In the East, it does not work out
(BRUSSELS2 in Kyiv) “ Since the Minsk political agreements, the situation has not changed on the ground, this is what I was able to answer today, during the traditional daily press briefing, the Deputy Head of the Crisis Center of the National Defense Council and Safety de Ukraine, Volodymyr Polevyi. The Russians and the separatists do not do not comply with the agreements, there have been "so-called elections", there is no ceasefire".
The "terrorists" continue to attack
Witness the incessant "incidents" which lead to deaths on both sides of what is a real war, from all points of view: military first, then political, finally communication. " The situation in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions has not changed much over the past day assesses Volodymyr Polevyi. « The terrorists (*) continue to attack and bomb the positions Ukrainian forces of theanti-terrorist operation (ATO) (*)”.
Repeated incidents
The militia fired à artillery and small arms salary. positions of soldiers Ukrainian at the airport from Donetsk. The "terrorists" (*) fired at the basics and checkpoints Ukrainian near Avdiyivka, Optne, pisky et Novobakhmutivka à l'Artillerie, mortar and and to the RPG (grenade launcher). Same as Debaltsevo and in the area from the highway de Bakhmutivska. Near from the village of Tonenke, those are "Grad" (these rocket launchers mounted on vehicles) which took over to take under fire, "twice, the Ukrainian positions. Etc.
Russian-made drone shot down
Ukrainian forces shot down on Thursday (27 November), in the area of Shchastya, a drone military of Russian manufacture, with their anti-aircraft installations ZU-23-2.
Casualties
The losses are continuous. Thereby a Ukrainian soldier was killed, 11 others were injured, according to the report he draws up for the day of November 28. The day before, 1 soldier had been killed and 3 others wounded. As well as 3 civilians in bombardments.
The situation of the population is becoming difficult
For the Ukrainian official, " the humanitarian situation is becoming more and more exacerbated. the local population has problems with access to water, gas, electricity, heating, medical supplies, transport, food and lack of money. he explains. This translates, according to him: by the rapid growth of dissent among the locals ". The " food and other goods imported into occupied cities are (indeed) under the control of militants and kept in warehouses or stolen by terrorist groups (*)”.
Diversion of humanitarian aid
He specifies : " Humanitarian convoys (Russian) are a fiction, an image for television. The aid did not reach the people, the cargo was used by the rebels. » These trucks arouse envy. " This week there was a confrontation between gangs of terrorists in the Luhansk region which escalated to a serious degree. Militiamen publicly accuse each other of hijacking and stealing goods transported from Russia ». Yesterday thus, during what is akin to a settling of accounts, “12 terrorists (*) of the LNR (**) attacked” the headquarters of a "Don Cossack gang in Antrazyt”. Result: 12 "Cossacks" on the carpet, including the "commander" of the city.
The request to see the Red Cross involved
The Ukrainian official asks, once again, that the " Red Cross is involved in verifying the content and destination of these trucks” who cross the border, and of which we no longer really know what happens to them afterwards.
Ukraine insist on inv. of Red Cross for humanitarian cargo distribution, since current cargo to terrorist-controlled areas mostly stolen
— NSDC of Ukraine (@NSDC_ua) November 29, 2014
(Nicolas Gros-Verheyde, in Kiev)
(*) For the Ukrainian government the pro-Russian separatist forces are qualified as "terrorists" and the operation in progress in the east of the country is an anti-terrorist operation (ATO).
(**) the self-proclaimed people's republic of Luhansk