Donetsk Chronicles for the week of July 29 - August 4 from the military man "Mag"
This week, despite the abnormally strong heat, there were a lot of fights and shelling. Still, Staromikhaylovka, Airport, YaBP suffer from heavy shelling. Also this week, a record number of UAVs was recorded over the territory of the Republic, several were shot down by our air defense.
On Wednesday, the 2 of August, the APU, with the forces of two EAPs to 12 people in each of the 59 Brigade, under the cover of mortars, artillery and several pieces of equipment, tried to break through the line of defense. But due to frequent rotations and poorly compiled maps of minefields, they wandered into their own minefield, were blown up and were discovered. Notice, even in the area of their positions, they have not reached ours. After which they were covered with machine-gun and mortar fire. Losses amounted to three killed and about seven wounded. As the minefields of the enemy, at night no one began to climb and count the dead and wounded.
Also in 21: 20 an explosion was recorded in the warehouse of the BC, the explosion was not on the surface, but in an underground vault. However, it was felt by many residents of the Republic. After that, a fire began in the area of the explosion.
29.07.17, Saturday
01: 00 on the western and northern outskirts of Donetsk, as well as in the area of the YaBP, our positions are under mortar fire.
04: 55 Pervomaisk (LC) was subjected to shelling of mines and shells from the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Popasnaya. During the shelling the substation in Kalinovo was damaged, no injuries were reported. Employees of the Pervomaisky State Fire-Fighting Service (State Fire and Rescue Squad) of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the LPR recorded a mine, presumably of the 120-mm caliber, near the transformer substation located near the house number XXUMX on Lomonosov Street in Kalinovo. As a result of the rupture of a mine, splinters damaged the input to the transformer substation, residents of the street were left without power supply.
In the morning and in the afternoon there was a lull.
19: 50 near the Airport to the sound of thunder began the battle with the use of K / K machine guns and mortars.
20: 50 over Kalinovka noticed UAV APA.
21: 10, the western outskirts of Donetsk are subjected to heavy shelling by the APU, 120-mm mortars and 122-mm ACS are working.
22: 30 on the airport-Spartak-YaBP front line, positional and mortar attacks continue, artillery periodically operates.
Our intelligence continues to record the concentration of personnel and weapons prohibited by the Minsk agreements on the front line. So, in the area of settlements:
- Krasnogorovka (3 km from the front line), the firing positions of three self-propelled guns "Gvozdika" with a caliber of 122 mm from the 92nd ombre were revealed. In the morning along the main street of Krasnogorovka in the direction of the settlement Maryinka proceeded tank company - ten tanks;
- Novoluganskoye (3 km from the front line), the arrival of two mechanized platoons on six infantry fighting vehicles from the “Aydar” terrorist gang was revealed;
- Konstantinovka (28 km from the front line) marked the arrival of twenty ACS Acacia caliber 152-mm and howitzers D-30 caliber 122-mm;
- Dzerzhinsk (5 km from the front line) recorded the location of six tanks;
- Ugledar (12 km from the front line) on the territory of the boarding house arrived unit of the National Guard in the number of 150 militants, reinforced by two tanks and four infantry fighting vehicles;
- Pavlopol (4 km from the front line) marked the arrival of 10 snipers from a foreign private military company.
Two soldiers from the 15th Transport Brigade aviation (Boryspil), seconded to equip one of the battalions of the 28th Ombre, were sent to the trenches on the cutting edge in the area of the settlement Granite. The soldiers, who spent all their service servicing and guarding the aircraft, found themselves in an extreme situation. On July 24, one of them, named Vodovar, accidentally fired a grenade launcher, as a result of which he and his colleague from the same 15 transport aviation brigade Boychuk were injured.
Total for the past day, the APU fired at us 54 times.
At Donetsk, the enemy once again actively used tanks, mortars and small arms weapon. 14 artillery shells in caliber 122-mm, 10 tank shells, and 60 mines in 82-mm and 33 mines in 120-mm were fired in thirteen settlements and adjacent areas.
