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Ukraine loses four servicemen over past 24 hours
Four Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and 31 have sustained injuries over the past 24 hours as a result of fighting with pro-Russian terrorists in eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) information and analytical center spokesman Andriy Lysenko said this at a briefing in Kyiv on Monday, a Ukrinform...
Ukraine sees ‘elections’ in Abkhazia as illegitimate
Ukraine does not recognize the legitimacy of the so-called “presidential elections” in Abkhazia (Georgia), the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has reported. “Ukraine does not recognize the legitimacy of the so-called ‘presidential elections,’ which were held contrary to the principles of international law, democratic...
Three dead after terrorists fire at church
Militants again cynically shell Ukrainian sanctuaries. Now Church of St. John of Kronstadt came under fire, and there are victims. National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) information and analytical center spokesman Andriy Lysenko said this at a briefing in Kyiv on Monday. “Many civilians were injured, and now the number is being...
Russia masses 47,000 military on border with Ukraine
Russia continues to amass troops in the border areas near Ukraine. The coordinator of the Information Resistance group, Dmytro Tymchuk, reported this on his Facebook page. “Up to 22,500 Russian military were deployed in Russia and Transdniestria near the state border with Ukraine as of the morning of August 25. In general, given the...
Russia to send another ‘humanitarian convoy’ to Ukraine in next few days
Russia has notified Ukraine that it plans to send another “humanitarian convoy” to the Donbas using the previous route. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said this at a briefing in Moscow on Monday, RIA Novosti reported. “Russia has notified Ukraine of its intention to send another humanitarian convoy using the same route...
Major part of Russian tanks stopped on border – Tymchuk
This morning a convoy of Russian military vehicles tried to make a breakthrough from Russia into Ukraine near Novoazovsk, where it met the resistance of Ukrainian troops. The coordinator of the Information Resistance group, Dmytro Tymchuk, reported this on his Facebook page. “Due to the rapid actions of Ukrainian units, the convoy was...
Russian tanks invade Ukraine – Azov battalion deputy commander
Azov battalion deputy commander Ihor Mosiychuk has reported an invasion of a large number of tanks, Grad multiple rocket launchers and howitzers through the Ukrainian-Russian border. He wrote this on his page on Facebook. “A full-scale invasion! This information has been fully confirmed by border guards and volunteers. Near the settlements...
Donbas says it destroyed large group of militants near Ilovaisk
The Donbas battalion has said that it destroyed a large group of terrorists near Ilovaisk, the battalion’s press service has reported on Facebook. “The battle for Ilovaisk does not stop! Following the [Sunday] morning’s battle the Donbas and the mechanized infantry company of the 17th and 93rd brigades of the Ukrainian Armed...
ATO to go down in history as Patriotic War of 2014 – Poroshenko
The events of recent months will go down in history as the Patriotic War of 2014. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said this in his speech on Independence Square in Kyiv on August 24 on the occasion of Ukraine’s Independence Day. “The events of recent months have become a real war for us though it hasn’t been declared....