Wednesday, February 11, 2015
7:40 AM PST
Suspect in adjusting
of fire at Kramatorsk detained – State Border Guard Service
(Censor.NET) --- The border guards of Ukraine detained a citizen of Ukraine who is suspected of adjusting fire at Kramatorsk .
Censor.NET reports
citing the State Border Guard Service.
The agency reminded
that the Russian mercenaries have also shelled the State Border Guard Service
of Ukraine detachment, which is deployed in Kramatorsk city, during the attack committed
yesterday at 12.30 p.m.
"The shelling
was conducted using multiple launch rocket systems from the direction of
Horlivka. 11 cluster munitions hit the territory of the Border Guard Service
detachment damaging the garrison building and injuring one border guard,"
the statement reads.
"The border
guards detained a citizen of Ukraine
after the shelling as a result of investigative activities. He may be involved
in adjustment of the terrorists' attack on the Border Guard Service garrison.
The man was handed over to the SBU officers to clarify all the
circumstances," the State Border Guard Service noted.
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
7:37 AM PST
Poroshenko:
Separation line moved back to location set by Minsk
(Interfax) --- By capturing some
villages east of Mariupol and in the Debaltseve area, Ukrainian forces have
moved the separation line back to its location as prescribed by the Minsk
memorandum, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Wednesday.
"As a result
of a counteroffensive operation, the line has been moved over in strict
conformity with the Minsk
memorandum. Owing to the Ukrainian forces, two tasks have been carried out:
reaching the line set by the Minsk
memorandum and the guaranteed impossibility of attacks on Mariupol,"
Poroshenko told a government meeting.
He said Ukrainian
forces had captured two villages near Debaltseve on Tuesday, and that an
operation in the vicinity of Mariupol had been organized.
On Tuesday,
National Security and Defense Council Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov said
Ukrainian forces had taken villages including Pavlopil, Kominternove,
Lebedynske, Berdianske and Shyrokyne.
Defense Minister
Stepan Poltorak ruled out the possibility of Ukrainian forces surrendering
Mariupol and said their capture of villages east of the town y had been in tune
with the Minsk
agreements.
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
6:56 AM PST
Direct Russian
military intervention occurred in Debaltseve area - U.S.
Army Europe commander
(Censor.NET) --- Experts of the U.S.
Armed Forces believe that Russia
directly invaded the territory
of Ukraine
This is reported by
Censor.NET citing Reuters.
Speaking at a
military base in Poland ,
U.S. Army Europe Commander, General Ben Hodges said that judging by the number
of uniforms and equipment types, it was evident that there had been a direct
Russian military intervention in the area of Debaltseve.
Hodges also noted
that ten battalions were concentrated on the Russian side of the
Ukrainian-Russian border.
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
6:54 AM PST
Poroshenko has left
for Minsk
(Interfax) --- Ukrainian President Petro
Poroshenko left for Minsk , Belarus on Wednesday to participate in the
"Normandy
format" talks, his press secretary Sviatoslav Tseholko has said.
The head of state
will arrive in Minsk after 17:00 Kiev time.
Upon arrival
Poroshenko will participate in talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel,
French President Francois Hollande, and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Immediately after Minsk , Poroshenko will fly to Brussels ,
to attend an EU summit on the situation in Ukraine .
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
6:46 AM PST
Leaders of gunmen in Donbas want amnesty, autonomy and termination of
anti-terrorist operation
This is stated in a
draft protocol to resolve the Donbas crisis that was handed to participants of
the Trilateral contact group in Minsk ,
Belarus
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
5:05 AM PST
‘Azov’ volunteers: terrorists shelling Donetsk to scare population and discredit Ukraine
(Zik) --- By shelling Donetsk
and putting the blame on the Ukrainian army Donbas
rebels try to scare the local population and discredit Ukrainian servicemen,
‘Azov’ battalion writes in Facebook Feb. 11.
At 7.20 today, the
rebels shelled Donetsk ,
hitting the bus station and killing several civilians.
One of the shells
struck the Donetsk
steel plant.
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
3:37 AM PST
Azov Regiment
continues fighting for Sakhanka village
(Censor.NET) --- The soldiers of the
Azov regiment are currently engaged in fighting the terrorists in Sakhanka
village of the Novoazovsk district in the Donetsk
region.
This is stated by
the press service of the regiment on Facebook, Censor.NET reports.
"Azov
continues to monitor Ukrainian territories which were liberated yesterday as a
result of the offensive. At the moment, fighting continues for the village of Sakhanka
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
2:14 AM PST
Eight roadblocks
built at Kiev
The press service
of Kiev city administration quoted deputy head
of Kiev
administration Petro Panteleyev as saying.
"To reinforce
defense of the capital in response to possible threats of terrorist acts, it
was decided to beef up the positions at the road entrances to the capital of
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
12:29 AM PST
Feb. 10 casualty
toll: 19 Ukrainian servicemen killed, 78 wounded
(Zik) --- In the fighting on Feb. 10, 19
servicemen were killed and 78 wounded, Ukraine army spokesman said,
Ukrinform reports Feb. 11.
Currently, 591
Ukrainian servicemen are in hospital receiving treatment, 26 of them from
serious wounds.
The number of
casualties jumped up yesterday, after the Russians used cassette missiles in Kramatorsk guiding
them by spy satellites.
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