Ukrainian fighters from the radical nationalist divisions in the night of Saturday, February 25, seized the Donetsk filter station (DFS). It is reported Donetsk news Agency, citing Eduard Basurin, Deputy head of the operational command of the self-proclaimed DND.
According to him, the radicals from the occupied territory are shooting at militia positions and residential areas Yasinovataya and the village of Spartak. Basurin added that the security forces use mortars and heavy machine guns. “Knowing that our units adhere to the Minsk agreements and not open fire on the objects of life, the enemy felt their full impunity”, — he stressed.
The representative of the operational command of the DND also expressed doubts that the Kiev authorities control the situation. “In this regard, we call on world leaders to withdraw the troops of nationalists from the area of ATO (anti — terrorist operation in Kiev called the fighting in the Donbass — approx. “Of the tape.ru”) “—he concluded.
On the morning of 24 February, “Корреспондент.net” reported that the Donetsk filtering station stopped work from-for attacks. In a press-service of the company “Water of Donbass” announced the evacuation of personnel. “Two days in Donetsk filtration station is in the area of the strongest attacks. During this period, the object filter plant received significant damage”, — added there.
DFS partially supplies water to Avdeevka, Krasnogorovka and the village Verkhnetoretskoye, which are under the control of the Ukrainian military. Also, the station provides water Donetsk, Yasinovataya, settlements Vasilevka and Spartacus, under the control of the self-proclaimed militia Donetsk national Republic.