Civil war in Ukraine: News & discussion

[Hindustani78]

Interfax

8 Feb 2015

20:14 Militia sustaining losses in Ukrainian forces' counterattacks near Debaltseve

 

[Schutz]

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[vostok]

The junta uses marking of ambulance to transport fighters and ammunition.

 

[Hindustani78]

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Kiev, Feb 9 (AFP) At least 1,500 Russian troops and convoys of military hardware entered Ukraine over the weekend, the Ukrainian military said today.

"One thousand five hundred Russian soldiers and 300 pieces of military equipment, including Grad missile systems, crossed the Ukraine-Russia border on February 7 and 8," Ukraine military spokesman Andriy Lysensko told journalists.

Around 170 vehicles, including trucks, petrol tankers and cars, also crossed the border, he said.

Monday, February 9. LVIV — On February 8, about 1,200 mobilized men swore the oath of allegiance to the Ukrainian people at the 184th Training Center of Hetman Petro Sahaydachnyi Land Forces Academy.

At the Odessa region, at the Center of the educational process of the Military Academy, the second week in a row last meeting of officers, drafted into the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the next wave of partial mobilization.

 

[vostok]

You should not angry the Russian bear.

 

[flamer84]

Demented Russian propaganda,these guys have hit a new low.

The video is about:

A battalion of soldiers arrived in Donetsk to strengthen the ranks of those who have taken today opolcheniya.V oath of allegiance to the self-proclaimed People's Republic of Donetsk were foreign volunteers . One of the Romanian soldiers told LifeNews, that a battalion from Bucharest joined the army DNR because they stand for independence in any of its

Now,for if it's truth or not,we can see in the comments left by Romanians on that video:

they are not even romanians...when they speak in romanian they have rusty weird accents....definitly not romanians

aahhahah wtf is with this bullshit i am from moldova and this is clearly not roumanian accent, its more like russians from transnistria (преднестровия) who from somewhere know some roumanian words , clearly russian propaganda to invoke more russian militaries

If those are Romanians born and raised in Bucharest , then I am English born in Buckingham Palace and uncle of Queen of England .
Russian propaganda video that is just outrageous , and poorly made on the above the . Say you Ivan , why are you Russians rude and liars ? Not to speak as you are as stupid as a bag full of rocks , criminals,alcoholics with levelled foreheads .

HAHAHA what a bullshit video. He's not romanian. That's just another fucking russian pretending to be romanian. When he speaks romanian, his accent is CLEARLY NOT romanian. Shitty russian propaganda. **** RUSSIA ! Muie Rusia !

And it goes on and on from Romanian posters.Such a blatant lie .......such cheap propaganda...

 

[Hindustani78]

Based on 184 Training Center of the Army Academy named after hetman Sagaydachnogo ongoing training and education of military personnel, designed within the fourth wave of mobilization. The feature of this set of military service in the Ukrainian army is meticulous attention to public schooling and life support future defenders of the Motherland, which boronytymut sovereignty of our country in the east.

Nine Ukrainian servicemen killed, 26 wounded over past 24 hours| Ukrinform
KYIV, February 9 /Ukrinform/. Nine Ukrainian servicemen were killed and 26 wounded in fighting in the ATO area over past 24 hours.

This has been announced by spokesperson for General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Vladyslav Selezniov at a briefing, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

"As a result of the clashes and fire damages, Ukraine has lost nine soldiers, and other 26 soldiers received injuries of varying severity," he said.

As of now, all the wounded servicemen have been taken to hospital and undergo treatment.

According to Selezniov, as of today 495 soldiers receive care in hospitals and medical institutions, 23 of them are gravely injured.

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Seven civilians die in Debaltseve and Avdiyivka in terrorists shelling last Sunday| Ukrinform
KYIV, February 9 /Ukrinform/. Last Sunday, seven civilians were killed in Debaltseve and Avdiyivka in terrorists' shelling. Three civilians were injured.

Chief of Donetsk regional police Vyacheslav Abroskin stated in his Facebook.

"Yesterday, seven civilians were killed in Debaltseve and Avdiyivka in terrorists' shelling. Two women were killed in Uzlova Street in Debaltseve. Also, a man and a woman were killed in their house in Sverdlova Street because of the direct hit by a projectile. A man was killed in Kurchatova Street near the asphalt plant," he wrote.

