Google translations is really messing with Russian to English translations. korrespondent.net didn't help any with all the scare quotes. Story slightly rewritten.
The General Prosecutor's Office of the People's Republic of Lugansk, a Russian backed separatist entity, opened a criminal investigation into the murder of two deputies of the People's Council of the People's Republic of Lugansk in a private house in Lugansk on the night of 26 to 27 August.
Said Deputy Prosecutor General of the People's Republic of Lugansk, Grigory Tsevenko: "In the Kamennobrodsky district of the city of Lugansk on the night of 26 to 27 August in private housing, there were two persons found dead who were deputies of the People's Council of the People's Republic of Lugansk."
According to Tsevenko, a criminal investigation was begun.
A separate account posted in Lugansk official government website identified the decedents as Anatoly Krivonosov and Inna Kuznetsova, a married couple. According to a commenter on the Facebook page of former Donetsk foreign minister, Aleksandr Koffman, both had served as fighters in the Dawn Battalion in 2014, when the civil war in southeastern Ukraine began.
According to Russian Wikipedia, the Dawn Battalion, known by its Russian spelling Zarya, was formerly commanded by now Lugansk president Igor Plotnitsky. The unit is now designated 1st Motorized Infantry Brigade.
"At the moment, the criminal case is undergoing urgent investigative actions and operational-search activities in order to establish all the circumstances of the crime and those who committed it," added Tsevenko.
"Data on the victims of the criminal case and other circumstances of the crime are not disclosed in the interests of the investigation," added Tsevenko.
The journalism of Chris Covert
Tuesday, August 29, 2017
Thursday, August 24, 2017
Back to school ceasefire begins in Ukraine
Both sides in the ongoing conflict between Russian backed militants and Ukrainian soldiers have agreed to a "Back to School ceasefire, set to begin at midnight Friday, August 25th, according to Russian language news accounts.
The ceasefire is expected to last for a week, to August 31st.
The region was supposed to have a Harvest Time ceasefire July 31st, but that broke down quickly.
Both sides have been party to numerous ceasefire since the first one in the fall of 2014, when the war in southeastern Ukraine went hot; but both sides have done very little maintain the ceasefires.
As with most modern ceasefires, both side have been getting their licks in before the deadline.
The Ukrainian ministry of defense said in a news report posted on lb.ua, that rebel mortar fire was reported in Lugansk, near Novoaleksandrovka and Katerinovka.
Rebel mortar fire was reported at Avdievka and further south, at Chermalyk.
Rebel media reports that Ukrainian medium and heavy mortar fire was reported at Gorlovka, and near Mariupol.
A separate report posted on Colonel Igor Gikin's V Kontackte page, quoting unidentified militant spokesmen, said that Ukrainian artillery hit Yasinovataya and at the airport. Small arms fighting was reported in Spartak, which is directly adjacent to the Donetsk airport and in Lugansk at Kalinovo.
A later rebel news release on the website of the Donetsk ministry of defense noted that Ukrainian heavy guns have been silent since midnight.
The ceasefire is expected to last for a week, to August 31st.
The region was supposed to have a Harvest Time ceasefire July 31st, but that broke down quickly.
Both sides have been party to numerous ceasefire since the first one in the fall of 2014, when the war in southeastern Ukraine went hot; but both sides have done very little maintain the ceasefires.
As with most modern ceasefires, both side have been getting their licks in before the deadline.
The Ukrainian ministry of defense said in a news report posted on lb.ua, that rebel mortar fire was reported in Lugansk, near Novoaleksandrovka and Katerinovka.
Rebel mortar fire was reported at Avdievka and further south, at Chermalyk.
Rebel media reports that Ukrainian medium and heavy mortar fire was reported at Gorlovka, and near Mariupol.
A separate report posted on Colonel Igor Gikin's V Kontackte page, quoting unidentified militant spokesmen, said that Ukrainian artillery hit Yasinovataya and at the airport. Small arms fighting was reported in Spartak, which is directly adjacent to the Donetsk airport and in Lugansk at Kalinovo.
A later rebel news release on the website of the Donetsk ministry of defense noted that Ukrainian heavy guns have been silent since midnight.
Wednesday, August 23, 2017
Rebels say Ukrainians use press gangs
Ukrainian press gangs are roaming the streets of a town in northern Lugansk, gathering draft age men to be inducted into the Ukrainian military, according to Russian language news accounts.
