Civil war in Ukraine: News & discussion

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Artillery of North Operations Command destroyed 6 armored vehicles - Міністерство оборони України

Friday, January 30, DONBAS — According to the press center of the North Operations Command, the terrorists make attempts of break-through in Schastya, Krymske.

Military equipment is moved from RF in Lugansk direction and the illegal armed forces increase their forces. The combat tactics of the rebels: multiple rocket launcher attacks, shelling attacks, armor groups supported by infantry.

Artillery units of the North Operations Command accomplished 12 tasks in order to destroy the rebels’ fire emplacement and inflict losses. In the last 24 hours they have destroyed 6 armored vehicles.

The rebels have completed 24 attacks against the sector positions. The rebels traditionally mount their weapons in communities.

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Zaporizhjya pays tribute to ATO hero - Міністерство оборони України
Friday, January 30. ZAPORIZHJYA — On the Walk of Fame people paid tribute to Maj. Andriy Gladkov who deceased while defending heroically the independence and the territorial integrity of the Ukrainian state.

Maj. Andriy Gladkov was killed on August 29, 2014 near Illovaysk, while accomplishing combat task. On October 1, 2014 he was buried on the Walk of Fame as an unknown soldier. Due to DNA results the name of hero became known.

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Kirovograd citizens said final goodbye to deceased ATO hero - Міністерство оборони України

Friday, January 30. KIROVOGRAD — Kirovograd citizens said final goodbye to Maj. Volodymyr Stepanok who was killed in the ATO region.

Maj. Volodymyr Stepanok was experienced officer. He served in special forces. He was a volunteer. From August 2014 he accomplished combat tasks in the ATO region.

He was killed on January 26 near Debaltseve.

Glory to Hero!

Heroes live forever!

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Ukrainian servicemen destroy several tanks - Міністерство оборони України

Friday, January 30, DONBAS – Thanks to coordinated professional actions of the Ukrainian servicemen, near the Faschivka checkpoint (Lugansk Oblast) there were repelled two attacks of terrorist groups.

Soldiers destroyed several tanks and several terrorists have been taken prisoners and are giving witness.

People queue at a food distribution center run by a humanitarian organisation in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on Jan. 30. in clashes between government forces and pro-Russian rebels in east Ukraine, officials said on Jan. 30. Pro-Kyiv officials in the separatist region of Donetsk said dozens of people were also wounded in shelling across the industrial province. The Ukrainian military said 23 soldiers were injured in the fighting, which has claimed at least 5,100 lives over the last nine months. AFP PHOTO/DOMINIQUE FAGET

Civilian residents of Debaltseve evacuate the Donetsk Oblast city on Jan. 30 to escape the fierce fighting between Kremlin-backed fighters and Ukrainian soldiers.
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Local residents gather near Debaltseve city hall for evacuation to Svyatogorsk and Artemovsk on Jan. 30.
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A woman weeps as she waits for evacuation from Debaltseve, Donetsk Oblast on Jan. 30.
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Elderly women wait for evacuation inside Debaltseve city hall, Donetsk Oblast on Jan. 30.
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People receive a bread hand-out in Debeltseve, Donetsk Oblast on Jan. 30.
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People stretch to receive free bread in Debeltseve, Donetsk Oblast on Jan. 30.
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A woman and her child stand near the city council of Debaltseve, Donetsk oblast as the evacuation continues on Jan. 30.
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Local residents wait for evacuation inside the city hall of Debaltseve as rockets fall outside on Jan. 30.
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Women hug and say good-bye as they evacuate from Debeltseve, Donetsk Oblast on Jan. 30.
© Anastasia Vlasova

Two evacuation buses to Svatohirsk and Artemovsk about to depart from Debaltseve as shells fall, Jan. 30.
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More than six hundred civilians evacuated from Donetsk region yesterday| Ukrinform
KYIV, January 30 /Ukrinform/. On Thursday, January 29, 610 civilians were evacuated from some towns of Donetsk region due to the constant bombardment by terrorists, press office of the Donetsk Regional State Administration has reported.

