Sitrep of the militia of Novorossia for the last 24 hours, 15th November

At 7.30 pm Ukrainian fighters opened fire at the village Staromihaylovka having used mortars of 82 mm caliber, grenade launchers, small arms. The information of wounded and damages has not got yet.

Report from the militiaman: ‘Ukrainian punitives fixed last night floading pontoons through the Kalmius river close to the village Orlovskoe to the southern front.

They transferred MRLS of different types all night through pontoons  closer to our positions. We are ordered strangely not to open fire even from small arms’.

Column of tanks and trucks with armament and fighters entered Cossack village in Lugansk and Olhovskoe. These trucks, buses had signs ‘School’, and cars also have the same sign or ‘Children’.

Report from the LPR’s militia: In regard to the dates of the intelligence, groupings of Ukrainian Armed Forces are increasing. There are more than 9000 people in the Cossack village near Lugansk and 350 units of APC.

About 6200 fighters are close Schastie and 200 units of military equipment, 1000 of fighters and about 50 units of APC are in the Tryohizbenka region. 8000 fighters and 150 units of armoured vehicles are close to Popasnaya.

20.03, Report from the DPR’s militiaman:

Mortar duel between UAF and NAF started at 4 pm, later Ukies used artillery that was to be taken away and especially the howitzer MSTA with caliber 152 mm calibers. They stopped for a while and then the artillery duels restarted. Ukrainian part used also heavy artillery, self-propelled machines with the same caliber. It means that they are preparing to the attack.

5 mines of 82 mm caliber landed in suburbs of Staromihaylovka. Short firefights were in the area of Volvo-Center. At 8 pm. Petrovka hear loud explosions.

At 7 pm, firefight restarted in Shirokaya Balka of Gorlovka.

At 8 pm, Trudovskie also heard loud sounds.

At 3.35 pm northern suburbs of Donetsk were subjected to shelling by heavy artillery. Avdeevka-Spartak, Putilovka. Peski-Octyabriskiy were shelled by howitzer and micro district Abakumova was subjected to shooting by small arms, and several time was used heavy artillery.

At 9 pm we the Defence Ministry of received the information of the shelling village Sahanka to the South of the Republic. The shelling lasted about 1 hour’, it was said to the Donetsk News Agency. It was added that the hostility opened fire from the demilitarized zone Shirokino, they used mortars of 82 mm caliber, grenade launchers. Altogether 15 mines were launched.

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Translated by Nataliya Sinyavskaya