Moreover, according to Abroskin, two women were killed in their houses in Lenin and Nechayev streets in the town of Avdiyivka, 15 kilometers north of Donetsk, during shelling.

"Three civilians were wounded in Debaltseve and one of them was a volunteer from Lviv. All wounded civilians were treated by medical personnel," he said.

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Ukrainian military kill 200 militants and destroy 15 weapons units in last day| Ukrinform

Ukrainian military kill 200 militants and destroy 15 weapons units in last day
KYIV, February 9 /Ukrinform/. Ukrainian military successfully repel the attacks of pro-Russian militants, inflicting significant losses in enemy's manpower and equipment.

This has been announced by the government's Anti-Terrorist Operation headquarters spokesman Anatoliy Stelmakh said on Monday.

"ATO forces killed more than 200 militants and destroyed 15 pieces of military equipment over past 24 hours," he said.

According to Stelmakh, the night in the area of anti-terrorist operation was relatively calm. 13 attacks on Ukrainian position were launched.

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The map reflecting the situation in Donbas as of 12.00 on February 9 has been released by the information and analytical center of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council.

 

[Hindustani78]

A screenshot of the blast in Donetsk late on Feb. 8. This was the biggest explosion in the city since the beginning of the war more than nine months ago.
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A massive explosion hit Donetsk late on Feb. 8, killing Russian-backed troops and destroying equipment. The incident at the Donetsk State Chemical Plant has been called by some observers the biggest blast during Russia’s war against Ukraine.

According to preliminary information, 20 Grad multiple rocket launchers and 30 vehicles with ammunition were destroyed. Some 200 separatists were also killed by the Ukrainian artillery, Dmytro Yarosh, leader of the Right Sector nationalist party, wrote on Facebook on Feb. 8.

The Ukrainian leadership tends to overestimate separatist casualties as part of the information war, and it is very difficult to correctly count them unless insurgents are killed on Ukrainian-controlled territory, Vyasheslav Tseluiko, an expert at the Center for Army, Conversion and Disarmament Studies, said by phone.

The body of a dead Ukrainian serviceman lies on Feb. 7 in the eastern Ukrainian city of Vuglegirsk in Donetsk Oblast. Kyiv accused Russian-led Ukrainian separatists of massing forces for fresh offensives, with seven civilians and five soldiers killed in the latest fighting in the east.
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A pro-Russian rebel walks next to a destroyed tank on Feb. 7, 2015 in the eastern Ukrainian town of Vuglegirsk in the Donetsk Oblast.
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[vostok]

Obama's Russian Roulette
I probably know more about Russia than most Americans. I have had the pleasure of visiting the "evil empire" on many occasions, since I am married to a Russian national. The effect of the current international sanctions have been a blessing in disguise for me, because my U.S. dollar has more than double the spending power that it used to here. It is puzzling that I have not been asked, even once, about the current efforts of our Nobel Peace Prize winning and warmongering president and the neocons, warmongers and fossil fuel kings who own him, to destabilize the Ukraine and force a showdown with Russia.

Russia's geopolitical interests in the Ukraine are very clear and go back centuries; far beyond the Soviet Union. The threat of a Russian invasion and takeover of the Ukraine is ridiculous. It would have already happened if it was going to happen, without much fanfare and with little or no resistance. The annexation of the Crimea was a logical result of the Washington backed coup of the Ukrainian government. The Crimea provides the strategic location of a Russian naval base on the Black Sea, established in Sevastopol, a city built by the Russian Empire in 1783, before the penning of the United States Constitution. It is this naval base that is the key to the Russia's access to the Black Sea. The current base, before the annexation of Crimea to Russia, was under lease from the Ukrainian government to Russia. Unlike Crimea, Russia has no interest in annexing the Ukraine, a relatively poor country, which would only place a burden on Russia's already heavily burdened social welfare system.

The current crisis in the Ukraine, orchestrated by the United States, only benefits the U.S. military industrial machine and U.S. oil and gas barons. Gas poor Europe, their primary potential customer, has thrown its hat in (as usual) with the United States and joined it in imposing economic sanctions against Russia, which have caused billions of dollars of damage to the Russian economy. These sanctions are tantamount to a declaration of war against Russia. The double speak supporting these sanctions is as hypocritical as the drone-loving warmongering Obama's Peace Prize. The official reason cited is a response to Russia's alleged military aggression in the Ukraine.
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more here - Article: Obama's Russian Roulette | OpEdNews

 

[Hindustani78]

Ukrainian servicemen launch a Grad rocket towards pro-Russian separatist forces outside Debaltseve, eastern Ukraine February 8, 2015. REUTERS/Alexei Chernyshev

 

[nangyale]

You should not angry the Russian bear.