Colonel Andrei Marochko, who is a spokesman for the rebel-led Lugansk ministry of defense said in prepared remarks, that in Stanitsa Luganskaya, draft age men were being taken from work and pubs to the local hospitals for draft physicals.
Afterwards, the men are warned to go home to await induction notices.
The Russian backed rebel forces in Lugansk and Donetsk have had their share of problems in recruiting for their forces. In the first two years, rebel have had their choice of volunteers, especially from abroad and not just from Russia.
But bloody fighting in Debaltsevo two years ago, and news reports of how foreigners were being deployed put a damper on recruiting. Also, foreign ministries have placed blocks on travel to the Donbas region, adding to the problems of recruiting.
Similarly, the Ukrainians have had a difficult time getting draft age men to show up after they are issued draft notices. Very few professional Ukrainian military want a fight with the Russians, so very few recruits want one as well.
The Ukrainians do not release figures on failures to appear for military service, but rebel media has speculated that the problem is widespread.
In his remarks Col. Marochko charged the Ukrainians are likely to use the new draftees as covering forces, the first to be fired on, and to die.
New recruits in Donetsk and Lugansk have been treated that way in the past as well.
Colonel Andrei Marochko, who is a spokesman for the rebel-led Lugansk ministry of defense said in prepared remarks, that in Stanitsa Luganskaya, draft age men were being taken from work and pubs to the local hospitals for draft physicals.
Afterwards, the men are warned to go home to await induction notices.
The Russian backed rebel forces in Lugansk and Donetsk have had their share of problems in recruiting for their forces. In the first two years, rebel have had their choice of volunteers, especially from abroad and not just from Russia.
But bloody fighting in Debaltsevo two years ago, and news reports of how foreigners were being deployed put a damper on recruiting. Also, foreign ministries have placed blocks on travel to the Donbas region, adding to the problems of recruiting.
Similarly, the Ukrainians have had a difficult time getting draft age men to show up after they are issued draft notices. Very few professional Ukrainian military want a fight with the Russians, so very few recruits want one as well.
The Ukrainians do not release figures on failures to appear for military service, but rebel media has speculated that the problem is widespread.
In his remarks Col. Marochko charged the Ukrainians are likely to use the new draftees as covering forces, the first to be fired on, and to die.
New recruits in Donetsk and Lugansk have been treated that way in the past as well.
Tuesday, August 22, 2017
Ukrainians say rebels are deliberately starting fires
Ukrainian military officials are saying the Russian backed rebels are using their artillery and direct fire gunnery to deliberately start fires in built up areas in Donetsk and Lugansk, according to Russian language sources.
A news report which appeared in lb.ua quoted a Ukrainian military officials saying that rebel artillery and small arms fire in Zaitsevo and in Stanitsa Luganskaya are being set on purpose, by using the prevailing eastern winds in the region to blow fires toward built up areas and in areas where Ukrainian troops are dug in.
According to another lb.ua report, almost 75 acres of forest were burned in Lugansk due to rebel overnight gunfire.
In Zaitsevo, Ukrainian military officials released images they say are of residential buildings damage by fire. According to that report, Ukrainian forces did not return fire.
Yet another lb.ua report said that rebel overnight attacks in Avdievka last until midnight. Ukrainian officials said their forces responded with counterbattery fire and suppressed the rebel artillery.
The same report also stated that mortar and direct fire heavy weapons were fired at Zaitsevo for near two hours.
In Lugansk, rebel mortar fire was reported in Krymskoye and Novotoshkovsk areas. Rebels fired heavy machine gun fire into Novoaleksandrovka and Stanitsa Luganskaya.
In southern Donetsk, rebel mortar fire landed on Vodnovo and in Shirokino.
Rebel media said that Ukrainian forces hit Bezymennoye with 122mm rocket artillery overnight. The attack came a day after Ukrainian forces said that the rebels used 122mm rocket artillery Monday to Tuesday night near Peski, for a total of 16 rounds.
Rebel media said the Ukrainians fired 10 rounds at their forces. Bezymennoye is in the south in the Mariupol region. the artillery fire came from the direction of Shirokino. The report said that a joint Russian/Ukrainian observation post was nearby when the Bezymennoye attack took place.
Rebel media said that the charge that they used 122mm rocket artillery lies.
