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Ukraine's Defense Ministry has reported that five Ukrainian soldiers were wounded in action in the past day, according to an UNIAN correspondent.


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No Ukrainian soldiers have been killed, but there were five wounded in action," Defense Ministry spokesperson for Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) issues Oleksandr Motuzianyk said at briefing in Kyiv on Sunday, March 19.

There were 85 attacks on Ukrainian positions in the ATO zone on Saturday, March 18, the press center of the ATO headquarters reported on Facebook.

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Minister of Defence of Ukraine General of the Army of Ukraine Stepan Poltorak inspected the combat readiness of servicemen of the 59th brigade undergoing training at Shyrokyi Lan training field. He toured the infrastructure as well as inspected the progress of construction of military campus stressing the necessity to create good conditions for physical and moral recreation of the Ukrainian military under the current requirements.
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http://www.mil.gov.ua/en/news/2017/...-of-ukraine-as-of-morning-march-19-2017-6-00/
Sunday, March 19. DONBAS — According to the press centre of the ‘anti-terror’ operation (ATO) HQ, the enemy has violated the ceasefire for 85 times over the past 24 hours. Five Ukrainian soldiers were wounded.

The enemy used 82 mm and 120 mm mortars, grenade launchers against the Ukrainian positions near Luhanske and Avdiivka, heavy machineguns against Nevelske and Pisky, grenade launchers and 82 mm mortars against Opytne, Troitske, Zaitseve, and Kamianka.

Militants attacked the ATO positions near Vodyane and Pavlopil with 122 mm artillery, near Shyrokyne with 120 mm mortars, near Marinka and Hnutove with 82 mm mortars, small arms and grenade launchers.

Occupants fired grenade launchers, 82 mm and 120 mm mortars, tank armament, 152 mm artillery on Krymske, 120 mm mortars on Troitske, recoilless gun on Novooleksandrivka, Triokhizbenka, and Popasna, grenade launchers and heavy machineguns on Stanytsya Luhanska.
 
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https://www.unian.info/war/1832031-ukraine-reports-5-wias-in-donbas-in-last-day.html

Five Ukrainian soldiers were wounded in action in the zone of the Anti-Terrorist Operation in eastern Ukraine in the last 24 hours, speaker for the ATO at Ukraine's Defense Ministry Andriy Lysenko told a briefing, according to an UNIAN correspondent.

"Over the past day, five Ukrainian soldiers were wounded in action," Lysenko said. As UNIAN reported earlier, Russia's hybrid military forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas 50 times in the past 24 hours.

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https://www.unian.info/war/1832639-...es-mariupol-8-wias-1-kia-peoples-project.html
Heavy fighting with Grad, tanks near Ukraine's Mariupol: 8 WIA's, 1 KIA – People's Project Ukrainian civil volunteers report Russia's hybrid military forces are attacking Ukrainian positions near the Ukrainian-controlled strategic port city of Mariupol with all available weapons on Monday.

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According to preliminary reports, an enemy fortified position has been completely destroyed together with the terrorists. The enemy has been intensifying the shelling and is already firing on its former positions. Enemy main battle tanks are also engaged in the fighting," the People's Project volunteers' center reported on Facebook on Monday, March 20.

Later, the center shared an update, saying that the hybrid troops are using Grad multiple rocket systems, tanks, banned 122mm and 152mm artillery systems and mortars. "At least nine Ukrainian troops have been wounded in action. Information about the casualties is being verified," the center wrote.
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In turn, volunteers from the Povernys Zhyvym [Back and Alive] project report that the fighting in the Mariupol sector goes on: the enemy continues to intensively shell the advanced positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), using large-caliber mortars and cannon artillery systems. "There is confirmation that around 12:00 Kyiv time, the terrorists fired Grad MLR systems," the volunteers said, adding that, according to unconfirmed information, there were wounded among the AFU fighters.

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"A severe battle was near Mariupol in the morning. Welcome back to 2014. We would like to be mistaken, but it seems to be very serious. There are wounded among Ukrainian soldiers," volunteer AKA Serg Marco wrote on Facebook.


Meanwhile, the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters reported that the village of Vodiane was under fire from Grad systems. It is noted that the Ukrainian positions near Vodiane in the Mariupol sector were fired by the occupiers with the use of Grad systems, 152mm and 122mm artillery systems, and 120mm and 82mm mortars.

"According to preliminary reports, one Ukrainian soldier was killed and another eight were wounded in battles in the Mariupol sector," the press center said.

