Civil war in Ukraine: News & discussion

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Despite enemy’s armed provocations Ukrainian servicemen do not use arms | Міністерство оборони України
Monday, September 21. DONBAS — According to press centre of the ‘anti-terror’ operation, yesterday the situation was stable in the region. The illegal armed formations observed the ceasefire. Meanwhile, there were provocations.

Artemivsk direction: at 06:30 p.m., militants attacked the Ukrainian positions near Luhanske with small arms; at 08:10 p.m. the enemy used small arms near Mayorsk.

At 10:00 p.m. the militants shelled the Ukrainian positions near Sokilnyky with 82 mm mortar.

Totally, the enemy violated the ceasefire for four times yesterday.

About 09:30 p.m. the enemy opened provocative fire. Despite the enemy’s armed provocations, the Ukrainian servicemen do not use arms and observe the ceasefire.

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One Ukrainian soldier wounded in Donbas in last day : UNIAN news

No Ukrainian soldiers were killed but one was wounded in the Donbas conflict zone over the last 24 hours, presidential administration spokesman for the Anti-Terrorist Operation Colonel Andriy Lysenko said at a briefing in Kyiv on Monday, according to an UNIAN correspondent.

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"Over the last day, we haven't lost any Ukrainian soldiers, but one has been injured when stepping on a landmine near the Svitlodarsk reservoir," he said.

As UNIAN reported earlier, the combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine four times overnight.

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A Russian armored car has been photographed in Luhansk.
A A photograph showing a Russian BMP-97 armored car – a type of vehicle used only by the Russian armed forces – has been shown by the Bellingcat investigation group to have almost certainly been taken in Luhansk.

Of particular interest were BPM-97 mine-resistant, ambush protected (MRAP) vehicles that feature briefly in the video.


These Russian vehicles are not used by the Ukrainian military, and their presence inside Ukraine would be compelling evidence Russia has sent military vehicles into Ukraine. However, it has been impossible to find the position this video was filmed, so it has not been possible to confirm this was filmed inside Ukraine.

Yesterday a new image of a BPM-97 reportedly inside Ukraine was posted online by various sources.

 

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Ukrainian serviceman killed in demining operation in Luhansk region - authorities
22.09.2015
Ukrainian serviceman killed in demining operation in Luhansk region - authorities

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  A serviceman of the 92nd brigade from the Zhytomyr region has been killed demining the vicinity of the 29th roadblock near the village of Novotoshkivske in the Popasna district of the Luhansk region, and another soldier suffered injuries, the Luhansk region military-civilian administration said on Tuesday.
  
  The injured soldier was taken to the Severodonetsk hospital and provided with medical assistance.
  
  "Alas, landmines and pull-action mines explode in the Luhansk region practically every day. The reason for this situation is mines planted on vast territories," Luhansk region military-civilian administration head Georgy Tuka said.
  

 

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Illegal armed formations violate ceasefire for 9 times | Міністерство оборони України

Wednesday, September 23. DONBAS — According to the press centre of the ‘anti-terror’ operation (ATO) HQ, the situation was stable in the region.

About 06:00 and 07:00 p.m., the enemy’s snipers targeted the Ukrainian positions in Mayorsk. The enemy also used small arms and grenade launchers.

The illegal armed formations performed provocations near Zaytseve, Luhanske villages.

The Ukrainian servicemen did not open return fire observing the Minsk agreements.

Totally, the bandits violated the ceasefire for 9 times.

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Red Cross delivers 275 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Donetsk residents : UNIAN news
23.09.2015 | 12:44
The border guards who are serving on the demarcation line between the Ukrainian armed forces and illegal armed groups have handled a column of vehicles carrying humanitarian supplies to residents of the city of Donetsk.

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Trucks from the International Committee of the Red Cross have arrived from Dnipropetrovsk and are heading towards Donetsk, the State Border Guard Service's press service said.

"A total of 16 trucks have passed through the Buhas checkpoint. The vehicles were carrying food of long-term storage weighing more than 275 tonnes," the report says.

 

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Militants use 122 mm artillery near Donetsk | Міністерство оборони України
Thursday, September 24. DONBAS — According to the press centre of the ‘anti-terror’ operation (ATO) HQ, the illegal armed formations violated the ceasefire at night.

Yesterday evening, at 09:0 p.m., 10:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. the militants shelled the Ukrainian positions near Krysmke (Luhansk Oblast) with small arms.

