{"id":55218,"date":"2016-06-09T14:04:37","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T14:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uacrisis.org\/?p=44025"},"modified":"2016-06-09T20:12:35","modified_gmt":"2016-06-09T17:12:35","slug":"44025-oleksandr-motuzyanik-101","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/44025-oleksandr-motuzyanik-101","title":{"rendered":"Colonel Oleksandr Motuzyanyk: Militants draw mortar and artillery batteries closer to the frontline"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Active shelling continues, militants move forces closer to the contact line and down the OSCE UAV. Intelligence reports on potential arrival of Russia\u2019s top military officials to the occupied Donbas.<\/em><\/p>\n

Kyiv, June 9, 2016.<\/strong> <\/em>Intense fighting continues in the ATO zone in Donetsk sector in Avdiivka industrial area and Putylivska coal mine position. \u201cMilitants drew considerable forces to the frontline, namely mortar and artillery batteries deployed along Yasynuvata-Mineralne-Spartak-Donetsk line. Adversaries shelled our positions twice from 152-mm cannons yesterday,\u201d informed spokesman of the Presidential Administration on ATO related issues Colonel Oleksandr Motuzyanyk at a press briefing at Ukraine Crisis Media Center.<\/p>\n

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Mortar attacks took place along the entire frontline. Attacks continued at the Svitlodarsk bulge, Zaitseve Mayorsk, Pivdenne (former Opytne) village of the Toretska town council and Pisky. In total, 23 militants\u2019 attacks took place in the Donetsk sector, 14 involved use of heavy armor.<\/p>\n

Novotroitske remains the center of hostilities in the Mariupol sector. Intense militants\u2019 artillery attack took place there and mortar launchers were used four times. \u201cOver 30 artillery missiles and over 40 mortar shells were launched at our positions. Moreover, hostile provocations continue along the entire frontline from Mariinka to Shyrokyne,\u201d said Col. Motuzyanyk. In total, 19 militants\u2019 attacks took place in this sector yesterday; eight of them involved use of heavy armor.<\/p>\n

Militant conducted one attack in the Popasna district in the Luhansk sector. \u201cAccording to the military intelligence, three flights of militants\u2019 tactical unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in the vicinity of the Bakhmutivska road, Avdiivka and Krasnohorivka,\u201d said the spokesman.<\/p>\n

One Ukrainian serviceman died in combat yesterday. Four troops and one border guard were wounded.<\/p>\n

Ukrainian intelligence informed that militants lost three fighters killed and two wounded from so-called \u201c3rd brigade\u201d (Horlivka) and \u201c10th regiment\u201d (Makiivka). \u201cAt the same time, eight members of Russia-backed militant groups were buried in Makiivka cemetery. They were trying to assail Ukrainian positions on distant approaches to the Donetsk airport,\u201d added Col. Motuzyanyk.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, fulfilling the order of commander of so-called \u201c1st army corps\u201d to destroy OSCE mission\u2019s UAV, militants of so-called \u201c100th brigade\u201d shelled and destroyed their own UAV by mistake. \u201cCommand of Russian-terrorist troops continues taking systemic measures aimed at undermining SMM OSCE authority and interfering with its work. \u00a0\u00a0It is planned to hold a compulsory rally against SMM OSCE presence on the occupied territories of Ukraine. Management of institutions and companies in Donetsk were ordered to ensure presence of their employees in the planned meetings,\u201d added Col. Motuzyanyk.<\/p>\n

The spokesman also said that the Chief Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine informs that the command of the Armed Forces of Russian Federation is checking fighting efficiency of units and subdivisions of Russia-backed militant groups on the temporarily occupied territories. It is done ahead of arrival of commissions from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation which is planned for June 17.<\/p>\n

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