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feel somewhat uneasy right now...as putins popularity goes down all the time,what does a murderous megalomaniac dictator do??
stir up some shit,escalate the current war,just to divert the attention elsewere so the big turd can cling to his power...
 
26.11.18 13:25
Poroshenko: "Decision to introduce martial law does not imply immediate mobilization"

Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko appealed to the Ukrainian servicemen during the meeting of the National Security and Defense Council, which gathered to address the introduction of martial law given the attack of Russian military on the Ukrainian Navy's warships in the Kerch Strait.
As reported by Censor.NET citing the presidential press office, Poroshenko says hundreds of reports are already being received on the readiness of the ATO veterans to counteract further possible aggressive actions of Russia.

"I want to say separately that we have already received hundreds of calls from ATO participants, from our soldiers who are now in reserve that they are already packing clothes and ready to defend the state," the president noted.

Clarifying the decision on the introduction of martial law, the head of state emphasized: "The decision does not imply immediate mobilization. But the corresponding work with the reserve of the first turn will be carried out".

"I appeal to you, dear veterans, be ready. We must ensure in the shortest possible time all the necessary measures to stop the enemy and protect our state," he noted.

Read more: NSDC proposes president to declare 60-day martial law in Ukraine over Kerch Strait incident

As reported, three Ukrainian vessels remain seized by Russian special forces in the Black Sea after fire was opened on them. Two Ukrainian boats Berdiansk and Nikopol were struck by enemy fire and lost their course. The Yanu Kapu tugboat was also forced to stop. At least six Ukrainian servicemen were wounded.

President Petro Poroshenko held a War Cabinet due to extraordinary events in the Azov Sea. Ukraine asked for a meeting of the UN Security Council to be urgently convened.

During an emergency meeting of the National Security and Defense Council, Poroshenko supported the proposal of the War Cabinet regarding the introduction of martial law in Ukraine.

 
Verkhovna Rada approves introduction of martial law in Ukraine
276 people’s deputies voted for the decision
22:58, 26 November 2018

The Verkhovna Rada adopted the draft law approving as a whole a presidential decree on the imposition of martial law in Ukraine. 112 Ukraine TV channel broadcasted the parliamentary session.

The bill and the presidential decree provide for the introduction of martial law for 60 days - from November 26 to January 25, but as a result of consultations they decided to limit the period of martial law to 30 days and appoint the presidential election for March 31, 2019 ( as it was before the imposition of martial law).

The President announced that martial law would be introduced in the following regions: Vinnytsia, Luhansk, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Sumy, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Kherson, as well as in the internal waters of the Azov-Kerch Strait.



Related: France, Netherlands, UK, Poland, and Sweden urge to release Ukrainian sailors


The document was presented by the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksandr Turchynov.

“As you know the period of martial law in our country was reduced from 60 to 30 days. The presidential decree instructs the military commanders of the executive and local authorities to take the necessary measures to ensure the defense, security of the population and the interests of the state, " Turchynov said.

Oleksandr Turchynov said that for the period of martial law in Ukraine, constitutional rights and freedoms of citizens may be restricted. He stressed that it is about the possibility of such restrictions, but not the mandatory application of such measures.

“In case of aggravation of conditions, escalation of the military situation, growing aggression of the Russian Federation, we must have such an instrument and such an opportunity during the martial law,” the Secretary of the National Defense Council said.

The law should be immediately made public through the media and will enter into force on the day of its publication published.

According to the explanatory note, state bodies are to put into effect a plan for the implementation and provision of Joint Forces Operation, ensuring the supply of the Armed Forces of Ukraine; the provision of services and their financing in amounts necessary in a special period.

The objects of the state system of civil protection are to be brought to full readiness; councils of defense and provision of assistance to the military command in the organization and implementation of measures of the legal martial law regime are to be created.

As it was reported, Viktor Muzhenko, the Head of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, told the entire course of events which lead to the escalation of the crisis in the Sea of Azov at the National Security and Defence Council session.
 
IR summary: the invaders in the Donbas urgently react to the introduction of martial law in the regions of Ukraine
29.11.2018 - 11:41

Operational data of group "Information Resistance"

After an act of open armed aggression against Ukraine, committed by Russia near the Kerch Strait on November 25, this year, and the response of Kiev in the form of the introduction of martial law in a number of regions of the country, including in the Donetsk and Lugansk region, the command of the Russian occupation forces in the Donbas began to take emergency measures, clearly fearing a large-scale offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

"1st Army Corps DPR" and "2nd Army Corps LPR" were immediately transferred to increased levels of combat readiness. The command of the occupiers conducts a whole complex to increase their combat capability — there is a manning of weapons and military equipment, a hidden manning of “reservists” (often, forcibly). The “2nd AK LPR” received at least 40 units of weapons and military equipment (mainly armored vehicles and vehicles, from storage bases or repaired) for additional staffing. More than 700 people have already been sent to both Army Corps. At the expense of this resource, combat units and subunits of the occupying forces are urgently staffed.

In order to urgently replenish the incomplete staff of units of the occupying troops at the expense of the local population, the Russian occupational command has conducted an agitation campaign in the temporarily occupied territories of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions. At the same time, in order to popularize the service in the occupying troops, the increase in the level of money for servicemen called up for “military service under the contract” has been announced from January 1, 2019 by 30%. Also in the "military registration and enlistment offices" the argument "to convince "candidates for service" from local residents is used that "the Russians are fighting mostly, and the locals only play the role of support”.

At the same time, in spite of these measures, “LPR military registration and enlistment offices” state only some cases of signing “contracts for service” by local residents. In response, the occupying command suggests them to intensify recruitment among workers of enterprises and mines, most of whom in have a reduced working week, and have accumulated large wage arrears.

Also, the command and administration of the invaders conduct training "anti-sabotage reserves", including verification of a centralized public alert system. The units of 1st and 2nd Army Corps work out issues of the deployment and operation of receiving points for equipment and personnel.

* * *

During the past week, the Russian occupation forces continued armed provocations and shelling in the area of the operation of the Joint Forces (JFO), firing an average of 9-10 times a day. Mainly, the occupants used automatic rifle armaments, heavy machine guns, mounted and handle grenade launchers, 82-mm and 120-mm mortars, anti-aircraft systems and standard armament of combat armored vehicles.

The main areas where the enemy conducted fire activity were the area in the so-called “Bakhmutka” route from the Zhelobok-Novotoshkovka area to Sokolniki (the main “hot” section was the positions of the Ukrainian troops in the area Krymskoe), the area of Svetlodarsk “arc” (the section from Nizhnee Lozovoe to the district south of Svetlodarsk), Pervomaisk and Popasnaya neighborhoods, Gorlovka suburbs (the area between Toretsk and Gorlovka, as well as Novgorodskoe and Verkhnetoretskoe districts), north-western outskirts of Donetsk (Peski, DAP and the section between Yasinovataya and Avdeevka), coastal areas (in fact, the entire area from Pavlopol to the coast).

Although the fire activity of the invaders has slightly decreased in comparison with previous periods, shelling and provocation of the occupying forces of the Russian Federation are aimed at inflicting fire destruction on the advanced units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and are carried out with the aim of opening their system of organization and firing.

In addition, the occupiers continue active sniper war and comprehensive reconnaissance of the battle orders of the Ukrainian troops, right up to the operational-tactical depth. At the same time, there has been a sharp increase in agent intelligence (primarily using the local population living in the front-line zone), conducting information and subversive actions in this zone, as well as the use of technical intelligence equipment.

The use of the newest Russian complex of electronic warfare the Repellent-1 by the operational grouping of the Russian occupation forces against UAV, the development of which was completed in the Russian Federation only in 2016, was noted in the zone of responsibility of “1st Army Corps DPR”.

