Civil war in Ukraine: News & discussion

[Hindustani78]

Enemy’s attack ends in failure near Crymske | Міністерство оборони України
Thursday, April 9. DONBAS — The press center of the ‘anti-terror’ operation (ATO) HQ reports: on April 8, from 06:00 p.m. to 00:00 the illegal armed formations completed 13 attacks at the demarcation line.

The flashpoint was still Pisky, Shyrokyne, and Berdyanske where the militants used the weaponry to be withdrawn under the Minsk agreements.

Near Avdiyvka and Mayorsk the terrorists used automatic grenade launchers and small arms.

In the evening an enemy’s UAV was seen at the altitude of 800 m over Vodyane.

About 11:45 p.m. there was fighting near Crymske ended in the enemy’s failure.

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Three Ukrainian military wounded in Donbas in past 24 hours| Ukrinform
KYIV, April 9 /Ukrinform/. During the last day no casualties among Ukrainian soldiers were reported in the area of the anti-terrorist operation in Donbas.

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

"During the last day no Ukrainian servicemen have been killed, but three soldiers have been injured as a result of military clashes," Motuzianyk said.

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Militants export equipment from two Ukraine s plants to Russia| Ukrinform

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KYIV, April 8 /Ukrinform/. Terrorists continue to export equipment from the enterprises in the occupied Donbas to the Russian Federation.

Spokesman for the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine Andriy Lysenko said this at a briefing in Kyiv on Wednesday, an Ukrinform correspondent reported.

"According to our information, the militants continue to dismantle and export equipment from the enterprises in the occupied territories to the Russian Federation. In particular, we are talking about Lutugino Research and Production Roll Company and Zuyev Energy-Mechanical Plant (ZEMZ), which is located near the town of Khartsyzk and provided employment to thousands of professionals," Lysenko said.

ATO Headquarters: Militants armed with 700 tanks, 1,100 APCs : UNIAN news

The Russian-backed militants in the Donbas now have almost 700 tanks and 1,100 armored combat vehicles, according to the report of deputy commander of the ATO Valentyn Fedichev from the information center of the Donetsk regional military and civil administration in Kramatorsk, Espreso.TV reports.

"[According to the Minsk agreements,] the 9,000 servicemen of the Russian regular armed forces must leave the occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk region, and all military equipment that has been illegally transferred by Russia to the territory of a sovereign state, and this is almost 700 tanks, more than 1,100 armored combat vehicles, nearly 600 artillery systems, more than 380 MLRS and 110 air defense systems, must be withdrawn," Fedichev said.

According to him, on April 7, 40 items of military equipment, including 10 tanks, arrived in Luhansk. On April 6, two companies of Russian troops arrived in the area of Debaltseve in Donetsk region.

"In [Russia’s] Rostov region training is being conducted on combat operations performance in the city. More than 1,500 troops of the special forces of the Russian Federation Armed Forces are involved in the exercises," Fedichev said.

 

[Hindustani78]

Thursday, April 9. MYKOLAIV OBLAST — Colonel General Stepan Poltorak, Minister of Defense of Ukraine, inspected ‘Shyroky Lan’ training range including the state of combat training of land forces units.

Over 2,000 servicemen undergo drills as well as have operational coordination at the range. Colonel General Stepan Poltorak stressed the necessity to change the training process on the basis of the ‘anti-terror’ operation experience.

Minister ordered to revise the training system of military educational institutes, increase the number of practical exercises etc.

Representatives of Kyiv Association of Military Attaché visit training center of mobilized servicemen | Міністерство оборони України
Thursday, April 9. ZHYTOMYR — Mobilized servicemen undergo drills at the military range of the High Mobile Airborne Forces. Colonel General Viktor Muzhenko, Chief of General Staff, representatives of Kyiv Association of Military Attaché, OSCE representatives and representatives of Command of Airborne Forces toured the training center.

The guests watched the combat training of mobilized servicemen who had joined the High Mobile Airborne Forces and the 24th Assault Battalion ‘Aidar’.

“Ukrainian army is one of the strongest armies in Europe considering the experience gained during operations in east of Ukraine. Today we observe the drills of mobilized servicemen. It’s worth mentioning the drills are organized at 4 training centers and 5 ranges”, Col. Gen. Viktor Muzhenko stressed.

He also remarked that during the fourth wave of mobilization there were changed the training approaches: servicemen are sent to training centers and ranges where they undergo drills during one month or one and a half months and then they join military units.

