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Dmitry Tymchuk: Military update 7.13
One of the guard dogs of Ukrainian soldiers. Photograph by MoD of Ukraine. Operational data from Information Resistance: Russian-terrorist troops in Donbas continue actively shelling the positions of Ukrainian troops and [Ukrainian] settlements, using small arms as well as cannon artillery (122-mm and 152-mm), rocket artillery (multiple rocket...
Disturbing precedent: U.S.-registered and U.S.-hosted domain maidanua.org blocked by Russia
Now, after a wave of letters from Maidan activists, the website maidanua.org is unblocked. But it is very disturbing precedent . To Whom It May Concern: This is a request to American government, non-governmental and business leaders who may find it appalling that a Russian government agency is now capable of shutting down American websites. A...
Savchenko faces up to 25 years in prison – Russia’s Investigative Committee
Now she is accused not of accessory to murder, but of “joint participation in murder of two or more persons by socially dangerous means, motivated by hatred towards a social group with a group of persons in collusion.” This was stated by official representative of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Vladimir Markin....
NSDC: militant shelling near Mariupol subsides. Ukrainian troops suffer no casualties
During the last 24 hours, only one armed provocation from the Russia-backed militants was registered in Shyrokyne in the Mariupol sector. There were no lethal casualties amongst Ukrainian servicemen over the last day. In the Luhansk sector, the enemy has been active mostly during the night. The militants conducted a series of shelling incidents...
245 Ukrainians still held captive by Russian militants
30 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been released from militant captivity in the past two months. President’s envoy for the peaceful settlement of the Donbas conflict and Ukrainian representative of the humanitarian subgroup of the Trilateral Contact Group, MP Iryna Herashchenko said this on the air of 112 Ukraine TV channel....
National Security and Defense Council: situation in Eastern Ukraine. Eight Ukrainian soldiers and two volunteers released from militant captivity.
10 Ukrainians held in militant captivity were exchanged on ten militants on the Shchastya–Luhansk road. Ukrainian servicemen of the 17th, 40th and 43rd brigades, 24th assault battalion as well as two volunteers returned home. In the Luhansk sector, Krymske village was the only hotspot where three armed provocations occurred. In the Donetsk...
Russian terrorists shelled at Ukrainian villages – ATO Press Center
On July 11, 2015, the ATO Press Center reports that last night the situation in the ATO area remained stably tense. “During the last 24 hours pro-Russian terrorists made 50 attacks on the positions of Ukrainian troops and civilian settlements. 26 cases of shelling were violations of the Minsk agreements,” informs ATO Press Center. The...
National Security and Defense Council: OSCE SMM registers amassment of over 160 pieces of military equipment by militant groups close in Mariupol sector
Kyiv, July 10, 2015. International observers registered an amassment of militants’ heavy military equipment close to the combat line in the Mariupol sector. UAV of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission registered seven tanks, 30 APCs and at least 37 military trucks near Komsomolske. Additionally nine tanks, eight APCs and one truck were spotted...
Dmitry Tymchuk: Military update 7.10
Kyivskyi District of Donetsk, “Sarepta” neighborhood, after shelling. Source. Operational data from Information Resistance: Russian-terrorist troops in Donbas continue shelling the positions of Ukrainian troops and settlements, actively using “forbidden” weapons systems – cannon artillery (122- and 152-mm in caliber), reactive artillery (MLRS),...
OSCE: Hundreds of coalminers in separatist-controlled territories do not receive salaries for over a year
Around 400-500 coalminers living near the militant-controlled town of Bilorechensky have not received salaries for over a year. It is nearly impossible to obtain supplies, as transport access to traditional markets has been disrupted, said Alexander Hug, Deputy Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), at a press...