{"id":77057,"date":"2017-08-01T14:19:40","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T14:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uacrisis.org\/?p=59133"},"modified":"2017-08-01T16:18:06","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T13:18:06","slug":"59133-lysenko-39","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/59133-lysenko-39","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of Defense: Militants continue attacking Ukrainian positions\u00a0with mortars and grenade launchers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IC5bg8Mgcd8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WATCH IN ENGLISH<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yesterday in Luhansk sector, militants conducted 11 shellings, four of them involved mortars. Soon after midnight, Russian proxies committed an armed provocation in Novooleksandrivka and another in Popasna. At 01:00, illegal armed groups opened fire from grenade launchers at Novotoshkivske. From 17:00 to the end of the day, militants attacked seven times near Krymske. &#8220;The enemy used small arms, grenade launchers, and mortars. The Ukrainian military opened fire in response to the most daring armed provocations,&#8221; reported Col. Andriy Lysenko, Ukrainian Ministry of Defense spokesperson on ATO, at a briefing at Ukraine Crisis Media Center.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img class=\"lazyload aligncenter size-full wp-image-59130\" 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\/08\/01-08_eng.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Donetsk sector, 80% of armed provocations took place on the Avdiivka \u2013 Shakhta Butovka position frontline. &#8220;Pro-Russian troops opened grenade launcher fire four times,&#8221; noted Col. Lysenko. Another grenade launcher attack took place in Luhanske. Over the past day, militants violated the ceasefire five times in this sector.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Mariupol sector, militants committed two grenade launcher attacks at Pavlopil and Shyrokyne late at night.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">No Ukrainian serviceman was killed in action, but five were wounded in action yesterday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Report on the military developments as of July 31 is available\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/59099-polkovnyk-lysenko-11\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/59079-lisenko-63\">here<\/a>. Interactive data on the shelling: chronology shelling\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/ato-interactive-chart-chronology\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/ato-interactive-chart-chronology\">chart<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/ato-interactive-chart-chronology\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/ato-interactive-chart-chronology\">\u00a0<\/a>and the interactive\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/ato-interactive-map\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/ato-interactive-map\">map<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure class=\"mace-gallery-teaser\"\n\tid=\"mace-gallery-77057-1\"\n\tdata-g1-gallery-title=\"\"\n\tdata-g1-gallery=\"[{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:77059,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;01-08_eng&quot;,&quot;thumbnail&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/uacrisis.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/01-08_eng-150x150.jpg&quot;,&quot;3-2-thumbnail&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/uacrisis.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/01-08_eng.jpg&quot;,&quot;full&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/uacrisis.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/01-08_eng.jpg&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:77060,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;01-08&quot;,&quot;thumbnail&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/uacrisis.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/01-08-150x150.jpg&quot;,&quot;3-2-thumbnail&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/uacrisis.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/01-08.jpg&quot;,&quot;full&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/uacrisis.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/01-08.jpg&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:77061,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;01-08_rus&quot;,&quot;thumbnail&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/uacrisis.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/01-08_rus-150x150.jpg&quot;,&quot;3-2-thumbnail&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/uacrisis.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/01-08_rus.jpg&quot;,&quot;full&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/uacrisis.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/01-08_rus.jpg&quot;}]\"\n\tdata-g1-share-shortlink=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/59133-lysenko-39#mace-gallery-77057-1\"\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\/08\/01-08_eng.jpg\" class=\"attachment-bimber-grid-standard-2x size-bimber-grid-standard-2x\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/01-08_eng.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/01-08_eng-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/01-08_eng-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 Yesterday in Luhansk sector, militants conducted 11 shellings, four of them involved mortars. Soon after midnight, Russian proxies committed an armed provocation in Novooleksandrivka and another in Popasna. At 01:00, illegal armed groups opened fire from grenade launchers at Novotoshkivske. 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