{"id":74702,"date":"2017-06-18T13:21:52","date_gmt":"2017-06-18T13:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uacrisis.org\/?p=57632"},"modified":"2017-06-18T16:15:11","modified_gmt":"2017-06-18T13:15:11","slug":"57632-motuzyanik-79","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/57632-motuzyanik-79","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of Defense: Militants conduct intensive tank shelling in Donetsk sector"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Militants carried out 66 attacks, 24 of them – with heavy weapons in ATO zone yesterday. In Donetsk sector the past day began with intensive tank and artillery shelling on Ukrainian positions in Avdiyivka. Almost at the same time \u2013 at about 1 am – militants fired 20 artillery shells on the Ukrainian fortifications in Svitlodarsk arc area. The adversary also fired 20 mines on Avdiyivka industrial zone and in Novhorodske, reported Col. Oleksandr Motuzyanyk, Ministry of Defense of Ukraine spokesperson on ATO-related issues, at a briefing at Ukrainian Crisis Media Center. “Yesterday the adversary often resorted to armed provocations – militants fired from small arms across the front line area except the Donetsk airport,” he added.<\/p>\n

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In Mariupol sector, militants continue shelling residential areas in frontline towns and villages with heavy weapons. “Yesterday at 5:40 pm militants fired mortar shells near the village of Berdyanske close to Mariupol. Several houses were damaged. One of them was seriously damaged: the roof and ceiling were destroyed. Another house caught fire,” said Col.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>Motuzyanyk<\/span><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Militants\u00a0<\/span><\/span>carried out<\/span><\/span>\u00a0p<\/span><\/span>owerful\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a<\/span><\/span>rtillery and mortar attacks in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>G<\/span><\/span>ranite and neighboring Novoseliv<\/span><\/span>ka Druga<\/span><\/span>. In Shyrokyn<\/span><\/span>e,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>militants carried out\u00a0<\/span><\/span>short-term\u00a0<\/span><\/span>mortar attacks and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>opened\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fire\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from the tank\u00a0<\/span><\/span>three times.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>They used light weapons f<\/span><\/span>rom Krasno<\/span><\/span>h<\/span><\/span>orivka to the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>southernmost frontline section<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0In Luhansk sector,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the extremely tense situation was<\/span><\/span>\u00a0near Ba<\/span><\/span>k<\/span><\/span>hmut<\/span><\/span>\u00a0road\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and Popasna<\/span><\/span>, where militants\u00a0<\/span><\/span>used mortars. “Each of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>more than 10 such<\/span><\/span>\u00a0episodes\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of the use of prohibited weapons by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>militants\u00a0<\/span><\/span>came with<\/span><\/span>\u00a0opening fire with grenade-launchers<\/span><\/span>, machine guns and armored vehicles,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>informed Oleksandr Motuzyanyk<\/span><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Militants carried out\u00a0<\/span><\/span>two attacks near\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Schastia\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and<\/span><\/span>\u00a0two in Stanitsia<\/span><\/span>\u00a0Luhansk<\/span><\/span>a<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0In Staryi Aidar, which is located\u00a0<\/span><\/span>near\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Schastia, they opened mortar fire.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0No Ukrainian military was killed as a result of combat operations over<\/span><\/span>\u00a0the past day<\/span><\/span>;<\/span><\/span>\u00a0five\u00a0<\/span><\/span>servicemen<\/span><\/span>\u00a0were wounded.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Report on the military developments as of<\/em>\u00a0June\u00a017 is available\u00a0<\/em>here<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0Interactive data on the shelling: chronology shelling\u00a0<\/em>chart<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and the interactive\u00a0<\/em>map<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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