Basurin: the punishers are evicting citizens from the front line and take out to Artemovsk

Ukrainian punitive forces forcibly evicted civilians from forward villages. This was stated today to journalists by the Deputy Commander of the corps of the Defense Ministry of the DPR Eduard Bacurin.

“The situation in Donetsk People’s Republic over the past day tends to exacerbate,” said he.

According to the Defense Ministry, during this period Ukrainian punitive 12 times violated the ceasefire. To the territory of the Republic it had issued 46 of 120 mm shells, 40 mines and used APCs, armored personnel carriers and small arms.

The fire has been to: Zaytsevo, Shyrokaya Balka and the settlement of mine 6/7, Gorlovka, Spartac and Belaya Kamenka. Intensive shelling was subjected to Azaryanovka.

Further, the representative of the staff of the army told about the new facts of concentration of enemy forces. In areas of settlements: Dilevka (9 km from the frontline) intelligence detected 23 hidden tanks, Zamozhnoe (3 km from the contact line) –19 units of automotive vehicles with personnel and ammunition arrived, Novobakhmutovka – 40 tanks arrived.

“We continue to receive information about the eviction of civilians fraudulently from their homes by the military units of Ukraine in the settlements: Ocheretyno, Kurdumovka, Aleksandro-Kalinovo, under the pretext of alleged offensive of the army of the DPR,” continued Bacurin.

According to the defense Department, the invaders come into the houses, make people to collect things, from custody they allowed to take only one bag, thrown people into buses and take to Artemovsk. The fate of these citizens is not known.

Eduard Basurin suggested that this punitive action has two objectives: firstly to place staff in a comfortable environment before the upcoming cold weather, as well as, in the case of attacks on these settlements, blame the Armed Forces of the DPR.

“Once again, please note the SMM OSCE and other human rights organizations on the facts of inhuman attitude towards the civilian population of Donbass,” said the representative of the staff of the army.