To support the activities of units of 1st and 2nd Army Corps of the Russian occupation forces, , about 2,100 tons of fuel and lubricants (railway stations Rovenky and Borisovka) were delivered from Russia over the last weekly period, and another “humanitarian convoy” arrived through the uncontrolled check points Izvarino and Uspenka, delivering about 400 tons of cargo to the occupied territories.

Other military activities:

- In the north-western outskirts of Lugansk, a column of 4 Kraz-255 and 4 pontoons PMP-M was marked. Last week (November 22-23), “battalions of the territorial defense of the LPR” got 3 pontoons from the Russian Federation. It should be noted that the only one water obstacle in the action line of the units of the “2ndArmy Corps LPR” is the River Seversky Donets (the entire left bank of this river right up to the border with the Russian Federation is occupied by the JF units). The “LPR” militants are actively discussing the prospects of an “offensive through the Seversky Donets”, which cause an extremely negative reaction among the militants themselves. Several more pontoons from the Russian Federation were transferred to the territory of the “DPR” along the M-03 highway (the number and route are being specified);

- The occupants finish the final equipping of the new battalion defense area behind the Starolspa in the second echelon (tactical level). There are a number of new platoon stronghold points, firing positions for combat armored vehicles and other firing assets. The abundance of positions for fire weapons such as mounted grenade launchers, heavy machine guns and is noteworthy mortars in the depth of the defense;

-The transfer of small groups of armored vehicles between Vesylogorovka and Kalinovo recorded again (for the last day - 4 BMP-1 and 1 MT-LB, 2 MT-LB (one with 100 mm MT-12 "Rapier" on the trailer). Occupants strengthen their advanced units in the southeast of the Svetlodarsk Arc. The positions for mortars are observed to the north of Veselogorovka;



- Simultaneously “combat coordination” of several battalion tactical groups ends at a number of training grounds (at the Mospino, Manuylovka and Primorsky) in the “1st Army Corps DPR”. We are talking about 2 separate mechanized battalions, reinforced by tank and artillery units of the company level, with attached air defense systems, as well as the "shock" group based on the tank battalion from the 1st, 5th separate mechanized brigades and separate tank battalion "Diesel". The command of the "Army Corps" intends to get very soon at its disposal a strike formation of 3-4 BTGs capable of conducting offensive actions in any direction. It should be noted that these units received a priority in the staffing of weapons and military equipment and personnel in the last two months. In addition, enhanced “additional training” and “recruiting” are carried out at once in several units of the company branch as “reserve” in the 9th and 11th separate mechanized brigades.

* * *

The command of the “1st Army Corps DPR” demanded to restore order with the “food of the military personnel who are at the forefront” from the commanders of several “units and subunits”. Earlier, a commission from the “Corps headquarters” worked in these units and revealed “significant shortcomings” in the organization of food supply for “units and subunits”. This mainly concerns the failure to observe basic sanitary and hygienic standards, the incompatibility of the “real supply to the established standards”, as well as the banal shortage of products in warehouses.

In the “DNR” information space (media, social networks, rumors), a whole series of fakes is accelerating about the massive transfer of NATO troops to Ukraine. According to this misinformation, Odessa becomes the “base of the British fleet,” Poland sends a huge amount of artillery and mortar ammunition to AFU, “Polish mercenaries in the British uniform” fight in the area of Schastie – Stanitsa Luganskaya. There are also fakes about the transfer of German (according to another version - Canadian) Special Forces to the region of Gorlovka, aimed at the destruction of the civilian population,.

At the same time, new problems with fuel supply are fixed in the “DPR” and “LPR”. At a number of gas stations it is no fuel at all. And where there is fuel, it is characterized by extremely low quality (mainly we are talking about the most popular brands of gasoline).

In order to resolve the "fuel crisis", “LPR leaders” decided to reduce the import duty on fuel and lubricants from $ 150 to $ 50 per ton. At the same time, in order to compensate for the decline in income in the so-called “LPR Budget”, the Russian occupation authorities introduced / increased the excise tax on motor vehicles, tobacco products and a number of food products.

The medical institutions in the occupied territory of the Luhansk region are staffed by 40% medical personnel. An acute shortage of specialized specialists is observed in the cities of Lugansk, Pervomaisk, Alchevsk, Bryanka, Anthratsit.

"Donetsk City Employment Center" announced the availability of 400 vacancies of doctors with a salary of 3-5 thousand rubles in specialized institutions in Donetsk.

IR
 
Russian attache earlier deported from Ukraine for espionage continues "diplomatic" work in Belarus – media
06.12.2018 - 17:12
Russian Ambassador to Belarus, Mikhail Babich, the ex-intel officer and Putin's special envoy, was had once been denied Ukrainian approval for leading the Russian embassy in Kyiv, someone from his current diplomatic team in Minsk has a more extensive Ukrainian experience, UNIAN reports according to edition Belarus Partisan.

This is Kirill Kolyuchkin, a Russian military attache in Belarus and a Russian military intelligence operative.

The Belarusian public was recently alarmed by a tweet of the Russian propaganda RT chief editor, Margarita Simonyan, claiming it would be good for citizens of Belarus to have facilitated access to obtaining Russian citizenship (by analogy with Ukrainians, whom Putin recently promised the same). That's if to say she feels that soon something will start in Belarus that is similar to what has happened or is happening in Ukraine.

"Does she know something?" the journalist asks in his article.

In the context of Simonyan's statement, Kolyucjkin is a rather interesting figure.

Until June 2014, the man had been a Naval Attache at the Russian Embassy in Ukraine. He was expelled from the country for activities "incompatible with the status of a diplomat" and declared persona non grata.

In that tragic year for the Ukrainians, the local Foreign Ministry reported on the incident: “As a result of a successful counterintelligence operation on April 30, a Russian diplomat was detained by the Ukrainian Security Service at the scene of an undercover action.”

The Ukrainian authorities never disclosed the details of their sting raid. However, it is known that before the victory of the Ukrainian Revolution, Kolyuchkin played a significant role in undermining Ukrainian statehood as such, the article reads.

At the time of the start of the Russian operation aimed at seizing the Ukrainian Crimea, Kolyuchkin was in office and "could not be unaware" of the upcoming developments and plans, including the role that the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation would play in the subsequent occupation.

After being expelled from Ukraine, Kolyuchkin “resurfaced” in Belarus, also in the Russian embassy, and in an almost similar position.

Despite the fact that little is known about his activities in Belarus, it is worth noting that until a certain point, nothing had been known about his career in Ukraine, either.

The authors of the publication suggest: "It is logical to assume that while in Belarus, Kolyuchkin has been working on the same things he had worked in Ukraine."
 
IR summary: the occupation command prepares for two scenarios of the “offensive of Ukrainian Armed Forces”
07.12.2018 - 19:51

Operational data group "Information Resistance"

The Russian occupation forces in the Donbas continue armed provocations and shelling of positions of units from the Joint Forces (JF), as well as settlements near the demarcation line (while their number has significantly increased from 9-10 to 22-25 per day). The enemy, in the course of the attacks, also uses types of armaments that are “forbidden” by Minsk agreements - 120-mm mortars, 122-mm and 152-mm artillery systems, occasionally - 122-mm MLRS “Grad-P” (“Partizan”). The use of such weapons as regular armament of armored combat vehicles has become more frequent. The appearance in the first line of individual and pairs tanks is noted. The enemy is more active in using anti-aircraft guns ZU-23-2 and ATGW.

The main areas where the occupation forces show fire activity are:

- Area of "Bakhmutka" (from Novotoshkovka to Sokolniki, including the district of Krymskoe),

- Both flanks of the Svetlodarsk arc (including the Troitskoe and Popasnaya districts, the area south of Svetlodarsk and north of Nizhny Lozovoy),

- Western and northeastern outskirts of Gorlovka,

- The area of the north-western outskirts of Donetsk (Peski, Putilovka, area of DAP, Yasinovataya-Avdiivka),

- Area south of Donetsk (Dokuchaevsk and south),

- Mariupol direction (from Pavlopol to the coast).

