Civil war in Ukraine: News & discussion

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A member of the SBU Security Service of Ukraine, Col. Yuriy Voznyi has been killed in the Kostiantynivskiy district of Donetsk region while on duty, the SBU's press service reported.

A car bomb attack is a preliminary version of the cause of death. Three more people are in the hospital with wounds of varying severity. The investigation is conducted by the military prosecutor's office, reads the report.


Yuriy Voznyi became the twenty-third employee of the Security Service of Ukraine, who gave his life defending Ukraine.

As UNIAN reported earlier, an officer of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate, Col. Maksym Shapoval, was killed in a car blast in Kyiv on Tuesday, June 27. He was commander of the deep reconnaissance division and was engaged in collecting evidence of Russia's involvement in armed aggression against Ukraine.

 

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Russia's hybrid military forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas 35 times in the past 24 hours, with one Ukrainian soldier reported as killed in action (KIA) and three as wounded in action (WIA), according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters.

In the Mariupol sector, the occupiers violated the ceasefire nine times. During the day, the militants shelled the Ukrainian positions near the villages of Lebedynske, Vodiane, Pavlopil and Hnutove, and the towns of Krasnohorivka and Maryinka, using mortars and infantry weapons. Grenade launchers of various modifications were used against the Ukrainian fortified positions near the villages of Taramchuk and Talakivka. Most of these attacks took place after dark, the headquarters said.

"In the same direction, the invaders fired a 120mm mortar on the residential area of Krasnohorivka yesterday afternoon. Fortunately, none of the local residents were injured as a result of the shelling" the report says.

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Russia's hybrid military forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas 22 times in the past 24 hours with one Ukrainian soldier reported as killed in action (KIA) and six as wounded in action (WIA), according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters.


"The Russian occupation forces almost did not stop shelling in the Donetsk sector yesterday. There were recorded 12 such instances. The situation was extremely tense in the area between the town of Avdiyivka and the village of Kamianka, where the militants actively shelled our positions from infantry weapons, mortars, 122mm artillery systems and tanks. Some enemy shelling continued for several hours and was characterized by extremely high intensity," the headquarters said.


In addition, late at night, the Ukrainian fortified positions near the village of Luhanske came under fire from 120mm mortars, infantry fighting vehicles, grenade launchers and small arms. In the Mariupol sector, the Russian-backed mercenaries violated the ceasefire only after dark.

The Ukrainian fortified positions near the villages of Vodiane, Hnutove, Talakivka and Pavlopil were attacked with grenade launchers of various modifications, heavy machine guns and small arms.

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On the night of June 30, the border guards of the Kherson detachment, together with the soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kherson region, detained two unknown persons without documents, and subsequently found that the detainees were servicemen of the Border Guard Service of the Russian Federal Security Service.

"Today, on June 30, about 2:30, the border guards of the Kherson detachment, together with the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kherson region, detained two unknown persons without documents on the bank of the Perekopsky Bay and found a boat on which the latter landed ashore. During the preliminary survey, it was established that the detainees are military personnel of the Border Guard Service of the Russian Federal Security Service," Viktor Nazarenko, head of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, wrote on his Facebook page.

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The Border Guard Service of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has asked the Ukrainian side to provide information on two Russian servicemen who went missing in Ukraine, Ukrainian State Border Guard Service spokesman Oleh Slobodian told Interfax on Friday.

"The Russian border guards have asked us to provide information on their servicemen. Thus, they have formally confirmed that their servicemen have gone missing in Ukraine," he said.

Ukrainian border guards, acting together with other structures concerned, are currently taking filtration measures with regard to the detained persons and working to establish their identities, he said. A decision on transferring them to the relevant agencies will be made after these measures have been completed.

Ukrainian State Border Guard Service head Viktor Nazarenko said earlier that Kherson unit border guards and Ukrainian armed forces servicemen had detained two unknown persons without documents in the Kherson region overnight into June 30. Those detained were subsequently identified as servicemen of the Russian FSB's Border Guard Service.

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During today's meeting of Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak with Alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the NATO Headquarters, the two discussed the security situation in Ukraine and worldwide.

They spoke about the upcoming large-scale Russian-Belarusian exercises West-2017, the press service of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry reported on Friday.

"The upcoming West-2017 exercise planned by the Russian Federation will be extremely extensive, and can be used to launch aggression not only against Ukraine, but against any country in Europe that has a common border with Russia. NATO secretary general spoke about the threats they see, and said that the NATO grouping in Eastern Europe will be stepped up. Of course, for our part, we will also adequately respond to the conduct of the exercises," the Ukrainian Defense Minister said.

He noted that Ukraine will be ready to repel possible aggression.

"Large-scale troop movements and maneuvers are planned. Some 4,000 train cars have been ordered for the transfer of personnel. This is a very large grouping and naturally the conduct of such exercises on the border with Ukraine is a threat," Poltorak said.

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The President bid farewell to the Ukrainian heroes killed by terrorists — Colonel of the Chief Reconnaissance Directorate of the Ministry of Defense Maksym Shapoval and Colonel of the Security Service of Ukraine Yuriy Voznyi.

The farewell ceremony took place in Kyiv, in the House of Officers and the House of Culture of the Security Service of Ukraine. The Head of State expressed condolences to the families of the deceased and their brothers-in-arms.

The President conferred the rank of Major General to Maksym Shapoval (posthumously) and awarded Yuriy Voznyi with the order “For Courage” (posthumously). The President signed respective decrees today.

