Donetsk Chronicles for the week of August 5-11 from the military man "Mag"
There were fires in the past year, but it was an accident. And if the fire approached the houses, then the APU fire from a rifle prevented the extinguishing, shelling firefighters. Why this is done is not clear. Maybe they hope in this way to smoke out the defenders and civilians of Donbass? So I can answer - we were not afraid of airplanes and art attacks, and certainly not scared of smoke.
The situation remains tense in the shelling, although the level of shelling is average, but there were casualties among defenders and civilians of Donbass.
Now, as for the battles and shelling that took place this week.
05.08.17, Saturday
It was quiet in the morning.
12: 00 in the Sands area lit up the grass, possibly arson. Since the fighting and shelling was not.
17: 20 in the area of Spartak APU set fire to dry grass, after 30 minutes the fire approached the first line of houses. Arriving fire brigades of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the DPR could not start to extinguish the fire, as the Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen opened indiscriminate fire from the Anti-Corruption Police and Rifle weapons in the direction of the settlement and prevented the rescue of civilian buildings from fire. These actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine can be regarded as the ongoing genocide of the peaceful population of Donbass.
20: 00 in the area of Volvo-Center - Airport combat with the use of k / to machine guns, mortars and artillery.
22: 20 north of Gorlovka in the Zaytsevo region, positional combat with the use of mortars.
23: 10 in the Donetsk region along the entire front line from the Petrovsky district in the west and to the Airport - Spartak - YaBP in the north are local battles with the use of sniper rifles, to / to machine guns, chargers, AGS, mortars and artillery.
23: 40 on the front line Kalinovo - Pervomaisk (LC) positional battles without the use of heavy weapons.
Our intelligence continues to record the concentration of weapons forbidden by the Minsk agreements along the contact line, from which the Ukrainian Armed Forces fire at civilians. So, in the area of the settlement
- Nikolaevka (3 km from the front line), arrival 10 marked tanks.
- Mariupol, 30’s arrival of foreign specialists was noted with the equipment of a sample of NATO countries, after the deployment of which, interruptions in cellular communications began. These specialists carry out their activities in order to prevent information leaks from residents of Mariupol, they also listen to all telephone conversations and identify disgruntled citizens.
- Kurakhovo, on the territory of the former pioneer camp "Berezka", under the guidance of foreign instructors, sabotage groups are being trained to enter the territory of the Republic in order to carry out terrorist acts. Particular attention in the program for training Ukrainian terrorists is given to mine explosives and the manufacture of improvised explosive devices.
- Avdiivka, marked by a fire platoon of 152-mm self-propelled howitzers 2С3 "Acacia" in firing positions from the 2-second howitzer self-propelled artillery battalion 72-th Ombre.
Over the past day, the APU fired at us 52 times.
In the Donetsk area, the enemy used large-caliber artillery, as well as mortars and small arms. 4 artillery shells with a caliber of 122-mm and 42 mines with a caliber of 82-mm and 105-min. With a caliber of 120-mm were produced in fourteen settlements and adjacent areas. The area of the airport, the Petrovsky and Kuybyshevsky districts of Donetsk and the Yasinovatsky district were subjected to the most intensive shelling from the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
As a result of attacks from the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine of the Kuibyshev district of Donetsk, seven houses were damaged along the streets of Engels, Vakhrushev and Timur.
On the Mariupol direction, the enemy released 50 mines with a caliber of 82-mm and 120-mm, and also actively used grenade launchers and small arms in six settlements and adjacent areas.
On the Gorlovka direction, the enemy carried out shelling from a BMP and small arms.
06.08.17, Sunday
00: In the Airport area, the Ukrainian artillery continues to launch 10 indiscriminately. There are several hits in the Kuibyshev district.
00: The 35 in the Kalinovo area (LPR) continues the battle. At nightfall, mortars and equipment were connected.
In the morning and before lunch it was quiet.
13: 00 in the Zamozhne area from the point of view of the 59 st ombbr of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the militants of the Right Sector terrorist organization (banned in the Russian Federation) located in the Pishevik district of the Mariupol area, launched 40 missiles. After that, for an hour, the 59 artillery 12 round with 152-mm caliber shells carried out provocative shelling on the territory of the DPR. As a result of these attacks in the village. Zaporozhets, on Steppe Street, seven residential houses were damaged, two civilians received serious psychological trauma.
