A sign at the entrance to the town of Yasinovataya in the Donetsk region. File photoDONETSK, Apr 14 One employee of the Yasinovatsky Machine-Building Plant was killed, two were injured as a result of the shelling of the enterprise by Ukrainian troops, the headquarters of the territorial defense of the Donetsk People's Republic reports. Earlier, the headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR reported that Ukrainian troops fired from MLRS BM-21 «Grad» Yasinovatsky Machine-Building Plant.
Ukrainian troops shelled Donetsk with 122 mm shells» plant, one employee died and two were injured,» the headquarters said in a Telegram channel. Yasinovataya is located about 25 kilometers north of Donetsk, it 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 Kiev 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.
