Civil war in Ukraine: News & discussion

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Seven Ukrainian soldiers were killed and 11 were wounded in a fight near the village of Bila Kamianka in Volnovakha district, close to the village of Starohnativka, head of the Hospitallers military field medicine project and head of the Right Sector's medical division Yana Zinkevych wrote on Facebook on Monday.

Ukrainian troops near Starohnativka / Photo from facebook.com/permalink
"At the moment, the battle near Bila Kamianka is over. Within just a few hours [we've got] three KIA fighters from the Right Sector's Ukrainian Volunteer Corps and four KIA's from the 72nd mechanized brigade," she wrote.

In addition, according to her, WIA are five Right Sector fighters and six soldiers of the Ukrainian armed forces.

Aug. 10, 2015
At least one civilian reported killed in latest violations of psuedo-ceasefire - watch on - uatoday.tv

At least one civilian reported killed in latest violations of psuedo-ceasefire

Shelling intensifies in eastern Ukraine

At least one civilian is killed in the rebel-held town of Horlivka in eastern Ukraine as Kyiv reports the heaviest shelling by pro-Russian rebels since February.


AFP: Ukraine reports heavy tank battle with pro-Russians - read on - uatoday.tv

Aug. 10, 2015

Poroshenko calls in the head of Ukraine's national security service and defence minister along with the top army general to forge a response

Ukraine on Monday reported repelling a rare tank assault by pro-Russian rebels that threatened to usher in a dangerous escalation to the 16-month war.

President Petro Poroshenko said about "200 insurgents used tanks to storm" Novolaspa - a village half-way between the separatists' de facto capital Donetsk and the government-held port of Mariupol - in a pre-dawn raid that caught government soldiers off guard.

Chief of Staff General Viktor Muzhenko "informed the president that the Ukrainian forces gave a fitting rebuff and repelled all the attacks", the presidency said.

"Ukrainian forces are in full control of the situation," it added.

The Ukrainian foreign ministry called the incident "a dangerous indication of a further escalation to come".

But the rebels denied advancing their forces and signalled that they had always had militia units stationed in Novolaspa.

 

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The Ukrainian authorities did not rule out expanding the list of banned in the country of books.
A list of 38 books that have banned the import from Russia to Ukraine, has the ability to be expanded, spoke Tuesday at the state Committee for television and radio broadcasting of Ukraine.
"The state Committee operates in the legal field. Indeed, article 28 of the law of Ukraine "on publishing" prohibits the distribution of publishing products imported from abroad, which can be applied to appeals aimed at the elimination of Ukraine's independence, the correction of the constitutional order by force, violation of sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country ", - told in the Committee, reports RIA " Novosti ".
They also stressed that the List may be updated with new titles. Before it was announced that the State Committee for television and radio broadcasting of Ukraine made the List of banned within the state of books by Russian authors. The corresponding List of 38 books posted on the Internet office of the service. It includes works by Russian authors Nikolay Starikov " Ukraine. Chaos and revolution - the weapon of the dollar, "Alexander Dugin's" Eurasian Russian revenge ", Andrei Fursov " Cold Eastern evening Russian spring ", Eduard Limonov " Kiev kaput ", Sergei Dorenko " Donbass - smokescreen Putin?", Sergey Glazyev " Catastrophe. From the American war to world war I, "Lev Vershinin," Euromaidan." Who destroyed Ukraine?" Yuri Mukhin, "numerous violations of human rights in the process of civil confrontation in Ukraine, 2013-2014" and some other. On 6 July, the state Committee for television and radio broadcasting appealed to the state fiscal service of a petition to include in the list of items prohibited for import into the area of the country, books from Russia. Kiev also forbade the works of culture, created in the Russian Federation, for example, a ban is not a demonstration of a number of films and television series. In addition, the Ministry of culture of Ukraine established the List of artists who " pose a danger to state security ", they are denied entry into the country. In July Ukrainian Goskino annulled distribution certificate and cancelled the state registration of the Russian TV series " the Sweeney ", " Bandit Petersburg 4. Detained ", " Gangster Petersburg 5. Opera ", " Bandit Petersburg 6. Journalist and astrologer ". In less than a year the state has revoked or denied the issuance of rental licenses nearly 400 films and TV series produced in Russia. In February, the deputies of the Verkhovna Rada voted for the bill, prohibiting the presentation of films that promote the power structures of the state, recognized by Kiev as an aggressor, as well as the Soviet security agencies. The state of Ukraine has already refused to hire several Russian films and TV series, including " Brother-2 ", " kadetstvo ", " Hounds ", " the Investigative Committee ", " SWAT ", " Mom-3 ", "the White guard" and " Poddubny ", all the movies and TV shows with the participation of Russian actors Mikhail Porechenkov and Ivan Okhlobystin.
The Ukrainian authorities did not rule out expanding the list of banned in the country of books

