In Slavyansk, the militants used a "live shield"

During the mortar shelling of the checkpoint of the Ukrainian security forces in Slavyansk, the militants used a "live shield", said the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Arsen Avakov. They tied hostages to the trees near their position. As a result of the shelling, an employee of the Ivano-Frankivsk special police unit died, two more were seriously injured.

In addition, the terrorists fired at the ATO forces column, according to Dmitry Tymchuk, head of the Information Soproting group. There are no victims among the security forces. They opened fire. There is no data in the losses of the attackers.

As a result of hostilities in the area of ​​Slavyansk, high -voltage lines were damaged and a substation of 110 square meters of Slavyansk was completely de -energized. As a result, without electricity, Slavyansk and 40 settlements of the district itself were partially left, the press service of DTEK Donetskoblenergo reports.

On Friday evening, an AN-26 plane with a cargo of a non-military nature on board was shot down over Slavyansky. “The plane was shot down by terrorists as a result of two launches of the MANPADS and fell on the residential quarters of Slavyansk. Skillful actions of the crew were made away from Slavyansk,” said the speaker of the ATO Vladislav Seleznev.

"According to the updated data, to deeply, yesterday, not the entire crew was able to leave the side of the An -26, hit on the Slavic An -26. Three crew members left the side, one of them died. The data are being specified relatively on board the crew members," Tymchuk said. There were eight people on board the aircraft.

On YouTube, a video is published, on which a broken plane with a burning right engine is visible.

On May 29, under Slavic, militants shot down a Mi-8 helicopter. As a result, 14 Ukrainian troops were killed , including General Sergei Kulchitsky. The helicopter brought to Mount Karachun products, drinking water and body armor for the Ukrainian security forces there. After unloading, the helicopter took on board the fighters flying on vacation, and a few minutes after the take -off was shot down.

On June 4 of this year, near Slavyansk, armed people from a portable anti-aircraft missile complex fired at a helicopter. As a result, two military personnel were injured of varying severity.