A separate rebel report said that Ukrainian artillery in Gorlovka, Yasinovatskaya, and the village of Gorky damaged or destroyed 11 residential buildings. All the Ukrainian artillery fire reported took place overnight.
A news report which appeared in lb.ua quoted a Ukrainian military officials saying that rebel artillery and small arms fire in Zaitsevo and in Stanitsa Luganskaya are being set on purpose, by using the prevailing eastern winds in the region to blow fires toward built up areas and in areas where Ukrainian troops are dug in.
According to another lb.ua report, almost 75 acres of forest were burned in Lugansk due to rebel overnight gunfire.
In Zaitsevo, Ukrainian military officials released images they say are of residential buildings damage by fire. According to that report, Ukrainian forces did not return fire.
Yet another lb.ua report said that rebel overnight attacks in Avdievka last until midnight. Ukrainian officials said their forces responded with counterbattery fire and suppressed the rebel artillery.
The same report also stated that mortar and direct fire heavy weapons were fired at Zaitsevo for near two hours.
In Lugansk, rebel mortar fire was reported in Krymskoye and Novotoshkovsk areas. Rebels fired heavy machine gun fire into Novoaleksandrovka and Stanitsa Luganskaya.
In southern Donetsk, rebel mortar fire landed on Vodnovo and in Shirokino.
Rebel media said that Ukrainian forces hit Bezymennoye with 122mm rocket artillery overnight. The attack came a day after Ukrainian forces said that the rebels used 122mm rocket artillery Monday to Tuesday night near Peski, for a total of 16 rounds.
Rebel media said the Ukrainians fired 10 rounds at their forces. Bezymennoye is in the south in the Mariupol region. the artillery fire came from the direction of Shirokino. The report said that a joint Russian/Ukrainian observation post was nearby when the Bezymennoye attack took place.
Rebel media said that the charge that they used 122mm rocket artillery lies.
A separate rebel report said that Ukrainian artillery in Gorlovka, Yasinovatskaya, and the village of Gorky damaged or destroyed 11 residential buildings. All the Ukrainian artillery fire reported took place overnight.
Monday, August 21, 2017
3 die in fighting in Donetsk
A total of two soldiers from the Ukrainian army and one from the the Russian backed rebel forces were killed in the Sunday evening attack in northern Donetsk, according to Russian language news accounts.
According to a statement posted on the website of the Donetsk ministry of defense webpage the Ukrainians lost two killed in action and another five were wounded in the probe they launched.
Rebel media said that one soldier was killed in the operation.
The Ukrainian ministry of defense denied the operation even took place, and has said that the news of it originated in social media.
On Monday, Ukrainian said that five of their soldiers were wounded in Donetsk in ongoing shelling.
A report posted on the website of lb.ua said that rebel artillery fire on Avdievka, Peski and Opytnoye from 1800 yrs to midnight. Rebels used 82mm and 120mm mortars, and, according to the report, 16 rounds from a 122mm rocket artillery platform, BM-21.
One Ukrainian soldier were wounded in Opynoye.
The news report also said that Ukrainian commanders in the area offered the rebels a ceasefire, to which they agreed. But the rebels subsequently violated the ceasefire.
A separate report from lb.ua said that rebel fire hit Avdievka and Zaitsevo Monday evening. Rebel commanders used mortars at first before switching to BMP-2 and small arms fire.
Another report said that rebel fire damaged nine buildings in Zaitsevo Monday afternoon, while intending to hit residential buildings. All the buildings damaged were agricultural or other non residential buildings.
Rebel mortar fire was reported at 0500 hrs Monday in Lugansk, around Troiskoye.
Rebel media said that Ukrainian artillery fire hit Gorlovka Monday afternoon, which is directly adjacent to Zaitsevo, causing nearby fields to burn.
According to a statement posted on the website of the Donetsk ministry of defense webpage the Ukrainians lost two killed in action and another five were wounded in the probe they launched.
Rebel media said that one soldier was killed in the operation.
The Ukrainian ministry of defense denied the operation even took place, and has said that the news of it originated in social media.
On Monday, Ukrainian said that five of their soldiers were wounded in Donetsk in ongoing shelling.
A report posted on the website of lb.ua said that rebel artillery fire on Avdievka, Peski and Opytnoye from 1800 yrs to midnight. Rebels used 82mm and 120mm mortars, and, according to the report, 16 rounds from a 122mm rocket artillery platform, BM-21.
