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Russia-orchestrated militants in Donbas amount to 34,000 - Defense Ministry : UNIAN news
Armed militants in the occupied territories of Ukrainian Donbas are more like an army today, amounting to 34,000 troops, according to Petro Mekhed, Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Defense - Chief of Staff, UNIAN correspondent reports.
REUTERS
“The illegal armed groups, which mainly operate in the first echelon of confrontation with the forces of the anti-terrorist operation, under Russia's strict supervision, have transformed into a real army, the size of which already exceeds that of some European armies. It already amounts to 34,000 troops,” said Mekhed at a hearing of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security and Defense, entitled: "Territorial Defense of Ukraine in the conditions of a hybrid war”. “It has a significant amount of weapons and military equipment," Mekhed added.
As the deputy defense minister noted, military and terrorist activity remains an essential component of the conflict and is seen by Russia as a means of settlement of the situation in Ukraine [according to Russia’s interests]."
"In these conditions, to provide an adequate response to military and terrorist threats of a hybrid war, we make use of the Armed Forces, other military units and law enforcement agencies, formed according to Ukrainian legislation, in the anti-terrorist operation and territorial defense of Ukraine, which provides for stabilization of the contact line in Donetsk and Luhansk regions and prevents the conflict from spreading to the rear of the country," said Mehedi.
Donetsk Airport: New YouTube video shows ruins of symbolic Ukrainian complex - read on - uatoday.tv
Ukrainian forces defended the airport from Russian-backed forces for 242 days, against all odds
A new video showing the ruins of Donetsk International Airport in eastern Ukraine has appeared on YouTube, Ukrainian news agency TSN reports.
The video, uploaded on July 19, shows the utterly destroyed airport terminal - with only the supporting structures for the first and second floors left among the only structures left standing. The video also shows the road to the shattered airport.
Donetsk International Airport has been the focus of heavy fighting for months as Russian troops and militant units attempted to drive out Ukrainian forces from the complex. Ukrainian soldiers defended the airport area for 242 days, between May 2014 and January 2015, against all odds.
On Facebook, Ukraine's volunteer Azov Battalion claimed that Ukrainian servicemen had withdrawn, describing the months of fighting as ‘longer than the defence of Stalingrad and Moscow during World War Two'.
A Russia-backed fighter sits atop an armoured personnel carrier inside the destroyed building of Donetsk Airport just outside Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, June 9, 2015 (AP Photo)
Russia-orchestrated militants in Donbas amount to 34,000 - Defense Ministry : UNIAN news
Armed militants in the occupied territories of Ukrainian Donbas are more like an army today, amounting to 34,000 troops, according to Petro Mekhed, Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Defense - Chief of Staff, UNIAN correspondent reports.
REUTERS
“The illegal armed groups, which mainly operate in the first echelon of confrontation with the forces of the anti-terrorist operation, under Russia's strict supervision, have transformed into a real army, the size of which already exceeds that of some European armies. It already amounts to 34,000 troops,” said Mekhed at a hearing of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security and Defense, entitled: "Territorial Defense of Ukraine in the conditions of a hybrid war”. “It has a significant amount of weapons and military equipment," Mekhed added.
As the deputy defense minister noted, military and terrorist activity remains an essential component of the conflict and is seen by Russia as a means of settlement of the situation in Ukraine [according to Russia’s interests]."
"In these conditions, to provide an adequate response to military and terrorist threats of a hybrid war, we make use of the Armed Forces, other military units and law enforcement agencies, formed according to Ukrainian legislation, in the anti-terrorist operation and territorial defense of Ukraine, which provides for stabilization of the contact line in Donetsk and Luhansk regions and prevents the conflict from spreading to the rear of the country," said Mehedi.
Donetsk Airport: New YouTube video shows ruins of symbolic Ukrainian complex - read on - uatoday.tv
Ukrainian forces defended the airport from Russian-backed forces for 242 days, against all odds
A new video showing the ruins of Donetsk International Airport in eastern Ukraine has appeared on YouTube, Ukrainian news agency TSN reports.
The video, uploaded on July 19, shows the utterly destroyed airport terminal - with only the supporting structures for the first and second floors left among the only structures left standing. The video also shows the road to the shattered airport.
Donetsk International Airport has been the focus of heavy fighting for months as Russian troops and militant units attempted to drive out Ukrainian forces from the complex. Ukrainian soldiers defended the airport area for 242 days, between May 2014 and January 2015, against all odds.
On Facebook, Ukraine's volunteer Azov Battalion claimed that Ukrainian servicemen had withdrawn, describing the months of fighting as ‘longer than the defence of Stalingrad and Moscow during World War Two'.
A Russia-backed fighter sits atop an armoured personnel carrier inside the destroyed building of Donetsk Airport just outside Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, June 9, 2015 (AP Photo)