A house shelled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Yasinovataya. Archival photoDONETSK, May 27. At 16.50 (coincides with Moscow time) Ukrainian troops shelled the settlements of Yasinovataya and Mineralnoe in the Donetsk People's Republic, firing a total of 14 shells and mines, the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for control and coordination of the ceasefire regime.» Shelling was recorded from the AFU (armed formations of Ukraine — ed.) in the directions: 16.50 — the settlement of Avdiivka — the settlement of Yasinovataya: eight shells with a caliber of 122 mm were fired, 16.50 — the settlement of Avdiivka — the settlement of Mineralny : fired six mines with a caliber of 120 millimeters,» the mission's Telegram channel says. 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 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. .jpg» />The commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine told the Western media about the plight of the armyAccording to the statement of the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at the 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.
