Soldaat gedood, vijf soldaten gewond bij aanvallen

Bij gevechten met de pro-Russische rebellen is gisteren een Oekraïense soldaat gedood, terwijl vijf soldaten verwondingen opliepen. De rebellen voerden 47 aanvallen uit, waarvan 20 in de omgeving van Marioepol, 16 in de omgeving van de stad Donetsk en 11 in de provincie Loehansk.

Ook vandaag was het weer verre van rustig in de Donbas. Volgens het Oekraïense leger werden soldaten bij Krasnohorivka met zware mortieren beschoten. Ook de soldaten bij Avdiivka en Verchniotoretske lager weer flink onder vuur. Zij kregen te maken met 82 millimeter mortieren, granaatwerpers en zware machinegeweren. In de directe omgeving van Sjirokine werden pantserwagens van de rebellen waargenomen.

Bronnen: Unian, Censor.net

Russia deploys nuclear weapons carriers in Crimea – Ukraine intelligence Russia has deployed carriers of nuclear weapons in Crimea, said Vadym Skibitskyi, representative of the Main Intelligence Department of Ukraine’s Defense Ministry, during a briefing today that was broadcast by 112 Ukraine channel. Ukraine 20:58, 09 August 2016 44 READ LATER topwar.ru topwar.ru "We do not rule out such a probability [the deployment of nuclear weapons in Crimea]. There are indeed carriers of nuclear weapons in the territory of the Crimean peninsula. These are grounds-based or air-delivered weapons," Skibitskyi said. Read also Witnesses share footage of Russia army trucks moving across occupied Crimea "Currently, nuclear weapons are stored at depots in the territory of Russia, near Novorossiysk, as well as in other facilities located in European Russia," Skibitskyi added.

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