In the Mariupol direction, the enemy used grenade launchers and small arms in five settlements and areas adjacent to them.
30.07.17, Sunday
07: 30-07: 40 The western and northern outskirts of Donetsk were subjected to short but powerful attacks on 82-mm and 120-mm mortars.
Until the evening, everything was quiet. Affects a strong heat.
18: 30 north of Gorlovka in the Zaytsevo region, positional battles with the use of short-cut machine guns and mortars.
19: 20 in the area of the ABM battle with the use of AGS and mortars.
20: 20 on the front line Staromikhaylovka - Airport - Spartak - YaBP fight intensified, 120-mm mortars and 122-mm artillery are used.
21: 00 north of Gorlovka, in the Zaytsevo district, an infantry-mortar battle continues for more than an hour. Without any breakthrough attempts.
21: 10 in the Kalinovo area (LNR) and on the Bakhmutk highway, fights using AGS, LNG-9 and mortars.
21: 50 on the front line Staromikhaylovka - Airport - Spartak - YaBP continue heavy fighting, all types of small arms, as well as mortars, artillery and infantry fighting vehicles.
23: 20 on the airport-Spartak-YaBP front line for several hours, positional battles, sniper rifles, machine-guns, AGS, mortars and artillery work.
23: 20 in the Kalinovo area (LNR) for more than two hours there are battles with the use of mortars. The APU does not spare ammunition and works, both in positions and in fields and landings.
23: 30 on the Bakhmutka highway (LPR) closer to the Frunze-Kirovsk region, a strong battle began with mortars and artillery.
Total for the past day, the APU fired at us 62 times.
At Donetsk, the enemy continues to use tanks, mortars and small arms. In fourteen settlements and adjacent areas seven tank shells were fired, as well as 51 mines with 82-mm caliber and 14 mines with 120-mm caliber.
In the Gorlovka and Mariupol directions, the enemy launched 48 mines with a 82-mm caliber, and also actively used grenade launchers and small arms in nine localities and areas adjacent to them.
31.07.17, Monday
00: 10 in the west and north of Donetsk in the areas of Staromikhailovka, Airport and YaBP, fighting continues with the use of short-cut machine guns, mortars and artillery.
08: 50 all night and morning positional battles and mortar and artillery shelling of the western and northern outskirts of Donetsk continue. Also at night were active UAV APU.
There was a lull during the day.
18: 30 in the area of the YaBP and the route to Panteleimonovka are exposed to shelling from machine guns, AGS and mortars. Over APW circling UAV APA.
20: 30 on the airport-Spartak-YaBP front line, heavy fighting and shelling of AGS and mortars continue. There was a single shelling of artillery caliber 122-mm.
21: 10 Petrovsky district of Donetsk a battle with the use of mortars.
23: 30 on the airport-Spartak-YaBP front line continues positional battles without the use of heavy weapons.
23: The 30 trail of Bakhmutk (LNR) under machine-gun and mortar fire.
During the day, during the defense of the Republic, two servicemen of the DPR Armed Forces died.
In total for the past day, the APU fired at us 56 times.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy used artillery, mortars and small arms. 10 artillery shells with 122-mm caliber and 40 mines with 82-mm caliber and 39 mines with 120-mm caliber were fired in thirteen settlements and adjacent areas.
In the Gorlovka and Mariupol directions, the enemy launched 26 mines with a 82-mm and 120-mm caliber, and also actively used grenade launchers and small arms in four settlements and adjacent areas.
01.08.17, Tuesday
01: 45 in the center of Lugansk there was a powerful explosion. According to preliminary data, an explosion in the center of the capital of LNR damaged the monument to the Defenders of Lugansk. According to eyewitnesses, the explosion was of such strength that the blast wave was felt even in remote areas of the city. Emergency brigades operate at the site of the explosion. Lugansk, Sovetskaya, opposite the MGB building (Sovetskaya St., 79). The nature of the damage: the charge is laid under the right side of the monument “Militia”, between the chest and the LC card. Destroyed part of the monument "Militia" from the groin to the neck.
