Tuesday, March 3, 2015
8:49 AM PST
Kharkiv armoured plant
transferred new batch of tanks to National Guard
(Censor.NET) --- The Kharkiv armoured
plant, part of the Ukroboronprom state concern transferred a new batch of T-64B
(B1) tanks to the National Guard. The tanks have been repaired and equipped
with additional dynamic protection.
This is reported by
Censor.NET citing the press service of Ukroboronprom.
"The hulls and
the turrets of have been equipped with dynamic protection of the
"contact" type, which provides protection against modern anti-tank
weapons," the statement reads.
The Kharkiv armoured
plant is engaged in repair of T-64 tanks and their modernization for the needs
of the Ukrainian army and conducts repairs and overhaul of heavy armored
vehicles to ordered by the Defense Ministry.
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
8:26 AM PST
Ukrainian army
finishing 100-mm weapons withdrawal in Donbas
- Defense Ministry
(Censor.NET) --- According to the
Defense Ministry report, Ukrainian army is finishing the withdrawal of weapons
of 100-mm caliber and more from the contact line in the Donbas .
As reported by
Censor.NET citing Interfax, this was announced by the Ministry on March 3.
"Indeed,
almost all artillery of 100-mm caliber has been withdrawn from the line
specified in the Minsk
agreement recently, including canons Ruta and Rapira," the report reads.
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
7:20 AM PST
KIEV, March 3 (Ukrinform). --- In
violation of the Minsk agreements, the Russian
party continues to launch the acts of aggression against Ukraine , to provide support to terrorist groups
("DPR" and "LPR"), as well as to commit other actions,
aimed at subsequent deterioration of the situation in some areas of Donetsk and Luhansk
regions.
Spokesman for the
Foreign Ministry of Ukraine Yevhen Perebyinis has told a briefing on Tuesday,
an Ukrinform correspondent reports.
"In
particular, the concentration and movement of military equipment and personnel
of the Russian armed forces, in particular tanks, armored personnel carriers,
other armored vehicles, multiple rocket launchers, anti-aircraft and artillery
units, continue in some areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions," Perebyinis
said.
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
5:13 AM PST
Three Ukrainian
soldiers killed, nine wounded in Donbas in
past 24 hours
KIEV, March 3 (Ukrinform). --- Three
Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and another nine have been injured in the
area of anti-terrorist operation over the last 24 hours.
Spokesman for the
anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine Andriy Lysenko said this at a
briefing in Kiev on Tuesday, an Ukrinform correspondent reported.
"Over the last
day, we have lost three Ukrainian soldiers, and another nine were injured as a
result of shelling and military clashes," Lysenko said.
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
4:51 AM PST
Ukraine needs
additional defensive weapons - Klimkin
KIEV, March 3 (Ukrinform). --- Ukraine
needs additional defensive weapons to protect its territory.
Ukrainian Foreign
Minister Pavlo Klimkin said this in an interview with Nikkei Asian Review.
"It is
critically important to increase the capability of our armed forces. We need
additional defensive weapons" Klimkin said.
He reiterated that Ukraine needs
weapon only for protection. The minister added that the ceasefire in Donbas is unstable.
Klimkin also
expressed the belief that sending weapons to illegal armed groups in the east,
Russian President Vladimir Putin aims to destabilize not only Donbas, but the
whole Ukraine .
As reported,
Klimkin is on a two-day official visit to Japan , during which he met, among
others, with the head of the Japanese government and with the Foreign Minister
of Japan.
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
4:27 AM PST
KIEV, March 3 (Ukrinform). --- The NATO
begins Annual Crisis Management Exercise, the NATO headquarters has told an
Ukrinform correspondent in Brussels .
"Australia , Finland ,
Japan , Sweden and Ukraine will participate alongside
Allies in the exercise. South Korea ,
New Zealand and Georgia chose
to observe the exercise," the NATO press office says.
The exercise is designed
to test the North Atlantic Council procedures at the strategic
political-military level.
The scenario for
the crisis management exercise consists of a crisis developing between two
non-NATO states at distance from Alliance
territory. It contains a humanitarian and maritime dimension, with implications
for the security of the Allies.
The exercise will
take place between 4 and 10 March 2015.
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
3:00 AM PST
Last respects paid to
Boris Nemtsov in Moscow
(Censor.NET) --- Last respects for the
Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, who was killed late Feb 27, was paid
in Sakharov Center in Moscow.
Censor.NET reports
citing RIA Novosti.
Nemtsov's family,
friends, and associates came to pay last respects to Boris.
Nemtsov will be
buried at the Troekurov cemetery.