The illegal armed formations attacked the Ukrainian mobile group near Zolote village with small arms.

Totally, yesterday, the illegal armed formations violated the ceasefire for 4 times.

Today, the enemy has shelled the Ukrainian servicemen in Zaytseve village with heavy gun.

In violation of the Minsk agreements, this night the militants shelled the ATO troops in Krasnohorivka (near Donetsk) with 122 mm artillery.

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Wednesday, September 24. DONBAS — “Taking advantage of absence of combat operations, the illegal armed formations vandalize the large Ukrainian enterprises. They dismount equipment and metallic constructions,” Maj. Gen. Borys Kremenetskyi, Chief of the Ukrainian party of the JCCC, stated during a meeting with the OSCE representatives.

The RF Frontier Service does not prevent export of scrap metal and equipment from temporary occupied territories but actually contribute to destruction of the Ukrainian industrial infrastructure in the region but its inactivity.

The Ukrainian party of the JCCC asked the OSCE JMM to check the facts of crimes of the illegal armed formations in order to inform the OSCE countries about these criminal activities

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One Ukrainian soldier killed, two wounded in Donbas in last day : UNIAN news

One Ukrainian soldier was killed and another two were wounded in the Donbas conflict zone in the last 24 hours, presidential administration spokesman for the Anti-Terrorist Operation Colonel Andriy Lysenko said at a briefing in Kyiv on Thursday, according to an UNIAN correspondent.

"In the last day, we lost one soldier, and another two were injured as a result of stepping on a landmine near the Bakhmutka highway in Luhansk region," he said.

As UNIAN reported earlier, the combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine four times overnight.

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Sector "M": Booby-trapped bodies found outside Donetsk : UNIAN news
Booby-trapped bodies have been revealed in the village of Sopyne in Donetsk region, the press officer of the Mariupol "M" sector Ihor Biriukov said on Thursday, according to Ukrainian TV Channel 112 Ukraina.

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"According to our informants, residents of the village of Sopyne invite to explore a certain site, as they suspect there are boxes of ammunition and explosives there, so specialists will work there. The worst thing is that, according to our reconnaissance, booby-trapped bodies of Ukrainian soldiers and militants have been found there. Specialists will be checking this information as well – a group has already left there, accompanied by two TV channels, which will broadcast the operation," he said.





Sep. 24, 2015
Iranian sniper heading to Donbas detained at Kyiv's Boryspil Airport - read on - uatoday.tv

Last week Italian soldier was arrested trying to join Russian-led militants in east Ukraine



UNIAN: The border guards of Kyiv's Boryspil International Airport have detained a sniper from the Islamic Republic of Iran, who was going to fight on the side of the Russian-backed militants in eastern Ukraine, according to a report by the State Border Service of Ukraine.

The internal security department of the State Border Guard Service's administration was informed beforehand about the Iranian citizen's plans to illegally get to militant-controlled territory in Donbas to join a terrorist group and participate in the fighting in the country's east.

The man was detained at the Boryspil checkpoint by State Border Guard Service officers during passport control of passengers who arrived from Tbilisi, Georgia.

During the examination of his baggage, the officers found a tactical bag, a set of a military uniform (a camouflage jacket), tactical ankle boots, folding knives, a headtorch and a flashlight, military thermal underwear, slippers for silent walk, a military first aid kit, and others.

The man confessed that he was a professional sniper and served in the army of Iran.

An investigation is underway.

 

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One Ukrainian soldier wounded in Donbas conflict zone in last day : UNIAN news

No Ukrainian soldiers were killed but one was wounded in the Donbas conflict zone over the last 24 hours, presidential administration spokesman for the Anti-Terrorist Operation Colonel Andriy Lysenko said at a briefing in Kyiv on Friday, according to an UNIAN correspondent.

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"Over the last day, we haven't lost any Ukrainian soldiers, but one was injured as a result of shelling of ATO forces near the town of Avdiyivka," Lysenko said.

As UNIAN reported earlier, the combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine four times overnight.
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Militants try to provoke armed standoff with ATO forces on Friday : UNIAN news
One episode of chaotic fire on the Ukrainian positions by the Russian proxies in the Donbas conflict zone was recorded today, from 06:00 to 18:00 Kyiv time, according to the ATO press center.

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"At about 16:00 Kyiv time, the militants fired from a grenade launcher and small arms at our outpost near the village of Zaitseve on Artemivsk direction," reads the report.

