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In Donbass, the explosion killed the deputy commander of one of the brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and his driver. As reported by the Lugansk Information Center, this was announced on November 13 by the official representative of the People's Militia of the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) Ivan Filiponenko at a briefing."Yesterday (November 12), two militants of the Ukrainian 79th Airborne Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine died as a result of hitting a mine: the deputy brigade commander for airborne training, Lieutenant Colonel Prusov and his driver, Sergeant Fedoseev," Filiponenko said.
According to him, according to preliminary information, the mine was previously installed by Ukrainian sappers at a railway crossing to cover tank-hazardous directions.
lb.ua is reporting that separatists fired on a settlement in Donetsk, at Novotroitskoye, using 122mm artillery and 120mm mortars. Novotroitskoye is 20 kilometers south southeast of Donetsk city.
Separatist media is claiming Ukrainian heavy mortar fire fell on Zaistevo, north of Donetsk city and in Belaya Kamenka, Petrovskoe and Styla , which is near Mariupol.
The day before, separatist media said that Ukrainian artillery fire fell on Disengagement Zone 3 which included Petrovka. The fire came from Bogdanovka, and included 30 30mm autocannon fire rounds as well as 120mm mortar fire.