{"id":51168,"date":"2016-03-24T15:51:20","date_gmt":"2016-03-24T15:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uacrisis.org\/?p=41453"},"modified":"2016-03-24T18:27:08","modified_gmt":"2016-03-24T15:27:08","slug":"41453-oleksandr-motuzyanik-79","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/41453-oleksandr-motuzyanik-79","title":{"rendered":"Colonel Oleksandr Motuzyanyk: Militants unsuccessfully attack ATO troops\u2019 position in the Mariupol sector"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kyiv<\/strong>, <\/strong>March<\/strong> 24, 2016<\/strong>. A firefight between Ukrainian troops and Russia-backed militants took place yesterday in the ATO zone near Novotroitske and Dokuchaevsk in the Mariupol sector. \u201cMilitants arrived in a KAMAZ truck and attacked our stronghold, but incurred losses and were flung back eastwards,\u201d informed Colonel Oleksandr Motuzyanyk, Presidential Administration spokesperson on ATO related issues during a press briefing at Ukraine Crisis Media Center. \u201cMoreover, two other attacks delivered by Russia-backed militant groups took place in the same area. ATO troops responded with fire in both cases,\u201d he added. Militants also violated the ceasefire in Hnutove and Shyrokyne. In total, militants attacked four times in the Mariupol sector yesterday.<\/p>\n

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The situation was restless in the Donetsk sector along the entire frontline yesterday. Luhanske, Zaitseve, Avdiivka, Pisky, Opytne and Krasnohorivka were the main flashpoints. Col. Motuzyanyk said that militants were shooting from mortar launchers and armored vehicles. Snipers were extremely active, and combat activity drastically escalated in the afternoon, reaching a climax at nighttime. \u201cThe adversary launched over 100 mortar shells of various calibers at ATO troops\u2019 positions. In total, 48 attacks by Russia-backed militant groups took place in the Donetsk sector yesterday. The armistice held in the Luhansk sector.<\/p>\n

Ukrainian Armed Forces incurred no losses in combat in the last 24 hours, but four troops were wounded in Avdiivka. \u201cMoreover, two Ukrainian servicemen tripped a mine in Stanytsia Luhanska and were injured,\u201d informed the spokesman.<\/p>\n

Col. Motuzyanyk informed that a Russian Mi-8 helicopter based in the occupied Crimea entered Ukrainian airspace above Kherson region during an observation flight yesterday. \u201cThe incident took at Arabatska sandspit near a gas-distribution point in Strilkove village,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

According to the Chief Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, a militants\u2019 tank squadron, 12 trucks with ammunition and a signals intelligence system \u2018Zoopark-1\u2019 came to Yasynuvata recently. Moreover, due to considerable losses incurred by the so-called \u20181st<\/sup> army corps\u2019 of the self-proclaimed \u2018Donetsk People\u2019s Republic\u2019 reinforcement was supplied from Dagestan. \u201cAt the same time, Russian troops, frightened by active combat activity near Donetsk, are trying to avoid assignment to the ranks of so-called \u201811th<\/sup> separate motorized rifle regiment\u2019, bribing the \u2018corps\u2019 officers,\u201d added Col. Motuzyanyk.<\/p>\n

A Mariupol resident allied to the self-proclaimed Donetsk People\u2019s Republic with nom de guerre \u2018Girya\u2019 surrendered to Ukrainian troops near Pyshchevyk village in Donetsk region. He spent less than a month in the ranks of Russia-backed militant groups, since early March 2016. According to the militant, he was recruited by a citizen of Russia. \u201cThe new recruit was promised a salary of 1000 USD and enlisted as an operator of an anti-tank missile complex. Nevertheless, he was dismayed by the absence of discipline among the militants, regular alcohol abuse and non-payment of promised money,\u201d explained Col. Motuzyanyk.<\/p>\n

Moreover, law enforcement officers broke up a financing channel of the LPR-DPR. Businessmen from Donetsk region organized export of products from occupied territories through one of sea ports in Mykolaiv region. \u201cThe goods were exported under falsified documents,\u201d explained the spokesman. The channel has been seized, criminals\u2019 accounts frozen and the investigation continues\u201d.<\/p>\n

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