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Malaysia airlines flight MH17 shot down over Ukraine near Torez, Donetsk oblast – the territory occupied by Russian military in eastern Ukraine.
Russia smuggles Buk-M1 missile launcher into Ukraine just before Malaysia flight MH17 was shot down over Ukrainian territory occupied and controlled by Russian armed forces.
Russian tanks and SPG 2S1 convoy moves towards occupied by Russian proxies Donetsk.
Russian air force strikes the residential district of Snizhne village in Donetsk oblast. There are many casualties among civilians.
Russian artillery hits residential areas in Marinka Ukraine - territory in Donetsk oblast of Ukraine occupied by Russian armed forces.
Militants shotup an ATO forces checkpoint in Severodonetsk on July 10. After firing a number of times at the Ukrainian servicemen, the militants turned their mortar in the opposite direction and began to shoot at the residential areas of the city. According to eye-witness reports, there were no casualties among the civilian population, but several of the city's buildings and other structures were damaged. This treacherous tactic the terrorists clearly used to turn locals against the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Andriy Lysenko, spokesperson for the NSC News & Analysis Center, reported at the Center's evening briefing July 10, 2014.
News & Analysis Center, reported at the Center’s evening briefing, July 9, 2014, that Ukrainian artillery units once distinguished themselves by successfully shooting at disguised militant targets. Around noon near the village of Dmytrivka in Donetsk Oblast, the consolidated battery of the separate mechanized brigade launched a targeted artillery against a previously scouted terrorist position. As a result of the successful attack, two BM-21 Grad launchers were destroyed.
The Ukrainian government is doing everything in its power to restore civilian life on those territories abandoned by the terrorists. On July 8, President Petro Poroshenko had a working visit to the City of Sloviansk. The Head of State received reports on the progress of his orders regarding the restoration of municipal infrastructure and services, spoke with the local population, and rewarded servicemen who had distinguished themselves during the ATO.
The active phase of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) continues in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts. The NSC News & Analysis Center Spokesman Andriy Lysenko reported at the Center's daily briefing in Kyiv on July 7, 2014, that a series of population centers were taken back from the terrorists last week in cooperative action among units from the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the SBU, the Interior Ministry, the National Guard, and the State Border Service.
In compliance with a decree of the President of Ukraine to renew the active phase of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO), the personnel and units of the ATO forces began to actively disarm and destroy terrorist group in the operational zone. Ukraine's Armed Forces engaged in heavy air and artillery bombardment on strongholds, checkpoints, arms caches and clusters of terrorists, NSC Secretary Andriy Parubiy reported today at the 12:00 briefing.
The Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) continues in the east of the country. Effective efforts on the part of Ukraine military have led to a lower rate of assaults from the terrorist side. At the same time, more and more militants are raising the white flag to get closer to checkpoints and open fire against the soldiers manning those posts.
Ukrainian military have liberated three settlements: Zakotne, Stariy Karavan and Druzivka in Luhansk oblast. During the last 24 hours, ATO forces directed targeted attacks against 120 previously scouted terrorist locations, destroying a large number of militants and military equipment. A terrorist camp was destroyed with loss of life in the hundreds according to eye-witness reports.