Ukraine hostilities
Active hostilities broke out this morning near the residential area of Sakhanka. This has been reported by a representative of the Donetsk People's Republic's operational command from the scene of events.

The Ukrainian armed forces and volunteer battalions, including no less than three platoons and supported by artillery, attempted to go on the offensive from the direction of Dzerzhinskoye (called Azov in Ukraine).

The attack was repulsed by the armed forces of the DPR and the enemy lost no less than 5 soldiers and 8 wounded. A UAF APC was also hit.

Fighting also erupted near Shirokino, where the Ukrainian side attempted to attack the DPR's positions on the southern front. The operational command of the DPR reported: "At 10:00 on November 26th, the enemy, with forces of up to three platoons of personnel and supported by armored vehicles under the cover of 82mm and 122mm mortar fire from Shirokino, attempted to attack our positions near the village of Vodyanoe. Over the course of the firefight, the enemy was stopped and driven back to their original positions."

The escalation of fighting began yesterday after Ukrainian Interior Minister Avakov's statement that Kiev's occupation forces could seize Donbass in two years. This is not the first unsuccessful attempt by Kiev to break through the DPR's line of defense on the southern front in recent time. On November 23rd, 5 Ukrainian soldiers were killed and 7 were wounded in a similar unsuccessful attempt.