Monday, August 10, 2015
9:00 AM PDT
Frontline Report:
Ukrainian army checkpoints come under fire
(UNIAN) --- Ukrainian troops show the
Ukraine Today reporters life in dugouts at one of the government-controlled
checkpoints across the frontline in Donbas
amid continuing fighting.
"Earlier, this
morning, around 4 am they opened fire from closed positions," Ukrainian
commander of the 28th brigade with nom de guerre ‘Shtul’ has told Ukraine
Today, claiming that, despite ceasefire, the Russian proxies continue to
wage war, according to Ukraine Today.
At times, the
Ukrainian forces are forced to return fire, which is then interpreted in the
Kremlin-controlled media as Ukraine ’s
violations of the Minsk
truce.
The Ukrainian
soldiers also reveal some of the defensive tactics used to survive under
intense shelling.
Monday, August 10, 2015
8:01 AM PDT
Ukrainian soldiers
destroyed tank, APC, and two BMPs near Novolaspa, - General Staff
(Censor.NET) --- The anti-terrorist
operation (ATO) forces destroyed a tank, an armoured personnel carrier, and two
infantry fighting vehicles in a battle near Novolaspa, the Donetsk region.
This was announced
by the General Staff press center head Vladyslav Selezniov on air of 5 Channel,
Censor.NET reports citing Ukrainski Novyny.
According to him, Aug. 9 in the evening, militants carried out first attack at the Ukrainian army positions near Starohnativka.
Early Monday morning, terrorists launched an offensive that was repelled by Ukrainian military.
Around 11:10 a.m. militants covered the ATO forces positions in this area with fire from Grad rocket systems.
According to the General Staff, the enemy suffered significant losses.
Precise data is still being gathered, though some enemy equipment have been already reported destroyed.
"One tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, and one armoured personnel carrier were destroyed in this battle," Selezniov said.
The General Staff says militants follow direct orders of the Deputy Commander of Land Forces of Russia Aleksandr Lentsov, who has recently arrived in theDonetsk
region.
As of 4 p.m. the General Staff has been informed of the death of one Ukrainian soldier with four more having been wounded in the fighting near Starohnativka.
According to him, Aug. 9 in the evening, militants carried out first attack at the Ukrainian army positions near Starohnativka.
Early Monday morning, terrorists launched an offensive that was repelled by Ukrainian military.
Around 11:10 a.m. militants covered the ATO forces positions in this area with fire from Grad rocket systems.
According to the General Staff, the enemy suffered significant losses.
Precise data is still being gathered, though some enemy equipment have been already reported destroyed.
"One tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, and one armoured personnel carrier were destroyed in this battle," Selezniov said.
The General Staff says militants follow direct orders of the Deputy Commander of Land Forces of Russia Aleksandr Lentsov, who has recently arrived in the
As of 4 p.m. the General Staff has been informed of the death of one Ukrainian soldier with four more having been wounded in the fighting near Starohnativka.
Monday, August 10, 2015 6:56 AM PDT
Russia hatches bloody
provocations in eastern Ukraine, NSDC Secretary Turchynov says
(Censor.NET) --- According to information
available to the National Security and Defense Council, Russian special
services are elabourating bloody provocations in the occupied territory
involving large number of casualties.
This was stated by
the National Security and Defense Council Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov,
Censor.NET reports the NSDC press service.
"Russian
special services select crowded places in the occupied territory, [like]
kindergartens, schools, residential and infrastructure buildings, etc. for
practicing terrorist act scenarios," he said adding that terrorist leaders
want the attacks to bring the same number of victims among civilians in the
occupied territory "as the number of those killed in the MH17
tragedy."
The secretary notes
that criminal provocations are devised by Moscow
to accuse the Ukrainian leadership of crimes against humanity "and
initiate bringing Ukrainian authorities to responsibility at the international
level."
"This bloody
crime is to be committed under the guise of the Ukrainian forces attacks in
response to numerous provocations," he explained.