"During the day, an organized evacuation of residents of the towns close to the flash points was conducted. Thus, during the past 24 hours, 152 people were taken from Debaltseve to Sviatohirsk. In addition, 220 people were evacuated from Avdiyivka, 200 - from Svitlodarsk and 38 - from Debaltseve due to the efforts of volunteers, community organizations, businesses with the participation of the Donetsk regional administration. In general, 610 people were evacuated," reads the report.

A hospital was shelled in Svitlodarsk / Photo from svetlodarsk.com

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Five Ukrainian soldiers killed, 23 wounded in Donbas conflict zone| Ukrinform
KYIV, January 30 /Ukrinform/. Five Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and another 23 wounded over the last 24 hours due to the armed hostilities in the Donbas conflict zone.

Acting Armed Forces General Staff spokesman Vladyslav Selezniov has announced this at a press briefing on Friday, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

"During the shelling and clashes Ukraine has lost five soldiers, another 23 suffered injuries of various degrees of severity," he said.

Now, all the wounded soldiers are delivered to hospitals, where medical staff is working with them.

Selezniov said that currently 390 soldiers, 11 of whom are seriously injured, are in hospitals and medical institutions.

Besides, according to him, militants shelled the positions of the ATO forces 87 times during the day.

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Debaltseve shelled with Grad five times| Ukrinform

KYIV, January 30 /Ukrinform/. Since yesterday evening terrorists have shelled Debaltseve with Grad multiple rocket launchers five times, the ATO press center wrote on its Facebook page.

"Debaltseve was shelled with Grad multiple rocket launchers five times," reads the statement.

In addition, the militants fired at Debaltseve with mortars four times. The settlement of Chornukhine was under two mortar attacks and the settlement of Popasna was shelled once.

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Ukrainian reinforcements arrive in Vuhlehirsk where fighting continues, Lysenko says| Ukrinform

KYIV, January 30 /Ukrinform/. The fighting rages in the town of Vuhlehirsk, 60 kilometers northeast of Donetsk, Ukrainian reinforcement has been sent there.

Spokesman for the antiterrorist operation in the Donbas conflict zone Andriy Lysenko told at a briefing at Ukrainian media crisis center, an Ukrinform correspondent reported.

"The town of Vuhlehirsk is not controlled by gunmen, fighting continues in the town, counter artillery shelling is observed. Our soldiers are not retreating from their positions," Lysenko said.

He said that reinforcements, weapons are on their way to the position of Ukrainian troops “so that this town would not be lost from our view.”


Russia sends military vehicles to Luhansk region- Ukraine s Operative Command North| Ukrinform

KYIV, January 30 /Ukrinform/. Russia continues to transfer military vehicles to areas of Luhansk region controlled by terrorists.

The press center of Operational Command North announced the news, the press service of Ukraine's Defense Ministry reported.

"Military vehicles from Russia continue to arrive in areas of Luhansk region controlled by terrorists and buildup of illegal armed groups" the statement said.

It is reported that the terrorists to try to overrun Ukrainian forces near town of Shchastia, Krymske that are shelled by artillery (mainly Grad MLRS).

OK North military representatives also described the tactics of gunmen fighting. "At the start, they use multiple rocket launchers, then they fire artillery and afterwards they deploy tanks (a company of tanks) supported by infantry."

The map reflecting the situation in Donbas as of 12.00 on January 30 has been released by the information and analytical center of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council.

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Five people were killed on Friday when a shell exploded next to a humanitarian aid collection point in Donetsk, Ukrainian online newspaper Ukrainska Pravda has reported, with reference to sources in militant organizations.

Turchynov: Militants use Tornado, Smerch and Buratino rockets against Ukrainian army : UNIAN news
30.01.2015

Russian-backed militants are using powerful modern multiple rocket launchers against the Ukrainian armed forces in the Donbas conflict zone, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksandr Turchynov said on Ukrainian television’s Channel 5 on Thursday.

"Unfortunately, Russia is using against us modern weapons, in particular, multiple rocket launchers, including the most powerful ones. It's not just the Grad systems, it's the Uragan system, and the more powerful Smerch and Tornado systems, and such ‘barbaric’ rocket systems as the Buratino," he said.

