Army 1st Sgt. Leonard Porter carries a notionally wounded Marine to a casualty collection point Thursday during Rapid Trident training in Yavoriv, Ukraine. Sgt. Alex Skripnichuk/Army
This assured them soldiers of the State Special Transport Service of Ukraine, who perform tasks in the area of ATO on protection and defense of the bridges leading to the settlement.In particular, soldiers and railroad workers from Chernigov Novomoskovsk guard rail and floating bridges across the river Kazennyi Torez.When in the spring of 2014 militants destroyed road bridge at the entrance to the Slavic from Kharkov (Kharkiv-automobile communication Rostov-on-Don), the soldiers of the State Special Transport Service as soon as possible reduced floating near the crossing length of 65 meters, which was vital necessary for the population.
At the initiative of the Youth NGO "Patriotic Movement of Donbas" command and separate Airborne Brigade Airborne Forces of Ukraine jointly with Dymytrivskoyu City Council organized a tour for local journalists and patriotic youth Krasnoarmeyskiy district, Donetsk region to the location Airborne Brigade.Participants of the tour were able to watch the exemplary deployment of anti-aircraft installation ZU-23-2 and found her martial characteristics. Also note sightseers were presented anti-tank missile complexes "Fagot". Those interested could try themselves bring their own sight antitank complex on an imaginary target.
Two Ukrainian soldiers killed in ATO area in past 24 hours| Ukrinform
KYIV, July 31 /Ukrinform/. Two Ukrainian servicemen were killed; seven soldiers were wounded 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.
"Two Ukrainian servicemen were killed, seven soldiers were injured over the past day," Lysenko said.
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Militants made more than one hundred attacks overnight| Ukrinform
KYIV, July 31 /Ukrinform/. The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 105 times over past 24 hours.
This is reported by the ATO press center.
"From 18:00 on July 30 to midnight on July 31, the militants violated the ceasefire 46 times. At 18:00 Kyiv time, they fired infantry fighting vehicles, and at 19:15 Kyiv time they fired 120mm mortars on our positions near the village of Opytne in Donetsk region. In the same sector, the criminals had been firing 122mm artillery on ATO forces near the village of Vodiane from the city of Donetsk for about 20 hours. They also fired 152mm artillery on the village of Yasnobrodivka. From 22:00 on July 30 to midnight on July 31, the illegal armed groups fired tank shells on our fortified position in the town of Maryinka," the report says.
The militants were also active in the direction of Artemivsk. The enemy fired 122mm artillery, infantry fighting vehicles, 120mm mortars on ATO forces in the village of Luhanske. At about 22:00 Kyiv time, the militants also fired 120mm mortars on the village of Stanytsia Luhanska.
"Another confirmation of the militants' lack of principles was the shelling of the village of Hostre on July 30. At 20:25 Kyiv time, from the mine of Abakumova (the district in the city of Donetsk), the Russian invaders fired 152mm artillery on Hostre, endangering the civilian population of Donbas," the press center said.
After midnight, on July 31, the militants continued their armed provocations, using mainly small arms.
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OSCE cannot get close to border - Deputy Chief Monitor| Ukrinform
KYIV, July 30 /Ukrinform/. The OSCE SMM monitors in the ATO area continue facing movement restrictions, and still do not have access to a significant part of the Ukrainian-Russian border.
Deputy Chief Monitor of the OSCE SMM to Ukraine Alexander Hug said this at a briefing in Kyiv on Thursday, an Ukrinform correspondent reported.
"At a time when all the parties say that the SMM enjoys freedom of movement, monitoring and preparation of reports, according to the mandate, the reality tells a different story. We still face the daily problems while passing through checkpoints on both sides, resulting in regular delays or even a denial of access," Hug said.
As an example, he cited a case where the militants had not allowed observers to get to Debaltseve on Monday and banned the access to the storage of heavy weapons.
"We still do not have access to a large area of the Ukraine-Russia international border, in particular, in Luhansk region," Hug said.