Section: Information Resistance
Dmitry Tymchuk: Military summary of 2014
The departing year has opened Ukraine’s chest cavity and forced it to feel the world with an open heart. We have no energy left for half-feelings and halftones. We only have the energy for love and hate. But both the one and the other are piercingly sincere. The bad news: 1. The fall of the Yanukovych dictatorship last winter did not cause a...
Daily Highlights: 06/01/2015
Ukraine celebrates Orthodox Christmas. About 200 thousand draftees to be called to the Ukrainian army during scheduled three waves of mobilization in 2015. The official public transport communications with the occupied territories of Donbass are terminated starting January 6. Key Events In Ukraine ● Consensus on resolving extra import...
Military updates, 1/05 (27th “Day of Silence”)
A concentration of Russian-terrorist forces’ manpower and equipment is currently being observed in the vicinity of Pervomaisk and towards the settlement of Novotoshkivske. The transfer of forces and equipment is carried out in secret, the equipment is moved in small batches, the soldiers also move in small groups. Near the Bakhmut highway, the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Military updates, 12/30 (21st “Day of Silence”)
Despite the declared “ceasefire,” units of Russian-terrorist troops continue to shell the positions of Ukrainian troops. Also, the regrouping of enemy forces continues. In the area of Dokuchajevsk, Russian-terrorist troops transferred mortar detachments closer towards the front. Mortar positions are carefully camouflaged. During the past three...
Daily Highlights: 27/12/2014
Terrorist threat increasing in Ukraine. Ukrainian humanitarian aid was delivered to the occupied territories. Budget process is sabotaged by former members of the Party of Regions. Key Events In Ukraine ● The Verkhovna Rada will consider the budget on Sunday, on 28 December. Numerous protests are expected in front of the Parliament on this...
Military updates, 12/26 (17th “Day of Silence”)
Despite the “peace talks,” Russian-terrorist forces continue to carry out attacks on the positions of Ukrainian troops, although the number of fire strikes has decreased considerably. Meanwhile, the enemy continues to regroup its forces. As such, an enemy armored group (4 tanks, 6 armored combat vehicles) set out in the direction of Trokhizbenka....