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Ukrainian intelligence reports Russian troops in Syria hit with viral hepatitis
Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry reported about numerous cases of viral hepatitis infection among Russian military in Syria. "Mass viral hepatitis infection has been recorded among servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces in Syria. Infected troops are immediately transported by air to the...
Russia, Iran sign contract for missile system delivery
MOSCOW: Russia and Iran have signed a contract for Moscow to supply Tehran with S-300 surface-to-air missile systems, Sergei Chemezov, the chief executive of Russian state-owned defence conglomerate Rostec, was quoted by the RIA news agency as saying on Monday. "S-300, the air defence system, the contract has...
Reuters Exclusive: Chemical weapons used by rebels in Syria – sources
Chemical weapons experts have determined that mustard gas was used in a Syrian town where Islamic State insurgents were battling another rebel group, according to a report by an international watchdog seen by Reuters. A confidential October 29 report by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), a summary...
Joint Centre for Control: Russia still arming proxies in Donbas
The Ukrainian members of the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination (JCCC) of the Ceasefire and Stabilization of the Parties' Demarcation Line in Donbas report that Russia continues supplying weapons to its proxies in eastern Ukraine, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO). "Another...
Russian proxies attack ATO forces 13 times overnight
The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 13 times overnight, using grenade launchers of different caliber, anti-aircraft guns and small arms, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) wrote on Facebook on Saturday. "The militants fired six times on the town of...
Best way to hold fair elections in East Ukraine is to withdraw Russian troops — Yatsenyuk
Ukraine's Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk says the current ceasefire in occupied regions of the country's east is a precondition of, not the implementation of, the Minsk agreement, according to Ukraine Today. "The best way to hold free and fair elections is just to withdraw Russians, to pull back all Russian...
Russian proxies fire grenade launchers on ATO forces overnight
The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 12 times overnight, using grenade launchers, heavy machine guns and small arms, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) wrote on Facebook on Thursday. "The pro-Russian militants were firing on the villages of Opytne,...
Five Ukrainian soldiers wounded in Donbas conflict zone in last day Read more
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 Monday. "Yesterday night, the militants intensified their attacks on ATO forces along...
Reuters: Russia’s Syria force grows to 4,000, U.S. officials say
Moscow's military force in Syria has grown to about 4,000 personnel, but this and more than a month of Russian air strikes have not led to pro-government forces making significant territorial gains, U.S. security officials and independent experts said, according to Reuters. Moscow, which has maintained a military presence...
U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Milley: I see Russia as aggressive
U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley says that the situation with Russia is becoming more serious and sees Russia as aggressive. "The situation with Russia is, in my mind, serious and growing more serious. I see Russia as aggressive, not just assertive. They attacked Georgia, they illegally seized the Crimea, they...
Syrian rebels use caged captives as ‘human shields’
Prisoners believed to be regime officers used as shield near Damascus as Assad forces intensify bombing of rebel areas. Syrian rebel groups have locked people in cages and driven them to areas near Damascus to use as human shields against heavy government air raids. A video posted online by the Shaam News Network, an...
Russian proxies fire small arms on ATO forces near Pisky overnight
The situation was tense in the Donbas conflict zone in the last day as the combined Russian-separatist forces opened fire thrice on the Ukrainian army positions, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) wrote on Facebook on Tuesday. "From 23:15 to 23:50 local time on Monday, the militants were firing small...