A sign at the entrance to the city of Yasinovataya in the Donetsk region. Archival photoDONETSK, May 13. At 08:05 (coincides with Moscow time) Ukrainian troops shelled the city of Yasinovataya in the Donetsk People's Republic, firing 4 shells with a caliber of 122 mm, reports the representative office of the republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Cessation Regime fire. «Fire was recorded from the armed formations of Ukraine in the direction: 08.05 — the settlement of Avdiivka — the settlement of Yasinovataya: 4 shells of 122 mm caliber were fired,» the representative office's Telegram channel said. about three shellings of Yasinovataya by Ukrainian troops using the Grad MLRS. Yasinovataya is located about 25 kilometers north of Donetsk, it 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 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, 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.