“He was on the offensive end and defended us in the most difficult times and place,” Petro Poroshenko said about the reconnaissance officer. The Head of State noted that one does not speak a lot of the reconnaissance officials and the opportunity to speak more emerges only when they pass away. The President reminded that Colonel Shapoval was a commander of the special operations team that was liberating the Donetsk airport and was the first to enter it. He was one of the first “cyborgs” who took part in the most difficult operations, inter alia, behind enemy lines.

“His death reminds us that war takes place not only on the frontline, that terrorist attacks of the aggressor who came to our land with weapons can be held anywhere. This fact must consolidate us even more in supporting our army, our special forces, our reconnaissance. I am proud of such warriors as Maksym Shapoval. May he rest in peace,” the President emphasized.

Colonel of the Chief Reconnaissance Directorate of the Ministry of Defense Maksym Shapoval was killed in the morning of June 27 in Solomyanskyi district of Kyiv when his vehicle exploded. The investigation qualifies the tragedy as a terrorist act. On the same day, a vehicle with officials of the Security Service of Ukraine tripped a mine in Donbas in the village of Illinivka. As a result, Colonel Voznyi died and three officials were wounded.

Press service of the President of Ukraine

 

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Cache with Russian ammo, C-rations, drugs found in Donbas

According to the press center of the ATO HQ, all attempts of the Russian occupants to move the frontline near Kamianka are unsuccessful. Currently, thesituationis under control of the Ukrainian military.

The Ukrainian soldiers have recently found the rests of Russian ammunitions, MREs, medical products and military equipment in east of Ukraine.

It proves once again that the Russian party provides supplies to the pro-Russian illegal formations which temporarily occupy regions in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts.

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Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze says 120 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in Donbas since the beginning of the year, according to an UNIAN correspondent.

"Unfortunately, since the beginning of 2017, we have got 120 dead soldiers, almost 900 wounded soldiers, 47 dead civilians and more than 100 wounded civilians during this period, during this year when we all have been seeking a ceasefire along the demarcation line again and again," she said during the 95th Seminar of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly within the framework of the Rose-Roth Initiative in Kyiv.

Earlier, the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine reported that 52 people had been killed and another 285 had been injured since the start of the year.
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Donbas militants attack Ukraine 9 times on July 1 – ATO HQ Russia's hybrid military forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas nine times on July 1, the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters reports.

"During the hostilities, there were no losses among the ATO forces today," the report said.

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Two Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in action, another three have been wounded in action in Donbas on Saturday, July 1, according to the press service of the Ukrainian Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters.


"Unfortunately, two Ukrainian soldiers were killed in fighting yesterday. Another two received gunshot wounds, another one suffered battle trauma," the ATO HQ said on Facebook on Sunday morning in an update based on information as of 06:00 Kyiv time on July 2. In total, Russia's hybrid military forces attacked Ukrainian troops 24 times in the past day. Almost half of these attacks were mounted by the enemy with the use of artillery systems and other weapons prohibited by the Minsk peace agreements.


Eight attacks were recorded in the Mariupol sector. The Ukrainian positions near the town of Karsnohorivka were attacked by tanks, infantry fighting vehicles; large-caliber machine guns were also used. The village of Vodiane came under 82mm mortar fire. After a relative lull during the day, the use of mortars of various calibers resumed in the evening: Ukrainian positions near Vodiane were under fire. Several 152mm artillery shells were lobbed into the areas near the Ukrainian-controlled village of Shyrokyne. Positions near the village of Hnutove came under 82mm mortar fire. Grenade launchers and large-caliber machine guns were sporadically used by the occupiers there during the day.


Most of enemy shelling was recorded in the Donetsk sector at night. In total, there were 12 attacks on the Ukrainian troops there during the period under review. In particular, Ukrainian positions near the villages of Luhanske and Pisky, and the town of Avdiyivka came under mortar fire. Invaders also regularly used grenade launchers of various modifications, large-caliber machine guns to attack Ukrainian troops there and near the villages of Verkhniotoretske and Kamyanka. Some areas in the sector were attacked by infantry fighting vehicles. In addition, enemy snipers were working not far from Kamyanka late at night.

Four attacks were recorded in the Luhansk sector. In particular, the enemy used 152mm artillery systems to shell Ukrainian positions near the village of Krymske at night. The same evening, Russian proxies opened fire from 120mm mortars and used an anti-tank missile system. Small arms were used to fire on Ukrainian positions near the village of Stanytsia Luhanska, while grenade launchers of various modifications were engaged to shell the town of Schastia.

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Information Agency Main Page Politics Economy War Kyiv Society World Pictures Videos Opinions Publications For subscribers Archive Contact Ukraine reports 20 enemy attacks, 2 WIA's in last day Russia's hybrid military forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas 20 times in the past 24 hours, with two Ukrainian soldiers reported as wounded in action (WIA), according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters.

The first enemy attacks in the Mariupol sector were recorded at about 19:00 on Sunday, July 2. "The invaders decided to loudly violate the shaky ceasefire in this direction. They launched almost two and a half dozen shells from 122mm artillery systems on our positions near the village of Vodiane. Later, the militants fired small arms several times at the Ukrainian soldiers near the village of Lebedynske. The enemy also used grenade launchers of various modifications near the villages of Pavlopil and Hnutove. Additionally, our fortified positions near the village of Novotroyitske came under fire from heavy machine guns," the headquarters said, adding that eight enemy armed provocations were recorded there in the last day.

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This morning, July 3, the illegal armed formations have shelled the ATO positions, including residential quarters of Marinka. One man, 59, was wounded.

