A house shelled from the Ukrainian Grad MLRS in Yasinovataya. File photoDONETSK, June 7Ukrainian troops at 15.20 (coincides with Moscow time) fired seven shells with a caliber of 122 millimeters at Yasinovataya and six shells with a caliber of 155 millimeters at Makiivka, the representative office of the Donetsk People's Republic at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC) said. side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (Armed Forces of Ukraine — ed.) in the direction: 15.20 — Avdiivka settlement — Yasinovataya settlement: seven shells of 122 mm caliber were fired,» the representative office said in the Telegram channel.
Correspondents of RIA Novosti came under fire at the LNRV representative office and recorded the shelling of Makiivka, which was carried out from Avdiivka at 15.20. During the shelling, Ukrainian troops fired six 155-millimeter rounds into the city. 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. 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.
