UAF Positions US Guidance Systems Before Shelling DPR

Translated by Ollie Richardson for Fort Russ

10th June, 2016

Dnr-news

The beginning of the shelling of DPR territory during the night of the 9th of June coincided with the arrival of a US military diplomats and the deployment of American artillery targeting systems near Avdeevka. This was stated today by Deputy Commander of the Operational Command Denis Sinenkov at a briefing. 

"It should be noted that the provocation coincided within a minute of the deployment of two US radar artillery aiming systems AN-TPQ-48 and AN-TPQ-36," he said.

Sinenkov noted that at the same time, a group of military diplomats were spotted near Avdeevka, "headed by Colonel M. van Devilche and his assistant E. Selfom, accompanied by representatives of the Armed Forces".

"Yesterday's cynical scale of the shelling of settlements of the Republic, which resulted in casualties among civilians and the destruction of homes, was adjusted by unmanned UAF aerial vehicles," said the commander.

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1 Person Killed, Over 10 Wounded in Overnight UAF Shelling of Donetsk

Translated by Ollie Richardson for Fort Russ

9th June, 2016

Life

A small child who is not yet even three years old received a severe injury.

Last night the shelling of North Donetsk and Makeevka  by Ukrainian punishers killed one civilian, and injured another 11.

One of the victims is a child, who is 2.5 years old. Now doctors are fighting for his life.

According to the estimates of the DPR military, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 68 rounds of 152 mm caliber, 10 of 122 mm caliber, and 122 shells (79x — 120mm; 43x - 82 mm).  Dokuchaevsk, Donetsk, Yasinovataya, and the north of Donetsk came under fire.

It is known that as of this moment, two victims are in intensive care.

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UAF Shell Donetsk With Heavy Artillery (VIDEO)

Translated by Ollie Richardson for Fort Russ

8th June, 2016

Rusvesna

Ukrainian troops began shelling the peripheral areas of the DPR with heavy weapons; in Makiivka a woman was injured, and private houses caught fire.

"Now the Ukrainian side is shelling Chervonogvardeysky district of Makiivka with 152 mm caliber howitzers. During the shelling a woman was injured and private houses burnt," quotes Donbass News Agency from a source in DPR law enforcement agencies.

The Kuibyshev district of Donetsk also came under fire from 152mm howitzers.

"Novorossiysk #17. A direct hit. Fifth floor. Garibaldi #32. Direct hit. Private house. Victims specified.

Alpinistov #17. A direct hit. Cannot approach it yet. The shelling continues. A single woman lives in the house. And two passenger buses were smashed in the parking lot near the house," said the head of the district Ivan Prikhodko on his page on Facebook.

Also, the Ukrainian invaders, from the settlements of Ocheretino and Novobakhmutivka, fired at the area of the Yasynuvata checkpoint and Putilovke.

Shelling by 120mm artillery was also reported in the village of Zaitsevo near Gorlovka and near the  6/7 mine.

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UAF Tortured Own Soldier After Telephone Conversation With Relatives From DPR

Translated by Ollie Richardson for Fort Russ

7th June, 2016

Novorosinform

According to intelligence reports, in Avdeevka, a fighter from the 16th punitive Ukrainian battalion was subjected to severe torture for talking on a cell phone with relatives living in the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic, said Eduard Basurin to reporters.

"We have established that on the territory of a concrete structure plant in Avdeevka, a soldier from the 16th battalion of the 58th UAF brigade - Sergey Vyacheslavovich Kondratyuk - was illegally detained, who is suspected of cooperating with the DPR, just because he was speaking by phone with relatives from the territory of the Donetsk Republic. The detainee was brutally tortured – his fingers were heavily damaged by a hammer," said Basurin.

According to him, this case is not the first one in the ranks of the 16th battalion, but the 58th brigade command just recently became aware of numerous cases of ill-treatment by commanders towards their subordinates. Currently, internal closed proceedings are being conducted in the brigade, but its leadership doesn't want to report the incident to higher headquarters, and especially to let this outrageous behaviour to be highlighted in the press.

"If they so sadistically torture their subordinates, then what can we say about the shelling under their orders of residential areas of settlements of the Republic and the killing of  peaceful civilians in the DPR. It is exactly because of these kinds of flayers that the war doesn't stop on the land of Donbass," stressed the representative of the operational command.

