12 February 2015

Ukrainian soldiers took Lohvynove by assault; Artemivsk-Debaltseve motorway unblocked

Censor.NET: 12. February 2015

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Ukrainian soldiers unblocked the Artemivsk-Debaltseve motorway near Lohvynove.

This was announced by MP and Donbas battalion commander Semen Semenchenko on his Facebook page,Censor.NET reports.

"Ukrainian Army's units took Lohvynove by assault. The very Lohvynove that is blocking the Artemivsk-Debaltseve motorway. Some minor centers of resistance remain, which are being currently neutralized," he wrote.
According to Semenchenko, units of the Donbas battalion are mopping up the village and its vicinity close to the road.
"F*ck Putin with his Debaltseve entrapment. Glory to Ukraine!" he summed up.


Situation around Debaltseve is the most difficult: militants trying to overrun positions on high grounds near Lohvynove village


The hardest situation in the ATO area remains near Debaltseve today. The militants’ activity has also been recorded at Mariupol direction.
Anti-terror operation representative Colonel Andrii Lysenko said at today's briefing, Censor.NET reports.

According to Lysenko, the militants shelled Debaltseve from Grads and cannon artillery 14 times and committed more than 20 strikes over the ATO forces' base camp in this sector during the past day. Infrastructure facilities and houses were destroyed in the city as a result. The militants are trying to overrun positions on high grounds near Lohvynove village in the Artemivsk district of the Donetsk region to force the Ukrainian troops out from this strategic area.

In addition, the illegal armed groups have unsuccessfully tried to storm the Ukrainian Army positions near Novotroitske, Chornukhyne, and Kamianka villages. Ukrainians detachments have successfully repulsed all the enemy's attacks and maintained all the grounds. The enemy has suffered losses in manpower and equipment.

The militants' activity has also been recorded at Mariupol direction - they shelled Chermalyk village twice yesterday.
The militants' shelling of the city of Shchastia, the Luhansk region, has damaged gas pipeline supplying local hospital, having made gas delivery impossible.

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