The self-proclaimed head of the DND Alexander Zakharchenko said that in the battle for Marinka was in practice destroyed the battalion " Kiev-2 ".

On the 3rd of June, the Military began after the break shelling across the front line. Under their fire was multiple cities, artillery blow was struck, and on the Petrovsky district of Donetsk. Zakharchenko have said before, that in the battles in the area of Marinci killed about 400 Kyiv security forces and destroyed 60 pieces of different mechanisms.

"Fighting in Marinka showed that the attempt of entering the Donetsk failed. They (the Ukrainian Military - ed.) has received a staggering loss. For example, the battalion "Kiev-2" suffered heavy losses, was destroyed. But attempts will continue, " - said Zakharchenko correspondents on the first day of the week.

The General staff of Ukraine recognized that the Ukrainian Military used against the militia near Donetsk heavy equipment, which had previously been allotted to the rear according to the Minsk agreements. DNR considers the actions of the Ukrainian security forces to disrupt the Minsk agreements. The Kremlin has expressed concern about the provocative actions of the military power of Ukraine in the Donbass.


The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat of residents of the region. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict were about 6, 5 thousand people. The settlement of the situation in the Donbass is discussed, as well as among them, during meetings in Minsk contact group, which since September of last year already took 3 of the document governing the steps to de-escalate the conflict.

The last document, dated 12 February, except for a ceasefire, withdrawal of heavy weapons and creating a security zone, obliges the Authorities of Ukraine to engage in direct dialogue with the authorized DND and LNR, for Example, on the issue of conduct in local elections, entering into the Constitution of Ukraine of change, involving the decentralization of Power, as well as on the issue of legislative recognition of special status of separate districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions ".
June 3 in the area of Marinci has been a serious Battle, the victims of which, according to the UN, became 34. The military has accused the militia in the attack, the same called statements of Kiev speculation. Authorized self-proclaimed republics said that the Ukrainian Military continues to pull to the contact line of heavy equipment and jet systems of volley fire, and the intensity of the attacks increased. The authorities DND and LNR pushing that War had brought heavy weapons to a safe distance, regulated by the Minsk agreements. Read

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