Section: NSDC

      Russian troops preparing offensive to create land corridor to Crimea – NSDC
      May30

      Russian troops preparing offensive to create land corridor to Crimea – NSDC

      Russia is now preparing an offensive in order to create a land corridor through mainland Ukraine to the Russian-occupied Crimea, according to Deputy Secretary of National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Mykhailo Koval who addressed the participants of the meeting of the Interparliamentary Assembly of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the...

      Russian militants attack Ukraine forces 15 times in last day, hot spot near Mariupol
      May12

      Russian militants attack Ukraine forces 15 times in last day, hot spot near Mariupol

      The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 15 times in the past 24 hours, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO). In Luhansk region, the enemy opened fire from rocket-propelled grenades on the Ukrainian positions near the town of Popasna, reads the report. View map in...

      Russian militants do not let UN humanitarian aid enter occupied territories and fired at Ukrainian positions
      Dec14

      Russian militants do not let UN humanitarian aid enter occupied territories and fired at Ukrainian positions

      Russia-backed militants refused to let pass 23 trucks with UN humanitarian aid through their checkpoints. The trucks were carrying 430 tons of food and medicine destined for residents of the territories in Luhansk and Donetsk regions that Ukraine temporarily does not control. Russian militants stopped the trucks near Olenivka village, Luhansk...

      In Ukraine intensive combat actions across the front lines. Map
      Nov25

      In Ukraine intensive combat actions across the front lines. Map

      In the Luhansk sector of ATO zone Russian separatists violated ceasefire regime in Shchastia. Militants conducted an attack with the use of grenade launchers from the opposite side of the Siversky Donets river. In the Donetsk sector over 10 militant combat actions with the use of small arms and grenade launchers were registered in Zaitseve,...

      National Security and Defense Council:Militants opened fire on ATO forces 23 times near Donetsk airport
      Nov16

      National Security and Defense Council:Militants opened fire on ATO forces 23 times near Donetsk airport

      Kyiv, November 15, 2015. Militants fired at Ukrainian positions from 120 mm mortars near Avdiivka. As a result one Ukrainian serviceman was killed and eight servicemen were wounded. A total of 23 militant provocations were recorded near Donetsk airport over the past day. Militants opened fire using small arms, under-barrel and hand grenade...

      National Security and Defense Council:Activity of pro-Russian militant groups recorded in the Donetsk sector. One Ukrainian serviceman died and three were injured
      Nov13

      National Security and Defense Council:Activity of pro-Russian militant groups recorded in the Donetsk sector. One Ukrainian serviceman died and three were injured

      Kyiv, November 13, 2015. Combat activity was observed only in the Donetsk sector yesterday. The militants tried to assail our stronghold near Zaitseve north of Horlivka. Intensive fighting lasted around one hour with use of small arms and grenade launchers. About twenty provocations instigated by militants were recorded along the demarcation line...

      National Security and Defense Council:Militants violated the cease-fire, one Ukrainian serviceman was killed in action and five more were wounded
      Nov11

      National Security and Defense Council:Militants violated the cease-fire, one Ukrainian serviceman was killed in action and five more were wounded

      Kyiv, November 11, 2015. In the Luhansk sector militants fired upon the positions of ATO forces near Bolotene – a town in Stanychno-Luhansky district close to the state border yesterday in the morning. Apart from small arms militant groups were using 82-mm mortars. It was calm in Stanytsia Luhanska, Shchastia, Zolote and along the Bakhmutska road...

      National Security and Defense Council:Militants directly storm positions of ATO forces in Donetsk region for first time in two months
      Nov09

      National Security and Defense Council:Militants directly storm positions of ATO forces in Donetsk region for first time in two months

      Kyiv, November 9, 2015. Situation in the ATO zone stands tense. Militant provocations were registered along the entire contact line. Shchastia was the only hotspot in Luhansk sector yesterday. Militants fired twice upon the positions of ATO forces using grenade launchers and machine guns. In the Donetsk sector the enemy took a risk and stormed...

      National Security and Defense Council: Militants violate ceasefire in Donetsk and Mariupol sectors
      Nov08

      National Security and Defense Council: Militants violate ceasefire in Donetsk and Mariupol sectors

      Kyiv, November 8, 2015. Over the last day Ukrainian Armed Forces suffered no casualties, neither was any soldier wounded in action. The situation in the Luhansk sector remained calm, but in Donetsk and Mariupol sectors pro-Russian militants violated cease-fire. The militants used small arms and rocket launchers of different systems in the...

      National Security and Defense Council:Militants attacked ATO forces in the Mariupol sector
      Nov07

      National Security and Defense Council:Militants attacked ATO forces in the Mariupol sector

      Kyiv, November 7, 2015. Ukrainian Armed Forces incurred no loss in the past 24 hours and no troops were wounded. The Russia-backed militants attacked ATO forces positions using small arms near Shyrokyne in the Mariupol sector. The pro-Russian militant groups used small arms and grenade launchers in the Donetsk sector in the vicinity of Maryinka....