In the morning and before lunch it was quiet.
14: 10 is the western outskirts of Dokuchaevsk under art firing. Shells fall close to the five-story building.
20: 10 on the front line Staromikhaylovka - Volvo Center working sniper, to / to machine guns, AGS, occasionally mortars.
21: 10 on the airport-Spartak-YaBP front line also began fighting with the use of sniper rifles, to / from machine guns, mortars 82-mm and 120-mm, artillery and equipment.
21: 50 in the Kalinovo area (LNR), the Armed Forces of Ukraine became more active, machine guns and mortars were working. APU simply burned BC, shooting him in the surrounding fields.
22: 40 Stakhanov (LC) an explosion in the air, fulfilled the defense of the LC.
22: 50 Donetsk (LC) an explosion in the air, it worked for the defense of the DPR.
During the day during the defense of the Republic, one soldier of the Armed Forces of the DPR was wounded.
Total for the past day, the APU fired at us 54 times.
In Donetsk, the enemy used tanks, artillery, mortars and small arms. 2 artillery shells of 122-mm caliber, 5 of tank shells, and 39 mines of 82-mm and 42 mines of 120-mm were fired in thirteen settlements and adjacent areas.
As a result of attacks from infantry fighting vehicles and mortars on the orders of the commander of 92 Ombre Kokorev in residential areas of the city of Dokuchaevsk, two houses on ul. Lenin D. 75 and 96.
In the Gorlovka and Mariupol directions, the enemy launched 25 mines with a caliber of 82-mm and 120-mm, and also actively used grenade launchers and small arms in five settlements and adjacent areas.
02.08.17, Wednesday
In the morning and before lunch it was quiet.
10: 00 on the outskirts of Chervonopartisanska at the intersection at the former boiler room thundered an explosion. According to preliminary data, a mine exploded, laid in the foundation of the monument to the militia, the opening of which was to take place tomorrow, August 3, on the day of the third anniversary of the liberation of the Sverdlovsk region from the armed forces of Ukraine. As a result of the explosion, five people were injured of varying degrees of severity, they were sent for treatment to the Sverdlovsk Central City Hospital (Central City Hospital) No. 1. One of the victims in serious condition. At the scene immediately arrived the staff of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the People's Police and other services and departments.
13: 00 Staromikhaylovka under fire from mortars and infantry fighting vehicles from the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Krasnogorovka.
21: 00 Staromikhaylovka under fire from mortars.
20: 00 northern suburbs Yasinovataya under heavy shelling of mortars and ACS.
21: 00 in the Water District, two enemy sabotage and reconnaissance groups, each is 10-15, the total number of people is 26. They made an attempt to penetrate the front line, but having entered their own minefield, they were blown up, as a result of which they were unmasked. Covering the withdrawal of their saboteurs who suffered losses, the Ukrainian soldiers from the 59-th commander opened indiscriminate fire from infantry fighting vehicles and small arms at the positions of the DPR. The enemy’s losses were: three dead and seven wounded.
21: 10 western and northern outskirts of Donetsk, specifically the areas of Staromikhailovka, Airport, Spartak and YaBP under heavy shelling of mortars.
21: 20 in the Avdiivka area in the Ukrainian positions is a blast of BC. The blast wave was felt in all of Donetsk and neighboring cities.
22: 45 on the airport-Spartak-YaBP front line. Fighting continues with mortars.
During the day during the defense of the Republic, two servicemen of the Armed Forces of the DPR were seriously injured.
In total for the past day, the APU fired at us 77 times.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy used tanks, mortars and small arms. Fifteen settlements and adjacent areas produced 10 tank shells, as well as 220 mines in 82-mm caliber and 96 mines in 120-mm caliber.
Also, as a result of shelling from the point of view of the Armed Forces of Ukraine of the city of Dokuchaevsk by order of the war criminal Kokorev, two residential buildings were damaged on ul. Lenin and Independence.
On the Mariupol direction, the enemy released 46 mines with a caliber of 82-mm and 120-mm, and also actively used grenade launchers and small arms in five settlements and areas adjacent to them.
