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Russian soldiers refuse Donbas deployment, face prosecution – Ukraine Intelligence
Numerous cases recorded of the Russian troops disobeying orders in defiance of deployment in Ukrainian Donbas, according to the Main Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine’s Defense Ministry. "The Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation opened 80 criminal cases under Art. 337 of the Criminal Code of Russia...
FSB opens case against one of Crimea blockade coordinators
The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has opened a case against one of Crimea's blockade coordinators, Lenur Islyamov, Russian news agency RIA Novosti reported referring to the Investigative Department of Russia's FSB Office in Crimea and Sevastopol. "On October 22, 2015, the Investigative Department of...
ATO Headquarters: militants fire rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine guns in Pisky
Positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) zone are attacked again, the ATO press center reported on Facebook. "Russian-backed mercenaries opened fire on the village of Pisky, just like a day earlier, using rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine guns," a statement reads. The...
ATO Headquarters: two Ukrainian servicemen blown on trip-wire
Two Ukrainian soldiers were killed on Saturday after an explosive device detonated in the forest between Avdiyivka and Donetsk bypass road, Head of the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) headquarters, Colonel Oleksandr Motuzianyk said at a briefing, according to an UNIAN correspondent. At this, no Ukrainian...
War-torn Pisky near Donetsk airport sees new fights
Russian proxies have resumed fighting in Donbas, having shelled the positions of Ukrainian troops near the village of Pisky, close to the ruined Donetsk airport, on Friday, according to Ukrainian journalist Oleksandr Rudomanov. "A battle in Pisky is over. Small arms, GP-25 grenade launchers, heavy rocket launchers. Two...
Russian proxies fire mortars and rocket-propelled grenades in Shyrokyne
A provocative shelling of the village of Shyrokyne took place on the day of withdrawal of artillery systems from the demarcation line, Ukrainian Presidential Adviser Yuriy Biryukov said on Friday, Mariupol's city portal 0629 reported. "At about 12:00 on October 29, the illegal armed groups started firing 82mm mortars,...
Emergency evacuation under way amid multiple blasts at Svatove munitions depot
The emergency evacuation of local residents of the town of Svatove in Luhansk region with a population of about 18,000 people is under way amid ongoing explosions caused by a fire at a local munitions depot, according to hromadske.tv. "I'm now evacuating people as shells of Uragan, Grad, Smerch are exploding at...
ATO Headquarters tells how much Russian mercenaries are paid in Syria
Mercenaries in Syria are paid ten times more then they receive while serving in the army of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and Luhansk People's Republic (LPR), Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Deputy Chief of Staff Colonel Konstantyn Sokolov said at a press conference in Kramatorsk, according to 112 Ukraine...
Russian proxies violate ceasefire, attack ATO forces
The combined Russian-separatist forces were firing rocket-propelled grenades, heavy machine guns and small arms on the Ukrainian army positions south of Avdiyivka from 19:40 to 20:10 on October 28, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation wrote on Facebook on Thursday. After the attack, there were no violations of...
Freedom closer than seems: Lawyer on Savchenko’s prospects to return
Ukrainian pilot and Member of Parliament, held in Russian prison, Nadia Savchenko, will return to Ukraine in 2016, according to her lawyer, Mark Feygin. "I’m out of the prison in Novocherkassk. Nadia sends greetings to everyone. Freedom is closer than it seems. In the new year, Savchenko will leave for home," he...
Ukraine begins pullback of light artillery in Donbas
No incidents were recorded in Donbas conflict zone overnight, which allowed the Ukrainian military to begin the withdrawal of artillery with caliber under 100mm from the contact line, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation wrote on Facebook on Wednesday. "The military are making every effort to restore the...
Ukraine separatists say expel two monitors, OSCE Denies — media
Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine say they have expelled two OSCE ceasefire monitors, but the organization denies the allegation, RFE/RL reported on Monday. One of self-proclaimed officials in the so-called "LPR," Vasily Nikitin, said on October 26 that the two monitors had "violated the Minsk...