One Ukrainian soldier were wounded in Opynoye.
The news report also said that Ukrainian commanders in the area offered the rebels a ceasefire, to which they agreed. But the rebels subsequently violated the ceasefire.
A separate report from lb.ua said that rebel fire hit Avdievka and Zaitsevo Monday evening. Rebel commanders used mortars at first before switching to BMP-2 and small arms fire.
Another report said that rebel fire damaged nine buildings in Zaitsevo Monday afternoon, while intending to hit residential buildings. All the buildings damaged were agricultural or other non residential buildings.
Rebel mortar fire was reported at 0500 hrs Monday in Lugansk, around Troiskoye.
Rebel media said that Ukrainian artillery fire hit Gorlovka Monday afternoon, which is directly adjacent to Zaitsevo, causing nearby fields to burn.
Sunday, August 20, 2017
Rebel forces repel a Ukrainian attack near Donetsk city
According to a news release posted on the Donetsk ministry of defense webpage, elements of the Ukrainian 57 Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade attempted to breakthrough near northern Donetsk city, near Zhabunka area Sunday night.
The news release said the attacks were made in conjunction with an earlier artillery attack in Petrovsky, Kiev and Kuibyshevsky districts of western Donetsk city. This is the first time in a while that Ukrainian artillery has landed in all three western Donetsk districts at once. Yasinovataya, Staromikhailovka, Avdievka and the Donetsk airport were all reported hit with Ukrainian fire just before the attack.
Ukrainian forces used heavy artillery and BMP-2 autocannon fire in their attacks.
Earlier in the evening Ukrainian forces hit rebel positions at Trudovskie and in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk. Firefighters in Trudovskie came under Ukrainian artillery fire. One unidentified firefighter, said to be a commander of a firefighting unit in the village, was killed in the attack. Two more were wounded.
Rebel media said that more than 150 artillery shells were fired in the course of the preparatory phase of the attack.
Rebel media has not specified the size of the attack, casualties, nor its estimates of casualties from the Ukrainians, which would indicate the attack was yet another probe intended to test the defenses of the rebels.
Ukrainian media did not comment on the attacks, but did note that a rumor floating around social media that their forces attempted to cross the line of contact at the Svetlodarsk arc, which is in northeastern Donetsk, was untrue.
The rumor was that an unidentified Ukrainian motorized rifle brigade, possibly the Ukrainian 58th Motorized Rifle Brigade, advanced two kilometers passed the line of contact and had dug in. The denial sounded an awful lot like a description of the Ukrainian attack in the past in the Svetlodarsk area last spring, which turned out to have been denied by rebel forces dug in in that area.
Elsewhere, in Lugansk, according to a news report posted in lb.ua, rebel forces hit several Ukrainian held towns with 82mm and 120mm mortars including Novotoshkovskovo, Novoaleksandrovka and Troitskoye.
One Ukrainian soldier was wounded in the mortar attack in Popasnaya.
Ukrainian media also said that rebel struck Ukrainian positions at Peski and at Avdievka.
Further south rebel artillery was recorded at Pavlopol and Chermalyk.
Saturday, August 19, 2017
1 dead, 5 wounded in shelling in SE Ukraine
According to a news article posted on the website of lb.ua, one Ukrainian soldier died in a rebel mortar attack in the town of Avdievka late Wednesday night. He was identified as Sergei Ruchka, part of the Ukrainian 72 Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade.
The following day, the rebels hit Avdievka and Zaitsevo with artillery in the early evening. but no casualties were reported by the Ukrainians.
Rebel artillery fire was reported in the south near the coast of the Sea of Azov, at Bogdanovka and further north at Marinka.
Thursday evening morning towards midnight rebel shelling resumed, again hitting Avdievka. Ukrainian artillery units fired counterbattery fire in return, reportedly suppressing rebel artillery.
One Ukrainian soldier was wounded in one of the fire exchanges.
In Krimea, in Lugansk, one Ukrainian soldier was wounded in rebel mortar attacks.
Rebel 82mm mortar and heavy machine gun fire was directed in the south near Mariupol, at Chermalyk, Pavlopol, Lebedinsky and Shirokino.
One Ukrainian soldier was wounded in the attacks.
The Donetsk ministry of defense posted a news release that said overnight artillery attacks Thursday in Zaitsevo hit power lines, casting the village into darkness. One unidentified woman was wounded in the attacks. Rebel media said the Ukrainian artillery attacks lasted for several hours.