On the Gorlovka direction, the enemy fired small arms and anti-aircraft guns.
03.08.17, Thursday
06: 20 Staromikhaylovka continues to suffer from mortar attacks, as in previous weeks. Only short breaks during the heat of the day give the local people a rest and an opportunity to go about their business.
In the morning and in the afternoon it was quiet. Perhaps because of the ongoing heat + 36 in the shade.
18: 45 in the area of Molodezhnoye - Pervomaisk (LC) for several hours already heard small, RPG and mortars.
19: 00 across the territory of the Donetsk filtering station of the VSU unit released one mine with an 82-mm caliber, as a result of which windows were broken in one of the buildings.
21: 20 over Stakhanov (LC) flies two UAVs of the APU.
Over the past day, the APU fired at us 50 times.
In the territory of the Republic, the enemy fired 12 122-mm artillery shells, 92 82-mm and 120-mm artillery shells.
04.08.17, Friday
The night was quiet. Still, no orders from Kiev, can not affect the military, languishing from the heat.
In the morning there was also a lull.
11: 20 on the airport-Spartak front line working as a sniper, to / from machine guns and periodically mortars.
17: 50 Petrovsky district of Donetsk, the battle began with the use of 82-mm mortars.
18: 45 Petrovsky district of Donetsk, the battle continues to grow, AGS and LNG-9 joined.
19: 30 Staromikhaylovka is subjected to another mortar fire.
20: 20 in the YaBP area began fighting with the use of K / K machine guns, large-caliber sniper rifles, 120-mm mortars and 122-mm artillery.
21: 40 south-west of Donetsk in the area of Aleksandrovka and the environs of the battle with the use of 82-mm mortars and infantry fighting vehicles.
22: 00 north of Gorlovka, in the Zaytsevo area, made a sound of APU, mortars, artillery and a tank are working.
23: 20 in the Kalinovo area (LNR) is also not calm. Battle with mortar.
As a result of the shelling from the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, Sergei Timchenko was injured. 1959,
In total for the past day, the APU fired at us 45 times.
In the Donetsk area, the enemy used large-caliber artillery, as well as mortars and small arms. In thirteen settlements and adjacent areas, five artillery shells of 122-mm and 152-mm caliber and 49 mines of 82-mm and 56 mines of 120-mm caliber were fired. The Petrovsky and Yasinovatsky districts of Donetsk were subjected to the most intensive shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In the Mariupol direction, the enemy launched 13 and 82-mm mines for 120 mines, and also actively used grenade launchers and small arms in six locations and surrounding areas.
On the Gorlovka direction, the enemy carried out shelling from a BMP and small arms.
Oleg Gazmanov, as part of his tour, dedicated to his anniversary, gave a couple of concerts in the Donbass. First, a famous Russian artist performed in Donetsk, and then in Lugansk.
The musician dedicated his performances in the DPR and LPR to the Railwayman's Day. Thousands of Donbass residents gathered to listen to Gazmanov singing.
The singer wished the world to his Donetsk and Lugansk fans.
“I wrote, I write and I will write for people. Real people who are on this square today!”, Oleg Gazmanov addressed to the residents of Donetsk.
"We need each other, and the boundaries drawn between us are artificial, precisely political. My attitude is to support people, especially since my songs are known and loved by many people. Otherwise I would not come here. The message is this: we - together, and no politics in this, in fact, no.The most important thing is that the music is louder than guns ... I know that my songs in Ukraine forbid singing - but they are still being sung, and I try to write in such a way that they can be sung ... "
In just a week as a result of shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, three civilians were injured. Losses among the military personnel of the Armed Forces of the DPR were: two dead, four wounded.
The APU fired at us 407 times, and used mines, artillery and tank shells on the territory of the Republic of 744.
Districts of thirty settlements of the Republic were exposed to fire impact by the Ukrainian Armed Forces; in four of them, six houses were damaged and destroyed.
