Terrorists still violate Minsk agreements | Міністерство оборони України
According to the press centre of the ‘anti-terror’ operation (ATO) HQ, over the past 24 hours, there have been 75 attacks against the Ukrainian army positions.
Militants shelled the Ukrainian army positions near Krasnohorivka and Nyjnye with 120 mm mortars; Pisky, Mayorsk, Pershe Travnya, Mykolayvka; Kurdyumivka with 152 mm artillery; Berezove with tanks.
The illegal armed formations attacked the Ukrainian govt positions near Avdiyvka, Nelipivka, Zhovte, Luhanske, Chermalyk, Opytne, Triokhizbenka, Pisky, and Mayorsk with small arms and mortars.
Today, the bandits have shelled the army positions near Berezove and Krasnohorivka.
The enemy opened the harassing fire against Ukrainian troops near Mariynka, Opytne, Krasnohorivka, and Verkhniotoretske.
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Militants attack using tanks and 122mm howitzers today : UNIAN news
In the past 24 hours, on July 25, Russian-backed illegal armed groups shelled Ukrainian troops in the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) area 75 times, with 39 attacks launched from 18.00 Kyiv time till midnight, the ATO press center wrote on Facebook.
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Starting from 20:00 Kyiv time, militants shelled almost simultaneously Ukrainian troops near the settlements of Krasnogorivka and Nyzhnie, using 120mm mortar. Later, militants launched shelling near the villages of Pisky, Mayorske, Pershe Travnia, and Mykolaivka. Ukrainian troops near the village of Kurdiumivka were also under enemy 152mm artillery fire, while the village of Berezove was attacked by a tank two times.
Militants were firing from mortars and small arms on the ATO troops near the villages of Avdiyivka, Nelypivka, Zhovte, Luganske, Chermalyk, Opytne, Triokhizbenka, repeatedly Pisky and Mayorske.
Today, on July 26, militants opened fire on the positions of Ukrainian troops near Berezove using tanks. Later, militants continued shelling Krasnogorivka. Also, at 04:50 the positions of the ATO forces near this village were shelled with 122mm howitzers for half an hour.
In addition, the ATO press center reports on militant tactics of “disturbing fire” on the positions of Ukrainian forces near the settlements of Maryinka, Opytne, Krasnogorivka, Verkhniotoretske.
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ATO Headquarters denies withdrawal of Azov and Aidar battalions : UNIAN news
The Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters denies reports about withdrawal of units of the Azov battalion from positions near the village of Shyrokyne and withdrawal of the Aidar battalion in Luhansk direction, the ATO press center wrote on Facebook.
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Unreliable reports have been spread by some media and controversial experts in order to discredit the ATO forces and stir up panic in society, according to the statement.
A scheduled rotation of these battalions is under way, according to the ATO Headquarters. One of the most combat-ready units of the marine corps is to replace the Azov battalion as part of a troop rotation.
Mechanized brigade of Ukrainian Ground Forces will replace the Aidar battalion on its frontline positions.
None of the units of the
ATO forces have left their positions and no settlements have been surrendered, the report noted.
The scheduled rotation of the Azov and Aidar battalions is carried out for enhancing combat capabilities of these units. Rearmament, resupply and combat coordination will be carried out on certain positions of the Azov and Aidar battalions.
The Ukrainian armed forces are firmly holding their defensive positions and are ready to fulfill the tasks, as noted in the report.
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Militants attack Ukrainian positions using tanks and 122mm howitzers - read on - uatoday.tv
Ukrainian army says militants use heavy weapons banned under the terms of Minsk peace deal
In the past 24 hours Russian-backed illegal armed groups shelled Ukrainian troops in the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) area 75 times, with 39 attacks launched from 18.00 Kyiv time till midnight, the ATO press center
wrote on Facebook.
