Donbas
Full Ukrainian control of Russian border would trigger collapse of militant ‘republics’
The Kremlin's opportunistic tactics to conquer and hold land in Ukraine has remained unchanged since Russian troops began their 2014 invasion, according to Euan MacDonald, the editor of the English-language newspaper The Kyiv Post, Ukraine Today reports. The journalist argues that the worst-case but unlikely scenario, the...
Tymchuk: Russian proxies beefing up task forces near Horlivka, Yasynuvata
Head of the Information Resistance Group and MP Dmytro Tymchuk reports that the combined Russian-separatist forces are actively strengthening their tactical groups "Trucks with ammunition – 10-15 vehicles per day – arrive in Horlivka. Armored vehicles (four BMP-1, BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles and two...
20 militants ATTACK NEAR Ukrainian forses Avdiyivka it Tuesday evening
A group of 20 terrorists approached a Ukrainian fortified position near the town of Avdiyivka in Donbas and started firing on the ATO forces at 19:10 Kyiv time on Tuesday, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) wrote on Facebook on Wednesday. "The Ukrainian military immediately opened fire in response. The...
20 militants attack Ukrainian forces near Avdiyivka on Tuesday evening
A group of 20 terrorists approached a Ukrainian fortified position near the town of Avdiyivka in Donbas and started firing on the ATO forces at 19:10 Kyiv time on Tuesday, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) wrote on Facebook on Wednesday. "The Ukrainian military immediately opened fire in response. The...
Forward Patrol Bases enhance monitoring along Contact Line: OSCE Chief Monitor
During a visit to Luhansk region on 29 November 2015, the Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Ertugrul Apakan, said Forward Patrol Bases established by the Mission greatly enhance monitoring along the Contact Line in eastern Ukraine. He visited the SMM’s Forward Patrol Base in Novoaidar...
Ukraine releases two Russian military detained in Luhansk region
Two servicemen of the Interior Ministry of the Russian Federation, who had crossed the state border with Ukraine, were released and handed over to the Russian border guards, the spokesperson of the Russian Interior Ministry Vasily Panchenko said on Friday, according to Russian news agency TASS. "They were tried in...
Russian proxies open fire in Donbas ten times overnight – ATO Staff
Between 18:00 on Friday and 06:00 on Saturday the terrorists opened unsighted fire near Avdiyivka, Maryinka, Zaytseve and Luhanske, according to the ATO press center. Firing from infantry fighting vehicles and small arms, the militants provoked the Ukrainian troops to return fire near Avdiyivka. The Russian prosies also used...
Poroshenko: 6,000 civilians killed in Donbas over 18 months of hostilities
A total of 8,000 people, including 6,000 civilians, were killed in the Donbas conflict zone for a year and a half, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said at the "2,000 Ukrainian military and 6,000 civilians, including women and children, were killed by the Russian aggression in Donbas in the last 18 months,"...
Russian proxies continue using banned weapons in Donbas
Russian-backed militants in Donbas continued shelling Ukrainian troops on Wednesday with the use of banned, large-caliber weapons, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO). "As was the case before, the terrorists have focused fire on areas near the city of Donetsk in the ATO zone today," the...
ATO HQ reports serious escalation in Donbas, intelligence detects enemy drills
The situation in the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) zone in Donbas, eastern Ukraine, was tense the whole day on Tuesday with almost all the sectors being under militant fire, according to the ATO Headquarters press center. "Terrorists continued firing almost in all the directions," the press center wrote in an update...
Militants use banned anti-aircraft systems, continue attacks on ATO forces
The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 30 times overnight, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation wrote on Facebook on Tuesday. "The situation in the Donbas conflict zone remains tense. Terrorists continue to resort to provocative fire in all directions. They...
Terrorists conduct provocative fire in all directions, 30 cases of shellling in 12 hours recorded, — ATO press center
The situation in the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) area remains tense. Terrorists continue conducting provocation fire in all directions. This was announced by the ATO press center on Facebook. According to the HQ information, in this way the mercenaries are trying to provoke Ukrainian troops to fire in order to...