{"id":83916,"date":"2018-01-11T12:38:54","date_gmt":"2018-01-11T12:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uacrisis.org\/?p=63661"},"modified":"2018-01-11T14:53:45","modified_gmt":"2018-01-11T12:53:45","slug":"63661-motuzyanyk-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/63661-motuzyanyk-50","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of Defense: Hostilities escalate in Svitlodarsk area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=flU-c9kJh2A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WATCH IN ENGLISH<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The situation in eastern Ukraine keeps escalating, particularly in Svitlodarsk area. Russia-backed militants committed seven ceasefire violations yesterday all along the contact line, using mortars in all attacks in Svitlodarsk area, reported Ukrainian Ministry of Defense spokesman on ATO Colonel Oleksandr Motuzyanyk at a press briefing at Ukraine Crisis Media Center.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img class=\"lazyload aligncenter size-full wp-image-63663\" 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\/2018\/01\/KARTA-11-01-ANGL.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The first militants\u2019 attack took place near Novoluhanske in the morning and continued for 90 minutes. Militants fired twenty 120-mm mortar rounds and fifteen 82-mm mortar rounds, in addition to small arms and grenade launchers fire. Between 13:00 and late night, there were three periods of active armed provocations near Luhanske and Troitske. \u201cDuring almost nine hours pro-Russian militants fired twelve 120-mm and the same number of 82-mm mortar rounds, accompanied by heavy machine gun fire,\u201d noted the spokesman.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Donetsk sector, militants violated the ceasefire twice near Verkhniotoretske and Shakhta Butovka using mounted automatic grenade launchers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ukrainian servicemen returned fire only once, in Luhansk sector, using weapons not proscribed under the Minsk. \u201cUkrainian artillery batteries are withdrawn from the contact line in accordance with the withdrawal lines defined by the Minsk agreements. However, they are ready to come back if the situation requires it and constantly undergo training,\u201d noted Col. Motuzyanuk.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Unfortunately, three Ukrainian troops were killed in action yesterday: one during militants\u2019 attack\u00a0on Novoluhanske and two in a mine-related accident near Pisky. Four more servicemen were wounded in action \u2013 near Novoluhanske, Verkhniotoretske,\u00a0and Shakhta Butovka.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Report on the military developments as of January 10 is available\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/63644-motuzyanyk-49\"><em>here<\/em><\/a><em>. 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Russia-backed militants committed seven ceasefire violations yesterday all along the contact line, using mortars in all attacks in Svitlodarsk area, reported Ukrainian Ministry of Defense spokesman on ATO Colonel Oleksandr Motuzyanyk at a press briefing at Ukraine Crisis Media Center. 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