17: 00 on the Airport-Spartak-YaBP front line, fighting began with 82-mm mortars. 18: 50 Petrovsky district of Donetsk under fire from to / to machine guns and mortars 82-mm. The intensity is low.
20: The 30 on the airport-Spartak-YaBP front line continues with mortar battles, artillery and equipment connected.
20: 40 on the southern front in the area of Shirokino short skirmishes, AGS and grenade launchers periodically operate. 21: 20 in the north of Gorlovka, in the Zaitsevo area, positional battles and shelling from ASG and mortars. 22: 30 on the front line Airport - Spartak - YaBP battle intensified, 120-mm mortars and artillery are working.
22: 45 from the Mariupol region is working heavy artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, local residents say. The direction of the outgoing polygon field is between the village of Lomakino and Kalinovka. The sound of the ACS, for a long time such a cannonade was gone. 23: 30 on the southern front, fighting continues with the use of mortars and artillery.
During the day, one soldier of the Armed Forces of the DPR was killed during the defense of the Republic.
Over the past day, the APU fired at us 74 times.
In the Donetsk area, the enemy used large-caliber artillery, as well as mortars and small arms. 4 artillery shells with a caliber of 122-mm and 145 mines with a caliber of 82-mm and 120-mm were produced in fourteen localities and areas adjacent to them. The village was subjected to the most intensive attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. October city of Donetsk, as a result of which six houses are damaged, in one of which a roof was destroyed by a direct hit. Also, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out intensive shelling of the Yasinovatsky district.
In the Mariupol direction in ten settlements and adjacent areas, the enemy launched 43 artillery shells in 122-mm and 12 caliber in 152-mm, 155 mines in 82-mm and 120-mm caliber, and also actively used grenade launchers and small arms.
In the Gorlovka direction, units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out shelling of areas in four settlements using 4 artillery shells in caliber 122-mm.
07.08.17, Monday
00: The Bakhmutk 00 (LPR) trail with mortars.
00: 10 in the Kalinovo area (LNR) a battle using machine guns and occasionally mortars.
00: 30 in the Popasnaya area (LNR) along Parusovka St. and up to the settlement of Novoaleksandrovka fires occurred. According to local residents, the fire brigade n. Popasnaya did not go to Novoaleksandrovka, although the village is located on the territory controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Fire calculations from Pervomaisk are not able to come to the rescue.
In the morning and in the afternoon until late in the evening there was a lull.
19: 10 on the front line Volvo-Center - Airport - Spartak battle with mortar. 23: The Bakhmutka (LNR) 20 trail again and a mortar attack. Also works BMP. Mortar shelling on the positions of the Armed Forces of the LPR in the area of the settlement of Frunze - Donetsk - Kirovsk.
During the day, one soldier of the Armed Forces of the DPR was killed during the defense of the Republic.
Over the past day, the APU fired at us 36 times.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy used large-caliber artillery and mortars. 11 artillery shells in 122-mm and 152-mm caliber, as well as 109 mines in 82-mm and 120-mm caliber were produced in eleven localities and adjacent areas.
As a result of attacks from the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the Yasinovatsky railway depot received partial damage.
In the Mariupol direction, the enemy actively used grenade launchers and small arms in six localities and areas adjacent to them.
08.08.17, Tuesday
In the morning and in the afternoon it was quiet.
18: 50 on the airport-Spartak-YaBP front line, fighting using all types of small arms, mortars, artillery and equipment.
19: 20 on the southern front in the area of Shirokino began a battle with the use of VOGov, AGS, mortars and equipment.
20: 00 on the airport-Spartak-YaBP front line resumed the battle with mortars and artillery.
20: 40 Kievsky district of Donetsk fields are burning and landing.
21: 10 north of Gorlovka in the area Zaitsevo works tank.
21: 30 near Pervomaisk (LNR) battle with the use of mortars.
22: 10 on the front line Kalinovo - Pervomaisk (LC) battles with the use of k / k machine guns, VOGov, mortars and equipment.
23: 00 APM under heavy shelling of mortars and artillery.
