{"id":71723,"date":"2017-04-26T16:03:45","date_gmt":"2017-04-26T16:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uacrisis.org\/?p=55678"},"modified":"2017-04-26T18:38:43","modified_gmt":"2017-04-26T15:38:43","slug":"55678-lisenko-49","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/55678-lisenko-49","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of Defense: Situation in ATO zone escalates, three Ukrainian servicemen killed and five wounded"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/edit?o=U&#038;video_id=HIMcGezL_6U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WATCH IN ENGLISH<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The situation in ATO zone drastically escalated in all sectors. Three Ukrainian servicemen were killed in action and five were wounded. \u201cUkrainian Armed Forces incurred these severe losses in hostile shooting attack, mostly in Donetsk sector,\u201d informed 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;\"><img class=\"lazyload aligncenter size-full wp-image-55674\" 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\/26-04_eng.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Total number of militants\u2019 attacks increased more than threefold, and there were five times more attacks with heavy weapons. \u201cUkrainian troops repeatedly responded with fire,\u201d said Col. Lysenko. In Donetsk sector Russia-equipped militants started shooting with mortars at Svitlodarsk area, near Zaitseve, Novhorodske and Pisky after 18:00. Shooting attacks started in Avdiivka in the morning and intensified in the afternoon. In total, militants fired over 90 mortar rounds at Ukrainian positions. \u201cIn addition to mortars, Russian proxies repeatedly used armored vehicles and snipers and turned the entire frontline from Luhanske to Pisky restless,\u201d informed the spokesman. Militants delivered 21 attacks in Donetsk sector yesterday, 11 of them involved heavy weapons.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Luhansk sector militants used heavy armaments in three areas: mortars in Zhovte and Krymske, and mortars along with barrel artillery in Novooleksandrivka, firing about 30 rounds. These attacks happened in the evening, between 19:00 and 23:00,\u201d said Col. Lysenko. Hostilities also took place in Stanytsia Luhanska and Popasna districts. In total, militants violated the ceasefire 12 times in Luhansk sector yesterday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Mariupol sector the biggest number of militants\u2019 attacks took place in Pavlopil\u2013Shyrokyne frontline area. They used mortars four times, armor twice and light weapons en masse yesterday.\u00a0 \u201cUnlike Luhansk and Donetsk sectors, militants violate the armistice day and night here. The largest number of attacks took place in Vodiane. There were nine attacks yesterday, which is about 13% of all armed incidents in ATO zone,\u201d informed Col. Lysenko. Militants were shelling Novotroitske. Two hostile attacks occurred in Krasnohorivka and Mariinka, the second one involved mortars. In total, Russian proxies violated the armistice 32 times in Mariupol sector yesterday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Report on the military developments as of April 25<\/em><em>\u00a0is available\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/55622-polkovnik-lisenko-64\"><em>here<\/em><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/54541-polkovnik-lisenko-59\"><em>.<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0Interactive data on the shelling: chronology shelling\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/ato-interactive-chart-chronology\"><em>chart<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0and the interactive\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/ato-interactive-map\"><em>map<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"mace-gallery-teaser\"\n\tid=\"mace-gallery-71723-1\"\n\tdata-g1-gallery-title=\"\"\n\tdata-g1-gallery=\"[{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:71725,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;26-04&quot;,&quot;thumbnail&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/uacrisis.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/04\\\/26-04-150x150.jpg&quot;,&quot;3-2-thumbnail&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/uacrisis.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/04\\\/26-04.jpg&quot;,&quot;full&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/uacrisis.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/04\\\/26-04.jpg&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:71726,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;26-04_eng&quot;,&quot;thumbnail&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/uacrisis.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/04\\\/26-04_eng-150x150.jpg&quot;,&quot;3-2-thumbnail&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/uacrisis.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/04\\\/26-04_eng.jpg&quot;,&quot;full&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/uacrisis.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/04\\\/26-04_eng.jpg&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:71727,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;26-04_rus&quot;,&quot;thumbnail&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/uacrisis.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/04\\\/26-04_rus-150x150.jpg&quot;,&quot;3-2-thumbnail&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/uacrisis.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/04\\\/26-04_rus.jpg&quot;,&quot;full&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/uacrisis.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/04\\\/26-04_rus.jpg&quot;}]\"\n\tdata-g1-share-shortlink=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/55678-lisenko-49#mace-gallery-71723-1\"\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\/26-04.jpg\" class=\"attachment-bimber-grid-standard-2x size-bimber-grid-standard-2x\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/26-04.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/26-04-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/26-04-768x638.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 The situation in ATO zone drastically escalated in all sectors. 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