Ukraine war updates: daily briefings as of July 21, 2016

Ukraine war updates from the war zone in southeast Ukraine as of July 21, 2016 by ATO HQ operational data and Presidential Administration spokesman on ATO issues briefing: EMPR highlights.

(1) The situation in the war zone in southeast Ukraine intensified. Russian occupiers opened fire 70 times over the last day (54 times the day before), in particular: 6 times on Luhansk direction, 33 times on Donetsk direction and 31 times on Mariupol direction;

(2) Luhansk direction: the enemy violated ceasefire regime in Stanytsya Luhanska and Novooleksandrivka with the use of grenade launchers and small arms;

(3) Donetsk direction: Russian armed forces luanched massive mortar attacks on this direction; in particular, the enemy’s 4-hours-long firing with heavy weponry reported in Zaytseve suburbs and Avdiivka; in particular, Russians used 122-mm artillery during attacks at Avdiivka, Semygirya, Kodema and Kamyanka as well as 120-mm and 82-mm mortars in Dacha, Novgorodske, Zaytseve and Avdiivka; mentioned above, resulted damages for residential houses in Avdiivka, there is no watter and electricity supply there; Russian 82-mm mortar firing also reported in Mayorske and Troytske (Svitlodarska line); Russian forces also violated ceasefire regime in Luhanske, Novgorodske – Yasynuvata area and Butivka mine with grenade launchers and high caliber machine guns; to this end, Russian forces opened fire 12 times from the heavy weponry on this direction;

(4) Mariupol direction: the enemy actively shelled Ukrainian positions all across the frontline round-the-clock; in particular, Russian occupiers opened fire upon Ukrainian positions in Vodyane and Talakivka with 122-mm self-propelled artillery (40 shells released) and 120-mm mortars; in the mentime, the enemy used 120-mm and 82-mm mortars in Shyrokino and Krasnogorivka; Russian snipers activated their actions near Maryinka and Hnutove; to this end, Russian forces fulfilled 3 artillery and 11 mortar attacks on this direction;

(5) 12 Russian snipers among regular Russian armed forces arrived to Svitlodarsk with the newest sniper rifles of caliber 12,7 mm, Ukrainian intelligence reports; besides, 23 military trucks arrived to Krasnodon; 3 Russian wagons with ammunition and buses with manpower (up to 200 ppl) arrived to Sverdlovsk; 6 Russian self-propelled howitzer ‘Gvozdika’ arrived to Makiivka;

(6)  No lethal casualties among Ukrainian serviceman reported over the last 24 hours, but 5 servicemen were wounded in action reported in southeast Ukraine.

EMPR

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