Houses destroyed by shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the liberated village of Yatskovka. File photoYatskovka (DPR), May 24.The Ukrainian military in the village of Yatskovka in the north of the Donetsk region blew up houses to intimidate civilians, and also as part of their «scorched earth» tactics, a RIA Novosti correspondent reports. In his video, the journalist showed the village of Yatskovka, located 20 kilometers from the city of Izyum. In the village there are destroyed houses and broken cars, shell craters, complete desolation left by the Ukrainian military.DPR forces established control over 217 settlements»We are in the settlement of Yatskovka — this is the north of the Donetsk region, the liberated territory, one might say, is already the Donetsk Republic. Behind me is a typical picture: all that remains of the settlement — the houses are destroyed .. «Departing, the forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine did not hesitate to mine houses, gates. Until now, sappers, combing the area, find bookmarks, stretch marks in the gardens,» the correspondent says.Now specialists from the DPR Ministry of Emergency Situations are working in the village. A meeting was held with the new administration, the damage is being assessed in order to begin the restoration of the settlement. «What sappers and specialists and our fighters say is that many houses were destroyed directly by explosions before our forces arrived. Why was this done — in order to intimidate the population They just find land mines that have not worked,» the journalist notes. In the Izyum direction, Ukrainian troops tried to cling to each line and leave behind as much destruction as possible. «This is a scorched-earth tactic, it is found in almost all directions and fronts,» the correspondent added. The video shows a deep crater from a 152-mm ammunition hit: a nearby house was blown up, the car turned into an «iron fist».Ukrainian military men mine railway facilities during retreat