Kiev redeployed tanks, self-propelled guns, and sniper groups to the front

According to the Deputy Commander, DPR Intelligence spotted the arrival of two tank companies and a battery of 122mm self-propelled guns ‘Gvozdika’ in the area of Elizavetovka township (Maryinsky district, 18 km to the contact line). Moreover, the location of the artillery platoon composed of the howitzer D-30, self-propelled gun, 100mm anti-tank gun MT-12 ‘Rapira’, and two 203mm self-propelled guns ‘Peon’ was registered in Starognatovka (Telmanovskiy district, 4.5 km to the contact line) and Granitnoe (1km to the contact line) villages.

Eduard Basurin informed about the arrival of the three sniper groups of six, seven, and ten men respectively in Mariinka village (Donetsk agglomeration).

DPR Intelligence regularly registers the redeployment of Kiev’s military equipment to the conflict zone. According to the Package of Measures for the Implementing of the Minsk Agreements, which was signed by the Contact Group February on 2015 February 12th, the artillery of caliber over 100 mm should be withdrawn from one another by 50 km, MLRS by 70 km, MLRS “Tornado”, “Uragan”, “Smerch”, and tactical ballistic missiles “Tochka-U” by 140 km. In accordance with the September supplement to the package of measures, the parties were to withdraw the artillery of caliber up to 100 mm, as well as tanks and mortars. Despite these Agreements, DPR territory is regularly shelled using these kinds of weapons.