Section: Summaries
National Security and Defense Council: Units of the Ukrainian State Emergency Service are seizing munitions, mines and combat grenades
Kyiv, 5 January 2015 – Within the last day the number of armed provocation and shots fired by militants has increased in the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) zone. In addition to small arms terrorists are using tanks and artillery against the ATO forces. Ukrainian servicemen do not respond to provocations however in case of a direct threat to life...
Daily Highlights: 04/01/2015
The OSCE monitoring mission reports termination of ceasefire in Donbass. Pro-Russian groups are creating the “Army of New Russia”, unified under Russian control and incorporating various “cossacks” and “militia” groups. Key Events In Ukraine ● President Poroshenko held a meeting with representatives of law enforcement...
This is Ukraine today – January 4: Militants in Donetsk have again announced curfew restrictions
Maidan Community Sector, Lviv: Dear friends! January 4 – No Ukrainian military have died, three were wounded in the ATO area in last 24 hours, said deputy NSDC spokesman Volodymyr Polevyi. January 4 – Militants in Donetsk have again announced curfew restrictions (these were cancelled for new year holidays). The residents have been warned to carry...
Volodymyr Polevyi: No Ukrainian servicemen were killed in action within the last day
Kyiv, 4 January 2015 – Within the last day the situation in Donetsk and Luhansk regions did not change considerably. It was not calm at the Donetsk, Luhansk and Mariupol directions. Ukrainian servicemen strictly adhere to the silence regime and adequately respond to militants’ provocations. “Russian military presence and its further increase on...
Military updates, 1/04/2015 (26th “Day of Silence”)
For the past 24 hours, a tense situation persists in Donetsk. In the Petrovsky district, numerous cases of indiscriminate open firings of automatic small arms by insurgent groups are being reported. There have been skirmishes between units of the Russian-terrorist troops – [between] representatives of the “military police” of the “DNR” [Donetsk...
This is Ukraine today – January 3: More military from the Russian Federation have been arriving in Luhansk region
Maidan Community Sector, Lviv: Dear friends! January 3 – No Ukrainian military have died; one was wounded in the ATO area in the last 24 hours, – informed NSDC spokesman Andriy Lysenko. January 3 – Russian Foreign Ministry has issued a statement that Foreign Ministers of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France insist on urgent meeting of the Contact...
The work of building public awareness in the “liberated territories”
Back in September 2014, the Information Resistance group presented a report with the results of the monitoring [of the ongoing status] in the ATO [Anti-terrorist operation] zone. One of the conclusions of the report was: a pro-Ukrainian Russian-language print media must be established urgently, geared at the local population and distributed free...
National Security and Defense Council: Ukrainian servicemen received a unique tactical UAV
Kyiv, 3 January 2015 – Within the last day the situation in the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) zone was not subject to drastic change. Several isolated cases of aggressive actions on the part of militants at the Donetsk and Luhansk direction were spotted. As per the intelligence data new Russian Federation troops are seen arriving, attempts are...
This is Ukraine today – January 2: The enemy began to group its battle formations and is relocating them closer to advanced positions of Ukrainian troops in the ATO area
Maidan Community Sector, Lviv: Dear friends! January 2 – One Ukrainian military was killed and 5 were wounded in the ATO are in the last 24 hours, – informed NSDC spokesman Andriy Lysenko. January 2 – Russian terrorists have carried out 16 provocative shooting attacks on Ukrainian military positions, – informs ATO press center. By using small...
Military updates, 1/02/2015 (24th “Day of Silence”)
Among the insurgents killed during their attempt to attack the positions of Ukrainian troops near the settlement of Pisky on December 31, 2014, four of them, disguised as the so-called “militia,” turned out to be Russian marines from the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation. All four of them were contract soldiers. A fresh formation of the...