Also, close to 16:30, the mercenaries shelled the positions of the Ukrainian troops near Zaitseve using a grenade launcher from the temporarily occupied territory, still failing to draw the ATO forces into an armed standoff.

"Ten grenades fell 100 meters short of our positions," the press center reported.
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Russian major captured in Donetsk region sentenced for 14 years in jail - read on - uatoday.tv
Vladimir Strakov is accused of waging war against Ukraine under the command of Russia's top general Gerasimov

Russian army officer Vladimir Starkov, detained in late July near Donetsk in a military truck full of ammunition, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison with asset seizure.

That's according to the ruling of Dzerzhynsk district court in Donetsk region, Ukraine's chief prosecutor Anatoliy Matios wrote on his Facebook page.

Starkov, 37, from Russia's Kirov region, was captured on July 25 with a cargo of military equipment in eastern Ukraine and later charged with terrorism.

In early August, SBU advisor Yuri Tandit suggested that the Russian major Vladimir Starkov could be exchanged for the Ukrainian prisoners. No decision on this matter has been made.

 

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Enemy keeps carrying out provocations | Міністерство оборони України

According to the press centre of the ‘anti-terror’ operation (ATO) HQ, yesterday the enemy’s sniper targeted the Ukrainian position near Zaytseve, the enemy also used a grenade launcher and small arms.

The enemy keeps carrying out provocations against the Ukrainian positions.

Totally, yesterday, the illegal armed formations shelled the Ukrainian troops for 4 times, carried out 4 provocations.

This morning the situation is stable without violations.

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at 18.35 the enemy sniper was shooting through our strong point in the village Zaitsev. And about 21 hours, again near the village Zaitsev militants struck by ATU forces with small arms and grenade launchers.It should be noted and provocative actions of mercenaries. In occupied territory enemy opens fire toward the boundary line, hoping to answer the Armed Forces of Ukraine in order to accuse us of disrupting the peace agreements.

Often this is done to create an image for the pro-Russian television.

That night at 21 o'clock, so mercenaries used small arms near Trinity. And almost 22 hours with automatic grenade towards criminals beat our strong points in the Leninsky and Kirov. Grenades were going on dekilkasot meters from the Ukrainian position.Generally during the day yesterday, illegal armed groups deliberately fired 4 times Ukrainian units 4 times provocative mercenaries opened fire on the temporarily occupied territory.

All truce violations recorded in Artemovsk direction.Today, 26 September, from midnight to 6 am in the area ATO kept silence

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Militants still make attempts to involve Ukrainian servicemen in fighting | Міністерство оборони України
Sunday, September 27. DONBAS – According to the press centre of the ‘anti-terror’ operation (ATO) HQ, the situation was almost stable in the region. Militants shelled three times the Ukrainian positions in Artemivsk direction. Mercenaries used small arms, heavy guns against Lozove village. The enemy’s sniper targeted the Ukrainian positions in this region, too. The illegal armed formations made provocations in the direction of the demarcation line. According to recon data, there are conflicts among the militants regarding the order and discipline.

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In one of the settlements Maryinsky district, Donetsk region, in a building owned farms, military personnel of civil-military cooperation found 47 shells of caliber 152 mm, one 80 mm shell, 26 rounds of 30 mm caliber, as well as fragments of shells MLRS "Smerch" that unexploded.

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One Ukrainian soldier killed, another wounded in Donbas in last day : UNIAN news
One Ukrainian soldier was killed and another one was wounded in the Donbas conflict zone on Saturday, presidential administration press secretary for Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) issues Colonel Oleksandr Motuzianyk said in Kyiv on Sunday, according to an UNIAN correspondent.

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"One soldier was killed and another one was injured in a landmine blast near the [militant-held] town of Horlivka," Motuzianyk said.

The ATO press center in turn reported that there was no complete ceasefire in the past 24 hours in the ATO zone. The truce from midnight to 20:00 local time on Saturday collapsed in three attacks on Ukrainian positions in the Artemivsk sector at the end of the day.

At about 20:00, 22:00 and 24:00 on Saturday, Russian-backed militants used small arms and heavy machine guns to shell positions of the Ukrainian military in the village of Lozove. The Ukrainian troops were also under sniper fire.

"What is more, at 20:50 and 23:10 local time, militants in the temporarily occupied territory near the village of Troyitske used automatic grenade launchers to shell in the direction of the contact line, trying to provoke an armed standoff with the ATO forces," the ATO press center said.