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https://www.unian.info/war/1831191-...ld-avdiyivka-woman-injured-house-on-fire.html
Russia's hybrid military forces attacked the old part of the Ukrainian-controlled town of Avdiyivka in Donbas on Sunday, March 19, which has caused injuries to a female civilian and set a house on fire, according to a local police department.

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Avdiyivka. At 15:20 local time, fighters from the "DPR" [self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic] attacked the old part of the town. A house at 139 Kolosova Street has been destroyed. It's still on fire. A woman, born in 1949, has been injured. A team of investigators from Avdiyivka's police department is working on the spot," head of the National Police's main department in Donetsk region Viacheslav Abroskin wrote on Facebook on Sunday.

Avdiyivka has been a hot spot of the Donbas war for many months in a row. A recent attack on Saturday, March 18, hit residential houses. Ukrainian police officers evacuated an old man, born in 1929, who survived the attack.

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At 9:30, two enemy groups totaling up to 40 militants approached our positions near Vodiane. Having faced a strong rebuff in combat, the enemy retreated. At the same time, the unit of the Ukrainian Armed Forces advanced,” the ATO headquarters reported. "Following the shelling by the enemy MLRS BM-21 Grad, 152 mm and 122 mm artillery, the unit withdrew to its initial positions," the report said.


"Since the beginning of the ATO, 2,629 servicemen have been killed amid hostilities, including 2,220 soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The remaining victims were from the National Guard, the State Border Guard Service, the SBU Security Service of Ukraine, and the State Emergency Service. A total of 9,453 soldiers were wounded, including 7,674 people from the Armed Forces of Ukraine," ministry speaker for the ATO issues Andriy Lysenko told a briefing in Kyiv on Monday.
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Kharkiv on March 18, 2017, hosted large-scale tactics training for the heads of local military registration and enlistment offices and territorial defense units. The event was held at the training center of the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs in Kharkov.

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http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/410348.html

Three Ukrainian soldiers had been killed in action (KIA) and eight had been wounded in action (WIA) in the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) zone as of 18:00 Kyiv time on Monday, the ATO Headquarters has reported.

"The situation in the ATO zone remains tense. Most of the attacks on the Ukrainian army's position with the use of heavy weapons were registered in the Mariupol sector," the ATO HQ said in a new update on Facebook on Monday evening.

Earlier reports said about two KIA's and seven WIA's on Monday.
 
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https://www.unian.info/war/1833906-...hospital-two-in-critical-condition-video.html

Chief Physician of Dnipro Regional Mechnikov Clinical Hospital Serhiy Ryzhenko says that two out of the five wounded Ukrainian soldiers who have been taken to Dnipro hospitals in the past 24 hours are in a critical condition, according to 112 Ukraine TV channel.

"Five people have been taken over the past week, three of them are in a serious condition, while another two soldiers are in a critical condition. We are doing our best, complex surgeries for several hours. We have vacated several medical wards and are waiting for soldiers," he said.


As UNIAN reported earlier, the situation was most tense in the Mariupol sector where enemy infantry attacked the Ukrainian Marines' fortified positions near the village of Vodiane on Monday morning. Having been repelled, the enemy started to shell Ukrainian positions from Grad MLR systems, and 152mm and 122mm artillery systems.
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https://www.unian.info/war/1834126-...racked-amid-russian-aggression-in-donbas.html

Adviser to the SBU chief Yuriy Tandit claims that 3,136 Ukrainian prisoners of war and civilian hostages have been released or tracked since Russia has unleashed aggression in Donbas.

"An important figure: I'm talking about this for the first time – 3,136 people were released or spotted, 416 people are reported missing. We must also remember about them," he said on Ukrainian TV Channel 5.

At the same time, Tandit stressed that the number of Ukrainian hostages was growing. "Unfortunately, the number of hostages is on the rise today, 118 of our heroes are illegally held hostage in Donetsk and Luhansk," he said. The whereabouts of only 60 of them have been confirmed, he said.

In addition, Tandit noted that Ukrainian MP Nadiia Savchenko's publication of the list of prisoners of war had only complicated the exchange process.

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https://www.unian.info/war/1833624-ukraine-reports-60-enemy-attacks-3-kias-9-wias-in-last-day.html

Russia's hybrid military forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas 60 times in the past 24 hours with three Ukrainian soldiers reported as killed in action (KIA) and nine as wounded in action (WIA), according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters.