There has been a sharp increase in the enemy’s conduct of all types of reconnaissance - from the agent in the front-line, to EW throughout the area of the operation. The activity of using UAVs for the purposes of reconnaissance and monitoring is also increasing.

In general, after the introduction of martial law in a number of regions of Ukraine, “nervousness” is noted in the actions of the Russian occupation forces in the Donbas (sporadic, chaotic open of fire, reinforcement of duty personnel and assets, redeployment of additional reserves directly to the first line). At the same time, the formations of both "Army Corps" are brought to increased degrees of combat readiness on a larger length of the entire demarcation line. In number of “brigades, regiments and battalions”, the release and dismissal of personnel was totally canceled, and their command expects a sharp escalation in the conduct of hostilities at any moment. In general, in the territory controlled by the “DPR” and “LPR”, the command of the Russian occupation forces decided to strengthen the administrative-police and counterintelligence regime, transfer all so-called "Power structures" on enhanced duty.

Other military activity:

- the combat use of high-precision artillery ammunition of the Krasnopol type of Russian production by the occupiers in the area of responsibility of “1st Army Corps DPR” of the operational grouping of the Russian occupation troops was recorded. This is adjustable 152/155-mm caliber artillery ammunition, which is designed to destroy armored targets and military objects from the first shot. Correction is performed by aerodynamic control fins, and in the final flight segment by the laser mark on the target. Krasnopol was developed in the Tula Instrument Design Bureau (RF). Serial production is conducted by Izhmash OJSC (Izhevsk, Russian Federation) and LOMO JSC (St. Petersburg, Russian Federation);

- The command of the “2nd Army Corps LPR” continues measures to strengthen the flanks of its “Stakhanov grouping”. During the week, the redeployment of small groups of armored vehicles to the Slavyanoserbsk region and north-west to Sentyanovka and Dachnoe was recorded. In the area to the south of Bakhmutka, moving groups of armored combat vehicles (3-4 units BMP-1/2, BTR-70 /80, less often MT-LB) were observed in the general direction to the north-west. Thus, in the region north of Stepovoe, a group of 5 BTR-70/80, 2 BRDM-2 and 1 MT-LB was noted. Earlier, in the area of Petrovenki - 4 BMP-1 and 1 BRM-1K. North of Vesogorovka - equipment of new firing positions for 120-mm mortars and the appearance of new armored vehicles in the area of Kalinovo, and a group of 3 BMP-1 was noted (which the occupants already had used in a number of attacks on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine). All this speaks about the purposeful and complex nature of these regroupings and activities (it is also worth recalling that the invaders had been actively turning the Pervomayka area into a powerful fortified area over the past month, completing with various means of destruction and mining "tank-dangerous" areas, as the IR group reported earlier);

- The command of the “2nd Army Corps LPR” does not reinforce directly only the first line, but also forms “duty” reserve groups in the second echelon. Thus, in the area of the Bakhmutka route between Aleksandrovsk and the intersection at Stepovoe, a group of 6 T-72 and several BMP-1, accompanied by army trucks, was fixed on the march. This is one of the reserve groups intended for high-quality reinforcement and carrying out counter-attacking actions in the event of a break-through of the Armed Forces of Ukraine into the tactical depth on the right flank of the “Stakhanov grouping” of the occupying forces;

- On the highway N-21 in the direction of Donetsk, a transfer of two batches of tanks is fixed during the week;

- In the area between Donetsk and Gorlovka (Betmanovo - Panteleimonovka - Mikhailovka), the occupants also reinforce certain areas. In this case, the command of the “1st Army Corps DPR” is worried about the junction with the “3rdseparate mechanized brigade”, which occupies positions in the “Gorlovka balcony”. Thus, in this area along the route, the appearance of additional combat armored vehicles is noted, as well as the equipment of positions for ATGW and anti-aircraft systems (type 9K35 Strela-10 and ZU-23-2);

- The cycle of combat coordination of a number of units of the battalion / divisional level with combat shooting continues in the “1st Army Corps DPR” and “2nd Army Corps LPR”. Thus, a number of units from the 5th brigade (including tank and artillery units - at least 30 tanks and up to the artillery division of 2 batteries), a number of artillery units from the 4th and 2nd brigades are at the training grounds south-west and west of Lugansk (also motorized rifle battalion, tank and artillery company / battery as reinforcement)., special attention is paid to the interaction between tanks and artillery during combat coordination.

* * *

The old misinformation about the impending large-scale offensive of the Ukrainian troops is growing over with specifics. In particular, at the suggestion of "Russian specialists" in the headquarters of both Army Corps of the occupying forces of the Russian Federation in the Donbas, "two plans for the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine" are being discussed. According to the Russians, there are British and American "plans."

According to the “British plan”, after some kind of provocation conducted by JF in the Gorlovka area, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will go on to active offensive actions to encircle and isolate Gorlovka in order to “ensure the safety of civilians”. The duration of the “active phase” is up to 4 days, the planned result is the encirclement and destruction of the Gorlovka grouping of the “1st Army Corps DPR” (which is based on the “3rd separate mechanized brigade”). The use of chemical weapons by “British military experts” (the IR group reported earlier about the dissemination of such misinformation in the “DPR”) is being considered as an initial provocation, which should be a pretext for the attack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. There is also a possible option - “in order to avoid an environmental catastrophe” in connection with the “burial of radiation waste by the Russians” and “raising mine water”.

According to the “American plan”, the planned “large-scale offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine” will allegedly be carried out in the Mariupol region. After provocation in the form of “attack by the Marines of the DPR” (which will be represented by units of the Joint forces disguised as invaders) on Mariupol, the Armed Forces of Ukraine inflict massive air and missile strikes on the objects in the “DPR” and “LPR” - the infrastructure (bridges, overpasses, industrial facilities), command posts and control posts of the occupying forces of the Russian Federation, ammunition depots, vehicles parking, locations of "formations". The time of conducting is up to 5 days, and the planned result is the cutting off “DPR” from the Sea of Azov and the exit of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to the state border with Russia in the Novoazovsk region.

According to the occupational command, representatives of “major Western media and PR companies” have already been brought to Mariupol to create the “picture” that Kiev needs.

Also the headquarters of both Army Corps of the occupying troops consider the possibility of implementing of both plans - "British" and "American" by JF at the one time.

* * *

The Russian occupational command in the temporarily occupied territories of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions continues to actively carry out a campaign aimed at replenishing incomplete personnel of units of 1st and 2nd Army Corps of the occupying forces. To this end, the occupation administrations and the occupying command have stepped up their work among graduates of secondary and specialized secondary educational institutions for their recruitment to "contract military service".

At the same time, "servicemen" from motorized rifle "brigades and regiments" of the occupying forces, whose contracts have ended, cannot resign from service. The command explains its refusal to dismiss militants and Russian mercenaries with two arguments — increased combat readiness and the inability to “replace” a “soldier” by someone (there is simply no reinforcement). At the same time, the staffing level of the advanced units at the level of 50% of the regular number is considered as “very satisfactory”.

The command of both Army Corps is making titanic efforts to establish normal operation of the motor transport of units in winter conditions. The transition to the winter period of exploitation of equipment and weapons showed that in a number of brigades, battalions and regiments there are not enough elementary material and technical means - automobile tires, winter engine oils, spare parts, etc. There is a sharp decrease in the number of vehicles for full operation in difficult weather conditions, while the use of suitable transport increases dramatically. The command of occupants hope for urgent and quality assistance in the form of deliveries of relevant spare parts and supply from the territory of the Russian Federation.

* * *

During the Russian occupation of the Donbas, all mines (“named after Gayevoy”, “named after Kalinin”, “named after Rumyantsev”, etc.) are flooded in the settlement Gorlovka, Donetsk region, which operated until the beginning of the Russian aggression. As a result of soil subsidence, there is a gradual destruction of residential buildings. Representatives of the occupation authorities state the fact of the lack of funds to stabilize the situation, and promises to build a drainage system are not being fulfilled due to the lack of promised assistance from Russia.