After midnight on September 27, the Russian-backed terrorists again fired on the Ukrainian strongholds in Lozove.

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Poroshenko: Each day of Donbas war costs Ukraine about $5 mln : UNIAN news

"Each day of the war in Donbas costs us around $5 million dollars that we could have invested into sustainable development. And the crisis with internally displaced persons, 1.5 million people, is the biggest problem not only for Ukraine, but also for the whole region," he said at the summit in New York.

In his words, Ukraine aspires to peace and prosperity and, together with partner states, exerts maximum efforts to settle the conflict by peaceful diplomatic means.

"After putting an end to the military aggression, establishing peace and restoring Ukraine's full sovereignty over Donbas region and Crimea, it will be extremely important to bring millions of people back to a normal life, restore economic and social infrastructure on sustainable development principles," he said.

"Ukraine stands ready to accomplish this uneasy task and calls upon all international partners to cooperate towards this end," he added.
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Explosion rocks Ukrainian port city of Odesa - watch on - uatoday.tv

Police investigate the blast that hit administrative building of the security service


A blast rocked the administrative building of the Security Service of Ukraine in the Black Sea port city of Odesa early on September 27.

The explosion was so powerful that windows were smashed a few blocks from the epicentre of the blast.

The Stalin-era building of the Security Service sustained the most damage. Doors, windows and parts of the facade were blown out. The explosion also damaged cars parked nearby.

No one was hurt and police are investigating the incident.

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Фермеры Херсонщины в отчаянии: закупочная цена на огурцы упала до 40 коп. за кило, клубника никому не нужна | Типичный Херсон

Kherson farmers in despair: the purchase price of cucumbers fell to 40 kopecks. per kilo, strawberry nobody needs

All the roads are blocked in the Crimea "Right Sector"! And machines Kherson vegetables and fruits do not miss! And dealers in the wholesale market in the village of digging, using the situation, accept agricultural products for next to nothing: people in a panic!
The village Gladkovka Golopristanskogo area gathered at the village council, tried to reach out to the government. The head of the village council, Alexander Foroschuk Gladkovsovskogo instead that would reach out to people and help some advice, or just to support their constituents, he hid himself from them.
People's indignation knew no bounds, especially emotionally, and bitterly complained about the life selchanka Lyudmila Kalita: "Until when above us ordinary people will scoff? With these calloused hands we make all the! After all, in our village there is no work: only survives due to the crop grown! So now we can not sell it even at the lowest price! Why do we live? What to wear, shoe, teach your children and grandchildren? Every election promise to hold the village of gas, and things are out there! I want one thing: to let any of the politicians whom we choose to come to our village, help us and will interpret why our fruits and vegetables are not allowed in the Crimea? What legally blocked our "way of life"? "Eugene Garden as he returned from the army in 1996 to his native village Gladkovka and took up farming.
"What my family and I just do not planted! Even the grapes, while it is not impaired! Now I have 5 greenhouses with cucumbers, small field with Chinese cabbage. But the trouble is that fertilizer, fuel and seeds, film - I buy taken off the price of the dollar, and now take my cucumbers - for mere pennies: 40, 60, and the ruble - is this happiness! Think for yourself: to start the season - I need at least a hundred thousand hryvnia! Fertilizer bag weighing 25 kg - worth 1,200 hryvnia, one roll of film costs 2000 hryvnia, a ton of coal - 4,000 hryvnia, the car of wood - 6000, one packet of seeds - 800 hryvnia. And I need 10 tons of coal, and it is 40 thousand hryvnia, five trucks of firewood - is 20 thousand hryvnia. Now I'm even in Kopan is not profitable to go: to take a ton of cucumbers, it is necessary to pay 200 hryvnia for petrol, but for cucumbers, I get 400 hryvnia, minus 200 for one ton I earn only 200 hryvnia !!!
It's not even funny! Try to work in forty-degree heat in the greenhouse! We in this season even thermometers in greenhouses burst - was so hot! I'm with my wife at 4 am - in a greenhouse, ate lunch, and again in the greenhouse until the night! One summer my wife even lost consciousness from such heat! And now to give everything for nothing? All posters write, Crimea - it is Ukraine, we believe that Krymchaks - our Ukrainian brothers! And they themselves are now to not let anyone. Crimeans without fruits and vegetables will not go, they bring all of Turkey. But we - the Ukrainian patriots, so hard work grow a rich harvest, will remain with nothing! Last year at this time I had been, and wood and coal (gas in the village still do not have). And now only the children to school barely raised! "- Complains Eugene Garden.
"And my so big, juicy strawberries at the normal price, too, no one needs! But I have under every bush - drip irrigation, blackberries, all tied up, raspberries - too! Not a weed in the fields! I can safely assure you: I have the best strawberries in the field! And I say now, "sold in Europe!" But there are all markets for a long time divided, one of Poland strawberries supplies almost all of Europe! And to establish other markets takes time. The supermarkets also take not profitable: besides, they do not pay the money immediately, but after two or three weeks, so still warn that half of the goods will be written off as the **** up! And embedded in the price of goods percentage of write-offs allegedly not guess! That's how we live! You look at the field: melons do not even clean - is not profitable, and this situation with vegetables and fruits throughout the area! "- Complains a farmer Igor Zhdanyuk.
How the situation will be resolved with the road to the Crimea - is not known. But if it is not accepted some compromise, the consequences can be the most radical.