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The situation was most tense in the Mariupol sector where enemy infantry attacked the Ukrainian Marines' fortified positions near the village of Vodiane on Monday morning. "Having been repelled, the enemy started to shell Ukrainian positions from Grad MLR systems, and 152mm and 122mm artillery systems," the ATO HQ said.

The Ukrainian positions near the villages of Lebedynske and Talakivka also came under fire from heavy artillery systems. The occupiers used 120mm and 82mm mortars against the defenders of the town of Krasnohorivka, and the villages of Shyrokyne, Mykolaivka, and Novotroyitske. Additionally, small arms, heavy machine guns and grenade launchers of various systems were used to attack the defenders of the villages of Shyrokyne, Vodiane, Novotroyitske, and Hnutove. The Russian occupation forces also opened fire from infantry fighting vehicles and tanks on the Ukrainian Marines in Shyrokyne.

In the Donetsk sector, the militants fired mortars on the Ukrainian fortified positions near Butivka coal mine, and the villages of Luhanske and Kamianka. The enemy also used machine guns, grenade launchers, mortars and tank shells near the town of Avdiyivka.

In the Luhansk sector, the invaders opened fire from grenade launchers, heavy machine guns and small arms on the Ukrainian positions near the villages of Troyitske, Novozvanivka and Novo-Oleksandrivka, as well as anti-tank guided missiles on the defenders of the village of Triokhizbenka.

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http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/410405.html

As a result of a military clash between soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and militants in the vicinity of Vodiane of Volnovasky district of the Donetsk region, eight militants were killed and 16 wounded on Monday, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist operation (ATO) headquarters reports.

"According to the updated information, as a result of the battle between the servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Russian invaders, which took place in Mariupol sector near the village of Vodiane, the enemy suffered significant losses. According to the intelligence service, eight mercenaries were killed and 16 more were wounded," a message, posted on the press center's Facebook page on Monday evening, says.

As earlier reported, two Ukrainian soldiers were killed and seven were wounded by shelling from combined Russian-separatist militant groups near the village of Vodiane in Donetsk region.

"At 09:30 [a.m.] near Vodiane two enemy groups numbering up to 40 individuals approached our positions. Ukrainian troops repelled the enemy, which retreated. At the same time, Ukrainian units moved forward. The enemy then used multiple-rocket launch systems and heavy artillery and retreated to its positions.

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http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/410410.html

As many as 3,136 Ukrainian citizens have been freed from captivity or found since the start of the Donbas hostilities, while 416 others have gone missing, advisor to the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) chief Yuriy Tandit said.

"Regretfully, the number of hostages has been growing," with 118 persons being illegally held in Donetsk and Luhansk at the moment, Tandit said. "However, the confirmed number of [...] our hostages stands at 60," Tandit said in a program aired by Channel 5 on Monday.

"There is another important number, and I am saying this for the first time: 3,136 persons have been either released or found [throughout the period of hostilities], and 416 persons are listed as missing," Tandit said.

In addition, he noted that the lists of Ukrainian hostages published by People's Deputy Nadia Savchenko only complicated the process of exchanging hostages.

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http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/410480.html
Three Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and nine have suffered injuries in the Anti-Terrorist operation (ATO) zone in eastern Ukraine in the past 24 hours, Ukrainian Defense Ministry spokesman Oleksandr Motuzianyk said.

"Regrettably, we have suffered casualties in the hostilities over the past twenty-four hours: three of our servicemen have been killed and another nine have sustained injuries and combat traumas," Motuzianyk said at a press briefing in Kyiv on Tuesday.

The Ukrainian government forces suffered casualties in the Mariupol sector, which saw 28 attacks in the past 24 hours. In particular, Ukrainian military positions near Vodiane were shelled by mortars, cannons, and BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launchers for several hours. In addition, hostiles staged armed provocations in Talakivka, Lebedynske and Shyrokyne, he said.

In the Donetsk sector, the militants continued to shell Ukrainian government forces positions in Luhanske and on the frontline stretch between Kamyanka, Avdiyivka and the Butovka coalmine, using mortars and tanks, Motuzianyk said. Seventeen attacks were observed in the Donetsk sector, including seven employing heavy weapons, he said.

Attacks have also been resumed in the Popasna district in the Luhansk sector, Motuzianyk said, adding that mortars were fired in Troyitske, and gunfire was seen in Stanytsia Luhanska and Triokhizbenka, as well.

