In the area of the Joint Forces Operation on May 2, the enemy violated the ceasefire 11 times, - the JFO headquarters reported. Armed formations of the Russian Federation fired at the positions of our units using 120 and 82 mm mortars, armament of infantry fighting vehicles, grenade launchers of various systems, large-caliber machine guns and small arms. Two servicemen of the Joint Forces were injured as a result of shelling. The Joint Forces' units gave an adequate response to the enemy provocations.
Leader of the so-called "Communist Party of the DNR" Boris Litvinov was not allowed to participate in the May Day rally in the center of occupied Donetsk. This was written by creator of the terrorist Vostok Battalion Alexander Khodakovsky in social networks. "Yesterday in Donetsk, communist leader Litvinov was not allowed to stand on the podium during the rally by allegedly "people's guards" - organization upon analog of "Ours", created to perform shadow tasks. Not the police, but young sporty boys surrounded the middle-aged man, deputy of the past of the "people's council", one of the active participants in the events of the fourteenth year, and held him until the rally was over and the people were dismissed", - the militant was outraged.
The command of the so-called 2nd Army Corps of the "LNR" fears the AFU attack on Kadiyivka and Alchevsk. Coordinator of the Information Resistance Dmytro Tymchuk wrote this on Facebook. According to his information, the militants actively create strong points in the second echelon along the Sentianivka - Khoroshe line. Also, active engineering works, mining of individual sections behind the line and reinforcement by armored vehicles (placement and masking of several platoons on the BMP-1 in caponiers and positions were recorded) are noted.
Militants of the so-called "Ministry of State Security" of the "LNR" suppressed "the illegal activities of those who organized a steady channel for smuggling cigarettes". This was stated in the message of the "department". It was established that the movement of tobacco products was carried out from the "DNR" with the aim of subsequent smuggling into the Russian Federation, as well as partial sale on the "LNR" domestic market. 1679 boxes of Marlboro cigarettes manufactured in the "DNR", as well as four cars, were withdrawn. The total amount of material assets seized is tentatively $619 thousand.
Partial collapse of the balcony occurred on the 8th floor of one of the nine-floor buildings in occupied Donetsk on the Araviyska Street. This was reported by the so-called "Ministry of Emergency Situations of the DNR". The emergency plate was dismantled and lowered by a mobile crane.