Militias digging in Donetsk

Last Friday, July 4, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, at a meeting with representatives of parliamentary factions and groups, informed parliamentarians about a telephone conversation with the heads of France and Germany. During this conversation, they discussed the settlement of the situation in the Donbass, the presidential press service reports . It is noted that European leaders talked about the need to continue the dialogue of the presidents of Ukraine and Russia. In this regard, Petro Poroshenko noted that the continuation of negotiations will be possible only on condition that all parties will observe the provisions of the peaceful plan: “There will be no more unilateral ceasefire,” the president said .

Meanwhile, military operations in the southeast of Ukraine are underway more and more actively: on Saturday morning, July 5,it became known that the headquarters of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic was destroyed in the city of Artemovsk, Donetsk region. “In the evening, the Artemovsk Battalion made a reconnaissance in Artemovsk. Destroyed the headquarters of the DPR. The battalion is headed by our artemov officer - Konstantin Mateichenko. Correspondence the current military commandant of the Red Liman. In the near future, the situation in Artemovsk will be peaceful .. Of course, the world will be backed up by the confident force of the Artemovsk special battalion and the ATO forces, ” wrote the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Arsen Avakov on his page on the social network Facebook.

The main forces of the militia of Slavyansk on Saturday made a breakthrough from the city. According to eyewitnesses, three KamAZ, two tanks and eight cars drove along the highway from Slavyansk towards the center of Kramatorsk, where the main headquarters of the self -proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic was located. The commander of the DPR militias Igor Strelkov in a video interview said that the decision to leave Slavyansk was made "for the sake of saving the lives of the city’s inhabitants and maintaining their own forces." He said that the “distracting attack by the armored group” contributed to the success of the operation of breaking up militias from the city. A significant part of it died, however, up to 90% of the personnel of the so -called DPR army and their families managed to withdraw.

“Our decision to leave the city, not to die in it, was caused not only by the desire to save the garrison itself, but also by the fact that we understood that we could not hold it, and the city will be subjected to even greater destruction, even greater victims,” Strelkov said . He asked for forgiveness from the inhabitants of Slavyansk for the fact that the militia forces failed to defend the city.

Arsen Avakov confirmed the information about the breakthrough. “In the morning, intelligence reports that Girkin and a significant part of the militants fled from Slavyansk, sowing confusion among the few remaining .. They roll to Gorlovka. On the way they are "greeted" by our battle groups. Terrorists suffer losses, surrendered .. ”, - wrote the minister on Facebook.

According to the press service of the President of Ukraine, the militias trying to break out of the Ukrainian military, as a result of which the tank, two BMPs and two BMDs were shot down. The security forces were established by the Slavic control, on behalf of Petro Poroshenko, the flag of Ukraine was raised over the city council.

“This is not a complete victory. But the cleansing of Slavyansk from the armed to the teeth of the gang of nonhumans is of great symbolic meaning. This is the beginning of a fracture in the fight against militants for the territorial integrity of Ukraine. For a return to the normal life of Donbass, as an integral part of our great, strong, European country, ”his press service quotes the opinion of Petro Poroshenko.

The speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament, Alexander Turchinov, shares the president’s position regarding the return of control of Slavic: “Today there has been a turning point in the fight against terrorism in the east of our country. The separatists tried to turn Slavyansk into a symbol of the struggle against our homeland, but it was this city that will become a symbol of the victory of independent and united Ukraine over Russian mercenaries and terrorists, ”the press service of the Verkhovna Rada quoted Alexander Turchinov as saying.

The Prime Minister of the self-proclaimed DPR Alexander Boroday on his Twitter announced the movement of the headquarters of the militia from Slavyansk to Kramatorsk, but this message was not relevant for long. Soon it became known that the militias after Slavyansk left both Kramatorsk and the troops of the Ukrainian army entered the city. Such information appeared on the tape of the UNN agency with reference to the speaker of the Information Center of the National Security and Defense (National Security and Defense Council) of Ukraine Andrei Lysenko. According to him, scouts and sappers are checked by administrative and communal buildings for possible mining. Probably, such measures are used on the basis of information that sabotage groups of militias are still in Kramatorsk. Lysenko also noted active assistance from the local population for the forces of the ATO. Following Slavic, the flag of Ukraine was raised over the Kramatorsky.

From Kramatorsk, the militia forces went to Donetsk, Interfax reports with reference to representatives of the militia headquarters in Kramatorsk. “Running away from one fortified point, they now go through the borders to Donetsk. For what? In order, first of all, to provoke chaos at the places of residence of a larger number of population, ”Valentin Nalyvaichenko, head of the Security Service of Ukraine, commented on these movements. “The main goal is to destroy the state, sow panic, weaken Ukraine.”

Immediately after it became known that the militia forces left Slavyansk and Kramatorsk, President Petro Poroshenko addressed his compatriots. He gave orders for the supply of humanitarian assistance to the residents of Slavyansk and other settlements in the southeast of the country who need it. “In particular, planes and motorcades went to Slavyansk. Already today, bread, water, sugar, stew should be delivered to the city. In addition, I instructed that work began to restore energy supply and water supply for normal life in the city, ”Poroshenko said in a television show to the Ukrainian people. Also, according to the president, pensions, scholarships and all other budget payments will be transferred to these cities in the near future, and infrastructure facilities should be put in order.

Messages continue to receive that the militia forces leave their positions: “The terrorists left the last two cities in front of Donetsk: Druzhkovka and Konstantinovka. The reconnaissance groups of the Donbass battalion entered the city, a map of possible mining objects with terrorists is drawn up. The Ukrainian flag was hoisted over the administration of Konstantinovka, ” said Semen Semenchenko, commander of the territorial defense of the Donetsk region Donbass on the night of July 6 on July 6 on July 6.

Now the militias have begun "to organize the defense of Donetsk," Igor Strelkov said about this in the same video interview . According to him, on Monday, the Central Military Council from all field commanders of the militia will be convened, on which the question of the further defense of the self -proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic will be raised. He also noted that this time the mistakes that were made during the defense of Slavyansk, which was "not as convenient for defense as Donetsk," will be taken into account. So far, Strelkov himself will command the garrison and perform the duties of "military commandant Donetsk", later special people will be appointed to these positions.