Cry of Ukraine

Chronology of events in Slavyansk

Slavyansk is a city of regional significance in the Donetsk region. The population as of March 1, 2014 was 133.19 thousand people. It was founded by decree of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich as a border prison against Crimean raids on the southern outskirts of the Russian state in 1645.

12 April 2014

Supporters of federalization occupied administrative buildings in three cities of the Donetsk region - Slavyansk, Krasny Liman and Kramatorsk. In Slovyansk, protesters occupied the city council, the regional police department and the office of the Security Service.

13 April 2014

MORE THAN 1,000 PEOPLE CAME TO A RALLY IN SLOVYANSK IN SUPPORT OF THE FEDERALIZATION OF UKRAINE


In the center of Slovyansk, more than 1,000 people came to a rally in support of the federalization of Ukraine. Those who gathered demand to hold a referendum and stop putting pressure on the citizens of Donbass. More than 1,000 people gathered on Lenin Street in Slavyansk on Sunday. They joined the militias, who are constantly on duty in the area of ​​​​the buildings of the city administration and the department of internal affairs. Most of those who came to the rally were women, some people came with children. The audience chanted "Glory to Donbass!". Performances have been going on for several days now, the number of participants varies, in the late afternoon and after the end of shifts at enterprises, the number of participants noticeably increases.

INCIDENT WITH THE "RIGHT SECTOR"


At the entrance to Slovyansk (Donetsk region), the militants of the "Right Sector" staged a shootout with fighters of the "People's Militia of Donbass". One person was killed, nine were injured. Source: White Paper of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (2nd edition)

THE BEGINNING OF THE PUNITIVE OPERATION


The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Arsen Avakov, announced the start of an operation in Slavyansk involving "forces from all power units of the country." Supporters of federalization in Sloviansk reported one dead and two wounded on their side, and two dead on the side of nationalists from the Right Sector.

14 April 2014

THE AIRBORNE BRIGADE DEPLOYED NEAR SLAVYANSK WENT OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE PEOPLE'S MILITIA


"Tonight we held talks with the military. They said they support the people's militia of Donbass," Ponomarev said. Ponomarev could not clarify whether the airborne troops were ready to take an active part in hostilities if a military operation sanctioned by the Kiev authorities began in the region.

15 April 2014

At night, unknown people set fire to the administration building of the village of Andreevka in the suburbs of Slavyansk. The two-story administration building was completely burned out. There were no victims.

MILITARY EQUIPMENT AND ABOUT 500 SERVICEMEN ENTERED SLAVYANSK


A column of armored vehicles of military units controlled by Kiev entered Slavyansk. According to local media, it includes about 500 military personnel, 20 armored personnel carriers, as well as buses and other equipment. Previously acting The head of Slavyansk, Vyacheslav Ponomarev, commander of the self-defense battalion, said that armored vehicles were concentrated around the city, barricades were being strengthened on the streets and entrances, militia fighters were preparing for possible shelling from the dominant heights. "The troops surrounded the city. Armored vehicles, tanks, armored personnel carriers are concentrated in almost all directions. We are getting ready. If they go, we will have to stop," Ponomarev said. According to him, there is no solid ring yet. Roads and main entrances to the city remain free, under the control of the self-defense forces of the Donetsk People's Republic.

17 April 2014

Supporters of federalization in Slovyansk occupied a radio and television center that broadcasts Ukrainian TV channels to Slovyansk, Kramatorsk, Horlivka, and Makiivka. This was reported by local media.

19 April 2014

In the Torets River near the village of Raygorodok (near Slavyansk), police officers found the bodies of two men with signs of torture. Local residents are sure that this is the work of the Right Sector militants known for their cruelty, who arrived in Slovyansk a few days earlier along with the Ukrainian military. Later, the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine reported that as a result of the identification of one of the two bodies, it was established that the deceased was V. Rybak, deputy of the Horlivka city council from the Batkivshchyna party. Source: White Paper of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (2nd edition)

20 April 2014

On the night of April 20, unknown people drove up to the checkpoint near the village of Bylbasovka at the entrance to Slavyansk in four SUVs. They opened fire on the militias . The leader of the people's militia, the "people's mayor" of Slavyansk, Vyacheslav Ponomarev, announced one dead and two wounded. At the same time, according to him, supporters of federalization liquidated and wounded up to seven attackers with return fire.

