Thursday results in the occupied territories of Donbas. The highlights
In the area of the Joint Forces Operation on December 16, 4 violations of the ceasefire by the armed formations of the Russian Federation were recorded by the armed formations of the Russian Federation, one of which was with the use of weapons prohibited by the Minsk agreements, - the JFO headquarters reported. The occupiers fired from small arms not far from Novoluhanske. The enemy fired from 82 mm mortars and heavy anti-tank grenade launchers near Pisky. The enemy opened fire from automatic heavy-duty grenade launchers in the direction of Zolote-4 and Travneve. One member of the Joint Forces was injured as a result of hostile actions. The warrior is in a hospital. His health condition is satisfactory. Ukrainian defenders opened fire in return without using weapons prohibited by the Minsk agreements, which forced the enemy to stop shelling.
Large units of Russian troops are deployed in the territory of Donbas occupied by the Russian Federation. This fact was indirectly recognized by the Kirovsky District Court of the city of Rostov-on-Don in the verdict in the case of bribes in the supply of food. The materials of the court noted that defendant V.Zabaluyev had worked as a deputy regional manager for military nutrition at AUP No. Rostov-on-Don since 2019. "His duties during the labor activity included organizing and fulfilling obligations for the purchase and sale of food and creating the necessary stock in a warehouse at {address}. This food was intended to be sent to military units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation deployed in the territory of the DNR and LNR", - the verdict said. After the text of the verdict got into the media, it was urgently removed from the court's website.
The intelligence officer of the "DNR" armed formation, who fought against the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Debaltseve, was informed of the suspicion in absentia, - the prosecutor's office of the Donetsk oblast reported. It has been established that from 2014 to the present, the 45-year-old resident of the Vasylkivka district of the Dnipropetrovsk oblast is in the reconnaissance company of the 1st motorized rifle battalion of the 3rd separate brigade of the 1st army corps of the "DNR Ministry of Defence" as a senior intelligence officer. Now the duties of the militant include monitoring and recording the front sections in which hostilities are being conducted, protection of the technical intelligence specialists and infrastructure facilities seized by occupation authorities of the Russian Federation. The defendant was notified of suspicion for participation in a terrorist organization (part 1 of article 258-3 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine) in absentia. The article's sanction provides for punishment in the form of imprisonment for a term of eight to fifteen years with or without confiscation of property.
Almost 400 new cases of coronavirus infection have been recorded in the occupied territory of the Donetsk oblast over the past day. This was reported by the so-called "Ministry of Health of the DNR". "1098 studies were carried out on December 15, of which 242 cases of COVID-19 were detected and 151 patients were diagnosed clinically and epidemiologically. 70 cases of pneumonia were detected over the day, which is 6 cases more than in the previous day. Of these, 57 people were hospitalized", - the pseudo-ministry said in a message. In addition, 23 deaths caused by coronavirus disease were recorded in CADO over Wednesday. In total, the occupiers counted 115 615 infected, 3460 patients are now undergoing inpatient or outpatient treatment. There are 8841 deaths from complications caused by the disease for the entire time of the pandemic.