Tuesday, February 10, 2015
8:54 AM PST
Kikhtenko announced
updated information on
(Censor.NET) --- Head of the Donetsk
Regional State Administration Oleksandr Kikhtenko reported that eight civilians
were killed as a result of terrorists’ shelling of Kramatorsk .
Censor.NET reports
citing the Donetsk Regional State Administration press service.
"According to
the head of the region,
eight civilians were killed as a result of today's
shelling of Kramatorsk
city (government-controlled) conducted from the direction of Horlivka city
(DPR-controlled) from Grad multiple rocket launchers. The terrorists used
Tornado rockets, which are in service with the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
only. 63 more people, including five children and 32 military received injuries
of varying severity. Oleksandr Kikhtenko noted that this information is not
final," the statement reads.
The head of the Donetsk region said that
all municipal and regional services, as well as the rescuers dealt with the
situation swiftly, providing assistance to the wounded. The governor also said
that four apartment buildings were damaged as a result of the shelling adding
that they all will be restored.
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
8:24 AM PST
Soldiers of Azov
Regiment liberating Shyrokyne village.
(Censor.NET) --- Soldiers of the Azov
Regiment freed Shyrokyne from the militants. The village is located between
Mariupol and Novoazovsk.
According to
Censor.NET, the combat actions were conducted using small arms and heavy
machine guns.
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
5:31 AM PST
Fifty kilometer ditch
to be dug in Bryansk
(Interfax) --- 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.
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
4:49 AM PST
Rockets Strike Near
Soup Kitchen In Eastern Ukraine
(RFE/RL) --- Rockets hit near a soup
kitchen in the separatist-held town of Pervomaisk
in eastern Ukraine
on February 10. People dived for cover underneath tables before rushing to take
shelter in the cellar. A number of attacks were reported by both sides a day before
planned cease-fire talks in Minsk .
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
4:46 AM PST
Russian jet downed in
Donbas, Azov battalion says
(Zik) --- Russia ’s
SU-27 was downed near Kuibyshev in Donetsk oblast, ‘Azov’
battalion CO claims, writing in Facebook Feb. 10.
Reports of Russian
jets came yesterday, when ‘Azov’ said its positions were raided.
According to
Tsenzor.net, deputy CO of 40th brigade company Lieut. Lomakin said the jets
bombed his company positions at 14.00 yesterday.
However, the army
dismissed the information.
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
4:12 AM PST
Situation in Ukraine
The map reflecting
the situation in Donbas as of 12.00 on
February 10 has been released by the information and analytical center of the
Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council.
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
2:33 AM PST
At Least Five Dead As
Missiles Hit Ukraine
Military HQ, Civilian Area In Kramatorsk
(RFE/RL) --- President Petro Poroshenko
said there are a "significant" number of casualties after missiles
hit Ukraine 's military
headquarters and a residential area in the eastern city of Kramatorsk .
Local officials say
at least five people were killed and 26 wounded.
Poroshenko told
parliament on February 10 that the attack hit the headquarters of the
"Antiterrorist Operation," as Kiev
calls the fight against pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine , and several civilian
houses. He said both civilians and military officers were injured.
The Kiev-controlled
Donetsk regional administration said the rockets
were fired from the separatist-held area of Horlivka, which is about 50
kilometers from Kramatorsk .
Eduard Basurin, a
self-proclaimed separatist defense official, said the rebels "did not
strike Kramatorsk "
and contended that it was out of their range.
The missile attack
came after a month of intense fighting that has prompted a diplomatic push for
peace and added to Western pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin, who
the United States and NATO
have called upon to abandon support for the rebels and withdraw troops and arms
from Ukraine .
German Chancellor
Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande, who brought a peace
proposal to Kiev and Moscow
last week, may meet with Putin and Poroshenko in the Belarusian capital, Minsk , on February 11, but
prospects for the talks were uncertain.
Forces on both
sides in the conflict claimed territorial gains ahead of the proposed talks.
Rebel military
spokesman Eduard Basurin said late on February 9 that separatist forces have
surrounded the town of Debaltseve ,
a transport hub, cutting it off from a major highway.
Debaltseve has been
the site of some of the fiercest fighting in the recent escalation of the
conflict, which has killed more than 5,350 people since April.
The United States has said the escalation is the
result of a "Russian-backed offensive" by rebels in violation of an
agreement signed in Minsk
in September on a cease-fire and steps toward peace.
Ukrainian military
spokesman Andriy Stelmakh said on February 10 that there had been "an
increase in attacks by the enemy on Ukrainian positions" in eastern Ukraine during
the previous 24 hours.
He said seven
Ukrainian soldiers were killed and 23 wounded.
Both Putin and
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier have raised doubts about the
proposed four-way summit in Minsk ,
suggesting it was not yet certain it would take place.
Steinmeier said
much work must be done on “open points” before the meeting could take place.
Russian President
Vladimir Putin also has said the Minsk
summit would not take place if the four leaders fail to agree on a "number
of points" beforehand.
Denis Pushilin, a
leader of pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine 's
Donetsk province, was in Minsk
on February 10 for an expected meeting of a Contact Group that includes
representatives of Ukraine , Russia , and the
OSCE.