Oleksandr Turchynov
noted that Russian special services intended "to make the bloody terrorist
attacks divert world's attention from Russia's responsibility for the downed
Boeing, as well as to legitimize and justify intensification of Russian
aggression and to deprive Ukraine of the international support putting it to
isolation."
Monday, August 10, 2015 6:27 AM PDT
Right Sector: 7
KIA's, 11 WIA's in fighting near Starohnativka
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Ukrainian troops near Starohnativka /
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(UNIAN) --- Seven Ukrainian soldiers
were killed and 11 were wounded in a fight near the village
of Bila Kamianka in Volnovakha
district, close to the village
of Starohnativka
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"At the
moment, the battle near Bila Kamianka is over. Within just a few hours [we've
got] three KIA fighters from the Right Sector's Ukrainian Volunteer Corps and
four KIA's from the 72nd mechanized brigade," she wrote.
In addition,
according to her, WIA are five Right Sector fighters and six soldiers of the
Ukrainian armed forces.
As UNIAN reported
earlier, Ukrainian troops were able to repel a militant attack near the village of Starohnativka
in Donetsk
region and even retook key heights there after a fight on August 10.
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Monday, August 10, 2015 6:20 AM PDT
AFP: Ukraine
(Ukraine Ukraine 's
national security service and defence minister along with the top army general
to forge a response
President Petro Poroshenko
said about "200 insurgents used tanks to storm" Novolaspa - a village
half-way between the separatists' de facto capital Donetsk
and the government-held port
of Mariupol
Chief of Staff General Viktor Muzhenko "informed the
president that the Ukrainian forces gave a fitting rebuff and repelled all the
attacks", the presidency said.
"Ukrainian
forces are in full control of the situation," it added.
The Ukrainian
foreign ministry called the incident "a dangerous indication of a further
escalation to come".
But the rebels
denied advancing their forces and signalled that they had always had militia
units stationed in Novolaspa.
Monday, August 10, 2015 6:20 AM PDT
One Ukrainian soldier
killed, 16 wounded in Donbas in last day
(UNIAN) --- One Ukrainian soldier was
killed and another 16 were wounded as a result of the shelling in the Donbas conflict zone in the last 24 hours, Secretary of
the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Oleksandr Turchynov said on
Monday, according to the NSDC's official website.
"In the past
day, the enemy has launched the most intensive shelling of ATO troops since the
beginning of the year, using the large-caliber artillery systems and multiple launch
rocket systems," he said.
"As we have
warned, a provocation against the OSCE mission was part of preparations for the
offensive against us," Turchynov said.
In his words,
having burnt the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission's cars to unable the monitors
to move, "the enemy mounted an attack after massive artillery preparation,
involving the strength of a battalion tactical group reinforced by armoured
vehicles, on the fortified positions of the 72nd Brigade in the direction of
the villages of Novolaspa and Starohnativka."
"The enemy's
offensive and attempts to break through our defense line were stopped, after
which it was counterattacked by the ATO forces," he said. In his words,
Russian-terrorist groupings suffered considerable losses, were made to retreat,
and the Ukrainian troops even advanced up to three kilometers further, retaking
the commanding eminences.
The situation in
the ATO zone remains tense, Turchynov said. "The enemy opens artillery
fire, builds up troops to breach our defense in certain directions."
"With due
regard for the situation, the President of Ukraine has held an urgent meeting
with the Chief of the General Staff, the Defense Minister, and the NSDC
Secretary," he said.
"The plan for
responding to provocative actions and attempts to break through our defense by
the Russian-terrorist groupings has been worked out," Turchynov said.
Monday, August 10, 2015
3:41 AM PDT
Turchynov: “Enemy
concentrates forces to break through our defenses”
(Censor.NET) --- The enemy committed the
greatest number of attacks on the ATO forces positions in recent days since the
beginning of the year using large-caliber artillery and multiple launch rocket
systems.