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(PHOTOS) Savchenko's night visit to Donbass "ATO"

June 6, 2016 - 

PolitNavigator-  

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(Video) Heavy UAF shelling, firefights hit DPR forces near Donetsk

June 2, 2016 - 

RusVesna - 

Translated by J. Arnoldski 

War correspondents from the “Angel” battalion have published videos of the positional firefights at the Yasinovataya checkpoint near Donetsk.

The footage shows Ukrainian occupation forces in Donbass powerfully shelling the positions of Donetsk People’s Republic serviceman. 

“Road patrol forces have been shot at with “Vasilecheck” 82 mm mortars,” one of the militiamen comments.

As Russian Spring reported yesterday, the UAF has begun shelling the outskirts of Donetsk and Gorlovka, with firefights ensuing. Earlier, three soldiers of the DPR Army were wounded by snipers near Avdeevka. 

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NAF Strike UAF Artillery, Causing It to Explode (VIDEO)

Translated by Ollie Richardson for Fort Russ

31st May, 2016

Newsfront

One can look at it endlessly. After the treacherous and inhuman shelling of residential areas of cities of the Donetsk People's Republic, UAF howitzers and self-propelled guns  could not withstand NAF's battery, and massively exploded.

The reason may be also the violation of safety regulations, smoking in prohibited areas, drinking alcohol, or a trivial violation of the Minsk agreements.

As a result of such failures, the whole arsenal of the valiant punitive battalion became scattered in the Donetsk fields.

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UAF & "Azov" Looted Civilian Targets in Shirokino – UN Report

Translated by Ollie Richardson for Fort Russ

31st May, 2016

Politnavigator

The mission of the Office of the High Commissioner of the UN, in its regular report on the observance of human rights, said that members of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and militants of the "Azov" battalion were  engaged in the looting of civilian property in the village of Shirokino, which has long been on the border between the positions of the UAF and the army of the DPR, but in the end were captured by the Ukrainian side.

The report says that the looting of civilian property in the village of Shirokino has led to migration flows and the emergence of civilian refugees.

Paragraph 25 of the report says: "The Ukrainian Armed Forces and armed groups held their ground and brought their weapons and personnel deeper into populated areas, thus violating their obligations under international humanitarian law."

Shirokino, a key locality in the "gray zone" between the government-controlled city of Mariupol and the city of Novoazovsk is under the control of armed groups. The OHCHR (the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights of the UN) has documented the widespread use of civilian buildings and facilities by the Ukrainian military and the "Azov" battalion, as well as the looting of civilian property, which led to migration.

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Pushilin: Ukraine will rejoin Russia soon enough

May 31, 2016 - 

PolitRussia - 

Translated by J. Arnoldski 

Ukraine’s regions will soon re-unify with Russia, stated the head of the National Council of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), Denis Pushilin.

“I am sure that the regions of Ukraine, in the near future, will have to think over what is more important for them - the idea of rabid nationalism, or the safety and welfare of their people. I think that first and foremost such questions should be put forth in Zaporozhya and Kharkov. It is logical that if they reject the ideas of rabid nationalism, then Ukraine will rejoin Russia,” Pushilin said in an interview with lenta.ru.

He added that the longer that Kiev fails to fulfill the Minsk Agreements, the more realistic this scenario will become.

According to Pushilin, the Ukrainian government is refraining from a large-scale offensive in Donbass because it fears resistance from the DPR and LPR.

“These are no longer disparate militia groups. The republics now have a fully-fledged army. Kiev knows that they will be be met with resistance, so it becomes smoother and easier to justify their hesitation with the claim that Russia could intervene,” he remarked and added that the republics are now discussing the fulfillment of the Minsk Agreements with Moscow. 

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(VIDEO) Avdeevka: UAF snipers shoot at OSCE observers and journalists

May 27, 2016 - 

Novorossiya - 

Translated by J. Arnoldski

Ukrainian snipers opened fire on observers and journalists during the evacuation of the bodies of dead DPR soldiers.

UAF fighters shot at international observers of the OSCE, and representatives of the Joint Center for Cooperation and Coordination, as well as journalists, during an operation to evacuate the bodied of dead serviceman of the DPR army. This has been reported by DAN with reference to a source in the Ministry of Defense of the republic.

The source told the agency: “During the evacuation of the bodies of fallen servicemen of the DPR near Avdeevka, Ukrainian snipers opened fire on OSCE observers, and representatives of the JCCC and defense ministry.”

According to the source, journalists from Xinhua and the Zvezda and Russia Today reporting crews were also in the area of the shooting.

“Everyone had to get down,” a representative of the Ministry of Defense recalled.

Shooting from the UAF side has current resumed.

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