Russian Ministry of Defence: Russia registered 9 violations of ceasefire in Syria

Most of the violations have been registered in the areas controlled by ISIL (organization banned in Russia) and Jabhat al-Nusra (organization banned in Russia) terrorist organizations.“Situation in the de-escalation zones is assessed as stable. The Russian party of the Russia-Turkey Commission on violations of the Joint Agreement has registered 9 cases of firing… The Turkish party has registered 8 cases… Most cases of unselective firing from small arms have been registered in the areas controlled by insurgents of the ISIS (organization banned in Russia — Rossa Primavera News Agency) and Jabhat al-Nusra (organization banned in Russia — Rossa Primavera News Agency) terrorist groupings,” said the Defence Ministry Bulletin.

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Explosion occurred at a kindergarten in the chinese city of Fengxian

Local Chinese officials said that the investigation was underway, but couldn’t provide any data on victims of the explosion. According to the reports of the local officials, the blast struck at around 5 p.m. at the building of a kindergarten in eastern China in Jiangsu province. Cause of the accident has not been revealed. Local media has already published some images of the accident, as well as non-official information on victims.

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Graduation in the Republican Military Lyceum

Diploma award took place after dress parade and welcome address. Later on, Lyceum students laid flowers to the monument to graduates who were killed on the military duty. The participants of the graduation honored the memory of the fallen with a moment of silence.

Lyceum was founded back in 1993 on the basis of the Donetsk High Military and Political College. Its training program is very close to the one of the Suvorov Military School. For the past years since the Civil War has started, 305 graduates have received DPR diplomas.

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Syrian army continues the operation to liberate Akerbat and Huveysis

Experts interviewed by the portal said that dislodging the militants of ISIL (organization banned in Russia) from their positions will be difficult. Islamists had occupied the territory for a long time, and they equipped the long-term positions well. Maneuver terrorist groups of up to 20 people conduct retaliatory raids actively utilizing “jihad-mobiles”, and unmanned aerial vehicles.

In the same time, the Syrian army attacks terrorists by weak forces due to shortage of forces and trained units. “Either by foreign units or units of the fifth corps, which consist of not very efficient contingent, it cannot be called elite”, said defense analyst Anton Mardasov, who heads the Department of Middle Eastern Conflicts of Institute of Innovative Development.

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DPR: Ukrainian army utilizes heavy artillery on all parts of the front

On the Gorlovka direction, the Ukrainian army opened fire on the villages of Golmovsky, Zaytsevo, and Zhovanka with tanks, the weapons of infantry fighting vehicles, high-caliber small arms.

On the Donetsk direction, the Ukrainian military attacked the area of the “Yasinovataya” checkpoint and the area of the former Donetsk airport, the villages of Spartak and Trudovskiye. Power lines were damaged in the village of Veseloye in the northern outskirts of Donetsk. The Ukrainian army actively utilized 152mm and 122mm artillery, 120mm and 82mm mortars, recoilless anti-tank gun, and heavy machine guns.

On the Mariupol part [of the front], trench combat was underway near the villages of Kominternovo and Sakhanka. The Ukrainian army used mortars, the weapons of infantry fighting vehicles, and automatic grenade launchers.

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