 

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Press counterterrorist operation headquarters said: ATU in the area, during the previous day, with 18 hours to midnight, illegal gang continued shelling positions of Ukrainian troops. The most hotly traditionally been near Donetsk. Here, from 10 pm to midnight, three occupants of the 120-millimeter mortars and twice with 152 mm caliber artillery fired on our positions in Avdiyivka. Also, nearly three times at 20 to Verhnotoretskomu and about 22 mercenaries on Water beaten with artillery caliber 152 mm.In Artemovsk direction at 22.15 militants used rocket systems of volley fire BM-21 "Grad" the positions of ATU forces in the Holy Trinity.

And in Luhansk, from ten at night until 2 am criminals fired from 120-millimeter mortars and grenade launchers village Lugansk.In the district of Mariupol, about 9pm beat the enemy through the village Starohnativka with 120-millimeter mortars and artillery 152 caliber.Overall, during the day yesterday, the enemy 95 times violated the ceasefire.

25 times militants used guns, 24 - mortars, three - Reactive systems of salvo fire 48 times - grenade launchers and small arms.After midnight, the enemy continued to fire activity in the area of human settlements, water, questionnaire, Avdeevka.And at 1.05, twice in 3 nights and at 3.50 n-terrorist forces of "Grad" beat on our positions in the village of Bogdanovka, near Mariupol

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Dnipropetrovsk military hospital for the second time in the year received modern equipment and supplies from the Ukrainian community in the US and ordinary Americans. This time American friends gave Ukrainian military doctors X-ray fluorography apparatus type electron-optical converter.As the head of the Dnipropetrovsk military hospital medical colonel Andrew Rila, due to small size and manevrovosti, the device will greatly facilitate the work of medical personnel in trauma departments.

- Already after connecting and testing doctors will use it - said medical colonel Andrew Rila.Chief Project Coordinator Gini Martin said that money to help Dnipropetrovsk hospitals donated a lot of people. It was a small amount of $ 25, and significant contributions - up to 50 thousand.

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One Ukrainian soldier killed, 13 wounded in ATO area in past day| Ukrinform
KYIV, August 11 /Ukrinform/. One Ukrainian serviceman was killed; 13 soldiers were wounded in ATO area in past 24 hours.

Spokesman for the Presidential Administration on the anti-terrorist operation, Colonel Oleksandr Motuzianyk said this at a briefing in Kyiv, an Ukrinform correspondent reported.

"One Ukrainian serviceman was killed, 13 soldiers were injured over the past day," he said.
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Militants attack Ukrainian army positions 95 times overnight| Ukrinform
KYIV, August 11 /Ukrinform/. The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 95 times overnight.

The press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) wrote on its Facebook page on Tuesday.
"From 18:00 Kyiv time to midnight on August 11, illegal armed groups continued to fire on ATO forces. The situation near the militant-controlled city of Donetsk was traditionally tense. From 22:00 to midnight, the occupiers fired 120mm mortars three times and 152mm artillery systems twice on our positions in the town of Avdiyivka," the press center said.

At 22:15 Kyiv time on Monday, the militants fired Grad multiple rocket launchers on ATO forces in the village of Troitske in the Artemivsk sector. The village of Stanytsia Luhanska in Luhansk region was under mortar and grenade fire from 22:00 to 02:00 local time.

