In the area of the Joint Forces Operation on August 29, the armed forces of the Russian Federation and its mercenaries violated the ceasefire 9 times, - the JFO headquarters reported. The enemy fired at the positions of our units from IFV armament, grenade launchers of various systems, heavy machine guns and small arms. There have been no losses as a result of the enemy shelling from our side over the past day.
Occupation authorities of the "DNR" claim the death of their fighter, severely injuring one and three missing people. This was said in the statement of the so-called "People's Militia of the DNR". The militants traditionally unsubstantially attribute their losses to a certain "Ukrainian sabotage group".
A resident of occupied Snizhne deliberately detonated a military grenade on the territory of one of the city's mini-mines. This was reported by the so-called "DNR MIA". The previously convicted citizen, born in 1964, was detained by the so-called "police". It was noted that there were three workers in the mine. An acquaintance, who had previously worked there, came to one of them. The uninvited guest, who was under the influence of alcohol, made a scandal with his ex-comrade, demanding to immediately return the borrowed money. In confirmation of the seriousness of his intentions, the attacker took a grenade from his pocket and brought it into action. No one was hurt as a result of the explosion. The defendant faces up to 5 years in prison according to the occupation "laws".
A fire broke out in one of the shops of the casting and mechanical plant in occupied Luhansk, separatist media wrote. "Upon the arrival of the first units, outside fire was observed in the workshop on the second floor near the rolling line, this was the source of fire. All employees left the factory building on their own. The gas and smoke protection units went into reconnaissance, while the fire was extinguished. The difficulty was that the burning oil spread from the second floor to the first one through the covering. It was extinguished with foam, and there was thick, pungent smoke throughout the room", - the so-called "Ministry of Emergency Situations of the LNR" said in a statement. The rolling line and covering between the second and third floors of the casting radiator shop No. 2 on the area of 100 square meters were damaged by fire. The cause of the fire is being established.
A meeting of the head of the pyrotechnic group from the State Emergencies Service of Ukraine and pyrotechnics delegated by the Russian occupation administration was supervised by representatives of the OSCE SMM, JCCC officers and with the approval of the JFO headquarters on the site of the destroyed bridge in Stanytsia Luhanska, - the press service of the Luhansk Regional State Administration reported. , Experts went down under the destroyed part of the bridge to examine the territory for explosive objects during the meeting. Subsequently, four representatives of the design organization Soyuztransproekt LLC carried out a topographic survey of the area near the destroyed part of the bridge and determined the degree of its damage. The designers have completed all the planned work.
Two men were hospitalized from the Oleksandrivka checkpoint controlled by the militants (Kargill, on the Donetsk-Kurakhove road corridor). This was reported by the so-called "Ministry of Emergency Situations of the DNR". First aid at the checkpoint was provided to men born in 1938 and 1949. The injured were transferred to the ambulance teams.
Twelve humanitarian aid trucks from the International Committee of the Red Cross crossed the Novotroitske checkpoint towards the temporarily occupied territory. This was reported by the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine. Medicines, hygiene products, food and construction materials were sent for residents of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. The total weight of humanitarian aid is 185 tons.