{"id":59218,"date":"2016-08-26T15:08:33","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T15:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uacrisis.org\/?p=46475"},"modified":"2016-08-26T17:26:35","modified_gmt":"2016-08-26T14:26:35","slug":"46475-polkovnik-lisenko-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/46475-polkovnik-lisenko-7","title":{"rendered":"Colonel Andriy Lysenko: Militants launch over 160 mortar shells in Donetsk sector in 24 hours"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Militants violate ceasefire in Mariupol sector 15 times, in Luhansk sector 10 times and in Donetsk sector 2 times. Krasnohorivka and Shyrokyne become central flashpoints. Security Service of Ukraine finds a weapons cache with two tons of TNT.<\/em><\/p>\n

Kyiv, August 26, 2016.<\/strong><\/em>The biggest number of ceasefire violations yesterday took place in the Donetsk sector where militants shelled ATO troops\u2019 positions 21 times, using heavy armor 12 times. \u201cThe Avdiivka industrial area became the epicenter of combat where Russia-backed militant troops used mortar launcher and large cannon artillery. Moreover, occupants\u2019 mortar attacks took place at the Svitlodarsk bulge and in Horlivka \u2013 Yasynuvata frontline area. The fire was extremely dense: occupants launched over 160 mortar shells at our positions at the Donetsk sector in 24 hours,\u201d informed Colonel Andriy Lysenko, spokesman of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine, at a press briefing at Ukraine Crisis Media Center.<\/p>\n

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In the Luhansk sector 10 attacks of Russia-backed militants took place, three involved use of heavy armor. Most of them took place in the vicinity of Popasna. \u201cEnemy was shelling several Ukrainian positions simultaneously, both at daytime and during the hours of darkness. Russia-backed militant groups used mortar launchers twice \u2013 near Novoleksandrivka and Troitske. Moreover, occupants\u2019 artillery attack took place to the east, near Toshkivka. Eight missiles were launched,\u201d said the spokesman.<\/p>\n

Militants violated the ceasefire in the Mariupol sector 15 times, using heavy armor seven times. The most intense attacks took place near Novotroitske. \u201cThe adversaries launched 60 mortar shells and artillery missiles at our positions within 35 minutes. Militants delivered another mortar attack at the same position at night. Krasnohorivka and Shyrokyne were the other flashpoints where occupants were actively shooting from mortar launchers,\u201d said Col. Lysenko. A residential building and household outbuildings were damaged in militants\u2019 shelling in Solodke village.<\/p>\n

Col. Lysenko also informed that two flights of militants\u2019 unmanned aerial vehicles were registered yesterday \u2013 one in the Donetsk sector and another one in the Mariupol sector.<\/p>\n

Ukrainian Armed Forces incurred no losses in combat, and six troops were wounded. According to the available information, seven militants died and five were injured. \u201cEquipment ammunition for self-propelled artillery mount exploded in so-called 5th brigade (Makiivka), resulting in death of three militants and injuries sustained by one more,\u201d said Col. Lysenko.<\/p>\n

The spokesman also said that rotation of Russian troops took place on the occupied territories in Donbas. \u201c50 servicemen of the 7th air assault division of Russian Airborne Troops (homebase \u2013 Novorosiysk) arrived at Rovenky through Dovzhanskyi checkpoint for partial replacement of the company task force,\u201d he elaborated.<\/p>\n

Col. Lysenko said that field investigators of the Security Service of Ukraine found 75 boxes containing almost two tons of TNT in Mariinka district of Donetsk region. Moreover, a ball grenade was seized from one of the passengers at Mariupol bus station and 7.62 mm ammunition from another one on the same day.<\/p>\n

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