The attack mounted near Triokhizbenka damaged a power transmission line, and repairs have begun to resume power supply to the surrounding area. In all, 15 attacks were observed in the Luhansk sector, Motuzianyk said.

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On March 18, near Lebedynske village, Donetsk oblast, representatives of the Ukrainian military police found a cache with weapons and ammunition:

SKS carbine — 1 pc;

5,45 mm PS rounds — 537 pcs;

5,45 mm T rounds — 52 pcs;

7,62 mm rounds — 1 pc;

9 mm — 1 pc;

smoke pot — 1 pc;

smoke canister — 3 pcs;

marking smoke pot — 5 pcs; and

Mariupol city map — 1 pc.

PA Office of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

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https://www.unian.info/war/1835496-ukraine-reports-1-wia-amid-76-enemy-attacks-in-last-day.html

Russia's hybrid military forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas 76 times in the past 24 hours with one Ukrainian soldier reported as wounded in action (WIA), according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters.

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n the Mariupol sector, the Russian occupation forces actively opened fire from banned weapons. The Ukrainian positions near the villages of Shyrokyne and Lebedynske, and the town of Krasnohorivka came under fire from 120mm mortars, machine guns and grenade launchers of various systems. The invaders also used proscribed 122mm artillery systems to shell the defenders of the village of Novotroyitske, while a tank attacked Ukrainian troops deployed in the town of Maryinka.

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http://www.mil.gov.ua/en/news/2017/03/22/ato-news-enemy-keeps-on-shelling-ukrainian-army-positions/

The Ukrainian party of JCCC states that the enemy keeps on shelling the Ukrainian army positions and sites near settlements in Mariupol direction.

The tensest situation is near Vodyane. Since 9:00 a.m. the enemy has attacked it with 122 mm artillery, recoilless gun in violation of the Minsk agreements.

Information on damages and casualties is being investigated.

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Belarusian security services disclose details of White Legion members' detention
 
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http://indianexpress.com/article/wo...teurs-blow-up-arms-warehouse-in-east-4581775/
By: Reuters | Kiev | Published:March 23, 2017 1:16 pm
The Ukrainian military said unknown saboteurs blew up a warehouse storing tank ammunition at a military base in the east of the country early on Thursday, but nobody was hurt.

The base, which contained about 138,000 tonnes of ammunition, is located in the city of Balakleya about 100 km (60 miles) from the frontline of Ukraine’s war against Russian-backed separatists.

Rescue teams were evacuating nearby villages in the eastern Kharkiv region, the military said.

“According to preliminary data … as a result of sabotage, last night at 2.46 AM (0046 GMT), fire and explosions caused the detonation of ammunition at several sites storing rockets and artillery weapons,” Ukraine’s chief military prosecutor Anatoly Matios wrote on Facebook.

Military spokesman Oleksander Motuzyanyk said security around other bases was being beefed up. Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman was due to fly to the area later on Thursday.

Saboteurs previously tried to destroy the same base using drones in 2015, another military spokesman, Yuzef Venskovich, told the 112 TV channel.

More than 10,000 people have been killed in the conflict between Ukraine and the separatist rebels since 2014.

Balakliya, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine
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Almost 20,000 residents in nearby residential areas have been evacuated due to an explosion at a military warehouse near the town of Balaklia in Kharkiv region, according to the Ukrainian Emergency Situations Service.

As of 07:30 Kyiv time on Thursday, March 23, some 2,700 civilians had been relocated from the village of Verbivka to the village of Pryshyb (16 km from Balaklia), 806 from the village of Yakovenkove to the village of Volokhiv Yar (20 km from Balaklia), and over 16,317 people moved to the town of Balaklia itself. "All the explosions are occurring in the technical area of the depot. But there are single cases of scattered fragments," the service reported. The service also informed that passenger traffic through the railway station of Balaklia had been suspended, a reserve route was being used.

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https://www.unian.info/war/1837729-ukraine-reports-84-enemy-attacks-1-kia-1-wia-in-last-day.html

Russia's hybrid military forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas 84 times in the past 24 hours, with one Ukrainian soldier reported as killed in action (KIA) and one as wounded in action (WIA), according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters.

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https://www.unian.info/society/1837759-sbu-arrests-nine-suspected-saboteurs-in-odesa-media.html

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) says it has uncovered a network of saboteurs in Odesa working for Russia, arresting nine men with Ukrainian passports, according to Radio Poland.

