We have just received information that today, October 4, Russian terrorists in Donetsk are preparing a large scale provocation.

They are gathering a crowd of civilians in the city to celebrate “6 months of the DPR”. Along with this, right now three MRL BM-21 “Grad” are being deployed towards the city: there are two “Grads” in the Petrovskyi district near the children hospital and one “Grad” near the “Chelyuskintsiv” mine.

It is pretty obvious that these combat vehicles will fire something other than just a “celebratory salute”.

We will post updates as soon as we receive any additional information.

UPDATE 1: Please note that our sources detected only three MRL BM-21 “Grad” deployed in the Petrovskyi district, there could be much more of them in the city.

UPDATE 2: Basing on the intelligence data, the Anti-Terrorist Center has also confirmed information on preparation of provocations.

UPDATE 3: Our sources report that approximately one hour ago, three MRL BM-21 “Grad” relocated from their previous emplacements.

We do not know yet what exactly forced the terrorists to change their plans. We would like to thank everyone who helped work on forestalling. The rule of our team is to try to deter and prevent a tragedy by all means. In our opinion, elucidation of tragedies post-factum gives nothing except grief and anxiety, and we think that all information that reveals secret plans and makes them public help prevent such tragedies.

However, it is too early to relax: the fact that the combat vehicles were redeployed to other places does not mean that the terrorists gave up their plans. It is possible that we have got some more time; however, they continue to gather crowds of people and it is not yet known where the terrorists may attack from.

UPDATE 4: at 15:20 there were two volleys from heavy artillery towards Donetsk: from the 11th and 23th shafts of the Petrovskyi mine.

At 15:30 something heavy (more than 200 mm) started to shell towards Donetsk