After midnight, the Kremlin-backed mercenaries continued intensifying fire near the villages of Vodiane and Opytne, and the town of Avdiyivka.

Luhansk militants sew Ukrainian army-standard military uniform for staging provocations – ATO
Luhansk militants sew Ukrainian army-standard military uniform for staging provocations – ATO

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  Militants are intended to stage provocations in the eastern part of Ukraine blaming Ukrainian military for that, and for this purpose they sew a Ukraine-standard military uniform at the clothes factory in Luhansk region that is not under Kyiv control, an anti-terrorist operation (ATO) press center reported.
  
  "According to real-time data, the enemy is actively preparing for the provocations attempting by all means to accuse Ukrainian Armed Forces of escalation of the conflict. Thus 200 Ukraine-designed military uniform sets are sewed in Sverdlovsk of Luhansk region – with stripes and tabs," reads a report of the press center in Facebook on Monday evening.
  
  The press centre said that taking into account numerous attempts to terrorize a local population by the militants in the Ukrainian uniform "an enemy will use such tactics again and again."
  
  Previously Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) Oleksandr Turchynov reported that the Russian special security services were staging provocations on the militants-occupied territory that might lead to a high death toll.
  
  "This bloody crime will look like as if Ukrainian Armed Forces take the offensive in response to numerous provocations," Turchynov said.
  

 

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So called Ukrainins attacking them self

 

[Hindustani78]

So called Ukrainins attacking them self

The video captures the moments of combat action as the militants from the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic, reinforced with the APCs, tried to attack the Ukrainian troops in Donbas.
In the beginning of the video clip, initially posted on YouTube channel TheMedvedova on August 11, the militants are moving forward across the field, behind the APCs. Then, a tank or a self-propelled artillery (SPA) piece, presumably of the Ukrainian forces.

The video also recorded several attempts by militants to fire the grenade launchers on this military hardware. Possible destruction of a presumably Ukrainian military equipment cannot be confirmed. In the video, a number of fire outbreaks and heavy smoke near the tank (SPA) is recorded, but this may as well be a smokescreen released by crew under enemy fire.

One can only definitely say that during a failed attempt to attack the Ukrainian positions, the militants have lost one armored personnel carrier, which is burning down in the video. In addition, the wounded are seen as they are being evacuated from the battlefield.

It should be noted that there is no information on where and when the filmed evens took place.

Attention! The video contains profanity (Russian language).


Aerial reconnaissance: militants keep heavy weapons close to ATO forces : UNIAN news

A volunteer organization has published photos of its aerial reconnaissance, where two militant training camps with heavy weapons were spotted near Ukrainian army positions.

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"The aerial reconnaissance unit of the ARMY SOS volunteer organization has provided another proof of [the Russian side's] failure to abide by the Minsk agreements, the presence of Russian regular troops and heavy weapons in territory of Ukraine," the report says.

The photos show two bases of the combined Russian-separatist forces, which are also used as the training ground.

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"The first base is located near the city of Luhansk (12 km away from our positions), the second is near the town of Debaltseve (18 km away from our positions)," the report reads.

 

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СМИ: Гайдар обвинила Саакашвили в изнасиловании » Общественный информационный центр в Одессе
Maria Gaidar accused the governor of the Odessa region Mikhail Saakashvili sexual assault.

 

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Ukraine takes part in military drill in fight against Russia
12 Aug, 2015
Britain's defense secretary says his nation is doubling the number of Ukrainian troops it will train this year in an effort to support Kiev in its fight against Russia-backed separatists.

Poised to fight
12 Aug, 2015
Ukrainian soldiers atop an APC watch training exercises under the supervision of British instructors on the military base outside Zhitomir, Ukraine on August 11, 2015.

Marching forward
12 Aug, 2015
Ukrainian soldiers march during a training exercise under the supervision of British instructors on the military base outside Zhitomir, Ukraine on August 11, 2015.

