{"id":87312,"date":"2018-04-29T13:14:42","date_gmt":"2018-04-29T13:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uacrisis.org\/?p=66501"},"modified":"2018-04-29T15:51:48","modified_gmt":"2018-04-29T12:51:48","slug":"66501-prauta-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/66501-prauta-19","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of Defense: Russia-backed militants deliver 61 attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"

WATCH IN ENGLISH<\/a><\/p>\n

Russia-backed militants delivered 61 direct fire attacks in eastern Ukraine yesterday. \u201cMilitants fired a total of twenty 122-mm artillery rounds, some fifty 120-mm mortar rounds, and almost eighty 82-mm mortar rounds. They also fired five times from tank cannons,\u201d reported Ukrainian Ministry of Defense spokesman Maksym Prauta at a press briefing at Ukraine Crisis Media Center. According to the Ministry of Defense, Ukrainian servicemen returned fire 30 times using weapons not proscribed under the Minsk agreements. Unfortunately, seven Ukrainian servicemen were wounded in action.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Fifty-one militants\u2019 attacks took place in Donetsk sector. \u201cRussian proxies fired a number of 120-mm mortar rounds in Bohdanivka, Novotroitske, and Avdiivka areas in the morning. Moreover, they shelled Ukrainian positions near Novoselivka, Vodiane, Shakhta Butovka, and four times near Avdiivka with 82-mm mortars,\u201d said Col. Prauta. In addition, militants repeatedly used small arms, heavy machine guns, and grenade launchers in Hnutove, Shyrokyne, Talakivka, Avdiivka, Kamianka, Vodiane, Maryinka, Krasnohorivka, Opytne, Lebedynske, Verkhniotoretske, Pavlopil, Novotroitske, Novoselivka, and Shakhta Butovka areas.<\/p>\n

In Luhansk sector, Russia-backed militants delivered ten attacks. They used 120-mm and 82-mm mortars near Novotoshkivske, Prychepylivka, Luhanske, Troitske, and Novozvanivka. They also employed 122-mm artillery in Novotoshkivske and Prychepylivka areas between 23:30 and midnight. \u201cMilitants fired twenty 122-mm artillery rounds during this attack. In addition to artillery, they fired a number of 120-mm mortar rounds in Novotoshkivske and discharged five rounds from tank cannons in Krymske.\u00a0 Moreover, militants used mounted weapons of infantry fighting vehicles near Troitske, and grenade launchers in the vicinities of Prychepylivka, Luhanske and Popasna,\u201d noted Ministry of Defense spokesman.<\/p>\n

As of 9:00 of April 29, Russian proxies have already delivered 12 attacks. They used 122-mm artillery near Prychepylivka (Luhansk sector) having fired three rounds. The other 11 attacks involving grenade launchers, heavy machine guns, and small arms, took place in Donetsk sector (three in Krasnohorivka, two in Vodiane, Avdiivka and Shakhta Butovka areas, one in Shyrokyne, and one in Maryinka). \u201cUkrainian troops returned fire seven times today. Fortunately, there have been no casualties,\u201d noted Col. Prauta.<\/p>\n

Report on the military developments as of April\u00a028\u00a0is 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

\n\t\n\t\t\"\"\t\t\n\t\t\tView Gallery<\/span>\n\t\t\t\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":"

