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      National Security and Defense Council: Russia-backed militants threaten to shoot OSCE monitors
      Mar19

      National Security and Defense Council: Russia-backed militants threaten to shoot OSCE monitors

      Kyiv, 19 March 2015 – A commander at the “DPR” checkpoint in Zaichenko threatened to shoot the OSCE monitors if they failed to comply with his orders. The reason behind such a reaction was the attack on a military truck in which two militants were killed and one more got injured. Any kind of threats to the monitors blatantly violate the...

      National Security and Defense Council: Ukrainian counter-intelligence neutralized militant spy ring in Luhansk region
      Mar18

      National Security and Defense Council: Ukrainian counter-intelligence neutralized militant spy ring in Luhansk region

      Kyiv, March 18, 2015 – Ukraine’s Security Service uncovered and liquidated a militant spy ring in the Luhansk region subordinated to the Russian Special Services. The ringleader gathered intelligence on the number of personnel and weapons of the Ukrainian forces, personal data of Ukrainian servicemen, as well as progress of the mobilization...

      National Security and Defense Council:  Military Prosecutor’s Office investigates tragedy in Kostyantinivka
      Mar17

      National Security and Defense Council: Military Prosecutor’s Office investigates tragedy in Kostyantinivka

      Kyiv, March 17, 2015. An 8-years-old girl died as a result of a traffic accident that involved Ukrainian soldiers in Kostyantinivka, Donetsk region. Her mother and another child are in intensive care now. The officers of the Military Prosecutor’s Office, as well as the Ukrainian policemen, started the investigation of the accident. Lieutenant...

      National Security and Defense Council: Ukrainian Armed Forces de-mine Kominternove
      Mar16

      National Security and Defense Council: Ukrainian Armed Forces de-mine Kominternove

      Kyiv, 16 March 2015 – Ukrainian Armed Forces have successfully finished the de-mining of Kominternove in the Donetsk region. Ukrainian minesweepers neutralized several mortar mines, 4 tank projectiles, anti-tank shells and 2 missiles from “Uragan” multiple rocket launchers. Ukrainian military worked in close collaboration with the OSCE mission in...

      National Security and Defense Council: Russian 20th “humanitarian convoy” invades Ukraine
      Mar15

      National Security and Defense Council: Russian 20th “humanitarian convoy” invades Ukraine

      Kyiv, March 15, 2015. Russia’s 20th so-called “humanitarian convoy” has invaded Ukraine. According to the Russian authorities, more than 80 cars illegally crossed the Russia-Ukraine border via “Donetsk” (Russia) and “Matveyev Kurgan” checkpoints. Part of the convoy heads to Luhansk, while the rest goes to Donetsk. Thus Russia has violated the...

      National Security and Defense Council: Ukrainian law enforcers seize militants’ clandestine arsenals
      Mar15

      National Security and Defense Council: Ukrainian law enforcers seize militants’ clandestine arsenals

      Kyiv, 14 March 2015 – Interior Ministry and Security Service of Ukraine specialists have found and seized several caches of weapons and ammunition including man-portable air defense systems, grenades, mines and rounds of ammunition in the cities of Sloviansk, Kramatorsk, Artemivsk and some other locations. View map in full size The Russia-backed...

      National Security and Defense Council:  Russian military instructors conduct training mercenaries in the East of Ukraine. Majority of mercenaries are Russians
      Mar13

      National Security and Defense Council: Russian military instructors conduct training mercenaries in the East of Ukraine. Majority of mercenaries are Russians

      Kyiv, 13 March 2015 – No Ukrainian servicemen were killed in action in the last day, while 2 soldiers were wounded. Meanwhile Russian regular army officers who have served in the Russian Federation Armed Forces and participated in combat actions, continue training militants in the East of Ukraine. According to intelligence data only 15-20% in...

      National Security and Defense Council: No casualties among Ukrainian Armed Forces in the ATO zone over the last 24 hours
      Mar13

      National Security and Defense Council: No casualties among Ukrainian Armed Forces in the ATO zone over the last 24 hours

      Kyiv, 12 March 2015 –Ukrainian Armed Forces did not suffer any casualties in the ATO zone over the last 24 hours. On 11 March illegal armed groups fired 50 times at Ukrainian military positions along the whole delimitation line, including 4 artillery shelling incidents conducted in the area of the Donetsk airport. Situation in the Eastern part of...

      National Security and Defense Council: Russia attempts to take control over all militant factions in eastern Ukraine
      Mar10

      National Security and Defense Council: Russia attempts to take control over all militant factions in eastern Ukraine

      Kyiv, March 10, 2015. Russia trains its proxies in eastern Ukraine, preparing for a new wave of hostilities, stated Colonel Andriy Lysenko, ATO spokesperson, during the press-briefing at Ukraine Crisis Media Center. He told that Russia dispatched a large group of FSB operatives ordered to purge those who refuse to obey the so-called “Donetsk...

      National Security and Defense Council:  Russian proxies regroup and get more arms despite assurances of heavy weapons withdrawal
      Mar09

      National Security and Defense Council: Russian proxies regroup and get more arms despite assurances of heavy weapons withdrawal

      Kyiv, March 9, 2015. Pro-Russian militants continue to regroup and accumulate weapons, munitions and the military equipment along the contact line. Meanwhile, Russia actively supplies its mercenaries with weapons and more ammunition by rail. Russia-backed insurgents fired at the Ukrainian military positions 40 times in over the last day. They...