The Marines of Ukraine’s Armed Forces have engaged in a
shootout with fascist volunteer battalions near the city of Mariupol which left
26 soldiers wounded, the defense ministry of the Donetsk republic (DPR)
reported Wednesday. “According to our data, the inhabited locality of Shirokino
saw a regular firefight between fascist nationalistic battalions and marine
units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which left people wounded on both sides,”
the ministry said. “Up to 26 seriously wounded servicemen were delivered to the
Dnipropetrovsk hospital.
The ministry said the possible reason for the shootout
could have been “unwillingness of marines to take part in shelling of DPR
localities conducted by fascist nationalists from the buffer zone.” DPR defense
ministry spokesman Eduard Basurin on January 12 reported on a conflict between
the Right Sector extremist organization with marines near Mariupol. He said the
armed clashes were caused by the fight for control of cargo transportation in
the area. The ministry has repeatedly reported on similar clashes in Donbass.
In particular, the Armed Forces of Ukraine and various volunteer formations
allegedly clashed on the Gorlovka and Donetsk directions.
Source: Novorossia Today 21-01-2016