Petrovsky, Kirovsky districts of Donetsk, as well as the city of Dokuchaevsk, suffered most from the shelling.
Analysis of ceasefire violations
All patience and health!
Voenkor Andrei Zablotsky and the military personnel of the Armed Forces of the DPR
On Wednesday, the 2 of August, the APU, with the forces of two EAPs to 12 people in each of the 59 Brigade, under the cover of mortars, artillery and several pieces of equipment, tried to break through the line of defense. But due to frequent rotations and poorly compiled maps of minefields, they wandered into their own minefield, were blown up and were discovered. Notice, even in the area of their positions, they have not reached ours. After which they were covered with machine-gun and mortar fire. Losses amounted to three killed and about seven wounded. As the minefields of the enemy, at night no one began to climb and count the dead and wounded.
Also in 21: 20 an explosion was recorded in the warehouse of the BC, the explosion was not on the surface, but in an underground vault. However, it was felt by many residents of the Republic. After that, a fire began in the area of the explosion.
29.07.17, Saturday
01: 00 on the western and northern outskirts of Donetsk, as well as in the area of the YaBP, our positions are under mortar fire.
04: 55 Pervomaisk (LC) was subjected to shelling of mines and shells from the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Popasnaya. During the shelling the substation in Kalinovo was damaged, no injuries were reported. Employees of the Pervomaisky State Fire-Fighting Service (State Fire and Rescue Squad) of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the LPR recorded a mine, presumably of the 120-mm caliber, near the transformer substation located near the house number XXUMX on Lomonosov Street in Kalinovo. As a result of the rupture of a mine, splinters damaged the input to the transformer substation, residents of the street were left without power supply.
In the morning and in the afternoon there was a lull.
19: 50 near the Airport to the sound of thunder began the battle with the use of K / K machine guns and mortars.
20: 50 over Kalinovka noticed UAV APA.
21: 10, the western outskirts of Donetsk are subjected to heavy shelling by the APU, 120-mm mortars and 122-mm ACS are working.
22: 30 on the airport-Spartak-YaBP front line, positional and mortar attacks continue, artillery periodically operates.
Our intelligence continues to record the concentration of personnel and weapons prohibited by the Minsk agreements on the front line. So, in the area of settlements:
- Krasnogorovka (3 km from the front line), the firing positions of three self-propelled guns "Gvozdika" with a caliber of 122 mm from the 92nd ombre were revealed. In the morning along the main street of Krasnogorovka in the direction of the settlement Maryinka proceeded tank company - ten tanks;
- Novoluganskoye (3 km from the front line), the arrival of two mechanized platoons on six infantry fighting vehicles from the “Aydar” terrorist gang was revealed;
- Konstantinovka (28 km from the front line) marked the arrival of twenty ACS Acacia caliber 152-mm and howitzers D-30 caliber 122-mm;
- Dzerzhinsk (5 km from the front line) recorded the location of six tanks;
- Ugledar (12 km from the front line) on the territory of the boarding house arrived unit of the National Guard in the number of 150 militants, reinforced by two tanks and four infantry fighting vehicles;
- Pavlopol (4 km from the front line) marked the arrival of 10 snipers from a foreign private military company.
Two soldiers from the 15th Transport Brigade aviation (Boryspil), seconded to equip one of the battalions of the 28th Ombre, were sent to the trenches on the cutting edge in the area of the settlement Granite. The soldiers, who spent all their service servicing and guarding the aircraft, found themselves in an extreme situation. On July 24, one of them, named Vodovar, accidentally fired a grenade launcher, as a result of which he and his colleague from the same 15 transport aviation brigade Boychuk were injured.
Total for the past day, the APU fired at us 54 times.
At Donetsk, the enemy once again actively used tanks, mortars and small arms weapon. 14 artillery shells in caliber 122-mm, 10 tank shells, and 60 mines in 82-mm and 33 mines in 120-mm were fired in thirteen settlements and adjacent areas.
In the Mariupol direction, the enemy used grenade launchers and small arms in five settlements and areas adjacent to them.