The occupation authorities take measures to counter Ukrainian radio broadcasting to the territory controlled by the “DPR”. In particular, the management of the so-called “GE Radio and Television Transmitting Center” (subordinate to the “Ministry of Communications of the DPR”) instructed to dismantle transmitter ATRS 50/5 on a TV tower in Donetsk (before the beginning of hostilities, it provided broadcasting of such TV channels as UT-1). They plan to install 9 transmitters in its place that must jam the Ukrainian signal and distribute their own.

Employees of mine No. 23 (Partizanskaya mine, Anthracite, Lugansk region) tried to start a strike because of three-month wage arrears. However, local representatives of the “law enforcement bodies of the LPR” suppressed the action of disobedience by applying physical influence and moral and psychological pressure. At the same time, the main organizers of the protest were dismissed.

IR
 
With Ukraine, there are tangible reasons for the Ruskies to covet it. Like the natural gas fields.

What resources does Belarus have that they want? Or this just the first step towards having a west coast on the Baltic Sea?
Imperial ambitions, nothing more. Resources do not matter.
 
Regarding the protests in France
08.12.2018 - 18:59
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In continuation of my previous post that Europe should pay attention to the Russian mass disinformation media, which feel easy in the EU countries and continue to shape the Moscow information agenda needs. But now it is in the context of the events in France.

Just two weeks ago, we noted that Moscow uses in France a bunch of special correspondents of rating misinformation media, many of which had previously been noted on the “Ukrainian information front” and in other countries where Russia tried to interfere in internal affairs and destabilize the situation. We also talked about the fact that French law enforcers clearly need to take a closer look at groups on social networks that call for destructive actions, as well as protesters and “instigators”, where they will definitely find the Russian hybrid trail.

And as shown by the current stage of these protests, this trace has appeared (and this is not even the tip of the iceberg). As the media notes, two French propagandists of the “Russian world” in yellow vests, meeting with symbols of the so-called “DNR”, were noticed on the streets of Paris during the protests.

The two men in the photo are Fabrice Sorlin and Xavier Moreau.

Sorlin is the leader of the ultra-right organization Dies Irae (“Doomsday”), a member of the French National Front party, the former head of the France-Europe-Russia Association, the head of the Katehon analytical center (whose supervisory board includes the well-known ideologue of the "Russian world", Alexander Dugin, and this the structure is under the patronage and funding of the Russian GRU).

Moreau participated in the so-called "elections" in the occupied territory of Donbas as an "international observer." He lives and works in Moscow. He is also the author of the book "Ukraine. Why France deceives itself."

So if anyone doubts the connections of these two "peaceful protesters" with the special services of the Russian Federation, and in particular with the GRU (now the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces), welcome to the club of simpletons.

It is worth recalling to the French: where the shadow of the GRU appears, there is the smell of blood and death. Suffice it to recall Salisbury.

By the way, two days ago, a representative of the Elysée Palace said: special services believe that some protesters will arrive in Paris with the intention of committing acts of vandalism and murder. And the appearance of sacred victims during the protests (which, for example, someone would be shot in the back from the crowd) would only further radicalize the protest is clear to anyone.

For this reason, Europeans would obviously have had to stop being in the thrall of illusions, and it would be appropriate to look at such things with a sober look. In this context, the information of the Ukrainian authorities about the visits by citizens of EU countries - representatives of various parties and radical organizations of the territories of Ukraine occupied by Russia - this is a very serious signal. These citizens go there with the money and in the interests of the Russian special services. And the main issue is what they do when they return home. It should be the main concern of counterintelligence and law enforcement officers of these European countries.

Moscow wants to disorganize Europe and wreak havoc in it.

And it will no longer be possible to fight Moscow’s hybrid aggression in the EU by talking at conferences and appeasing statements at briefings. It is a fact.

Dmitry Tymchuk, IR coordinator
 
About the POW status for Ukrainian navy men
10.12.2018 - 10:31
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The Kremlin, through the mouth of clown from the Russian FSB, said that Ukrainian navy men, which were captured at 25th of November of this year near the Kerch Strait, "cannot be considered as prisoners of war, because the Russian Federation and Ukraine are not in a state of military conflict or war".

The first and most important, concerning the position of the Kremlin as "I am not me, and the horse is not mine» that is non-recognition of its aggression against Ukraine. The Geneva Conventions say that “in the case of declared war or any other armed conflict” between countries, the Conventions are in force, “even if one of them does not recognize the state of war” (Article 2 of II and IV Geneva Conventions). And the Kremlin knows about it

Now let's start from the beginning.

So, on March 18, 2014, Moscow announced “the integration of the Crimea and Sevastopol into the Russian Federation”. Ostensibly - on the basis of a "referendum" in the Crimea. However, the “referendum”, as is known, were declared invalid by an absolute majority of the countries members of the UN General Assembly (only a miserable handful of Russian satellites and rogue states recognized it). It means that the “integration of the Crimea” was conducted with gross violations of international law by the Russian Federation.

Moreover, the Russian military personnel were used to establish control over the territory, including the Ukrainian military and government buildings, ports, and sea space. This is the “armed conflict”, the fact of which is denied by Moscow.

This is confirmed by the current report of the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), which states: this conflict is classified as an international armed conflict between Ukraine and the Russian Federation, which arose no later than February 26, 2014. According to the assessment of the Office of the Prosecutor, the law of international armed conflicts still applies to the situation in Crimea after March 18, 2014, because the state of occupation in fact remains in Crimea and Sevastopol.

At the same time, the establishment of the fact of the “legality” of the initial intervention, which led to the occupation, is not required. An international conflict is recognized, if one or more states partially or fully occupy the territory of another state, regardless of whether the occupation is accompanied by open use of their armed forces or not.

So, the ICC states: since 2014, there has been an armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine, which began with the Russian occupation. The Prosecutor’s Office of Crimea clarifies: “according to the given assessment, the law of international armed conflicts (international humanitarian law) continues to apply to this situation, including the status of prisoners of war.

At the same time with the events in the Crimea, the situation in the east of Ukraine turned into a conflict, accompanied by the deployment of units of the RF Armed Forces into the territory of Donbas and shelling of Ukrainian units from the territory of Russia. On July 17, 2014, an MH-17 aircraft was shot down over the territory of Ukraine. The investigation, initiated by an agreement between Ukraine, Malaysia, the Netherlands and other countries, established that the plane was shot down by Russian air defense system from one of the Russian units from the territory controlled by anti-government armed groups, which are under control of the RF.

Over the following years, clashes of varying degrees of tension between the anti-government forces supported by the Russian Federation, with the participation of units of the regular armed forces of Russia, and the armed forces of Ukraine continued in the territory of Eastern Ukraine.

At the same time, Ukraine used the “right of retreat”: according to Article 4 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the participating States have the right to withdraw from the provisions of the Covenant subject to prior official announcement of the existence of a state of emergency associated with the threat to the life of the nation. The message of Ukraine about the retreat was that "the continuing armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine ... war crimes and crimes against humanity" are a state of emergency in which the nation is under threat in the definition of paragraph 1 of Article 4 of the ICCPR.

In early 2018, Ukraine adopted a law “On the peculiarities of state policy to ensure the state sovereignty of Ukraine over the temporarily occupied territories in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions”, by which Russia is defined as the aggressor, and the fact of the Russian occupation of part of Donbas was stated.

Thus, according to international definition, and national legislation, the situation in the annexed Crimea and eastern Ukraine is equivalent to an armed conflict between the Russian Federation and Ukraine.

