The escalation is gaining momentum in the conflict zone in the Donbas, which began yesterday in the morning. The Ukrainian side declares that the forces of the separatist “DNR” and “LPR” continuously broke the cease-fire mode, using mortars and large-caliber artillery. In turn, Russia accuses Ukraine in the implementation of sabotage bars on the territories controlled by separatists.
It is also reported that the Russian drone “Orlan-10” crossed the line of contact and watched the positions of the Ukrainian army.
The headquarters of the united forces of Ukraine in the Donbass notes that disorders of the cease-fire regime on such a scale have not been observed for several years.
The separatists, in turn, are accused of violating the cease-fire regime of the Ukrainian side. It is also reported that “to protect against the attacks of the Ukrainian army” from the settlements around Donetsk is evacuated by civilians.
According to information from several sources, in controlled by the separatists of the “DNR” and “LDP” regions, problems have arisen in the work of the mobile communication network of Vodafone. It is assumed that interference in Donetsk and Lugansk are associated with the use of the Russian army on the border with Ukraine of radio electronic struggle systems, including Krasuha-2 complexes and Krasuha-4.
According to the Popular Science edition, these complexes that block mobile communications, as well as radar signals, could in this case be used both for the target breakdown between the divisions of the Ukrainian army and to create navigation obstacles for Baikraktar TB2 drone, located In service with the army of Ukraine
Yegor Chernov, deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and the head of the Ukrainian delegation in the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, called the Exploor attempt in the Donbass “attempt to create a preposition”, specifying that he needs Moscow to exit Minsk agreements and recognize the so-called “republic”.