Major Marochko
Over the past day, the Ukrainian Junta Nazi Military two times shelled the positions of our units in the area of the locality of Kalinovo and the Prince Igor monument. The fire was opened from grenade launchers, infantry fighting vehicles and small arms, with 30 rounds made.
As a result of a bombardment with a grenade launcher, one soldier of the LPR People's Army received shrapnel wound.
The order to open fire was given by the commander of the 24th brigade, Shevchenko.
The "ATO" command continues to build up the forces and means along the contact line.
According to our data, in the area of the locality of Belogorovka, the Popasnyansky region, there was detected a cluster of the AFU weapons and equipment. On the positions near the contact line, there were found five tanks, one anti-aircraft system "Strela-10", two infantry fighting vehicles and three trucks with ammunition.
From the locality of Lisichanskto the locality of Gorskoye located in the immediate vicinity of the contact line, moved seven military trawls with tanks T-64.
In addition, in the area of the locality of Mirnaya Dolina, the Popasnyansky region, there were detected six tanks T-64.
Due to the growth of crime, low morale of the troops, frequent cases of alcohol and drugs use, an increase in the number of suicides and desertion among the personnel and heading to the Lugansk direction, yesterday at the headquarters of the group "Lugansk" arrived an inspection of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, headed by A. Turchynov.
All the above-mentioned facts show that the Ukrainian criminal military authorities do not intend to comply with the agreements reached on the observance of the cease-fire, but on the contrary, are making every effort to further escalate the conflict in Donbass.
I would like to note that the units of the LPR People's Army do not react to provocations from the Nazi Ukrainian side, adhere to "regime of silence" and observe the Minsk Agreements. We are committed to resolving the conflict in Donbass in a peaceful way but, in the event of the aggravation of the situation, the LPR People's Army reserves the right to liberate, by resolute actions, the territories occupied by the Kiev bandits.
The People's Army units continue to conduct planned training on combat readiness and cohesion of the units. There is regularly held training with the units to bring them in different degrees of readiness. In addition, the military of the LPR People's Army units systematically carry out patriotic education lessons in schools of the Republic.
War in Donbass. 160 shells from Ukrainian side launched at front territories of the DPR
Ukrainian armed units launched 160 artillery shells and mines at suburbs of Donetsk, Dokuchaevsk, Gorlovka, Yasinovataya and south of the DPR.
'Since 6pm to the midnight Ukrainian troops launched 30 artillery shells of 122mm caliber at Dokuchaevsk, villages as Trudovskie, Aleksandrovka in the west of Donetsk, Gorlovka villages, and southern villages', the DPR Defence Ministry reported.
816 Donetsk residents still kept in Ukraine's prisons — human rights ombudswoman
Thirteen residents of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) have been released in three prisoner exchanges with Ukraine in 2016, however as many as 816 prisoners are still being kept by Ukraine, DPR's human rights ombudswoman Darya Morozova said on Friday.
"This year, three prisoner exchanges took place. Thirteen people have been released. As of now, according to our data, the Ukrainian side is still keeping 816 people. Ukraine has confirmed 411 of them whereas information about the other 405 is being verified," the Donetsk News Agency quoted him as saying.
According to Morozova, among the 411 people Kiev has officially confirmed to keep prisoners 117 are DPR servicemen, 54 are civilians and 233 are political prisoners. Seven people have no status. Apart from that, the ombudswoman's office has issued a list of 433 people reported missing as a result of the armed conflict in Donbass.
"Regrettably, Ukraine's law enforcement agencies continue to use illegal methods in respect of the DPR prisoners in violation of the international convention on the treatment of prisoners of war. The ombudswoman's office regularly received reports about tortures of people kept in Ukrainian prisons, both official and unofficial," she added.
Since 2014, Ukraine and the self-proclaimed republics in Donetsk and Lugansk have held 25 prisoner exchanges. The DPR has released 629 people, while Ukraine has released 614. The latest prisoner exchange took place on September 17 when Ukraine released four civilians and the self-proclaimed republics released two men suspected of involvement in sabotage and terrorist activities.
Prisoner exchange is among provisions of the Minsk agreements on the settlement of the situation in southeastern Ukraine reached in September 2014. Apart from that, the Package of Measures to fulfil the September 2014 Minsk agreements, known as Minsk-2, that was signed in Minsk on February 12, 2015, envisaged a ceasefire regime between Ukrainian government forces and people's militias in the self-proclaimed republics in Donetsk and Lugansk (DPR and LPR) starting from February 15, 2015 and a subsequent withdrawal of heavy weapons from the line of engagement. The deal also laid out a roadmap for a lasting settlement in Ukraine, including local elections and constitutional reform to give more autonomy to the war-torn eastern regions.
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