22 April 2014

THE BEGINNING OF THE ACTIVE PHASE OF THE PUNITIVE OPERATION


On April 22, the new Ukrainian leadership began the active phase of the operation on the southeastern borders of Ukraine.

24 April 2014

At the entrance to Slavyansk from the city of Svyatogorsk, on the eve of the capture by the internal troops of Ukraine, a shootout began between unknown people and the forces of the People's Militia of Slavyansk. According to the city website Slavgorod.com.ua, two men were killed, and there are others injured. According to Sergey Tsyplakov, deputy head of the People's Militia of Donbass, unmarked military equipment completely blocked all approaches to Sloviansk. People's self-defense fighters, along with reinforcements from Krasny Liman repulsed the offensive of the Ukrainian military, participating in a special security operation at the entrance to Slovyansk. This was reported by local media. "The column of armored vehicles retreated. The militia received reinforcements from the city of Krasny Liman. Volunteers - even unarmed ones - continue to arrive at a strategic point," the report says.

25 April 2014

Checkpoints of the Ukrainian army appeared in the immediate vicinity of Slavyansk. Slavyansk is encircled by the forces of the National Guard.

26 April 2014

The landing of the Ukrainian army, having destroyed the checkpoint of the militia , which blocked the road from the Kharkiv-Rostov highway to the Volodarsky mine (10 kilometers from Soledar, 40 kilometers from Slavyansk), and capturing a prisoner, retreated from the battlefield near Soledar. According to eyewitnesses, there were 15 of them. !!! Since Soviet times, the Volodarsky Mine has stored large stocks of weapons from the First and Second World Wars.

29 April 2014

Only 2 cars with humanitarian cargo reached Slavyansk from Kharkov. 11 cars left the city, but the Ukrainian army did not let most of them through the checkpoints. “They are hungry, no one is looking after them. A gang of marauders,” said Vyacheslav Ponomarev, People's Mayor of Sloviansk. Cars were transporting food, warm clothes and medicines, including insulin, to Slovyansk.

30 April 2014

Residents of Slavyansk are preparing for a referendum scheduled for May 11. According to Ponomarev, preparations for a significant date, even in combat conditions, are proceeding normally. Territorial commissions are being created, I think that by May 6 we will receive ballots. They should help us with this in Donetsk, but even if they cannot, we will print them ourselves. All possibilities, in principle, are, - said Vyacheslav Ponomarev. - We are not going to postpone the date of the referendum, there are no prerequisites for this. On the same day, the deputies of Slavyansk at an extraordinary session officially accepted the resignation of the mayor of the city, Neli Shtepa.

2 May 2014

3 May 2014

15 people died in Slovyansk after the departure of OSCE staff


In Slavyansk, after the departure of the military observers of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), clashes began between radicals and supporters of federalization. 15 people were killed in Slavyansk, of which only four were armed, and the remaining 11 were civilians. According to the assumptions of the militias, "representatives of the "Right Sector" could organize a provocation of another military action."

The OSCE staff detained in Slovyansk on April 25 were released today through the mediation of Vladimir Lukin, special envoy of the President of the Russian Federation. He took them out of Slovyansk and handed them over to Thorbjorn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, as well as representatives of the OSCE Special Mission. After that, they all went to Donetsk, from where the military observers can go to their home countries.


Donbass militia confirms the death of ten civilians in Andreevka


Ten dead, more than 40 wounded - the people's militia of Donbass received accurate information about the massacre, which was staged by the militants of the "Right Sector" in the village of Andreevka, a suburb of Slavyansk. Vyacheslav Ponomarev, the people's mayor of the city, stressed that what happened was not a battle in the truest sense of the word. The extremists opened fire on the unarmed crowd, the events unfolded not at the checkpoint, but in the middle of the village, on the road.
"People blocked the path of the Right Sector column, they tried to talk. In response, automatic bursts were heard," Ponomarev said.
in Andreevka, civilians tried to prevent the militants of the "Right Sector" from passing to Slavyansk. Local residents stood in a chain in the way of trucks and armored vehicles. There was information that the inhabitants of Andreevka agreed with the armed people. According to the agreement, the latter had to shoot the ammunition into the air and leave. But after several bursts into the air, the militants opened fire on the unarmed crowd.

