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Aftermath of Avdiyivka shelling

Read more on UNIAN: https://www.unian.info/multimedia/photo/69767-razrusheniya-v-avdeevke.html
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20:59
Two Ukrainian servicemen killed, 9 injured in Donbas since midnight - Kyiv

15:28
Kyiv confirms deaths of two Ukrainian troops in Donbas

15:02
Ukrainian snipers target militia positions near Katerynivka - LPR

11:34
Strikes on Donetsk subside, Ukrainian army shelling Sakhanka village - DPR (Part 2)

11:28
DPR observes 255 Ukrainian army attacks since Wednesday, says Yasynuvata still being shelled
 
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https://www.unian.info/war/1757627-...eld-tactics-in-donetsk-bellingcat-report.html
The international investigative group of journalists and experts, Bellingcat, has identified exact locations in the occupied Donetsk used as launch sites for Grad multiple rocket launchers as they were shelling Avdiyivka January 31. War 09:00, 03 February 2017 450 READ LATER bellingcat.com

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Bellingcat noted that “DPR” terrorists chose their missile launch sites near residential areas, thus endangering the civilians.

Militants fired at least 50 shells from the residential areas of Donetsk. Recent satellite photos and witness accounts confirm geolocation, which eventually helped to identify the exact launch sites of Grads. Bellingcat quoted several users of social networks as writing that on January 31 the militants were firing from Grads from a bypass road near the Auchan hypermarket.

Avdiyivka residents were writing in social networks of incoming explosions at the same time as the people in Donetsk were writing about the outgoing fire. In addition, a correspondent of the Russian propaganda newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda mentioned that she heard Grads at the funeral of the leader of “Vostok” battalion Ivan "Greek" Balakay January 31.

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https://www.unian.info/war/1757847-...raine-114-times-4-kia-17-wia-in-last-day.html

The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas 114 times in the past 24 hours with four Ukrainian soldiers reported as killed in action (KIA) and 17 wounded in action (WIA), according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters.



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In the Donetsk sector, Russia's hybrid military forces fired from Grad multiple rocket launchers on the Ukrainian positions near the town of Avdiyivka and the villages of Pisky, Kamianka and Opytne. Here, the militants repeatedly used tanks, mortars of various calibers, rocket-propelled grenades and small arms during the day.

The villages of Hranitne and Luhanske were attacked with the use of 122mm artillery systems. Additionally, the enemy fired mortars of different calibers on the town of Maryinka, and the villages of Luhanske, Novhorodske, Troyitske, Verkhniotoretske, Vodiane and Pisky.


In the Mariupol sector, the occupiers shelled Grads on the Ukrainian positions near the villages of Shyrokyne, Novohryhorivka and Starohnatіvka. They also fired 122mm artillery systems and 120mm and 82mm mortars on the towns of Krasnohorivka and Maryinka, and the villages of Vodiane, Bohdanivka, Hranitne, Shyrokyne, Opytne and Chermalyk. The militants fired rocket-propelled grenades, anti-aircraft guns and small arms on the villages of Berezove, Pavlopil, Hnutove and Vodiane. Furthermore, Chermalyk was attacked with the use of anti-tank systems. Enemy snipers were also active near Maryinka and Pavlopil.

In the Luhansk sector, Russian-backed militants opened fire from 152mm artillery systems on the village of Novozvanivka, mortars on the villages of Krymske and Syze, as well as rocket-propelled grenades and small arms on the villages of Novozvanivka and Novo-Oleksandrivka.

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Ukraine’s military intelligence says there are signs indicating that the Russian-occupation forces are planning an offensive in eastern Ukraine, RBC-Ukraine reported citing its source in the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry.

https://www.unian.info/war/1758637-russian-forces-plotting-offensive-in-donbas-intel.html
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As UNIAN reported earlier, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko at a meeting of the War Cabinet January 31 allowed the Armed Forces to return enemy fire, at the same time prohibiting any shelling of residential areas. At the moment, the troops do not go on the offensive, while individual assault raids are allowed.

A 32,000-strong Russian-occupation forces include 40% of mercenaries from various countries, including Russia, 30% of local separatists, and another 30% of the Russian troops on active military service.

As reported earlier, from the start of escalation near Avdiyivka on January 29, the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported 10 KIA and another 66 WIA.

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http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/400939.html
Donbas militants fired at the units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the town of Avdiyivka about 6,000 shells since Monday, January 30, ten servicemen were killed, 66 more wounded, Gen. Maj. Andriy Tsvetkov, the first deputy head of the Ukrainian united operational headquarters said.

