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      National Security and Defense Council:Militants use reactive artillery in the Mariupol sector
      Aug12

      National Security and Defense Council:Militants use reactive artillery in the Mariupol sector

      Kyiv, August 11, 2015. Starohnativka and the adjacent areas became a key point of Ukrainian defense in the Mariupol sector yesterday. Ukrainian forces repelled a militant attack, moved to the offensive and resumed control over strategic heights. Despite the losses incurred by pro-Russian militants, they continued shooting at our positions near...

      National Security and Defense Council:Ukrainian soldiers repelled an attack by 400 militants near Starohnativka
      Aug11

      National Security and Defense Council:Ukrainian soldiers repelled an attack by 400 militants near Starohnativka

      Kyiv, August 10, 2015. At about 3 a.m. on August 10, after an artillery attack, 400 militants with 10 tanks, 10 infantry-fighting vehicles and other equipment conducted an attack near Starohnativka, located within the Volnovakha-Komsomolsk-Telmanove triangle. Thanks to the professional actions of the Armed Forces, the attack was stopped. The...

      National Security and Defense Council:Militants fired on Ukrainian troops three times using Grad multiple rocket launchers close to Luhansk
      Aug10

      National Security and Defense Council:Militants fired on Ukrainian troops three times using Grad multiple rocket launchers close to Luhansk

      Kyiv, August 9, 2015. The town of Pervomaysk became the epicenter of combat in the Luhansk sector. Ukrainian troops registered nine attacks on their positions in Zolote yesterday. Popasna and Novozvanivka villages came under militants’ mortar fire. Apart from fire from mortars and infantry combat vehicles, the enemy continues using artillery...

      National Security and Defense Council:Three civilians injured and over 200 miners trapped underground after militant attack at Dzerzhynsk
      Aug08

      National Security and Defense Council:Three civilians injured and over 200 miners trapped underground after militant attack at Dzerzhynsk

      Kyiv, August 8, 2015. Russia-backed militants attacked from the artillery a government-controlled town of Dzerzhynsk, Donetsk region. As a result, three civilians were injured and over 200 miners were trapped underground. As of now, 96 miners were rescued. The rescue mission is ongoing to get the other miners. View map in full size Russia-backed...

      National Security and Defense Council:Ukrainian troops repel attacks by three reconnaissance groups in Donetsk sector
      Aug06

      National Security and Defense Council:Ukrainian troops repel attacks by three reconnaissance groups in Donetsk sector

      Kyiv, August 5, 2015. The situation in the ATO zone remains turbulent in the Donetsk sector to the west of the Svitlodarsk Reservoir on the outskirts of Horlivka. At night, a militant reconnaissance group crossed the Siversky Donets river and attempted to break through Ukrainian positions in Leninske.“The attack was repelled. Later in the...

      National Security and Defense Council:OSCE confirms heavy weapons under militants’ control in neighborhoods near the front line
      Aug05

      National Security and Defense Council:OSCE confirms heavy weapons under militants’ control in neighborhoods near the front line

      Kyiv, August 4, 2015. In its latest report, the OSCE mission confirmed Ukrainian intelligence reports that Russia-backed militants are stationing heavy weapons in residential areas near the front line. In particular, the observers informed us about 140 explosions in the center of Donetsk. In the vicinity of Donetsk, militants systematically...

      National Security and Defense Council:Militants fire at residential blocks of Ukrainian towns
      Aug03

      National Security and Defense Council:Militants fire at residential blocks of Ukrainian towns

      Kyiv, August 3, 2015. A large number of incidents were registered in the ATO zone, including militant attacks on the positions of Ukrainian troops with the use of heavy weapons. Seven incidents were registered in the Donetsk and Mariupol sectors when militants shelled residential blocks of Ukrainian towns and villages with artillery and mortars....

      National Security and Defense Council:Militants have violated the ceasefire 100 times over the past day
      Jul31

      National Security and Defense Council:Militants have violated the ceasefire 100 times over the past day

      Kyiv, July 31, 2015. A record number of attacks by militants has been reached over the last 24 hours. Yesterday, an unprecedented number of ceasefire violations by militants were recorded, exceeding 100 attacks. Such number of armed provocations by the enemy has not been recorded for more than a month. View map in full size In the Luhansk sector,...

      National Security and Defense Council: For the first time in five weeks, militants fire upon Ukrainian troops using Grad missile sysyems
      Jul29

      National Security and Defense Council: For the first time in five weeks, militants fire upon Ukrainian troops using Grad missile sysyems

      Kyiv, July 28, 2015. For the first time in the past five weeks, ATO forces recorded the use of MRLS Grad launchers by militants. Pro-Russian militants fired upon ATO troops’ positions and residential houses using Grad launchers near the Donetsk bypass. The shots came directly from Donetsk. The militants also use tanks and artillery regularly....

      National Security and Defense Council: Ukrainian troops repel three powerful militant attacks near Shchastya
      Jul28

      National Security and Defense Council: Ukrainian troops repel three powerful militant attacks near Shchastya

      Kyiv, July 27, 2015. Yesterday, Ukrainian troops engaged in three separate engagements with Russia-backed militant groups on the eastern section of the front near the village of Shchastya. The third engagement was the hardest, where Russia-backed militants deployed tanks. All three attacks were repelled and the assailants were pushed back over...