Artillery is working: militias and Ukrainian military exchange artillery strikes (VIDEO)
Donetsk, July 17 (Navigator, Victoria Litovchenko) – Fighting continues in the Donbass, the centers of which are Izvarino (Lugansk region) and Marinovka (Donetsk region).
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As reported on social networks on behalf of DPR Defense Minister Igor Strelkov, heavy fighting continues near Marinovka.
“The enemy is bombarding Marinovka, Stepanovka and the surrounding heights with a shower of shells and rockets. Unfortunately, they are not going on the attack yet: they are realizing their overwhelming superiority in art. weapons. We are suffering serious losses, but we are holding our positions,” the message says.
“In the Kozhevnya area (south of Dmitrievka - on the very border with Russia), our DRG destroyed a tank and armored personnel carrier with ATGM fire in a motionless Ukrainian column. Pontoon crossing across the river. Mius has been destroyed by artillery, and the enemy forces trying to get out of the encirclement are demoralized,” the post states.
In addition, it is reported that an artillery strike was carried out on Ukrainian military positions in the area of the customs terminal and the Marinovka border checkpoint.
Clashes also continued near Lugansk.
“At 4 a.m. in the Metalist area (northern outskirts of Kuteynikovo), the DRG of the 2nd Slavic battalion attacked an enemy stronghold in the area of the fire station with AGS and small arms. Ukrainians suffered significant losses in manpower. There are trophies,” it is reported on the social network on behalf of Strelkov.
Information is being spread on social networks that the Ukrainian army has retreated from Lugansk: the villages of Sabovka, Govorukha, Roskoshne and Georgievka have been abandoned.
Let us remember that earlier information about the retreat of the military was already voiced by representatives of the militia, but it was denied in Kyiv.
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