The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 63 times in last day, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) wrote on Facebook. "From 18:00 yesterday evening till midnight militants had used small arms to open aimed fire on Ukrainian positions in Krasnohorivka....
No Ukrainian soldiers were killed but five were wounded in the Donbas conflict zone over the last 24 hours, presidential administration spokesman for the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Colonel Andriy Lysenko said at a briefing in Kyiv on Saturday. "Over the last day, we haven't lost any Ukrainian soldiers, but...
No Ukrainian soldiers were killed but two were wounded in the Donbas conflict zone over the last 24 hours, presidential administration spokesman for the Anti-Terrorist Operation Colonel Andriy Lysenko said at a briefing in Kyiv on Thursday. "Over the last day, we haven't lost any Ukrainian soldiers, but two were...
Russian-backed illegal armed groups continued provocative shelling of the Ukrainian positions in the Donbas conflict zone overnight, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) wrote on Facebook early Monday. In particular, "at night, mercenaries from pro-Russian hybrid gangs used 82mm mortars, which are banned...
The combined-Russian separatist forces are planning to conduct conscription in the occupied territories of Donbas in spring of 2016, according to the Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. "Because of bad conditions of service in Russian occupation troops, it is worsened the manning issue. Considering...
After the killings of militant brigade commanders Mozgovoy and "Batman," another high-profile commander of the Cossack unit, Pavel Dryomov, was assassinated in the self-proclaimed “Luhansk People’s Republic,” according to one of separatist online media. A commander of the "sixth separate...
If the U.S. policy changed to provide Javelins, that would probably lead to increased lethality on the battlefield for the Ukrainians, General Ben Hodges, the commanding general of U.S. Army Europe said in an interview with the Voice of America. "Obviously, we've made very clear: we want Ukraine to be able to defend...
A Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry combat vehicle participating in the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) in Donbas has hit a landmine not far from the village of Opytne while moving from one position to another, according to the ATO press service. "Unfortunately, the Ukrainian forces suffered casualties as a result of the...
Russian proxies continued provocative attacks on Ukrainian army positions in the Donetsk and Artemivsk sectors in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, according to press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO). "Using grenade launchers, large-caliber machine guns and small arms, mercenaries were shelling the villages of...
The combined Russian-separatist forces significantly increased attacks on Ukrainian army positions in the Donetsk, Artemivsk and Luhansk sectors from 18:00 to 06:00 on December 7, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) wrote on Facebook on Monday. The militants fired 82mm mortars in the direction of the villages...
One Ukrainian soldier was killed in the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) zone in Donbas in the last day, according to Press Secretary of the Ukrainian Presidential Administration for ATO issues Oleksandr Motuzianyk. "In the past 24 hours, one Ukrainian soldier died in hostilities. This happened in the village of...
One Ukrainian soldier was killed and another three were wounded in the Donbas conflict zone in the last 24 hours, presidential administration spokesman for the Anti-Terrorist Operation Colonel Andriy Lysenko said at a briefing in Kyiv on Saturday, according to an UNIAN correspondent. "In the last day, we lost one Ukrainian...