 

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Ukrainian farmers and busyness owners suffer

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Donetsk Republic Army Recruiting Video

 

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Tuesday, September 29. DONBAS — According to the press centre of the ‘anti-terror’ operation (ATO) HQ, yesterday, the situation was almost stable in the region. At night the enemy shelled our positions.

In Artemivsk direction, about 08:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m., the militants used grenade launchers and heavy guns against the Ukrainian position in Zaytseve village. Moreover, about 08:00 p.m. the bandits used small arms near Travneve. At 10:50 p.m., the illegal armed formations shelled the Ukrainian positions in Mayorsk.

At 08:25 p.m., the enemy attacked Staryi Aydar with small arms.

Totally, the enemy violated the ceasefire 5 times yesterday.

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The officers of the Institute of Aviation and Air Defence National University of Defense of Ukraine conducted practical exercises at the military units of the Air Force of Ukraine.Students worked directly at the command post of tactical aviation brigade, air defense and radio crews, using as complexes of automation, and in a manual mode.

Thus they actively use experience of troops in operations against terrorism.- During the classes we focus our attention on the organization of the protection and defense of military objects camouflage maneuver exercise, that maintain their capabilities, - stressed the head of the occupation forces air defense experts, Professor of anti-aircraft missile troops Vasily Melnichenko.Flight of polished his training, personally performing flights on training and combat aircraft and helicopters.

 

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Illegal armed formations violated ceasefire yesterday evening | Міністерство оборони України

Wednesday, September 30. DONBAS — According to the press centre of the ‘anti-terror’ operation HQ, yesterday, the situation along the demarcation line was stable.

Meanwhile, in the evening the illegal armed formations violated the ceasefire. Militants shelled the Ukrainian position near Krasnohorivka with small arms, heavy guns and APC armament. Bandits used a 120 mm mortar in violation of the Minsk agreements. The ATO troops opened the return fire.

Totally, yesterday, the pro-Russian bandits violated the ceasefire for four times.

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September 30, JCCC observes ceasefire along demarcation line since 12:00 | Міністерство оборони України
Wednesday, September 30. DONBAS – As of 04:00 p.m., both parties of the JCCC controls and coordinates, in close coordination with the OSCE SMM, the ceasefire along the demarcation line in the east of Ukraine. The Ukrainian Armed Forces observe the Minsk agreements! There have not been observed the cases of the ceasefire violation since 12:00.

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Four militant attacks on Ukrainian troops overnight : UNIAN news
The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine four times overnight, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) wrote on Facebook on Wednesday.


"From 18:00 to midnight on September 30, the situation remained calm along the demarcation line, but in the evening the militants violated the ceasefire outside Donetsk," the report says.

From 19:55 to 22:30, the Russian proxies were firing small arms, heavy machine guns and also from infantry fighting vehicles on a fortified position of the Ukrainian troops near the town of Krasnohorivka. In addition, in violation of the Minsk agreements, the occupiers were using 120mm mortars. The Ukrainian Armed Forces returned fire using small arms, the press center said.

"From midnight to 06:00 on September 30, the Kremlin-backed mercenaries were not using weapons along the demarcation line," the press center said.

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No Ukrainian soldiers were killed but one was wounded in the Donbas conflict zone over the last 24 hours, presidential administration spokesman for the Anti-Terrorist Operation Colonel Andriy Lysenko said at a briefing in Kyiv on Wednesday, according to an UNIAN correspondent.

"Over the last day, we haven't lost any Ukrainian soldiers, but one was injured during demining," Lysenko said.