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At least 2,053 soldiers killed in Russia's war against Ukraine

A following is the list of those known to be killed through March 20 – April 6:

March 20

Dmytro Goncharuk, 37, a soldier from Volyn Oblast. Goncharuk used to work as a blacksmith, later he was mobilized to the army in August. He was killed as he stepped on a land mine near a city of Severodonetsk in Luhansk Oblast. Goncharuk leaves his family in Lutsk.

Serhiy Mykhailov, 37, a soldier of the80th airborne brigade from Lviv. Mykhailov used to work at Lviv’s historical Lychakiv cemetery together with his wife. “He was very reliable, diligent and kind man,” Mykhailo Nahai, who heads the Lychakiv cemetery, was quoted as saying. Mykhailov was killed as he stepped on a land mine near the village of Novotoshkivske in Luhansk Oblast. “He often showed up at work on weekends or during the holidays – just to clean something. And he never had the habit to deceive people,” Nahai was quoted as saying during the mourning. Mykhailov was mourned at Lychakiv cemetery on March 23. He leaves a wife and two sons.

Yevhen Lohvynenko, 20,a sniper of the reconnaissance unit of the 81th brigade. He volunteered to the army in summer, 2014. He was killed trying to rescue his wounded comrade when Russia-backed militants opened fire on Lohvynenko’s unit near Vodyane village close to Donetsk. He leaves his parents in a city of Rivne.

Ivan Ahapiy, a soldier of the 28thmechanized brigade from Odesa Oblast.He was killednear Mariupol. “I will stand guard as long as needed,” Ahapiy was quoted as saying in one of the interviews in a local newspaper. “Don’t create heroes of us, we are ordinary Ukrainians who merely love our land and want everything to be peaceful.” Ahapiy leaves a wife and 5-year-old daughter in Odesa Oblast.

Serhiy Shkred, 29,a soldierof the 128th mechanized brigade from Volyn Oblast. He spent months in the war zone and was badly wounded during the shelling near the city of Debaltseve in the end of January. He underwent treatment in one of the Dnipropetrovsk city hospitals, but died of sepsis. Skred leaves his parents and a sister in a city of Lutsk.

March 21

Viktor Mandzyk, 28,Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) officer from Lutsk, Volyn Oblast. He had worked for SBU since 2009; he was mobilized to the army in January. Mandzyk was killed near the city of Volnovakha in Donetsk Oblast when the group of unidentified men opened fire on SBU workers.Mandzyk was shot in his head, he died later on the way to the hospital. He leaves his parents and a wife inhis native city.

March 23

Yuriy Savitskiy, 30, a soldier of the 11th brigade of Ukraine’s air forces from Khmelnytska Oblast. Savitskiy was an active EuroMaidan Revolution participant, later volunteered to the army. He was badly wounded during the shelling near the town of Avdiivka in Donetsk Oblast. “He wanted to come back home for Easter,” Savitskiy’s cousin, Halyna Kupis, was quoted as saying during the mourning. His classmates recalled he was a fair man and always was ready to help. Savitskiy leaves his family in Letychiv village in Khmelnytska Oblast.

March 26

Mykhailo Suslo, 23, a soldier from OUN volunteer battalion. He often traveled to Odesa to train volunteers and the future members of the battalion. Suslo made it to war front in January. He was badly wounded during the shooting near Donetsk. His comrades managed to get him out of the battlefield at night March 25. He died from a massive bleed.

March 28

Oleh Diachenko, a soldier of the 12th territorial defense battalion from Cherkasy Oblast. He was killed in Donetsk Oblast.

March 29

Oleksandr Chernychenko, 46, deputy commander of the unit of 72nd mechanized brigade. fromTernopil Oblast.Chernychenkomade it to the war zone in January and was killed during the shelling of Hranitne village in Donetsk Oblast. He leaves a wife and 10-year-old son in a city of Volochynsk in Khmelnytskiy Oblast.

April 5

Andriy Karpyuk, 24, a soldier of the 81st mechanized brigade from Volyn Oblast.Karpuykwas killed as he stepped on a land mine near the town of Avdiivka in Donetsk Oblast. He leaves his parents in a Susk village in Volyn Oblast.

Dmytro Stepanov, 28, a soldier of the 81st mechanized brigade. He was killed along with his comrade Andriy Karpyuk of the same brigade as he stepped on a land mine near the town of Avdiivka in Donetsk Oblast. Stepanov leaves a wife and 4-year-old daughter in a Susk village in Volyn Oblast.

