EEV: Requires second source confirmation The aircraft at an altitude of over 10,000 meters could be shot down only with the weapons of the S-300 or Buk (Beech) missile systems MOSCOW, July 17. /ITAR-TASS/. Ukraine’s armed forces dispatched the Buk… Read More ›
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Ukraine shells Russian town killing 1 and injuring 2
Moscow sees ‘consequences’ after Ukrainian shell kills 1, injures 2 Sunday, 13 July 2014 An artillery shell from Ukraine has hit a private house in the Rostov region of Russia, killing a citizen and leaving two more injured. The Russian… Read More ›
Donetsk republic to get down to resolving its social, economic, defense problems – Military bases either change sides or be considered occupation troops
May 13, 7:34 UTC+4 “We are planning an appeal to the UN for declaring us a sovereign state but we don’t hope to get a positive answer”, co-chairman of the DPR Denis Pushilin say © ИТАР-ТАСС/ Константин Сазончик MOSCOW, May… Read More ›
5 Killed, 1 Injured in Special Operation in Ukraine’s Slaviansk
5 Killed, 1 Injured in Special Operation in Ukraine’s Slaviansk © RIA Novosti. Mikhail Voskresensky 17:36 24/04/2014 MOSCOW, April 24 (RIA Novosti) – The special operation against pro-federalization protesters underway in the eastern Ukrainian city of Slaviansk has left… Read More ›
Kiev Military Op in Eastern Ukraine, civilians reported killed
Tuesday, 15 April 2014 The activists who controlled the base said they were forced to retreat. “There are about 60 units of armored vehicles. They have been preparing for several days, and now they started to storm [the airfield]. The… Read More ›
Russia urges Ukraine to halt military preparations to avert civil war
“the operation involves some 150 American mercenaries from a private company Greystone Ltd” April 08, 0:49 UTC+4 MOSCOW “Units of the Interior troops and national guards as well as militants from the illegal armed formation ‘The Right Sector’ are being… Read More ›
Eastern Ukraine in Crisis: Clashes erupt as Kharkov protesters declare independence
By Russia Today Global Research, April 07, 2014 RT Region: Russia and FSU In-depth Report: UKRAINE REPORT – Police have clashed with anti-coup protesters in Kharkov, in an effort to push the crowd back from the administration building. Earlier, activists… Read More ›
Tensions rise as Ukraine’s military hardware pulls up to eastern border with Russia
Published time: March 16, 2014 21:30 Ukrainian tanks take part in a military exercise near Kharkiv March 14, 2014 (Reuters / Stringer) Ukrainian heavy military equipment, including armored personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles are heading towards the Russian… Read More ›
Moscow Reaffirms Right to Defend Russians in Ukraine
– justify military intervention in former Soviet countries, and signaled a possible expansion of the crisis in Ukraine – that Kiev’s new government was unable to maintain law and order and ensure public safety. 16:10 14/03/2014 MOSCOW, March 14 (RIA… Read More ›
SBU Detains Russian Army Reconnaissance Group In Kherson Region
(12:09, Wednesday, March 12, 2014) Ukrainian News Agency On March 12 at 01:00 the Security Service of Ukraine staff detected and detained a reconnaissance group of the Russian Armed Forces, which penetrated the territory of Kherson Region from Crimea bypassing… Read More ›
Billionaire Kolomoisky takes over in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, blasting Putin and Yanukovych
– Kolomoisky referred to Russian President Vladimir Putin as “a small-sized schizophreniac” who “went insane” and whose attempts to “revive the Russian Empire to the 1913 borders can bring world to disaster.” March 3, 2014, 9:36 p.m. Ukraine — by … Read More ›
Participants in a pro-Russia rally have seized the building of the regional state administration in Donetsk
(14:04, Monday, March 3, 2014). EEV Excerpt: “Taruta, whose fortune is estimated at $730 million, was said by his close circle to realize that he has agreed to a “suicide mission” by agreeing to govern Donetsk, Ukraine’s most populous oblast with… Read More ›
Oligarchs step in to save Ukraine’s sovereignty
EEV: This one statement say it all: “Since the overthrow of Viktor Yanukovych as president on Feb. 22, speculation has increased over the prospect of reprivatizing assets owned by the largest businesspeople who purchased them from the state at… Read More ›