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One Ukrainian soldier killed in past two days as 122 coal miners remain trapped in Donetsk Oblast from Russian-separatist shelling
One Ukrainian serviceman was killed and nine were wounded in the past 48 hours in eastern Ukraine as more than 200 coal miners were trapped underground because of Russian-separatist shelling in Ukraine-controlled Dzerzhynsk in Donetsk Oblast, presidential military spokesperson Col. Andriy Lysenko said at a briefing in Kyiv on...
Another three Ukrainians freed from militant captivity (PHOTOS)
Another three Ukrainians were freed from the militant captivity on August 8, Vasyl Budyk, an adviser to the Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine, wrote on Facebook on Saturday. "Today, we have finished an operation to exchange prisoners. In cooperation with the Minsk group headed by Viktor Medvedchuk, Officer Corps, the...
Four OSCE SMM cars destroyed in arson attack in Donetsk overnight
The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine has reported about an apparent arson attack on its cars in militant-controlled Donetsk. "4 OSCE armoured vehicles destroyed overnight in apparent arson attack at SMM Donetsk residence. SMM deplores such actions," the OSCE SMM tweeted. Details will follow, the OSCE...
Heroes who died at Ilovaisk (memorial video)
The video and song are in Ukrainian but it’s too beautiful and important not to post this now; the visuals are, of course, universal: “Leaving” The chorus is: “I’m leaving you today, Don’t wait for me...
At least 2,280 soldiers killed in Russia’s war against Ukraine
Fighting between Ukrainian soldiers and Russian-separatist forces killed five soldiers in war-torn Donbas over the last 24 hours, the Ukrainian military reports. Two of them were the servicemen of the 92nd mechanized brigade, killed in a battle in Donetsk Oblast's Shchastya. The cities of Horlivka, Avdiivka and the ruins at...
Servicemen Wait on Reward: Ukrainian paratroopers say government owes them payment
After serving for more than five months on the frontline in the east of Ukraine fighting against Russian-backed militants these Ukrainian paratroopers say they are not ready to go home. Their bags are packed but these men from the 90th airborne battalion say they are not ready to be demobilised because they are still waiting...
Emotional Homecoming for Ukrainian Troops: Soldiers return after 2 months in combat zone (VIDEO)
Ukrainian soldiers and Air Force pilots on parade near Kyiv, having served two months in one of the most dangerous parts of front line in eastern Ukraine. These men came under shelling by combined Russian-separatist forces some 400 times near the city of Avdiivka, just north of Donetsk....
The separatists undressed on the ruins of Luhansk Airport (PHOTOS)
In Lugansk on the ruins of the airport where killed fighting for 20 Ukrainian soldiers, who fighted for independence, girls in bikinis with guns made a photo session. Arthur Ahmadullin published photos in a social network Drive2.ru. There are also pictures of the flag of Russia on the overpass near the railway...
‘Black Tulip’ search for the fallen soldiers in Ukraine — BBC
Ukrainian group named “Black Tulip” is made up of volunteers who risk their lives to bring back the bodies of soldiers killed in action in the east of the country, having already found the remains of more than 600 servicemen, the BBC Russian Service reports. Managing hundreds of requests from families across...
Artillery Attacks Continue: Ukrainian officer says militants use truce to upgrade equipment
Reoccurring explosions in the distance near militant-held Debaltseve in the Dontesk region are a constant reminder of the ongoing fighting between Russian-backed militants and Ukrainian troops. In the morning residents of nearby village of Svitlodarsk found out that a fire had started just outside the settlement. A...
OSCE duped into false ‘Russian soldiers’ report by separatists
Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine’s east have apparently tried to discredit international monitors by planting a fake story about Russian soldiers. In its report for Aug. 2, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said separatist fighters had introduced themselves as Russian servicemen, immediately...
Ukraine’s security service shows video of another captured Russian officer
Ukraine's state security service the SBU has revealed how Russia offers its soldiers triple their normal allowance for going to fight in Ukraine, while taking away military IDs and other documents that may identify them as Russian soldiers. Vasyl Hrytsak Chairman of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said (July 29) that...