4 May 2014

In Ukraine, self-defense forces regained control over Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, Konstantinovka. This was reported by the TV channel "Russia 24". The Ukrainian military retreated towards the airfield in Kramatorsk.

5 May 2014

Military operation near Slavyansk according to ITAR-TASS


On May 5, in the area of ​​Slavyansk, the armed forces of Ukraine resumed the punitive operation. Kyiv used aviation against the forces of the people's militia. According to the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, this was done in order to destroy the cars for transporting coal, which the militia allegedly tried to convert into an armored train. According to representatives of the militia, as a result of shelling, two civilians were killed, dozens of people were injured. As Alexander Maltsev, a spokesman for the proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, told ITAR-TASS earlier, a battle broke out between Ukrainian servicemen and militias on the Slavyansk-Donetsk highway near the village of Semyonovka. Four armored personnel carriers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine opened fire on checkpoints. According to the militia, about 20 civilians were injured in the Khimik district, located in the immediate vicinity of Semenovka.

Military operation near Slavyansk according to the Russian Foreign Ministry


Ukrainian security forces carried out a massive attack on Slavyansk. The most fierce battle took place on the outskirts of the city near the village of Semyonovka. The ultra-nationalists, who form the backbone of the National Guard of Ukraine, distinguished themselves with particular cruelty: they fired at residential buildings and without hesitation fired at unarmed people. More than 20 militiamen and civilians were killed, dozens were injured, the city's hospitals are overcrowded.
Source: White Paper of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (2nd edition)

6 May 2014

After liberation in Slovyansk, groups of Western military observers fired on them by the Ukrainian military.


After a group of Western military observers was liberated in Slovyansk, on the road leading to Donetsk, the group was fired upon by servicemen of units controlled by Kyiv. Czech army lieutenant colonel Josef Prsherovski, who was one of the observers, said: “We left Sloviansk in the direction of Donetsk. We passed the first line of Ukrainian units, consisting of several armored personnel carriers, moved to Kramatorsk, where we stumbled upon other posts of the Ukrainian army that refused to let us through. they started shooting at us and at that moment we had a very hard time.Then we managed to get through to Kyiv, but nothing changed.In the end, we had to go around Kramatorsk on the virgin lands, which was very dangerous.The most unpleasant thing was that we were stopped by the Ukrainian army who was supposed to help us."

According to him, he did not see "any regular units of the Russian army" in Slavyansk.
"We were not subjected to physical violence, we were not starved, but from a psychological point of view, it was hard, because there were fights in the vicinity of Slavyansk," the lieutenant colonel said.

Slavyansk and Kramatorsk without medicines


In the cities of Slovyansk and Kramatorsk, there is an urgent need for medicines and medical supplies to help the wounded, David-Pierre Marquet, spokesman for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for Europe and Central Asia, said.

7 May 2014

Ukrainian security forces surrounded Slavyansk prevent civilians from leaving the city


Surrounding Slavyansk, the Ukrainian security forces do not allow civilians to leave the city, firing at their cars and other vehicles.

"The city is surrounded, while civilians are not released. Recently, a family with a small child tried to leave it in a personal car, but fire was opened on it, as a result of which at least two people were killed," a militia representative said.
According to him, "unidentified people in black uniforms" appeared at checkpoints around the city. "We can assume that this is the Right Sector, but we don't have exact data on this yet," the agency's interlocutor said.
“In addition, we have information about the artillery being pulled up to Slovyansk, in particular, about equipping a position for firing from the Grad multiple launch rocket launcher,” said a representative of the self-defense forces.

Andreevka at gunpoint


Ukrainian security forces participating in a punitive operation in the east of the country fired mortars at a checkpoint of the people's militia in the village of Andreevka near the city of Slovyansk

9 May 2014

In Slavyansk, the whole city celebrates Victory Day


Several thousand people gathered for a rally on the occasion of Victory Day in Slavyansk. The city has been in the ring of Ukrainian security forces for almost a month, but they decided to celebrate the holiday, no matter what.

An unknown person seriously wounded a 12-year-old boy with a St. George ribbon from a firearm.
Source: White Paper of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (2nd edition)

12 May 2014

Slovyansk votes for the DPR


In Slavyansk, 97.5% supported the independence of the DNR, said a representative of the election commission. 72.1% of the city's residents took part in the referendum.