Militants keep on violating the international humanitarian law and achieved agreements and put at risk the lives and health of civilians.

 

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Russia's hybrid military forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas 22 times in the past 24 hours, with two Ukrainian soldiers reported as killed in action (KIA) and three as wounded in action (WIA), according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters.


The Russian-backed illegal armed groups used weapons eight times in the Mariupol sector. In particular, the occupiers fired 82mm mortars at the Ukrainian fortified positions near the village of Vodiane in the evening. Shortly after, the invaders used hand-held anti-tank grenade launchers there. The militants also opened fire from cannons of infantry fighting vehicles not far from the village of Shyrokyne. Furthermore, the Ukrainian positions near the villages of Novotroyitske, Hnutove, Lebedynske and Pavlopil came under fire from small arms and heavy machine guns. "Yesterday, we reported dense artillery shelling of the ATO positions near Hnutove in the morning.

We found out during the day that the invaders had also used 122mm Grad-P portable rocket launchers there," the headquarters said.

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Ukraine's First Deputy Defense Minister Ivan Rusnak has said that Russia has deployed a 60,000-strong military contingent along the border with Ukraine, in the temporarily occupied territory of Donbas and Crimea, according to an UNIAN correspondent.


A combined military force of Russia, including the Crimean joint forces, who are deployed in temporarily occupied areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, along the border of Ukraine, and in Crimea, exceeds 60,000 armed and trained servicemen," Rusnak said at the 95th Seminar of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly within the framework of the Rose-Roth Initiative in Kyiv.

The Russian troops are equipped, among other things, with Tochka tactical missile systems, tanks, armored combat vehicles, artillery systems and multiple launch rocket systems, he said.

"According to reports, the 1st and 2nd Army Corps [deployed in occupied Donbas] are mostly under command of regular servicemen, namely officers and generals of the Armed Forces of Russia, sent to the temporarily occupied areas of Ukraine for a period of three to 11 months," Rusnak said.

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The Ukrainian side in the Contact Group is trying to obtain information about the fate of 408 people, servicemen and civilians, who went missing in Donbas, Verkhovna Rada First Deputy Speaker Iryna Gerashchenko, who represents Ukraine in the Contact Group's humanitarian subgroup, said.

"The lists that we are working with in Minsk contain 132 hostages - both civilian and military. Plus 408 missing people, also civilian and military. This is on the Ukrainian side. And we don't know the fate of these people," Gerashchenko said at a news conference in Kyiv on Tuesday.

Gerashchenko went on to note that about 10,000 civilians have been killed on both sides of the contact line since the conflict began in Donbas.

"This is obviously not a final figure. When the conflict is over, we must find everyone," she said.

Gerashchenko also drew attention to the fact that some representatives of international organizations are being denied access to Donbas.

For two years, the Ukrainian president has been using every meeting in the Normandy Formant to raise the issue of access for the International Committee of the Red Cross to the 'occupied territories', to captives held in prisons, and also of access in terms of the search for missing people and the identification of those killed, Gerashchenko said.


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Military engineers underwent tactical special drills of crews of UR-77 mine clearing machines in east of Ukraine. Having refreshed theoretical skills, they executed all tasks assigned and ensured movement of armour and wheeled vehicles through conditionally mined road.

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The Ukrainian action "Donetsk region meets its defenders" on Mount Karachun in Donetsk region kicked off on July 4, 2017. These days three years ago, Ukrainian military and volunteer battalions liberated the towns of Slovyansk, Kramatorsk, Bahmut, Lyman, which were occupied by pro-Russian militants. On this occasion, participants in the battles for the liberation of these towns came together to Mount Karachun from all over Ukraine.

 

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Russia's hybrid military forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas 15 times in the past 24 hours, according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters.

Aerial imagery available to the SMM as of 26 June revealed the presence of 14 armored vehicles, eight of which were spotted for the first time, and 21 military-type trucks near 'DPR'-controlled Kalmiuske (formerly Komsomolske, 42km south-east of Donetsk)," reads the report.

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"We have not received information about the fate of the 132 hostages held in the occupied territories,” Gerashchenko said while reporting on the results of a Wednesday meeting of her subgroup.

She added that no information has been received on specific Ukrainian citizens in question, “despite all our requests and demands.”

“We’ve only been told that 55 Ukrainians (with no names provided) are being held in the occupied areas of Donetsk region and another 14 – in the occupied territories of Luhansk region," Iryna Gerashchenko said.

As UNIAN reported earlier, on July 4, Ms Gerashchenko expressed hope that the meeting of the contact group would determine the date of the release of Ukrainian hostages.

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Russia's hybrid military forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas 13 times in the past 24 hours, with two Ukrainian soldiers reported as wounded in action (WIA), according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters.


The Russian occupation forces used banned 120mm mortars once near the village of Pisky. The remaining seven armed provocations in this area were committed by the invaders in the vicinity of the town of Avdiyivka, where the enemy repeatedly fired grenade launchers of various modifications, heavy machine guns, small arms day and night, and once used an anti-aircraft gun to shell the Ukrainian positions," the ATO HQ said.


"The Russian-backed illegal armed groups did not use weapons at all in the morning and afternoon. However, in the evening, the mercenaries first shelled one of our fortified positions near the village of Luhanske, using small arms of various calibers. Later, they lobbed nearly half a dozen 82mm shells, targeting the defenders of the village of Krymske," the report said.