British Secretary of State for Defense, Michael Fallon
12 Aug, 2015
British Secretary of State for Defense, Michael Fallon, watches proceedings as British serviceman teach Ukrainian soldiers on the military base outside Zhitomir, Ukraine on August 11, 2015.

Flying high
12 Aug, 2015
A Ukrainian soldier carries a drone during training exercises under the supervision of British instructors on the military base outside Zhitomir, Ukraine on August 11, 2015.

Looking ahead
12 Aug, 2015
Ukrainian soldiers atop an APC watch a training exercise under the supervision of British instructors on the military base outside Zhitomir, Ukraine on August 11, 2015.

Britain's defense secretary says his nation is doubling the number of Ukrainian troops it will train this year in an effort to support Kiev in its fight against Russia-backed separatists.

Stronger than the strongest
12 Aug, 2015
Ukrainian soldiers pose for the photographer during training exercises with British military instructors on the military base outside Zhitomir, Ukraine on August 11, 2015.

Band of brothers
12 Aug, 2015
British servicemen, left, instruct Ukrainian soldiers during training exercises on the military base outside Zhitomir, Ukraine on August 11, 2015.

 

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we need ceasefire it sad to see civilan property damaged in cross fire both sides need to think seriously about it

 

[Hindustani78]

Упродовж 11 серпня терористичні бандформування 87 разів порушили режим припинення вогню | Міністерство оборони України

Press counterterrorist operation headquarters said: ATU in the area of Russian-terrorist groups continues shelling positions of Ukrainian weapons, prohibited agreements Minsk. Traditionally, the militants active in the late afternoon.So yesterday, August 11, 18 hours and midnight, near Donetsk under fire 120-millimeter mortars were our positions in the Novgorod twice in the sand and Avdiyivka.

And about 21 hours mercenaries fired from artillery caliber 152 mm on Krasnohorivtsi.In addition, once cynically violating the agreement, at 23.45 criminals have used rocket systems of volley fire near the Krasnogorovka.Near Mariupol, 19 hours enemy with 120-millimeter mortars and artillery beat in 152 caliber Starohnativtsi and Chermalyku.About 20 hours militants twice with mortars, rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fired power ATO in Crimea that in the Luhansk region.

And with 23 hours, also with 120-millimeter mortars fired on the village Zaitsev in Artemovsk direction.Generally, during yesterday's day - August 11, gang 87 times violated the ceasefire. 12 times mercenaries used artillery, 21 - mortars, 5 - rocket systems of volley fire BM-12 "Grad", 65 times shelled our positions with grenade launchers and small arms.After midnight, August 12, the enemy continued firing activity mainly in the Donetsk region. Here, around 1 am, the fire drove the enemy from the BM-12 "Grad" on the water, questionnaire, sand and Novoselivtsi.

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On the ground Shyrokolanivskomu continuing training with training and interoperability units that are part of the Operational Command "South".Most of the personnel - people peaceful occupations: construction workers, teachers, lawyers, doctors. The main task of commanders - the optimum time to give them the necessary military knowledge and practical skills that will help them to adapt quickly in real combat conditions.

While studying mobilized soldiers, commanders actively use their own combat experience, which they have received during the counterterrorist operation.In particular, the personnel of one of the teams took part in the live firing and testing tactics during operations platoons consisting mouth.As one of the leaders of studies, the main task here is ensuring proper handling units. Every soldier must know how and what to do, whom to interact and how to respond to sudden changes in the combat situation.

In this case, pay attention not only to perform basic tasks, but also auxiliary, timely provision of ammunition, a possible evacuation of the wounded, damaged vehicles and so on.

 

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Another series of patriotic billboards waiting for area residents to Ukraine Defender Day and the Day of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

One Ukrainian soldier killed, three wounded in ATO area in past day| Ukrinform
KYIV, August 12 /Ukrinform/. One Ukrainian serviceman was killed; three soldiers were wounded in ATO area in past 24 hours.

Spokesman for the Presidential Administration on ATO, Colonel Andriy Lysenko said this at a briefing, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

"One Ukrainian serviceman was killed, three soldiers were injured over the past day," he said.