30.07.17, Sunday
07: 30-07: 40 The western and northern outskirts of Donetsk were subjected to short but powerful attacks on 82-mm and 120-mm mortars.
Until the evening, everything was quiet. Affects a strong heat.
18: 30 north of Gorlovka in the Zaytsevo region, positional battles with the use of short-cut machine guns and mortars.
19: 20 in the area of the ABM battle with the use of AGS and mortars.
20: 20 on the front line Staromikhaylovka - Airport - Spartak - YaBP fight intensified, 120-mm mortars and 122-mm artillery are used.
21: 00 north of Gorlovka, in the Zaytsevo district, an infantry-mortar battle continues for more than an hour. Without any breakthrough attempts.
21: 10 in the Kalinovo area (LNR) and on the Bakhmutk highway, fights using AGS, LNG-9 and mortars.
21: 50 on the front line Staromikhaylovka - Airport - Spartak - YaBP continue heavy fighting, all types of small arms, as well as mortars, artillery and infantry fighting vehicles.
23: 20 on the airport-Spartak-YaBP front line for several hours, positional battles, sniper rifles, machine-guns, AGS, mortars and artillery work.
23: 20 in the Kalinovo area (LNR) for more than two hours there are battles with the use of mortars. The APU does not spare ammunition and works, both in positions and in fields and landings.
23: 30 on the Bakhmutka highway (LPR) closer to the Frunze-Kirovsk region, a strong battle began with mortars and artillery.
Total for the past day, the APU fired at us 62 times.
At Donetsk, the enemy continues to use tanks, mortars and small arms. In fourteen settlements and adjacent areas seven tank shells were fired, as well as 51 mines with 82-mm caliber and 14 mines with 120-mm caliber.
In the Gorlovka and Mariupol directions, the enemy launched 48 mines with a 82-mm caliber, and also actively used grenade launchers and small arms in nine localities and areas adjacent to them.
31.07.17, Monday
00: 10 in the west and north of Donetsk in the areas of Staromikhailovka, Airport and YaBP, fighting continues with the use of short-cut machine guns, mortars and artillery.
08: 50 all night and morning positional battles and mortar and artillery shelling of the western and northern outskirts of Donetsk continue. Also at night were active UAV APU.
There was a lull during the day.
18: 30 in the area of the YaBP and the route to Panteleimonovka are exposed to shelling from machine guns, AGS and mortars. Over APW circling UAV APA.
20: 30 on the airport-Spartak-YaBP front line, heavy fighting and shelling of AGS and mortars continue. There was a single shelling of artillery caliber 122-mm.
21: 10 Petrovsky district of Donetsk a battle with the use of mortars.
23: 30 on the airport-Spartak-YaBP front line continues positional battles without the use of heavy weapons.
23: The 30 trail of Bakhmutk (LNR) under machine-gun and mortar fire.
During the day, during the defense of the Republic, two servicemen of the DPR Armed Forces died.
In total for the past day, the APU fired at us 56 times.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy used artillery, mortars and small arms. 10 artillery shells with 122-mm caliber and 40 mines with 82-mm caliber and 39 mines with 120-mm caliber were fired in thirteen settlements and adjacent areas.
In the Gorlovka and Mariupol directions, the enemy launched 26 mines with a 82-mm and 120-mm caliber, and also actively used grenade launchers and small arms in four settlements and adjacent areas.
01.08.17, Tuesday
01: 45 in the center of Lugansk there was a powerful explosion. According to preliminary data, an explosion in the center of the capital of LNR damaged the monument to the Defenders of Lugansk. According to eyewitnesses, the explosion was of such strength that the blast wave was felt even in remote areas of the city. Emergency brigades operate at the site of the explosion. Lugansk, Sovetskaya, opposite the MGB building (Sovetskaya St., 79). The nature of the damage: the charge is laid under the right side of the monument “Militia”, between the chest and the LC card. Destroyed part of the monument "Militia" from the groin to the neck.
In the morning and before lunch it was quiet.
