Section: Summaries
National Security and Defense Council: Extremely fierce fighting on the frontline: militants use Grad missile systems, 120-mm mortars and 152-mm artillery
Kyiv, June 5, 2015. Extremely fierce fighting along the frontline have occurred over the last day, while pro-Russian mostly used heavy weaponry, such as Grad missile systems, 120-mm mortars and 152-mm artillery against the Ukrainian troops. View map in full size In the Mariupol sector, military action took place in Shyrokyne and Hranitne...
National Security and Defense Council: OSCE observe militant move heavy arms, used tanks and Grad missile systems in Maryinka offensive
Kyiv, June 4, 2015. OSCE Special Monitoring Mission reported the movement of militants’ military equipment from Donetsk toward Maryinka in the night of June 2-3: 10 T-64 and T-72 tanks, 122-mm and 152-mm heavy artillery and trucks carrying anti-aircraft mounts were spotted. International monitors also observed incessant artillery fire on the...
Press about Ukraine in US and Canada. JUN 4, 2015
Read more in Press about Ukraine in US & Canada: San Francisco Chronicle (USA) : AP Interview: Canada’s Harper says Russia can’t rejoin G-7 The American Interest (USA) : A Short History of Russian Poisoning National Post (Canada) : Roger Cohen: How Putin bested America Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA) : Obama To Press EU On Russia...
Press about Ukraine in Europe. JUN 4, 2015
Read more in Press about Ukraine in Europe: The Times (The United Kingdom) : Ukraine faces ‘huge threat’ from Russia Deutsche Welle (Germany) : Steinmeier warns against ‘military escalation’ in eastern Ukraine Albanian Telegraphic Agency (Albania) : Tirana/ SEDM deputy chiefs of Defence meeting InSerbia (Serbia) : Dacic, Steinmeier discuss...
Press about Ukraine in Asia and Australia. JUN 4, 2015
Read more in Press about Ukraine in Asia & Australia: NDTV (India) : Prominent Soviet Dissident Leonid Plyushch Dies NDTV (India) : Ukraine’s President Poroshenko Warns of Russian Invasion Threat After Fighting Surge NEWS.com.au (Australia) : MH17 ‘key witness’ revealed NDTV (India) : White House ‘Concerned’ About Surge in East Ukraine...
Press about Ukraine in Middle East, Africa, Central and South America. JUN 4, 2015
Buenos Aires Herald (Argentina) : Ukraine’s Poroshenko warns of Russian invasion threat Anadolu Agency (Turkey) : Ukraine: ’5 troops, 80 separatists killed’ in clashes Radio Mayabeque (Cuba) : Ukraine Authorizes Foreign Military Presence Prensa Latina (Cuba) : Europe Denounces New Spiral of Violence in Ukraine AL JAZEERA (Qatar) : Ukraine...
Dmitry Tymchuk: Update on Marinka 6.03 – 6.04
Yesterday, 06.03.2015, starting approximately at 4:10 AM, Russian-terrorist troops started heavy shelling of the positions of Ukrainian troops in the vicinity of Marinka [west of Donetsk]. Between 6:45 and 7:00 AM, Russian-terrorist troops started an active offensive on the stretch between Marinka and Krasnohorivka. According to IR Group data,...
National Security and Defense Council: Militants shell ATO positions near Maryinka and Krasnohorivka
Kyiv, June 3, 2015. At 4 a.m., Russia-backed militants launched an offensive on the Ukrainian military positions near Maryinka and Krasnohorivka using tanks, mortars and the artillery. Despite the escalation of fighting, Ukrainian troops hold control over Maryinka and Krasnohorivka. Ukrainian Armed Forces did not suffer any lethal casualties...
Dmitry Tymchuk: Military update 6.03
During the past 24 hours, the Russian-terrorist troops in Donbas shelled the positions of ATO [anti-terrorism operation] forces and civilian objects in all directions – in the daytime, they concentrated fire on the seaside direction and on the north of Luhansk region, and since yesterday evening – they concentrated fire on the Donetsk direction....
Press about Ukraine in US and Canada. JUN 3, 2015
Read more in Press about Ukraine in US & Canada: USA TODAY (USA) : Ukraine battle tests cease-fire to breaking point The Huffington Post (USA) : The Voyage of the Hermione and 235 Years of Franco-American Friendship The Washington Post (USA) : Escalating skirmishes in eastern Ukraine increase threat to cease-fire Newsweek (USA) :...