"All of these weapons are being used against Ukrainian soldiers, while they have quite proven technologies to counter the attacks," Turchynov said.

"As soon as the shelling starts, our forces immediately fire on the attacking militant batteries. We have advanced technology and equipment for this purpose," he said.

Donetsk militia claim to have encircled Debaltseve - Interfax
DONETSK. Jan 30 (Interfax) - The self-proclaimed Donetsk people's republic (DPR) militia have taken control of Vuhlehirsk and encircled Debaltseve, DPR deputy defense minister Eduard Basurin said.

"The DPR army has fully taken the town of Vuhlehirsk under control and encircled Debaltseve. The road to Artemivsk was taken yesterday. The overall number of Ukrainian armed forces troops sealed in the trap is 8,000," Basurin said.

DPR head Oleksandr Zakharchenko has signed a decree on sparing the Ukrainian servicemen's lives, he said.

"Eleven Ukrainian troops crossed the DPR border today. Nothing threatens their lives," he added.

Kyiv has denied Debaltseve's encirclement, but some representatives of the Ukrainian armed forces have confirmed that the militia have taken control of Vuhlehirsk.



Police: Ukrainian army controls Debaltseve, fighting for Vuhlehirsk fierce
30.01.2015

Debaltseve, Donetsk region, is under control of the Ukrainian army, and the fighting for Vuhlehirsk continues, deputy head of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry's department in the Donetsk region Illia Kiva said.

"We are holding Debaltseve!!! There is fighting for Vuhlehirsk; half of the town is ours and fighting for the other half is fierce," he wrote on Facebook on Friday morning.

In his words, volunteer battalions of the police do not have enough ammunition and "the situation is serious but controllable."

In turn, Ukrainian parliament deputy (People's Front), Information Resistance Group leader Dmytro Tymchuk wrote on Facebook, citing operative reports, that the warring sides continued to exchange massive artillery fire on the perimeter of the Debaltseve sector over the past day.

The militia has reinforced their artillery with at least eight Grad rocket launchers and up to twelve cannons in that area, he said.

The enemy is also moving SAU 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzers towards Horlivka, Tymchuk wrote. Four howitzers accompanied by two Ural trucks have headed towards Horlivka from Makiyivka, according to Tymchuk.

The Ukrainian army reported in the morning that militia mortars twice shelled Chornukhyne and four times Debaltseve and Popasna since 6 p.m. on Thursday. There were six Grad rocket launcher attacks on Debaltseve too.

The report as of 6 a.m. was posted on the army operation press service's page on Facebook.

"Militants' artillery delivered strikes on Ukrainian positions near Taramchuk, Pisky, Mykolaivka and Novotroitske," it said.

"Militants' artillery and mortars struck on Pavlopil and twice on Chermalyk in the Mariupol sector. Artillery, mortars and anti-tank guided missiles struck on Krymske, Schastia and Vilkhove in the Luhansk sector. Grad rocket launchers attacked Schastia," the press service wrote.

 

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A woman and her child stand near the city council of Debaltseve, Donetsk oblast as the evacuation continues on Jan. 30.
© Anastasia Vlasova

Local residents wait for evacuation inside the city hall of Debaltseve as rockets fall outside on Jan. 30.
© Anastasia Vlasova

Women hug and say good-bye as they evacuate from Debeltseve, Donetsk Oblast on Jan. 30.
© Anastasia Vlasova

Two evacuation buses to Svatohirsk and Artemovsk about to depart from Debaltseve as shells fall, Jan. 30.
© Anastasia Vlasova

More than six hundred civilians evacuated from Donetsk region yesterday| Ukrinform
KYIV, January 30 /Ukrinform/. On Thursday, January 29, 610 civilians were evacuated from some towns of Donetsk region due to the constant bombardment by terrorists, press office of the Donetsk Regional State Administration has reported.

"During the day, an organized evacuation of residents of the towns close to the flash points was conducted. Thus, during the past 24 hours, 152 people were taken from Debaltseve to Sviatohirsk. In addition, 220 people were evacuated from Avdiyivka, 200 - from Svitlodarsk and 38 - from Debaltseve due to the efforts of volunteers, community organizations, businesses with the participation of the Donetsk regional administration. In general, 610 people were evacuated," reads the report.

