Over the past day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine violated the ceasefire 35 times. 27 of them were recorded in the Donetsk direction, including on the area of the localities Yasinovataya, Yakovlevka, Mineralnoye, Signalnoye, Krutaya Balka, the airport, the Petrovsky and Kirovsky districts of Donetsk city, In this direction, the artillery and mortar crews of the 46th separate airborne assault brigade, the 72nd and the 92nd separate mechanized brigades launched on the territory of the Republic 9 122mm artillery shells and 212 82 and 120mm mortar shells.
As a result of the shelling of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk city, there was wounded one civilian, Oleg Korolchuk born in 1977, and damaged four residential houses.
In the Gorlovka direction, the enemy conducted fire in the direction of the localities Zaytsevo and Krasny Partisan. As a result of the direct hit of a shell launched from an automatic grenade launcher from the positions of the 53rd separate mechanized brigade, one residential houses burned down.
We continue to record the use by the enemy of tanks in the Mariupol direction. Over the past day, from the positions of the 36th separate Marine brigade, the enemy launched 10 tank shells and 5 anti-tank missiles on the locality of Sakhanka. In addition, on the area of the localities Kominternovo and Leninskoye, the fire was conducted from grenade launchers and small arms.
As a result of the shelling by the AFU, one soldier of the DPR Armed Forces was wounded.
The enemy continues to deliver the pro-Nazi units of the National Guard to the front line. In particular, according to our intelligence, today units of the regiment «Azov» arrived in the localities Krasnogorovka and Maryinka. We associate their arrival with the implementation of the activities planned by the military and political authorities of Ukraine, for maintaining discipline in the ranks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, where the discontent with the provision and policy of the Ukrainian authorities is brewing.
In addition, the «Azov» radicals were also exposed in the south of the conflict. In particular, according to our data, near the locality of Talakovka, there was a clash between the military of the regiment «Azov» and mercenaries from the Dzhokhar Dudayev battalion.
The conflict, which began in 2014 on a national basis, has now grown into an open confrontation in the area of redistribution of spheres of influence over the smuggling and «roaming» of local businessmen. The conflict was initiated by the «Azov». While earlier conflicts ended in verbal skirmishes, the recent skirmish took place according to all the rules of the so-called gangster «shooters». It ended with a classic shootout, as a result of which two of the «Azov» military were killed and six wounded, while on the part of the Dudaevites three mercenaries were killed and seven wounded.
Such an open confrontation is a clear indicator that, having lost funding from Western countries, the «Azov» is trying to stay afloat through racketeering.
Now, with the arrival of the «Azov» units in the localities Krasnogorovka and Maryinka, we should expect the same conflicts over the redistribution of spheres of influence between the AFU and the National Guard.
Vice-Commander of the DPR Defense Ministry operative command Donetsk,Colonel Eduard Basurin