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Monday 27 July 2015

Ukraine War Update - 27 July 2015

Monday, July 27, 2015  8:26 AM PDT
12 terrorists’ large-caliber artillery shells impacted Avdiivka Coke Plant.
   (Censor.NET) --- 12 122-mm caliber rounds hit Avdiivka Coke and Chemical Plant during the terrorists' shelling committed yesterday.
   Censor.NET reports citing the ATO press-center.
   The report stresses that the terrorists keep destroying the infrastructure facilities of the Donbas and shelling peaceful towns and villages using weapons banned by the Minsk deal thereby violating it.
   The pro-Russian terrorists' artillery strike impacted Avdiivka Coke Plant yesterday. 12 122-mm caliber rounds hit the facility. The shelling damaged railroad section designated for the transport of coal, coke-oven battery №1, and gas pipeline. Five points of outbreak of fire have been recorded just over the past day as a consequence of these attacks.
   The terrorists employed 122-mm artillery to shell residential neighborhoods of Avdiivka from the directions of Yakovlivka and Spartak villages from 8.27 to 8.49 p.m. July 26. A total of 118 rounds were recorded.
   The shelling impacted the area near the railway station and adjacent residential buildings. The fire was later redirected at production facilities of the Avdiivka Steel Plant and Mobile Mechanical Department. Civilians have been injured as a result of the shelling. 
Monday, July 27, 2015  8:16 AM PDT
Ukrainian border guards say didn't shoot at Russian citizens near border checkpoint
   (Interfax) --- The Ukrainian State Border Service said that Ukrainian border guards did not open fire at Russian citizens from the Ukrainian territory near the Krasna Talivka border checkpoint, calling this incident a provocative act.
   "Russia media are actively spreading the information that two Russian citizens, who were staying near the state border on the Russian territory, allegedly came under automatic fire from the Ukrainian territory in an area near the Krasna Talivka border checkpoint. As a result a Russian man received a chest gunshot wound. The Ukrainian State Border Service said officially that this information is absolutely untrue and exclusively provocative," the Ukrainian State Border Service said in a statement released on Monday.
   The border service said that Ukrainian legislation primarily banned the border guards from opening the fire in the direction of the neighboring country. However, to check this information the Ukrainian State Border Service initiated an internal investigation during which all border patrols being on duty in the mentioned direction at the time of the incident were checked. "As a result it was found that servicemen have all ammunition unused and the weapons do not have any traces of use," the Ukrainian State Border Service said.
   Previously Russian border guards said they gave the necessary aid to the wounded Russian man who was taking a selfie at the background of the Ukrainian border checkpoint, the press service of the Federal Security Service (FSB) border department in southern Russia's Rostov Region said overnight.
   "Three Russians were relaxing at an artificial lake situated on the Russian territory near village Novorussky in the Millerovo district of the Rostov Region and decided to take pictures at the background of the Ukrainian checkpoint Krasna Talivka," the FSB border department said.
   A serviceman at the checkpoint ordered them to stop and opened gunfire at them, wounding one of the two holidaymakers, the FSB border department said.
   A car moving in the same direction too the unfortunate selfie enthusiasts to a border patrol which was on duty at the Russian motor crossing station Voloshino.
   During the medical examination the car passenger was found to sustain a penetrating gunshot wound to the chest. He was taken to the nearby medical institution, where he received the medical aid.
Monday, July 27, 2015  6:42 AM PDT
Probability of full-scale invasion of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation remains high, - General Staff
   (Censor.NET) --- There is lack of progress in the implementation of the Minsk agreements due to the fact that the terrorists are constantly shelling the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine thereby violating the truce.
   This was stated by Deputy Chief of General Staff General Hennadii Vorobiov during a meeting with US Air Forces Europe Commander General Frank Gorenc on Monday, Censor.NET informs citing the press service of the General Staff.
   "We are forced to fire in return occasionally to save lives and health of the Ukrainian military and civilians but we never open fire on towns and villages even under such circumstances because peaceful Ukrainians may be there. We have full control of the situation at the moment while the forces in the ATO area provide possibility of adequate response to its changes. At the same time, according to the available information, there is a high probability of a full-scale invasion of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation," Vorobiov said.
   In the course of the conversation, the Ukrainian side has also thanked the United States for constructive engagement, particularly in the training of various detachments.
Monday, July 27, 2015  5:10 AM PDT
"Buffer zone" does not include Mariupol; no units, only heavy weapons will be withdrawn, Poroshenko says
   (Censor.NET) --- No "buffer zone" will be created around the Mariupol, the Donetsk region. City residents shall not panic.
   This was announced by President Petro Poroshenko while communicating with volunteers in the Defense Ministry on Monday, Censor.NET reports citing Ukrainska Pravda.
   "Look at what was going on during weekend - Shchastia [town in the Luhansk region - ed.] assault was immediately followed by "we have been betrayed," "we have been surrounded," and "we retreat" shouts. Friends, please do not intervene with the Armed Forces in their fighting," the president noted.
   According to Poroshenko, Mariupol approach routes are being reinforced with the best units of the Ukrainian army, including marine infantry and artillery.
