AT 14:00: HIGHLIGHTS
Ukrainian National Security and Defence Council (NSDC) information and analytical center spokesman Andriy Lysenko
(1) The situation in the ATO zone has deteriorated in the last 24 hours. Counterattacks by units of the Russian Federation’s Armed Forces and proxy armed groups continue in southeastern Donetsk Oblast. On August 27, Russian army took control of towns in Novoazovsk, Starobesheve and Amvrosiyivka Counties.
(2) On August 27, at around 11:00, the outskirts of Novoazovsk and the positions of Ukrainian Armed Forces were shelled by Grad MLRSs from Russian Territory. At 12:30, an attack began with two columns of RF military equipment including tanks, APCs and AFVs, which entered Ukraine from Veselo-Voznesensk and Maksimov in Rostov Oblast, RF. By orders of the ATO commander, the combined ATO, MIA and State Border Service troops retreated. Closer to evening, the two Russian convoys entered Novoazovsk.
Group of Russian army with tanks settled in Novooasovsk. (August 28, 2014).
(3) Near the border village of Kholodne, a Russian Uragan MLRS was reported to have been set up.
BM-27 'Uragan' (Hurricane) mid-range multiple rocket launcher systems
(4) Clashes continue in the suburbs of Luhansk, near Novosvitlivka and Khriashchuvate, in Donetsk and in Ilovaisk, Mariyinka, Starobesheve and Olenivka in Volnovakha County, Donetsk Oblast.
(5) In the villages of Perevalsk, Zorynsk, Maloivanivka, Mala Fashchivka, Verhuliyivka, and Rozsypne, reinforcements have arrived for the terrorists and these settlements are being prepared for long-term defense.
(6) The Russian Armed Forces and their proxies are grouping for a major assault in the direction of Shakhtarsk-Ilovaisk.
(7) A medical team of Russian citizens arrived at the Krasnodon Central Municipal Hospital with medical equipment, after which a massive number of wounded and dead militants were brought into the facility.
(8) The situation in occupied Crimea is growing tense. On August 27, Ukrainian border patrols arrested a diversionary unit trying to break through to the mainland from the peninsula.
(9) The State Border Service has put 6 naval tactical groups of the Marine Guard on the Azov Sea to provide additional coverage on the coastline.
(10) Civilians in the parts of Luhansk controlled by Russian proxies, there are no water, power or communication services. In Donetsk, 5 districts have been left without power.
Donetsk city center up in flames. (August 28, 2014).
(11) Over the last 24 hours, State Emergency Service pyrotechnical teams swept 12 hectares and removed 195 explosive devices in Luhansk and Donetsk Oblasts.
(12) Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said there was clear evidence that Russian regular military units are on the ground in eastern Ukraine. Canada’s Foreign Minister John Baird declared that it was necessary to clearly respond to Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine. Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkiavicius called on the European Union and other international organizations to consider the option of providing military assistance to Ukraine.
Source: National Security Council of Ukraine briefing at 14:00 August 28,2014
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