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RF Armed Forces command bans men without military registration from leaving Donetsk and Luhansk People`s Republics – Intel
Command of the Russian Armed Forces has banned men without military registration certificates from leaving the temporarily occupied territories in Donbas, the so-called ”DPR” and ”LPR” (the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People`s Republics), according to the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine`s Defense Ministry. ”The command of the RF...
Pence warns North Korea of U.S. resolve shown in Syria, Afghan strikes
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence put North Korea on notice on Monday saying neither the United States nor South Korea would tolerate further missile and nuclear tests, with U.S. attacks in Syria and Afghanistan showing its resolve, according to Reuters. Pence and South Korean acting president Hwang Kyo-ahn, speaking a day after a failed missile...
Militants forced to change Ukrainian passports for non-recognized IDs of so-called Donetsk and Luhansk People`s Republics before May
The leaders of the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk People`s Republics (”DPR” and ”LPR”) are forcing militants to change their Ukrainian passports for those ones of pseudo-republics before May, according to Information Resistance, a non-governmental project on information security. Upon instructions of Russian curators, ”DPR” and ”LPR” terrorist...
Easter ”ceasefire” in Donbas: 29 Russian shellings in last day
Russia`s hybrid military forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas 29 times in the past 24 hours, according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. View map in full size ”In the Mariupol direction, the invaders fired 120mm and 82mm mortar, grenade launchers of various systems and heavy machine guns on the...
Russia equips Donbas troops with Soviet weapons – OSINT experts
The Russian military of the 291st Artillery Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces have received the Soviet-era 2S4 Tyulpan self-propelled mortars, the activists from the international OSINT community InformNapalm said. It is noted that the 291st Artillery Brigade of the Southern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces passed through the...
Moving east, main thing not to leave own border behind – National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine about Anti-Terrorist Operation in Donbas
Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov has said that the ATO (Anti-Terrorist Operation) forces did not surrender one meter of Ukrainian soil over the past year. ”We have no other alternative but to win,” Turchynov said in an interview with the BBC. ”Last year was the first when we did not...
Ukrainian analyst and Poroshenko`s advisor Volodymyr Horbuli assesses probability of Russian annexation of occupied Donbas
Director of the National Institute for Strategic Studies, academician, adviser to the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Horbulin believes that Russia will not go for the annexation of certain regions of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, according to an UaPosition correspondent. ”Today, the Russian Federation hanged Donbas as a stone on Ukraine`s neck, it...
Ukraine to launch big blockchain deal with tech firm Bitfury
Ukraine has partnered with global technology company the Bitfury Group to put a sweeping range of government data on a blockchain platform, the firm`s chief executive officer told Reuters, in a project he described as probably the largest of its kind anywhere. Bitfury, a blockchain company with offices in the United States and overseas, will...
NATO Secretary General: Russia`s aggression in Ukraine main reason for strengthening defense in Europe
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said that the main reason for strengthening NATO`s collective defense in Europe is the Russian aggression in Ukraine. ”We are concerned about the situation, especially in eastern Ukraine, and the fact that Russia illegally annexed a part of Ukraine – Crimea. And that is the first time since the end of...
Number of Ukrainian hostages in Donbas rises to 126 – representative of Ukraine in the Minsk Contact Group
The representative of Ukraine in the humanitarian subgroup of the Trilateral Contact Group for the peaceful settlement in Donbas, First Deputy Chair of the Verkhovna Rada Iryna Gerashchenko says that the number of Ukrainian hostages in the occupied areas of Donbas has increased to 126 people. ”Unfortunately, there are already 126 people on the...