Friday, March 13, 2015
7:38 AM PDT
Two Ukrainian
military injured in Donbas in past 24 hours
Spokesman for the
anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine Andriy Lysenko said this at a
briefing in Kiev
on Friday, an Ukrinform correspondent reported.
"During the
last day no Ukrainian servicemen have been killed, but two have been injured as
a result of military clashes," Lysenko said.
As reported,
pro-Russian fighters continued to violate the ceasefire, carrying out 61
attacks on the positions of ATO forces over the past day.
Friday, March 13, 2015
7:32 AM PDT
'DPR' uses captives
to clear Donetsk
(Interfax) --- OSCE Special Monitoring
Mission (SMM) observers have visited Donetsk
airport, which was captured by militants in January, and have reported that
captives are being used to clear debris and to search and recover the bodies of
deceased soldiers.
"The SMM,
together with representatives of the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination
(JCCC) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), conducted a
follow-up visit to Donetsk
airport. Upon arrival, the SMM observed 'Donetsk People's Republic' ['DPR']
'emergency services' personnel together with captives recovering the bodies of
deceased Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers. The SMM also observed three 'DPR'
members and two captives removing bodies from a burnt out infantry fighting
vehicle (IFV). The SMM spoke to one of the captives who stated he had been with
the IFV crew at the time of the incident," reads the OSCE SMM report
compiled on March 11 and published in the evening of March 12.
While close to the
new terminal's entrance, the SMM heard 13 bursts of small-arms fire coming from
north-east, north-west, south-south-west and east of its position, and heard 52
explosions. "Due to the strong wind, the SMM could not determine the type
of weapons that were used, the exact distance of origin of the fire, nor if it
was outgoing or incoming," says the report.
At a checkpoint near government-controlled
Pisky (12 km north-west of Donetsk ),
the SMM heard approximately 20 incoming mortar and artillery rounds.
A Ukrainian Armed
Forces commander said that 'DPR' forces had been shelling from the direction of
the airport. The commander then led the SMM to the outskirts of Pisky, where,
he said, a mortar strike had hit 20 minutes earlier and the SMM witnessed the
damage along with mortar remnants in the area.
"Whilst
traveling through 'DPR'-controlled Michurine (62km south of Donetsk), less than
15km from the line of contact, the SMM observed four stationary main battle
tanks (MBT) of 125-mm within the town's limits," reads the report.
Friday, March 13, 2015
7:30 AM PDT
Interior minister
of Ukraine Arsen Avakov has said this at a briefing, an Ukrinform correspondent
reports.
"The U.S. government
has agreed, and the next week we will begin exercises of regular units of the
U.S. Armed Forces together with our guards in Yavoriv in Lviv region,"
Avakov says.
The minister has
noted that to carry out such exercises in Ukraine , the adoption of an
appropriate resolution by the Verkhovna Rada is required. According to him,
this issue will be resolved in the parliament on Tuesday, March 17.
"I hope that on
Tuesday the Verkhovna Rada will vote for this resolution," the minister
says.
Friday, March 13, 2015
6:49 AM PDT
Police detain alleged
bombers of Odesa business center
Spokesman for the
anti-terrorist operation in the Donbas conflict zone Andriy Lysenko told
reporters at the briefing in Kiev
on Friday, Ukrinform reported.
"Yesterday, as
a result of the plan to eliminate terrorist organizations, a group of our law
enforcement officers has detained two persons who are suspected of committing
terrorist acts in Odessa, including the explosion that had occurred on March 12
at Admiralskiy business center," said Lysenko.
The suspects were
found in possession of an improvised explosive device weighing 3 kilogram of
TNT in equivalent, which they had planned to use to carry out their next bomb
attack.
Friday, March 13, 2015
4:30 AM PDT
Ukraine filed formal
request with the United Nations for peacekeeping mission in Donbas
(Censor.NET) --- Ukraine placed a formal request
with the United Nations for a peacekeeping mission to be deployed in its eastern
regions, where a cease-fire between government and Russian-backed separatist
forces is in place.
