Why do you think there are Russian regular soldiers fighting in Ukraine? Do you think Ukrainian soldiers dare to fight Russian regular soldiers?
Civilians can't fight regular army and operate air defense system, tanks, heavy weaponary etc.
Drones are not hard to operate. Anyone can do that after a 10 minutes training.
Civilian drones are completely different from military drones.
Over the night terrorists used heavy attacks against Ukrainian positions | Міністерство оборони України
Monday, March 23. DONBAS – The press center of the ‘anti-terror’ operation (ATO) reports: the confrontation between illegal armed formations and Ukrainian military still goes on.
This night the enemy attacked the Ukrainian positions and used various weapons.
Donetsk: Pisky, Opytne – 120mm mortars, tank.
Lugansk: Orekhovo was shelled by “Grad” launchers.
Mariupil: the enemy’s assault attack ended in failure against Ukrainian positions near Shyrokine.
Artemivsk: Leninske and Shumy – small arms.
Totally, over the night the enemy has violated the truce for 17 times.
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Monday, March 23. VINNYTSYA – For personal courage and professionalism demonstrated during defense of state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, by the Presidential Decree of Ukraine of February 26 No. 109/2015 Senior Lieutenant Ivan Benera was awarded by the Order ‘For Courage’ 3rd Degree (posthumously).
On March 21, the family of deceased hero received the order.
Senior Lieutenant Ivan Benera was killed on December 2, 2014 during mortar attack near Avdiyvka.
He defended Belbek airfield on March 22, 2014,
when it was stormed by armed Russian militaries. Then he continued the service in Mykolayv. In early November he left for east of Ukraine. R.I.P.
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Militants shell Avdiyivka with heavy artillery and tanks| Ukrinform
KYIV, March 23 /Ukrinform/. Over the last day terrorists have fired on Avdiyivka five times, using heavy artillery, which had to be withdrawn from the line of contact in accordance with the Minsk agreements.
Head of the Information Resistance group Dmytro Tymchuk wrote this on his Facebook page on Monday.
"In particular, over the last day advanced Ukrainian positions in the area of Avdiyivka were shelled five times with 122 mm artillery systems (122 mm Gvozdika self-propelled howitzers and a battery of 122 mm D-30 howitzers)," Tymchuk wrote.
Besides, according to him, the positions of Ukrainian troops in the south-eastern outskirts of the village of Avdiyivka were fired at by militants with tanks (the tactics of "wandering tanks" is used). In total, four militants' tanks were observed in this area.
The map reflecting the situation in Donbas as of 12.00 on March 23 has been released by the information and analytical center of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council.
Russian-backed militants acquire highly mobile Grad-P systems - read on - uatoday.tv
Ukrainian authorities say militants continue amassing manpower and equipment in Ukraine
UNIAN: Russian-backed militants in the Donbas have obtained a new type of rocket system – the highly mobile Grad-P portable rocket launcher, head of the Information Resistance group Dmytro Tymchuk wrote on his Facebook page on Monday.
"The militants are armed with 9P132 Grad-P Partizan portable rocket launchers in several areas of Luhansk region," Tymchuk said.
"This system is designed by the Soviet Union for supply to Vietnam. It is a 122-mm caliber weapon for firing a single missile from the Grad multiple rocket launch system. This launcher can be quickly assembled and disassembled. It also can be mounted on a light vehicle and equipped with a telescopic sight," Tymchuk said.
"Mobile firing groups of Russian-backed militants, acting directly on the frontline, can be equipped with this launcher," he said.
As UNIAN reported earlier, the Ukrainian authorities say the militants have continued to accumulate manpower and equipment and train fighters near Stakhanov, Alchevsk and Pervomaisk.
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Explosion jolts residential building in Odesa, no one hurt - police
An explosive device went off in a nine-story residential building in Odesa late on Sunday night, the regional police said.
The incident happened at 2, Heraniyeva Street, at about 11:25 p.m. on March 22.
"The explosion damaged non-residential premises on the first floor of a nine-story residential building on Heraniyeva Street. Windows were smashed in a dozen apartments," the report said.
"No one was hurt by the explosion. A bomb squad, forensic specialists and investigators are working on the site," it said.