"As a result of the hostilities, one Ukrainian soldier was injured, while another one suffered battle trauma yesterday. Both servicemen were promptly hospitalized. The state of their health is satisfactory," the ATO HQ said.

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Russia's hybrid military forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas 25 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.


The situation was most tense in the Mariupol sector yesterday, where the militants mounted 11 attacks. "The occupiers used small arms and grenade launchers against the Ukrainian fortified positions near the villages of Shyrokyne, Lebedynske, Vodiane, Hnutove, Pavlopil, north of Novotroyitske and the town of Maryinka. In addition, the enemy opened fire from 82mm mortars near Shyrokyne. Furthermore, the militants used banned 120mm mortars near Pavlopil in the evening," the ATO HQ said.


Eight enemy armed provocations were recorded in the Donetsk sector yesterday.

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The number of violations of the ceasefire in the area of the Anti-Terrorist operation (ATO) has increased by a quarter for the past week, Principal Deputy Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission Alexander Hug has said.

"In the reporting week we note an increase in such violations by 25% compared to the previous week. We recorded an increase in tank, mortar, and artillery shelling," he said at a briefing in Kyiv on Friday.

According to him, 365 shelling were registered in the week, compared to 100th week earlier.

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Deputy Foreign Minister of Turkey Ahmet Yıldız has said the international community must not get tired of Ukraine. He called on world leaders to solve the "Ukrainian issue."

"Ukraine is becoming stronger, despite what is happening in Crimea and in Donbas… We, of course, support the letter of international law and support the inhabitants of Crimea, especially the Crimean Tatars. We believe that the international community should not get tired of Ukraine and understand that this problem is real," Yildiz said on Thursday in London.

He added that despite the fact Turkey is not seeing significant progress in the implementation of the Minsk accords, it supports them because the agreement is "the basic framework, the plan that must be carried out."

Yildiz said Turkey is also supporting Ukraine's reform process. He added it is necessary to make some legislative changes, saying there are some things Ukraine's government could do today.

"There are some administrative steps which could be taken to attract foreign investors," he said.

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General of the Army of Ukraine Stepan Poltorak stressed it during Ukraine Reform Conference in London.

“We have improved military field medicine and evacuation system, formed a network of military hospitals”, the Minister of Defence said, “We have organized the training of six battalions of Ukraine under the NATO standards, formed Special Operations Forces, worked out the related programs, improved the system of effective logistics, training of military command units, divisions of the Ukrainian army.

General Poltorak also underscored the strength of the army increased from 146,000 to 250,000 soldiers. The reserve of 130,000 persons has been formed.

“We understand that we should continue reforms. For this purpose we have some work in progress, resources and international support,” the Minister stressed.

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Ukrainian Armed Forces in a number of defensive skills such as the identification of mines and IEDs, medical care and logistics.Over 5,000 Ukrainian service personnel, sending a clear message that we are committed to supporting the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.

 

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A Ukrainian soldier has been killed by an enemy sniper near the town of Maryinka, eastern Ukraine, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters.

"At about 13:00 [on Monday, August 7], our soldier died not far from Maryinka from a bullet fired by an enemy sniper," the ATO HQ said on Facebook on August 7.

Violations of the ceasefire continued in the Mariupol sector in the afternoon. ATO positions near the village of Shyrokyne in the sector came under mortar fire: two 120mm shells were lobbed into the village, the ATO HQ said.

What is more, Russia's hybrid military forces used grenade launchers in the Donetsk sector to shell Ukrainian positions near the village of Nevelske. The Mariupol and Donetsk sectors belong to Donetsk region, the east of Ukraine.

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Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov during a working trip to Pokrovsk August 3 inspected the pro-Russian TV jamming system, which will be installed along the entire line of demarcation, as reported on the municipal website.


In Pokrovsk, the first pilot installation of an integrated information countermeasures system was set up, which allows for a complete blocking of pro-Russian TV and radio channels and simultaneously a very good reception of all Ukrainian ones. Now we have checked its performance – it is working very well. In a few months, it will be installed along the entire line of demarcation," Turchynov said.


As reported by the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation Headquarters, a technique for suppressing television broadcasting from the territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions beyond the Ukrainian government control has been developed one of Ukraine’s major companies.


The system allows to effectively hinder broadcast of up to 10 TV channels simultaneously.


At frequencies that are being blocked, this technique ensures unobstructed operation of Ukrainian channels.

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Militants continued to fire at the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Tuesday, August 8, using prohibited weapons, the press center of the ATO headquarters reported.

"Over the past day, militants violated the ceasefire 28 times, three Ukrainian soldiers were killed, eight others were wounded, and one was injured," the press center of the ATO headquarters said on its Facebook page on Wednesday morning.

One soldier was killed near Vodiane, where militants used grenade launchers. One was wounded as a result of mortar shelling in Shyrokyne. Also, during the shelling at Novooleksandrivka, another soldier was wounded.

The ATO headquarters report that the situation remains tense in the Donetsk sector in the vicinity of Avdiyivka and Butovka mine. During the shelling, militants used mortars of various caliber, grenade launchers, machine guns and small arms.

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Russia in July supplied illegal armed formations in eastern Ukraine with four tanks, seven armored vehicles, four artillery systems, seven rocket launchers and up to eight other vehicles, Ukraine's representative to the security subgroup of the Trilateral Contact Group Yevhen Marchuk has said.

Marchuk on his Facebook page posted a copy of the document presented during talks in Minsk.

"The Russian side always denies, declaring that information is not verified and demanding that we show where the equipment was when it was photographed…" Marchuk said.

