{"id":58108,"date":"2016-08-05T13:56:17","date_gmt":"2016-08-05T13:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uacrisis.org\/?p=45845"},"modified":"2016-08-05T18:12:02","modified_gmt":"2016-08-05T15:12:02","slug":"45845-lisenko-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/45845-lisenko-18","title":{"rendered":"Colonel Andriy Lysenko: ATO troops defeat attack of militants\u2019 subversive reconnaissance group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Militants launch 55 mortar shells within three hours in the Mariupol sector. In the Luhansk sector, they use APCs and snipers. Military intelligence informs that Russian troops on the temporarily occupied territories undergo rotation.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kyiv, August 5, 2016.<\/strong> Ukrainian troops defeated an attack of militants\u2019 subversive reconnaissance group in the Mariupol sector yesterday. \u201cATO forces defeated a hostile subversive reconnaissance group assault near Bohdanivka. About eight occupants set out to our positions under the cover of darkness. Having approached at a distance of 500 meters, militants started shooting. Ukrainian troops responded with fire at once,\u201d said the spokesman of the Presidential Administration on ATO related issues Colonel Andriy Lysenko at a press briefing held at Ukraine Crisis Media Center.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/05-08_eng.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-45847\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 3000 2494'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/05-08_eng.jpg\" alt=\"05-08_eng\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2494\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Militants started intense mortar attacks at Ukrainian defensive lines just after midnight. 55 mortar shells were launched at Ukrainian positions within three hours. Moreover, Russia-backed militant groups delivered mortar fire in Pavlopol and Shyrokyne. \u201cOccupants violated the ceasefire along the entire frontline several times during the day. In total, one firefight and 18 hostile attacks took place in the Mariupol sector, five of them involved use of heavy armor,\u201d added the spokesman.<\/p>\n<p>Militants violated the ceasefire two times in the Luhansk sector in Lopaskyne and Novozvanivka. Both attacks were comparatively brief. Despite the overall decrease in the intensity of the hostilities, militants repeatedly shot from mortar launchers along the entire frontline \u2013 in Zaitseve, Avdiivka and Nevelske. \u201cIt happened between 8 and 10 a.m. and 5 and 8 p.m. \u2013 both during the day and the hours of darkness,\u201d elaborated Col. Lysenko. Moreover, the situation was extremely restless in Luhansk, where militants\u2019 attacks continued for about two hours. Armored personnel carrier and snipers were used. 21 militants\u2019 attack took place in the past 24 hours in the Donetsk sector, eight incidents involved use of heavy armor.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian Armed Forces incurred no losses in combat yesterday and two troops were wounded.<\/p>\n<p>Militants used three unmanned aerial vehicles in the Luhansk sector. \u201cAccording to the military intelligence, activity of the newest Russian signals intelligence system \u2018Zoopark-1\u2019 was registered on the western outskirts of Horlivka,\u201dsaid Col. Lysenko. Five militants died yesterday and three were wounded. \u201cThese losses were incurred by the so-called 3rd brigade, 9th and 11th regiments,\u201d added the spokesman.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Chief Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, rotation of Russian contingent took place in Donbas. Military personnel of two company combat teams of the 18th separate motorized rifle regiment of the 58th army (homebase stanytsia Kalinovskaia, Chechnia). \u201cThese units are deployed in the occupied territory of Donbas in Donetsk and Krasnyi Luch. Moreover, up to 80 troops from the 3rd separate special mission brigade of the Russian Military Intelligence of the Armed Forces of Russian Federation (homebase \u2013 Toliatti) arrived to Kadamovskiy training area located in Rostov region 50 km from the Ukrainian border. They will be redeployed to Donetsk in the near future for the purpose of rotating other subdivisions of the same brigade,\u201d said Col. Lysenko. It was the same 3rd brigade where Russian troops Yerofeev and Aleksandrov served. 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