Tuesday results in the occupied territories of Donbas. The highlights
In the area of the Joint Forces Operation on August 17, 5 violations of the ceasefire by the armed formations of the Russian Federation were recorded, - the JFO headquarters reported. The enemy twice fired at our positions with small arms near Prychepylivka. The armed formations of the Russian Federation used 120 caliber mortars in the direction of the settlement of Vodiane near Donetsk. The enemy fired from automatic easel and under-barrel grenade launchers near the village of Pisky, as well as from large-caliber machine guns and small arms. In addition, the enemy unmanned aerial vehicle of the Orlan-10 type crossed the line of demarcation in the north of the Luhansk region. One member of the Joint Forces was injured as a result of the enemy shelling. The warrior is in a hospital. The state of health of the wounded is satisfactory. Our defenders returned fire to the enemy shelling.
460 cases of coronavirus disease were detected in the occupied territory of Donetsk oblast over the past day, on August 16, - the so-called "DNR" Ministry of Health reported. According to mortality data, 34 more people died in the same period, thus, the mortality rate has already "officially" started to grow - 7.3% (2.4% - in the free territory of Ukraine and 2.1% - in the world). In total, as of August 17, 52 469 people were infected with COVID-19 in CADO, 5 368 patients were undergoing treatment (inpatient and outpatient), 3 842 people died. 190 cases of "usual" pneumonia were also detected over the day, which is 48 cases more than in the past day. Of these, 128 patients were hospitalized. In total, 2116 patients with pneumonia are being treated, of which 812 are on oxygen support (+ 71 over the day).
There are not enough places for "covid" patients in the departments on the occupied territory of Donetsk oblast. This was written in the separatist segment of social networks, referring to a resident who laid with coronavirus in a covid department of one of the hospitals in Makiivka for two weeks. According to him, 60-65 patients were in the department for 40 people. The resuscitation department is always full. There are a lot of patients on oxygen support. "There are almost no empty seats - someone was discharged - a new patient is immediately admitted. There are a lot of middle-aged men - 40-50 years old, and many are seriously ill. Women are older. A guy of 18-20 years old was admitted. Many patients on oxygen support, I, fortunately, did not need the support. The nursing staff works to the max…", - the CADO resident told. According to him, there were not enough medicines in the hospital, he had to buy them for his own money, especially antibiotics. The patient spent about $136 on drugs.
Doctors registered 13 deaths from COVID-19 in the occupied territory of the Luhansk oblast over the day, separatist media wrote. Thus, doctors "officially" registered 724 deaths of patients diagnosed with coronavirus in the occupied Luhansk region since the beginning of the pandemic.
Authorities in the occupied territory of Donetsk oblast assure that they "sent goods for export to nine countries of Europe and Asia", including to the free territory of Ukraine, in the first half of this year. Separatist media wrote this. The so-called "Ministry of Revenues and Duties of the DNR" reported that "they exported goods to Russia, the United Kingdom, Japan, Ukraine, Poland, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia". The occupiers also named what exactly "is exported": Portland cement, grain, coal and coke. Let us note that in fact, the only country that officially imports goods from CADO is the occupant Russia itself, the companies of which can resell them under the guise of Russian.