One Friday, Ukrainian shelling continued near Gorlovka and near Mariupol.
According to news reports compiled at novorosinform.org, separate unofficial militia reports claimed that the Ukrainians were firing on the Donetsk airport and at nearby Spartak on Friday.
Further south, rebel and Ukrainian mortar crews exchanged fire near Dokuchaevsk. In the south near the Mariupul region, rebel forces at Sakhanka and Kominternovo were were hit with Ukrainian heavy artillery and tank gun fire.
Lugansk
A spokesman for the Lugansk ministry of defense, Colonel Andrei Marochko, reported that on Friday, Ukrainian artillery struck rebel positions at Frunze, Kalinovo village and the village of Kalinovo-Borshchevatoy.
According to Colonel Marochko, rebel front line troops in Lugansk have been experiencing additional pressure in the form of patrols from the Ukrainian 10th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade, the 53rd and 58th Separate Motorized Rifle brigades.
Some of the patrols were characterized as probes, small tactical attacks used to test an enemy's defenses and reactions to fire.
Thursday, August 17, 2017
4 die in fighting in southeastern Ukraine
Four soldiers from the Ukrainian army and Russian backed rebel forces died in ongoing fighting in Donetsk, according to Russian language news accounts.
The Ukrainian news daily lb.ua said in a Wednesday report that rebel shelling in Avdievka, which is in the northern area of Donetsk city, killed one Ukrainian soldier and wounded one other.
Rebels shelled Staragnatovka using a variety of heavy weapons Wednesday night from 1800 hrs to midnight including BMP-2 and tank main gun fire, wounding one Ukrainian soldier.
The report went on to say that rebel shelling on Zaitsevo, which is just north of Gorlovka damaged an undisclosed number of residences. The report also said that observers with the International Committee of the Red Cross were present when rebels started their attack. The Ukrainians did not return fire.
No one was wounded in the attack.
The rebels have denied the attacks even took place, according to a statement released on the Donetsk ministry of defense web page.
Quoting Donetsk military official Lt. Colonel Eduard Basurin, military commanders were "extremely surprised" by the news of rebel artillery fire in Zaitsevo. The Ukrainian news release came from the Ukrainian 128th Separate Mountain Infantry Brigade.
The Ukrainians subsequently responded with a number of photographs detailing the destruction in Zaitsevo. Three residences were damaged in the attack, according to a separate report, which was in the website of lb.ua.
According to rebel media, a Russian news television crew came under Ukrainian fire in Holmovsky, which is apparently just adjacent to Gorlovka. No injuries were reported in the attack.
A separate rebel news release said that three Donetsk soldiers were killed in Ukrainian artillery attack, but it did not elaborate where and under what circumstances.
Rebel media said that Ukrainian overnight artillery fire damaged three residential buildings in Spartak, which is near the Donetsk airport.
Another three residential buildings were damaged in Ukrainian overnight shelling on Dokuchaevsk, which is just south of Donetsk city.
Other rebel reports say that Ukrainian artillery hit several rebel held locales in southern Donetsk, near Mariupol.
Rebels shelled Staragnatovka using a variety of heavy weapons Wednesday night from 1800 hrs to midnight including BMP-2 and tank main gun fire, wounding one Ukrainian soldier.
The report went on to say that rebel shelling on Zaitsevo, which is just north of Gorlovka damaged an undisclosed number of residences. The report also said that observers with the International Committee of the Red Cross were present when rebels started their attack. The Ukrainians did not return fire.
No one was wounded in the attack.
The rebels have denied the attacks even took place, according to a statement released on the Donetsk ministry of defense web page.
Quoting Donetsk military official Lt. Colonel Eduard Basurin, military commanders were "extremely surprised" by the news of rebel artillery fire in Zaitsevo. The Ukrainian news release came from the Ukrainian 128th Separate Mountain Infantry Brigade.
The Ukrainians subsequently responded with a number of photographs detailing the destruction in Zaitsevo. Three residences were damaged in the attack, according to a separate report, which was in the website of lb.ua.
According to rebel media, a Russian news television crew came under Ukrainian fire in Holmovsky, which is apparently just adjacent to Gorlovka. No injuries were reported in the attack.
A separate rebel news release said that three Donetsk soldiers were killed in Ukrainian artillery attack, but it did not elaborate where and under what circumstances.
