{"id":86374,"date":"2018-03-30T14:14:30","date_gmt":"2018-03-30T14:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uacrisis.org\/?p=65748"},"modified":"2018-03-30T17:33:13","modified_gmt":"2018-03-30T14:33:13","slug":"65748-gutsulyak-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/65748-gutsulyak-40","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of Defense: Militants keep intensifying hostilities in eastern Ukraine, use mortars"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Russia-backed militants keep violating the ceasefire. \u201cDespite the Easter ceasefire coming into force on midnight of March 30, as of 11:00 today Russian proxies have already committed six ceasefire violations. Ukrainian troops defending Talakivka came under the hostile mortar fire twice. Militants fired over ten 82-mm mortar rounds. They also attacked Ukrainian troops\u2019 positions outside Avdiivka, Opytne, Vodiane and Pavlopil with small arms,\u201d said Ukrainian Ministry of Defense spokesman Colonel Dmytro Hutsulyak at a press briefing at Ukraine Crisis Media Center.<\/p>\n

\"\"Speaking of yesterday, Russia-backed militants delivered a total of 57 attacks, 55 of which were precision ones. Ukrainian troops had returned fire in 38 cases using small arms.<\/p>\n

In Donetsk sector, Ukrainian troops recorded 55 ceasefire violations, of which 53 were precision attacks. Russian proxies used 82-mm mortars twice in Pavlopil and Shyrokyne areas. \u201cMilitants actively used grenade launchers, IFV mounted weapons, heavy machine guns, and small arms near Vodiane, Avdiivka, Talakivka, Pavlopil, Hnutove, Maryinka, Shyrokyne, Novotroitske, and Verkhniotoretske. The strongholds of Ukrainian troops outside Lebedynske, Kamianka, Pishchevyk, Opytne and Shakhta Butovka came under hostile fire,\u201d Colonel Hutsulyak elaborated.<\/p>\n

In Luhansk sector, Russia-backed militants delivered two precision attacks. In the afternoon, militants attacked Ukrainian troops near Luhanske with heavy machine guns and Ukrainian troops\u2019 positions in Zalizne area (former Artemove) with grenade launchers, heavy machine guns, and small arms.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, two Ukrainian troops were wounded in action, one more serviceman received a combat injury.<\/p>\n

Report on the military developments as of March\u00a029 is available\u00a0<\/em>here<\/em><\/a>. Interactive 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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