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Sunday, 28 June 2015

Ukraine War Update - 28 June 2015

Sunday, June 28, 2015  5:03 AM PDT
Two soldiers wounded as terrorists shelled Stanytsia Luhanska and Popasna – Moskal
   (Censor.NET) --- Over the night, Stanytsia Luhanska village was shelled with mortars, rocket-propelled grenades, and automatic weapons from the 'LPR'-occupied right bank of the Siverskyi Donets village.
   As Censor.NET reports citing head of the Luhansk Regional State Administration Hennadii Moskal's official website, two Ukrainian servicemen were shelled as a result of yesterday's mortaring.
   The 56-year-old woman who died in Stanytsia Luhansk on Friday appeared to have come to the village from Luhansk to see a friend.
   Gas pipeline is damaged in a few places in the center of the village, as well as several house facades. The maintenance crews managed to repair the pipeline and restore gas supply, but Stanytsia Luhanska and nearby villages remain without power and water supply.
   Power, which is supplied by a backup line from Russia, is completely cut off in the occupied part of the Luhansk region. If the military situation allows, supply of water to Stanytsia Luhanska and nearby villages will be partially restored today.
   In addition, the terrorists shelled Popasna and occupied Pervomaisk. According to preliminary data, they fired from artillery guns, howitzers, and self-propelled large caliber guns. The shells exploded on the outskirts of Popasna. There is no data on the casualties, however, power supply lines were damaged, leaving several neighborhoods without power supply.
Sunday, June 28, 2015  5:03 AM PDT
SBU detained two 'DPR' intelligence agents.
   (Censor.NET) --- The Security Service of Ukraine detained two informants of the militants in the ATO area.
   Two men from Velyka Novosilka village were recruited by a 'DPR' militant with the call sign Smith, Censor.NET reports citing the press service of the Security Service of Ukraine.
   "The criminals have received the call signs Brat Nelson (Brother Nelson) and Staryi Hrek (Old Greek). On the instructions of the 'DPR GRU', they collected information on the locations of the Armed Forces and the National Guard of Ukraine, as well as about Ukrainian equipment and weapons in the ATO area. The agents maintained secrecy," the SBU reported. The detainees have pleaded guilty. A criminal proceeding is opened against them for assistance to participants of criminal organizations.
Sunday, June 28, 2015  3:29 AM PDT
11 Ukrainian soldiers wounded, no one killed on Saturday
   (Censor.NET) --- No Ukrainian soldiers were killed in the ATO zone on June 27.
   However, 11 soldiers were wounded, representative of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine on ATO issues Colonel Andrii Lysenko said at a briefing, Censor.NET reports citing Interfax-Ukraine.
   "11 Ukrainian soldiers were injured, no one was killed over the past 24 hours as a result of terrorists' provocations," Lysenko said.
Sunday, June 28, 2015  2:28 AM PDT
Ukraine Masses Troops on Border With Transnistria
   (Sputniknews [pro-Russian]) --- Ukraine continues to mass troops and heavy weapons on the border with Transnistria on the pretext that the self-proclaimed republic may launch a military campaign against Ukraine, Russian media reported on Saturday.
   “It looks like the Kiev authorities  want to picture themselves as encircled by enemies, ready to attack,” a representative of the Transnistrian KGB told Russia’s Zvezda TV channel.
   “That we may have a war here tomorrow is hard to say, but we are not ruling out a Ukrainian provocation either…They could use for this purpose one of their many small private armies which refuse to take any orders from Kiev,” the official added.
   On June 22, the deputy foreign minister of the Transnistrian Republic, Vitaly Ignatyev, said that Ukraine was moving its troops towards the borders of the self-proclaimed republic, sandwiched between Ukraine and Moldova.
   “The situation here is very bad… Economic production is going down, foreign trade is shrinking, the security situation is equally alarming with our Moldovan partners holding military drills with NATO and the Ukrainian pressure mounting every day,” Ignatyev said.
   He also mentioned the curbs Kiev has imposed on the transit of  Transnistrian nationals and citizens of Russia, almost 200,000 of whom currently live in Transnistria.
   “They haven’t been able to travel to Russia via Ukraine for more than a year now. They have to move across Moldova, but Chisinau is creating problems too, along with economic sanctions,” Ignatyev added.
   The newly appointed governor of Ukraine’s Odessa region Mikheil Saakashvili earlier announced plans to reinforce Ukraine’s border with Transnistria.
   "We have two major tasks — to reinforce the border and curb corruption. Drug and weapons trafficking across this border means nothing good," Saakashvili told a news conference in Odessa.
   He also blamed the Transnistrian authorities of destabilizing the situation in Ukraine.
Sunday, June 28, 2015  2:03 AM PDT
Militants' shelling damaged hydraulic power station in Svitlychne – Moskal
   (Censor.NET) --- On Saturday night, the militants launched Grad rockets at a hydraulic power station in Svitlychne village (Popasna district).
   Censor.NET reports citing the official website of the head of the Luhansk Regional State Administration Hennadii Moskal.
   The station supplies water to frontline government-controlled villages and occupied part of the Luhansk region.
   "The station was seriously damaged by the strike. As a result, government-controlled Nyzhnie, Svitlychne, Toshkivka, Chekhyrove, and Novotoshkivka villages are left without water supply. In addition, water supply to the occupied part of the Luhansk region has completely stopped," Moskal said.
   Maintenance crews went to the scene; however, it is not know when the water supply will be restored. According to Moskal, it was the second targeted shelling of water supply on the demarcation line over the last few days.
   "Earlier this week the militants destroyed a hydraulic power station in Karbonit village, which we managed to repair quickly. Now they have shelled and damaged the station in Svitlychne. We are not going to supply water to the occupied territory after that," he said.
Saturday, June 27, 2015  8:33 AM PDT
Unknown persons blew up a railway track in Popasna district – Moskal
   (Censor.NET) --- Yesterday, a railway track at Orikhove village in Popasna district was blown up by unknown persons.
   Censor.NET reports citing head of the Luhansk Regional State Administration Hennadii Moskal's official website.
   "The track was rigged with explosives when there were no trains in the area, so there are no casualties. However, the train traffic is currently suspended," the statement reads.
   "Since the beginning of this year, the railway in the area was blown up more then once. A lot of Ukrainian parliamentarians promised to visit the Luhansk region and personally blow up the route that is used for connection with the occupied territories," Moskal said.

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