Wednesday, June 3, 2015
14:08 AM PDT
28th Brigade successfully repelled Russian
mercenaries’ attack on Marinka June 3. Combat situation analysis by Butusov
Censor.NET --- Chief
Editor Yurii Butusov analyzes operational environment near the village of Marinka
WHAT HAS HAPPENED?
The enemy started
attacking Marinka village situated in the vicinity of Donetsk from 4 a.m. June 3 as well as the
strongholds near Marinka and Krasnohorivka. These positions were held by the
detachments of the 28th Mechanized Brigade of Odesa.
According to the
information of Censor.NET, the Ukrainian forces' positions, which have long
been known to the enemy, came under its sustained shelling. The enemy used
rocket artillery as well as 122-mm, 152-mm, and 220-mm howitzers - the types of
weapons that Russia
has pledged to withdraw from the demilitarized zone.
The detachments of
the Somalia (Somalia )
Battalion, which mostly consists of the Russian mercenaries and "Russian
career servicemen on vacations", have been participating in the
engagements on the part of the enemy.
Several enemy
assault teams, including tanks, attacked the 2nd Battalion of the 28th Brigade
deployed in Marinka and Krasnohorivka with a strong fire support. All the
advanced strongholds were simultaneously subjected to attacks. The enemy has
been widely using heavy weapons banned by the Minsk agreements.
However, the enemy
received an unexpectedly fitting rebuff. The soldiers of the 2nd Battalion were
maintaining their position being supported by the reconnaissance company
detachments, and the mortar battery of the 1st Battalion. The communication and
command has been maintained.
One of the
Brigade's platoons was forced to leave one of the strongholds on the outskirts
of Marinka adjacent to Krasnohorivka through the attack of the Russian tanks
and dense fire. The unit withdrawn in an orderly manner to a short distance and
did not allow the enemy to capture the strong point. According to the
cease-fire deal, there should not be any banned heavy weaponry in the area that
is why our detachments have no means to resist fire superiority of the enemy.
The decision on withdrawal was tactically justified.
All the nearest
houses, all high-rise buildings, including the Marinka hospital came under
heavy shelling from tanks. The reconnaissance groups of the Russian mercenaries
managed to enter into the empty hospital and a few other buildings but the
intense fire of the Ukrainian units stopped the further advance of the enemy.
The enemy attempted
to break through the Ukrainian troops' positions between Marinka and
Krasnohorivka.
The commander of
the 28th Brigade Colonel Leshchynskyi was forced to make a decision on the
deployment of the battery of Gvozdika and Akatsyia self-propelled howitzers,
the battery of Grad multiple rocket launchers as well as tank unit of the
brigade's battalion to the demilitarized zone to support the 2nd Battalion in
response to the violation of cease-fire by the Russian command and in order to
save the lives of the Ukrainian servicemen and civilians of Marinka.
All attacks were
repulsed after the Ukrainian artillery opened accurate fire on the enemy. The
enemy suffered considerable losses in manpower and equipment. The reserve
troops - the tank detachments of the 28th Brigade and the reconnaissance
company came to the attacked area to rescue troops.
The Ukrainian
soldiers with the support of armored vehicles are sweeping Marinka from enemy
groups. The situation has been settled and is currently under control. The
Ukrainian forces' positions are being shelled at the moment, the engagement is
underway.
The leadership of
the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has arrived to the headquarters
of the sector "B".
The information
about the capture of the wounded Russian soldier on one of the most advanced
strongholds has been confirmed. However, the Russian artillery hit the medical
station after he was provided first aid and the wounded soldier died from new
injuries. The medical vehicle of the 2nd Battalion of the 28th Brigade was
destroyed.
According to the
volunteers on the advanced medical posts, the Ukrainian troops suffered losses
during the day of combat but the exact number is still unclear. There were
reports about one killed Ukrainian servicemen. Two military helicopters have
delivered 19 wounded Ukrainian military from Marinka to Dnipropetrovsk. There
are also wounded locals, who were covered by the Russian artillery in their homes.
The enemy has suffered considerable losses in manpower and equipment.
The enemy committed
artillery strikes on Pisky, Opytne, and Vodiane today as well.
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF
THE ATTACK ON MARINKA
From a military
point of view it is not a large-scale offensive. It is a local combat. The
enemy is trying to improve its position, achieve more tactically favorable
conditions. Marinka and Pisky are suburbs of Donetsk . The enemy tries to push the front as
far as possible to the west after the capture of the Donetsk airport. The Russian command is
worried by the proximity of the Ukrainian troops' positions to Donetsk
as they are the advantageous bridgeheads for a sudden onslaught and fire effect
upon the headquarters and supply bases located in Donetsk . Therefore, the mercenaries have made
and will make efforts to eliminate the bridgehead and force our troops away
from Donetsk .
From a political
point of view Russia has
once again blatantly violated the Minsk
agreements before the next round of negotiations. And the Ukrainian soldiers
are once again paying with their blood for Putin's lies. The intensified
hostilities show Ukraine and
international mediators that Russia
remains ready to continue the war and pose threat to the Ukrainian positions.
The Kremlin demonstrates that Ukraine
cannot stop the armed conflict alone without concessions to Russia and that
the international community does not have the tools to influence the situation
with the help of the OSCE.
FORECAST
The enemy will keep
conducting hostilities at the tactical level while the front of these attacks
will be expanded. The aim of the attacks will be the Ukrainian bridgeheads
around Donetsk .