As UNIAN reported earlier, the combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine four times overnight.
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Yesterday illegal armed formations violate ceasefire twice | Міністерство оборони України

Thursday, October 1. DONBAS – According to the press centre of the ‘anti-terror’ operation (ATO) HQ, yesterday, the situation was not almost stable. Militants performed some provocations in the region.

Near Zaytseve village at 08:50 p.m. the mercenaries sporadically shelled the Ukrainian servicemen with grenade launchers and heavy guns.

At 11:00 p.m. the illegal armed formations sporadically shelled the Ukrainian positions in Luhanske (Artemivsk direction).

Totally, yesterday, the illegal armed formations violated the ceasefire twice.

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Two Ukrainian soldiers wounded in Donbas conflict zone in last day : UNIAN news

No Ukrainian soldiers were killed but two were wounded in the Donbas conflict zone over the last 24 hours, presidential administration spokesman for the Anti-Terrorist Operation Colonel Andriy Lysenko said at a briefing in Kyiv on Thursday, according to an UNIAN correspondent.

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"Over the last day, we haven't lost any Ukrainian soldiers, but two were injured as a result of stepping on a landmine," Lysenko said.

The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine twice overnight, he said.

As UNIAN reported earlier, on September 29, no Ukrainian soldiers were killed but one was wounded in the Donbas conflict zone.

 

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In Kiev on October 2 Kushuhumskomu cemetery burial ceremony 6-fighters who died during the heroic fierce battles with Russian aggressors at the end of August 2014 under Ilovaisky.
The event was attended by Acting Military Commissioner Zaporizhzhya regional military commissariat Colonel Mikhail Logvinov, local authorities, NGOs, religious denominations, and journalists.Colonel Mikhail Logvinov said that only 2014-2015 years on Kushuhumskomu cemetery were buried 117 nameless heroes, of which 33 are identified and established names.-

The end they fulfilled their duty to protect their homeland, with his life by stopping the advance of Russian troops invaded the territory of Ukraine, - said the officer.After a minute of silence in memory of the heroes who gave their lives for Ukraine, there was a triple salute

.Glory to heroes!

OSCE spots three AN-2 planes in occupied territory in Donetsk region : UNIAN news

The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine has reported it spotted three Antonov AN-2 "Colt"-type aircraft in occupied territory in Donetsk region on September 29.

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"Aerial surveillance imagery available to the SMM revealed the presence, on September 29, of three aircraft (Antonov AN-2 "Colt") next to a graded earth airstrip in the area of the "Donetsk People's Republic" ("DPR")-controlled village of Rozivka (35km north-east of Donetsk)," the mission said on October 2 in its update, which is based on information received as of October 1, 2015.

Also on September 29, aerial surveillance imagery showed 29 main battle tanks (type unknown), six military-type trucks, and 11 pieces of unidentified equipment in the area of the "Luhansk People's Republic" ("LPR")-controlled village of Kruhlyk (32km south-west of Luhansk), in what was assessed to be a training area, the SMM said.
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OSCE reports 30 militant tanks near Ukrainian Mariupol : UNIAN news

The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine has reported that its unmanned aerial vehicle spotted groups of main battle tanks (MBTs) in several militant-held villages near the Ukrainian-controlled city of Mariupol in Donetsk region.

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"The SMM unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) spotted, in violation of the respective withdrawal lines, two MBTs (type unknown) in "Donetsk People's Republic" ("DPR")-controlled Michurine (55km north-east of Mariupol), two MBTs in "DPR"-controlled Bezimenne (29km east of Mariupol), and 20 MBTs in "DPR"-controlled Sontseve (61m north-east of Mariupol)," the mission said on October 3 in its update, which is based on information received as of October 2, 2015.

"The UAV also recorded beyond the respective withdrawal lines six MBTs, 26 armoured personnel carriers (APCs), and at least 15 military trucks in the area of "DPR"-controlled Komsomolske (74km north-east of Mariupol). It spotted at least 12 APCs and several military trucks in Bezimenne," the report said.

The SMM said it had visited five Ukrainian Armed Forces heavy weapons holding areas corresponding with the withdrawal lines, and observed that some of the weapons were being relocated to two nearby sites, one of which was in a populated settlement. "One of the locations was found empty of weapons where the SMM had recorded 12 towed anti-tank guns (MT-12 Rapira, 100mm) during its previous visit on August 15," the update said.