 

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The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 87 times overnight, using banned artillery systems 12 times, mortars 21 times, Grad multiple rocket launchers five times, and rocket-propelled grenade launchers and small arms 65 times, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) wrote on its Facebook page on Wednesday.

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Ukrainian military exercises with the participation of instructors from the United Kingdom have started in Zhytomyr region.

Britain's Defense Secretary Michael Fallon together with a British delegation visited the 199th Training Centre of the Command of Ukraine's highly mobile airborne troops.

In addition to the skills of warfare, soldiers demonstrated skills in providing medical assistance to the wounded.

The British military gained experience when participating in military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, while the Ukrainian armed forces participated in the anti-terrorist operation in Donbas. The foreign instructors believe it is very useful for the troops to exchange their experience.

Fallon promised that Britain would complete the training of 2,000 Ukrainian soldiers until the end of March 2016.

 

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Ukraine reports heaviest fighting since Minsk truce | Zee News

Kiev: Kiev on Thursday said two soldiers had been killed in the heaviest clashes since the signing of a February truce deal with pro-Russian insurgents in Ukraine`s separatist east.


Ukrainian National Security and Defence Council Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov said militants had shelled government positions 153 times across the war zone.

Turchynov called the number "an anti-record" that marked the most serious escalation since the signing of the so-called Minsk II accord.

"In essence, shelling this intense corresponds to active hostilities," he said in a statement, which echoed similar remarks by other military officials since the weekend.

Kiev`s pro-Western forces have been fighting the militias for control of a vital highway linking the government-held southeastern port of Mariupol with the separatists` de facto capital Donetsk to the north.

Most of the road is currently overseen by pro-Kiev units. If the insurgents captured it, it could potentially allow them to step up their stop-start campaign to capture Mariupol -- a port city of nearly half a million that sits on the western edge of the loosely-defined demilitarisation zone.

The industrial port exports most of the east`s factory output and provides a land bridge between rebel territories and the Russian-occupied Crimea peninsula.

On their official news site, the separatists said Kiev shells had killed one civilian and injured three in an attack on Donetsk city itself.

They accused government forces of "firing 500 shells and rockets" at rebel positions in the Russian-speaking provinces of Lugansk and Donetsk.

The United Nations estimates that the conflict -- sparked by the February 2014 ouster of a Moscow-backed leadership and the rise of President Petro Poroshenko -- has killed more than 6,800 people and driven 1.4 million from their homes.

Repeated efforts to stop the 16-month conflict have been frustrated by some units` refusal to listen to their political commanders and the high level of mistrust between Moscow and Kiev.

Russia denies accusations by Ukraine and its allies of orchestrating and supporting the conflict to try to prevent Ukraine from joining the European Union and possibly NATO at a later date.

Minsk II was sealed only after all-night talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Poroshenko.

The pact offered the rebels broader autonomy but required them to cede control of their parts of the Russian-Ukrainian border to Kiev`s troops.

All of its terms had to be implemented by the end of the year -- a deadline that the two chief negotiators for the separatists said on Wednesday should be extended until the start of 2017.

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Observers STSKK continue to record war crimes gunmen using weapons banned Minsk agreements caliber over 100 mm.Yes, 11 August at 20.25 STSKK observers recorded another city Avdeevka militants firing of artillery caliber 122 mm. As a result of the barbaric bombardment destroyed Avdiyivka old neighborhood gas distribution point Furmanov Street.

Without gas supply remained almost 500 families. In addition, due to damage to power lines neighborhood remained without electricity.Has undergone damage local TB clinics on the street Chkalov, 25 damaged homes on the street March 8, 2, 11 and 11a Tchaikovsky. Only a miracle of victims among the civilian population was not.

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Mobilized sixth stage receiving specialty artillery training specialists in the department of missile troops and artillery started firing of practical training MLRS BM-21 "Grad. For several weeks have already been mobilized theoretical training, studied and worked armored elements in them firing.- Continue practical training with live fire two days - said a senior teacher cyclic commission of missile troops and multiple launch rocket systems Lt. Alex Yakushevskyy.

