Militia DND and Ukrainian security forces Exchanged prisoners: Militia released four soldiers, and among them an officer and paratrooper Andriy Panasyuk, gained a certain popularity in social networks. Instead Militia received seven of his colleagues, said Last news at the headquarters of the militia.

at the headquarters of the militia declare that one of the Ukrainian contractors, who received serious shrapnel injuries and was treated at the clinic, They rescued from the mob of local citizens who came to the clinic in the Torez and was going to " deal " with the captives. The wounded were transferred to the Ukrainian side on the stretcher.

After the exchange was that in captivity Militias were beaten, They were kept in the pits for a few days not fed and not treated, said at the headquarters of the militia.

The exchange took place on the highway between the cities of Snow and Thorez in the Eastern Donetsk region. These places became the " front " violent confrontation between security forces and militias. The procedure exchange took place without incident.

In the 2nd part of July, Shakhtersk (large district 54 km East of Donetsk) and the neighboring town of Torez at the same time with the North and South were attacked by a large force ATO. Their goal, apparently, was a violation of the communications Donetsk Lugansk with the people's Republic, and Russia. In addition, taking Shakhtersk, strength ATO would establish oversight nearby the crash site of the Malaysian Boeing.

After a week of street fighting (from 28 July to 2 August) and artillery bombardment of Shakhtersk attack security forces in General were repulsed. All security officers lost in the battle for Shakhtersk about 200 pieces of various mechanisms, including tanks, armored personnel Carriers, buses and Trucks for a living force.

After unsuccessful operations forces ATO retreated South from Thorez and Shakhtersk.


numerous anti-government protests were started in the South-Eastern regions of Ukraine at the end of February 2014. They were the response of local citizens to violent change of power in the country and the subsequent attempt to cancel the Verkhovna Rada of the law granting Russian the status of regional language. The center of the Pro-Russian opposition-minded people with power in Kiev became the Donbass. About how developed the conflict in the South-East of Ukraine.

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