Rebel media said that Ukrainian overnight artillery fire damaged three residential buildings in Spartak, which is near the Donetsk airport.
Another three residential buildings were damaged in Ukrainian overnight shelling on Dokuchaevsk, which is just south of Donetsk city.
Other rebel reports say that Ukrainian artillery hit several rebel held locales in southern Donetsk, near Mariupol.
Tuesday, August 15, 2017
6 Ukrainian soldiers killed in fighting in southern Donetsk
According to an announcement by the Donetsk ministry of defense, two ten man patrols were caught near Kominterovo at around 2100 hours Tuesday night, under the cover of darkness. Rebel claim the patrols were an attempt to breakthrough.
Both sides routinely send out patrols. From the sound and tenor of the reports, the Ukrainian action was more likely a probe, intended to test rebel response time and strength in the area.
One Ukrainian patrol stumbled into a minefield, and apparently touched off the rebel's response. The Ukrainians were forced to withdraw under cover of mortar and grenade fire from the Ukrainian 59th Separate Motorized Rifle brigade.
In other news, three rebel soldiers were killed and another 13 from rebel and Ukrainian sides were wounded in ongoing shelling in eastern Ukraine, according to Russian language news accounts.
According to a news report which appeared in lb.ua, a total of 10 residences were burned in shelling by Russian backed rebels in Verkhnetoretskoe village in the Yasinovataya region of northeastern Donetsk city.
Yasinovataya has been a violent point of contention between the two combatants ever since Ukrainian units pushed into the region in a bid to cut off Gorlovka from Donetsk last year. The area the Ukrainians occupy overlooks the only hard topped road to connect Gorlovka with Donetsk city. It also is near the location of a water filtration plant which services both sides of the line of contact.
According to a separate lb.ua report three Ukrainian soldiers were wounded in what was termed non stop overnight shelling which began at 1800 hrs and lasted to 0100 hrs Monday morning. Most of the shelling took place in the Avdievka industrial zone which is in the eastern part of Avdievka.
The report also stated that rebels shelled Ukrainian positions near Vodyanoye and Shirokino, which is close to the coast of the Sea of Azov, near Mariupol.
Rebel fired 120mm mortars at Ukrainian positions in Lugansk near Krymsky.
According to another lb.ua article by Monday morning, another five Ukrainian soldiers were wounded in shelling, most of it in Avdievka, and in the Mariupol region in southern Donetsk.
According to the Donetsk ministry of defense web page, a total of three rebel soldiers were killed in shelling since Sunday.
On Sunday, according to rebel media, one rebel soldier was killed in Ukrainian shelling. The announcement did not elaborate as to location. Yet another separate rebel report said another two rebel soldiers were killed on Monday, but the location and circumstances were not revealed as well.
Another rebel report said that a total of 14 residences were burned in northern Donetsk city, specifically near Yasinovataya, in Spartak, Petrovsky district of Donetsk and in the south at Sakhanka.
Thursday, August 10, 2017
5 die, 7 wounded in Donetsk fighting
Both sides of the civil war in southeast Ukraine reported five dead, seven wounded in ongoing fighting in Donetsk and Lugansk, according to Russian language news accounts.
Last Monday, Ukrainian military authorities reported one soldier dead from mortar fire in Marinka, which is south of Donetsk. It turned out, according to data supplied from Ukrainian military prosecutors, that two Ukrainian soldiers were killed and another three were wounded when a soldier double loaded a 120mm mortar.
On Tuesday, according to korrespondent.net, one Ukrainian soldier was killed and another was wounded from Russian backed rebel mortar fire, launched grenade and small arms fire near Shirokino at around 1800 hrs.
In a later report, which included a video shot from the area, Ukrainians said that rebels on Wednesday fired 122mm rocket artillery into the area for a total of 27 projectiles.
Elsewhere in the south, Ukrainian media said that a nighttime rebel probe supported by mortar fire was driven back near Talakovka and Krasnogorovka. Ukrainian reports also stated that rebels used BMP-2 30mm autocannon fire at Chermalyk on the coast of the Sea of Azov.
Reports also said that rebel forces used artillery and small arms fire at Avdievka near Donetsk city.
Rebel media said that on Wednesday, tanks from the Ukrainian 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade shelled Spartak , and parts of western Donetsk city occupied by rebel forces, including at Petrovsky. One residential building was damaged. In Alexandrovka, another apartment building was damaged by Ukrainian artillery fire.