A hospital was shelled in Svitlodarsk / Photo from svetlodarsk.com

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Five Ukrainian soldiers killed, 23 wounded in Donbas conflict zone| Ukrinform
KYIV, January 30 /Ukrinform/. Five Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and another 23 wounded over the last 24 hours due to the armed hostilities in the Donbas conflict zone.

Acting Armed Forces General Staff spokesman Vladyslav Selezniov has announced this at a press briefing on Friday, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

"During the shelling and clashes Ukraine has lost five soldiers, another 23 suffered injuries of various degrees of severity," he said.

Now, all the wounded soldiers are delivered to hospitals, where medical staff is working with them.

Selezniov said that currently 390 soldiers, 11 of whom are seriously injured, are in hospitals and medical institutions.

Besides, according to him, militants shelled the positions of the ATO forces 87 times during the day.

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Debaltseve shelled with Grad five times| Ukrinform

KYIV, January 30 /Ukrinform/. Since yesterday evening terrorists have shelled Debaltseve with Grad multiple rocket launchers five times, the ATO press center wrote on its Facebook page.

"Debaltseve was shelled with Grad multiple rocket launchers five times," reads the statement.

In addition, the militants fired at Debaltseve with mortars four times. The settlement of Chornukhine was under two mortar attacks and the settlement of Popasna was shelled once.

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Ukrainian reinforcements arrive in Vuhlehirsk where fighting continues, Lysenko says| Ukrinform

KYIV, January 30 /Ukrinform/. The fighting rages in the town of Vuhlehirsk, 60 kilometers northeast of Donetsk, Ukrainian reinforcement has been sent there.

Spokesman for the antiterrorist operation in the Donbas conflict zone Andriy Lysenko told at a briefing at Ukrainian media crisis center, an Ukrinform correspondent reported.

"The town of Vuhlehirsk is not controlled by gunmen, fighting continues in the town, counter artillery shelling is observed. Our soldiers are not retreating from their positions," Lysenko said.

He said that reinforcements, weapons are on their way to the position of Ukrainian troops “so that this town would not be lost from our view.”


Russia sends military vehicles to Luhansk region- Ukraine s Operative Command North| Ukrinform

KYIV, January 30 /Ukrinform/. Russia continues to transfer military vehicles to areas of Luhansk region controlled by terrorists.

The press center of Operational Command North announced the news, the press service of Ukraine's Defense Ministry reported.

"Military vehicles from Russia continue to arrive in areas of Luhansk region controlled by terrorists and buildup of illegal armed groups" the statement said.

It is reported that the terrorists to try to overrun Ukrainian forces near town of Shchastia, Krymske that are shelled by artillery (mainly Grad MLRS).

OK North military representatives also described the tactics of gunmen fighting. "At the start, they use multiple rocket launchers, then they fire artillery and afterwards they deploy tanks (a company of tanks) supported by infantry."

The map reflecting the situation in Donbas as of 12.00 on January 30 has been released by the information and analytical center of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council.

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Five people were killed on Friday when a shell exploded next to a humanitarian aid collection point in Donetsk, Ukrainian online newspaper Ukrainska Pravda has reported, with reference to sources in militant organizations.

Turchynov: Militants use Tornado, Smerch and Buratino rockets against Ukrainian army : UNIAN news
30.01.2015

Russian-backed militants are using powerful modern multiple rocket launchers against the Ukrainian armed forces in the Donbas conflict zone, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksandr Turchynov said on Ukrainian television’s Channel 5 on Thursday.

"Unfortunately, Russia is using against us modern weapons, in particular, multiple rocket launchers, including the most powerful ones. It's not just the Grad systems, it's the Uragan system, and the more powerful Smerch and Tornado systems, and such ‘barbaric’ rocket systems as the Buratino," he said.

"All of these weapons are being used against Ukrainian soldiers, while they have quite proven technologies to counter the attacks," Turchynov said.

"As soon as the shelling starts, our forces immediately fire on the attacking militant batteries. We have advanced technology and equipment for this purpose," he said.

