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Situation in the ATO area as of April 27, 2016

The highest enemy activity is observed in Donetsk and Volnovakha directions. In the areas of Avdiivka and Hranitne, there was made attempts to force the ATO forces out by applying the intensive shelling, including the using of 82-mm and 120-mm mortars and anti-tank missile complexes. A fire skirmish took place in the area of industrial zone of Avdiivka.

The adversary continued fire influence on the ATO forces units. It was recorded that the adversary shelled 31 times (for the last day – 42) from small arms, grenade launchers, PTRK (anti-tank missile systems), IFVs, 120-mm and 82-mm mortars. The attacks were, as follows: 4 attacks – Stanytsia Luhanska, Shchastia (Novoaidar direction); 1 attack – Triokhizbenka (Sieverodonetsk direction); 2 attacks – Popasna, Luhanske (Sloviansk direction); 11 attacks – Avdiivka, Krasnohorivka, Mariinka (Donetsk direction); 8 attacks – Slavne, Novotroitske, Hranitne (Volnovakha direction); 5 attacks – Pavlopil, Talakivka, Shyrokyne (Mariupol direction).

Other losses among the servicemen of the 1^st AC (Donetsk) and the 2^nd AC (Luhansk) of the Russian Armed Forces, acting within SRGs, were recorded:
on April 26, 2016, one serviceman was killed and six servicemen from the 2^nd battalion of the territorial defence, the 11^th separate motorized rifle regiment (Makiivka), the 9^th separate assault motorized rifle Marine Corps regiment (Novoazovsk), the 3^rd separate motorized rifle brigade (Horlivka) of the 1^st AC and the 7^th motorized rifle brigade of the 2^nd AC were wounded.

It was noted the supplies of the weapon and military equipments from the territory of Russia. TOS-1 “Buratino” multiple thermo baric rocket system and three 122-mm MLRS “Hrad” were deployed to Sverdlovsk (territory of Sverdlovsk repair and engineering plant) by railway.
It was established that the servicemen of the 1^st Air Defence Division of the 45^th Army (Sieveromorsk) of the Air Forces and Air Defence of the Russian Armed Forces have performed tasks in the units of the Air Defence of the 1^st AC (Donetsk) of the Russian Armed Forces.
The Ukrainian side informed the representatives of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine about the presence of tanks, SP artillery systems and 122-mm MLRS “Hrad” in the area of Donetsk.

Other evidences of the participation of the career Russian servicemen of the Regular Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in armed hostilities in the East of Ukraine

 

The Defence Intelligence of Ukraine continues to purposefully gather facts considering the participation of the Russian Armed Forces career servicemen who concealing their personal data and using fictitious documents, have participated in combat actions in the temporarily occupied territories of the East of Ukraine for onward transferring of the evidential base of such committing war crimes to the International Criminal Court, according to the established procedure. The Ukrainian side regularly conveys the information on Russian servicemen suspected of committing war crimes in the territory of Ukraine to the EU and NATO member states, also in order to enlarge the "sanction" list.

The Defence Intelligence of Ukraine established that at the position of “the chief of the Air Defence of the 1^st AC (Donetsk) of the Center of the Territorial Forces (Novocherkassk, Russia) of the Southern Military District (Rostov-on-Don) of the Russian Armed Forces” is Lieutenant Colonel of the Russian Armed Forces Kobzar Yevhen Antonovych (KOBZAR Yevgenij Antonovich). It is known that Yevhen Kobzar was born in 1968, in Ussuriisk. In 1991 graduated from Poltava Higher Air Defence Missile Command School. He lives in village Storozhevaia (Zelenchukskii rayon, the Karachayevo-Cherkessian Republic).

To perform criminal orders of the military-political leadership of Russia in the temporarily occupied territories of the East of Ukraine, Lieutenant Colonel Ye.KOBZAR was seconded in March 2015 (was at the military rank of “Major”, at that time) from the position of the chief of the air defence of the 34^th separate mountain motorized rifle brigade (village of Storozhevaia, Zelenchukskii rayon, the Karachayevo-Cherkessian Republic) of the 49^th Army of the Southern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces. 

After graduating from Poltava Higher Air Defence Missile Command School, officer of the Russian Armed Forces KOBZAR Ye.A. served at the following positions:
1991 – 2014 – air defence platoon leader, senior officer of the air defence battery, commander of the air defence battery, commander of the air defence battalion of the 56^th separate air assault brigade (Kamyshyn, Volhohrad oblast) of the Airborne Forces of the Russian Armed Forces. In 2015-2016 battalion and company tactical groups from the 56^th separate air assault brigade of the Russian Airborne Forces participated in hostilities in the territory of Ukraine (in the areas of Sakhanka, Krasnoarmiiske, Roza Liuksemburh);

2014 – 2015 – chief of the air defence of the 34^th separate mountain motorized rifle brigade (village of Storozhevaia, Zelenchukskii rayon, the Karachayevo-Cherkessian Republic) of the 49^th Army of the Southern Military District of the russain Armed Forces. In 2014 the units of the 34^th separate motorized rifle brigade (mountain) of the 49^th Army (Stavropol) of the Russian Southern Military District were in the territory of the temporarily occupied Crimea.

Participant of the Chechen campaigns in 1995 and 2000.
Received military rank of “Lieutenant Colonel” for performing of the criminal orders of the military-political leadership of Russia in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.
We mention that General-Major of the Russian Armed Forces ZUSKO Mykhailo Stepanovych also served in the 56^th separate air assault brigade and in the 34^th separate motorized rifle brigade (mountain); from 2011 till 2014 held the position of the commander of the 34^th separate motorized rifle brigade.

From the beginning of the armed aggression of Russia against Ukraine, General-Major of the Russian Armed Forces M.ZUSKO was directly involved in establishing and from summer till the end of autumn 2014 was in command of the 1^st AC (Donetsk, Ukraine) of the 12^th Reserve Command (Center of the Territorial Forces, Novocherkask, Russia, nowadays) of the Russian Southern Military District

For performing of the criminal orders of the Russian military-political leadership in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, general ZUSKO was appointed as Deputy Commander of the 49^th Army (Stavropol) of the Southern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces.

It was additionally established: at the military rank of “Major”, Ye.KOBZAR was to be discharged from the Russian Armed Forces in view of his grave condition of health, mental distress and alcohol addiction (according to the decision of Volhohrad District Military Court from December 17, 2012, he was deprived a driver license because of driving in the state of alcoholic intoxication), as a result of heavy wound during combat action. However, General-Major M.ZUSKO, with whom fought in Chechnia, helped Yevhen KOBZAR to be seconded within the grouping of the Russian occupation forces in Ukraine at the higher position – the chief of the Air Defence of the 1^st AC (Donetsk, Ukraine) that allowed him to be promoted to the rank of “Lieutenant Colonel” and to extend the term of military service.

We remind of the inevitability of punishment for war crimes that have no time bars and the responsibility for which is provided for the rules of international and national criminal law.