Mariupil defenders prove their readiness to act as assigned - Міністерство оборони України
Friday, January 16. MARIUPIL – Ukrainian servicemen defending Mariupil enhance their professional skills during exercises.
Soldiers practiced shooting from Makarov pistol, Kalashnikov machine gun, RPG-26 Aglen grenade launcher and threw RGD-5 grenade.
Recon units practice for tasks accomplishment - Міністерство оборони України
Friday, January 16. DONBAS — Recon units’ servicemen of the South Operations Command undergo training in the ATO region. Servicemen complete shooting exercises.
“The training program is corrected depending on weather conditions and enemy units training. The terrorists have changed their tactics recently and prefer to act in small groups”, commanding officer of a recon unit informed.
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"In the past 24 hours three Ukrainian service personnel have been killed and 18 wounded. Yesterday evening we succeeded in evacuating the wounded from the airport," military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said."
Our forces are repelling the attacks of the terrorists. The fighting is heavy. Firing is going on all the time. The situation remains under control but the adversary is not letting up in its attacks to seize this strategic target," Lysenko said.
Three Ukrainian soldiers killed for past 24 hours| Ukrinform
KYIV, January 17 /Ukrinform/. Three Ukrainian soldiers were killed in the area of conduct of the anti-terrorist operation for the past 24 hours.
ATO spokesman Andriy Lysenko announced this during a briefing.
"Three Ukrainian soldiers were killed and 18 soldiers were injured for the past 24 hours," he said.
Lysenko added that the Ukrainian military continue repelling the attack of terrorists in the Donetsk airport.
Donetsk outskirts shelled with artillery at night| Ukrinform
KYIV, January 17 /Ukrinform/. Three outskirt areas of Donetsk came under fire past night. The data on the dead and the wounded is being specified, Donetsk city administration press office has reported.
"Night of January 16-17 in Donetsk was not calm. Petrovsky, Kyivsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk were shelled with artillery. Data on victims and damages is being specified," reads the statement.
As reported, the National Security and Defense Council states that Ukrainian military do not fire at civilians and residential areas in Donbas.
OSCE mission comes under fire again| Ukrinform
KYIV, January 17 /Ukrinform/. The representatives of the Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) of the OSCE, who arrived in village of Chermalyk, controlled by the Ukrainian forces, (72 km south of Donetsk) to oversee the renovations of rural pump, came under fire again
This is stated in the latest report of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission.
"After meeting repair workers, the SMM moved to a nearby hill, approximately 200 metres from the pump. After two hours on site, three shots were fired by unknown person(s); one hit the workers' truck; two others struck within five metres of SMM vehicles. The SMM assessed that the shots were fired from an easterly direction. No one was injured," reads the report.
It is also mentioned in the report that the village is located on the western side of the Kalmius river with the eastern side of the river controlled by "DPR" ("Donetsk People's Republic).
The mission assessed that the shots were fired from an easterly direction.
