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Ukraine’s Security Service prevents series of terrorist acts in Kharkiv, Sumy regions and Dnipropetrovsk over the days marking 70th anniversary of Victory in World War Two
Kyiv, May 10, 2015. Ukraine’s Security Service prevented a series of terrorist acts in Kharkiv and Sumy regions as well as in Dnipropetrovsk. Ukrainian operatives detained one of the leaders of the “Kharkiv partisans” pro-Russian militant group. A set of combat grenades and an explosive has been seized in his apartment. He planned to use to...
National Security and Defense Council: 13,000 people left without gas supply due to militant attacks
Kyiv, May 8, 2015. Pro-Russian militants damaged a gas pipeline in the area of Shchastya and Stanytsia Luhanska, leaving 13,000 civilians without gas supply. Currently the situation in the Luhansk sector remains tense in Sokilnyky and Zolote villages. View map in full size Militants shelled the Ukrainian military positions 17 times from 120-mm...
National Security and Defense Council: Three Ukrainian servicemen released from militant captivity
Kyiv, May 7, 2015. Three Ukrainian servicemen of the 13th Motorized Infantry Battalion were released from militant captivity. Dmytro Kyrychek, Dmytro Martynenko and Vitaliy Myshasty, who were taken captive during the battles for Vuhlehirsk last January, have arrived in Dnipropetrovsk today. View map in full size Meanwhile, Russia-backed militant...
National Security and Defense Council: Militants move their forces closer to the frontline
Kyiv, May 6, 2015. Ukrainian intelligence reports of pro-Russian militants amassing their forces at the frontline. They are moving military equipment from their transit bases and depots located in Krasnodon, Ilovaysk and other towns closer to the contact line. Military equipment has also been transferred from the militant-held territories in the...
National Security and Defense Council: Ukrainian intelligence uncovers militant plot of brutal provocation on Victory Day
Kyiv, May 5, 2015. Ukrainian intelligence reports that pro-Russian militants are preparing a large-scale provocation. During the Victory Day on May 9, the “DPR” fighters intend to open fire at peaceful demonstrators in Donetsk. The provocation may be used as a pretext for a massive offensive on the Ukrainian military outposts in the areas of...
National Security and Defense Council: Russia-backed militants keep violating Minsk agreements: use mortars, artillery, Grad missile systems
Kyiv, May 4, 2015. Russia-backed militants keep violating ceasefire in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, using small arms, mortars and grenade launchers. Moreover, militants used arms banned by the Minsk accords such as 120-mm mortars and 122-mm and 152-mm artillery. They have also fired three times from Grad multiple rocket launchers. View map in...
National Security and Defense Council: Pro-Russian militants use 152mm artillery, threaten lives of OSCE observers
Kyiv, May 3, 2015. Russia-backed militants have mortared Pisky; four mines exploded in close vicinity of OSCE observers when they were approaching the observation point. The same OSCE patrol was soon caught in crossfire in Avdiivka where the enemy deployed 152mm artillery. Such assaults blatantly violate international law and Minsk agreements....
National Security and Defense Council: Russia-backed militants actively use heavy weapons banned by Minsk II
Kyiv, April 30, 2015. Pro-Russian militants shelled our positions 17 times with 120-mm mortars and twice with 122-mm cannons. View map in full size Militants resumed attacks in Shyrokyne in the Mariupol sector. In the Donetsk sector, most tense situation was observed in Pisky. Ukrainian Armed Forces drove away a pro-Russian subversive group in...
National Security and Defense Council: Militants use heavy weapons and tanks against Ukrainian force, violating peace agreements
Kyiv, April 29, 2015. Russia-backed militant groups fired at the Ukrainian military positions 22 times from 120-mm mortars and five times from the 122-mm artillery yesterday. Pro-Russian fighters also used tanks and snipers. A series of military engagements took place near Pavlopil as well as militants attacked the areas around Chermalyk in the...
National Security and Defense Council: Militants attack Ukrainian troops from Grad multiple rocket launchers
Kyiv, April 28, 2015. Russia-backed militant groups used Grad multiple rocket launchers against the Ukrainian troops for the first time in April. They have also struck Novolaspa village, Donetsk region. Geography of ceasefire violations has widened. The enemy fired at our positions 18 times from 120-mm mortars and six times from 122-mm cannons....