October 7 Essence of Time unit in Donbass report

On the third try, the separation of the forces took place near Petrovskoye village of Starobeshevsky district of DPR. The previous two tries, on October 1st and 3rd, were disrupted by the Ukrainian side. The situation on the separation of the sides remains tense near Stanitsa Luganskaya village (Lugansk People’s Republic). The Ukrainian side has claimed that its units would not be withdrawn simultaneously, as it was agreed beforehand, but only after the withdrawal of the positions by the LPR militiamen. At the same time, the Ukrainian side shells the positions of the People’s Militia at this sector every day. The next attempt to separate the forces near Stanitsa Luganskaya village is scheduled for October 9th.

DPR recon informed on the increased number of non-combat casualties among the personnel of the Ukrainian army. During the past 7 days, 110 servicemen of the Ukrainian army hospitalized.

During the past week, the enemy violated the ceasefire 1352 times at the front-line territories of DPR, 803 times by artillery. 5 DPR soldiers were killed in the course of their duty. A resident of Gorlovka town was shell-shocked and received multiple shrapnel wounds.