WATCH IN ENGLISH Russia-backed militants delivered 61 direct fire attacks in eastern Ukraine yesterday. \u201cMilitants fired a total of twenty 122-mm artillery rounds, some fifty 120-mm mortar rounds, and almost eighty 82-mm mortar rounds. They also fired five times from tank cannons,\u201d reported Ukrainian Ministry of Defense spokesman Maksym Prauta at a press briefing at […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":87313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":[],"categories":[700,611],"tags":[839,7596],"section":[648],"form":[31956],"yoast_head":"\nMinistry of Defense: Russia-backed militants deliver 61 attacks | UACRISIS.ORG<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5m5jn3U-sIo WATCH IN ENGLISH Russia-backed militants delivered 61 direct fire attacks in eastern Ukraine yesterday. | Uacrisis.org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/66501-prauta-19\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ministry of Defense: Russia-backed militants deliver 61 attacks | UACRISIS.ORG\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5m5jn3U-sIo WATCH IN ENGLISH Russia-backed militants delivered 61 direct fire attacks in eastern Ukraine yesterday. | Uacrisis.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/66501-prauta-19\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Uacrisis.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uacrisis\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-04-29T13:14:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-04-29T12:51:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Prauta_ASS9192.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"683\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@uacrisis\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@uacrisis\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\u041c\u0430\u0440\u0456\u044f \u0404\u043c\u0435\u0446\u044c\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ministry of Defense: Russia-backed militants deliver 61 attacks | UACRISIS.ORG","description":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5m5jn3U-sIo WATCH IN ENGLISH Russia-backed militants delivered 61 direct fire attacks in eastern Ukraine yesterday. | Uacrisis.org","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/66501-prauta-19","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ministry of Defense: Russia-backed militants deliver 61 attacks | UACRISIS.ORG","og_description":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5m5jn3U-sIo WATCH IN ENGLISH Russia-backed militants delivered 61 direct fire attacks in eastern Ukraine yesterday. | Uacrisis.org","og_url":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/66501-prauta-19","og_site_name":"Uacrisis.org","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uacrisis\/","article_published_time":"2018-04-29T13:14:42+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-04-29T12:51:48+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":683,"url":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Prauta_ASS9192.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@uacrisis","twitter_site":"@uacrisis","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"\u041c\u0430\u0440\u0456\u044f \u0404\u043c\u0435\u0446\u044c","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/uk\/#organization","name":"Ukraine crisis media center","url":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/uk\/","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uacrisis\/","http:\/\/youtube.com\/UACrisisMediaCenter","https:\/\/twitter.com\/uacrisis"],"logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/uk\/#logo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/header_logo-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/header_logo-1.png","width":250,"height":90,"caption":"Ukraine crisis media center"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/uk\/#logo"}},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/uk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/uk\/","name":"Uacrisis.org","description":"Ukraine crisis media center","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/uk\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/uk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/66501-prauta-19#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Prauta_ASS9192.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Prauta_ASS9192.jpg","width":1024,"height":683},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/66501-prauta-19#webpage","url":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/66501-prauta-19","name":"Ministry of Defense: Russia-backed militants deliver 61 attacks | UACRISIS.ORG","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/uk\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/66501-prauta-19#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2018-04-29T13:14:42+00:00","dateModified":"2018-04-29T12:51:48+00:00","description":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5m5jn3U-sIo WATCH IN ENGLISH Russia-backed militants delivered 61 direct fire attacks in eastern Ukraine yesterday. | Uacrisis.org","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/66501-prauta-19#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/66501-prauta-19"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/66501-prauta-19#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"\u0413\u043b\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0430","item":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ministry of Defense: Russia-backed militants deliver 61 attacks"}]},{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/66501-prauta-19#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/66501-prauta-19#webpage"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/uk\/#\/schema\/person\/f3f2b1bb1f942ee056df4a1d4f374c4a"},"headline":"Ministry of Defense: Russia-backed militants deliver 61 attacks","datePublished":"2018-04-29T13:14:42+00:00","dateModified":"2018-04-29T12:51:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/66501-prauta-19#webpage"},"wordCount":378,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/uk\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/66501-prauta-19#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Prauta_ASS9192.jpg","keywords":["\u0410\u0422\u041e","Donbas"],"articleSection":["Information war","Security"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/66501-prauta-19#respond"]}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/uk\/#\/schema\/person\/f3f2b1bb1f942ee056df4a1d4f374c4a","name":"\u041c\u0430\u0440\u0456\u044f \u0404\u043c\u0435\u0446\u044c"}]}},"wps_subtitle":"","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87312"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87312\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87312"},{"taxonomy":"section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/section?post=87312"},{"taxonomy":"form","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/form?post=87312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}