Donetsk militia claim to have encircled Debaltseve - Interfax
DONETSK. Jan 30 (Interfax) - The self-proclaimed Donetsk people's republic (DPR) militia have taken control of Vuhlehirsk and encircled Debaltseve, DPR deputy defense minister Eduard Basurin said.

"The DPR army has fully taken the town of Vuhlehirsk under control and encircled Debaltseve. The road to Artemivsk was taken yesterday. The overall number of Ukrainian armed forces troops sealed in the trap is 8,000," Basurin said.

DPR head Oleksandr Zakharchenko has signed a decree on sparing the Ukrainian servicemen's lives, he said.

"Eleven Ukrainian troops crossed the DPR border today. Nothing threatens their lives," he added.

Kyiv has denied Debaltseve's encirclement, but some representatives of the Ukrainian armed forces have confirmed that the militia have taken control of Vuhlehirsk.



Police: Ukrainian army controls Debaltseve, fighting for Vuhlehirsk fierce
30.01.2015

Debaltseve, Donetsk region, is under control of the Ukrainian army, and the fighting for Vuhlehirsk continues, deputy head of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry's department in the Donetsk region Illia Kiva said.

"We are holding Debaltseve!!! There is fighting for Vuhlehirsk; half of the town is ours and fighting for the other half is fierce," he wrote on Facebook on Friday morning.

In his words, volunteer battalions of the police do not have enough ammunition and "the situation is serious but controllable."

In turn, Ukrainian parliament deputy (People's Front), Information Resistance Group leader Dmytro Tymchuk wrote on Facebook, citing operative reports, that the warring sides continued to exchange massive artillery fire on the perimeter of the Debaltseve sector over the past day.

The militia has reinforced their artillery with at least eight Grad rocket launchers and up to twelve cannons in that area, he said.

The enemy is also moving SAU 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzers towards Horlivka, Tymchuk wrote. Four howitzers accompanied by two Ural trucks have headed towards Horlivka from Makiyivka, according to Tymchuk.

The Ukrainian army reported in the morning that militia mortars twice shelled Chornukhyne and four times Debaltseve and Popasna since 6 p.m. on Thursday. There were six Grad rocket launcher attacks on Debaltseve too.

The report as of 6 a.m. was posted on the army operation press service's page on Facebook.

"Militants' artillery delivered strikes on Ukrainian positions near Taramchuk, Pisky, Mykolaivka and Novotroitske," it said.

"Militants' artillery and mortars struck on Pavlopil and twice on Chermalyk in the Mariupol sector. Artillery, mortars and anti-tank guided missiles struck on Krymske, Schastia and Vilkhove in the Luhansk sector. Grad rocket launchers attacked Schastia," the press service wrote.

With all respect but most of the news which you posted are 'Goebbels' one. Do you really belive that all these information are true? Unless you just don't care about true picture of this conflict...

 

[Hindustani78]

With all respect but most of the news which you posted are 'Goebbels' one. Do you really belive that all these information are true? Unless you just don't care about true picture of this conflict...

I dont think these pictures are fake. People are suffering in real because real war is going on .

 

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I dont think these pictures are fake. People are suffering in real because real war is going on .

I mean true pictures in meaning true view, true information, these one which we can verify. You just posted all war propaganda. For example: Militants use Tornado, Smerch, Buratino - no they don't, especially Buratino; Militants shelled Donieck today - no they didn't; fighting for Vehlehirsk - Uglegorsk is controled by NAF, they won there, and so on and on...

Some history, November 2013, ukrainian deputy in parlament:

 

[Hindustani78]

I mean true pictures in meaning true view, true information, these one which we can verify. You just posted all war propaganda. For example: Militants use Tornado, Smerch, Buratino - no they don't, especially Buratino; Militants shelled Donieck today - no they didn't; fighting for Vehlehirsk - Uglegorsk is controled by NAF, they won there, and so on and on...

Some history, November 2013, ukrainian deputy in parlament:

This thread is about the war in Ukraine and i have noticed that no one is talking on behalf of Ukrainian people and the reports given by OSCE have mentioned quite a number of times about the movement of heavy weaponary in the seperatist controlled regions.

