Monday, June 15, 2015
12:43 PDT
Militants attacked
Ukrainian position using all available means. Most attacks took place at Donetsk
(Censor.NET) --- Today, June 15, illegal
armed groups of the pro-Russian militants continued to actively provoke
Ukrainian soldiers, using practically all available weapons systems.
This is reported by
Censor.NET citing the press centre of the ATO.
The report notes:
"Out of the 33 shootings of the positions of our troops 27 were carried
out in the area of Donetsk .
The Invaders manically fired 120-mm mortars at Berezove, Hranytne,
Starohnativka, and twice at Marinka. Hranytne, Bohdanivka and Novohryhorivka
were shelled by 122-mm howitzers.
"The same
artillery systems were also used by criminals against Toshkivka, Novotoshkovske
in the Luhansk region, and Stepne at the Artemivsk direction.
"Today was hot
near Opytne and Pisky. There the Kremlin's mercenaries systematically use small
arms, rocket-propelled grenades, combat vehicles' weapons and artillery
prohibited by the Minsk agreements against our soldiers.
"In addition,
the militants fired 122-mm artillery systems at urban infrastructure in
Hranytne and Prokhorivka. In Shyrokyne the militants only used firearms twice.
" Ukrainian
soldiers do not give in to provocations and effectively suppress enemy firing
points, using only the permitted weaponry."
Monday, June 15, 2015
11:47 AM PDT
Militants continue
shelling residential areas of Avdiivka using 122-mm artillery and tanks - Joint Coordination
Cent r e
(Censor.NET) --- Militants of the
individual areas of the Donetsk region continue
to resort to massive provocations, which aim to escalate the conflict and
disrupt the Minsk
agreements. In particular, they continue cynical destruction of infrastructure
of towns and villages.
This was stated by
press officer of the Ukrainian side of the Joint Center
"Thus, on June
14, 2015 illegal armed groups fired at Avdiivka. Three artillery shells of
122-mm calibers were recorded hitting the industrial part of the Avdiivka Coke
and Chemical Plant. Using tanks the terrorists shelled residential area on the
ChapaIeva street. Two 125-mm shells destroyed a garage and damaged a car .
Nearby, on Vorobiova street ,
15, six 125-mm shells were recorded hitting a residential nine-storey
building," the report says.
According to the
HQ, the Donetsk
(Avdiivka) direction remains the most unstable. "On June 14, 54 violations
of the cease-fire were recorded at the direction, including the use of MLRS,
artillery, tanks, mortars and small arms. All violations of the cease-fire by
militants were passed on by the Ukrainian side of the JCCC to representatives
of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission," the headquarters noted.
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Belarus military
watching Ukraine developments, NATO moves – minister
(Interfax) --- Belarus ' armed forces are closely monitoring
developments in Ukraine
and NATO activities, the Belarusian defense minister said on Monday.
"We constantly
make accurate assessments of the situation in Ukraine and of the consequent
state of affairs near our southern borders," a statement from the Belarusian
president's office quoted Andrei Ravkov as saying during a meeting in Minsk
with President Alexander Lukashenko.
Ravkov also said
military exercises by NATO, including maneuvers near the Belarusian borders,
had become 50% more frequent year on year.
The minister also
briefed Lukashenko on "regular tests of missile and other systems that are
being developed to defend the territory
of Belarus
Monday, June 15, 2015 7:47
AM PDT
Tymchuk: 500
militants, heavy weapons sent to Horlivka
Head of the
Information Resistance group Dmytro Tymchuk wrote this on his Facebook page on
Monday.
"In the area
of the town of Horlivka ,
through the towns of Yasynuvata and Yenakieve, the militants have sent units of
450-500 people in several batches. At the same time, they are sending
artillery: Six 2S1 Gvozdika 152mm self-propelled artillery systems and five
D-30 122mm howitzers have been redeployed in the last day," he said.
Besides, two TOR
surface-to-air missile systems have been redeployed through the town of Shakhtarsk . The column
was accompanied by two BTR-80 amphibious armoured personnel carriers and three
KAMAZ trucks. The Ukrainian army also recorded the movement of three 9K35
Strela-10 short-range surface-to-air missile systems between the village of Sadove
and the town of Khartsyzk .
In addition, column of four BTR-80 amphibious armoured personnel carriers and
four 2S1 Gvozdika 152mm self-propelled artillery systems passed through the
town of Alchevsk
in the direction of the Isakovske water reservoir. In addition, to the south of Luhansk, the
Ukrainian armed forces have recorded 20 trucks with a pontoon bridge system
(all of them had obscured tactical numbers).
Moreover, from the
town of Alchevsk
to Debaltseve, the militants have sent five-six trucks with local fighters,
with at least 550 fighters now in the town.
Monday, June 15, 2015 7:10
AM PDT
Ukrainian Prime
Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said this during a ceremony to mark the handing over
of EU border protection technical equipment to Ukraine on Monday, an Ukrinform
correspondent reported.
"The key
factor for a visa-free regime with the EU is the security of Ukraine 's
borders ... The objective of the State Border Service is to provide all the
technical options and technical solutions in order to make visa-free regime a
reality in 2016. The tasks of the State Border Service of Ukraine include the
unification of our electronic control systems with systems of Interpol so that
it will be possible to check in databases at the main crossing points any
citizen who crosses the state border of Ukraine, so as to establish whether or
not such person is wanted by Interpol," Yatsenyuk said.
According to
Yatsenyuk, 49 border crossings should be connected to Interpol control system
in September.
"During these
months we have built hundreds of kilometers of anti-tank ditches, 50 towers and
a 400 kilometer-long security zone under the 'European Wall' construction
project, which is to reinforce the Ukrainian border with Russia . Ukraine is building a modernized border, which
will make it possible to keep control over the Ukrainian-Russian border, to
ensure the territorial integrity and independence of Ukraine ," he said.
Monday, June 15, 2015 4:59
AM PDT
Two Ukrainian
soldiers killed, twenty wounded in conflict zone in last day
(UNIAN) --- Two Ukrainian soldiers have
been killed and another twenty injured in the Donbas conflict zone over the
last 24 hours, presidential administration spokesman for ATO issues Colonel
Andriy Lysenko said at a briefing in Kiev
on Monday, according to an UNIAN correspondent.
"Over the last
day, we have lost two Ukrainian soldiers, and another twenty were injured as a
result of military clashes," Lysenko said.
As UNIAN reported
earlier, on June 13, one Ukrainian soldier was killed and another 21 were
injured in the Donbas conflict zone.
Monday, June 15, 2015 3:08
AM PDT
Ukraine border guards
get generous gift from European Union
(Zik) --- The ceremony to transfer the
equipment was held in Kiev in the presence of Ukraine
Premier Yatseniuk and head of the EU office in Ukraine Jan Tombinski,
Interfax-Ukrayina reports June 15. The presented equipment includes 142
Volkswagen Amarok jeeps, 51 vans, 142 heat-detection devices and 36
interference-protected notebooks. Over the past 10 years, EU has implemented 20
technical assistance projects with Ukraine to beef up the Ukrainian
borders worth EUR80 mn.
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