Rebel media said that Ukrainian units fired a total of 192 shells and mines on and around Donetsk.
Rebel media said on Wednesday evening, close to 300 shells were fired at rebel positions in Donetsk.
Last Monday, Ukrainian military authorities reported one soldier dead from mortar fire in Marinka, which is south of Donetsk. It turned out, according to data supplied from Ukrainian military prosecutors, that two Ukrainian soldiers were killed and another three were wounded when a soldier double loaded a 120mm mortar.
On Tuesday, according to korrespondent.net, one Ukrainian soldier was killed and another was wounded from Russian backed rebel mortar fire, launched grenade and small arms fire near Shirokino at around 1800 hrs.
In a later report, which included a video shot from the area, Ukrainians said that rebels on Wednesday fired 122mm rocket artillery into the area for a total of 27 projectiles.
Elsewhere in the south, Ukrainian media said that a nighttime rebel probe supported by mortar fire was driven back near Talakovka and Krasnogorovka. Ukrainian reports also stated that rebels used BMP-2 30mm autocannon fire at Chermalyk on the coast of the Sea of Azov.
Reports also said that rebel forces used artillery and small arms fire at Avdievka near Donetsk city.
Rebel media said that on Wednesday, tanks from the Ukrainian 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade shelled Spartak , and parts of western Donetsk city occupied by rebel forces, including at Petrovsky. One residential building was damaged. In Alexandrovka, another apartment building was damaged by Ukrainian artillery fire.
Rebel media said that Ukrainian units fired a total of 192 shells and mines on and around Donetsk.
Rebel media said on Wednesday evening, close to 300 shells were fired at rebel positions in Donetsk.
Tuesday, August 8, 2017
1 dead, 5 wounded in shelling in Donetsk
A total of five Ukrainian soldiers were wounded and another one was killed in artillery fire from Russian backed rebels over the past 48 hours, according to Russian language news accounts.
A news article in lb.ua said that on Monday three Ukrainian soldiers were wounded from rebel artillery fire near Mariupol in southern Donetsk.
Rebels hit Vodyannaya with mortar fire which wounded one Ukrainian soldier. At 1800 hrs, another 120mm mortar attack wounded another soldier near Shirokino and Pavlopol.
The third soldier was wounded around 2100 hrs when rebel artillery struck Ukrainian positions at Shirokino.
lb.ua reported that rebel hit Shirokino another 18 times with 122mm rocket artillery.
On Tuesday, a rebel sniper killed one Ukrainian near Marinka, which is in the southern Donetsk area. Two more Ukrainian soldiers were wounded in a grenade attack in Talakovka.
Rebel media said that on Monday, the Ukrainian military fired a total of 360 rounds, 145 of which landed in or near Donetsk and the rest in the Mariupol region.
Four 122mm artillery shots were reported by rebel media in Gorlovka.
On Tuesday, rebels said that night artillery fire hit the Donetsk settlement of Yasinovataya damaging the rail station.
In a separate report, rebel media claimed Ukrainian launched a midday artillery attack on the southern Donetsk town of Kominternovo using 120mm mortars. The attack lasted 30 minutes and damaged three residences.
Rebels hit Vodyannaya with mortar fire which wounded one Ukrainian soldier. At 1800 hrs, another 120mm mortar attack wounded another soldier near Shirokino and Pavlopol.
The third soldier was wounded around 2100 hrs when rebel artillery struck Ukrainian positions at Shirokino.
lb.ua reported that rebel hit Shirokino another 18 times with 122mm rocket artillery.
On Tuesday, a rebel sniper killed one Ukrainian near Marinka, which is in the southern Donetsk area. Two more Ukrainian soldiers were wounded in a grenade attack in Talakovka.
Rebel media said that on Monday, the Ukrainian military fired a total of 360 rounds, 145 of which landed in or near Donetsk and the rest in the Mariupol region.
Four 122mm artillery shots were reported by rebel media in Gorlovka.
On Tuesday, rebels said that night artillery fire hit the Donetsk settlement of Yasinovataya damaging the rail station.
In a separate report, rebel media claimed Ukrainian launched a midday artillery attack on the southern Donetsk town of Kominternovo using 120mm mortars. The attack lasted 30 minutes and damaged three residences.
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