Air Force flights were suspended on Tuesday, July 15, after the crash of an Antonov-26 military transport plane in the Luhansk Region on July 14. “Now aviation is supporting our units on the ground where the fiercest fighting is going on,” Andrei Lysenko, spokesperson for the National Security and Defense Council, said on Wednesday, July 16.
Militia said earlier that the Ukrainian army was delivering airstrikes in the Donetsk Region.
Militia advancing in Donetsk Region, blocking airport in Luhansk
Militiamen in the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (DNR and LNR, respectively) are advancing against the National Guard in the eastern Donetsk Region. The National Guard said the militiamen were attacking its positions using mortars and tanks. It said four National Guard members had been injured.
- Militiamen have also blocked the airport in Luhansk, the LNR army said. They have blocked the troops stationed at the airport and up to 40-45 tanks, armoured personnel carriers and self-propelled artillery systems.
Martial law and a curfew have been imposed in Donetsk. “To avoid possible excesses and preserve the life and health of the peaceful people, the militia command is imposing martial law and a curfew in Donetsk as a measure to ensure law and order,” DNR militia commander Igor Strelkov said in a statement.
The curfew will be in effect from 23:00 till 06:00.
Meanwhile, the central authorities in Kiev are not considering imposing martial law in the whole east of the country. “This possibility is not being considered at the moment,” Andrei Lysenko, spokesperson for the National Security and Defense Council, said.......................http://en.itar-tass.com/world/740954
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Ukraine: deux avions de chasse ukrainiens abattus dans l'Est...
ReplyDeleteLes deux appareils Soukhoï ont été touchés au-dessus de Savour-Mogyla, une hauteur dans la région de Donetsk. On ignore le sort des pilotes, a précisé le porte-parole. Cette information a été annoncée six jours après le crash jeudi dernier d'un avion de ligne malaisien avec 298 personnes à bord, probablement touché par un missile tiré de la zone contrôlée par les rebelles pro-russes dans l'est de l'Ukraine.
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Ukraine’s military has said that two of its fighter jets were shot down by pro-Russia separatists in the country’s east on Wednesday, not far from where Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was downed last week, killing all 298 people on board....
ReplyDeleteA spokesman for Ukraine’s military operations said the planes were downed near Savur Mogila, a burial mound in the Shaktersky region where a memorial marks ambushes by the Soviet army on occupying Nazis during World War Two.
He said he did not have any information about the pilots.
Igor Strelkov, who is now in charge of the rebel ranks in the eastern city of Donetsk, said the separatists had brought down one plane and that the pilot had ejected. He gave no further details.
Fierce fighting raged near the rebels’ two main centres in Donetsk and nearby Luhansk, where they have been pushed back by Ukrainian government forces, who have taken control of villages and suburbs around the cities.
Earlier on Tuesday, Kiev said the separatists were leaving their positions on the outskirts of Donetsk and retreating towards the city centre.....................http://www.france24.com/en/20140723-ukraine-jets-shot-down-pro-russia-separatists/