Ukrainian troops are shelling Slavyansk from the height of Karachun.


The mortar shelling began around 05:00 local time (06:00 Moscow time). Explosions are distributed with a frequency of one minute. The shelling comes from the side of the TV tower, from Mount Karachun. The National Guard is firing at checkpoints, but there is information about mines hitting residential buildings. At the moment, there is no information about the dead, injured and destruction.
The day before, a vote was held in Slovyansk at a referendum on self-determination, held in connection with the proclamation of the Donetsk People's Republic in April. According to the "people's governor" of Slavyansk, the inhabitants of the besieged city demonstrated the "highest" turnout. According to him, "this has never happened in any election."

13 May 2014

Slavyansk survives in the epicenter of hostilities


At night, on the outskirts of Slavyansk, which has been living under siege for several weeks now, shots are heard again. Ukrainian security forces use artillery mounts and heavy mortars against civilians. There are serious problems with mobile communications in the city, people complain about the lack of cash.

14 May 2014

Broadcasting of all TV channels was stopped in Slovyansk, the press service of the Donetsk People's Republic reported.

15 May 2014

The Ukrainian army fired mortars at houses in the private sector of Slavyansk. A 42-year-old local resident was seriously injured by fragments of a mine.
Source: White Paper of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (2nd edition)

16 May 2014

The "People's Mayor" of Slavyansk V. Ponomarev said at a press conference that in the punitive operation in the South-East of Ukraine, the Kyiv authorities are using mercenaries from the Polish private military company "Analizy Systemowe Bartlomiej Sienkiewicz" (ASBS, OTHAGO), from the American private security company " Greystone", as well as from the American firm "Academi".
Source: White Book of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (2nd edition)

17 May 2014

There are heavy battles in Slavyansk, in which the Kyiv troops suffer heavy losses.

20 May 2014

In the morning, Ukrainian security forces carried out a massive shelling of Slovyansk in the Donetsk region. After artillery shelling of the city of Slavyansk in the Donetsk region, launched by Ukrainian security forces in the early morning, residential buildings on the streets of Dimitrov and Order bearers were partially destroyed. Also, residential buildings in the village of Semenovka were partially destroyed. On May 19, Ukrainian security forces fired mortars at Kramatorsk.

21 May 2014

Slovyansk evacuates children


On Wednesday night, the central streets of the city were shelled. On Koroleva Street, 600 meters from the main square of Slavyansk, an unexploded shell fell on the balcony of the first floor of a five-story building, and in the Vostochny district, a residential building burned down after a mine hit. According to the representative of the militia, three people were injured, two of them are in serious condition.
After the shelling of residential areas, the "people's mayor" of Slavyansk, Vyacheslav Ponomarev, offered to evacuate children from the city.

22 May 2014

Ukrainian security forces launched several artillery strikes on Slavyansk.


Speaker of the Parliament Oleksandr Turchynov, previously appointed by the Verkhovna Rada as Acting President of Ukraine, said that the Kyiv authorities are ready for the final stage of the military operation in the east of the country. According to him, the army is ready to carry out a cleansing operation in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions and ensure the holding of the presidential elections there on May 25.

Militias in Semyonovka destroyed an armored personnel carrier and a weapons depot


Last night, the Ukrainian army again opened fire on the positions of the militia in the village of Semyonovka. This checkpoint is bombarded with shells and mines every day. And almost every day, shells hit the homes of civilians. The battle went on for several hours. The militia managed to knock out one enemy armored personnel carrier and destroy the weapons depot.

23 May 2014

Artillery "works" in Slavyansk again


Ukrainian security forces resumed shelling the center of Slovyansk (Donetsk region) during the day. As a result, a three-story building of the automobile center was destroyed, and several residential buildings were partially damaged.

26 May 2014

Two civilians became victims of artillery shelling of the sleeping area of ​​Slovyansk, a representative of the people's militia said.

As a result of the shelling, windows were broken in residential buildings and the building of the Pedagogical Institute. Trolleybus wires are broken, craters from explosions are visible everywhere.

