Militiamen of the breakaway Lugansk national Republic (LNR) reported on the elimination of 130 security forces during the fighting in the suburbs of Lugansk and near the city's airport and about liquidation of the Ukrainian Il-76 aircraft and seven BTR, notified on the official Internet representation LNR.

" They carried out a successful operation in the area of Lugansk to the airport, in the hands of airborne divisions of the enemy. The enemy was fired from heavy mortars and multiple launch rocket systems " Grad ", lost located in the airport area of IL-76, 7 BTR, mortar calculation, one anti-aircraft installation ZU 23-2, five cars, and about hundreds of fighters, " said the report.

As noted, throughout yesterday the Ukrainian law enforcers conducted intensive artillery and mortar fire on human settlements Aleksandrovsk and Large Verguny. Closer to the evening division of the Ukrainian army, and tanks, tried to entrench in the area of Krasny Yar, but were knocked out of this place by army units LNR. In response, Ukrainian troops attacked the positions of Luhansk of systems of volley fire " Grad " with the assistance of three Mi-24 helicopters.

" then the Ukrainian army tried to attack the town from three directions: Krasny Yar, Metalist, Aleksandrovka. All the attacks were successfully repulsed army LNR. The enemy lost two howitzers, mortars calculation and about thirty people lost ", - stressed in the press service.

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