Dmitry Tymchuk, IR coordinator
 
IR Summary: Occupants continue to spread rumors about the "planned chemical attack of the armed forces of Ukraine" among the local population
15.12.2018 - 09:04

Operational data group "Information Resistance"

The Russian occupation forces continue to shell the positions of the Joint Forces and the settlements located near the demarcation line, using heavy weapons that are "prohibited" by the Minsk agreements. In the course of armed provocations, the occupying forces opened fire with automatic rifle armaments, heavy machine guns, hand-held and mounted grenade launchers, anti-aircraft systems, standard armament of armored combat vehicles, and also occasionally ATGMs and artillery guns.

The main areas of "tension" are:

- The area of the highway “Bakhmutka” near Novotoshkovka, Krymskoe and Sokolniki,

- The area of "Svetlodarsk arc" and Popasnaya,

- The region of the north-eastern, western, south- and north-western outskirts of Gorlovka,

- In the area of Peski, Avdiivka,

- To the south of Donetsk - in the area of Starognatovka,

- At the Mariupol direction - from Pavlopol to the coast near Shyrokino.

At the same time, the high activity of the enemy's sniper groups and carrying out a number of rotations and rearrangements by the enemy is noted in several sectors of the front line (mainly in the region north-west of Lugansk, Gorlovka and south of Donetsk).

The enemy’s on-duty artillery crews are in a state of constant combat readiness for inflicting fire strikes against the combat orders of the Joint forces. They are trained daily to work on deployment at advance firing positions.

In connection with the deterioration of weather conditions, the enemy was forced to reduce the intensity of conducting aerial reconnaissance of combat orders of the Joint forces using UAVs. The enemy focused particular attention on refining the operational situation, identifying changes in the combat orders and location of the Joint forces reserves, as well as opening the control system of the Ukrainian troops.

In connection with the work of the OSCE special monitoring mission, the Russian occupying forces conduct additional measures to disguise weapons and equipment, as well as to limit their movement.

Attempts by the commanders of the occupying units to organize so-called “anti-sabotage” ambushes, mine traps in the neutral zone and other measures to counteract the military intelligence of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in certain areas are noted. Also the vigorous activity of sniper and maneuverable EW enemy’s groups along the entire contact line continues to be noted.

In order to improve the skills of personnel from 1st and 2nd Army Corps of the RF occupying forces with communication means, the radio training was conducted during the last week in various radio networks and radio communication lines of the tactical level of the control system.

According to a unified plan of the Southern Military District RF Armed Forces, headquarters of 1st and 2nd Army Corps prepare for the conducting (December 20-25) the so-called “Joint command and staff exercises” with access to the concentration areas.

Also during the so-called “Combat training weeks” (December 3-9), units and subunits of the 1st and 2nd Army Corps worked out questions on reduction the personnel to the highest levels of combat readiness, as well as the deployment of reception and replenishment points.

In the temporarily occupied territory, the enemy continues to carry out activities aimed at manning the units and subunits 1st and 2nd Army Corps LDPR with personnel. So, from December 3 of this year, trainings with reservists are held who performed military service in tank and artillery units, communications and air defense forces, as well as with persons who have higher military education. According to the results of the training, the command of 1st and 2nd Army Corps plans to carry out the formation of combat crews for armored vehicles, air defense systems, as well as artillery and mortar crews.

Other military activity:

- In the AOR of 2nd Army Corps, south of Bakhmutka, the occupiers equip positions at several sites of the “second line”. The work of engineering equipment is noted (both military and civil). Such work in the winter, in bad weather conditions, makes it necessary to pay special attention - it can be either about attempts by invaders to strengthen their defenses in view of the mythical expected “offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine”, or to prevent counter-attacks of the Armed Forces during the offensive of the 2nd Army Corps “LPR”. The works are noted on the site north of Zimogorye (Stepovoe District), between Khoroshiy and Petrovenki, between Sentyanovka and Dachnoe;

- The area of Hrustalniy: the concentration of the barrel artillery MLRS of the enemy is noted again. Northeast of this settlement, the 4 units of the 152-mm 2A36 “Hyacint-B” guns were fixed on the march, to the south - 6 units of the 152-mm D-20 type guns and the 4 122-mm MLRS BM-21 “Grad”, as well as dozen cargo trucks and 2 MT-LB;

- On the highway N-21, there is a movement of tractors and trawls (in the last 24 hours - up to 10 units), two columns of 10-12 trucks and up to 5 units of BTR-80 were also recorded in the direction of Donetsk;

- The redeployment of an armored group or mobile control point (8 combat armored vehicles, including combat control point vehicle, and 4 trucks) to the north was noted in the area of Dolgoe. 2 anti-aircraft systems of type ZU-23-2 were fixed in the column;

- At the training ground of the invaders in the area of Manuylovka, the combat coordination of the tank battalion (BTGr) with attached artillery and air defense systems continues. 27 tanks (type T-72), 4 BMP-1/2, 2 BRM-1K, 6 units of 122-mm guns of type D-30/30A are marked. A combat firing is planned;

- In the area south of Alchevsk, 6 tanks of the T-64 type and 4 units of 122-mm self-propelled guns of the 2S1 “Gvozdika” type were marked on the march eastwards. In the same direction - 1 MT-LB, 2 BMP-1, up to 10 “Ural” and “KamAZ”.

* * *

The “DPR MGB” began an unscheduled and unofficial check of the “leakage of secret information about the numerical and qualitative composition of the people's militia units” (1st Army Corps “DPR”) “in the media and social networks”. We are talking about the 9th separate mechanized regiment (Novoazovsk District), information about a chronic shortage in which came in open access, with reference to certain photos and quoting of "official documents". What exactly is being said is not yet known, despite the fact that the data on the shortage of personnel in the 9thseparate mechanized regiment is a well-known fact for a long time (in some units less than 50% of the staff).

In a number of sectors of the front, the Russian command conducted to supply ammunition for the advanced units of the “1st Army Corps DPR” with the help of civilian vehicles seized from enterprises and the local population. Mines, shells, ammunition are delivered by minibuses, tractors, "civilian-type" trucks. According to the logic of the Russian command, this makes it possible to solve several problems at once: it is much more difficult for Ukrainian intelligence to “recognize” such transport; in the case of interception of such kind of transport by the Ukrainian special operation team or a fire strike on it, it can be argued that "AFU attack civilians"; at the same time, the lifespan of army vehicles is saved.

In Kadievka (formerly Stakhanov), the occupants carried out “filtration” measures with checking vehicles, documents from local population. According to militants, the purpose of these activities was to search for a deserter (or a group of deserters) with weapons.

* * *

A massive "call" by the leadership of the so-called “UOC MP” of its clergymen from LDPR to the unoccupied territory of Ukraine is noted. The main points where the priests of the “UOC-MP” from the “LDPR” have to arrive are Slavyansk (Donetsk region) and Pochayev (Ternopol region). The reason for the "call" was not disclosed.

Amid of the Kremlin’s promised “chemical attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the help of foreign military specialists,” all sorts of rumors spread among the militants and the local population in the “DPR” and “LPR”. In particular - about the allegedly preparing "bombing of Gorlovka with chemical bombs," about arriving "tanks with poisonous gases inscribed in German under the protection of the Right Sector" at the front "near Donetsk" at the disposal of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and also about the fact that in a number of front-line settlements(in particular, in some areas of Mariupol), where "a large number of pro-Russian-adjusted population" lives, the Ukrainian command is already allegedly "testing the chemical weapons sent by the West" on local residents. In general, the range of rumors is very wide.

Local occupation administration in Gorlovka, Makeyevka and other settlements turned the fraud with the salaries of local “state employees”. According to the promise of the “DPR” leadership, their salaries were increased up to 15-20% more, but all extra charges and additional payments were removed. As a result, the salary of “state employees” has practically not changed, in some cases it has decreased.

CJSC Stirol (Gorlovka, Donetsk region, about 300 employees) continues to accumulate wage arrears to employees from September 2018. The last payment took place in August of this year - an average of 4 thousand rubles per worker.

