Section: Summaries

Weekly Highlights: December 29, 2014 – January 4, 2015
Jan09

Weekly Highlights: December 29, 2014 – January 4, 2015

The country’s leaders held a press conferences at the end of the year. Corruption schemes in the energy sector lead to surrender of national interests. The law on state budget and related laws took effect. The TV channel “Inter” broadcasted a New Year’s show with the participation of artists, known for calling for the...

Daily Highlights: 08/01/2015
Jan09

Daily Highlights: 08/01/2015

Prime Minister Yatsenyuk held talks with the German Chancellor Merkel on additional funding for Ukraine. The US Senator McCain has promised to increase support for Ukraine. Odessa remains the base of the Ukraininan Navy. Key Events In Ukraine ●      Prime Minister Yatsenyuk held talks with the German Chancellor Merkel on additional financial...

This is Ukraine today – January 8: Up to 7.5 thousand Russian soldiers are located in Donbas at any given moment
Jan09

This is Ukraine today – January 8: Up to 7.5 thousand Russian soldiers are located in Donbas at any given moment

Maidan Community Sector, Lviv: Dear friends! January 8 – Eleventh “humanitarian aid convoy” has the border with Ukraine from Russia avoiding proper control, – informed NSDC spokesman Andriy Lysenko. They are again transporting weapons to Ukraine and dead bodies to Russia. January 8 – Up to 7.5 thousand Russian soldiers are located in...

Military updates, 1/08 (30th “Day of Silence”)
Jan09

Military updates, 1/08 (30th “Day of Silence”)

Russian-terrorist forces continue to regroup their forces, most of which are concentrated in several directions – the seaside stretch (along the axis of Novoazovsk – Mariupol), south of Donetsk (Dokuchajevsk – Telmanove), and along the Alchevsk – Stakhanov stretch (including the units blocking the Debaltseve bridgehead from the south and east)....

National Security and Defense Council: the so-called 11th “humanitarian convoy” from Russia invades eastern Ukraine
Jan08

National Security and Defense Council: the so-called 11th “humanitarian convoy” from Russia invades eastern Ukraine

Kyiv, January 8, 2014. This morning, Russia unilaterally sent the 11th “humanitarian convoy” to the east of Ukraine. Representatives of the International Red Cross did not oversee the convoy movement. Apparently, 122 Russian trucks entered the territory of Ukraine through two checkpoints – “Donetsk” and “Matveev Kurgan” (Russian Federation). View...

Daily Highlights: 07/01/2015
Jan08

Daily Highlights: 07/01/2015

Ukraine received financial credit guarantees from Germany to pay for Donbass renovation. The attack of Islamic terrorists in Paris strengthened the position of the French Nationalist pro-Russian party. Situation is worsening at the Donetsk airport. Key Events in Ukraine ●      Prime Minister Yatsenyuk held talks with Federal President Gauck in...

This is Ukraine today – January 7: The crime in Paris is a shock to entire European Muslim community, – said Mufti of Religious Administration of Muslims of Ukraine Said Ismagilov
Jan08

This is Ukraine today – January 7: The crime in Paris is a shock to entire European Muslim community, – said Mufti of Religious Administration of Muslims of Ukraine Said Ismagilov

Maidan Community Sector, Lviv: Dear friends! January 7 – Three Ukrainian military died, one was wounded in the conflict area in Donbas in the last 24 hours, – informed NSDC spokesman Andriy Lysenko. January 7 – “According to available intelligence, conflicts have intensified in the occupied areas between “kazaks”-terrorists and...

National Security and Defense Council: Ukrainian Armed Forces Arrest Russian-Recruited Terrorist
Jan07

National Security and Defense Council: Ukrainian Armed Forces Arrest Russian-Recruited Terrorist

Kyiv, January 7, 2015. Ukrainian forces arrested a terrorist with a code name “Filya” from the “Svat” criminal group. He has undergone a special training in Sevastopol military camp and planned to organize and conduct a number of terrorist acts in Ukrainian cities. View map in full size The ATO spokesperson stated that the terrorists continued to...

Military updates, 1/06 (28th “Day of Silence”)
Jan07

Military updates, 1/06 (28th “Day of Silence”)

In the Kuibyshev District of Donetsk and in the vicinity of the Putilovsky Juncture, the arrival of Russian-terrorist forces’ tanks has been recorded. Enemy tank units were used throughout the past 24 hours in the area of Pisky, where they tried to provoke full-scale clashes – carrying out accurate fire onto the positions of the Ukrainian troops....

Dmitry Tymchuk: Military summary of 2014
Jan07

Dmitry Tymchuk: Military summary of 2014

The departing year has opened Ukraine’s chest cavity and forced it to feel the world with an open heart. We have no energy left for half-feelings and halftones. We only have the energy for love and hate. But both the one and the other are piercingly sincere. The bad news: 1. The fall of the Yanukovych dictatorship last winter did not cause a...