March 6, 2015

Lysenko: Observers denied access

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KYIV – Pro-Russian militants constantly relocate weapons and military equipment from the contact line further back to the Ukrainian-Russian border, however, they return it shortly afterwards, according to Col . Andriy Lysenko, spokesman for the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO). The Special Monitoring Mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) reported that the militants of the “Luhansk People’s Republic” “denied access to the concentration site of heavy weapons after withdrawal for the monitors,” said Col. Andriy Lysenko at a March 3 briefing at Ukraine Crisis Media Center. He also noted Ukrainian intelligence reports about further consolidation of the militants’ military equipment and manpower supported by Russia along most of the contact line. “A new convoy of tanks, IFVs [infantry fighting vehicles] and APCs [armored personnel carriers] with armed personnel illegally crossed the Russian-Ukrainian border and arrived to Pobeda, Donetsk region last night. The precise numbers of the equipment are to be clarified,” Col. Lysenko said. Ukrainian servicemen also spotted four unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that belonged to the insurgents, which conducted reconnaissance in the vicinity of Artemivsk and Mariupol. (Ukraine Crisis Media Center)

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