IR
 
So if I understood the update correctly. The fighting continues to rage but the field of battle (battle lines) remain fairly static. Also many "state Employee's" are owed back pay and are not getting the pay promised.

What do you project is going to develop?
 
Anaconda, do you see any chance of ever getting the Crimea back?
The economic collapse of Russia which will lead to its collapse.
How to achieve this? - The oil and gas embargo will destroy the Russian economy at the most within a year.
What is the interest to introduce an embargo for Western countries? - Avoid the proliferation of nuclear weapons. You do not need to be a genius to understand that Ukraine could not save its nuclear weapons about any aggression of Russia.
At the present time, all without exception see that nuclear weapons are the only way to preserve their independence and territorial integrity. As a result, you must either recognize the right of everyone to nuclear weapons, or show the example of Russia destroying its economy to what leads to a violation of international law.
 
IR summary: the occupiers reinforce their units in the Mariupol direction
21.12.2018 - 13:25

Operational data group "Information Resistance"

The Russian occupation forces continue to carry out shelling and armed provocations in the area of the demarcation line in the Donbas. During the week, shelling from the formations of the occupation group was recorded with an average of 10-15 per day. At the same time, the occupants mainly used automatic small arms, large-caliber machine guns, handle and mounted grenade launchers, mortars (82-mm and 120-mm), regular armament of combat armored vehicles, anti-aircraft guns (ZU-23-2) and ATGM. Also during the week, there were cases of firing from single (pair) guns of 122 mm barrel artillery.

Basically, the enemy opens fire in the dark time of day with aim to provoke advanced units of the Joint Forces to open return fire with further reconnaissance and determination of the location of firing assets of the Ukrainian troops on the ground. Separate shelling, including the use of heavy weapons (120-mm mortars, 122-mm artillery), was carried out in order to exert moral and psychological pressure on the personnel of advanced JF units or provoke discontent among the civilian population living near the demarcation line. It is noteworthy that the enemy also fires at social infrastructure facilities in this area - power lines, transformer and pumping stations, etc.

The main areas where the enemy was active during the week were:

- The area of the Bakhmutka highway (from Novotoshkovka to Sokolniki),

- The area of the left flank and the “top” of the Svetlodarsk arc (near Popasnaya, the area south of Svetlodarsk and Nizhny Lozovoy),

- Gorlovka perimeter,

- North-western outskirts of Donetsk,

- Mariupol direction (from Pavlopol and Piszhevik to the coast near Shyrokino).

At the same time, active activity of the enemy's sniper groups, special operation teams and covert engineering groups is observed in the first line and in the neutral zone. Every day, enemy formations actively use the neutral zone to conduct reconnaissance and observation of the JF positions, rapid attacks on the advanced AFU positions and hidden mining. The intensive use of reconnaissance equipment (UAVs, EW equipment) by the occupation forces and attempts to conduct sabotage in the closest tactical zone of the JF are also noted.

Also the direct striving of the enemy’s sabotage groups to destroy armored and motor vehicles of the JF units directly is noted at the forward positions and in their nearest tactical rear. For what purpose, the enemy command periodically organizes hidden raids of fire groups specially prepared from trained personnel (armed with handle grenade launchers and anti-tank systems) to the neutral zone. These groups, covertly taking disguised and prepared firing positions in the neutral zone, suddenly open fire on the locations of the identified JF equipment and quickly retreat to their positions. In this case, the enemy uses intense automatic machine-gun fire (and sometimes mortar) to cover the actions of these groups.

In connection with the work of the SMM OSCE, the Russian occupying forces take additional measures to camouflage military equipment, as well as to limit its movement in all sectors along the demarcation line.

To support the activities of units and subunits of 1st and 2nd Army Corps of the operational group of the Russian occupation troops, about 2,100 tons of fuel and lubricants were delivered from the territory of Russia (the railway station Rovenky).

Other military activity:

- Combat use of the UAV “Aileron-3” is recorded in the zone of responsibility of 1stand 2nd Army Corps of operational group of the Russian occupation forces. This type of UAV is part of the short-range complex of aerial reconnaissance and surveillance and was developed by the Russian enterprise JSC “ENIKS” (Russia, Kazan). The complex of this type entered in service to the units and subunits of the Russian armed forces of the Central Military District in the first half of 2015;

- 10 platforms with tanks arrived at the railway station “Debaltsevo” that were in the repair and restoration work in Lugansk;

- In connection with the beginning of the new training year from December 10 of this year, , training camps with snipers from units of the 2nd Army Corps LPR began at the “Centralniy” training ground, according to a unified plan of the Southern Military District of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. And from December 11 this year, according to the unified plan of combat training, the units of 1st and 2nd Army Corps of the occupying forces were moved to the “Udarny”, “Centralniy” and “Udaloy” training grounds;

- In the framework of (December 20-25 of this year) the so-called “Joint command and staff exercises” with units of 1st and 2nd Army Corps “LDPR” under the leadership of the Russian command, the deployment of a system of reserve command posts of both “Army Corps” was conducted. At the same time, in order to improve the skills of personnel in the treatment of in-service communications equipment, radio training is conducted on December 17-21 of this year in various radio networks and radio communication lines of the tactical level of the control system of the occupying forces;

- Occupants continue to strengthen in the seaside direction. To the north of Bezymennoe and in the area of Veseloe, there are several units of engineering equipment and up to a dozen trucks. To the east of Naberezhnoe, equipment of hidden positions for armored vehicles was fixed, and to the south of Naberezhnoe, up to 10 units of armored vehicles disguised in forest plantations (mainly BMP and MT-LB).

- A group of armored vehicles (4 BMP-1/2, 2 units of MT-LB and 1 BTR-80) and 3 trucks Ural, moving in the south-west direction, were fixed in the area of Razdolnoe. Apparently, the motorized rifle company was redeployed for the reinforcement of the first line in the area south of Dokuchaevsk (presumably the area of Petrovskoe);

* * *

A massive information campaign continues in the media controlled by the occupying administration of “DPR” and “LPR” to create a stir around the “expected large-scale offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine”. It draws attention to the fact that this informational operation is accompanied by a series of activities in the units of the occupying troops (first of all, in the “1st Army Corps DPR”). Thus, the advanced units of the 9th separate mechanized regiment (Novoazovsk), the 5th and 1st separate mechanized brigade and partly the 3rd separate mechanized brigade (Gorlovka) are on full alert, and in some areas a significant build-up of forces and equipment is conducted. Created and run-in in previous periods "duty" forces and means pushed to the forefront.

At the same time, supplies of consumables (fuels and lubricants, tires, spare parts) sharply increased in both “Army corps”. The units formed and involved repair teams to restore the combat readiness of weapons and equipment. Detection and maintenance of motor vehicles has also intensified, and an active work to attract civilian specialists from the local production base to the technical support and maintenance of military equipment is being noted. The “1st Army Corps DPR” command reports on readiness for operation in winter conditions at least one third of the total motor transport.

The Russian occupation authorities in the temporarily occupied territories of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions continue to carry out measures for the compulsory obtaining of passports so-called “DPR” and “LPR” by servicemen of 1st and 2ndArmy Corps of the occupation forces from the local population.

On the temporarily occupied territory of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions (December 17–26), training camps are held with reservists, including reserve officers. Previously, the “LDPR military registration and enlistment offices” notified certain categories of persons demanding to arrive at the “military commissariats” at their place of residence. In total, at least 1600 people were involved in this event.

* * *

Despite the continued supply of fuel and lubricants from the Russian Federation to the “LPR”, there is a significant shortage of gasoline (the main shortage is A-95) in the “republic” since the beginning of December this year. At most gas stations there is only diesel fuel. In the case of the receipt of gasoline, it is sold at significantly inflated prices and by bank transfer.

At the “SE“ Donetskkoks ”(Donetsk), employees of the enterprise are given a grocery set instead the salary, which is delivered from the Russian Federation as part of“ humanitarian aid”. As previously reported, products that are imported from the Russian Federation are very low quality.

