian troops shelled Gorlovka and Shirokaya Balka in four hoursRussia 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.
