A sign at the entrance to the town of Yasinovataya in the Donetsk region. Archival photoDONETSK, May 22.Ukrainian troops shelled a hospital building in the city of Yasinovataya in the DPR, the Headquarters of the territorial defense of the republic reports. Shkolnaya Street,» the headquarters' Telegram channel said. The DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC) on Sunday reported several times that Yasinovataya was shelled, including from Grad multiple launch rocket systems. 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 genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Armed Forces on March 25 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.