The tense situation with the supply of bread and bakery products in the villages Dokuchaevsk and Amvrosievka has developed due to the stopping of the Dokuchaevsky bakery. Today, bread is brought from the settlement of Donetsk, and interruptions in the supply of products to small villages are observed. The stopping of the Dokuchaevsky bakery is connected with the seizure of the enterprise by the militants from the “newly elected authorities of the DPR”.

The wage arrears at the SE “Lutuginsky Research and Production Rolling Plant” (Lutugino, Zavodskaya St., 2), which is subordinated to the “Ministry of Industry and Trade of the LPR”, are recorded of more than 30 million rubles.

There are wage arrears in the amount of 307 million rubles at the “LNR” housing and utilities enterprises. The main problems are the tariffs for services that do not meet the economically justified costs of enterprises. The funds for providing services to privileged categories of the population are not reimbursed, and local budgets do not pay for city improvement and waste removal services.

IR
 
Budapest inciting ethnic hatred in Zakarpattia for Kremlin's money
28.12.2018 - 17:07
The Hungarian side, now in the person of the Party of Hungarians of Ukraine, duly registered in Ukraine (“Society of Hungarian Culture of Zakarpattia (KMKSZ) together with the Center for Sociological Research named after Tivadar Legocki continues manipulating public opinion in Ukraine's Zakarpatia region, carrying out anti-Ukrainian activities to incite and fuel ethnic hatred and intolerance.

In 2018, the organizations drafted and published a small brochure titled “Anti-Hungarian actions in Ukraine,” where Ukraine is directly accused of acts aimed against the Hungarian community of Zakarpattia. The brochure is being actively distributed among residents of the said region.

Describing 182 cases of “anti-Hungarian actions in Ukraine” from April 2014 to April 2018, the authors address virtually all accusations to Ukrainian authorities, who were allegedly were involved in organizing and coordinating the actions of “aggressive nationalists” (despite the fact that the text often refers to “unidentified perpetrators” defiling Hungarian monuments and symbols).

The most glaring example of Kyiv’s “unfriendly” gestures against Budapest, according to the brochure's authors who also chose not to reveal their names was the arson by the so-called “Ukrainian nationalists” at the KMKSZ office in Uzhgorod. And this is despite the fact that it has long been indisputably proven that it was Polish pro-Russian radicals from the far-right Falanga movement who were responsible for that act.

Also, the allegations set out in the brochure include a claim that “Ukrainian state policy with respect to Hungarians seeks to purposefully and consistently assimilate and liquidate their community, while major attacks on the Hungarian institutions and organizations are carried out by the Ukrainian media, which influences public opinion through false and unfounded theories and claims, representing the Hungarian national minorities as ardent supporters of separatism.”

Thus, it is obvious that the Kremlin, along with its Hungarian satellites, by means of information spins and acts of violence pursues its policy of disorienting the public (in particular, the population of Zakarpattia region), focusing on historical territorial disputes of neighboring states.

IR
 
Russia plotting chemical attack in Donbas – Ukraine intel
30.12.2018 - 11:50
Representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Vadym Skibitsky says Russia is plotting a terrorist act in the occupied Donbas with the use of toxic substances, UNIAN reports.

"Ukraine's military intelligence is observing a number of intelligence indicators that clearly show Russia is plotting a terrorist act with the use of chemically hazardous toxic substances, which will further be covered by Russian propagandists as an employment of 'chemical weapons' against residents in the occupied Donbas by the Ukrainian troops. Russia's security forces are counting on a significant number of civilian casualties," he told a briefing on December 29.

Moreover, the intelligence directorate established that a group of Russian specialists in the field of chemical warfare agents and toxic substances arrived in the occupied Donbas in the middle of December.

The enemy also increased readiness of the Russian occupation forces to operate amid chemical contamination. The newest individual protective means for personnel of the 1st and 2nd Army Corps of the Russian occupation troops were delivered from Russia in order to test them in combat conditions.

According to the intelligence official, the occupation authorities are already conducting an influence operation in the occupied territories to convince local residents that Ukraine is plotting a chemical attack on civilians.

"In order to create public opinion favorable to it, Moscow has been conducting a large-scale information campaign for more than a month on accusing Ukraine of hidden preparation for such actions. The Main Intelligence Directorate states that Russia conducted a similar influence operation on the eve of simulation of chemical attack near Aleppo in Syria on November 24 this year to justify further air strikes against Syrian opposition forces," Skibitsky stressed.
 
Thursday "shelling of utility truck" in Donbas is Russia's staged provocation, - IR coordinator
11.01.2019 - 17:14

The Jan 10 incident where a shell allegedly hit a service truck of the Voda Donbasa water supply utility company near the village of Kruta Balka (area of Donetsk region controlled by Russian proxies), injuring three employees, is being exploited by Russian media to discredit the Ukrainian Army.

Russia is trying to convince the public that the attack was allegedly committed by Ukraine's Joint Forces, rather than Russian-backed militants.

However, the real picture of the provocation is as follows.

Russian occupation forces claim that rocket-propelled grenade launchers (RPG), mounted anti-tank grenade launchers (SPG), guns of BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs), etc. were employed in the attack. However, the distance from the Joint Forces' advanced positions in the area to the incident site (2.5 km), local topography (namely, elevation difference of about 30 m), and obstacles, that is forest belts along the road, would make it impossible to hit a vehicle by such types of weapons from Ukraine's positions.

Analyzing the photos and videos from the scene that have been posted suggests that the damage to the truck's hull does not correspond to the typical damage caused by ammunition types militants claim was used.

The damage to the vehicle and marks on the ground as a result of the car burning down indicate that the attack was, in fact, staged.

The purpose of the provocation is obviously to accuse the Ukrainian side of a targeted shelling of a utility vehicle, to further highlight the fact as "another attack by the Ukrainian Army against Donbas civilians."

There are no other explanations for this provocation by Russian invaders.
 
IR summary: Russian occupational command in Donbas conceals the real situation in subordinate “units”
16.01.2019 - 13:05



Operational data group "Information Resistance"

Despite the announcement of a truce, the intensity of enemy strikes at the positions of the Ukrainian troops and settlements in the territory controlled by Ukraine increased in the period from January 9 to January 15 of this year. In total, during this period, units of 1st and 2nd Army Corps of operational group of the Russian occupation forces carried out about 35 fire raids (up to 30 in the previous week) by 82 mm mortars, 122 mm portable Grad-P launchers, heavy machine guns, small arms, BMP and tanks. In addition, the enemy’s advanced units were reinforced by snipers and anti-tank missile systems squads, which were most active in the Severodonetsk and Mariupol sectors.

The most intense fire strikes were inflicted by the enemy on the positions of the Ukrainian troops in the area of next settlements: Stanitsa Luganskaya, Volniy, Luganskoe, Kryakovka, Novotoshkovskoe, Zheltoe, Svetlodarsk, Avdeevka, Novomikhaylovka, Pavlopol, Gnutovo and Vodyanoe.

The main features of the military activity of the occupiers were the emergence of certain heavy weapons (mainly tanks and self-propelled guns) outside certain areas and places of detention and the frequent cases of obstruction of the work of the OSCE SMM observers by the occupation forces (mainly in the nearest tactical zone adjacent to the line of demarcation). These two tendencies allow us to conclude: the occupiers carry out large-scale hidden regroupings of forces and equipment, or they are secretly trying to significantly strengthen their units, including heavy weapons, in certain areas and directions.

In the northern outskirts of Pervomaisk, in an area where the IR group had previously noted active engineering work by the occupants, the appearance of armored vehicles is recorded (in the forest area north-east of this settlement up to 5 units of MT-LB with 23-2 AD systems, as well as the trenched BMP-1 and the BTR-70/ 80, totaling up to 10 units). There is also information on the presence of disguised and equipped parking equipment in this area. In the same area, south of Pervomaika, a group of armored vehicles up to 15 units was fixed, of which at least 6 T-72 tanks, making movement towards Kalinovo. And in the area of the railway station Teplogorsk, also in the stowed position - 4-gun battery of 122-mm gun-howitzers of type D-30/30A along the landing.