Shelling is underway in Semyonovka again


Ukrainian security forces, whose positions are located on Mount Karachun, resumed on Monday morning the shelling of the village of Semyonovka near Slavyansk (Donetsk region).

28 May 2014

The security forces shell hit the roof of the school


As a result of the shelling of the sleeping area of ​​Artyom, one of the shells pierced the roof of the school's assembly hall. Children and teachers who were in the building were not injured, as they took refuge in the basement, converted into a kind of bomb shelter. As a result of the shelling of the same area on May 27, four people were killed.

As a result of a shell hitting the building, the roof was pierced and the assembly hall was damaged. In addition, another nearby school suffered from shelling - glass was broken by fragments in it. No one was hurt in it either. 4 mines exploded in the shelled area. Nine people were injured as a result. In particular, the car in which there were a young man with his mother burned down. They were taken to the hospital with burns.

29 May 2014

Special operation of the Ukrainian security forces


in Slavyansk and Kramatorsk, a large-scale military operation of the Ukrainian security forces began with the use of artillery and aviation. As a representative of the people's militia told ITAR-TASS, "hospitals received an order to evacuate people from the upper floors." A similar warning, according to him, was received by the city maternity hospital. As a result of the shelling of Slavyansk, according to the militias, more than 20 civilians were killed, more than 30 were injured.
Source: White Book of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (2nd edition)

2 helicopters were shot down and 14 security forces were liquidated by the militia.


Militia fighters shot down the second helicopter of the armed forces controlled by Kyiv. Earlier, the militia shot down a Ukrainian helicopter on the southeastern outskirts of Slavyansk (Donetsk region) in the Chervony Molochar area. According to a representative of the militia, "intensive shooting is heard in this area, thick black smoke is visible." In addition, according to the latest data, the fighting is going on in the area of ​​​​the village of Semenovka. 14 Ukrainian security forces were destroyed today on the territory of the DPR.

The OSCE observers were detained by the people's militia.


Members of the monitoring mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) were detained by representatives of the people's militia. This was announced today by the press secretary of the people's mayor of Slavyansk (Donetsk region) Vyacheslav Ponomarev Stella Khorosheva.
"Yes, indeed they were detained. We advised the OSCE representatives at the moment to refrain from moving around combat facilities. But since they did not take this advice seriously, we were forced to detain them," she said.

1 June 2014

FIVE PEOPLE WERE INJURED AS A RESULT OF THE SHELLING OF SLOVYANSK BY UKRAINIAN SECURITY FORCES


Five civilians  received shrapnel wounds as a result of artillery shelling of Slovyansk (Donetsk region) by Ukrainian security forces. The shelling was carried out from Mount Karachun, where units of the National Guard and the Armed Forces of Ukraine are located. Areas of enterprises "Stroymash" and "Slavtyazhmash" were subjected to aggression.

DESTROYED KINDERGARTEN


As a result of artillery shelling of Slavyansk (Donetsk region) by Ukrainian security forces, which was carried out the night before, a kindergarten building was partially destroyed near the Slavtyazhmash plant, and a school was damaged. This was  told by  the representative of the people's militia.

2 June 2014

Another 56 refugees from Slavyansk - parents and children - moved at night on foot from the Donetsk region to the Rostov region.   Pavel Astakhov, Commissioner for Children's Rights under the President of the Russian Federation, announced this in his microblog. "Tonight, another 30 children and 26 adults crossed from the Donetsk region to the Rostov region on foot. All are placed for rest and recuperation. 14 children will go in transit to Stavropol. We continue to receive refugees. All services are ready," Astakhov wrote.

3 June 2014

Throughout the day on June 3, fierce battles were fought between the people's militia and the Ukrainian security forces near Slavyansk. Nine militiamen were killed and 12 others were injured.

UKRAINIAN SECURITY FORCES RESUME MASSIVE SHELLING OF SLAVYANSK


The village of Semenovka, located near the city, is again subjected to the main blow, where the day before, as a result of massive shelling, the inhabitants were left without electricity - the power cable was  broken  .

AIR STRIKES ON SEMYONOVKA


Two fighter jets and two helicopters of the Ukrainian Air Force launched rocket attacks on the village of Semyonovka. "First, two fighter jets came in,  struck  and left in the direction of Izyum. Then two helicopters appeared from the direction of the feed mill, also struck and landed near the village of Raygorodok," he said, without specifying whether there were any victims as a result of the air raid.