According to the document in July Russia also provided militants with 103 cisterns and four fuel trucks (with a capacity of 6,000 tons), 19 railway cars and 10 trucks with ammunition. Russian aerial reconnaissance was also used (eight times in May and on three occasions in June).

From the start of 2017 through August 2 there were 104 cases of illegal railway border crossings from Russia and 53 columns of military and vehicle traffic, according to Marchuk's document.

Marchuk said the information was presented to the Russian side as well as to the Special Monitoring Mission of Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, adding that the time, place, as well as GPS coordinates of the transfers were included in the report.

 

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As conflict erupted at the Central Railway Station in Kyiv on Thursday, which led to a shootout, wounding at least three people, press secretary of Kyiv Police Department Oksana Blyshchyk wrote on Facebook.

"The incident occurred at Vokzalna Square. Police officers have been deployed to the scene. At 09:50, the officer on duty received an alert reporting on a conflict outside a public catering establishment near the railway station, where two perpetrators allegedly fired traumatic weapons, wounding three men. According to preliminary information from the emergency response medical team, victims suffered wounds to their legs and arms. They were admitted at the hospital, where they were provided necessary treatment. The attackers fled," the press officer said.

According to Blyshchyk, patrol police, a CSI team and police operatives are now working at the scene. Law enforcers continue the search for the perpetrators, accessing incoming data from eyewitnesses.
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https://www.unian.info/war/2075814-...ed-in-donbas-thanks-to-uav-fire-spotting.html

A video has been uploaded by the Ukrainian volunteer community showing pro-Russian militants’ anti-aircraft gun destroyed in a direct hit by the Ukrainian artillery in Donbas.

First flights of the newly delivered unmanned aerial vehicle yielded results and "delivered a punch at the teeth of the “lost” troops of the ‘pseudo empire’" "This time the Ukrainian forces found a newly-established position where terrorists deployed an anti-aircraft gun for another evening shelling of the Armed Forces. One test shot, then spotting via a quadrocopter, and there goes a strike right on target," the caption to the video says.

Earlier, volunteer Yuriy Mysyagin showed the destroyed position of militants at the Svetlodarsk Bulge.

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The rotation and amassing of Russian troops at the borders with Ukraine are related to constant drills aimed at working out the scenario of the invasion of Ukraine, military expert and journalist Yuriy Butusov says, according to Obozrevatel.

Russia has drawn conclusions from the events of 2014 and in the case of a "suitable political situation," they intend to act more promptly, Butusov told Obozrevatel.

Commenting on the report by war journalist Andriy Tsaplienko on the unprecedented movement of military equipment toward Ukraine, Butusov said: "I think that the movements may be related to the fact that Russian troops conduct rotations and exercises on the border with Ukraine and are working out an invasion scenario."

According to him, the army is an "instrument of influence," and "must be constantly prepared for certain situations." "For example, they are working out moves to counteract against Ukrainian actions or a version of certain offensive actions against Ukraine. To this end, they put their troops through constant drills and work out certain scenarios."

"They have an offensive scenario for Donbas, and I think it’s not only about Donbas but, judging by the amassing of the group, it’s also about Kharkov region," the expert added.

In this context, Butusov recalled the events that preceded the 2008 war in Georgia: "The year before, Russia conducted the Caucasus Frontier exercises to develop the amassing of forces on the border with Georgia so, when the war began, they had a worked-out plan, and a number of units carried out their task successfully. That’s how they managed to organize an invasion quickly enough."

According to the expert, the Kremlin learned its lessons from the events of 2014. Russian army has been reformed, aimed at ensuring that, as soon as there is a suitable political situation, "the invasion of Ukraine is carried out as promptly as possible."

At the same time, Butusov said that today he did not see any prerequisites for a large-scale offensive operation by Russia. "The units of the regular Russian army are on the territory of Ukraine, taking part in hostilities. Therefore, there is constant rotation: units come in and out of Ukraine. But the main efforts are related to the exercises in Belarus," he said.

 

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https://www.unian.info/war/2076839-...tions-soldier-killed-in-booby-trap-blast.html

Over the past day, illegal armed groups violated ceasefire 15 times, leaving a Ukrainian soldier wounded in a shelling. Another soldier was killed as a result of an explosion on an unknown explosive device near the village of Pisky, as reported by the press center of the ATO Headquarters.

"The hottest spot at the end of the day was in the Luhansk direction. Here the militants fired twice at our strong points near Stanytsia Luhanska from large-caliber machine guns, while fortified positions in the village of Shchastia were fired upon from an anti-aircraft gun. The gangs for almost an hour hit Ukrainian positions near Krymske using 82 mortars and grenade launchers. In response, the ATO forces covered the militants with heavy fire from grenade launchers," the report says.

In the Prymorske direction, Ukrainian strongpoints in Talakivka and Vodiane were shelled from grenade launchers. As UNIAN reported earlier, on Thursday, August 10, the militants intensified their attacks near Mariupol, having fired over 60 mines and 40 shells from Grad-P portable rocket propelled grenade launcher.

The militants also used heavy weaponry during the shelling of positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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Two servicemen have been injured in the ATO zone since the beginning of Friday, Anatoliy Stelmakh, spokesman for the ATO headquarters' press center, told the agency.

"Since the beginning of the day, we have two soldiers wounded. The enemy has violated the ceasefire regime three times," Stelmakh told Interfax-Ukraine on Friday morning.