April 6

Dmytro Sviderskiy, 20, soldier from Rivne.He was mobilized to the army in August, 2014 and then made it to the war zone in October. He was badly wounded near Avdiivka in Donetsk Oblast on April 3 and died later in one of Dnipropetrovsk hospitals. Sviderskiy leaves his parents in his native city of Rivne.

 

[vostok]

"Democracy," "European values" of former Ukraine. This happens all over the country.

 

[Hindustani78]

Terrorists use artillery, mortars and tanks against Ukrainian positions | Міністерство оборони України
Friday, April 10. DONBAS — The press center of the ‘anti-terror’ operation (ATO) HQ reports: on April 9, the situation in east of Ukraine escalated. From 06:00 p.m. to 00:00 the illegal armed formations attacked the Ukrainian positions 21 times.

The enemy concentrated the most intense fire against Avdiyvka, Pisky, Opytne, Shyrokyne, as well as Pavlopol and Gnutove.

The terrorists used 120 mm mortars to be withdrawn under the Minsk agreements. Moreover, near Avdiyvka the enemy shot from 122 mm cannons.

In the evening, the illegal armed formations fired from tanks near Avdiyvka and Pavlopol.

The enemy activated the aerial reconnaissance. The enemy’s UAVs were seen near Schastya, Bogdanivske, Shyrokyne, Mariupol, Slovyanoserbsk, Starobilsk, Lysychansk and Teple.

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Militants continue transporting coal from Luhansk - OSCE| Ukrinform
KYIV, April 10 /Ukrinform/. Militants continue transporting coal from the Lugansk region to the Russian Federation through the checkpoint of Gukovo.

This was reported in a weekly update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Border Checkpoints (BCP) Gukovo and Donetsk, according to the OSCE press service.

"During the reporting week the Observer Mission continued to observe an increased number of trucks crossing the border in both directions. The Observer Teams (OTs) continued to observe dumper trucks transporting coal from the Luhansk region to the Russian Federation through the BCP Gukovo," the statement reads.

The mission also noted intense trailer truck traffic at BCP Donetsk crossing the border in both directions. The OTs also observed tanker trucks crossing the border both ways. These crossings occurred at both BCPs. These trucks for the most part had the words 'Propane' and 'Flammable' written across the tanks in Russian.

According to the mission, military equipment did not cross both checkpoints.

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[Hindustani78]

Friday, April 10. SUMY — Sumy volunteers presented fire adjustment devices to servicemen of the 27thRocket Artillery Regiment from Canadian Diaspora.

Ten tablets with topo maps and satellite imagery installed help to localize the enemy in a rapid and correct manner. The soldiers also got ‘La Crosse’ weather station. This station is rather small and light, provides 24-hour forecast.

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Friday, April 10. ODESA — In the framework of the working trip to Odesa region, President Petro Poroshenko has visited the flagship of the Naval Forces of Ukraine — frigate “Hetman Sahaidachnyi”. Speaking to the sailors, the President has announced the launch of revival of the Ukrainian Navy. “Ukraine was, is and will be a maritime state,” Petro Poroshenko said.

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Two Ukrainian military wounded in Donbas in past 24 hours| Ukrinform
KYIV, April 10 /Ukrinform/. During the last day no casualties among Ukrainian soldiers were reported. Two soldiers have been wounded in the area of the anti-terrorist operation in Donbas.

Spokesman for the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine Andriy Lysenko said this at a briefing in Kyiv on Friday, an Ukrinform correspondent reported.

"During the last day no Ukrainian servicemen have been killed, but two have been injured as a result of military clashes," Lysenko said.ir

 

[Hindustani78]

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Members of the Ukrainian Defence Ministry's assault battalion ''Aydar'' take part in tactical exercises during a military drill near Zhytomyr April 9, 2015.
Reuters/Valentyn Ogirenko

"The enemy has significantly intensified firing on our positions from weapons that according to the Minsk agreement are meant to have been withdrawn," Kiev's military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said in a televised briefing, adding that the majority of attacks had taken place around the airport of rebel-held Donetsk.

He said in the past 24 hours rebels had fired at government troops 18 times with weapons of between 120 mm and 122 mm caliber.

According to the Minsk deal, weapons bigger than 100 mm caliber, including large artillery, heavy mortar and powerful rocket systems, are meant to have been withdrawn from the frontline.

Later, the defense ministry said it had decided to withdraw members of a pro-Ukrainian volunteer battalion from the village of Pisky, near Donetsk airport, the better to comply with the ceasefire deal.