REPEATED AIRSTRIKES


Two helicopters of the Ukrainian Air Force  struck repeated missile attacks on the village of Semyonovka near Slavyansk (Donetsk region). According to a representative of the people's militia, "at this moment helicopters are bombing and machine-gunning the village of Cherevkovka." "Helicopters entered from the direction of Nikolaevka. One fighter jet also flies over the city," he added. "Apparently, aviation is escorting Ukrainian armored vehicles, the convoy is moving from Oleksandrivka," a militia representative said. In addition, according to him, from the ground, the militia fired at aircraft from man-portable anti-aircraft missile systems. Ukrainian security forces pulled up to one hundred units of armored vehicles to Sloviansk (Donetsk region), including tanks, self-propelled artillery mortars "Tulip", howitzers "Gvozdika", multiple launch rocket systems "Grad", Stella Khorosheva, press secretary of the people's mayor of Slavyansk, Vyacheslav Ponomarev, said. "An-30 was also seen over the territory of Slovyansk, and it still flies periodically," she added.

LUCK OF THE MILITIA OF SLAVYANSK


Representatives of the people's militia of Slavyansk (Donetsk region)  shot down  a Su-25 fighter and a Ukrainian Air Force helicopter, in addition, four armored vehicles were shot down. As a result of armed clashes in this area, two representatives of the people's militia were killed.

CIVILIAN CASUALTIES


"Today's battle is the longest clash of all the time of confrontation in Ukraine,"   Stella Khorosheva, spokeswoman for the people's mayor of Slovyansk , said . As a result of armed clashes between the people's militia and Ukrainian security forces in the Slovyansk region, which continue all day, "there are casualties among the civilian population. Their number is constantly increasing."

4 June 2014

A NEW AIR STRIKE WAS CARRIED OUT ON THE VILLAGE OF SEMYONOVKA NEAR SLAVYANSK


 After a relatively calm night, artillery shelling of the city also resumed early in the morning  . Gun salvos were heard at intervals of 1-2 minutes. The National Guard began a massive artillery shelling of Slovyansk and the settlements adjacent to it at approximately 06.00 local time (07.00 Moscow time). Then strikes on the nearby villages of Semyonovka and Cherevkovka began to be carried out by assault aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force - fighters and helicopters.

MILITIAS SHOT DOWN A UKRAINIAN AIR FORCE HELICOPTER IN SLOVYANSK

5 June 2014

UKRAINIAN SECURITY FORCES ARE AGAIN SHELLING THE VILLAGE OF SEMYONOVKA NEAR SLAVYANSK


The night passed relatively calmly, however, in some areas, shooting and explosions were heard, to which residents are almost used to. Armed clashes between the people's militia and Ukrainian servicemen near Slavyansk on June 3 and 4 went on practically without interruption. On Tuesday, the National Guard began a massive artillery shelling of the city and adjacent settlements at approximately 6.00 local time (7.00 Moscow time). Then attacks on the nearby villages of Semyonovka and Cherevkovka began to be carried out by attack aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force - fighters and helicopters. In total, eight airstrikes were carried out in the suburbs of Slavyansk in two days. As a result of air raids in the area of ​​Slavyansk, the central water supply system was damaged, which left ten cities without water. In addition, power lines were damaged.

MILITIAS IN SLOVIANSK SAID THEY HAD SHOT DOWN ANOTHER UKRAINIAN AIR FORCE HELICOPTER.

6 June 2014

Ukrainian security forces  resumed  shelling the village of  Semyonovka , located east of Slovyansk (Donetsk region). As a representative of the people's militia told ITAR-TASS, the shelling is being carried out from the direction of Mount Karachun and the settlement of Krasny Lyman. Columns of armored vehicles, including tanks, are  actively attacking  Slavyansk As  a  result of artillery shelling of the village of  Cherevkovka  near Slavyansk (Donetsk region), Ukrainian security forces damaged four residential buildings on Leningradskaya Street. Almost all of Slavyansk (Donetsk region) was left  without electricity after massive shelling by Ukrainian security forces.

