First of all, we want to express our sincere condolences to the relatives of the victims of the tragedy in the city of Kerch of the Republic of Crimea. We understand and share your grief.
In spite of any events of either political or military nature, the civilian population should not suffer, and especially children.
For the past day, there have been recorded TWENTY-FIVE violations of the cease-fire regime by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, with the areas of ELEVEN settlements shelled.
In the Gorlovka direction, the war criminals of the 72nd motorized and 58th motorized infantry brigades, under the command of TATUS and DRAPATOV respectively, shelled the areas of the settlements of ZAYTSEVO, SHIROKAYA BALKA, and the Gagarin mine in the city of GORLOVKA with weapons of infantry fighting vehicles, grenade launchers, large-caliber machine guns and small arms.
In the Donetsk direction, from the positions of the 92nd and 28th motorized brigades, under the command of the punishers KOKOREV and MARCHENKO respectively, as well as the 56th motorized infantry brigade, under the command of IVANOV, the enemy shelled the areas of the settlements of ALEXANDROVKA, SPARTAK, YASINOVATAYA, STAROMIKHAYLOVKA and the DONETSK airport with 82 mm mortars, IFV weapons, grenade launchers, heavy machine guns and small arms.
In the Mariupol direction, the military of the 79th airborne brigade that had replaced the units of the 36th Marine brigade, on the orders of another punisher KURACH, launched over FORTY 82 and 120 mm mortar shells on the areas of the settlements of KOMINTERNOVO, LENINSKOYE and SAKHANKA, and also used large-caliber machine guns and small arms on them.
Despite the measures taken by the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the level of discipline among the Ukrainian militants remains low.
In particular, according to the report of the head of the main department of moral and psychological support of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Gruntkovsky, from 11 to 18 October 2018, over a HUNDRED offenses were recorded in the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the UFO zone, of which FIFTY-NINE are cases of AWOL, property and weapons theft, FIFTEEN cases of drug smuggling, THREE deaths from drug and alcohol poisoning, TWO murders and over TWENTY-FIVE cases of hazing and other rights violations.
According to statistics of the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the 128th mountain assault and the 92nd motorized brigade are the leaders in this list. The military of the 36th and 56th brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine do not lag behind either, from whose headquarters we have learned the details of some materials of the proceedings.
In particular, being under the influence of narcotic substances at a combat post in the area of the settlement of LEBEDINSKOYE, junior sergeant CHRISTYUK came into conflict with his platoon commander. According to the sergeant, the commander had too openly expressed dissatisfaction with the leadership of the country, due to which a verbal skirmish ensued, then turning into a fight. The conflict was resolved by an explosion of a hand grenade, knocked out of CHRISTYUK's hands by his commander. As a result of the explosion, both servicemen received fragmental wounds.
In the 56th brigade, the serviceman Lyakhovsky, having gone AWOL in the vicinity of the settlement of PESKI, abused alcoholic beverages and came to the positions of the 28th brigade. Lyakhovsky did not react to the demand to stop and, after the first warning shots, opened returned fire. As a result of the shootout, Lyakhovsky and two occupants from the 28th brigade received injuries of varying severity.
The commanders of the above brigades, according to the already established tradition, presented these losses as combat ones, allegedly received as a result of shelling by the DPR People's Militia units.
Head of the DPR Armed Forces' Press Service,captain Daniil Bezsonov