National Security
and Defense Council Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov said in his comment,
Censor.NET reports citing the NSDC press service.
According to him,
one military was killed and 16 others were injured as a result of the shelling.
"We have
warned that the provocation committed against the OSCE mission was part of the
preparation for the offensive on our positions," the NSDC secretary said.
Oleksandr Turchynov
said that having burnt cars of the permanent representatives of the OSCE SMM
which impeded their movement, "the enemy battalion task force reinforced
by armoured vehicles attacked strongpoint of the 72nd Brigade in the direction
of Novolaspa-Starohnativka after a powerful artillery preparation fire."
"The enemy
advance and attempts to break through our defenses were stopped and the ATO
troops launched counterattack," he said, adding that the Russian-backed
terrorist groups retreated having suffered substantial losses while the
Ukrainian soldiers advanced up to three kilometers and established themselves
on the command points.
According to
Oleksandr Turchynov, the situation in the ATO area remains tense, "the
enemy conducts artillery strikes and concentrates forces to break through our
defenses in certain areas."
"Given the
situation, the President of Ukraine has held urgent meeting with the Chief of
Staff, Defense Minister, and NSDC secretary," he said.
"The plan to
respond provocations and attempts to break through the defenses committed by
the Russian-terrorist groups has been worked out," the secretary of the
National Security and Defense Council said. According to Turchynov, the
international observers had been informed that the Russian-terrorist forces
have intensified commission of war crimes.
Monday, August 10, 2015
1:52 AM PDT
Ex-OSCE Russian
general is now rebels’ chief – Selezniov
(Zik) --- Russia’s Gen.-Col. Aleksandr
Lentsov, formerly co-head of the Joint Ukrainian/Russian Center for Control of
Ceasefire in Donbas, now coordinates rebels’ operations, Ukraine army HQ press
secretary told Ukrayinska Pravda Aug. 10.
Lentsov is deputy commander
of Russia ’s
land forces.
“Lentsov left the joint center in spring, and he knows positions of the Ukrainian troops. Now, he coordinates rebels actions, being ‘on vacation,’ the official says.
“Lentsov left the joint center in spring, and he knows positions of the Ukrainian troops. Now, he coordinates rebels actions, being ‘on vacation,’ the official says.
According to
Ukrainian intelligence, his staff is in Donetsk .
Sunday, August 9, 2015
22:59 PDT
War in Donbas sets sad record Aug. 9: 127 violations of
ceasefire
(Zik) --- Aug. 9 saw the record number
of violations of the Minsk ceasefire agreements,
with the enemy opening fire on Ukraine
army positions 127 times 127 times, Ukraine army spokesman says in
Facebook Aug. 10.
The Russian/rebel
troops used Grad missiles, heavy artillery and tanks, the weapons banned by the
Minsk
agreements.
Grad missile
batteries were used near Artemivsk, Troyitske and Rozsadky.
The enemy shelled
the houses of civilians in Starohnativka near Mariupol.
At 4 a.m. the enemy
force numbering 400 and supported by 122-mm artillery and tanks attacked Ukraine
army positions near Starohnativka. The enemy attack was repulsed.
Sunday, August 9, 2015
10:26 AM PDT
Turchynov accuses
Russia of trying to scare OSCE out of Donbas
(Zik) --- By setting fire to OSCE
vehicles in the rebel-held territories of Donbas ,
Russia is trying to quash
objective reporting and scare OSCE out of Donbas ,
head of the National Defense and Security Council Oleksandr Turchynov said Aug.
9.
The arson is a definite attempt to disrupt the peaceful settlement in
The OSCE mission
reported Aug. 9 that 7 vehicles were set on fire, putting the blame for those
in power in Donetsk .
Last week, the OSCE
submitted reports that the rebels positioned their heavy artillery in Donetsk and shelled civilian towns and Ukraine army positions from Donetsk .
One of the OSCE
reports mentioned the presence of the Russian troops in Donbas .
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