A sign at the entrance to the town of Yasinovataya in the Donetsk region. File photoDONETSK, May 5.Ukrainian troops shelled Yasinovataya in the DPR, firing three rockets from the BM-21 Grad, according to the DPR office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC).» Fire was recorded from the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (Armed Forces of Ukraine — ed.) in the direction: 19.38 — Avdiivka settlement — Yasinovataya settlement: 3 rockets were fired from the BM-21 «Grad», — the message of the representative office in the Telegram channel says Located about 25 kilometers north of Donetsk and home to the largest railway station in the former Soviet Union, Yasinovataya is located about 25 kilometers north of Donetsk.To the west of the city, which has been controlled by the DPR since 2014, the line of contact with Ukrainian military positions has been running in the direction of Avdiivka for almost eight years. regularly subjected to shelling by the Ukrainian security forces.Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called it the goal of «protecting people who have been subjected to and bullying, genocide by the Kyiv regime». 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.
