Der hybride Krieg Russlands gegen die Ukraine
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Andriy Lysenko, spokesman for Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council (NSDC), told reporters this morning that Russian-backed fighters have continued to shell Ukrainian positions over the last 24 hours.www.uacrisis
Interfax-Ukraine reports that Lysenko said that small arms, mortars, rocket-propelled grenades and tanks had been used in the attacks.
He said the Ukrainian positions near Avdiyivka have been shelled twice, even though the artillery systems should have been removed in accordance with the Minsk agreements.
Militants also used mortars in shelling Krasnohorivka, he said.
The situation is particularly tense in Donetsk airport area, he said, adding that the enemy has delivered six strikes against Ukrainian positions near the town of Opytne, including with tanks.
A fight between militants and Ukrainian forces started at about 13.00 on March 22 and lasted for about 30 minutes, he said. "The Ukrainian military held their positions and repelled the enemy attack," Lysenko said.
Novosti Donbassa reports that Anatoly Stelmakh, spokesman for the ATO press centre, told reporters that the attacks had continued through the night.
Stemakh said that Russian-backed fighters had mounted an unsuccessful assault on Ukrainian positions close to Shirokino, east of Mariupol, at around 20:00. The village was later fired on with 120 mm mortars.
Meanwhile, Peski, just north-west of Donetsk, was shelled with 120 mm mortars at 22:05 and that Opytnoye had been attacked twice with tanks at 23:20 and around 1 am.
On the Bakhmutka highway in the Lugansk region, the village of Orekhovo had, he claimed, been shelled with Grad rockets at 1:15, "in a flagrant violation of the peace agreement."
To the east, Stelmakh reported "contact" with small arms fire between Ukrainian troops and enemy infantry near the separatist-held village of Sokolniki at around 3 am.
There were also small arms attacks on the villages of Leninskoye and Shumi, near Gorlovka.
There was also were unconfirmed reports of fighting in Gorlovka itself today:
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The SMM visited the remains of a bridge connecting “LPR”- and government-controlled territories in Stanytsia Luhanska. The Cossack commander of a checkpoint on “LPR”-controlled territory told the SMM that at 18:45hrs on 19 March shelling had started from government-controlled territory. According to him, immediately after the withdrawal of his forces to the “LPR”-controlled side of the river the shelling had stopped. At approximately 19:00hrs four trucks, followed by a car, had crossed the bridge from the government-controlled side. The driver of the car had got out and returned to the government-controlled side. The vehicle had then exploded, largely destroying the bridge. The SMM observed people carefully crossing the remains of the bridge, which is the only crossing point in the area. The SMM spoke to several inhabitants of Stanytsia Luhanska and Makarove (government-controlled, 19km north-east of Luhansk) who expressed fears about the economic consequences, as the bridge’s destruction prevented them from reaching their main market in Luhansk.dazu ergänzend folgender blogeintrag
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Reports indicate that shelling resumed near the airport in Donetsk, Wednesday, with smoke clearly visible on the horizon, despite the implementation of the February 11 Minsk agreement.die jungs sind natürlich ein bisschen zu spät - als ob hier ernsthaft mal ne waffenruhe herrschte .
The self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic Defence Ministry is reported to have said that at least four soldiers have been injured in 16 different episodes of shelling over the last 24 hours.