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Militants use all types of heavy armor near Avdiivka, violating Minsk agreements. Moreover, they deployed 122-mm howitzers in the Donetsk sector, attacking 26 times. Russia continues supplying militants with ammunition and equipment<\/em><\/p>\n

Kyiv, September 15, 2016.<\/strong> <\/em>Militants increased intensity of attacks at ATO troops\u2019 positions, using virtually all types of available cannon artillery and mortar launchers. Number of launched missiles is counted in hundreds. The biggest number of militants\u2019 attacks (26) took place in the Donetsk sector, 17 of them involved use of heavy armor. \u201cThe most intense fighting took place in Avdiivka again, lasting about seven hours non-stop. One hostile shelling was especially dense. Occupants launched 220 mortar shells in 75 minutes at our positions. Enemy\u2019s 122-mm howitzer battery was deployed in the attack,\u201d informed\u00a0Colonel\u00a0Oleksandr Motuzyanyk,\u00a0spokesman\u00a0of\u00a0the Ministry\u00a0of\u00a0Defense\u00a0of\u00a0Ukraine\u00a0on\u00a0ATO\u00a0related\u00a0issues\u00a0at\u00a0a\u00a0press\u00a0briefing\u00a0at\u00a0Ukraine\u00a0Crisis\u00a0MediaCenter.<\/p>\n

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In Avdiivka mortar shells fell on local cemetery, enterprise premises and a civil vehicle parked nearby. It took place before the dawn. Later a local inhabitant was injured in an attack militants conducted from small arms. The woman was taken to local hospital. \u201cAdversaries started the second shooting \u201csession\u201d from large caliber cannons, tanks and mortar launchers in the dusk. The attack continued till late at night,\u201d added Col. Motuzyanyk.<\/p>\n

Militants are using artillery in batteries both in the Avdiivka industrial area and in the entire Donetsk sector. Russia-backed militant groups keep heavy armor virtually next to the frontline, which is prohibited by the Minsk agreements. \u201cThe occupants were shelling Zaitseve (mortar launchers, 152-mm cannons), Verkhniotoretske (122-mm cannons), Avdiivka (mortar launchers and cannons of all basic calibers), as well as Pivdenne of Toretsk town council, Kamianka and Pisky. All these intense attacks took place in the first three hours of the day. Occupants hit civil objects again,\u201d said the spokesman.<\/p>\n

The situation was comparatively calm in the Luhansk sector. Militants shelled Ukrainian positions in Popasna district four times during the hours of darkness. Militants did not use any heavy armor. Main hostilities in the Mariupol sector took place in Pavlopil-Shyrokyne area. Militants were actively using heavy armor (mortar launchers) and armor (armored personnel carrier) in this rather narrow frontline section. \u201cAlmost 80 mortar shells were launched at our positions. Ukrainian troops responded with fire. The majority of hostile mortar attacks took place in daytime,\u201d informed the spokesman. Several militants\u2019 provocations took place in other areas as well, but in general the situation is much calmer there. In total, militants conducted 20 attacks in the Mariupol sector in 24 hours, using heavy armor eight times. \u201cAccording to Ukrainian military intelligence, militants\u2019 command set quite a large limit for ammunition use in the nearest nine days \u2013 300 missiles to 122-mm cannons,\u201d added Col. Motuzyanyk.<\/p>\n

Ukrainian Armed Forces incurred no losses in combat yesterday, and three troops were wounded. Two of them tripped a wire in Stanytsia Luhanska district and another one was injured in militants\u2019 artillery shelling in Avdiivka. Confirmed militants\u2019 losses yesterday amounted to two militants dead and eleven injured. Five flights of militants\u2019 unmanned aerial vehicles took place in all the sectors yesterday.<\/p>\n

Another batch of reinforcement arrived for militants from Russia. Five railway cars with ammunition \u2013 mortar shells, artillery missiles, rockets from Grad MRLS arrived at Ilovaisk station, and eight platforms carrying military equipment \u2013 T-72 tanks, armored personnel carriers BMP-2, Grad MRLS came to Khartsyzk. 12 fuel tanks with diesel arrived at Rovenky railway station and three trucks with ammunition to Sverdlovsk.<\/p>\n

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