Novorossiya. Daily digest. 09.07.2014

Kiev punitive units continue deployment of forces in the north of Donetsk region, which DNR fighters left and retreated to the Donetsk. They are moving heavy equipment (tanks) and manpower, machinery, tanks, BMD, BRDM, guns, about a dozen of Kamaz trucks with fighters proceeded towards Svatovo. About 20 tanks deployed towards Krasnorechensk.

Today about 16:00 (Moscow time) locals reported that pro-Kiev forces conducted intensive shelling of Seversk, strikes were engaged against residential sector, houses are burning, the fields near Kirovsk are also set on fire.

Participants of the punitive operation conducted in the Donbass, who are in military hospitals, are given medical certificates describing their wounds as «home injury». This was stated by the commander of punitive battalion «Donbass» Semen Sementchenko, while he was in Kiev giving a speech on stage in Maidan. Strong discontent is brewing among the executors of Donbass people.

More refugees are crossing the former Russian-Ukrainian border in the Rostov region. Only the last day saw 6.2 thousand people come to Russia, and almost 481,000 people left Ukraine since the conflict started.

The Government of Ukraine has suggested that the ministers consider lowering of heating temperature standards in the apartments in winter to + 16 °C. This was announced by the government deputy Ostap Semerak after the meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.