 

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With all respect but most of the news which you posted are 'Goebbels' one. Do you really belive that all these information are true? Unless you just don't care about true picture of this conflict...

He is Devil's Advocate.
Meanwhile in battalion "Azov".

 

[Hindustani78]

A man lies dead following a day of chaos in the Ukranian city of Donetsk. A total of 12 people were killed following clashes between pro-Russia separatists and government forces

Ukraine s NSDC: Explosions in Donetsk provocation to disrupt Minsk talks| Ukrinform

Deputy Head of Information and Analytical Center of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council Volodymyr Poliovy made the statement on Friday night at a briefing of Ukrainian crisis media center, an Ukrinform correspondent reported.

"A series of blasts resulted in casualties among civilians in Donetsk today. We are talking about killed and many wounded civilians. Information about the number of casualties is pending ... According to preliminary assessments, the current attack (in Donetsk - Ed.) can be considered as a provocative act aimed at disrupting a peace process and meeting of Trilateral contact group," he said.

The representative of the National Security Council IAC expressed condolences to the families of killed and injured civilians.

It was noted that Ukrainian army was not involved in shelling of Donetsk. "Ukrainian artillery never shelled residential areas of the city. Ukrainian army did not participate in any active fighting in Donetsk area today. Our military is shelling only gunmen and their positions outside the residential areas," the official said.

At the same time, he said that according to gunmen, three Russians who carried out attacks on the city using a mobile artillery unit were detained in Donetsk yesterday.

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Seven dead civilians found under rubble in Debaltseve - Ukraine's NSDC
KYIV, January 31 /Ukrinform/. Seven dead civilians were removed from the ruins in Debaltseve, 75 kilometers east of Donetsk, on Friday.

Informational and analytical center of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) reported the news.

"Seven dead civilians were taken out from the ruins today. Because of constant attacks by terrorists it's impossible to carry out rescue work today," the statement said.

NSDC officials also said that there were no active fighting at Donetsk airport on Friday. Ukrainian military captured a terrorist tank with the crew near roadblock # 128.

People stand beside the body of a man killed after a shell hit a residential area, killing two civilians in Donetsk's Kyibishevsky district, on January 30, 2015. AFP PHOTO /

I mean true pictures in meaning true view, true information, these one which we can verify. You just posted all war propaganda. For example: Militants use Tornado, Smerch, Buratino - no they don't, especially Buratino; Militants shelled Donieck today - no they didn't; fighting for Vehlehirsk - Uglegorsk is controled by NAF, they won there, and so on and on...

Some history, November 2013, ukrainian deputy in parlament:

According to Russian Federation Interfax

OSCE monitors report active movements of tanks, other military vehicles in Donbas - Interfax
January 30, 2015 22:22


KYIV. Jan 30 (Interfax) - Members of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (OSCE SMM) report movements of tanks, armored personnel carriers, artillery systems, and military transport vehicles in Donbas.

"The SMM observed military equipment and vehicles at different locations in the Donetsk region. On the outskirts of "DPR" [the self-proclaimed Donetsk people's republic]-controlled Makiivka (15km east of Donetsk), the SMM saw a column of seven unmarked armored personnel carriers heading west towards Donetsk city, with one unmarked and covered military-style Ural truck," the SMM said in a report for January 29 posted on Friday evening.

The SMM also saw a stationary self-propelled 122-mm howitzer east of Zuhres controlled by the DPR, which is 30 kilometers east of Donetsk. "Two hours later, the SMM observed what it assumed was the same Howitzer five kilometers further east, now loaded on a flatbed trailer moving west towards Donetsk city."

OSCE monitors also observed three parked civilian buses facing east near Zuhres. The buses were full of men in military uniforms, some of them with assault rifles. "The SMM could not see insignia on the uniforms," it said.

"The SMM observed 11 tanks and one large artillery piece near "DPR"-controlled Ternove (163km north-east of Donetsk)," it said.

