Wednesday, August 05, 2015
9:41 AM PDT
Rebels sell weapons to
buy food and booze
(Zik) --- As Russia
has tightened the screw on Donbas rebels,
cutting their funding, rebels are selling weapons confiscated from civilians to
buy food and booze, military expert Dmytro Snehiryov told ZIK Aug. 4.
The funding is so
meager in Perevalsk that local rebels openly sell grenades, pistols and guns,
the expert says.
Grenades go for
UAH200 ($8) a piece, pistols for UAH1450 ($70). Anyone can pass through the
checkpoint without any documents - for 2 bottles of vodka or food.
The rebels have
actually stolen any property they can lay their hands on.
The funding by Russia has
almost stopped. So, the rebels have to find alternative sources of supply –
selling arms, Snehiryov says.
Wednesday, August 05, 2015
6:33 AM PDT
Terrorists
deliberately trying to prevent demilitarization of Shyrokyne, - Presidential
Administration
(Censor.NET) --- The Administration of
the President of Ukraine expects demilitarization of Shyrokyne to be
accomplished in the near future.
This was stated by
Presidential Administration Deputy Head Andrii Taranov at a press briefing on
Wednesday, answering the question about the prospects of Shyrokyne
demilitarization, Censor.NET informs citing Interfax-Ukraine.
"As for
Shyrokyne, we've all heard that the decision on withdrawal of equipment of
caliber less than 100-mm as well as mortars is to be made in the near future.
Should everything depend on a single party, the decision would have already
been taken. But we need to proceed from the fact that unfortunately, the side
that does not want to do it, is taking every effort to invite our troops'
retaliation," he said.
He added that the
negotiations were underway and it was difficult to talk about specific dates.
"That means that the decision will be made, but I do not want to tell when
happens. That means the negotiations are underway," the deputy head of the
presidential administration said.
Wednesday, August 05, 2015
5:16 AM PDT
Terrorists
deliberately destroy Avdiivka infrastructure, - Donetsk
(Censor.NET) --- 31 civilians have been
killed in terrorist attacks on Avdiivka during 2015.
This was announced
by the Head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Main Directorate in the Donetsk region Viacheslav
Abroskin on his Facebook page, Censor.NET reports.
"The distance
between Avdiivka and Kramatorsk
is about 80 km, and the life in these cities differs as black and white.
Yesterday, after presentation of the new head in Kramatorsk I visited Avdiivka. There was an
eerie silence, as the night before militants had shelled the city. Terrorists
deliberately destroy infrastructure, ruin Avdiivka Coke Plant. The worst of all
is their deliberate artillery attacks on civilian homes," Abroskin said.
As pointed out by
the Donetsk
police head, people stay in the city because they have nowhere to go.
"The plant is
a place where they earn their living to survive. According to a female
resident, she is afraid not to die, but to become crippled. These crimes, the
shelling of civilians have no time limitations," he added.
According to him,
during the period from Jan. 1 to Aug. 4, 2015 Avdiivka has been under constant
shelling by illegal armed units of the so-called "DPR." For the
current period, as a result of shelling, 31 civilians have been killed,
including 11 women, 20 men. 87 people have been wounded, including 23 women, 61
men, and three children (born 2002, 2006 and 2014).
"That's the
story of the strong modern city of Avdiivka ,"
he stated sadly.
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Wednesday, August 5, 2015
4:18 AM PDT
No servicemen killed
in ATO area in past 24 hours
Spokesman for the
Presidential Administration on ATO, Colonel Andriy Lysenko said this at a
briefing, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.
"Fortunately,
no casualties were among the Ukrainian servicemen for past 24 hours. Seven of
our soldiers were wounded," Lysenko said.
Wednesday, August 5, 2015
2:49 AM PDT
Situation in Ukraine
The map reflecting
the situation in Donbas as of 12.00 on August
5 has been released by the information and analytical center of the Ukrainian
National Security and Defense Council.
Tuesday, August 4, 2015
23:35 PDT
(Zik) --- Aug. 4, the United States gave Ukraine
a big field army hospital to be used in Donbas ,
the army spokesman writes in Facebook.
The hospital is
fully equipped with medical equipment and pharmaceuticals for treating various
injuries.
Moreover, the United States will train Ukraine doctors
in the operation of sophisticated equipment.
Americans within
the next 18 months will also supply the pharmaceuticals for the hospital.
Tuesday, August 4, 2015
20:00 PDT
'Shelling Every Day'
In Donbas Trenches
(RFE/RL) --- Talks in Minsk
aimed at a pullback of weapons from the front lines in eastern Ukraine
have remained at an impasse. That's unlikely to surprise the men of the
Ukrainian armed forces entrenched near Donetsk
airport. They say they are under daily shelling from pro-Russian separatists.
Tuesday, August 4, 2015
12:33 PDT
Terrorists attacked
Ukrainian troops’ positions mainly at Donetsk
(Censor.NET) --- The number of assaults
on the ATO forces’ positions committed by the illegal armed groups decreased
slightly from midnight to 6 p.m. today, Aug. 4. However, the enemy used
prohibited weapons mainly after dark, adhering to its usual tactics.
Censor.NET informs
citing the situation report by the ATO press center.
The report reads:
"The major attacks on the ATO troop's positions were committed between
midnight and 5 a.m. at the Donetsk
direction. The invaders were shelling Novhorodske village using 120-mm mortars
three times between 12 p.m. and 1 a.m. They also shelled Vodiane at about 1
a.m. and attacked Marinka using tanks at 4:35 a.m. The mercenaries were
committing strikes from 122-mm artillery on the positions of the ATO forces in
the village of Pervomaiske
"The peaceful neighbourhoods
of Opytne village were also attacked this night. The invaders shelled civilian
buildings of the village from 120-millimeter mortars twice. 152-mm artillery
was employed from the direction of Yasynuvata to shell residential neighbourhoods
of Avdiivka.
The subversive
reconnaissance group of invaders of up to 10 people tried to penetrate into our
territory near the village
of Leninske
"The illegal
armed groups used small arms at daytime basically to invite retaliation fire.
However, the mercenaries shelled our strongholds in the vicinity of
Novotoshkivka in the Luhansk region from 120-mm mortars twice after 2:20 a.m.
"The
mercenaries committed about 20 attacks totally from midnight to 6 p.m. using
weapons which should have been withdrawn from the demarcation line under the
Minsk Agreements," the press center summed up.
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