National Radio Company of Ukraine
August 5, 2014
Preparations underway for storming Donetsk
Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council said preparations are underway for storming Donetsk. “No official information is available about the storming of Donetsk for the moment. Preparations are under way,” National Security and Defense Council spokesman Andriy Lysenko said at a press briefing in Kyiv on August 4.
Military operation spokesman Oleksiy Dmytrashkivsky earlier reported that the Ukrainian military had started intensive preparations near Donetsk. Details will be released later, he said.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on August 4 that the Ukrainian forces were pulling up Tochka U, Smerch and Uragan missile systems near Donetsk.
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Interfax-Ukraine
August 5, 2014
Over 117,000 are IDPs in Ukraine, 168,000 crossed into Russia – UN Refugee Agency
Over 6,000 people were forced to leave their homes in eastern Ukraine in the past week, the UN Refugee Agency has reported.
“Amid a worsening situation in eastern Ukraine, the UN refugee agency on Tuesday estimated that more than 117,000 people are now displaced inside Ukraine. In the past seven days more than 6,200 people have been forced from their homes. As of August 1, an estimated 168,000 people have crossed into Russia,” the agency said in a press release on Tuesday.
At the same time, the number of people displaced from the Luhansk and Donetsk regions had risen sharply from 2,600 in early June to 102,600 at the start of this month. People from eastern Ukraine now make up 87% of the total displaced population in Ukraine…
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Interfax-Ukraine
August 5, 2014
Siversky Donets – Donbas canal stopped again
The Siversky Donets – Donbas canal shutdown has again left several populated areas in the Donetsk region without water, the Donetsk mayor’s office said on its website.
The Voda Donbasu (Water of Donbas) utility has reported that after a 35-kilowatt power line was damaged near Mayorsk, the third-tier pumping station of the Siversky Donets – Donbas canal was paralyzed. Water is being supplied to Donetsk and Makiyivka in smaller amounts than usual. Krasnoarmiysk, Selydove, Dymytrov and Novohrodivka are cut off from water supplies.
There is no water in Avdiyivka, either, as the Donetsk filtering station is not working. Consumers are not receiving water in Torez. Water supplies to Shakhtarsk have been irregular, since the Novostozhkivsky water canal went idle.
Water is not being supplied to Vuhledar, Volnovakha and Novotroitske. Dokuchayevsk is receiving part of the water from local springs.
The ongoing counterterrorist operation has been obstructing repair efforts, the press service said.
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