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      National Security and Defense Council:Militants use exclusively heavy weapons in Mariupol sector for the whole day
      Aug15

      National Security and Defense Council:Militants use exclusively heavy weapons in Mariupol sector for the whole day

      Kyiv, August 14, 2015. In the Mariupol sector, Russia-backed militants reserved to using exclusively heavy weapons, firing at the Ukrainian military fortifications without engaging in close combat. The enemy fired from howitzers and heavy mortars between Novotroyitske and Talakivka both in the daytime and at night. View map in full size The...

      National Security and Defense Council:Russia-backed militants intensify attacks, firing over 150 times at Ukrainian troops
      Aug14

      National Security and Defense Council:Russia-backed militants intensify attacks, firing over 150 times at Ukrainian troops

      Kyiv, August 13, 2015. A record-high number of attacks at the Ukrainian forces has been registered – over 150 armed incidents yesterday. Russia-backed militants also used multiple rocket launchers (MLRS) 15 times in Donetsk and Mariupol sectors. Combat actions last incessantly near our key defense positions. View map in full size In the Luhansk...

      National Security and Defense Council: Militants deploy tanks to the frontline in the area of the Donetsk airport
      Aug12

      National Security and Defense Council: Militants deploy tanks to the frontline in the area of the Donetsk airport

      Kyiv, August 12, 2015. On the Western outskirts of Donetsk, near Opytne, Russia-backed militants actively attacked with armored vehicles including tanks and infantry fighting vehicles that they had deployed to the frontline in the area of the Donetsk airport. Militants also used reactive artillery in this area for the first time in several...

      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....