Ukrainian army redeploys heavy artillery to the contact line in Donbass

Trench combat does not cease on the Gorlovka and Donetsk directions; the Ukrainian army redeploys heavy artillery in the area of Svetlodarsk and Volnovakha, a source in the Donetsk People’s Republic People’s Militia (DPR PM) informed a Rossa Primavera News Agency reporter on April 6th.

06.04.2017, DPR.

The situation is tense on the northern, western, and south-western borders of Gorlovka. The Ukrainian army was provoking combat by shelling the positions of the Donetsk People’s Republic People’s Militia with mortars, automatic grenade launchers, and large-caliber machine guns. The situation is also tense in the northern suburbs of Donetsk and in the area of Avdeevka industrial zone.

According to DPR PM intelligence, the Ukrainian military redeployed a battery of 122mm “Gvozdika” self-propelled artillery vehicles in the area of the village of Novognatovka near Volnovakha. The Ukrainian army’s positions in the area of Novolugnaskoye near Svetlodarsk was reinforced with a battery of heavy 120mm mortars. Moreover, a battery of 120mm mortars was redeployed to the area of the village of Bogdanovka near Volnovakha.

On April 5th, the Ukrainian army violated ceasefire 47 times. 19 towns and villages of DPR were shelled.

Source: Rossa Primavera News Agency

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