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Kyiv, 13 March 2015<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u00a0Russian regular army officers who have served in the Russian Federation Armed Forces and participated in combat actions, continue to train militants in the East of Ukraine, stated Colonel Andriy Lysenko, ATO spokesperson, at a press-briefing at Ukraine Crisis Media Center. \u201cAccording to intelligence data only 15-20% in Russian-backed illegal criminal groups are Ukrainian citizens, the rest are Russian mercenaries,\u201d noted Colonel Lysenko.<\/p>\n

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According to the ATO spokesman separatists keeps building up its forces at all main directions. In the last day the enemy fired at Ukrainian positions in the ATO zone 58 times, twice they have fired at the populated areas.\u00a0\u00a0The village of Shyrokyne outside Mariupol and Pisky near Donetsk remain the hottest spots. Ukrainian servicemen repelled the militants\u2019 assault attempt in Starohnativka area of Volnovakha district in Donetsk region. After midnight Ukrainian positions near Pisky town were fired upon twice.<\/p>\n

According to the ATO spokesman, illegal armed groups imitate withdrawal of heavy weaponry from the delimitation line: militants\u2019 equipment is moving in circles or hiding in the premises of industrial sites and at remote rural areas. \u201cHeavy weaponry withdrawal under OSCE observation is a requirement of the Minsk agreements, which Ukraine is strictly complying with,\u201d emphasized Andriy Lysenko.<\/p>\n

No Ukrainian servicemen were killed in action within the last day, while 2 soldiers got wounded.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile the ATO Staff is reviewing the documents submitted for the reward payments for destroyed 210 units of the enemy\u2019s military equipment including 29 destroyed and 1 captured tank. \u201cServicemen of the 128th\u00a0mountain-infantry brigade received UAH 85 200 for having successfully completed a combat task and destroying 2 combat armored vehicles of the enemy,\u201d said Colonel Lysenko.<\/p>\n

Over the last day Ukrainian servicemen spotted flights of 4 UAVs near Shyrokyne and Stanytsia Luhanska.<\/p>\n

Colonel Lysenko also said that discontent of the local civilians is growing at the territories temporary out of governmental control as people our outraged by activities of Russian-backed illegal criminal groups, including looting, robberies, seizure of businesses and organizations. At the same time militants are compiling lists of workers from plants and mines for further forced military recruitment into the illegal criminal groups.<\/p>\n

Ukrainian border guards seized explosives, an F-1 grenade and Russian Federation insignia from a detained member of the so-called \u201cDPR\u201d illegal criminal group near Horlivka. On 12 March an operations group of Ukraine\u2019s Security Service together with the police detected a self-made explosive at the Lysychansk-Artemivsk highway. Colonel Lysenko added that in Artemivsk and Kostyantynivka Ukrainian law enforcement agencies have neutralized arsenals of weapons that included grenades, components for explosives and ammunition.<\/p>\n

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