"This decision was taken to protect the life and well-being of personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and indisputably to observe the Minsk agreements," it said in a statement.

 

[Galad]

He said in the past 24 hours rebels had fired at government troops 18 times with weapons of between 120 mm and 122 mm caliber.

Care to link also report in which OSCE have said how many hundreds of times your masters did manage to shoot at Shyrokino just in 1 day some time ago?Or other of their reports.Not because I do not believe in your "information" just want other members to make comparison and see for themselves who is in bigger violation of Minks agremeent.You should have no problems right?

 

[Hindustani78]

Care to link also report in which OSCE have said how many hundreds of times your masters did manage to shoot at Shyrokino just in 1 day some time ago?Or other of their reports.Not because I do not believe in your "information" just want other members to make comparison and see for themselves who is in bigger violation of Minks agremeent.You should have no problems right?

How they become my masters ? I am posting almost all the news articles. Please you even contribute.

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

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[ptldM3]

Incredible.

But then again I'm not particularly surprised.

Their fear of Russia is blinding them.

Nevermind i read the article wrong. Although they have used the same tactic before.

 

[Hindustani78]

The map reflecting the situation in Donbas as of 12.00 on April 11 has been released by the information and analytical center of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council.

 

[Hindustani78]

Ukraine’s truce still not holding as Kyiv sees 30 probe drones in last 24 hours

Russian forces and their proxies fired 20 times at Ukraine-controlled positions in the past 24 hours, while employing an alarming number of 30 surveillance drones over Kyiv-controlled territory in war-torn eastern Ukraine.

The drones probed mainly southern Donetsk and northern Luhansk oblasts. Ukraine’s military managed to shoot down one in Luhansk, Andriy Lysenko, military spokesperson, said at a briefing in Kyiv on April 11.

"Over the past 24 hours, no Ukrainian servicemen were killed or injured as a result of hostilities,” Lysenko said. "The situation in the east, however, remains 'stably tense."

The most intense shelling took place in the area of Opytne and Avdiivka in Donetsk Oblast, with grenade launchers, mortars and small arms being employed by Kremlin forces. The city of Pisky, near what was the Donetsk Airport on the northern edge of the city, was shelled twice in the past day with 120-millimeter mortars.

Railways blast reported in militant-controlled territory in Donetsk region : UNIAN news
11.04.2015
A blast destroyed even and odd railway tracks on Friday.

An illustrative image: A railways blast / Photo from dumskaya.net
Railways employees reported a blast to the police of Volnovakha railway station at 2035 Kyiv time on April 10. The explosion destroyed even and odd railway tracks at the stretch between two stations – Pivdenna Donbaska and Olenivka in Donetsk region.

The press service of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry reported this on April 11.

"The explosion occurred at 1950 Kyiv time at the 1,173rd kilometer of the stretch in territory that is not controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine," the ministry reported.

No one was injured in the explosion. Train traffic was halted.

The accident has been included in the national register of pre-trial investigations and is being investigated as a terrorist attack under Clause 1 of Article 258 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

 

[munchkin]

11th of April, 2015. Donetsk People's Republic, Novorossiya.

Ukrainian army has violated the ceasefire regime 75 times over the past 24 hours, the DPR Defense Ministry reports.

“We've recorded 75 violations, resulting in the injury of one DPR fighter. Ukrainian army used tanks 5 times, APCs and IFVs 6 times, anti-aircraft guns 4 times, mortars 23 times, the rest were grenade launchers and small arms fire. There was also one violation with self-propelled gun. The Ukrainian army’s fire was directed at the populated areas of Spartak, Shirokino, Zhobunki, Gorlovka, Yasinovataya, Oktyabrsky, Novomaryevka, Elenovka, Krasny Partizan. Ukrainian forces also fired at the Donetsk airport and the nearby Volvo Center. The DPR army didn't open return fire,” – the DPR Defense Ministry said.

 

[munchkin]

Strelkov documents his first mission to stir up trouble in Ukraine. Trailer. The full movie link is there as well. From the full movie, Strelkov reveals that Putin was never involved in Donbas from the start. Ukraine could have easily recovered Donbas had Ukraine launched a full attack but Ukraine got scared at first and thought these nationalists were Russian regular troops sent by Putin which now we know they were not When Ukraine realized Putin was not involved in Donbas, it had become too late for Ukraine to recover Donbas because by then rebels had grown to tens of thousands.

 

[Hindustani78]