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      National Security and Defense Council: Pro-Russian militants shell Ukrainian positions from 122-mm and 152-mm artillery and mortars
      Jun19

      National Security and Defense Council: Pro-Russian militants shell Ukrainian positions from 122-mm and 152-mm artillery and mortars

      Kyiv, June 18, 2015. Following a brief period of silence, combat actions escalated in eastern Ukraine. In the Mariupol sector, Russia-backed militants fired at the Ukrainian military positions based in Shyrokyne from 122-mm artillery and small arms. In the Donetsk sector, there were two combat engagements between Ukrainian Armed Forces and...

      National Security and Defense Council: Russia-backed militants don’t stop using heavy weapons including large-caliber artillery, mortars and armored vehicles
      Jun17

      National Security and Defense Council: Russia-backed militants don’t stop using heavy weapons including large-caliber artillery, mortars and armored vehicles

      Kyiv, June 17, 2015. Number of Russia-backed militant attacks on the Ukrainian troops has decreased yesterday. Ukrainian Armed Forces did not suffer any lethal casualties. However, the enemy does not stop using heavy weapons including large-caliber artillery, mortars and armored vehicles. View map in full size In the Mariupol sector, Shyrokyne...

      National Security and Defense Council: Militants intensify attacks near Shyrokyne, use Grad missile systems by Maryinka
      Jun16

      National Security and Defense Council: Militants intensify attacks near Shyrokyne, use Grad missile systems by Maryinka

      Kyiv, June 16, 2015. Russia-backed militants have continues to use heavy weapons against the Ukrainian Armed Forces along the entire frontline. In the Mariupol sector, attacks intensified near Shyrokyne where militants fired from large-caliber mortars and artillery. In the Donetsk sector, pro-Russian fighters targeted Ukrainian military position...

      National Security and Defense Council: Russia-backed militants use 122-mm artillery and “Grad-P” rocket launchers
      Jun15

      National Security and Defense Council: Russia-backed militants use 122-mm artillery and “Grad-P” rocket launchers

      Kyiv, June 15, 2015. Ukrainian positions at key frontline areas in eastern Ukraine have been shelled from heavy weapons, while the area of combat actions expanded as militants attacked formerly calm areas, targeting residential districts. Shyrokyne has been the only hotspot of the conflict in the Mariupo sector. Militants used 122-mm artillery...

      National Security and Defense Council: The Russia-Backed Militants flared up Railroad between Svitlodarsk – Popasna
      Jun14

      National Security and Defense Council: The Russia-Backed Militants flared up Railroad between Svitlodarsk – Popasna

      Kyiv, June 13, 2015: Today, according to the government officials a bridge and railroad near Popasna (Luhansk) were damaged by militants. Subsequently, the railway has stopped operating. The blast has been caused by explosives planned by the separatists, according to the earliest information available. Besides,a pipeline that provides gas for...

      National Security and Defense Council: Russia-backed militants shelled Horlivka
      Jun13

      National Security and Defense Council: Russia-backed militants shelled Horlivka

      Kyiv, June 12, 2015 – Ukrainian representatives to the Joint Center for Control and Coordination (JCCC) of ceasefire notified the OSCE mission members about night attacks at Horlivka that were carried out by Russian and separatists troops jointly. On June 10 militants shelled western outskirts of Horlivka from the side of Gagarina mine using...

      National Security and Defense Council: Russia-backed militants use 152-mm cannons and Grad-P systems
      Jun11

      National Security and Defense Council: Russia-backed militants use 152-mm cannons and Grad-P systems

      Kyiv, June 10, 2015 – In the Mariupol, the Russia-backed militants used 152-mm cannons and Grad-P systems near Shyrokyne. Militants also fired the cannons of the same caliber in the Donetsk are in the east and west of Svitlodarske water reservoir. View map in full size Militants were actively using cannons, mortars and armored vehicles including...

      National Security and Defense Council: Motorboat of Ukrainian Coast Guard exploded near Mariupol, no lethal casualties
      Jun09

      National Security and Defense Council: Motorboat of Ukrainian Coast Guard exploded near Mariupol, no lethal casualties

      Kyiv, June 8, 2015 – Motorboat of Ukrainian border guards exploded in the Sea of Azov. The blast occurred near Chervone village (Donetsk region) west of Mariupol. The explosion was caused by a militant explosive device that has been delivered by the sea from the occupied territories. There were no lethal casualties among the border guards however...

      National Security and Defense Council: Militants keep firing at ATO forces using 120-mm mortars, 122-mm artillery and Grad multiple rocket launchers
      Jun08

      National Security and Defense Council: Militants keep firing at ATO forces using 120-mm mortars, 122-mm artillery and Grad multiple rocket launchers

      Kyiv, June 7, 2015 – Situation in ATO zone remains tense. Russia-backed militants shelled the ATO forces with 120-mm mortars nine times, 122-mm artillery five times and Grad multiple rocket launchers in the area of Hranitne (Donetsk Region) five times. View map in full size In the Luhansk area where the lowest intensity of militant assaults is...

      National Security and Defense Council:  Russia and its proxies use hostages to hide their defeat in Maryinka
      Jun07

      National Security and Defense Council: Russia and its proxies use hostages to hide their defeat in Maryinka

      Kyiv, June 6, 2015. Russia-backed militants in eastern Ukraine have captured a soldier of the 28th Mechanized Brigade of Ukrainian Armed Forces Roman Mashchenko who made a series of announcements regarding the fighting near Maryinka on June 3-4, which reiterated messages of the Russian media. Mashchenko was talking “under extreme duress and...