The Ukrainian side said about the shelling of the Town
The head of the Ministry of internal Affairs of Ukraine in Donetsk region Vyacheslav Abroskin said that militias like shelled Avdiivka. "Militants shelled Avdiivka. Direct hits of shells in houses in the street of jubilee. Destroyed houses, damaged a gas pipeline. The data received about the damage specified. On site works investigative team Avdiivka city Department of militia ", - Abroskin said on Facebook.
before Thursday, the Plenipotentiary representative of the DND Denis Putilin said that across the line of contact in Donbas are fixed shelling from Ukrainian forces. On Wednesday the official representative of the presidential administration of Ukraine on problems of special operations in the Donbass Andriy Lysenko and the Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk told about the offensive against militia in the area of Mariinka near Donetsk. However, the militia said that the Military were the first to attempt a breakthrough in the area of Marinci. Zam. the force commander of the militia DND Eduard Baturin said that the shelling from the Ukrainian security forces were a cover for transporting tanks. In addition, he did not rule out that the attack in Marinka may be a red herring in front of a large-scale provocations in Luhansk region.