During the day, during the defense of the Republic, one soldier of the Armed Forces of the DPR was injured and one died.
Over the past day, the APU fired at us 48 times.
In Donetsk, the enemy fired large-caliber artillery, tanks and mortars. 23 artillery shells in caliber 122-mm, 37 tank shells, and also 132 mines in caliber 82-mm and 120-mm were fired at fifteen settlements and areas adjacent to them.
As a result of prolonged shelling from tanks 72-Ombre under the command of Sokolov n. Spartak, on the street. Youth No. 2 destroyed private household.
During the mortar shelling of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, the settlement of Aleksandrovka damaged one apartment building.
In the Mariupol and Gorlovka areas of the 59-I, 128-I and 53-I brigades under the command of Volsky, Sobko and Gruzevich, mortars were used with 82-mm and 120-mm caliber, firing 69 mines, as well as grenade launchers and small arms at six locations and adjacent areas. Moreover, the use of ammunition supplied to Ukraine from Poland and Bulgaria continues.
We continue to record instances of use of lighting mines of caliber 82-mm and 120-mm by the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the principle of incendiary ammunition. Over the past day in this way, the Ukrainian military deliberately set fire to and destroyed two houses in the village. Dzerzhinsky and Kominternovo. Also, with the help of lighting mines, from the positions of 59-th ombric, a deliberate torch of fields in the region of the settlement was carried out. New Tavria and Comintern.
To make sure that the Ukrainian side is increasingly applying precisely lighting mines, the OSCE representatives headed by A. Hug could personally during their work yesterday in the settlement. Red Partizan in the 20 district hours. At the same time, from the standpoint of the 72 th Ombre, in the Avdeevka area, on the outskirts of Yasinovataya, 15 mines were fired.
In addition, during the firing of small arms from the position of the same brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the day monitoring chamber installed by OSCE observers in the Donetsk filtering station area was damaged.
09.08.17, Wednesday
00: 20 in the Kalinovo region (LNR) continues the battle with the use of 82-mm and 120-mm mortars and equipment.
00: 25 in the YaBP area and the entire route to Gorlovka under shelling mortars and artillery.
04: 00 Petrovsky district of Donetsk under shelling mortars and shells. During the art of firing, one of the Ukrainian guns tore. Because of what two servicemen of the Ukrainian Armed Forces died and five were injured.
05: 28 Krasnogorovka from the standpoint of the Armed Forces of Ukraine work 120-mm mortars and 122-mm artillery.
07: 10 Krasnogorovka from the standpoint of the APU single launch missile.
09: 00 in the area of Krasnogorovka ours are trying to suppress the positions of mortars and artillery.
10: 00 in the course of monitoring by OSCE observers of the situation in the region of the settlement Vasilyevka, from the point of view of the 72 th Obrr, shelling from small arms was carried out at the Mission unmanned aerial vehicle.
19: 10 on the southern front in the Kominternovo region and Bezmymennoe bombardment of our positions with mortars and artillery.
19: 20 on the airport - Spartak front line is heavy shelling mortars and artillery. 20: 50 in the area of Aleksandrovka began mortar shelling of our positions.
22: 00 from the outskirts of Sartan works heavy artillery APU. Outgoing single, direction hillock between Lomakino and Kalinovka
22: 00 was subjected to intensive bombardment from mortars and tanks under the name of Bezmennoe. In the area of the attack appeared observation post STKKK. Observers on the Russian and Ukrainian sides of the Joint Center, having come under fire, were forced to temporarily stop their surveillance and take refuge in a safe place. Only by luck, there were no casualties.
22: 40 in the YaBP area mortar duel.
An increase in non-combat losses was noted in the 72 th Ombre in the Avdeevka area. On August 9, one of the servicemen of this brigade, while in position, accidentally pulled the trigger of a grenade launcher. As a result, three Ukrainian soldiers were injured. Since such cases of negligent handling of weapons in this unit of the 72 brigade are far from isolated, the battalion command decided to remove all grenades from subordinates, both manual and grenade launchers.
Over the past day, the APU fired at us 54 times.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy used large-caliber artillery, tanks and mortars. 5 artillery shells in 122-mm and 152-mm caliber, 4 tank shells and 90 mines in 82-mm and 120-mm caliber were fired at fourteen settlements and adjacent areas.
