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Joint Forces Operation Press Center: yesterday Russian forces opened fire 23 times. 2 Ukrainian soldiers were wounded.

Russia's proxies in eastern Ukraine, DPR and LPR entities, postponed their planned 'elections' indefinitely

Poroshenko had a phone call with Merkel, discussed Merkel-Putin talk on Ukraine

Natural gas supply is restored in Avdiyivka

Ukrainian army has controlled Shumy village West to Horlivka

Activists reporting that Ukrainian army seized new positions in "grey zone"

Joint Forces Operation Press Center: yesterday Russian forces opened fire 20 times.

Joint Forces Operation Press Center: yesterday Russian forces opened fire 43 times. 2 Ukrainian soldiers were killed, 2 wounded

DNR terror group published video of test of new projectile for "Cheburashka" MLRS

Russian VGTRK reporter Sladkov in his Telegram channel denied Russian media fake about attack on his group

Joint Forces Operation Press Center: yesterday Russian forces opened fire 40 times. 2 soldiers were wounded

Report: Russian militants in Horlivka all got their salaries

Russian media claims that State VGTRK filming crew came under shelling in Staromykhailivka without casualties

Explosion destroyed garages block in Horlivka

Ambassador Yovanovitch transferred two Firefinder radar systems and radar support equipment to the Ukrainian Armed Forces today. "We provide this assistance because we are committed to helping Ukraine defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity," she said.

Ukrainian MFA: Strongly condemn attacks on SMM monitors. Their safety and freedom of movement should be safeguarded by Russia and it's proxies

Ukrainian Air Defense Shot Down Russian UAV Over Donbas

Spot report by the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM): Explosions and small-arms fire close to SMM patrol near Holmivskyi

OSCE SMM Report 15 Aug: Beyond withdrawal lines but outside designated storage sites in non-government-controlled areas, aerial imagery available to the SMM revealed on 11 August the presence of 55 tanks and 33 artillery pieces in different locations

Joint Forces Operation Press Center: yesterday Russian forces opened fire 30 times.

Video of Ukrainian army responding to attack near Krasnohorivka

Video of Ukrainian UAV dropping explosives on Russian-backed militants positions near Shyrokyne

US State Department's Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker @SpecRepUkraine said that the US sanctions against Russia would remain in place until the full implementation of the Minsk2 ceasefire agreement in Donbass:

Joint Forces Operation Press Center: yesterday Russian forces opened fire 43 times. 2 soldiers were wounded. Russian forces have used MLRS Grad near Svitlodarsk

Russian forces attacked Ukrainian positions at Svitlodarsk bulge with 120mm mortars and MLRS GRAD multiple times

Social Media users reported 2 explosions in Luhansk before dawn

SMM long-range UAV again spotted six multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) (BM-21 Grad, 122mm) at a compound east of Khrustalnyi (formerly Krasnyi Luch, 56km south-west of Luhansk)) and eight MLRS (BM-21) in a compound in the centre of Khrustalnyi, as well as seven MLRS (BM-21) south of Sadovyi (57km south-west of Luhansk) and four self-propelled howitzers (2S1) south-east of Ternove (57km east of Donetsk)

OSCE SMM Report 14 Aug: Positioned on the north-western edge of Sentianivka (formerly Frunze, non-government-controlled, 44km west of Luhansk), the SMM heard 55 undetermined explosions and 200 shots of small arms fire

"Donetsk South" bus station is on fire in Central Donetsk

US Department of State: [email protected]_SMM conflict monitors spotted four new Russian electronic warfare systems in eastern Ukraine - more evidence Russia's military is orchestrating the conflict in the Donbas. Russia must fully implement the Minsk agreements and pull its forces out of Ukraine.