14: 10 is the western outskirts of Dokuchaevsk under art firing. Shells fall close to the five-story building.
20: 10 on the front line Staromikhaylovka - Volvo Center working sniper, to / to machine guns, AGS, occasionally mortars.
21: 10 on the airport-Spartak-YaBP front line also began fighting with the use of sniper rifles, to / from machine guns, mortars 82-mm and 120-mm, artillery and equipment.
21: 50 in the Kalinovo area (LNR), the Armed Forces of Ukraine became more active, machine guns and mortars were working. APU simply burned BC, shooting him in the surrounding fields.
22: 40 Stakhanov (LC) an explosion in the air, fulfilled the defense of the LC.
22: 50 Donetsk (LC) an explosion in the air, it worked for the defense of the DPR.
During the day during the defense of the Republic, one soldier of the Armed Forces of the DPR was wounded.
Total for the past day, the APU fired at us 54 times.
In Donetsk, the enemy used tanks, artillery, mortars and small arms. 2 artillery shells of 122-mm caliber, 5 of tank shells, and 39 mines of 82-mm and 42 mines of 120-mm were fired in thirteen settlements and adjacent areas.
As a result of attacks from infantry fighting vehicles and mortars on the orders of the commander of 92 Ombre Kokorev in residential areas of the city of Dokuchaevsk, two houses on ul. Lenin D. 75 and 96.
In the Gorlovka and Mariupol directions, the enemy launched 25 mines with a caliber of 82-mm and 120-mm, and also actively used grenade launchers and small arms in five settlements and adjacent areas.
02.08.17, Wednesday
In the morning and before lunch it was quiet.
10: 00 on the outskirts of Chervonopartisanska at the intersection at the former boiler room thundered an explosion. According to preliminary data, a mine exploded, laid in the foundation of the monument to the militia, the opening of which was to take place tomorrow, August 3, on the day of the third anniversary of the liberation of the Sverdlovsk region from the armed forces of Ukraine. As a result of the explosion, five people were injured of varying degrees of severity, they were sent for treatment to the Sverdlovsk Central City Hospital (Central City Hospital) No. 1. One of the victims in serious condition. At the scene immediately arrived the staff of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the People's Police and other services and departments.
13: 00 Staromikhaylovka under fire from mortars and infantry fighting vehicles from the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Krasnogorovka.
21: 00 Staromikhaylovka under fire from mortars.
20: 00 northern suburbs Yasinovataya under heavy shelling of mortars and ACS.
21: 00 in the Water District, two enemy sabotage and reconnaissance groups, each is 10-15, the total number of people is 26. They made an attempt to penetrate the front line, but having entered their own minefield, they were blown up, as a result of which they were unmasked. Covering the withdrawal of their saboteurs who suffered losses, the Ukrainian soldiers from the 59-th commander opened indiscriminate fire from infantry fighting vehicles and small arms at the positions of the DPR. The enemy’s losses were: three dead and seven wounded.
21: 10 western and northern outskirts of Donetsk, specifically the areas of Staromikhailovka, Airport, Spartak and YaBP under heavy shelling of mortars.
21: 20 in the Avdiivka area in the Ukrainian positions is a blast of BC. The blast wave was felt in all of Donetsk and neighboring cities.
22: 45 on the airport-Spartak-YaBP front line. Fighting continues with mortars.
During the day during the defense of the Republic, two servicemen of the Armed Forces of the DPR were seriously injured.
In total for the past day, the APU fired at us 77 times.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy used tanks, mortars and small arms. Fifteen settlements and adjacent areas produced 10 tank shells, as well as 220 mines in 82-mm caliber and 96 mines in 120-mm caliber.
Also, as a result of shelling from the point of view of the Armed Forces of Ukraine of the city of Dokuchaevsk by order of the war criminal Kokorev, two residential buildings were damaged on ul. Lenin and Independence.
On the Mariupol direction, the enemy released 46 mines with a caliber of 82-mm and 120-mm, and also actively used grenade launchers and small arms in five settlements and areas adjacent to them.