In particular, according to him, the town of Avdiyivka in the Donetsk region was shelled by the militants with a mortar of a 82 mm caliber and grenade launchers. "Grenade launchers were also used in the settlements of Krymske and Novo-Oleksandrivka," the spokesman for the press center of the ATO headquarters said.

"In all three cases, the ATO forces were forced to open fire in response," Stelmakh said.

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A patrol of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) in Ukraine was in violation of the Minsk accords held in Donetsk region's territory uncontrolled by Kyiv for some 30 minutes, the OSCE SMM said in Twitter.

"OSCE SMM patrol held by so-called 'DPR' for 31 min at checkpoint near Verknioshyrokivske; other civilians were allowed to pass. Minsk violation," the Mission said in a tweet posted on Thursday.

 

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https://www.unian.info/war/2078946-ukraine-reports-20-enemy-attacks-1-kia-6-wias-in-last-day.html

Russia's hybrid military forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas 20 times in the past 24 hours, with one Ukrainian soldier reported as killed in action (KIA) in a mine explosion and six as wounded in action (WIA), according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters.

"The militants opened fire from mortars and grenade launchers on our positions near the town of Schastia and the village of Novotoshkivske several times. They also fired at least five 120mm mortar rounds on Ukrainian fortified positions near the village of Syze. Moreover, the enemy was shelling the ATO strong points near the village of Krymske using 120mm mortars for almost half an hour," the ATO HQ wrote on Facebook.

In the Mariupol sector, the Russian-backed illegal armed groups attacked the ATO observation post near the village of Lebedynske with mortars and small arms twice. The armed provocations were also recorded near the town of Maryinka.

"In response, our soldiers opened prompt return fire on enemy positions using authorized weapons," the report said. As UNIAN reported earlier, positions of the Armed Forced of Ukraine stationed near the village of Krymske, the Luhansk sector, had been shelled with powerful Russia's RPG-27 Tavolga anti-tank grenade launchers being in service only in Russia and Jordan.

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http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/441942.html

Militants fired 20 times at Ukrainian positions in the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) zone on Friday, as a result of which one serviceman was killed, three were wounded, and three more were injured, the press center of the ATO headquarters reported.

"Another activation of the Russian-occupation groups along the entire contact line in the ATO zone took place last night. Until 18.00, the enemy unsuccessfully tried to test almost all the fire weapons of our defenses in the Avdiyivka area, then in the evening the tension shifted to the Luhansk sector," the ATO headquarters said in a statement posted on their Facebook page on Saturday morning.

In the area of Schastia and Novotoshkivske militants several times used mortars and grenade launchers to shell the ATO positions. In addition, at night, they shelled the Ukrainian fortifications in the vicinity of Krymske for almost half an hour using 120-mm mortars.

In the coastal area, militants used mortars, grenade launchers and small arms to fire at the Ukrainian observation post near Lebedynske twice. Also armed provocations of the enemy were registered in the area of Maryinka.

In the Donetsk sector, around 21.00 one Ukrainian soldier was wounded as a result of the shelling of the ATO positions from grenade launchers and large-caliber machine guns on the outskirts of Avdiyivka. Servicemen of the Armed Forces promptly responded firing at the enemy positions.

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http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/441949.html

Over the past day one Ukrainian serviceman died as a result of an explosive device going off, nine military were wounded and injured in the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) zone in Ukraine's east, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry's spokesman, Andriy Lysenko, said.

"Over the past 24 hours, as a result of hostilities, there have been no deaths in the Armed Forces. Six servicemen were injured in the enemy shelling," Lysenko said at a briefing in Kyiv on Saturday.

However, one serviceman was killed and three others were wounded when an explosive device went off. "This happened near Avdiyivka and Zaitseve," the Defense Ministry's spokesman said.

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http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/441840.html

The illegal armed formations of certain areas of Donetsk region on Friday once again prevented the OSCE patrols led by Principal Deputy Chief Monitor of the Special Monitoring Mission Alexander from examining and assessing the required scale of repairs at the Krasnohorivka gas distribution station near the contact line, the Ukrainian side of the Joint Center on Control and Coordination (JCCC) said.

"The illegal armed forces of separate areas of Donetsk region [not controlled by the government] withdrew their security guarantees when the OSCE patrols were staying near the station, motivating this by a fictitious shelling of a fire engine on the outskirts of Donetsk by Ukrainian army units in the evening of August 10. The real reason for the disruption of this event is the attempt to prevent Hug and the mission's employees from getting to the Krasnohorivka gas distribution station," the press center of the ATO headquarters reported on Facebook.

The Ukrainian side of the JCCC has stressed that such actions by the leadership of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic are aimed at creating prerequisites for humanitarian and environmental disasters on the government-controlled territory of Ukraine.

 

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https://www.unian.info/war/2080354-ukraine-reports-2-wias-amid-25-enemy-attacks-in-last-day.html

Russia's hybrid military forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas 25 times in the past 24 hours, with two Ukrainian soldiers reported as wounded in action (WIA), according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters.

The situation was most tense near the Avdiyivka industrial zone in the Donetsk sector at the end of the day. From 18:00 until midnight, the militants almost did not stop shelling of Ukrainian fortified positions, using mortars of various calibers, grenade launchers and small arms. As a result of one of these attacks, one Ukrainian soldier was injured. In addition, the enemy shelled the Ukrainian fortified positions near the villages of Novoselivka, Verkhniotoretske, Nevelske and Luhanske in the evening.


