Thursday results in the occupied territories of Donbas. The highlights
In the area of the Joint Forces Operation on July 15, the armed formations of the Russian Federation recorded three violations of the ceasefire, - the JFO headquarters reported. The occupiers fired from automatic heavy-duty anti-tank grenade launchers and heavy machine guns in the vicinity of Prychepylivka. The enemy used anti-tank missile systems in the area of the settlement of Novooleksandrivka, the enemy used anti-tank missile systems. As a result of the shelling, two of our soldiers were injured, one was injured in combat. The soldiers are in a hospital. Their health condition is satisfactory. In addition, the passage of the enemy unmanned aerial vehicle of the Orlan-10 type, crossing the demarcation line, was recorded in the Luhansk oblast.
Residents of the occupied Donbas began to be massively "accepted" into the ruling in the Russian Federation United Russia party. This was reported by the separatist media. The "party recruitment" is organized within the framework of the so-called "Russia-Donbass: Unity of Priorities" forum held for Ukrainian citizens who illegally obtained Russian passports. Admission to the ruling party of the Russian Federation is carried out in a simplified manner: statements written directly on the sidelines of the "forum" are handed over to the State Duma deputy Viktor Vodolatskiy. This forum is in fact a pre-election event of United Russia, which wants to enlist the votes of the residents of CADLO, who illegally obtained Russian citizenship by decree of Vladimir Putin, in the elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation.
Occupiers of the "DNR" do not allow the OSCE SMM patrols to survey settlements which separatist propaganda called targets of shelling by the AFU. This was said in the daily report of the Mission. It was noted that the SMM monitors twice tried to verify the information about fire damage to certain locations, voiced by the "DNR" propagandists. However, they were denied passage both times.
214 cases of COVID-19 were registered in CADO over the past day, 11 more patients died. This was reported by the so-called "Ministry of Health of the DNR". In total, the occupiers "officially" identified 45161 infected with COVID-19. At present, 2895 patients are undergoing inpatient and outpatient treatment, 3416 people died. In addition, 89 cases of "usual" pneumonia were detected over the day, which is two cases more than in the previous day. Of these, 68 patients were hospitalized. In total, 1147 patients with pneumonia are being treated, of which 511 are on oxygen support (+32 over the day).
In occupied Donetsk, the movement of trolleybuses along the routes No.10 and No.17 was suspended due to the fact that tree branches fell on the overhead wire. This was reported by Alexey Kulemzin, who calls himself "the head of the city administration". The incident occurred in the area of the Shcherbakov Park. "The movement of trolleybuses along the routes No.10 and No.17 has been temporarily suspended. Three branches fell on the overhead wire in the area of Shcherbakov Park. Emergency work is underway", - Kulemzin reported.