SMM members also saw a commercial truck bearing "Russian license plates (black plates with white letters)" apparently belonging to a crew repairing a high-voltage power transmission line "running across the border to the Russian Federation" near Stepanivka, which 70 kilometers southeast of Donetsk.

 

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A man lies dead following a day of chaos in the Ukranian city of Donetsk. A total of 12 people were killed following clashes between pro-Russia separatists and government for

Ukraine s NSDC: Explosions in Donetsk provocation to disrupt Minsk talks| Ukrinform

Deputy Head of Information and Analytical Center of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council Volodymyr Poliovy made the statement on Friday night at a briefing of Ukrainian crisis media center, an Ukrinform correspondent reported.

"A series of blasts resulted in casualties among civilians in Donetsk today. We are talking about killed and many wounded civilians. Information about the number of casualties is pending ... According to preliminary assessments, the current attack (in Donetsk - Ed.) can be considered as a provocative act aimed at disrupting a peace process and meeting of Trilateral contact group," he said.

The representative of the National Security Council IAC expressed condolences to the families of killed and injured civilians.

It was noted that Ukrainian army was not involved in shelling of Donetsk. "Ukrainian artillery never shelled residential areas of the city. Ukrainian army did not participate in any active fighting in Donetsk area today. Our military is shelling only gunmen and their positions outside the residential areas," the official said.

At the same time, he said that according to gunmen, three Russians who carried out attacks on the city using a mobile artillery unit were detained in Donetsk yesterday.

A day of chaos? People were killed? That's what I am talking about: you don't even admit directly who caused this tragedy in this particular case. Just enigmatic information sort of 'clash between pro-russian and government forces'. You see in this news is propaganda and disinformation, becouse they don't write who did this, but they put info that's some pro-russsian and some government forces. Where is Ukraine? Where is ukrainian artillery?

And for my ask about prove of using Tornado, Smerch, Buratino you give me a junk news that OSCE have seen some military transport... of course they have. But Tornado, Buratino!?

At the end pro-ukrainian sources: The beginning of the end, Russian forces take Vuhlehirsk (Uglegorsk):
The beginning of the end – Russian forces take Vuhlehirs’k | Conflict Report

But you just posted info: Ukrainian reinforcements arrive in Vuhlehirsk where fighting continues, Lysenko says| Ukrinform

I won't correct all your news but you should know most of them are lias (I hope you don't know it yet).

 

[vostok]

Russian humanitarian convoys cross Ukrainian border (12th convoy)
Two Russian Emergency Situations Ministry automobile convoys carrying humanitarian cargo have crossed the Russian-Ukrainian border and are moving toward Donetsk and Luhansk, the Emergency Situations Ministry told Interfax on Saturday.

"The customs clearance of the humanitarian cargo at the Matveyev Kurgan and Donetsk border checkpoints in Rostov region has been completed. After that, more than 80 vehicles started moving toward Donetsk and about the same number to Luhansk," it said.

The customs clearance procedures were conducted by Russian customs officers and border guards in the presence of officers from the Ukrainian border guard and customs services and OSCE Special Monitoring Mission members.

Each convoy is carrying more than 750 tonnes of humanitarian cargo, including food, medicines, construction materials, and essential goods.

This is the 12th Russian Emergency Situations Ministry humanitarian convoy for Donbas. The previous convoys have delivered more than 14,800 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine.
Russian humanitarian convoys cross Ukrainian border

 

[Hindustani78]

A day of chaos? People were killed? That's what I am talking about: you don't even admit directly who caused this tragedy in this particular case. Just enigmatic information sort of 'clash between pro-russian and government forces'. You see in this news is propaganda and disinformation, becouse they don't write who did this, but they put info that's some pro-russsian and some government forces. Where is Ukraine? Where is ukrainian artillery?

And for my ask about prove of using Tornado, Smerch, Buratino you give me a junk news that OSCE have seen some military transport... of course they have. But Tornado, Buratino!?

At the end pro-ukrainian sources: The beginning of the end, Russian forces take Vuhlehirsk (Uglegorsk):
The beginning of the end – Russian forces take Vuhlehirs’k | Conflict Report

But you just posted info: Ukrainian reinforcements arrive in Vuhlehirsk where fighting continues, Lysenko says| Ukrinform

I won't correct all your news but you should know most of them are lias (I hope you don't know it yet).