In Washington, U.S.
President Barack Obama says he is considering the option of sending lethal
defensive weapons to Kiev "if diplomacy fails" to end the war.
Speaking after
talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on February 9, Obama said he hoped
that a diplomatic solution was still possible.
But he also said it
is clear that Russia has
violated the commitments it made on Ukraine
under the deal reached in Minsk
in September.
Obama said:
"It's clear that they violated just about every commitment they made in
the Minsk
agreement. Instead of withdrawing from eastern Ukraine , Russian forces continued
to operate there, training separatists and helping to coordinate attacks.
Instead of withdrawing its arms, Russia has sent in more tanks and armoured
personnel carriers and heavy artillery."
Putin has said he
will not give in to Western ultimatums.
In a telegram sent
to Russian diplomats on February 10, Putin said that “no matter how much
pressure is put on us,” Russia
“will continue to pursue an independent foreign policy, to support the
fundamental interests of our people and in line with global security and
stability.”
Earlier on February
9, Ukrainian military spokesman Andriy Lysenko accused Russia of sending an additional 1,500 troops and
more than 300 military vehicles into eastern Ukraine during the previous two
days.
Last month,
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said that some 9,000 Russian troops were
in Ukraine
with 500 military vehicles, including tanks, Grad missile launchers, and heavy
artillery.
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
2:03 AM PST
Ukrainian army
reports gains in eastern Ukraine
The intense
fighting, which the U.N. says has killed more than 5,300 people since April,
comes ahead of a crucial summit including Western leaders on Wednesday as well
as peace talks later Tuesday.
The volunteer Azov
battalion said on social media on Tuesday that it captured several villages
northeast of the strategic port of Mariupol , pushing the rebels closer to the border
with Russia .
Rebel military
spokesman Eduard Basurin said in a televised news conference on Tuesday that
the fighting in that area is continuing and that the rebels have not retreated.
Rebels reported
advances, too. Basurin said late Monday that they have surrounded the railway
hub of Debaltseve, the focus of fierce fighting in the past weeks, cutting it
off from a major highway. A video posted online by a rebel-sympathizing website
showed the separatists moving along the highway while the bloodied bodies of
Ukrainian soldiers lay on the side of the road.
At least seven
Ukrainian troops were killed overnight in the east, Ukrainian military
spokesman Anatoliy Matyukhin said on Tuesday. In the rebel stronghold of Donetsk , which comes under
constant shelling, two civilians were killed and 12 injured.
The fierce fighting
and a mounting death toll comes amid renewed efforts to work out a peaceful
solution in a conflict that has displaced at least 1 million people and left
the powerhouse of the Ukrainian economy in ruins.
Representatives of Ukraine , Russia ,
rebels and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe are meeting
for long-anticipated talks later on Tuesday to lay the groundwork for a meeting
on Wednesday between the leaders of Russia ,
Ukraine , Germany and France .
The Kremlin has
warned the West ahead of the talks against sending weapons to Ukraine or putting pressure on Russia .
Russian President
Vladimir Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, told the Russian News Service radio
station on Tuesday that any talk about imposing new sanctions on Russia or arming the Ukraine
government would destabilize the situation in Ukraine .
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
1:53 AM PST
Seven Ukrainian
soldiers killed, 23 wounded in fightings in Donbas
on Monday
(Censor.NET) --- Seven soldiers were
killed and 23 wounded in the course of ATO on Feb. 9.
Seven Ukrainian
soldiers were killed and 23 more were wounded in the course of the
anti-terrorist operation in the east of Ukraine on Feb. 9. This was
announced by acting speaker of the Joint Staff of the Ukrainian Army Vladyslav
Selezniov, Censor.NET reports citing Ukrainski Novyny.
According to
Selezniov, those wounded were taken for treatment.
As of Tuesday, 559 Ukrainian soldiers are being treated from injuries in hospitals.
As reported earlier, the situation in the Debaltseve area ofDonbas remains tense; a
group of Ukrainian army entered a cul-de-sac near Debaltseve, according to
Censor.NET's chief editor Yurii Butusov.
As of Tuesday, 559 Ukrainian soldiers are being treated from injuries in hospitals.
As reported earlier, the situation in the Debaltseve area of
Monday, February 9, 2015
10:10 AM PST
Donbas village
shelled from Russian territory, governor says
(Zik) --- The village of Komyshne
The artillery
positions were in Russia in
Stanytsya Mityakinska, Rostov
oblast.
Earlier, Grad
missile batteries entered Ukraine ,
opened fire and then returned to Russia . However, this time the
shelling was from Russia ,
Moskal said.
The Russian
artillery shelled several other villages in the area, the governor confirmed,
destroying houses and infrastructure.
Monday, February 9, 2015
9:19 AM PST
Russian jets attack
Ukraine army positions near Debaltseve
(Zik) --- 40th battalion outpost near
Debaltsevo has been attacked by Russian jets, for the second time today,
military say Feb. 9.
40th battalion
deputy company CO Lieut. Lomakin told Tsenzor.net that 4 Russian jets attacked
his positions at 14.00 today.
“We need protection
from air strikes. This is the second raid by Russian jets today,” the officer
said.
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