{"id":70320,"date":"2017-04-05T15:21:30","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T15:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uacrisis.org\/?p=54725"},"modified":"2017-04-05T17:53:44","modified_gmt":"2017-04-05T14:53:44","slug":"54725-lisenko-43","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/54725-lisenko-43","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of Defense: Militants step up shooting attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7XXVBIiWbMc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WATCH IN ENGLISH<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Militants\u2019 attacks became more intense in the last 24 hours. In total, Russia-backed militants violated the ceasefire 54 times in ATO zone, and also instigated contact with ATO troops.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ukrainian Armed Forces incurred no losses in combat, but five troops were wounded, reported Ukrainian Ministry of Defense spokesman on ATO Colonel Andriy Lysenko during a press briefing at Ukraine Crisis Media Center.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Donetsk sector militants were active\u00a0during the day along the entire frontline, conducting a total of 20 ceasefire violations. \u201cAttacks were lengthier, 20-90 minutes each. Nevertheless, Russian proxies were mostly using small arms and grenade launchers. At the same time, hostile sniper attacked our positions near Donetsk airport, and Russia-backed militants fire four mortar rounds at Avdiivka\u2019s industrial area,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img class=\"lazyload aligncenter size-full wp-image-54727\" 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\/2017\/04\/05-04_eng.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Luhansk sector militants opened fire from light weapons four times. It happened in Novyi Aidar district three times, and enemy precision fire was recorded in Troitske.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mariupol sector remains restless, 30 ceasefire violations, including 3 involving heavy weapons were recorded. \u201cRussia-backed militant groups shelled our positions along the entire line of contact from dawn till dusk, including Maryinka district and the area west of Dokuchaevsk. Militats used sniper weapons in Novotroitske, and shelled Ukrainian strongholds with mortars in Krasnohorivka and Bohdanivka,\u201d reported the spokesman. Moreover, Ukrainian troops repelled militants\u2019 subversive reconnaissance group near Maryinka. \u201cOur soldiers opened fire at the enemy. The hostile group was defeated after a 30-minute-long firefight. Ukrainian troops incurred no losses,\u201d added Col. Lysenko.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Report on the military developments as of April 4 is available\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/54687-polkovnik-motuzyanik-68\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/54541-polkovnik-lisenko-59\"><em>here<\/em><\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/54541-polkovnik-lisenko-59\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/54541-polkovnik-lisenko-59\">.<\/a> Interactive data on the shelling: chronology shelling\u00a0<\/em><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/ato-interactive-chart-chronology\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/ato-interactive-chart-chronology\"><em>chart<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0and the interactive\u00a0<\/em><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/ato-interactive-map\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/ato-interactive-map\"><em>map<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure class=\"mace-gallery-teaser\"\n\tid=\"mace-gallery-70320-1\"\n\tdata-g1-gallery-title=\"\"\n\tdata-g1-gallery=\"[{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:70322,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;05-04&quot;,&quot;thumbnail&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/uacrisis.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/04\\\/05-04-150x150.jpg&quot;,&quot;3-2-thumbnail&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/uacrisis.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/04\\\/05-04.jpg&quot;,&quot;full&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/uacrisis.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/04\\\/05-04.jpg&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:70323,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;05-04_eng&quot;,&quot;thumbnail&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/uacrisis.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/04\\\/05-04_eng-150x150.jpg&quot;,&quot;3-2-thumbnail&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/uacrisis.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/04\\\/05-04_eng.jpg&quot;,&quot;full&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/uacrisis.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/04\\\/05-04_eng.jpg&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:70324,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;05-04_rus&quot;,&quot;thumbnail&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/uacrisis.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/04\\\/05-04_rus-150x150.jpg&quot;,&quot;3-2-thumbnail&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/uacrisis.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/04\\\/05-04_rus.jpg&quot;,&quot;full&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/uacrisis.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/04\\\/05-04_rus.jpg&quot;}]\"\n\tdata-g1-share-shortlink=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/54725-lisenko-43#mace-gallery-70320-1\"\n\t>\n\t<a class=\"mace-gallery-teaser-poster\">\n\t\t<img width=\"492\" height=\"409\" src=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/05-04.jpg\" class=\"attachment-bimber-grid-standard-2x size-bimber-grid-standard-2x\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/05-04.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/05-04-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/05-04-768x638.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/>\t\t<span class=\"mace-gallery-teaser-button\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"g1-epsilon g1-epsilon-1st mace-gallery-teaser-button-text\">View Gallery<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"g1-meta mace-gallery-teaser-button-counter\">\n\t\t\t\t3 images\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/figure>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WATCH IN ENGLISH Militants\u2019 attacks became more intense in the last 24 hours. 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