Voice of Donbass

Voice of Donbass, June 10: Donetsk Under Heavy Fire - 3-year-old Shrapnel Wounded - Childbirth In Basement

Voice of Donbass, May 27: Battles along Entire Front - Demilitarised Zone Seized - Kiev’s Attempt of Breakthrough

Over the past three days, the situation on the frontline deteriorated. Kiev significantly increased the intensity of the attacks, the number of which, according to the DPR Defence Ministry, exceeded 500 on some days. Along the entire frontline, there is infantry fighting, particularly in the strategic sectors, such as suburbs of Donetsk, the Yasinovatstky checkpoint, near Gorlovka in the north and in the areas of Kominternovo and Dokuchaevsk in the south. The intensification of the hostilities primarily affects civilians. In addition to small fights, the Ukrainian side daily shells the northern outskirts of Gorlovka with mortars, grenade launchers, armoured vehicles and anti-aircraft systems. Two days ago, the local authorities reported that a private house had burned down there, as a result of a direct hit. On the same day, Kiev severely shelled Dokuchaevsk. According to the DPR soldiers on positions, for 30 minutes the Ukrainian side launched at the town 42 120mm mortar shells....

Voice of Donbass 01.06.16 23:07

Voice of Donbass, May 23: 16 Destroyed Homes - Snipers’ Duel - AFU Soldiers as Bait

Over the past three days, the most intense fighting took place around Donetsk, near the Yasinovatskiy checkpoint, to the north of the DPR capital, and in the area of Dokuchaevsk, in the southern, Mariupol direction. According to the DPR Defense Ministry, the number of attacks is daily calculated by hundreds. Over the past week, the total of bombardments of the DPR territory by the Ukrainian side reached more than two thousands, including over a thousand carried out with heavy weapons. During the attacks Kiev used heavy mortars, tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, armoured personnel carriers, anti-tank guided missiles and artillery. The artillery fire in the north of Donetsk was clearly audible even in the city centre, while in Yasinovataya, according to local residents, shock waves made windows swing open. Residents of one of the shelled outskirts of Donetsk say that the bombardment was totally unexpected. In this area, there are no positions of the DPR army, and recently it had...

Voice of Donbass 31.05.16 03:05

Voice of Donbass, June 6: Kiev Provokes Man-made Disaster - Civilian Bus under Ukrainian Fire - OSCE Visits Occupied "Gray" Zone

By the end of the week, the intensity of the shelling of the DPR territory by the Ukrainian side again increased significantly, reaching, according to the DPR Defense Ministry, about five hundred attacks per day at the weekend. Kiev used mostly mortars, including heavy ones, and in some places mortar attacks were accompanied by rounds from infantry fighting vehicles and grenade launchers. At the weekend, heavy explosions were heard at night in all districts of Donetsk. Residents of the DPR capital wrote in social networks about windows shaking and incoming projectiles howling. They also noted the high frequency of the bombardments, with 2 or 3 landings every five minutes, and the short...

Voice of Donbass 09.06.16 04:35

Voice of Donbass, May 30: Heavy Artillery along Entire Front - Volunteers Report Ukrainian Offensive - OSCE under Ukrainian Sniper Fire

By the end of the week, the situation on the frontline sharply deteriorated. On the night from 27 to 28 May, Kiev shelled the western and northern outskirts of Donetsk, as well as Dokuchaevsk in the southern direction, with the heavy artillery. According to the DPR Defense Ministry, the Ukrainian side launched at least 10 152mm projectiles at the western outskirts of the DPR capital, and over a dozen explosions were reported on the northern outskirts. Residents of Donetsk wrote that night in the social networks of fire engines rushing towards the shelled districts. On Saturday morning, the local authorities confirmed the fact of fires in residential areas. According to their data, during...

Voice of Donbass 09.06.16 04:28

Voice of Donbass, June 3: Ukrainian Army Repelled in West - DPR Town Surrounded in South - Donbass Appeals to World Community

Over the past three days fierce clashes were taking place along the entire contact line. According to the DPR Defense Ministry, in some sectors of the front the Ukrainian army attacked almost on a regular basis, trying to break the defense of the DPR army. In bombardments Kiev applied mainly mortars, which were joined at night by infantry fighting vehicles, tanks and anti-aircraft systems. The most intense fightings happened, as before, in the northern outskirts of Gorlovka, the largest city in the north of the DPR, in the area of the Yasinovatsky checkpoint, located between Gorlovka and Donetsk, in the northern and western outskirts of Donetsk, and in Dokuchaevsk, in the south of the...

Voice of Donbass 09.06.16 04:31

Voice of Donbass, May 20: Ukrainian Base Destroyed - DPR Army Command Changed - Victory Parade

Over the past three weeks the DPR experienced another "quiet mode" that was daily violated, a change in the command of the army units and a parade and the Immortal Regiment rally on the Victory Day of 9 May. On the eve of May 1, on the occasion of Orthodox Easter, another ceasefire was declared in Donbass, the only result of which was a temporary reduction in the number of bombardments with heavy artillery on the part of the Ukrainian army. As for the mortars, grenades launchers and small arms, according to the DPR Defense Ministry, Kiev did not stop using them along the entire front line for a single day, thereby causing return fire from the DPR. During one of such clashes, the DPR army...

Voice of Donbass 31.05.16 00:45