In the Luhansk sector, the occupiers concentrated fire activity near the village of Krymske. Evening and night, the invaders fired 120mm mortars and grenade launchers of various systems five times near this settlement. "In the Mariupol sector, the Russian occupation forces opened fire near the villages of Vodiane and Shyrokyne in the evening.

Once again demonstrating their disregard for all norms of humanitarian law and peace agreements, they fired mortars, grenade launchers and heavy machine guns on civilian houses in the town of Maryinka. Fortunately, there were no casualties," the report says.

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https://www.unian.info/war/2081299-...-donbas-within-week-ukraine-def-ministry.html
Ukraine's Defense Ministry speaker for Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) issues Oleksandr Motuzianyk says eight Russian-backed occupiers have been killed and another 35 wounded in the Donbas conflict zone over the past week.

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"According to the Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate, the enemy's losses amounted to eight dead and 35 wounded occupiers within the past week," he told a briefing in Kyiv on Monday, August 14.

"The lion's share of the enemy losses was recorded near the town of Avdiyivka and the southern part of the Mariupol sector, where the militants traditionally behave most impudently and hence are exposed to accurate fire or become victims of their own carelessness," Motuzianyk added.



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The Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) of Ukraine has published the report following the investigation of the tragic events in Donetsk region in 2014 the media call the "Ilovaisk pocket," when over 360 Ukrainian soldiers were killed during the retreat.

https://www.unian.info/war/2081541-pgo-report-russian-invasion-major-cause-of-ilovaisk-tragedy.html

The decision to cleanse the town of Ilovaisk of terrorist forces was made against the background of previously successful combat missions, in order to establish control over the supply routes and to potentially allow to encircle and liberate the terrorist stronghold of Donetsk, the PGO says.

However, simultaneously with the operation start, a massive invasion of Russian troops took place, that’s on the night of August 24, 2014. The invasion grouping of the Russian armed forces consisted of nine battalion-tactical groups: 3,500 personnel; up to 60 tanks; up to 320 infantry fighting vehicles; up to 60 artillery pieces; up to 45 mortars; five antitank guided missile systems. Due to the fact that the enemy contingent significantly prevailed over the Ukrainian forces, government troops were eventually surrounded.


Due to the fact that the enemy contingent significantly prevailed over the Ukrainian forces, government troops were eventually surrounded.


Kyiv’s military leadership was negotiating with the Russian side on the safe withdrawal of Ukrainian soldiers from the Ilovaisk area on the agreed routes. In turn, Russian military leadership has guaranteed safety of such withdrawal, the report says. Three captured Russian paratroopers, who were to be handed over to the representatives of the armed forces of the Russian Federation once the Ukrainian forces had withdrawn, were seen as an additional guarantee of their safe retreat.

"Under the circumstances mentioned, 366 Ukrainian soldiers were treacherously assassinated; another 429 suffered wounds of varying severity, while 300 were captured.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine suffered significant losses of arms and military equipment worth almost UAH 300 million," the PGO said. For the sake of the investigation’s objectivity, forensic experts probed the impact on the combat readiness of the ATO forces of the military parade in Kyiv on August 24, 2014 on the occasion of the 23rd anniversary of Independence Day.

For the sake of the investigation’s objectivity, forensic experts probed the impact on the combat readiness of the ATO forces of the military parade in Kyiv on August 24, 2014 on the occasion of the 23rd anniversary of Independence Day.

"It has been established that holding a military parade has not affected combat readiness of the ATO forces, since the event involved units almost completely staffed by conscripts and cadets from military academies," the document says.


In general, the study of the circumstances of the Ilovaisk tragedy has been completed. At the same time, the final procedural decision in criminal proceedings will be taken after the completion of interrogations of every Ukrainian serviceman in question on the circumstances of the Ilovaisk tragedy and the commission of war crimes by Russian military forces, namely the treacherous killing of the Ukrainian military during their withdrawal from the encirclement, the failure to provide medical treatment to the wounded and leaving them in a helpless state, the shooting of prisoners, their ill-treatment. The PGO vows to bring to justice all those responsible.


"According to the experts' conclusions and a set of other evidence received, the only factor that caused the Ilovaisk tragedy is the military aggression by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the form of direct invasion of the territory of Ukraine," the document says.

Based on the results of the investigation and the evidence collected, First Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Nikolay Bogdanovsky has been served a suspicion notice on committing criminal offenses under Part 3 Article 110 (encroachment on the territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine), Part 2 Article 437 (conducting an aggressive war), Part 2 Article 438 (violation of laws and customs of war, combined with intentional murder) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The military chief personally commanded and controlled the units of the Russian armed forces units during their invasion of Ukraine in August 2014, and together with other individuals organized the killings of the Ukrainian military near Ilovaisk.

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http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/economic/442252.html
Nearly 4,000 cases are pending in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) regarding the situation in the annexed Crimea and the conflict in the east of Ukraine, the Ministry for Temporary Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons has reported.

"There are nearly 4,000 cases pending in the European Court of Human Rights involving the conflict in Crimea and the east of Ukraine," a statement, published on the ministry's Twitter on Monday, says.

As reported, as of June 1, 2017, Ukraine filed five lawsuits against Russia to the ECHR regarding the events in Crimea and eastern Ukraine and prepared documents on the sixth lawsuit for filing.

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http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/442721.html

Illegal armed formations do not reduce the intensity of their bombardment of the ATO positions in Donbas firing at any time of the day, and not only in the dark, as it was last week, the press center of the ATO headquarters said.