We conducted a multi-stage special operation to defang the network overseen by Russian special services. It worked in eastern and southern regions of Ukraine," SBU department chief Oleksandr Tkachuk was quoted as saying by a Ukrainian news agency, Radio Poland reported.

"According to our information, Russia's Military Main Intelligence Directorate [Foreign military intelligence agency, known as GRU] was involved," he added.

The Polish PAP news agency said that the nine who were arrested were current or former Ukrainian military personnel.

It added that the group were instructed to gather information on important infrastructure and military facilities.

"They were also instructed to organize terror attacks on Ukrainian citizens in southern districts," PAP quoted Tkachuk as saying.

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http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/410990.html

No casualties have been tentatively reported as a result of a fire and explosions of ammunition at the Ukrainian Defense Ministry's artillery depots near the town of Balaklia in the Kharkiv region, Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak has said.

"Preliminary reports indicate that there are no fatalities among servicemen and the civilian population," Poltorak said at a press briefing in Kyiv on Thursday.

It has also been preliminarily concluded that the fire and the subsequent ammunition explosions at the depots could have been caused by an act of sabotage, he said.

"One of the theories suggests that it was an act of sabotage, including the dropping of an explosive device from a drone," Poltorak said.

The fire is still covering about one-third of the depot's area, he said.

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http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/410974.html
The ammunition explosions in Balaklia in the Kharkiv region might have been caused by an act of sabotage, Ukrainian Chief Military Prosecutor Anatoliy Matios has said.

"According to the preliminary information (current outcomes of the inquiry) provided by the military prosecutor of the Kharkiv garrison (who is staying at the incident scene), an act of sabotage triggered an explosion at several sites storing missile and artillery weapons (125mm and 152mm tank and artillery projectiles) and sparked a fire, which caused detonation of the ammunition at 3:02 a.m. today," Matios said on Facebook.

"A seven-kilometer burst zone around the site of detonation has been cordoned off," Matios said.

There have been no casualty reports as of yet.

The Ukrainian State Emergency Service said that 250 officers and 50 machines had been assigned to clean up the incident aftermath and that reserve forces, among them pyrotechnic teams, had been put on standby.
 
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https://www.unian.info/kiev/1838366-russian-dumas-ex-deputy-voronenkov-shot-dead-in-kyiv.html
Chief of the Ukrainian National Police department for Kyiv Andriy Kryshchenko announces that former deputy of the Russian State Duma Denis Voronenkov has been shot dead downtown Kyiv, according 112.ua.

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Kryshchenko said the man killed in Kyiv an hour before had been identified as a former Russian State Duma deputy, without giving his name first, but asked by the program host later whether the man was Denis Voronenkov, he answered in the affirmative.
 
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Russia's hybrid military forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas 94 times in the past 24 hours with three Ukrainian soldiers reported as wounded in action (WIA), according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters.

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https://www.unian.info/war/1840936-ato-hq-reports-1-kia-amid-militant-shelling-near-troyitske.html

One Ukrainian soldier has been killed after Russian-backed militants attacked a fortified position of a unit of a mechanized brigade deployed near the village of Troyitske in Luhansk region.

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The Ukrainian positions in this direction were shelled with the use of grenade launchers of various systems and 82mm mortars, the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters wrote on Facebook.


As UNIAN reported earlier, Russia's hybrid military forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas 94 times in the past 24 hours with three Ukrainian soldiers reported as wounded in action (WIA).

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https://www.unian.info/war/1841414-...rn-tanks-close-to-ukraine-border-reuters.html

A Reuters witness saw dozens of modern tanks arriving at a railroad station in Pokrovskoye in the country's southern Rostov region.

The amateur video was uploaded on Reuters YouTube channel. As reported earlier, a "working group" from Moscow has visited the occupied territories of Donbas to study financial and socio-economic situation at the "nationalized" enterprises.

Russian experts recommended that the heads of expropriated companies send to Moscow more promptly the updates on HR issues with the purpose of taking measures to prevent a possible social explosion, according to the coordinator Information Resistance group, Dmytro Tymchuk.




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https://www.unian.info/society/1841...nitarian-demining-in-balaklia-poroshenko.html

The Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Center has started procedures to provide assistance to Ukraine on humanitarian demining in Balaklia, where on Thursday a large-scale fire engulfed a military munitions depot and mass detonations ensued, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko wrote on Twitter.

"Grateful to NATO for rapid response to my request," Poroshenko tweeted.

