Luhansk rebel forces hold artillery drills in Ukraine's east

Record ID: 1145291

  • Title: Luhansk rebel forces hold artillery drills in Ukraine's east
  • Date: 17th August 2018
  • Summary: LUHANSK REGION, UKRAINE (AUGUST 16, 2018) (REUTERS) ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIERS (APC) FIRING, GUNFIRE HEARD SMOKE BILLOWING OVER TRAINING FIELD, GUNFIRE HEARD FIRING FROM APC APC MOVING IN FORMATION AT DISTANCE REBEL FIGHTERS RUNNING TOWARDS TRENCH REBEL FIGHTER PREPARING MORTAR SHELL REBEL FIGHTER LOADING SHELL INTO MORTAR MORTAR REBEL FIGHTERS FIRING FROM MORTAR REBEL FIGHTERS FIRING FROM CANNON (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) REBELS COMMANDER, VLADIMIR BABTSOV, SAYING: "These exercises were held according to the defensive scenario. Goals are achieved, both infantry and artillery divisions successfully fulfilled the tasks." SELF-PROPELLED ARTILLERY VEHICLE FIRING SMOKE RISING AFTER EXPLOSION VARIOUS OF AMMUNITION INSIDE OF APC VARIOUS OF APC FIRING VARIOUS OF REBEL FIGHTERS FIRING APCs IN LINE
  • Embargoed: 31st August 2018 08:12
  • Keywords: eastern Ukraine rebels pro-Russian separatists Russia conflict self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic artillery drills exercises
  • Location: LUHANSK REGION, UKRAINE
  • City: LUHANSK REGION, UKRAINE
  • Country: Ukraine
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Military Conflicts
  • Reuters ID: LVA0018TKQC6X
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Pro-Russian separatists in self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic staged on Thursday (August 16) what they called large-scale scheduled artillery exercises in Ukraine's east where the conflict continues for the fourth year.
    Around 300 rebel fighters took part in the drills which were focused on a defensive scenario according to which rebels had to repel the enemy's attack.
    Dozens units of hardware, including armoured personnel carriers, mortar and self-propelled artillery vehicle, were involved in the drills.
    According to the rebels commander, infantry and artillery divisions successfully fulfilled the tasks.
    More than 10,000 people have been killed since Russia-backed insurgency erupted in Ukrainian Donetsk and Luhansk regions. A three-year-old Minsk peace agreement failed to stop fighting and each side accuses the other of violating the terms of ceasefire on a near-daily basis.
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