Military holidays shelled the railway lines to the stage of Yasinovataya-Skotovataya, because it was damaged contact network and the railway, said on the first day of the week, the press service of the Ministry of transport of the self-proclaimed Donetsk national Republic.

"In August 06. 00 as a result of shelling by Ukrainian punishers plot of Petrunko-Skotovataya (territories controlled by Ukraine) - Yasinovataya (DNR) was damaged contact network station Skotovataya and part of the way of a stage Skotovataya-Yasinovataya. As a result of damage in the Internet the tension is gone, the train traffic was stopped for a while ", - is informed in the report.

according to the Ministry of transport, on a subsequent day, August 9, at the end of a long shelling damaged power lines. So, at the station Skotovataya and train the stretch Skotovataya - Yasinovataya 7 was damaged poles and mast disconnector. The amount of the damage becomes clear. In the message also it is noted that the shelling was damaged 200 meters W/d fabric and 1000 meters of a contact wire.

"train ferrying Skotovataya-Yasinovataya until recently was the only outlet for goods from the DNR to the site of Ukraine. Now a letter trains stopped for a while. To date, there is no possibility of the transport of raw materials at yenakiieve, Donetsk metallurgical works ", - quotes the press service of the Ministry of the word of the first Deputy Minister of transport DND Vladimir Kabala.

Restoration work has already been started, however, a serious obstacle for repair crews is the proximity of the damaged areas to the line of contact, said the Ministry.

at rallies in early April of this past year the residents of Donetsk and Lugansk regions of Ukraine, do not recognise the legitimacy of the February coup, announced the development of " people's republics ". After held in may 2014 referenda of the Republic declared its sovereignty, put together their own authorities. Kiev DND and LNR not recognized and began from mid-April 2014 in the field of power special operation. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 6, 8 thousand people.

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