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Militants launched 33 attacks on Ukrainian troops in Donbas in last day

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Russian-backed militants launched 33 attacks on positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in ATO area in Donbas in last day. “Over the past day, illegal armed groups violated the ceasefire 33 times. The Ukrainian Armed Forces opened fire on the enemy 23 times. As a result of fighting, two Ukrainian soldiers were wounded”, the statement reads. In Donetsk direction, militants used grenade launchers and small arms to shell Ukrainian positions outside Avdiivka (18km north of Donetsk). Illegal armed formations also opened fire from 82mm mortars and small arms near Marinka (35 km south-west of Donetsk). In Luhansk direction, Russian-backed militants launched attacks on positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Novotoshkivka, using 120mm mortars, grenade launchers, and small arms. ATO troops outside Troitske (69km west of Luhansk), Krymske (42.5km north-west of Luhansk), Zaitsev (67km north-north-east of Donetsk) and Luhansk (59km north-east of Donetsk) came under heavy machine gun fire.

 

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Rada Security Committee backs bill on restoring sovereignty over Donbas but calls for amendments .

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The Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security and Defense supported the presidential bill on the specifics of state policy to ensure state sovereignty of Ukraine over temporarily occupied territories in Donetsk and Luhansk regions (No. 7163), at the same time instructing that the working group draft a number of amendments, according to an UNIAN correspondent. The corresponding decision was announced by Committee Chair Serhiy Pashinsky. Before the vote, MP Andriy Levus proposed removing from the bill’s article 7 the reference to Minsk agreements and replacing them with a note on the resolution of the UN Security Council, which supported the Minsk accords. Pashinsky put the draft law to vote with the instruction to the committee secretariat to create ahead of the second reading a working group to be headed by MP Levus, aimed at finalizing the document and amending Article 7. Most Committee members supported the decision with three abstained, and another one against.

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Donbas militants again use Grads, 1 WIA in last day

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In the Mariupol sector, the enemy was firing a 122mm Grad-P portable rocket launcher, rocket-propelled grenade launchers and a heavy machine gun on the Ukrainian positions near the village of Shyrokyne for one hour in the afternoon. Later, the militants used an 82mm mortar there. Furthermore, starting from 18:00 Kyiv time, the enemy was firing a Grad MLR system on the Ukrainian fortified positions near the village of Talakivka, having launched 38 rockets. Militants also used 120mm mortars twice firing on the residential sector of the village of Vodiane. In the Donetsk sector, the Ukrainian fortified positions near the town of Avdiyivka and the village of Nevelske came under fire from grenade launchers and heavy machine guns twice. The invaders shelled the Ukrainian positions near Butivka coal mine, and the villages of Zaitseve and Maiorsk. In the Luhansk sector, the Ukrainian positions near the village of Triokhizbenka were attacked four times with the use of a grenade launcher and small arms. The Ukrainian military had to fire back, but one Ukrainian soldier was wounded.

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Donbas militants preparing for protracted war – volunteer

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After his latest trip to the Svitlodarska Duha bulge, a Ukrainian volunteer activist Yuriy Mysiahin reported that the terrorists did not intend to bring to an end the war in the east of Ukraine. According to Mysiahin, the enemy does not seem to take into account to recent debate on the imminent deployment in Donbas of UN peacekeepers. “The other side is preparing for a protracted war. All their advanced positions are being strengthened”, the volunteer wrote on Facebook. According to Mysiahin, a lot of timber and sand bags are being brought in to the enemy’s positions and dugouts, while some positions are “fortified” with concrete, and the trenches are being dug deeper. “I don’t recall the enemy strengthening their positions so thoroughly before, which means that they are wary of us and are preparing for our offensive. It will be hot this fall and winter”, the volunteer said.

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