Ukrainian troops shelled Yasne in the DPR

Consequences of shelling in Donbass. Archival photoDONETSK, May 3.Ukrainian troops shelled the town of Yasnoye in the Donetsk People's Republic, firing five 122mm shells, the DPR office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC) reports.» Shelling was recorded from the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (Armed Forces of Ukraine — ed.) in the direction: 11.45 (coincides with Moscow time) — the settlement of Novomikhailovka — the settlement of Yasnoye, five shells with a caliber of 122 mm were fired,» the representative office said in the Telegram channel. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on 24 February. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv 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, they completed the main tasks of the first stage — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass. What distinguishes the Ukrainian security forces