{"id":63945,"date":"2016-12-02T14:19:49","date_gmt":"2016-12-02T14:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uacrisis.org\/?p=50223"},"modified":"2016-12-02T17:32:16","modified_gmt":"2016-12-02T15:32:16","slug":"50223-polkovnik-lisenko-44","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/50223-polkovnik-lisenko-44","title":{"rendered":"Defense Ministry: Militants launch 55 mortar shells at Ukrainian positions in the Donetsk sector\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cKD6FJbpM_U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WATCH IN ENGLISH<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Militants are actively using snipers, mortars and armor in the Mariupol sector, conducting 23 attacks. Large number of ammunition seized from weapons caches in the Donetsk and Mariupol sectors.<\/em><br \/>\nThe most difficult situation in the Donetsk sector is in the Avdiivka industrial zone. A number of firefights between Ukrainian troops and militants took place during the day. Militants launched 55 mortar shells at Ukrainian positions, said Colonel Andriy Lysenko, spokesman of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine on ATO related issues at a press briefing at Ukraine Crisis Media Center.\u00a0 &#8220;Moreover, militants violated the ceasefire at the Svitlodarsk bulge and in Zaitseve,&#8221; added Col. Lysenko.\u00a0 In total,\u00a0eight militants\u2019 attacks took place in the Donetsk sector\u00a0 yesterday, and one of them involved use of heavy armor.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-50217\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/02-12_eng.jpg\" alt=\"02-12_eng\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the Luhansk sector militants violated the armistice in Stanytsia\u00a0\u00a0 Luhanska, in Zhovte-Krymske frontline area and in the Popasna district. \u201cRussian proxies conducted a number of mortar attack at several positions of Ukrainian troops at once between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m., launching almost 90 mortar shells,\u201d said the spokesman. In total, 11 militants\u2019 attacks took place in the last 24 hours in the Luhansk sector, and heavy armor was used during three of them.<\/p>\n<p>In the Mariupol sector hostilities continue virtually along the entire frontline, but the biggest number of attacks takes place in Krasnohorivka and the coastal area. \u201cAdversaries are actively using snipers, mortars and armor. Russia-backed militants made intense artillery attack in Novohryhorivka,\u201d said Col. Lysenko. In total, militants delivered 23 attacks in the Mariupol sector, and ten of these involved use of heavy armor.<\/p>\n<p>One Ukrainian serviceman died in combat and three were wounded.<br \/>\nAccording to Col. Lysenko, a large weapons cache containing 165 artillery shells for 152-mm cannons and 26 grenades was found near Koliadivka village in Novyi Aidar district of the Luhansk region. \u201cTwo more caches were hidden near Berdianske and Chermalyk in the Mariupol region. 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Large number of ammunition seized from weapons caches in the Donetsk and Mariupol sectors. The most difficult situation in the Donetsk sector is in the Avdiivka industrial zone. 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