{"id":39028,"date":"2015-07-29T15:32:25","date_gmt":"2015-07-29T15:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uacrisis.org\/?p=30030"},"modified":"2015-07-31T00:43:58","modified_gmt":"2015-07-30T21:43:58","slug":"30030-oleksandr-motuzyanik-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/30030-oleksandr-motuzyanik-16","title":{"rendered":"Oleksandr Motuzyanyk: Ukrainian troops repel militant attack near Shchastya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sAXDcWzo_YM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WATCH IN ENGLISH<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kyiv, July 29, 2016.<\/strong> Shchastya became the epicenter of combat activities yesterday. Ukrainian troops repelled a militant attack at the blockpost in the area. \u201cFollowing a mortar fire attack in the morning, a group of pro-Russian militants supported by heavy artillery were attacking Ukrainian position for three hours. The assault was successfully repelled\u201d, said Colonel Oleksandr Motuzyanyk, spokesperson of the Administration of the President of Ukraine on ATO-related issues, at a press briefing at Ukraine Crisis Media Center.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/29-07_eng-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazyload alignnone wp-image-30070\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 850 707'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/29-07_eng-1.jpg\" alt=\"29-07_eng (1)\" width=\"850\" height=\"707\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Russia-backed militants used mortars and small arms at nighttime near Stanytsya Luhanska \u2013\u00a0gas supply to the city has been suspended as a result. Fighting continued along the Bakhmut road, as the Ukrainian positions were shelled from anti-aircraft guns. \u201cThe militants shot from the east from the occupied Donetskyi village. Besides, militants committed sporadic provocations north of Krymske and west of Troyitske,\u201d said Col. Motuzyanyk.<\/p>\n<p>In the Donetsk sector, the militants attacked Ukrainian positions east and west from Svitlodarsk as well as areas close to Donetsk and Maryinka. \u201cActive provocations and shelling near Luhanske village lasted about six hours, with active involvement of enemy\u2019s snipers. The situation is also complicated north from Horlivka: militants fired three times from 152mm cannons at Ukrainian positions,\u201d said Col. Motuzyanyk. Ceasefire was generally holding from Dzerzhynske to Verkhnyotoretske. \u201cOnly several days after the sunrise are relatively calm. Concentration of enemy\u2019s manpower and heavy armament on the frontline is high from Yasynuvata to Oleksandrivka,\u201d said the spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>One armed incident has occurred in the Mariupol sector between Lebedynske and Vodyane, five km north from Shyrokyne.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian Armed Forces incurred no casualties over the last 24 hours, and two servicemen were wounded in action in the vicinity of Maryinka.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s Security Service detained two men who were trying to cross a demarcation line at the checkpoint near Volnovakha. \u201cThese individuals were planning to join the militants. The men were invited by a relative of one of the detained, who is already fighting in the ranks of the militants,\u201d said Motuzyanyk.<\/p>\n<p>The law enforcers also blocked activities of one more company that funded Russia-backed militants. A private pharmaceutical company in Kyiv, which used to be registered in Makieevka, Donetsk region, until recently, delivered cash from drugs and sent it to the militants. \u201cInvestigators seized around 20 million hryvnia and documents that confirm the illegal activities,\u201d said Col. Motuzyanyk.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian road police stopped a vehicle near Manhush village not far from Mariupol. \u201cThey found a \u201cFort-202\u201d rifle without registration, six boxes of cartridges and three magazines.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s law enforcement seized an RGD-26 grenade launcher and two hand-grenades in Vuhledar, Donetsk region.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"mace-gallery-teaser\"\n\tid=\"mace-gallery-39028-1\"\n\tdata-g1-gallery-title=\"\"\n\tdata-g1-gallery=\"[{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:39030,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;29-07_eng (1)&quot;,&quot;thumbnail&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/uacrisis.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/07\\\/29-07_eng-1-150x150.jpg&quot;,&quot;3-2-thumbnail&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/uacrisis.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/07\\\/29-07_eng-1.jpg&quot;,&quot;full&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/uacrisis.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/07\\\/29-07_eng-1.jpg&quot;}]\"\n\tdata-g1-share-shortlink=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/30030-oleksandr-motuzyanik-16#mace-gallery-39028-1\"\n\t>\n\t<a class=\"mace-gallery-teaser-poster\">\n\t\t<img width=\"492\" height=\"409\" src=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/29-07_eng-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-bimber-grid-standard-2x size-bimber-grid-standard-2x\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/29-07_eng-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/29-07_eng-1-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/29-07_eng-1-768x638.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/>\t\t<span class=\"mace-gallery-teaser-button\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"g1-epsilon g1-epsilon-1st mace-gallery-teaser-button-text\">View Gallery<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"g1-meta mace-gallery-teaser-button-counter\">\n\t\t\t\t1 image\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/figure>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WATCH IN ENGLISH Kyiv, July 29, 2016. 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