Rebels, Ukrainians exchange more artillery fire
2015-08-17
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By Chris Covert
Rantburg.com
The state of anxiety between Russian backed rebel forces and Ukrainian forces intensified Sunday night as artillery strikes were exchanged in southern and western Donetsk, according to Russian language news accounts.
Rebel artillery reportedly hit the village of Sartana, which lies between Shirokino and Mariupol late Sunday night, killing two unidentified civilians and wounding an undisclosed number of others.
According to a news account published in korrespondent.net, rebel artillery struck the town of Sartana at around 2330 hrs, hitting near the intersection of ulitsas Gromov and Zaozernaya. The two dead were said to be a man in his 70s and a young woman in her 20s. At 0040 hrs, an unidentified 37 year old man and a 10 year old girl were admitted to a Mariupol hospital with shrapnel wounds.
Rebel artillery reportedly hit two sectors in Mariupol, in the village of Lebedinskoye and in the Primorsky district earlier Sunday evening, according to a separate korrespondent.net report. The same report said artillery flashes were seen emanating from a location north of Shirokino. Those artillery hits temporarily knocked out power and television broadcasts in Mariupol. A Ukrainian spokesman identified as Yaroslav Chepurnoy said that the rebels used 122mm artillery. Chepurnoy also said a total of three died in that artillery strike.
Sartana is about three kilometers east of Mariupol.
Ukrainian media also said that rebel artillery hit Ukrainian positions at Talakovke and Starognatovke, near Mariupol.
During the day Sunday, Donetsk defense ministry officials said that Ukrainian artillery hit rebel positions in Sahanka, which is near Sartana, and at Kominternovo.
On Sunday rebel media said that Ukrainian artillery including 122mm rocket artillery struck rebel positions at Telmanovo, with 40 rounds in all hitting and damaging three buildings. Nearby Novolaspa was also hit with Ukrainian artillery, which reportedly originated from Novoselovka. Rebel media said one unidentified civilian was killed in the artillery strike on Telmanovo.
Ukrainian media said that artillery and direct fire engagements have taken place at Marinka near western Donetsk city during the day on Sunday, including mortars, small arms fire and grenade launchers. Positions hit by the rebels include a Ukrainian checkpoint and at Aleksandrovka.
Ukrainian media said that on Sunday, rebel artillery once again hit Avdievka and Opytnoye in western Donetsk city using 120mm mortar, 122mm artillery and 152mm artillery. Those artillery strikes were said to have originated from Peski and Krasnogorovka.
Rebel media said that Ukrainian artillery struck at several points in Donetsk city including at Petrovsky, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky districts, the Donetsk airport and at Spartak. A late rebel report said that Ukrainian artillery hit the Leninsky district of Donetsk city.
Gorlovka was shelled Sunday as well. According to rebel media Ukrainian forces used tanks and artillery fire, all originating from Dzherzinsk.
Chris Covert writes about foreign military issues for Rantburg.com. He can be reached at grurkka@gmail.com and on Twitter. You can read past articles about the 2014 war in southeastern Ukraina by clicking here.
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