Contents tagged with Donbas
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Ukrainian military capture a separatist soldier in the Donbas
The press service of the Ukrainian Joint Forces Operation reports that on May 5, 2018, during a raid, one of the units of 25 Separate Motorized Infantry Battalions of 54th Separate Mechanized Brigades of the United Forces captured a separatist soldier. The captured militant is a member of the 3rd Battalion of the 7th Motorized Rifle Brigade of Russian forces. The detainee has been already turned over to the officers of the Security Service of Ukraine.
Servicemen that participated in the raid …
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Ukraine’s Minister of Internal Affairs accuses Russia of using laser weapons in Donbas
During a recent briefing, Arsen Avakov, the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, accused Russia of using a new “laser weapon” that affects the eye’s retinas, 112 Ukraine reports.
“Today we are giving awards to two servicemen. One of these soldiers has been hit by a new weapon of the Russian aggressors—a laser weapon that affects the retina of a soldier’s eyes,” Avakov stated
Avakov noted that this new weapon is especially dangerous for border guards, as they constantly look through …
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Russia blocks expansion of OSCE mission to entire Donbas border
The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses its disappointment that the Russian Federation remains the only OSCE member that "aggressively blocks" the expansion of the Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) mandate to cover the entire stretch of the border adjacent to the separatist controlled territories of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
The Ministry released a statement detailing its position in response to a decision by the OSCE Permanent Council to extend the mandate of the OSCE SMM at …
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DPR fighter from Brazil now lives in a monastery in Kyiv
Rafael Lusvarghi, the Brazilian national who was convicted of participating in the illegal, separatist organization DPR was released and now lives in the Holy Protection Holosiivsky Monastery of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. A Donbas.Realii journalist met with the former separatist fighter there. Lusvarghi initially tried to deny who he was but later agreed to talk.
According to the former separatist fighter, he first became interested in Orthodoxy when he was in custody in the Kyiv detention …
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Ukraine to reduce the number of checkpoints in Donbas
Konstantin Bushuev, Deputy Chairman of the National Police of Ukraine, announced that the checkpoint system in Donetsk and Luhansk will be changed as part of the Joint Forces Operation in Eastern Ukraine (JFO), Interfax-Ukraine reports.
The changes to the checkpoint system are primarily aimed at reducing the social tensions. The current verification process at the checkpoints does not meet the national security requirements.
Bushuev stated: “Their numbers will be reduced, and the verification …
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Kyiv names three possible sponsors for the peacekeeping mission in Donbas
The Deputy Minister for Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons of Ukraine, Yuriy Hrymchak stated on Channel Five TV that the USA, France and Germany are ready to finance a UN peacekeeping mission in the Donbas. According to Hrymchak, Kyiv has received relevant commitments from all three countries.
“Today we have dozens of countries which are, so to speak, profiting from peacekeeping missions, particularly by sending troops,” he explained. “That is why I don’t think …
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Ukrainian general: Ratio of Javelin missile systems to Russian tanks in the Donbas is 1 to 3, but Ukraine has thousands of its own anti-tank systems
The ratio of American Javelin anti-tank missile systems to tanks in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) is approximately 1 to 3, but the Armed Forces of Ukraine also has Corsar and Stugna systems, as stated by ex-deputy head of the General Staff, Lieutenant-General Igor Romanenko, in an interview with InfoResist.
“There are 210 missiles in two corps of the so-called republic. There are about 700 tanks and more than 1,000 armored vehicles. Additionally, I'm not saying that they can be used on …
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Ukrainian military command: pro-Russian militants tried to advance towards Mariupol
The First Deputy Commander of the United Forces, Major-General Valery Zaluzhny, stated on the Joint Forces Operation Facebook page that militants “tried to advance towards Mariupol,” the Delovaya Stolitsa news outlet reports.
“From the beginning of the Joint Forces Operation, the situation in the area of combat actions has remained tense,” Zaluzhny stated. “The enemy was most active near Avdiivka and Mariupol.”
He went on to say: “In the area of Avdiivka, the enemy keeps trying to take …
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Ukraine starts the Operation of Joint Forces in the Donbas
The Anti-terrorist Operation (ATO) officially ended and the Operation of Joint Forces or OJF has begun on April 30. The change in format was mandated by the law for the reintegration of the Donbas.
From now on, all powers to regulate the situation in a war zone in the east of Ukraine are conferred on the Joint Operational Headquarters instead of the ATO headquarters. The press-service of the ATO headquarters announced the termination of the operation and thanked journalists for their …
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Ukraine’s military command: a hidden weapons arsenal exploded in the Donbas
A hidden arsenal of weapons exploded in separates-held territory of the Donbas, resulting in two militants killed and one injured, as reported by the press-service of the Ukrainian military command on Facebook.
It is reported that on April 27, ammunitions detonated in the positions of the separatist 9th Motor Rifle Regiment in the Donetsk region due to violations of fire safety standards.
"A powerful explosion led to the partial destruction of the positions… The scale of destruction and the …