Rebellen vallen oostkant Marioepol 31 maal aan

Met 31 aanvallen ten (noord)oosten van Marioepol lag het speerpunt van de pro-Russische rellen weer in die hoek. In totaal werden gisteren namelijk 50 aanvallen uitgevoerd op posities van het Oekraïense leger. Soldaten bij de dorpen Pavlopil, Novotrojtske, Bohdanivka en Novomichailivka en het stadje Marinka werden bestookt met raketaangedreven granaten.

De rebellen schoten met 82 millimeter mortieren en vanuit pantserwagens op de soldaten in Sjirokine en Talakivka, die bij de stad Krasnohorivka kregen te maken met mortieren, machinegeweren en zelfs antiluchtdoelraketten. Tegen de soldaten bij de dorpen Vodiane en Hnoetove werd 122 millimeter artillerie ingezet.

In de buurt van Donetsk werden soldaten bij het dorp Piski met raketaangedreven granaten bestookt, terwijl de rebellen Loehanske aanvielen met machinegeweren en 82 millimeter mortieren. Tegen Zajtseve werden 120 millimeter mortieren ingezet, zoals ook tegen de soldaten die het industrieterrein van de stad Avdiivka verdedigen.

Uit de provincie Loehansk werden aanvallen gemeld op de dorpen Novozvanivka, Balka Kosharna, Novo-Oleksandrivka en Novotoshkivkse. Op soldaten bij Stanitsja Loehanska werd met machinegeweren geschoten, bij Krimske werden ze onder vuur genomen met raketaangedreven granaten en 120 millimeter mortieren.

Bij de aaanvallen van de rebellen zijn gisteren vier Oekraïense soldaten gewond geraakt.

Bron: Unian

Russian proxies attack Ukraine 50 times in last day, hot spot near Mariupol Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 50 times in the past 24 hours, including 31 in the Mariupol sector, nine barrages in the Luhansk sector, and another 10 in the Donetsk sector, according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. War 09:40, 08 November 2016 47 READ LATER REUTERS REUTERS In the Mariupol sector, the militants used small arms and rocket-propelled grenades against ATO forces in the villages of Pavlopil, Novotroyitske, Bohdanivka and Novomykhailivka, and the town of Maryinka. They opened fired from 82mm mortars, infantry fighting vehicles on the villages of Shyrokyne and Talakivka, as well as from anti-aircraft guns, machine guns and 82mm and 120mm mortars on the Ukrainian fortified positions in the town of Krasnohorivka. In addition to mortars, the occupiers also used 122mm cannon artillery systems near the villages of Vodiane and Hnutove. Read also Ukraine's defense ministry: 16 Donbas occupiers eliminated in past week In the Donetsk sector, the enemy fired rocket-propelled grenades on the Ukrainian defenders of the village of Pisky, as well as machine guns and 82mm mortars in the village of Luhanske. Besides grenade launchers and small arms, the militants used 120mm mortars in the village of Zaitseve. Additionally, they fired mortars, machine guns, grenade launchers and small arms in the town of Avdiyivka. "In the Luhansk sector, Russia's hybrid military force used grenade launchers, machine guns and small arms against ATO forces near the villages of Novozvanіvka, Balka Kosharna, Novo-Oleksandrivka and Novotoshkivske. They also fired machine guns near the village of Stanytsia Luhanska, as well as rocket-propelled grenades and 120mm mortars on the Ukrainian fortified positions in the village of Krymske," the headquarters said.

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