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      Operational data from Information Resistance: military update 9.16
      Sep19

      Operational data from Information Resistance: military update 9.16

      The overall situation in the ATO zone retains a tendency to escalate. The reasons for this are armed provocations and shelling of the Ukrainian troops’ positions by the Russian and terrorist forces, as well as the revitalization of enemy sabotage and reconnaissance group forces in the rear of the ATO. The latter [enemy sabotage and reconnaissance...

      Czech Republic ratifies EU-Ukraine Association Agreement
      Sep18

      Czech Republic ratifies EU-Ukraine Association Agreement

      The Czech Parliament ratified an Association Agreement between the EU and Ukraine, the document was sent to President of the Czech Republic Milos Zeman for signature. The press service of the Parliament of the Czech Republic reported. It should be noted that after the vote for the ratification by the Chamber of Deputies, the relevant law should...

      Dmitry Tymchuk: Military update 9.14
      Sep17

      Dmitry Tymchuk: Military update 9.14

      Photo by Vlad Lemm. Source Operational data from Information Resistance: The situation remains rather tense in the ATO zone; the enemy sabotage and reconnaissance groups intensified their activities along several sections of the demarcation line simultaneously. Shelling of the ATO forces’ positions was observed from small arms and RPGs....

      Dmitry Tymchuk: Military update 9.08
      Sep10

      Dmitry Tymchuk: Military update 9.08

      Ukrainian military serviceman. Source: Karpatska Sich Operational data from Information Resistance: The relative calm in the ATO zone persists. Militant infantry groups were observed repositioning in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions, near the settlements of Pervomaisk, Popasna, Orikhove, Krymske, Olenivka and Starohnativka; militants also opened...

      National Security and Defense Council:Militants’ armed provocations were observed in the Donetsk sector
      Sep07

      National Security and Defense Council:Militants’ armed provocations were observed in the Donetsk sector

      Kyiv, September 6, 2015. Total ceasefire still holds in the Luhansk and Mariupol sectors. Militants’ armed provocations were observed only in the Donetsk sector, mostly using light arms and grenade launchers. Ceasefire was violated three times near Zaitseve north of Horlivka. View map in full size Militants instigated several brief armed...

      Dmitry Tymchuk: Military update 9.03
      Sep06

      Dmitry Tymchuk: Military update 9.03

      Operational data from Information Resistance: Russian-terrorist forces in Donbas continue to refrain from using heavy weapons; however, during the last 24 hours, militants have increasingly used infantry weapons to fire at the ATO forces’ positions and to conduct armed provocations. At the same time, militants have intensified reconnaissance and...

      Russia-Ukraine war: you think this war is somewhere far away?
      Sep05

      Russia-Ukraine war: you think this war is somewhere far away?

        Two years ago nobody thought Ukraine would be fighting for its freedom in a hybrid war instigated by Russia. This is a new type of war: with soldiers without identifying marks, civilians as a shield, local terrorism and diversions, propaganda, cyber-terrorism and diplomatic double-dealings. Is Europe ready for such a type of conflict? You...

      Dmitry Tymchuk: Military update 8.28
      Aug30

      Dmitry Tymchuk: Military update 8.28

      A woman looks out her apartment window where separatists killed 30 and wounded nearly 100 in a rocket attack earlier this year. Photo: Noah Brooks Operational data from Information Resistance: Russian-terrorist troops in Donbas continue to actively fire at the positions of Ukrainian troops and civilian objects, using 120 mm mortars, 122 mm and...

      National Security and Defense Council:OSCE confirms militants bring their weapons closer to Mariupol
      Aug30

      National Security and Defense Council:OSCE confirms militants bring their weapons closer to Mariupol

      Kyiv, August 29, 2014. OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (SMM) confirms that Russia-backed militants bring their military equipment and weapons closer to Mariupol. The mission’s drone observed five tanks near Bezimenne village (30 km east of Mariupol), two tanks in the area of Michurine (57 km north-east of Mariupol) and five more by...

      Sentencing of Oleh Sentsov and Oleksandr Kolchenko is clear miscarriage of justice-U.S. Department of State
      Aug25

      Sentencing of Oleh Sentsov and Oleksandr Kolchenko is clear miscarriage of justice-U.S. Department of State

      On August 25, 2015, John Kirby, U.S. Department of State spokesperson, made a Press Statement about sentencing of Oleh Sentsov and Oleksandr Kolchenko in a Russian military court. “The United States strongly condemns today’s sentencing in a Russian military court of acclaimed Ukrainian director Oleh Sentsov and activist Oleksandr Kolchenko...