Russia’s DPR artillery carried out attacks on the Ukrainian forces positioned in the area of Krasnohorivka starting at 5 pm and lasting approximately until 6 pm on September 27, 2014. The sites of the artillery fire were identified, however there was no counter-fire from the Ukrainian military. Ukrainian soldiers heard shooting from the points shown on the screenshots below. The firing location is an old asphalt-batching plant and brick factory. These positions are constantly used for shelling the Ukrainian military check points in the area of Mariinka and Krasnohorhvka. A bit later other explosions were recorded somewhat more westbound. As it turned out, the militants had shelled the settlement of the “Chekist” mine. As of 7 pm we got information of some casualties among local citizens. It is believed that the Russian propagandist channel “LifeNews” had already arrived there to photograph the provocation.

Having heard the shelling, our artillery did not take the risk of returning fire due to the possibility of the earlier mentioned LifeNews “reporters” coming to check the results.

We appeal to the whole world community, together with OSCE observers, to respond to this act of terrorism against civilians in order to avoid the situation that Russian media may present false information aiming to discredit the Ukrainian forces.

P.S.: Right after this material was published local citizens posted their comments on Facebook confirming the facts mentioned in this article.

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Alexander: they used to do it before
Victoria: That’s exactly what happened! I heard shooting from the side of Staromikhajlovka and in couple of seconds explosions at our place in Krasnohorivka which is 3-4 km away. Could not make out why our Ukrainian forces did not fire back. I got scared that they had left us and retreated. Now it’s been clarified. I confirm that NO return fire was made!
Aleksander: An hour ago heard shooting from the retirement home on Biryuzova street (possible 29, cemetery) territory under DPR control. No response.

Translated by Roman Vlasof, edited by Larry Field

• Français: URGENT ! DÉMYSTIFICATION DES PROVOCATIONS TERRORISTES
• Русский: Боевики ДНР устроили провокационные обстрелы, есть убитые среди мирных жителей