As UNIAN reported earlier, overnight Thursday, March 23, a fire broke out at Ukraine’s largest munitions depot in Balaklia, Kharkiv region.

Mass detonations led to an evacuation of nearly 20,000 residents of nearby settlements. There were no casualties among the military, but a body of a civilian woman was discovered under the ruins.

Another two women are reported to be injured in the incident.

Poroshenko said that he instructed the Foreign Ministry, the Defense Ministry and the State Emergency Service "to attract NATO assistance for humanitarian demining in Balaklia."


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As of 8:00 a.m., March 24, the intensity of explosions has considerably reduced at Balakliya depot.

In the morning, the aerial reconnaissance was carried out to find fire sources, as well as engineer reconnaissance was performed.

Military engineers have arrived at the scene. They have started to clear the territory adjacent to the areas with armament and are ready to clear depot territory.

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Balakliya depot accident recovery (in pictures)
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Military engineers have arrived to Balakliya. They have started to demine the territory adjacent to the depot and are ready to demine the depot territory.

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As of morning march 24, the explosions intensity has considerably reduced.
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More than 100 servicemen of military police have been patrolling streets and adjacent villages since morning March 23.

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According to the ATO HQ press centre, the enemy keeps on using heavy weaponry and UAVs in the region.

At night, the enemy used 152 mm artillery, 82 mm mortars, rocket anti-tank launchers, heavy machineguns and small arms against the ATO positions near Avdiivka and Zaitseve.

Moreover, over the past 24 hours, the Russian occupational troops have used UAVs for five times near Yasynuvata, Opytne, Pisky, and Velyka Novosilka.

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11:28
Drills conducted near DPR military HQ, there was no shelling - senior military official

11:20
DEAD WOMAN FOUND UNDER HOUSE DEBRIS IN BALAKLIYA WHERE ARTILLERY DEPOTS ARE ABLAZE - UKRAINIAN STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE HEAD

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Ukrainian president orders asking NATO for help in demining Balakliya
 
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West Blames Putin After Ukrainian Nationalist With Ukrainian Passport Kills Ukrainian Citizen in Kiev

Because "Putin."

Richard Brandt



So, so guilty.

We're witnessing a level of western desperation previously thought impossible.

Former Russian lawmaker Denis Voronenkov was shot and killed yesterday in central Kiev. Voronenkov, a fugitive who was wanted for widespread fraud, emigrated from Russia to Ukraine in October 2016. He received Ukrainian citizenship in December, having given up his status as a Russian citizen.

This can mean only one thing: Putin hired a Ukrainian nationalist who was a member of Ukraine's ultra-nationalist National Guard to assassinate Voronenkov. This is the actual theory being floated by Kiev right now:

The assassin was named as Pavel Parshov, 28, who the authorities in Kiev claimed was a Russian 'sleeper' agent who had been planted in the Ukrainian national guard.

Ukrainian interior ministry adviser Anton Heraschenko claimed he had served for 13 months with the guard, which he 'entered as an agent of the Russian secret services'.


Parshov was said to be born in Dnipropetrovsk,a city with a mixed Russian and Ukrainian population, in the eastern Ukraine in 1988.

Dnipropetrovsk? (It's actually called "Dniepro" now.) Interesting. That's the region that was formerly governed by Ukrainian oligarch/psychopath Ihor Kolomoyskyi. It's also a well-known breeding ground for ultra-nationalist punitive battalions and criminals-for-hire. We're sure that's Putin's fault, too.

Just to recap: A Ukrainian nationalist with a Ukrainian passport who had been a member of Ukraine's far-right National Guard for 13 months was really a Russian mole. That makes senseif you're a head of lettuce.

Anything else you'd like to accuse Putin of? Perhaps global warming? Or maybe a yet-to-be-discovered invasion of Earth by space aliens?

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— Sarah Abdallah (@sahouraxo)
March 23, 2017

Putin is also responsible for Poroshenko's chronic constipation. It's true. We read it in the Daily Mail.

@vostok :D
 
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https://www.unian.info/society/1842...-ukraines-kramatorsk-casualties-reported.html

Mi-2 military helicopter is reported to have plunged to the ground after colliding with power lines outside the town of Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine, according to the press center for the ATO Headquarters.

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Search and rescue teams have arrived at the crash site, close to a settlement of Malynivka.

The details of the crash and the number of victims are yet to be verified as a group of ATO Headquarters officials, also deployed at the scene, is assessing the incoming information.

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