Wednesday results in the occupied territories of Donbass. The highlights

In the area of the Joint Forces Operation on November 6, the armed forces of the Russian Federation and its mercenaries violated the ceasefire 5 times, - the JFO headquarters reported. The enemy fired at the positions of our units from 82 mm mortars prohibited by the Minsk agreements, grenade launchers of various systems, heavy machine guns and other small arms. Four members of the Joint Forces received shrapnel wounds during the day.

Technical inspection, clearance of roads and road sides, clearing of the territory contaminated with explosive objects continues in the area of the settlement of Zolote-4 of the Luhansk oblast at disengagement site No.2, - the headquarters of the Joint Forces Operation reported. "5 groups of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine were involved. Today, 10.4 hectares of territory were examined and 9 explosive items were withdrawn. The demining work on schedule will last until November 9", - the report said.

The Ukrainian party is preparing for the disengagement of forces and means in section No.3 (Bohdanivka-Petrovske), - the headquarters of the Joint Forces Operation reported. The beginning of practical measures is preliminarily scheduled for November 8, subject to compliance with the ceasefire on this site for 7 days.

The Ukrainian party of the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire and Stabilization of the demarcation line of the parties (JCCC) stated that preparatory work to restore the destroyed bridge span at disengagement area No.1 (Stanytsia Luhanska) has been completed by the Ukrainian party. This was reported by the Joint Forces Operation headquarters.

The statistics department, controlled by the militants, claimed that now over 2.2 million people live in the occupied part of Donetsk oblast. This was reported by separatist media. According to the so-called General Directorate of Statistics, as of October 1, 2019, 2 261 926 people live in certain areas of the Donetsk oblast, including the urban population of 2 252 596 people and rural population of 109 330. So, according to the separatists, now 935 059 people "permanently live" in Donetsk, which is an outright lie. As of January 1, 2014, the population of the Donetsk oblast amounted to 4 million 343 thousand 900 people.

The Donetsk filter station was launched after scheduled repair operations on the 110 kV transmission line, - the press service of the Voda Donbassa Company utility reported.

More than three thousand subscribers were left without heating in occupied Luhansk and Alchevsk due to the leaks of heating mains. This was reported by the so-called "Ministry of Emergency Situations of the LNR". 20 apartment buildings and a dormitory remained without heat supply in Luhansk because of the leaks of heating mains. In total – 1266 subscribers. "44 multi-apartment residential buildings – 1830 subscribers remain without heat supply in Alchevsk as a result of the leaks of heating mains (main, inside houses)", - the statement said.