ATO NEWS: Militants still complete attacks - Міністерство оборони України
Wednesday, December 31. DONBAS — According to the ATO press center, in the past night the situation has not been considerably changed. Militants have completed single armed provocations. Bandits have opened fire against Ukrainian positions for 11 times.
The tensest situation is near Donetsk airport. This night the illegal armed formations have completed two small arms attacks near Mariynka. They attacked Pisky and Granitne, too.
On December 30 evening, the enemy’s UAV was seen near Vynogradne.
All the block posts near Mariupil except for Gnutovo are closed. It is a temporary measure to avoid penetration of terrorist groups and keep civil population safe.
ATO NEWS: ATO forces destroyed sabotage group of illegal armed formations - Міністерство оборони України
Wednesday, December 31, DONBAS — According to the ATO press center, near Pisky village (Donetskairport), there was a fight between Ukrainian soldiers and enemy’s sabotage group. According to fight witnesses and participants, this sabotage group was destroyed. One terrorist was captured; he was a professional specialist and had previously been trained in Russian Federation.
Russians move artillery and armored vehicles to buffer zone| Ukrinform
KYIV, December 31 /Ukrinform/. The command of the Russian-terrorist forces continues to deploy artillery and armored vehicles in the Pervomaisk-Artemivsk direction near the buffer zone, Information Resistance group leader Dmytro Tymchuk has reported on his Facebook page.
"The arrival of another artillery battalion (two batteries of cannon artillery (14 units) and one MLRS battery (six units), as well as a fortified armored group (six tanks and up to 20 armored combat vehicles), has been recorded," he wrote.
According to Tymchuk, the accumulation of ammunition and fuel is continuing.
Ukraine mines part of Azov Sea coast| Ukrinform
KYIV, December 31 /Ukrinform/. Combat engineers in southern Donetsk region have worked out the task of countering enemy landing from the sea and protecting the coastline near an important facility, anti-terrorist operation (ATO) spokesman Leonid Matiukhin has said.
"Combat engineers, in the composition of two mobile obstacle detachments, have laid dozens of anti-landing troop mines along a section of the coast," he said.
According to Matiukhin, Ukrainian soldiers put out to sea on floating transporters under difficult weather conditions, with strong winds and a storm of 2-4 points.
Ukrainian soldiers patrol checkpoints in Donetsk as Kremlin militants launch new offensives - watch on - uatoday.tv
Dec. 31, 2014
Fears of terror attacks in Ukrainian-controlled areas has led to a tougher inspections at checkpoint
Russia officially denies sending troops to fight in east Ukraine. The Kremlin issued similar denials regarding the role of Russian army troops during the seizure of Crimea, before later admitting that the Russian army had in fact been deployed.
The presence of Russian army troops in Ukraine has been independently confirmed by the Ukrainian government, NATO, US and EU leaders, Amnesty International, Russian human rights groups and a series of international correspondents covering the conflict in east Ukraine.
priests are also warriors, especially in ancient times
Some guy in the Azov battalion got killed today. Bad New Year for his family.
Террористы обстреляли блок-пост "Азова", погиб боец : Новости УНИАН
House of priest burned in Ukrainian city of Chernihiv - watch on - uatoday.tv
Dec. 31, 2014
The house of a priest has been burnt in Ukraine's
northern city of Chernihiv. The Priest, named Nestor, said he had lived in the house for 12 years and had no problems with the neighbours.
Nestor, priest of Ukrainian Orthodox Church: "I woke up, don't remember when. I heard something striking the iron. I saw a fire on the roof. Then I realized – it's over."
Locals say priest Nestor was planning to build a new church in an abandoned building that needs repairing. Nestor said he switched allegiences from the Russian Orthodox Church to the Ukrainian Orthodox church last year. Russian Orthodox priests said it is unlikely that members of their church branch were involved in the arson.
Varfolomey, priest of Russian Orthodox Church: "For God sake, I wouldn't start such a conflict ever. I'm an Orthodox man, would I burn his house? Tomorrow he would come to do the same then. I wouldn't do that ever."
Leaders of the Ukrainian and Russian Orthodox churches are considered rivals.