The intensity of the shelling of the territory of the self-proclaimed Lugansk people's Republic on military power of Ukraine has increased, said Tuesday at a press conference, Deputy chief of a staff corps of the people's militia LNR Igor Yashchenko.

"The situation in the area of responsibility of the people's militia of the Luhansk national Republic is characterized as" complex and stressful, "said Yashchenko, adding that over the past period of time" noticed a trend of increasing intensity of fire " territory LNR.

according to his statement, for the last four days the LNR area more than 40 times under fire from the APU, for example more than ten times at night. All the Military opened fire from weapons of the tank, BMP, 152-millimeter artillery guns six-fold, from 120-millimeter artillery weapons and 120-millimeter mortar to five times of mortar caliber 82 mm - 13 times, from AGS and small arms eight times. In the end, attacks three soldiers of the people's militia received damage to health.

Yashchenko said that the most frequently subjected to attacks on the outskirts of Slavyanoserbsk, in the territory of the monument to Prince Igor, the outskirts of Pervomaisk and the settlement Veselovka.

The Deputy noticed that the order to attack the Military are choosing " not only law enforcers, but houses of civilians and civilian infrastructure ". This case, according to his statement, looks " particularly cynical ". Yashchenko reminded that fifteen August during the shelling of residential settlements gold-5 mortars with a caliber of 120 millimeters were injured two civilians. In the end, attacks on 12 and 13 August settlements rayouka the electricity supply was disrupted, seriously damaged the water system of Lugansk.

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