{"id":85342,"date":"2018-02-24T13:44:47","date_gmt":"2018-02-24T13:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uacrisis.org\/?p=64711"},"modified":"2018-02-24T14:17:05","modified_gmt":"2018-02-24T12:17:05","slug":"64711-gutsulyak-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/64711-gutsulyak-24","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of Defense: A slight de-escalation recorded in eastern Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=87QWuYqGLRo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WATCH IN ENGLISH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Russia-backed militants committed 13 ceasefire violations in eastern Ukraine yesterday. They fired a total of fifteen 152-mm and ten 122-mm artillery rounds, and over eighty 120-mm and 82-mm mortar rounds, reported Ukrainian Ministry of Defense spokesman on ATO Colonel Dmytro Hutsulyak at a press briefing at Ukraine Crisis Media Center.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazyload alignnone wp-image-64710 size-full\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1024 851'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/KARTA-24-02-ANGL.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"851\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In Luhansk sector, the militants violated the ceasefire 12 times. In the evening Russian proxies fried fifteen 152-mm artillery rounds near Pidlisne. In Luhanse area, the militants fired ten 122-mm artillery rounds, and employed 120-mm and 82-mm mortars, IFVs, ZU-23-2 antiaircraft mount, grenade launchers and other infantry weapons as well.<\/p>\n<p>In Troitske area, Russia-backed militants used 120-mm mortars and IFV mounted weapons. \u201cUkrainian troops\u2019 positions near Zaitseve, Novohorodske, and Novoaleksandrivka came under hostile fire of grenade launchers and heavy machine guns,\u201d the ATO spokesperson added.<\/p>\n<p>In Donetsk sector, Russian proxies delivered an attack on Ukrainian troops\u2019 positions near Novotroitske using 120-mm mortars, grenade launchers and other infantry weapons. The attack started at 22:00 and continued for nearly two hours.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian troops returned fire seven times using weapons not proscribed under the Minsk agreements. Fortunately, Ukrainian troops incurred no losses over the last day.<\/p>\n<p><em>Report on the military developments as of February\u00a023 is available\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/64687-gutsulyak-23\"><em>here<\/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<figure class=\"mace-gallery-teaser\"\n\tid=\"mace-gallery-85342-1\"\n\tdata-g1-gallery-title=\"\"\n\tdata-g1-gallery=\"[{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:85344,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;RNBO_map_ukr [\\u0412\\u043e\\u0441\\u0441\\u0442\\u0430\\u043d\\u043e\\u0432\\u043b\\u0435\\u043d]2&quot;,&quot;thumbnail&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/uacrisis.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/02\\\/KARTA-24-02-150x150.jpg&quot;,&quot;3-2-thumbnail&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/uacrisis.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/02\\\/KARTA-24-02.jpg&quot;,&quot;full&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/uacrisis.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/02\\\/KARTA-24-02.jpg&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:85345,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;RNBO_map_eng-ukr-rus 08-07&quot;,&quot;thumbnail&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/uacrisis.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/02\\\/KARTA-24-02-ANGL-150x150.jpg&quot;,&quot;3-2-thumbnail&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/uacrisis.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/02\\\/KARTA-24-02-ANGL.jpg&quot;,&quot;full&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/uacrisis.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/02\\\/KARTA-24-02-ANGL.jpg&quot;}]\"\n\tdata-g1-share-shortlink=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/64711-gutsulyak-24#mace-gallery-85342-1\"\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\/2018\/02\/KARTA-24-02.jpg\" class=\"attachment-bimber-grid-standard-2x size-bimber-grid-standard-2x\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/KARTA-24-02.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/KARTA-24-02-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/KARTA-24-02-768x639.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\t2 images\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/figure>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WATCH IN ENGLISH Russia-backed militants committed 13 ceasefire violations in eastern Ukraine yesterday. They fired a total of fifteen 152-mm and ten 122-mm artillery rounds, and over eighty 120-mm and 82-mm mortar rounds, reported Ukrainian Ministry of Defense spokesman on ATO Colonel Dmytro Hutsulyak at a press briefing at Ukraine Crisis Media Center. 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