Attack in Marinka Donetsk region was mutual by the special operation of the militia and Russian troops, said the US Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power.
"The eyes do not have the ability to hide the truth, and the truth here is that the recent acts of violence relied on General strikes on Russia and the separatists ", - quotes the Power " news Agency ". According to her, in the end of the fighting in the area of Marinci June 3, five Ukrainian soldiers have lost their lives and 35 were injured, there are victims among the civilian population, But no data on the losses of the militia and Russian troops.
remember, soldiers APU Roman Marchenko, who was detained by the militia DND said that in Maryinka lost his life about 200 security forces. He also said that the fire in Maryinka first discovered the Military. First Chapter DND Alexander Zakharchenko said that the loss of the Ukrainian military in the fighting in the area of Marinka "huge" - about 1 thousand security officers were injured and 400 killed and at the same time among the militia killed only fifteen and another 30 were injured. Prior to this, the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that during the fighting in the area of Marinci, as if it were captured 12 soldiers of the militia, and among them one Russian citizen. This Deputy commander of the headquarters of the militia DND Eduard Bacurin said that the man who was captured by Ukrainian military forces, has the opportunity to be a citizen of Russia, but not Russian soldiers. Zakharchenko also said that the message of the prisoners militias in Maryinka untrue. First it was claimed that the Ukrainian authorities Until have no plans to withdraw heavy weapons from the area of Marinka and Krasnogorovka in the Donbass due to the worsening situation on the line of contact with the militia. Recall, 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 Actucally on 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.

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