The farewell
ceremony was also attended by Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich, head of
the government administration Sergei Prikhodko, Minister of Agriculture Nikolai
Fyodorov, spokesman for Prime Minister Natalia Timakova, director of the
information technologies and communications department of the Russian
government Marina Volkova.
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Tuesday, March 3, 2015
2:36 AM PST
Russian soldier gave
an interview about his tank hit by Ukrainians
(Censor.NET) --- “We all knew where we
were going. I was already set up morally and mentally that we were going to Ukraine ."
This was stated by
a 20-year-old conscript from Russia Dorzhi Batomunkuev, sent from Ulan-Ude to "fight
for Debaltseve", Censor.NET reports.
"I was called
for duty on the Nov. 13, 2013. They only sent contract soldiers, and I came to Rostov as a conscript.
But I, being a conscript, gave good results - in fire training and physical. I
was called to service from Chita ,
Russia Ulan-Ude unit. In June I wrote a report. I
was assigned to the second battalion."
"We were told
that we were going to training but we knew where we were going. We all knew
where we were going. I was set up morally and mentally that we would be in the Ukraine ,"
Batomunkuev. said.
"We painted
our tanks over in Ulan-Ude .
Right on the wagons. We painted over the numbers … Patches, chevrons - all
removed when we went to the landfill. Everything taken off... In order to cover
up things. My passport was left in the military unit, the military ID at the
landfill," he said.
According to him,
about Feb. 8 "the captain of the group simply came out and said: that's
it, guys, we are going, full alert. And we found out that we came to Donetsk when we read the
sign."
Asked how much
military has gone in, he replied: "So, 31 tanks in the battalion. We went
in in companies. 10 tanks in each company. For every 10 tanks there were three
APCs, an ambulance and five Ural trucks with ammunition. This is a numerical
part of a task force company. A tank battalion consists of about 120 people -
three tank companies, support platoon, communications platoon. Plus infantry,
of course. Around 300 people have gone in. Everyone from Ulan-Ude ... We played "the
carousel". It's a tactical method of a combat fire from a tank. Three or
four tanks go to the open fire line, shoot, and as they run out of ammunition,
they send three or four replacement tanks, and the latter are being loaded.
This is how they changed.
"I'm certainly
not proud of what I did. That I killed and destroyed. There is, of course,
nothing to be proud of. But, on the other hand, I calm down thinking that it's
all for the sake of peace, peaceful citizens you look at - children, the
elderly, women, men. I'm not proud of it, of course. That I shot and
killed..." he said.
"Civilians
themselves came to us a lot. We tried not to talk to them. The command said not
to engage in contact. When we were in Makiivka, they told us that 70 percent of
the civilian population here are pro Ukrainian so "be on alert,
guys," Batomunkuev said.
"Well, there
is one interesting thing - if the "DPR" gets independence - God
willing - what will they do? Work as in Stalin's Five-Year Plan? There is no
economy. And if there is no economy it means that it will not work out,"
he said.
As to whether there
is payment for his family, he said: "We have this thing in Russia -when it
comes to money, no one knows anything. (Chuckles). Maybe they will pay, and may
be they will say that you were fired a long time ago. I hope it wouldn't happen
that I came here and was supposedly fired. My term of service ended Nov. 27. So
I am a barnstormer here. Well. I am rather afraid."
At the same time
the soldier has nothing against Putin: "He is, of course, an interesting
man. Cunning, we will "introduce-not introduce (the troops - ed.).
"There are no troops here," he says to all the world. And quickly
sends us "Come on, come on. "
Monday, March 2, 2015 23:46
PST
Withdrawal of heavy
weapons by Luhansk rebels was fake – Tymchuk
(Zik) --- In Alchevsk and Pervomajsk
area, Donbas rebels and Russian troops are
actively concentrating weapons and ammunition. They do not even try to pretend
they are withdrawing heavy weapons as envisaged by the Minsk agreements,
military expert Dmytro Tymchuk writes in Facebook March 3.
In
Stakhanov-Bile-Alchevsk area there are several artillery groups of the Russian
troops and rebels 936 guns, 12 Grad missile batteries and 18 self-propelled
artillery guns. The enemy is actively delivering ammunition to the
Stakhanov-based ammo depot.
“The recent alleged
withdrawal of heavy weapons by the Luhansk republic army to the north and
east of Luhansk was merely a misleading manoeuver.
The terrorists
withdrew only the damaged weapons to repair bases. The rest of the heavy
weapons have been withdrawn for short distances from the touchline, dispersed
and masked,” Tymchuk writes.
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