Over the past day, the Ukrainian military violated the ceasefire 1,233 times, having launched on the territory of the Republic 125 82 and 120mm mortar shells and 1,010 shells from grenade launchers of different types. In addition, the enemy used in the shelling infantry fighting vehicles and small arms.
The Ukrainian terrorists, on the orders of the commanders of the 53rd, 72nd and 92nd separate mechanized brigades of the AFU, Gruzevich, Nikolyuk, Sokolov, and the commander of the 36th Marine brigade, Delyatitsky, shelled the following localities of the Republic: Zaytsevo, Gorlovka, Zheleznaya Balka, Yasinovataya, Krutaya Balka, Zhabichevo, Alexandrovka, Kominternovo, Sakhanka, Leninskoye and Trudovskiye in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk city.
Our intelligence continues to record the strengtheningg of the AFU positions near the contact line.
- In Novosyolovka Vtoraya (3 km away from the contact line), there were detected three 120mm mortars;
- In Granitnoye (0.5 km away from the contact line), there was detected the arrival of three tanks;
- In Vodyanoye (4 km away from the contact line), there were detected three 120mm mortars.
The data about the Minsk Agreements violations were passed to representatives of the JCCC and the OSCE mission.
We also found the fact of the arrival of two groups of a separate unit to combat underwater sabotage forces and means of the Ukrainian Navy in the territory of the Mariupol shipyard. The commander of the group «Mariupol», Colonel Moskalyov, set the task to the unit commander to carry out acts of sabotage on the southern borders of the Republic. The commander refused to carry out the task beyond his unit’s purposes and endanger the lives of civilians.
Thus, to carry out acts of sabotage and provocations along the contact line and due to the reluctance of the personnel of the units required to implement these tasks, the Ukrainian military command attracts the military personnel for whom such tasks are uncharacteristic.
In our turn, I would like to say that the DPR People's Militia complies with the peace agreements reached in Minsk, despite repeated provocation from the Ukrainian military.
Our units are continuously alert, carry out activities on combat training and are ready, if necessary, to repel any provocations and aggression on the part of the Ukrainian punishers.
Vice-Commander of the DPR Defense Ministry operative command Donetsk,Colonel Eduard Basurin