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Actions Ukrainian troops near Donetsk are frustrating Minsk Agreement. This was stated by Defense Minister of breakaway Donetsk People’s Republic Vladimir Kononov, Donetsk transmits news agency.
According to Kononov, militias are defensive battles across the demarcation line for 7 hours. “Fire was opened on our positions across the front line: in Shirokino, Elenovka, airports, Petrovsky district of Donetsk and & lt; … & gt; in Marinka. We used the 120-, 122-, and 152-millimeter shells “- he said.
The Minister of Defence said that the security forces used” heavy artillery and rocket systems, heavy equipment and well-armed infantry. ” He called the actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine “pre-planned”. “This is a failure of the Minsk-2, is an attempt to show that the situation is uncontrollable”, – explained Kononov.
The head of the Defense Ministry said that “since the first provocation at 3:45″ in DNR killed at least 15 people . He explained that these losses include both the militia and civilians.
Earlier, the Ministry of Defense Corps Deputy Commander Edward Basurin reported that the shelling of the Kirov district of Donetsk led to the victims. “According to the latest data, as a result of today’s attacks injured four people, one killed”, – he said.
Basurin confirmed that near the village of Marinka Donetsk agglomeration of the collision forces DNI and Ukrainian law enforcers. In a conversation with Interfax, he specified that the militias are not an offensive in this area. “No, and even more widespread, we are not conducting offensive. Controlled Kiev themselves often leave Marinka “- said Basurin.
In Kiev also confirms clash at Marinka, but is accused of shelling militia representatives. 28th mechanized brigade APU, which defends the settlement, claims that militias throughout the night were shelling “of cannon artillery, 120mm mortars and multiple launch rocket systems, jet across the defense team, from Nevelsk (Sands) and ending Birch (Dokuchaevsk) ».
The press officer of the General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexey Mazepa admitted that during the clashes security forces used heavy weapons, reports 112.ua. “Now there is a fight, the Ukrainian military bravely hold their positions, give an adequate resistance to the enemy. In order to adequately rebuff we were forced to use against Russian fighters heavy artillery “- said Mazeppa, drawing attention to the fact that heavy weapons, including” Grad “, and the forces applied DNR.
Mazeppa also stated Marinka which is completely controlled by Ukrainian military. These data are confirmed by the anti-terrorist center in Ukraine. 112.ua citing anecdotal evidence says that the forces of the ATO retreated from positions in Marinka, but later quoted a press officer of the 28th Brigade, which claims that the attack was stopped by militiamen and soldiers remain in their positions.
A spokesman for ATO headquarters Yevgeny Silkin said that the clashes involved about a thousand militia. According to him, they are using “small arms, grenade launchers and tank weapons.” Silkin told that the forces of the DNI security forces shelled throughout the night with the demarcation line, using the system “Grad”. The press secretary also said that in the area of movement of Marinka recorded 20 tanks.
The speaker of the Administration of President of Ukraine on the ATO Andrei Lysenko confirmed that battles are using heavy weapons. However, he declined to name happens large-scale offensive. “What is happening today, especially at night in the direction of Donetsk – it really can be considered an attempt to advance, but the fact that this attack and this attack occur on the narrow sector of the front, so to speak about the beginning of a large-scale attack of the enemy, we can not” – he said (quoted by UNIAN).
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, during the shelling wounded three residents of Marinka. People’s Deputy Paul Kishkar, speaking in the Verkhovna Rada, said more than 30 wounded security forces. Medic volunteer Armen Nikoghosyan pointed out that during the clashes injured at least 25 Ukrainian soldiers.
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