Thursday results in the occupied territories of Donbass. The highlights
In the area of the Joint Forces Operation on November 29, Russian occupation forces violated the ceasefire 9 times, including 5 times with using weapons banned by the Minsk agreements, - the JFO headquarters reported. In the afternoon, the enemy opened aimed fire from grenade launchers and small arms at the Joint Forces' positions near the settlements of Krymske, Svobodne, Luhanske, Avdiivka, Chermalyk and Hnutove. The enemy attacked the defenders of Svobodne, Luhanske, Chermalyk and Vodiane with fire using mortars of 82 caliber, and positions near Taramchuk were fired at from small arms.
New problems with the provision of fuel are recorded both in the "DNR" and "LNR". Coordinator of Information Resistance Dmytro Tymchuk wrote this on Facebook. "There is just no fuel at a number of gas stations. And the places with fuel are characterized by extremely low quality (basically, we are talking about the most popular brands of gasoline)", - the report said. It was also noted that in order to resolve the "fuel crisis", the "LNR" leaders decided to reduce the import duty on fuel and lubricants from $150 to $50 per ton.
The "DNR" militants loaded boxes for ammunition and anti-aircraft mount into truck in the Novoazovsk district near the border with Russia. This was stated in the daily report of the OSCE SMM. It was noted that an armed member of the armed formations told the Mission's patrol to leave the district in the military-type facility in the village of Markyne of the Novoazovsk district, which is occupied by the "DNR" militants, near the border with the Russian Federation. At the same time, during their stay, the OSCE SMM observed how "members of the armed formations loaded boxes for ammunition into the truck, as well as an anti-aircraft mount (ZU-23)" on the territory of the facility.
Separatist media in occupied Donetsk began to explain to residents "how to get a plastic passport in Ukraine". In particular, this is described in detail in the publication of the Donetsk Komsomolskaya Pravda. The newspaper informs the people of Donetsk which division of the State Migration Service of Ukraine should be contacted in order to change the Ukrainian paper passport for plastic, if necessary - which certificates to collect, which documents to prepare, what fees to pay, etc. At the same time, the newspaper does not even remember the existence of the so-called "DNR passport".
The so-called "Ministry of Emergency Situations of the DNR" proudly reported that since 2014, the number of shelters in the "DNR" has increased by more than 8.5 times and amounts to 4500 shelters. It was emphasized that the number of shelters is increasing every year.
Residents of the occupied territory of Donetsk oblast reported a price increase for bakery products. They write about this in social networks. "Comrades, bread has risen in price! It is $0.3 now"; "Interestingly, have the prices increased in Donetsk too????"; "It is $0.32 in Zugres"; "Makiivka - it has also went up + $0.06" - they write in social networks. Users argue what the price increase for bread can be connected with. "Apparently, this is because of the desire to earn more", - the buyers speak ironically.
A sixty-year-old man threatened saleswomen at a grocery store in occupied Donetsk with F-1 grenade. This was reported by the fake "MIA" operating on part of Donetsk oblast controlled by the militants. Being under the influence of alcohol, the man told obscenities and frightened the store employees, demonstrating the hand-grenade brought with him. The man was detained. It turned out that he had previously been tried.
Russian occupation command in the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk oblast is conducting an agitation campaign to urgently replenish the incomplete staff of units and divisions of the occupation forces at the expense of local population. Coordinator of Information Resistance Dmytro Tymchuk wrote this on Facebook. Despite these measures, "military registration and enlistment offices" in the "LNR" state only isolated cases of signing "contracts for service" by local residents.
Luhanskvoda has stopped the water supply to occupied Rovenky again because of an accident on the main water supply network of the city. This is the only branch of the centralized water supply, there is no other water pipeline in the city, - separatist media write.