Foreign Ministry
spokesman Yevhen Perebyinis stated that the size and scope of the proposed
mission would be worked out in consultation with the U.N., Censor.NET reports
citing AP.
A mission would
need backing from all five permanent members of the Security Council, however,
and Russia
is likely to resist the move.
Perebyinis says the
preliminary request for the mission has been submitted to U.N. Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon and that another would follow after Ukraine 's parliament approves the
proposal.
Friday, March 13, 2015
2:53 AM PDT
Terrorists shelled
Ukrainian army positions 61 times Thursday - Joint Staff
(Censor.NET) --- Over the past day, the
Russian-terrorist troops shelled the ATO forces' positions 61 times. The most
intensive fire was noted at the Donetsk
direction.
As reported by
Censor.NET citing Liga, this was announced by acting speaker of the Joint Staff
Vladyslav Selezniov.
In particular, the following villages have been shelled nearDonetsk :
Pisky, Avdiivka, Kamianka, Opytne. The total of 40 cases of shelling were noted
in the area.
In particular, the following villages have been shelled near
According to data
of Information Resistance group, the enemy attacked the ATO forces positions
many times yesterday, and fired with both small arms and heavy equipment that
should have been withdrawn from the contact line, including 120-mm mortars and
artillery, especially 152-mm Akatsiya.
Friday, March 13, 2015
1:25 AM PDT
Donbas rebel units
have Russian COs
(Zik) --- Military units in the
breakaway Luhansk and Donetsk republics are
headed by Russian officers, Ukraine
army in Donbas deputy staff commander Col.
Valentyn Fedychev says, Ukrinform reports March 13.
“The main positions
in the rebel units are taken by Russian officers,” the official says.
He stressed the
rebels are unwilling to implement the Minsk
agreements. Feb. 15 through March 10, the Russians-controlled rebels units
launched 831 small arms and artillery attacks on the Ukrainian army positions
as well as tried to storm them 20 times.
Friday, March 13, 2015
12:45 AM PDT
Lawyer: Treason Case
Against Russian Woman Dropped
(RFE/RL) --- A lawyer for a Russian
woman who faced treason charges after reporting possible troop movements to the
Ukrainian Embassy says the case against her has been closed.
Attorney Ivan
Pavlov said on Facebook that "the criminal case against Svetlana Davydova
has been closed" due to lack of evidence that she committed a crime.
He said that
"all treason accusations have been dropped."
Relatives and
officials said Davydova telephoned the Ukrainian Embassy in April and told them
soldiers based near her home might be being sent to Ukraine , the site of a conflict
between government forces and Russian-backed rebels.
Davydova was
detained January 21 at the home she shares in the western city Vyazma with her
husband and seven children, including an infant daughter.
After a public
outcry, she was freed on February 3 but ordered to remain in Vyazma pending
further investigation.
Thursday, March 12, 2015
14:59 PDT
SBU and Police
prevented attack at Lysychansk-Artemivsk railroad section.
(Censor.NET) --- SBU operational group
together with the police prevented terrorist attack near the critical
infrastructure facility of the region – the highway and railway conjunction in
the Luhansk region today, March 12.
Censor.NET reports
citing the SBU press service.
The report reads:
"The law enforcers discovered improvised directed explosive device
disguised as a fire extinguisher on the side of the road between the cities of
Lysychansk and Artemivsk.
"It was found
that the militants from 'Prizrak' illegal armed group mined the area short
before Lysychansk was liberated by the Ukrainian Army. They buried improvised
explosive device and disguised it.
"The
terrorists have rigged the fire extinguisher with explosives and metal
fragments to enhance the destructing energy, attached two grenades and a
radio-electronic detonator.
"The discovered
munition was defused by the State Emergency Service bomb experts."
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