If we read the minsk accord September 5 points then we will see that those weapon systems are there in Eastern Ukraine and are even being used.

Artillery systems of more than 100 millimeter caliber are to be moved back from their juxtaposition by the length of their maximum range, in particular:
100 mm canons MT12 - by 9 kilometers; 120 mm mortars - by 8 kilometers; 122 mm howitzers D30 - by 16 kilometers; 152 mm 2C5 Giatsint-C (2C3 Acacia, 2C19 Mcta-C, 2A65 Mcta-B) - by 33 kilometers; Multiple Rocket Launch System (MRLS) 9K51 Grad - by 21 kilometers, 9K57 Uragan - by 36 kilometers; 9K58 Smerch - by 70 kilometers; MRLS Tornado-G - by 40 kilometers; MRLS Tornado U - by 70 kilometers; MRLS Tornado-C - by 120 kilometers. tactical rocket systems - by 120 kilometers.

Participants of the trilateral contact group:

OSCE Ambassador Heidi Tagliavini (signed)

Second President of Ukraine Leonid D. Kuchma (signed)

Ambassador of Russian Federation to Ukraine Mikhail Y. Zurabov (signed)

Aleksander V. Zakharchenko, chairman of the Donetsk People's Republic (signed)

Igor.V. Plotnitskiy (signed)


Sept. 19, 2014

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http://www.ukrinform.ua/eng/news/15_ukrainian_servicemen_killed_in_donbas_in_past_24_hours_328666

KYIV, January 31 /Ukrinform/. 15 Ukrainian servicemen have been killed in the area of the anti-terrorist operation in Donbas in the past 24 hours.

Spokesman for the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine Andriy Lysenko said this at a briefing in Kyiv on Saturday.

"15 Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and another 33 have been wounded in the past 24 hours," he said.

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http://www.ukrinform.ua/eng/news/russian_military_enter_first_echelon_lysenko_says_328665

KYIV, January 31 /Ukrinform/. According to data provided by Ukrainian intelligence, relocation of new units of Russian Armed Forces continues in the Donbas conflict zone.

Spokesman for anti-terrorist operation Andriy Lysenko said at a briefing on Saturday.

"Russian servicemen replace gunmen on the front lines," Lysenko said.

As a background note, Chief of General Staff of Ukraine Viktor Muzhenko said that Ukraine is not fighting with the regular Russian army on January 29. According to him, there are "facts of some separate servicemen of Russian Armed Forces, Russian citizens being a part of illegal armed groups participating in combat activities."

Subsequently, , Later, Deputy Head of the Department of Information Technology at Ukraine's Ministry of Defense Colonel Serhiy Halushko said on TV that Russian military are fighting against Ukrainian troops in the Donbas conflict zone, but only in "second echelon", that is they only supervise untrained mercenaries using them actually as cannon fodder.

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Gunmen kill 12 residents of Debaltseve. People evacuated under shelling| Ukrinform

KYIV, January 31 /Ukrinform/. Terrorists continue shelling of Debaltseve, which has already killed 12 people, regional police Chief Viacheslav Abroskin has reported on his Facebook page.

"I am in Debaltseve. Terrorists do not stop the shelling of residential areas in the city. 12 people were killed by shelling," he wrote on his Facebook page," he wrote.

According to him, city police officers cannot go to the sites of destruction because of incessant shell attacks.

Abroskin also reported that volunteers and the police under the fire are taking out civilians with their entire families.


Demonstrators burn a symbolic coffin representing that of Russian President Vladimir Putin and hold placards reading "Vladimir we wish you were dead!" during a rally in front of the Russian consulate in Odessa, southern Ukraine, on Jan. 25, 2015.

 

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the current situation around Debaltsevo (junta - blue, militias - red)

 

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In Lviv are heavily engaged at the training ground for the largest capacity of ground forces in Europe.

 

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Nazi Battalion "Donbass" was ambushed on the road Debaltsevo - Uglegorsk.

 

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Ukrainian government prepare new bunch of clay pigeons ..