Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 54 times in the past 24 hours, including 36 times in the Donetsk sector, 14 times in the Mariupol sector and four times in the Luhansk sector, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters.
”In the Donetsk sector, the enemy fired 120mm mortars and heavy machine guns between the towns of Avdiyivka and Krasnohorivka, and near the village of Troyitske. In addition, the occupiers used 82mm mortars, rocket-propelled grenades and small arms near Avdiyivka, and the villages of Maiorsk, Novhorodske, Zaitseve, Nyzhnie Lozove and Opytne. The enemy was active in these areas after dark. The Ukrainian military were forced to fire back in the villages of Luhanske, Zaitseve and Maiorsk. The enemy used armored vehicles in Nyzhnie Lozove,” the report says.
In the Mariupol sector, the situation was tense in the village of Shyrokyne where the occupiers fired from infantry fighting vehicles, 120mm and 82mm mortars, rocket-propelled grenades and small arms on the Ukrainian fortified positions. They also fired grenade launchers near the village of Novomykhailivka, as well as 82mm mortars and small arms in the village of Hnutove and the town of Krasnohorivka.
In Luhansk region, the Russian-backed mercenaries fired grenade launchers in the villages of Krymske and Lopaskyne, and the town of Popasna. They also used mortars and sniper fire on the Ukrainian positions in Krymske.
3 August 2016
care to share ANY proof?
4 August 2016
I don’t see why Ukraine poses any resistance what so ever. Just more excuses for more violence and deaths, in a war they cannot absolutely win. Just sit at the table and work out a solution.
4 August 2016
You don’t see why Ukraine tries protect its own borders? And you blame Ukraine for the violence? You think Putin wants conversation?
5 August 2016
Yes I don’t see why and how UA is going to protect its borders if Russia decides to attack. Sit on the table and ask what he wants and negotiate a solution. It’s a battle UA cannot win, so just save the lives by not posing resistance and negotiate. Also by non violence UA does not give Russians a pretext for real bigger military intervention to “save Russian citizens”.
So what does he want? Negotiate.
9 August 2016
What borders?!!!!!! This is pure BS and war-mongering propaganda, very dangerous and utterly irresponsible fictionalizing on the part of the people who took power in Kiev in 2014.
9 August 2016
Evidence? There should be lots and lots of it if this is true…..
10 August 2016
In an interview with Ukrainian Espesso TV, Ukrainian military expert Major Aleksander Taran confirmed what General Muzenko head of the Ukrainian Armed Forces had to say on the subject.
During a briefing with General Muzenko he announced that “To date, we have only the involvement of some members of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and Russian citizens that are part of illegal armed groups involved in the fighting. We are not fighting with the regular Russian Army. We have enough forces and means in order to inflict a final defeat even with illegal armed formation present. “- he said.
And yes, of course, I am a paid Putin’s troll. Hahahahahahaha!