Troops of North Operations Command repel rebels’ assault near Crymske - Міністерство оборони України
Wednesday, January 28. DONBAS — According to the press center of the
North Operations Command, in the last 24 hours, the Ukrainian servicemen destroyed in the ATO region: 1 tank, 1 SAU and 1 SAO 2S9 (terrorists’ materiel).
The rebels made the attempt to assault a position of troops of the
North Operations Command near Crymske. The servicemen repelled the attack.
After the fight the rebels demanded ceasefire to evacuate bodies and wounded personnel.
In the last 24 hours, there have been completed 41 attacks against ATO positions in the appropriate sector. The tensest situation is near Stanytsa Luganska, Schastya, Nyjne, Crymske, Triohizbenka, Makarov, Vilkhova. The illegal armed formations have used
Grad for three times, and completed shelling and mortar attacks for 33 times, as well as small arms attacks.
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Cadets of Hetman Petro Sahaydachnyi Land Forces Academy take combat training
Wednesday, January 28. LVIV — Cadets of Hetman Petro Sahaydachnyi Land Forces Academy completed field firing: armament of T-64BV tank and 2S3
‘Akatsya’ systems.
They hit the targets imitating the enemy’s materiel. Having completed each task they imitated concealed march-back by using
Toucha smoke grenade launcher.
Much attention was paid to operational cooperation of crews. The cadets played the role of commanding officers.
600 Ukrainians captured by terrorists, talks are tense - ATO spokesman| Ukrinform
KYIV, January 28 /Ukrinform/. About six hundred people remain in captivity of terrorists, and the talks on their release are tense, ATO spokesman Andriy Lysenko said at the briefing, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.
"The authorities have not abandoned attempts to release our soldiers and civilians, captured by the gunmen. The appropriate measures are taken every day," Lysenko said.
He noted that the talks on release of prisoners are tense. "We want to free all of them, but not everything depends on us," the spokesman said.