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– The world should have no doubt that the Russians stand behind the attack – said, in turn, Prime Minister of Ukraine. Arseniy Yatsenyuk wants to an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on the GRAD rocket firing from the residential area of Mariupol.
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko finds that a crime subject to the Court in The Hague. He also announced that Ukraine will fight until victory. – Bloody murder by terrorists of dozens of peaceful pro-Russian population Mariupol and wounding nearly a century is not only an act of terrorism. It is a crime against humanity, subject to the Hague – Poroshenko said in a statement, adding that urgently returned from Saudi Arabia to carry out a meeting of the National Security and Defense to coordinate activities in connection with the attack.
Ukrainian President stressed that the attack on residential areas Mariupol is another terrorist action rebels after shootings Wołonowasze passenger bus and killing people at the bus stop in Donetsk. He stressed that Ukrainian soldiers risked their own lives give worthy resist separatists “in all directions”.
He assured by the fact that the president will do everything “to protect every citizen, to put an end to the pain and suffering in order to restore room in every Ukrainian family – from Lviv to Lugansk and from Chernihiv to Kerch. “
– We want peace, but we can meet the challenge rzuconemu by the enemy. We will defend our homeland as true patriots. Until total victory – assured.
The city fell GRAD missiles
The shelling began about 9:30 local time from the north-east, where there the positions of the separatists. They were about 120 missiles GRAD rocket launcher. Their remains can still be found in the vicinity of buildings. Fell, inter alia, on the market full of people – tells staying on site, working with the Polish Radio Paul Pieniążek.
30 civilians were killed and nearly a hundred wounded. Have been brought to the hospital, where he died the next seven people.
also fired at checkpoints, resulting in one soldier was killed and two were injured. Residents with whom managed to speak to Paul Pieniążek most are convinced that they stand behind the attack blamed separatists and Russian authorities about it.
Residents of neighborhoods in the eastern part of Mariupol were evacuated to other areas of the city.
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The next attack on the city
Later separatists fired two more times. Fire headed to the suburbs, where the positions of the Ukrainian army. There is no loss. Staff says that militants are moving north towards Debaltseve. There is also ongoing fierce fight. Similarly, as in the Donetsk airport, which is still partly controlled by the Ukrainians.
New decisions Kremlin. It starts with the offensive?
The Chairman of the National Security and Defense of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov announced that on Friday was a meeting of the Russian government, and it was decided to activate work in eastern Ukraine. – Not having success on the offensive, trying to shoot Ukrainian cities – said the blame for the deaths of civilians Vladimir Putin.
On the other hand, a few days ago a spokesman for the National Security Council and Defense of Ukraine Andriy Lysenko said that separatists greatly revived the fire in Mariupol region. On Saturday, separatist leader Aleksandr Zacharczenko RIA Novosti agency announced: “We have started an offensive on the city of Mariupol. Now is the best time for doing so.” The city authorities reassured, however, that in its surroundings noticed any military activity, and appealed to the people to remain calm.
Porem same Zacharczenko said that he gave the order push into the Ukrainian army positions east of the city, and the same Mariupol “nobody is going to storm.” He added that in the last days of the Ukrainian side flipped a significant amount of its troops in the vicinity of the city.
Mariupol is a strategic port, lying on the only road between Russia and the land it occupied the Crimea, approx. 60 km west of Russian border and approx. 40 km Novoazovsk occupied by separatists. Ukrainians fear that if Russia openly attacked their country, it is a major launches an offensive in the region.
The Ministry of Defence announced that on 17 – 22 January Ukrainians, as outlined “unieszkodliwili” during the fighting in the Donetsk Basin 600 militants and Russian soldiers, of which 85 during the battles of the airport. 275 were injured. Resort emphasizes that the final loss of the opponent may be higher. Separatists also lost more than a hundred pieces of military equipment, including Grad and Uragan launchers, tanks and artillery. The Ministry of Defence says that in the last week killed 18 Ukrainian military, 235 were injured.
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