"The situation in the Anti-Terrorist Operation zone near Avdiyivka escalated in the period from January 29 to February 3. Illegal armed units attempted to conduct offensives and drive the Ukrainian Armed Forces away from their positions," Tsvetkov said during a meeting of the state commission for man-made and environmental safety and emergency situations on the situation in Avdiyivka in Kyiv on Friday.

"The enemy failed to achieve success due to organized actions of our troops and suffered losses. As of today, the enemy continues to shell the strongholds of our units. The enemy has carried out about 40 long-lasting rounds of shelling of the positions and fired about 6,000 shells at the Ukrainian Armed Forces units," he said.

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The Ukrainian administration is currently not considering the issue of the introduction of martial law in the country, but the National Security and Defense Council will make decisions on the basis of its development due to the dynamically changing situation in Donbas, the Ukrainian presidential administration said.


"This option [the introduction of martial law] is currently not being discussed [...] You know that the situation on the front in Donbas is changeable, and therefore this decision will undoubtedly be made collectively, we have the NSDC, which will make a relevant decision," Kostiantyn Yeliseyev, the deputy head of the presidential administration, told a briefing in Kyiv on Friday.


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Military engagements [between combined Russia and separatist forces and Ukrainian troops] have erupted along the entire line of demarcation, a development not seen since 2014," Ukrainian Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) spokesman Oleksandr Motuzianyk has said.


"I can say with certainty that military operations are taking place along the entire front, something that hasn't happened since 2014," he said during a briefing on Friday in Kyiv.



Motuzianyk said the number of enemy attacks exceeded 100 for the first time since April 2016. He said battles were held around the clock, with Russian occupying forces using grenade launchers, artillery and multiple-rocket launching systems (GRAD).



"More than 2,000 attacks on the flanks of Ukrainian forces were carried out using heavy weapons. There are casualties among the civilian populations. One local woman died, another was wounded. A foreign journalist photographer received an eye injury," the ATO spokesman said.


He said the enemy continued to threaten ATO troops near Shata Butovka, Opytne and Pisky.



"The village of Spartak and Donetsk International Airport have been hit with grenade launchers, other weapons, tanks and rockets, which were fired at Ukrainian soldiers day and night. Our troops returned fire," Motuzianyk said, adding that the enemy also was active in the Svitlodarsk bulge and near Horlivka.



He said in the Mariupol sector the number of barrages increased dramatically, from 35 to 72. The enemy used multiple-rocket launchers against Starohnativka and Novohryhorivka. Heavy artillery barrages targeted Chermalyke, Hnutove, and Russian irregulars also fired rockets at Shyrokyne from GRAD-P systems. The enemy continues to shell areas in Maryinka region. A woman there was wounded by shell shrapnel and four houses were damaged. There is no electricity and two modules manned by Ukrainian Border Service troops were damaged.



In the Luhansk sector there has also been heavy shelling, which resumed in Popasniansky district. Battles began around 10.00 in the morning and continued late through the night. The enemy used grenade launchers and artillery, firing more than 50 salvos. Russian troops and Russian irregulars also fired at Syze, Stanychno-Luhansky district in Krymsky Novoaidarsky district. At total of 15 enemy salvos were recorded, including eight from heavy weapons.

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http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/401029.html
Illegal armed formations since the beginning of the day and up to 18.00 p.m. performed 66 attacks on Ukrainian positions in the Anti-Terrorist operation (ATO) zone, as a result, two soldiers have been killed and five - wounded.


"As of 18.00 p.m. there were recorded 66 shelling attacks. Unfortunately, two of our soldiers have been killed and five – wounded," a report of the press center of the ATO headquarters said on its Facebook page.



February 03, 2017

21:19
Situation in Avdiyivka has calmed down but blackout still ongoing - local authorities

21:03
LPR reports 42 Ukrainian shell attacks this week

19:39
Two Ukrainian servicemen killed, 5 wounded in Donbas on Friday

18:34
Eighteen militiamen, 6 civilians killed in Ukrainian troops' shellings in past week - DPR military official (Part 2)

18:28
DPR defense ministry warns Ukrainian troops of likelihood of "Avdiivka cauldron" in case of offensive

15:52
Over 150 persons evacuated from Donetsk, suburbs amid attacks - DPR

15:15
Three military, one Ukrainian rescue service official killed, another 19 were wounded in Donbas in past 24 hours (Part 2)

14:33
Ukrainian Defense Ministry explains armored vehicles in Avdiivka with formation of tactical reserves to deter possible incursions

13:42
DPR reports death of 2 civilians in attacks
 
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https://www.unian.info/war/1759776-...nti-tank-missile-near-svitlodarska-bulge.html

A Ukrainian doctor was killed in a car hit by a militant anti-tank missile near the Svitlodarska Duha in Donbas on February 2 while she was on her way to rescue a wounded Ukrainian soldier, according to a civil volunteer.

