Mortar fire near Slavyansk: there are dead among the military
Slavyansk, June 28 (Navigator, Victoria Litovchenko) – Near Slavyansk there was a shootout between the military and the militia.
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“A checkpoint was fired upon near Slavyansk. Where the turn to Krasny Liman is. Three soldiers were killed and six more were injured,” said Alexey Dmitrashkovsky, spokesman for the anti-terrorist operation.
“At about 13 p.m., an intense mortar fire began between our positions on Semyonovka and the enemy’s stronghold near the village of Vostochny. It is unclear who started it (I was told that it was the enemy. But it is possible that our soldiers could not resist and fired at another convoy with ammunition moving along the road). During the firefight, a mortar company and (from the depths) a howitzer battery fired from the enemy. On our part, we also had to connect the “multiple destroyed” “Nona”. In addition, a group of fighters advanced to the post and processed it from the AGS,” DPR Defense Minister Igor Strelkov was quoted on social networks as saying he voiced his version of what happened.
According to the headquarters of the Slavic militia, security forces opened fire several times at night on the outskirts of the city, in addition, drones were flying.
“In the morning, Su-25s twice dropped cargo by parachute for their units at the Kramatorsk airfield and at other points. Due to strong winds, most of the cargo was blown far to the side and did not reach its destination,” the militia reported.
Earlier, the National Security and Defense Council stated that during the day, a Ukrainian military checkpoint was fired upon five times, resulting in five soldiers being injured.
According to information in the leadership of the LPR, this morning, despite the declared truce, there was a battle in the area of the Red Partisan border checkpoint in the Donetsk region.
As Navigator reported, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko extended the truce by 72 hours.
Mortar firefight near Slavyansk: soldiers killed