On the Gorlovka direction, the enemy fired small arms and anti-aircraft guns.
03.08.17, Thursday
06: 20 Staromikhaylovka continues to suffer from mortar attacks, as in previous weeks. Only short breaks during the heat of the day give the local people a rest and an opportunity to go about their business.
In the morning and in the afternoon it was quiet. Perhaps because of the ongoing heat + 36 in the shade.
18: 45 in the area of Molodezhnoye - Pervomaisk (LC) for several hours already heard small, RPG and mortars.
19: 00 across the territory of the Donetsk filtering station of the VSU unit released one mine with an 82-mm caliber, as a result of which windows were broken in one of the buildings.
21: 20 over Stakhanov (LC) flies two UAVs of the APU.
Over the past day, the APU fired at us 50 times.
In the territory of the Republic, the enemy fired 12 122-mm artillery shells, 92 82-mm and 120-mm artillery shells.
04.08.17, Friday
The night was quiet. Still, no orders from Kiev, can not affect the military, languishing from the heat.
In the morning there was also a lull.
11: 20 on the airport-Spartak front line working as a sniper, to / from machine guns and periodically mortars.
17: 50 Petrovsky district of Donetsk, the battle began with the use of 82-mm mortars.
18: 45 Petrovsky district of Donetsk, the battle continues to grow, AGS and LNG-9 joined.
19: 30 Staromikhaylovka is subjected to another mortar fire.
20: 20 in the YaBP area began fighting with the use of K / K machine guns, large-caliber sniper rifles, 120-mm mortars and 122-mm artillery.
21: 40 south-west of Donetsk in the area of Aleksandrovka and the environs of the battle with the use of 82-mm mortars and infantry fighting vehicles.
22: 00 north of Gorlovka, in the Zaytsevo area, made a sound of APU, mortars, artillery and a tank are working.
23: 20 in the Kalinovo area (LNR) is also not calm. Battle with mortar.
As a result of the shelling from the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, Sergei Timchenko was injured. 1959,
In total for the past day, the APU fired at us 45 times.
In the Donetsk area, the enemy used large-caliber artillery, as well as mortars and small arms. In thirteen settlements and adjacent areas, five artillery shells of 122-mm and 152-mm caliber and 49 mines of 82-mm and 56 mines of 120-mm caliber were fired. The Petrovsky and Yasinovatsky districts of Donetsk were subjected to the most intensive shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In the Mariupol direction, the enemy launched 13 and 82-mm mines for 120 mines, and also actively used grenade launchers and small arms in six locations and surrounding areas.
On the Gorlovka direction, the enemy carried out shelling from a BMP and small arms.
Oleg Gazmanov, as part of his tour, dedicated to his anniversary, gave a couple of concerts in the Donbass. First, a famous Russian artist performed in Donetsk, and then in Lugansk.
The musician dedicated his performances in the DPR and LPR to the Railwayman's Day. Thousands of Donbass residents gathered to listen to Gazmanov singing.
The singer wished the world to his Donetsk and Lugansk fans.
“I wrote, I write and I will write for people. Real people who are on this square today!”, Oleg Gazmanov addressed to the residents of Donetsk.
"We need each other, and the boundaries drawn between us are artificial, precisely political. My attitude is to support people, especially since my songs are known and loved by many people. Otherwise I would not come here. The message is this: we - together, and no politics in this, in fact, no.The most important thing is that the music is louder than guns ... I know that my songs in Ukraine forbid singing - but they are still being sung, and I try to write in such a way that they can be sung ... "
In just a week as a result of shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, three civilians were injured. Losses among the military personnel of the Armed Forces of the DPR were: two dead, four wounded.
The APU fired at us 407 times, and used mines, artillery and tank shells on the territory of the Republic of 744.
Districts of thirty settlements of the Republic were exposed to fire impact by the Ukrainian Armed Forces; in four of them, six houses were damaged and destroyed.
Petrovsky, Kirovsky districts of Donetsk, as well as the city of Dokuchaevsk, suffered most from the shelling.
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