"A soldier was wounded amid shelling of our position in the afternoon. A car was sent out immediately to pick him up and take to a hospital behind enemy lines. Having noticed the car, the inhumans [Russian-backed militants] fired an anti-tank missile on it," Yuriy Mysyagin wrote on Facebook on Friday. "Let me repeat: an anti-tank missile on a passenger car," he wrote.

http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/401089.html
Militants shelled the old part of the town of Avdiyivka, Donetsk region, damaging three houses and a car.

"So far we have no information about casualties," the Ukrainian Interior Ministry's website reported.

The report says the police opened two additional stations in the old part of the town: residents can turn there with any question and to get help.

10:53
DPR militia commander Tolstykh suffers minor wound to leg - source

10:05
LPR confirms death of militia department head in car blast in Luhansk

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http://tass.com/world/929038
MOSCOW, February 4. /TASS/. Commander of the Lugansk militia Oleg Anashchenko was killed in a car blast on Saturday, LuganskInformCenter said referring to the militia’s press service.

The car, in which Anashchenko was, exploded in Krasnokazarmennaya Street on Saturday morning, the press service said.

The militia’s press service also said that the car explosion was a terrorist attack.

"On February 4, at 07:50, in Krasnoznamennaya Street, in a terrorist attack - a car blast - was killed head of the Lugansk militia Colonel Anashchenko," the press service said.

Another victims is the person, who was in the car together with the commander. As yet, no reports name the person.
 
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https://www.unian.info/war/1760242-...ilitary-to-set-barrage-checkpoints-intel.html

The terrorists involve Russian military personnel to set the so-called "barrage" checkpoints on the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk region to prevent defections from the front, according to the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine's Defense Ministry.

With the resumption of active hostilities in eastern Ukraine, moral and psychological state of Russian occupation forces is declining, while defections of military from the "1st Army Corps" (Donetsk) of the RF armed forces, also with weapon, is increasing, the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine's Defense Ministry wrote on Facebook.


"Checkpoints were set up in rear areas by order of the Chief of Staff of the 1st Army Corps to identify soldiers who voluntarily left the battle positions," said in a statement. The Main Intelligence Directorate noted that soldiers of the detached commandant regiment of the "1st Army Corps" and units of the so-called "internal troops", manned by the Federal National Guard Troops Service of the Russian Federation had been involved in performing "barrage" functions in the Donetsk direction with the right to the use weapons.

In the Mariupol direction, "special guard units" of the "1st Army Corps" as well as representatives of the military commander's office had also been involved to this end.

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https://www.unian.info/war/1760336-...ricians-amid-repair-works-near-avdiyivka.html
Russian-backed militants in Donbas opened fired on electricians restoring power supply in the town of Avdiyivka, according to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko's press secretary Svyatoslav Tsegolko.

"In spite of ceasefire, the Russian militants fired on Ukrainian electricians who carried out repairs to resume electricity supplies to Avdiyivka. Deputy Prime Minister Hennadiy Zubko has informed President of the incident. Resume repairs failed due to aimed fire," Tsegolko wrote on Facebook.

He also noted that the relevant information has been forwarded to the OSCE and international partners. "Ukraine wants Russia to immediately cease fire," Tsegolko stressed.

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http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/401102.html
Three servicemen of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were killen on Friday in the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) zone, eight were wounded, the Defense Ministry's spokesman for ATO matters, Oleksandr Motuzianyk, said.

"Three Ukrainian soldiers were killed, eight injured in the fighting in the past day," he said at a briefing in Kyiv on Saturday.

Motuzianyk said one soldier was killed near Troitske, and two in the area of the village of Halytsynivka as the result of shelling from Grads, one soldier was wounded there. In addition, two were wounded on the Svitlodarsk bulge, one in the area of the Butivka coal mine and Pisky, not far from Chermalyk, in Hnutove and Shyrokyne.

The ATO headquarters press center on Saturday morning reported Ukrainian military losses for Friday: three dead, seven wounded.

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09:44
Kyiv not removing equipment from Donbas contact line - LPR

10:05
Night passes quietly in Donbas, unclear whether Ukrainians removed weapons from contact line - DPR

10:56
OSCE must do utmost to resolve Ukrainian crisis - Lavrov

12:22
Kyiv accuses JCCC's Russian representatives of hindering repairs of Avdiivka infrastructure
 
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http://tass.com/world/929055

MOSCOW, February 4. /TASS/. Head of a department at the people’s militia of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) Oleg Anashchenko was killed in a car blast in Lugansk on Saturday, LuganskInformCenter said referring to the militia’s press service.

The car, in which was Anashchenko, exploded on Saturday morning in Krasnokazarmennaya Street.
 