The enemy used artillery, mortars with 82-mm and 120-mm caliber in the Mariupol and Gorlovka directions, firing 25 shells with 122-mm caliber, 13 tank shells, 77 mines with 82-mm and 84 mines with 120-caliber-mines-I-i-ray-i-ray-i-ray-i-ray and I-XNUMX. weapons in eight locations and adjacent areas
10.08.17, Thursday
16: 30 in the dacha cooperative of the Chudnovsky town of Dokuchaevsk, when mowing the grass, on a banner set by the Ukrainian sabotage group, citizen Yankovsky Alexander Andreyevich 1951, born, was blown up. From injuries a man died in hospital.
18: 00 Petrovsky district of Donetsk is under fire. Nationalists from the 46 Battalion "Donbass-Ukraine", began shelling, the purpose of which was the destruction of civilian infrastructure. After the discovery of fire and fires in the residential sector, Ukrainian militants opened aimed fire from small arms, including heavy machine guns, upon a fire truck that arrived at the scene. The purpose of these actions was to increase the damage from the shelling, due to the further spread of the flame, as well as intimidation of emergency workers and civilians.
19: 50 Petrovsky district of Donetsk continues to suffer from shelling machine guns and mines.
20: 30 in the Airport area positional shootouts without the use of heavy weapons.
The citizen Yankovsky Alexander Andreevich 1951, born, died in 24 hours.
During the day, during the defense of the Republic, one soldier of the Armed Forces of the DPR was injured and one died.
Over the past day, the APU fired at us 33 times.
Frontier areas in the Republic were subjected to shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, where they were used: mortars, tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers, grenade launchers and small arms. On the territory of the Republic, the enemy launched 3 tank shells and 109 mines with 82-mm and 120-mm caliber. As a result of attacks from the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: Petrovsky district, 4 housing was damaged in the streets of Mamin-Sibiryak, 57, the roof was damaged; Mamina-Sibiryak 27 damaged roof; Chekhov 9 damaged outbuilding; Lukyanenko 44 damaged khoz.postroyka.
11.08.17, Friday
03: 00 near Kalinovo (LNR) positional battle with the use of mortars ..
08: 50 in the morning, as on Thursday, worked APU combat UAV in the Donetsk direction. Powered by gasoline, the sound of the engine running is heard from the air (weakly). Threw off, like yesterday, mine on the positions of the Armed Forces of the DPR. This unit was delivered to the United States, but mines are produced in Bulgaria.
11: 45 Gorlovka two strong ruptures in the area of the Gagarin mine. Black smoke rises.
18: 00 on the southern front, east of Mariupol, burned fields behind Talakovka, set fire to the stubble.
19: The 00 trail of Bakhmutk (LNR) under shelling of 120-mm mortars.
During the day, during the defense of the Republic, one soldier of the Armed Forces of the DPR was injured and one died.
Over the past day, the APU fired at us 53 times.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy used artillery, tanks and mortars. 2 artillery shells with 122-mm caliber, 3 tank shells, and 91 mines with 82-mm caliber and 55 mines with 120-mm caliber were produced in eleven localities and adjacent areas.
In the Mariupol and Gorlovka directions, the enemy launched 9 tank shells, 42 mines in 82-mm caliber, and also used grenade launchers and small arms in eight settlements and adjacent areas.
According to the settlement From the standpoint of the 11 motorized infantry battalion of the 59 unit, the Sakhanka once again recorded the use of lighting mines, according to the principle of incendiary ammunition. Yesterday, as a result of such a bombardment on Babenko Street, there was a fire and partial destruction of a residential building.
During the week
As a result of shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, one civilian was injured and one died.
Two soldiers of the Armed Forces of the DPR were injured and five died.
The APU fired at us 342 times, and applied artillery, tank shells and mines across the territory of the Republic of 1692.
Thirty-three areas of the Republic were exposed to fire impact by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, in seven of them twenty-one houses were damaged and destroyed.
Petrovsky, Kirovsky districts of Donetsk, as well as the city of Dokuchaenvsk, suffered most from the shelling.
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