Starting from 20:00 Kyiv time,
militants shelled almost simultaneously Ukrainian troops near the settlements of Krasnogorivka and Nyzhnie, using 120mm mortar. Later, militants launched shelling near the villages of Pisky, Mayorske, Pershe Travnia, and Mykolaivka. Ukrainian troops near the village of Kurdiumivka were also under enemy 152mm artillery fire, while the village of Berezove was attacked by a tank two times.
Militants were firing from mortars and small arms on the ATO troops near the villages of Avdiyivka, Nelypivka, Zhovte, Luganske, Chermalyk, Opytne, Triokhizbenka, repeatedly Pisky and Mayorske.
Today, on July 26, militants opened fire on the positions of Ukrainian troops near Berezove
using tanks. Later, militants continued shelling Krasnogorivka. Also, at 04:50 the positions of the ATO forces near this village were shelled with 122mm howitzers for half an hour.
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VOA: Ex-Ukrainian spy chief: Russian camps spreading chaos - read on - uatoday.tv
Nalyvaichenko says danger of Ukraine's disintegration much reduced from a year ago
Ukraine's former intelligence chief says Russia is financing and organizing training camps from within Ukraine's rebel-controlled eastern provinces in order to destabilize the country.
"Up to 30 camps in Donetsk, Luhansk and Crimea are training subversive groups, providing them with weapons and sending them on missions throughout Ukraine," said
Valentyn Nalyvaichenko, who ran the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU), the country's successor to the Soviet-era KGB, until his forced resignation last month.
"Local criminal gangs and separatists, together with Russian active duty troops, are all committing war crimes and violating international law inside Ukraine," Nalyvaichenko said.
"That's what we mean by Russian aggression."
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Ukraine detains another suspected Russian soldier in east| Reuters
Sun Jul 26, 2015 10:06am EDT
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Ukraine detains another suspected Russian soldier in east
KIEV | By Natalia Zinets
Ukrainian state security agents on Sunday questioned
a soldier suspected of being a Russian army officer who was picked up while riding in a military truck packed with ammunition in the country's east.
If he is confirmed as a Russian soldier, Ukraine is likely to use the case to bolster its charges that Russia is continuing direct involvement in the 15-month-long conflict and failing to honor a peace agreement worked out in Minsk, Belarus, in February.
The Ukrainian military and border guard service said the
soldier had identified himself as a Russian officer with the rank of major in a rocket-artillery unit when he was detained. Another man who was detained identified himself as a pro-Russian separatist fighter.
A spokesman said the two men may have taken a wrong direction and driven toward Ukrainian forces manning a checkpoint southwest of the rebel-controlled city of Donetsk by mistake.
The truck stopped only after Ukrainian border guards fired warning shots.
"We can assume that they took a wrong direction while driving, got lost and came on our checkpoint," military spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanuk told a briefing.
The two men wore military uniforms, without insignia, and carried no identity documents, he said.
In the face of what Kiev and Western governments say is undeniable proof, Moscow denies its regular forces are engaged actively in the conflict on behalf of the separatists.
Though a fragile ceasefire seems to be holding, more than 6,500 people have been killed in the conflict in Ukraine's industrialized Russian-speaking east.
Ukraine is still holding two Russian soldiers who were captured in May and have been charged with terrorism. Russia says the two men had quit their special forces unit to go to Ukraine on their own.
Ukraine's border guards said in a statement they found nearly 200 cases containing grenades and ammunition including rocket-propelled shells when they stopped the truck at the Berezove checkpoint about 45 km (28 miles) southwest of Donetsk.
They were driving from the direction of Olenivka, which is under separatist control.
"He (the Russian officer) had no documents. But he admitted that he was a chief of an RAO (rocket-artillery weapons unit). He is responsible for ammunition supply. He said that while delivering the ammunition they had got lost", Oleksandr Tomchyshyn, a border guards spokesman said.
(Writing by
Richard Balmforth; Editing by
Angus MacSwan)
