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.