7 June 2014

DOWNED PLANE OF THE UKRAINIAN ARMED FORCES


On June 6, militiamen shot down a Ukrainian reconnaissance aircraft near Slavyansk, presumably an An-30. About this corr. ITAR-TASS was informed by a representative of the people's militia. "The Ukrainian reconnaissance plane was circling all day. The militia shot it down - one engine caught fire," he said.

8 June 2014

DESTRUCTION OF SEMYONOVKA


Ukrainian security forces fired artillery at the center of Slavyansk. According to local residents, the shells exploded in the area of ​​the central square, the city executive committee and the communications center. There were a lot of people in the city center during these hours, because the festive service ended in the temple located on the square. There are casualties among the civilian population, many received shrapnel wounds. Serious problems with drinking water have arisen in the city due to a water pipe damaged as a result of shelling. On the same day, the Ukrainian military resumed shelling the village of Semyonovka near Slavyansk. According to some reports, Grad multiple launch rocket systems were used during the shelling. On the website of the militia, you can find the following entry: “Today, the village of Semenovka near Slavyansk has been completely destroyed. There is not a single building."

9 June 2014

BIG DESTRUCTION IN SLAVYANSK


As a result of the artillery shelling of Sloviansk, which was carried out late in the evening by Ukrainian security forces on June 9, four residential buildings were damaged. There are victims. As a result of the shelling, two employees of the Water of Donbass utility company were killed. As a result, at 10:30,  the operation of pumping units was stopped. pumping station of the first rise, and at 12:00 - station of the second rise. The service personnel were not able to work during the shelling. "During the shutdown of the Seversky Donets-Donbass canal, water supply to cities and towns will be carried out from reserve reservoirs. In the event of a long shutdown of the canal, it is possible to transfer cities to a reduced water supply schedule," the company said. The resumption of work of pumping stations will be possible after a ceasefire, inspection of equipment, the possibility of delivering workers and providing communications, the company said. "People are dying every day, the number of victims and wounded is constantly growing," Stella Khorosheva, spokeswoman for the people's mayor of Slovyansk, said in her turn. Ukrainian security forces resumed shelling of Slavyansk on Monday late in the evening. "

11 June 2014

THE DPR CALLED THE INFORMATION THAT 7 THOUSAND CIVILIANS REMAINED IN SLAVYANSK A LIE


The information disseminated by the Ukrainian media that only 7,000 civilians remained in Slavyansk "is a lie." "This is being done to calm oneself and wipe the city off the face of the earth. Like, there are only 7,000 people there, we will take them out," the spokesman said, adding that "only those who have children leave Slovyansk." “And even then, not everyone leaves with children, many stay,” the press officer added. Earlier, Ukrainian media, citing "military intelligence sources," reported that only  7,000 civilians remained in Slavyansk . It was also claimed that at night the city is "dark". Electricity supply to most areas of Slovyansk has not yet been restored after  

IN SLAVYANSK (DONETSK REGION) THE SUPPLY OF DRINKING WATER HAS BEEN STOPPED.


This was announced by the Acting Chairman of the State Sanitary and Epidemiological Service of Ukraine (GosSES) Oleksandr Kravchuk.  

UKRAINIAN SECURITY FORCES FIRED AT THE VILLAGE OF SEMYONOVKA AND SLAVYANSK.


Ukrainian security forces fired at Semyonovka with phosphorus bombs banned worldwide.  At that moment, several groups of Russian journalists were working in Semyonovka.

13 June 2014

VLADIMIR PAVLENKO BECAME THE NEW PEOPLE'S MAYOR OF SLAVYANSK, NOVOROSSIYA NEWS AGENCY REPORTED.


"By the order of Igor Strelkov, the commander of the militia in Slavyanka, a  new people's mayor has been appointed in the city. Vladimir Pavlenko, head of the department of labor and social protection of Slavyansk," the report says.

UKRAINIAN SECURITY FORCES RESUMED SHELLING OF THE VILLAGE OF SEMYONOVKA NEAR SLAVYANSK.

14 June 2014

AS A RESULT OF THE SHELLING OF SLAVYANSK, THE HOSPITAL BUILDING WAS DAMAGED


Ukrainian security forces  began shelling Slavyansk . As a result, the hospital building was damaged. In addition, according to him, "the checkpoint of the militia in the area of ​​the hospital was destroyed." Several people were injured. Several shells also exploded in the market area. According to unconfirmed reports, the buildings of the Security Service of Ukraine, the city department and a school located near the hospital were damaged.