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13:49
Ukrainian military step up aerial reconnaissance activity over Donbas frontline - LPR

18:33
DPR accuses Ukrainian military of shelling Horlivka suburbs

21:47
Kyiv's artillery shelling Donetsk on Sunday evening, militiaman killed while OSCE mission worked - Basurin

21:24
DPR accuses Ukrainian military of deviation from Minsk Agreements, build-up of army group on contact line in Donbas

http://www.interfax.com/newsinf.asp?id=732614
DONETSK. Feb 5 (Interfax) - The situation in Donbas has stabilized, 524 shell attacks have been recorded over the past 24 hours, Eduard Basurin of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) Defense Ministry told journalists.

"The situation in the Donetsk People's Republic has a tendency for stabilization. However, the shell attacks from the Armed Forces positions do not stop," Basurin said.

"Hostiles continue shelling the populated areas in the republic, predominantly hitting the residential quarters," he said.

"The Ukrainian criminal forces fired the DPR territory 524 times over the past 24 hours. In the overall number of [the shell attacks] the artillery was used 25 times, mortars of different calibers 158 times, infantry combat vehicles - 40 times, anti-aircraft launchers, grenade launchers and small arms - 301 times," he said.

As a result of the Ukrainian army shell attacks on the Yasne populated area (a Dokuchayevsk suburb), a residential house, which is situated at 13, Bohdan Khmelnytsky street, was damaged, a heating main and power lines were broken that cut off electricity to the whole populated area, he said.

Furthermore, the Ukrainian side barred the DPR representatives in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination (JCCC) from visiting the Donetsk water filtration station on Saturday, he said. "Meanwhile, OSCE SMM Principal Deputy Chief Monitor Alexander Hug supported them that breaches the agreements on representation of the Republics in the Joint Center,"

Such a behavior by the Ukrainian party in the JCCC can be linked to the lack of Kyiv representatives' willingness to conduct direct dialogue with representatives of the republics, he also said.

At this point, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said earlier on Sunday that the Russian party to the JCCC had unilaterally restricted the number of employees admitted to repair on the contact line.

"The Russian party to the JCCC as of 6 a.m., on February 5, unilaterally limited to ten people the number of employees and bomb disposal experts required for repairs, while at least 30 people are needed for their qualitative performance," Kyiv said.

The military operation headquarters said that this "largely hampers restoration of the damaged infrastructure in Donbas."

As earlier reported, restoration of the power grids, which provide electricity to the Donetsk filtration station itself, Avdiivka, Yasynuvata and a part of the Donetsk city, but damaged in the shelling, is underway near the filtration station.

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http://tass.com/world/929092
February 05, 15:37 UTC+3
"We have fixed arrival to Zolotoye of nine trucks with munition, escorted by four APCs," militia’s spokesman of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People’s Republic Andrei Marchenko said

LUGANSK, February 5. /TASS/. Ukraine’s military have relocated to the line of engagement self-propelled artillery units (SAU), tanks, infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) and armored personnel carriers (APCs), militia’s spokesman of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) Andrei Marchenko said on Sunday.

"We have fixed arrival to Zolotoye of nine trucks with munition, escorted by four APCs," LuganskInformCenter quoted him. "With the convoy have come 20 well-equipped personnel."

In Vozrozhdeniye, at night, arrived a convoy of the Ukrainian armored vehicles, including three tanks, two SAU and five IFVs, and a group of foreign mercenaries arrived in Troitskoye.

"Command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces activated reconnaissance along the combat engagement by means of unmanned aerial vehicles," the spokesman said. Near Krymskoye, he continued, the Ukrainian military conducted aerial reconnaissance so that a sabotage group could get into the "grey zone" and into LPR territory for sabotage actions there.

The past few days have seen a surge in tensions along the engagement line. Bombardments by Ukrainian forces have caused civilian casualties and ruined many homes and infrastructures. The UN Security Council on Tuesday evening issued a special statement to express concern over what it said was "dangerous escalation. It urged both sides to cease fire immediately. The Security Council condemned the use of weapons outlawed by the Minsk Accords.

On February 1, the Contact Group for a settlement in the east of Ukraine met in session in Minsk to call for a ceasefire in Donbass and for pulling back all weapons and military equipment away from the engagement line by February 5.

In accordance with package of measures for the implementation of the Minsk Accords of February 12, 2015 all weapons having a caliber of 100 mm and more should be pulled back to points located 50 kilometers away from each other, multiple rocket launchers to areas 70 kilometers away, and multiple rocket launchers Tornado-S, Uragan and Smerch and Tochka missiles, to positions 140 kilometers away. Under an addendum to the package of measures all artillery pieces having a caliber of under 100 mm, tanks and mortars, including 120-mm mortars, are to be pulled back, too.
 
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