Section: Information Resistance
Military updates, 12/17 (8th “Day of Silence”)
The military leaders of the “DNR” [Donetsk People’s Republic] are forced to conclude that, as was stated in a report addressed to the leadership of the “DNR” terrorist organization, “overall, mobilization measures on the territory of the republic did not result in a significant positive effect on the staffing status of the republic’s armed...
Military updates, 12/16 (7th “Day of Silence”)
The Russian military command addressed a complaint to the “DNR” [Donetsk People’s Republic] leadership, concerning the latter’s failure to create the “Army of Novorossiya.” According to the version of the representatives of Russia, the task set by the Kremlin – to unite all gangs under a single military command – failed because the “DNR”...
Military updates, 12/15 (6th “Day of Silence”)
The ongoing “regime of silence” [ceasefire] in Donbas is accompanied by shelling from Russian-terrorist troops, as well as measures to improve their combat readiness and the logistical means necessary to continue fighting. A powerful disinformation campaign is underway in social networks and the general media field, to conceal the accumulation of...
Daily Highlights: 14/12/2014
President Poroshenko requests to provide heat and electricity to the residents of the occupied territories of the Donbass. Inert shelling continues on the line of confrontation in the Eastern Ukraine. Events In Ukraine ● President Poroshenko together with the head of the Verkhovna Rada, the Prime Minister, the Head of President...
Daily Highlights: 13/12/2014
The draft of 2015 Ukrainian state budget was immediately withdrawn from the Parliament for revision. The issuance of the next tranche of stand-by credit depends on the results of the IMF mission. Events in Ukraine ● President Poroshenko in an interview to ABC News said Ukraine isn’t going to restore the nuclear status. He pointed out that...
Dmitry Tymchuk: Concerning Ukrainian POWs and Hostages
Yesterday, at the meeting of the Verkhovna Rada [Parliamentary] committee in the issues of national security and defense, representatives of the SBU [Security Service of Ukraine], the Ministry of Defense, and the National Guard of Ukraine spoke concerning the situation with the release of prisoners. A definite positive fact is that to date, a...
Daily Highlights: 11/12/2014
The Parliament approved the government’s Program of Action. The US Senate approved a law to provide assistance to Ukraine, which gets a status of a special partner outside the NATO. Russia continues concentrating its troops in Donbass during the announced “Regime of Silence”. Events In Ukraine ● Deputies approved the government’s...
Dmitry Tymchuk: Concerning the Parliamentary Commission on Ilovaisk
The very first meeting of the Verkhovna Rada‘s [Ukrainian Parliamentary] Committee on National Security and Defense (of which I am a member) ruled to resume the work of the temporary parliamentary commission of inquiry into the tragic events that led to the death and capture of soldiers of the volunteer battalions and the Armed Forces of Ukraine...
Weekly Highlights: 1-7 December 2014
The new coalition government of Ukraine has been formed. Emerging issues in the energy sector of the country. The fierce fighting for the Donetsk airport, and the villages of Avdiyivka and Debaltsevo are continuing in Donbas. Dozens civilians have been killed as a result of shelling by the separatists. The world is being drawn into the Cold War...
Military updates, 12/08
Over the weekend (December 6-7, 2014) we received reports of the reinforcement of local insurgent formations, and formations of “camouflaged” Russian forces stationed on the occupied Donbas territory, which incurred losses over the last few days. The reinforcements are arriving mainly in the form of Russian mercenaries and contract soldiers of...