Very nice video, Thanks for sharing.

Russians don't surrender.

 

[vostok]

CNN provided the social media with one of its hottest topics for discussion: while reporting on talks between President Obama and Chancellor Merkel on the Ukraine crisis, it ran the title “Obama considers arming pro-US troops”, referring to soldiers fighting in Ukraine; the social media quickly spotted the gaffe and it went viral on the web.
The channel was reporting about the talks between President Obama and Chancellor Merkel.

Read more: CNN Slammed For Calling Ukrainian Army 'Pro-US Troops' / Sputnik International

 

[Superboy]

If the US arms Ukraine, Russia would send Kornet missiles and AK-74M guns to NAF and then it's bye bye UAF.

 

[Hindustani78]

Tuesday, February 10. MARIUPIL — The Ukrainian servicemen defending Mariupil gave the press conference for national and local mass media, as well as the OSCE representatives. They demonstrated the evidence (photos, shell fragments) that the militants used Russian weapons, cluster bombs and thermobaric weapon against civilians.

“The rebels keep shelling villages in order to provoke panic and make people leave their homes. We have the evidence that the shells were manufactured in Russia as they are marked with a star. They were not manufactured in the Soviet Union as they are conventional and advanced”, Col. Viktor Shydlyukh, Deputy Chief of the ‘M’ sector, stated.

The terrorists use the latest Tornado-G cluster munitions. The Ukrainian army is not armed with this weapon.

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Kramatorsk: casualties among civilians – 7 lost, 16 wounded, casualties among servicemen – 10 - Міністерство оборони України

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Seven Ukrainian servicemen killed over past 24 hours| Ukrinform

KYIV, February 10 /Ukrinform/. Seven Ukrainian servicemen were killed and 23 wounded in fighting in the ATO area over past 24 hours.

This has been announced by spokesperson for General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Vladyslav Selezniov at a briefing on Tuesday, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

"As a result of the clashes and fire damages, Ukraine has lost seven soldiers, and other 23 soldiers received injuries of varying severity," Selezniov said.

He added that all the wounded servicemen had been taken to hospital.

As of today, 559 soldiers receive care in hospitals and medical institutions, 28 of them are gravely injured.


The map reflecting the situation in Donbas as of 12.00 on February 10

A sleepy suburb near Kramatorsk airfield was rocked by multiple explosions as separatist rockets hammered the city today, killing at least eight civilians and wounding 31, including five children.

Russian-backed fighters had launched a surprise attack on Ukraine’s military headquarters at Kramatorsk, some 80 kilometres from Ukrainian lines at Debaltseve, which appeared to have finally been cut off overnight. The surge in fighting casts a heavy shadow over high-level peace talks scheduled in Minsk for Feb. 11.

People stand beside the body of woman killed by separatist rockets in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramotorsk on February 10, 2015.

Russian-backed militants on Tuesday fired long-range rockets at the Ukrainian military headquarters in Kramatorsk, head of the Interior Ministry in Donetsk region Viacheslav Abroskin has reported

Battle for Debaltseve: Ukrainian soldiers fight Russian-backed militants near east Ukraine hub town

 

[Hindustani78]

"The road between Debaltseve and Artemivsk is blocked by Ukrainian soldiers. Military reserves and equipment have been taken to the battlefield. All militant assault actions have been successfully repelled by the Ukrainian armed forces," the report says.

"The situation is difficult now, but it is under control. The militants suffered considerable losses in manpower and equipment," the report reads.

Fifty kilometer ditch to be dug in Bryansk sector of Russian-Ukrainian border
10.02.2015
The Federal Security Service's border department in the Bryansk region has announced a tender for digging an anti-vehicle ditch along the border with Ukraine, says a report posted on the public procurement website.

The ditch aims at preventing undesirable motor traffic. It will be 1.5 meters deep and wide and have a rampart on one side.

The ditch will be 50 kilometers long (the entire border stretch is 354 kilometers). According to the project description, it will cost ten million rubles.

The precise location of the prospective ditch will be disclosed shortly before the launch of the project. The works will be done in the Klimovo, Starodub, Pogar, Suzemka and Sevsk districts.