   "The "buffer zone" does not include Mariupol. Each unit remains at its location. Only heavy artillery and MLRSes are withdrawn, which will be returned upon conflict escalation," Poroshenko said.
   "So here is a separate message for Mariupol residents: the president is with you, the Army is with you, do not listen to those who panic and get rid of them," he said.
Monday, July 27, 2015  3:45 AM PDT
No one killed, five soldiers wounded yesterday
   (Censor.NET) --- No one was killed among the Ukrainian servicemen on July 25.
   This was announced by the Presidential Administration representative on ATO matters Oleksandr Motuzianyk at a briefing, Censor.NET reports.
   According to him, five soldiers were wounded.
Monday, July 27, 2015  2:21 AM PDT
Russian consul discarded RF Major Starkov, detained by Ukrainian border guards, - volunteer
   (Censor.NET) --- Consul of the Russian Federation discarded Russian Major Vladimir Starkov, who had been detained by Ukrainian border guards with a KamAZ truck full of ammunition at Berezove control point in the Donetsk region.
   As reported by Censor.NET, this was announced by volunteer Kateryna Yaresko on her Facebook page.
   "The detained Russian Major was discarded by consul today. We had no doubts! Maybe someone could spread the information to his wife, relatives, and friends, since the state has abandoned him," she wrote.
   The volunteer also published details of the detained Major.
   "Vladimir Alexandrovich Starkov. Born in 1979 in the Kirov region, village of Zuevka. His most recent unit is in Novocherkassk, the Rostov region. Married, has a child," she specified.
   It was reported earlier that officers of the State Border Service detained a KamAZ truck with a Russian serviceman and ammunition at Berezove checkpoint. It was announced later that the detainee is Russian Army Major.
Monday, July 27, 2015  2:12 AM PDT
Russia gives rebels its newest reconnaissance system
   (Zik) --- According to journalists and activists, Russia has deployed various communications, radio electronic reconnaissance, drones and jamming systems in Donbas, informnapalm.org, writes July 26.
   Activist Mikhail Netu has detected another land reconnaissance system, PSNR-8M supplied to the Khan unit operating in the Donetsk republic.
   The system was photographed and posted on the Netu’s blog.
   Activist Mikhail Netu has detected another land re4connaissance system, PSNR-8M supplied to the Khan unit operating in the Donetsk republic.
   The system was photographed and posted on the Netu’s blog.
Monday, July 27, 2015  12:12 AM PDT
Highest number of Minsk accords violations recorded yesterday, - ATO press center
   (Censor.NET) --- Situation at the east of Ukraine has got tenser.
   As reported by Censor.NET, this was announced by the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) situation report.
   Over the past day, July 26, Russian terrorist troops conducted shelling of the ATO forces' positions and residential areas 86 times. More than 50 of them occurred after 6 p.m. till midnight.
   As reported, Avdiivka residential blocks were shelled by 152-mm artillery after 8 p.m. At the same time, 152-mm howitzers were used to fire at the ATO forces' positions near the town.
   Near Mykolaivka, Ukrainian army's positions were shelled with 152-mm artillery, 120-mm mortars, tanks, and small arms from three directions at once after 9 p.m. till midnight. Near Vodiane, 122-mm howitzers were used to shell ATO positions. Russian terrorists fired with 152-mm artillery and 120-mm mortars from Horlivka at the Ukrainian army positions near Maiorsk and Pershe Travnia.
   More cases of shelling were recorded near Marinka, Shyrokyne, Avdiivka, Luhanske, Maiorsk, Kirove, Pershe Travnia, Stanytsia Luhanska, Pisky, Opytne, Shchastia.
   The press center stated that on July 27, between midnight and 6 a.m., the highest number of the Minsk agreements violations by mercenaries was recorded. Besides, Russian terrorists continue to knowingly shell residential areas where civilians reside.
   After midnight, the following villages and towns were shelled: Svitlodars with 152-mm artillery, Shchastia with a tank, Opytne with Grads, 120-mm mortars, and tanks, and Vodiane with Grads, the press center reports.
   "Despite the shelling, Ukrainian soldiers repulse all enemy's attacks and hold defensive lines," the ATO press center stressed.
Sunday, July 26, 2015  21:26 PDT
Azov Battalion Commander Found Dead
   (RFE/RL) --- A high-ranking commander of Ukraine's Azov battalion has been found dead in his apartment in the town of Bucha, outside Kiev.
   The press service of the Azov regiment, formerly a volunteer militia unit, said on Twitter on July 27 that Yaroslav Babych, a deputy chief of Azov's civil staff, was found hanged in the morning of July 26.
   No further details were immediately available. 
   Investigations have been launched into the death.
   The Azov Battalion was formed in 2014 to fight Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine's eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk.
   Azov is now part of the Interior Ministry's National Guard.
Sunday, July 26, 2015  2:35 AM PDT
Terrorists opened provocative fire in Shyrokyne
   (Censor.NET) --- The terrorists opened fire to provoke Ukrainian troops in the village of Shyrokyne on the morning of July 26.
   As reported by Censor.NET, this was announced by the M sector press officer Yaroslav Chepurnyi to 0629 website.
   According to him, the terrorists have fired with small arms at the ATO forces' positions in Shyrokyne at 6.44 a.m. today.
   There are no casualties among the personnel.
   "The positions of Ukrainian law enforcers were attacked three times over the last 24 hours. After the night shelling of Starohnativka with a 122mm self-propelled gun, the militants fired with small arms at Shyrokyne. They also fired from firearms in the vicinity of Chermalyk," the report reads.
   A drone of the 'DPR' reconnaissance was recorded near the village of Volodarske

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