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Tuesday, April 14. DONBAS — According to the press center of the ‘anti-terror’ operation (ATO) HQ, on April 13, from 06:00 p.m. to 00:00 the Russian-backed terrorists of so-called ‘DPR’ and ‘LPR’ continued armed provocations, attacked the Ukrainian troops’ positions. At the demarcation line, the bandits violated the ceasefire 26 times primarily using mortars, including 120 mm mortars.
The flash point was still in Donetsk oblast where the enemy used mortars, tanks, anti-aircraft mount, automatic grenade launchers and small arms near Pisky, Avdiyvka, Opytne and Dutovka mine.
From 07:20 p.m. to 09:10 p.m. the enemy shelled Avdiyvka and Pisky by 122 mm artillery. Moreover, the militants used incendiary munitions from 10:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. near Avdiyvka.
There were no attacks on outskirts of Mariupol.
Lugansk oblast: the enemy used small arms near Staryi Aidar, 120 mm mortars near Sukhodol.
The enemy carried out an active aerial reconnaissance.
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The map reflecting the situation in Donbas as of 12.00 on April 14 has been released by the information and analytical center of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council.
An Ukrainian serviceman shaves in a resting place on Ukrainian position on April 14, 2015 in Berdyanske village, some 4 kms west from Shirokine village where the use of heavy weapons has been reported, on the outskirts of the strategic port city of Mariupol. The French, German, Russian and Ukranian foreign ministers expressed "grave concern" Tuesday about violations of a shaky ceasefire in separatist-held east Ukraine but pledged to continue dialogue. AFP PHOTO/GENYA SAVILOV
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An Ukrainian serviceman stands in an armoured personnel carrier on April 14, 2015 in Berdyanske village, some 4 kms west from Shirokine village where the use of heavy weapons has been reported, on the outskirts of the strategic port city of Mariupol.
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An armed pro-Russian rebel hides his face in the village of Spartak near the airport of Donetsk on April 10.
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Ukraine's secret service foils terror attack in Kharkiv region - watch on - uatoday.tv
Militants arrested were found with huge weapons cache
Ukraine's secret service the SBU has detained several militants along with a massive arsenal of weapons in the restive Kharkiv region who they claim were planning to carry out major terror attacks in Kharkiv and Odesa.
Security officials said the arms cache included rocket launchers RPG-7 rocket flamethrowers, Kalashnikovs and grenade launchers. In February a
terror attack against a peaceful Ukrainian national unity rally killed four people.
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Militants planning to redeploy withdrawn Grad systems to Horlivka - read on - uatoday.tv
Ukrainian military spokesman says Russian-backed militants continue to snub Minsk peace agreements
UNIAN: Fighters of the Donetsk People's Republic militant organization are planning to redeploy earlier withdrawn Grad multiple rocket launchers to Horlivka, National Security and Defense Council spokesman Andriy Lysenko said at a briefing in Kyiv on Tuesday.
"According to intelligence reports, despite the Minsk agreements, the management of the DPR terrorist organization is going to redeploy the Grad multiple rocket launchers from Torez to Horlivka," Lysenko said.
Despite the fact that a ceasefire was supposed to come into force, the militants have
continued to attack the positions of the Ukrainian armed forces throughout the territory of the Donbas, Ukraine's military says.
On March 18, Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak said that Ukraine had fulfilled all its obligations under the Minsk agreements with regard to the withdrawal of heavy weapons.
The militants previously said that they had completed the withdrawal of heavy weapons from the demarcation line.
However, photo and video evidence regularly appears on the Internet showing heavy weapons in militant-occupied areas close to the front, and the Ukrainian authorities regularly report the use of heavy weapons by the militant side against Ukrainian positions.
