House shelled with MLRS «Grad» of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in Yasinovataya. File photoDONETSK, May 23.Ukrainian troops fired 20 rockets from a Grad multiple launch rocket system in the direction of Yasinovataya in the Donetsk People's Republic, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire said.» Fire was recorded from the side of the VFU (armed formations of Ukraine — ed.) in the direction: 15.08 (coincides with Moscow time) — the settlement of Avdiivka — the settlement of Yasinovataya: 20 rockets were fired from the BM-21 «Grad», — the message says in the Telegram channel 
Chizhov noted the duality of Zelensky's position on settling with Russia railway station 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 Ukrainian combat positions for almost eight years Ainian troops. 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.