"The intensity of shelling of Ukraine's Armed Forces' positions in the ATO zone does not decrease. If last week the main activity of Russian-occupation groups was recorded at night, then for several days the bandits have been firing on our positions without time restrictions, using increasingly heavy weapons," the press center reported (as of Wednesday, 18:00) on its Facebook page.

So, about 8 a.m. in the area of Shyrokyne and Vodiane, the militants were firing on Ukrainian positions from artillery of 122 mm caliber for almost half an hour. Simultaneously, five projectiles from the portable rocket launcher Grad-P (Partizan) were launched at the Ukrainian fortifications on the approaches to Shyrokyne.

In the Donetsk sector, from midnight, the enemy fired on Ukrainian strongholds near the Avdiyivska industrial zone four times, mainly using grenade launchers and heavy machine guns. At the same time, the Ukrainian military responded operatively and rigidly to the attempts of militants to launch long-term hostilities.

In the Luhansk sector, illegal armed formations used a 120-mm mortar in the vicinity of Novo-Oleksandrivka, and they fired from a grenade launcher in the Krymske area.

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http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/442627.html

Four Ukrainian soldiers have been wounded and none have been killed in the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) zone in eastern Ukraine in the past 24 hours, Ukrainian Defense Ministry spokesman Oleksandr Motuzianyk said at a press briefing in Kyiv on Wednesday.

"One of the injured servicemen tripped an unknown explosive device," Motuzianyk said.

The ATO staff said earlier that three Ukrainian servicemen had been wounded as a result of 33 ceasefire breaches by militants during the day.

New monument to ATO heroes presented in Kyiv фото: UNIAN

 

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https://www.unian.info/war/2088651-sbu-reveals-russian-ammunition-in-donbas-photo.html

The employees of the SBU Security Service of Ukraine have revealed another fact of use of the Russian-made ammunition against the Anti-Terrorist Operation forces.

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According to the SBU's press center, law enforcement officers found two 30mm shells for the BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles at the site of the militant shelling of one of the settlements of the Bakhmutka district in Donetsk region.


According to the experts, the marking of ammunition indicates that they were manufactured in 2008 in the territory of the Russian Federation and are not in the arsenal of the Armed Forces," the SBU reported on Facebook.

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https://www.unian.info/war/2090289-...bas-since-start-of-conflict-icrc-ukraine.html
The International Committee of the Red Cross said more than 2,700 civilians have been killed in the Donbas conflict since the beginning of hostilities.


"Over 2,700 civilians have been killed in the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine," ICRC mission in Ukraine tweeted. Read also Scorched earth tactics: militants set fields on fire along contact line In a separate tweet, the mission wrote that over 500,000 children live in conflict-affected areas.

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https://www.unian.info/war/2093414-...-industrial-zone-1-kia-1-wia-in-last-day.html

Russia's hybrid military forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas 30 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.

The situation remains most tense in the Donetsk sector. "Starting last evening and almost until midnight, Russian-backed militants were shelling our fortified positions near the Avdiyivka industrial zone from various directions, using mortars, grenade launchers, anti-aircraft guns and small arms. In response, our fighters actively fired back. One of our servicemen was killed as a result of the confrontation. In addition, in the evening, the occupiers opened fire from infantry fighting vehicles and grenade launchers three times near the village of Zaitseve. Furthermore, the enemy launched at least 46 mines of various calibers on Butivka coal mine within two hours," the report says.


In turn, in the Luhansk sector, the invaders used 120mm mortars near the villages of Krymske and Novotoshkivske. The Ukrainian fortified positions near the villages of Novo-Oleksandrivka and Stanytsia Luhanska also came under enemy shelling from heavy machine guns.

In the Mariupol sector, the Russian occupation forces fired 82mm mortars twice on the Ukrainian fortified positions near the village of Vodiane, as well as once near the village of Shyrokyne.

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https://www.unian.info/war/2093604-militants-destroy-infrastructure-crops-near-mariupol-ato-hq.html

Russian-backed mercenaries resort to the scorched earth tactics, setting fire to infrastructure and crops, polluting and poisoning drinking water sources in the Ukrainian-controlled settlements near the strategic port city of Mariupol, according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters.


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"In the Mariupol sector, our fortified positions near the towns of Krasnohorivka and Maryinka, and the villages of Pavlopil and Talakivka came under enemy fire from grenade launchers and small arms," the ATO HQ wrote on Facebook.

"Insidious and cynical, the enemy uses incendiary ammunition of different calibers in the night time, aiming at trees and dried vegetation across the fields, and when the fire sparks, militants start shelling the Ukrainian positions, making use of a smoke screen," reads the report. "The scorched earth tactic is nominally considered a war crime by international law," the headquarters said.

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http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/economic/443865.html

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has opened a new radio and television broadcasting station in Bakhmutivka (Luhansk region) on Tuesday, which will ensure the broadcasting of Ukrainian TV and radio channels in the temporarily occupied territory of the Luhansk region.

"The opening of the TV tower in the village of Bakhmutivka is a step towards restoring the unity of Luhansk and all Ukraine [...] Residents from the controlled territory and from the occupied cities and regions of Luhansk are returning to the common information space of our Motherland," Poroshenko said during the grand opening of the station.

The Ukrainian president said that "information war is the key element of Russian aggression." Given this, Poroshenko said, the opening of the station is becoming more important, which was built, including with the help of the U.S., a 134-meter transmission tower with a range of 50 km.

"This station will ensure the broadcasting of 11 Ukrainian TV and four radio channels to our territory temporarily occupied by the Russian aggressor," the president of Ukraine said.