The enemy will determine one or two points for assaults in each sector of
defense of the Armed Forces to pin our troops and prevent the forces from
committing maneuvers. It's a war of attrition.
Putin is interested
to use the constantly smoldering military conflict for the continuation of
political pressure on Ukraine .
Such war does not raise sharp protests of the world's diplomacy. It does not
lead to strengthening of sanctions as well.
We should expect
new local attacks aimed at certain strongpoints in the near future, the attacks
of the subversive groups in the near-front zone. The intensity of the attacks
on Ukrainian cities and positions will remain high.
The probability of
a deep large-scale advance of the Russian troops is still low.
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
10:25 AM PDT
Heavy fighting near
Luhanske ended. One soldier killed and 11 injured - journalist
(Censor.NET) --- The intense battle near
the village of Luhanske
in the Artemivsk district of the Donetsk
region ended. There are casualties among the Ukrainian servicemen.
Journalist Andrii
Tsaplienko wrote on Facebook, Censor.NET reports.
"It seems that
there actually was the order to launch an offensive. The weaknesses of our
defense have been probed. The third today's attack on Marinka is underway. The
intense battle near the village
of Luhanske
As reported
earlier, the militants started shelling Krasnohorivka and Marinka villages
Wednesday morning, June 3. In turn, the Armed Forces of Ukraine used artillery
in response to the militants' attempts to capture the Ukrainian territory.
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
9:43 AM PDT
Four Russian GRU
operatives killed during attack on Marinka - SBU
(Censor.NET) --- Advisor to the head of
the Security Service of Ukraine Markiian Lubkivskyi released information about
the losses of the Russian special forces near Marinka.
He wrote on
Facebook, Censor.NET reports.
Lubkivskyi wrote:
"Urgent and important information! According to the ATO HQ and SBU, the
Armed Forces have given a fitting rebuff to the militants in Krasnohorivka and
Marinka!
"The losses
among the militants during the engagement of the Armed Forces of Ukraine units
with the illegal armed formations were established: 10 killed and more than 80
injured.
"The SBU
Counterintelligence has also found that losses of the Main Intelligence
Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Federation in this
operation (!) total of at least four killed."
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
9:07 AM PDT
Situation in Maryinka
calms, town ablaze after shell attacks – ATO press center
(Interfax) --- The situation around the
town of Maryinka , Donetsk region, has started to stabilize
after shell attacks, the anti-terrorist operation's (ATO) press center
reported.
"The situation
stabilized near the residential areas of Maryinka and Krasnohorivka. The
Ukrainian military held their positions. Out national flag flies above Maryinka,"
the press center reported on Wednesday.
According to the
report, Maryinka is currently ablaze.
"Aggressors
attempted a real escalation of the conflict in Donetsk direction. Within the night they with
artillery and banned mortars have been shelling Pisky, Opytne, Butivka mine,
Vodiane, Krasnohorivka, Nevelske, Pervomaiske, Berezove, Hranitne, Avdiyivka,
and Novohryhorivka. After six o'clock in the morning the criminals have been
actively using multiple rocket launchers on Pisky, Maryinka, Berezove, Nevelske,
Pervomaiske and Vodiane. So, Maryinka [is] still embraced by the fires after
these attacks. Russian terrorist mercenaries several times tried to storm our
positions. And each time received an adequate repel," the press centre
said.
Advisor to the head
of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), Markiyan Lubkivsky, reported that
militants in illegal armed formations had sustained considerable causalities.
"Ten
[militants] killed and over 80 wounded. The SBU reconnaissance also established
that special services of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff
of the Russian Armed Forces, which was involved in this operation, [their
casualties] total at least 4 killed," he wrote on Facebook.
However, Lubkivsky
did not discuss the number of Ukrainian casualties.
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 8:51 AM PDT
One person killed and
four civilians injured due to shelling of Marinka – Interior Ministry
(Censor.NET) --- One civilian was killed
as a result of the shelling committed by the terrorists on Marinka village in
the Donetsk region, which has been lasting all day long today, June 3.
Another four people
received injuries of varying degrees of severity. Censor.NET reports citing the
press service of the Donetsk
region police.
There is
information about one deceased man born in 1975 as of 4 p.m. One resident of
Marinka born in 1965 was injured. He has been delivered to a hospital in the
town of Kurakhove
with shrapnel wounds.
A man born in 1987,
a mother and her daughter, born in 1980 and 1998 respectively, were earlier
brought to medical facilities.
The information on
casualties is being constantly updated.
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 8:37 AM PDT
ATO forces use
artillery following militants' offensive
KYIV, June 3 (Ukrinform). --- Ukrainian
military have been forced to use artillery following attacks launched by
militants near Maryinka and Krasnohorivka, Donetsk region.
Press office of the
General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has posted this information on
Facebook.
"To stop the
enemy's offensive and to avoid casualties among soldiers, Ukrainian command,
having warned all international partners, has been forced to use artillery,
which had previously been located in the rear in compliance with the Minsk
agreements," the General Staff notes.
The press office
recalls that the pro-Russian terrorists launched the attack on Ukrainian
positions at 04:00. "The largest blow was delivered near Maryinka and
Krasnohorivka, Donetsk
region. So, enemy threw over ten tanks and more than one thousand people
against Ukrainian troops in direction of Maryinka," the General Staff
notes.
As spokesperson of
the Presidential Administration on ATO Oleksandr Motuzianyk has noted, seven
Ukrainian soldiers have been wounded in fighting near Maryinka
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