- Today is tactical live firing exercise in which task the students are out and preparing the artillery group firing position, vehicle combat training in the area of concentration and firing and night firing of mortar illumination.The goal, in which are mobilized just outside gunners, located about 8 kilometers. First mobilized orient the machine on the ground in compass, and then make more precise guidance on the purpose of the installation at the "Castle".On the second day of practical exercises mobilized artillery firing and continue to carry out the withdrawal from the firing position.

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Two Ukrainian soldiers killed, 10 wounded in Donbas in last day : UNIAN news
13.08.2015 | 15:30

"In the last day, we lost two Ukrainian soldiers, and another 10 were injured as a result of military clashes," Motuzianyk said.

As UNIAN reported earlier, the combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 152 times on Wednesday, including 102 attacks in the Donetsk sector.

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Donbas sees peak of 152 attacks by Russian proxies in last weeks : UNIAN news
13.08.2015 | 10:25

The combined Russian-separatist forces intensified their attacks over the last few weeks and fired almost all types of weapons on Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 152 times on August 12, including 102 times in the area of the militant-controlled city of Donetsk, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) wrote on Facebook on Thursday.

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"It is worth noting that yesterday alone the Kremlin-backed mercenaries fired artillery systems 20 times, mortars 32 times, Grad multiple rocket launchers 15 times, and grenade launchers and small arms 100 times along the line of contact," the report reads.

"The tensest situation was in the area of Donetsk. From 20:47 to almost 22:00 Kyiv time, the militants were firing Grad multiple rocket launchers, having attacked on ATO forces not far from the village of Pisky [near the destroyed Donetsk airport] four times. They also fired 120mm mortars on this village three times. In the evening, the town of Avdiyivka came under militant fire from 120mm mortars five times and 122mm artillery systems three times. At 21:40, 22:00, and 22:40, the mercenaries started firing Grad rockets on the village of Opytne," the report says.

In the area of the Ukrainian-controlled city of Mariupol, the Russian proxies started firing artillery systems at 18:00 Kyiv time on ATO fortified positions near the villages of Lebedynske, Starohnativka, Talakivka and Pavlopil. In addition, at 21:20 and 22:10 Kyiv time, the militants were firing on Starohnativka, and at 22:33 Kyiv time they started using Grad multiple rocket launchers to shell Talakivka.

"At around midnight, the militants were firing mortars, 152mm artillery systems, grenade launchers and infantry combat vehicles on ATO forces near the village of Kirove in the Artemivsk sector," the press center said.
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he Security Service of Ukraine has published a video of Vladimir Starkov, detained in Donbass in late July, urging Russian President Vladimir Putin not disown his troops and asking him to admit Starkov Russian officer.

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"For 19 years I have served in the Russian army, and now they disown me," said the Russian officer.

Starkove once again claims that he is the officer of the Russian Army, on active duty.

He stressed that “special” people ought to be deployed to conduct such operations.

"I am not a terrorist, I’ve not come here to kill people, so I did not resist during the arrest. Ukraine did not declare war against us, we haven’t, either. Therefore I ask everyone to acknowledge that I'm a military serviceman and help with my transfer to Russia," he said.

 

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In daily STSKK is transmitted OSCE representatives SMM documented facts in the Donetsk region militant pro-Russian war crimes against civilians. Among them, a significant part is bombardment of peaceful settlements with heavy artillery.Yes, August 12 at 20.55 the terrorists once again fired residential sector m. Avdiyivka of artillery caliber 122 mm. Because fire destroyed an apartment on the second floor on the street. Gagarin, 15. For street Factory, 57 and 76 suffered significant damage shed and private house. For Oktyabrskaya Street, 8th damaged a private house. As a result of shelling wounded three civilians.The average diameter craters 1.6 m, depth - 60 cm.These and many other documented evidence of war crimes pro fighters brought to the MSF OSCE.The photo STSKK - pro-Russian militants destroyed housing sector m. Avdiyivka.Ruslan Semeniuk,press officer of the Ukrainian side STSKK