15 June 2014

AS A RESULT OF THE NIGHT SHELLING OF SLAVYANSK, ONE PERSON WAS KILLED.


The main blow " was subjected to  the villages of Semenovka and Cherevkovka", a gas station. There is still no electricity or water in Slavyansk. On the eve of the security forces fired at the medical institutions of Slavyansk. In particular, all the windows in the building of the maternity hospital were knocked out, there were no victims. A few days before, staff and women in labor were evacuated from there. Several shells hit the roof of the traumatology unit. The hospital named after Lenin was subjected to serious shelling, where, according to a representative of the militia, "the surgical, cardiological and traumatological departments were damaged."

16 June 2014

MILITIA FIGHTS WITH UKRAINIAN SECURITY FORCES IN SLAVYANSK


In the area of ​​the fish farm, there are intense armed clashes between the militia and the Ukrainian security forces. On the night of June 16,  the  temple of Seraphim of Sarov in the village of Cherevkovka near Slavyansk in eastern Ukraine came under fire . "The chapel and the refectory were completely destroyed. Several shells hit the church courtyard," the website of the Gorlovka and Slavic diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate reported. Ukrainian artillery shells also exploded that night in a residential area and near the bridge on the way to Slavyansk.

20 June 2014

CHILDREN'S OMBUDSMAN UNDER THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE CONFIRMED THE DEATH OF ANOTHER CHILD IN SLOVIANSK


In Slavyansk, Donetsk region, a small child and his mother died from injuries. Yuriy Pavlenko, Commissioner of the President of Ukraine for Children's Rights, announced this on Friday. "Another fact of the death of a child in Slovyansk has been confirmed. A young boy and his mother died from injuries when fighting was going on in the city,  " the children's ombudsman said .

21 June 2014

MILITIAS OF SLAVYANSK: UKRAINIAN AIRCRAFT ATTACKED SEMYONOVKA


"The airstrike was carried out around 02:00 local time (03:00 Moscow time)" -  reported  from the militia of Slavyansk. "Aircraft attacked Semyonovka. Incendiary bombs were used," the source said. Information about casualties and destruction has not yet been received.  

ALEXANDER NEVSKY CATHEDRAL SHELLED IN SLAVYANSK


"At about 11 o'clock in the afternoon (12:00 Moscow time), volleys began from Mount Karachun. Several shells were directed at the railway station. One of them flew through the territory of the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral and hit a five-story building behind the cathedral. A large hole was punched in the house ", tore off the balcony. The fragments damaged the altar wall. In the church, stained-glass windows fell out from the blast wave, the windows were broken. The building itself is intact," Archpriest Nikolai Fomenko, dean of the district, said. According to him,  "the shelling began yesterday evening (June 20)" and continued through the night. "The hostilities have not stopped here. An offensive is underway, close battles have begun," Fomenko said. "They are shooting at residential areas, the private sector."

27 June 2014

UKRAINIAN SECURITY FORCES ATTACKED SLAVYANSK


Last night, Ukrainian security forces fired artillery at residential areas of Slavyansk (Donetsk region). As a representative of the people's militia told ITAR-TASS, as a result of the attack, a residential building was destroyed. "One shell hit a private residential building on Bulvarnaya Street in the residential area of ​​Artyom, not far from it there is an orphanage," he said, adding that there was no information about the victims.

30 June 2014

CHURCH IN SLAVYANSK FIRED AGAIN


Despite statements about a ceasefire, during the Sunday liturgy  , the  Alexander Nevsky Cathedral of Slavyansk was shelled . The cathedral came under fire for the second time during the truce. And during the confrontation, this is already the seventh case of shelling of churches in Slavyansk and its suburbs. This was announced by the official website of the Gorlovka and Slavic diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate. “The shelling began at ten o’clock in the morning, during the liturgy. People were just singing “Our Father” when the first volley was fired from Mount Karachun. Then there were several more volleys, and one of the shells hit the Palyanitsa bread stall a few meters from the temple. From the explosion, it completely burned out, "the site quotes the words of the rector of the cathedral, Archpriest Nikolai Fomenko.
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