Section: Information Resistance

      Dmitry Tymchuk: Military update 5.26
      May27

      Dmitry Tymchuk: Military update 5.26

      Over the past 24 hours, Russian- terrorist troops in Donbas carried out attacks mainly from small arms, grenade launchers, 82- and 120-mm mortars. There are also documented cases of [terrorist] use of armored vehicles and artillery systems, which were to be withdrawn from the line of contact under the Minsk Agreements. The enemy was leading...

      Dmitry Tymchuk: Military update 5.25
      May26

      Dmitry Tymchuk: Military update 5.25

      Over the weekend (May 23­ — May 24, 2015), Russian-terrorist forces continued to actively shell the positions of Ukrainian troops and civilian targets. During May 23, massive shellings were observed on the stretch from Shumy, Mayorske to Avdiivka. The enemy used small arms and AGS-17 “Plamya” and Z-23-2 automatic grenade launchers (mounted to...

      Journalism, as part of the information war
      May24

      Journalism, as part of the information war

      Words can hurt, kill or cure. In the war that is going on now in Ukraine information battles take the leading place. Shots and explosions, reports and comments have become an instruments of hybrid war in the Donbas. The reporter at war – is the fighter too, word is his main weapon. I must say, that not only Ukrainian army, but also...

      Dmitry Tymchuk: Military update 5.22
      May23

      Dmitry Tymchuk: Military update 5.22

      Russian-terrorist forces in Donbas continue shelling the positions of Ukrainian troops and [civilian] settlements. During the past 24 hours, the positions of the ATO forces have been fired at from 82-mm and 120-mm mortars and AGS-17 “Plamya” automatic grenade launchers in the vicinity of Zolote, Donetske, and Novotoshkivske. During the attacks,...

      Assessment (Infographic) – Threats in the East and South of Ukraine for 05/21
      May22

      Assessment (Infographic) – Threats in the East and South of Ukraine for 05/21

      Throughout 05.13. – 05.21.2015, the situation has somewhat improved in Luhansk region, due to the efforts of local (regional) authorities to tighten the entry and exit control in the ATO zone. At the same time, we are observing increased terrorist activity by the “LNR” [Luhansk People’s Republic] in the Ukraine-controlled part of the region...

      Dmitry Tymchuk: Military update 5.20
      May21

      Dmitry Tymchuk: Military update 5.20

      During the past 24 hours, a sharp surge in the activity of Russian-terrorist forces has been recorded in Donbas. The number of fire strikes on the positions of ATO forces has increased; illegal armed groups have also made several unsuccessful attempts to break through the defense of the Ukrainian troops. Russian troops and the terrorists...

      Dmitry Tymchuk: Military update 5.19
      May20

      Dmitry Tymchuk: Military update 5.19

      Russian-terrorist troops in Donbas continue using heavy infantry weapons to shell the positions of Ukrainian troops and civilian objects (including heavy automatic grenade launchers, mortars, large caliber machine guns), also operating artillery systems. In the seaside (Mariupol) direction, insurgents shelled the positions of Ukrainian troops...

      Dmitry Tymchuk: Military update 5.18
      May19

      Dmitry Tymchuk: Military update 5.18

      Russian-terrorist troops continue to carry out armed provocations and shellings of the positions of ATO forces and settlements located on the territories under Ukraine’s control. In the vicinity of Pisky and Avdiivka, illegal armed groups pushed forward several infantry groups under cover of fire from 82-mm and 120-mm mortars and inflicted a...

      Dmitry Tymchuk: Regarding the “national-cultural autonomy of Bessarabia”
      May18

      Dmitry Tymchuk: Regarding the “national-cultural autonomy of Bessarabia”

      Yesterday, on May 16th in Odesa, the so-called “People’s Council of Bessarabia” held its second conference, at which they presented some “draft law on the national and cultural autonomy of the Bessarabian Region.” This is a new round of the Russian special service’s activities on the territory of Ukraine. While preparing a large-scale offensive...

      Putin’s Russia – madness “from Lisbon to Vladivostok”
      May17

      Putin’s Russia – madness “from Lisbon to Vladivostok”

      In 2010, the German newspaper “Süddeutsche Zeitung” published an article by Russian Prime Minister V. Putin, “Russia and Europe: from understanding the lessons of the crisis – to the new partnership agenda.”  In his article, the Russian prime minister “has shared with readers of the newspaper his vision of...