These cases, associated with a clear violation of the provisions of the agreement on the withdrawal of heavy weapons to the established distances, may indicate significant changes in the composition of the forward echelon of the Stakhanov group of occupation forces in terms of reinforcement with additional forces and means.

The intensity of conducting enemy’s air reconnaissance of the combat forces of the Joint forces with the use of UAVs remained at the same level. In the period from January 8 to January 14 of this year, 6 reconnaissance flights of the UAV with the entry into the operational-tactical depth of the defense of the combined forces are recorded. The enemy focused particular attention on clarifying the operational situation, identifying changes in the combat formations and location of reserves, as well as opening the JF control system. In addition, the enemy continued to use shock-type UAVs against the Joint Forces.

The enemy’s on-duty artillery crews were in a state of constant combat readiness for conducting fire strikes against the combat formations of the Joint forces. They train every day to practice deployment and advance to firing positions for conducting fire strikes against the Joint Forces, as well as false artillery positions were equipped.

The active activity of enemy’s sniper and maneuver EW groups continue along the entire contact line.

According to the unified plan of the Southern Military District of the RF Armed Forces, a week of combat and mobilization training was conducted in units and subunits of 1st and 2nd “LDPR” Army Corps, within which various exercises on firing with mortar and artillery crews were worked out at the “Tsentralniy”, “Peredovoy”, “Primorskiy” and “Slavniy” training sites.

At 11th January of this year, Russian occupation forces conducted classes with drivers of infantry fighting vehicles and intelligence units at the “Tsentralniy” and “Primorskiy” training sites ranges, as part of the winter training period.

The training shooting was conducted at the “Vostochniy” training range with “cadets” of so called “Donetsk Higher Combined Arms Command School”.

Occupants carried out training with the commanding staff of 1st and 2nd "LDPR" Army Corps at January 12 of this year on the "Primorskiy" and "Tsentralniy" training sites. The shooting training was conducted with the personnel of units and subunits of Army Corps.

On January 12 of this year, the transfer of units and subunits of 1st “DPR” Army Corps to the “Yuzhniy” training ground was completed in order to prepare training places and deployment of control points for conducting a joint staff training session, which is scheduled on January 16 of this year.

In order to test the skills of personnel of 1st and 2nd Army Corps on the treatment of in-service communication means, radio training was conducted in various radio networks and radio communication lines of the tactical level of the control system, and a planned change of radio data was carried out in the radio networks of 1st and 2nd Army Corps of the Russian occupation forces.

Technical measures are being taken to create a single computer local area network in the control bodies of units and subunits of 1st and 2nd Army Corps.

Due to a significant increase in the number of gunshot wounds among military personnel of 1st and 2nd Army Corps due to their use of alcohol and drugs, as well as a significant increase in the number of suicide, the Russian occupational command decided to classify such cases as “military casualties” in order to conceal the real situation in subordinate units and subunits.

After information about the next substantial increase in the salary of the Armed Forces of Ukraine military personnel since the beginning of 2019, the command and “personnel agencies” of the occupation forces are trying to neutralize the negative impact of this news on the moral and psychological state of their personnel. Since the militants are actively interested in the size of the salaries of the Ukrainian military and compare it with their own (the comparison is not in favor of the latter), the command of the occupants came up with a number of “explanations” that the alleged increase in the Armed Forces of Ukraine would be “temporary”, and also that the salary of servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine allegedly increased solely through payments from a certain “American military fund”, because “there are no funds for these purposes in the Ukrainian budget”.

In order to counter the broadcasting of Ukraine in the occupied territories due to the commissioning of the radio tower in the settlement Gornyak of the Donetsk region, “DPR” authorities decided to increase the capacity of the radio transmitting center in the settlement Donetsk. In particular, the broadcasting capacity of the 57th TV channel (the propaganda channel of the Russian Federation “Zvezda”) has been increased to 3 kW.

At the beginning of 2019, the arrears of salary of the “LPR” coal mining enterprises amounts to 1.9 billion rubles; taxes - 1.3 billion rubles; electricity - 2.8 billion rubles.

The leaders of the “DPR / LPR” received instructions from the Russian “curators” to consider the merger of the SE “Lugansk Railway” and the SE “Donetsk Railway” into a single enterprise - LLC “United Railways”. In the occupational administrations of the “DPR” and “LPR”, this indication caused a negative reaction, because, according to preliminary information, the Russian side will take over the management of the created single enterprise through a structure like “Vneshtorgservis”. Accordingly, the leaders of “LDPR” will have no influence on it and, as a result, revenues.

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IR summary: The invaders in the Donbas try to “mask” the flights of their UAVs under the activities of the OSCE CMM
31.01.2019 - 13:35

Operational data group "Information Resistance"

In the last weekly period, the intensity of fire strikes from the Russian occupation forces in the Donbas on the positions of the Ukrainian troops and settlements in the territory controlled by Ukraine decreased due to deteriorating weather conditions. In total, during this period, units of 1st and 2nd Army Corps of operational group of the Russian occupation forces carried out about 35 fire raids (for the last weekly period, about 80) by 120/82 mm mortars, 122 mm portable launchers Grad-P, heavy machine guns, small arms and grenade launchers, infantry fighting vehicles and tanks.

The most intense fire strikes were inflicted on the positions of the Ukrainian troops in the area of next settlements: Stanitsa Luganskaya, Novotoshkovskoe, Luganskoye, Peski, Marinka, Avdeevka, Novoaleksandrovka, Novoselovka, Novomikhaylovka, Chermalyk, Crymskoe, Pavlopol, Novelskoye, Ekaterinovka, Stariy Aydar, Gnutovo, Vodyanoe and Shyrokyno.

The enemy’s advanced units were reinforced by snipers and anti-tank missile squads, which were active in the Severodonetsk and Mariupol sectors.

The intensity of enemy’s aerial reconnaissance of the JF battle formations with the use of UAVs remained at the same high level. During the weekly period, about 20 reconnaissance flights of the UAV were recorded with entry into the operational-tactical depth of the defense of the Joint Forces.

At the same time, the enemy used its UAVs in time and place, which coincided with the planned flights of the OSCE mission UAVs, trying to “mask” the flights of their UAVs under the activities of the OSCE special monitoring mission. In addition, the enemy continued to use shock-type UAVs against the Joint Forces.

The enemy’s on-duty artillery crews are in a state of constant combat readiness for conducting fire strikes on battle formations of JF. They train daily to practice deployment and advance to firing positions for inflicting fire strikes on the JF, and false artillery positions are equipped.

Active activity of the enemy's sniper and EW maneuverable groups continues along the entire contact line.

From 22 to 25 January of this year, the Russian occupation administration conducted a command-staff exercise on territorial defense and the actions of the governing bodies and forces of the so-called “A unified state system of prevention and liquidation of emergency situations of natural and man-made character” with the participation of all the controlled power structures in the temporarily occupied territories of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. During the exercise, issues of evacuating the population from the emergency zone caused by the military actions, deploying temporary shelters for the victims, providing them with basic necessities, identifying and detaining reconnaissance groups were worked out. During the event, the units of 1st and 2nd Army Corps of the occupying forces were brought to the highest level of combat readiness, and deployment of command and control centers and personnel reception points with practical development of military service issues was noted. In addition, units of 1st and 2nd Army Corps of LDPR equipped combat positions near residential buildings, which caused discontent among the local population.

January 24-25 of this year, , combat training was carried out with the personnel of the occupying troops, who did not take part in the command-and-staff exercise, with practical shooting at the “Tsentralniy” and “Udaloy” firing ranges, including armament of Combat armored vehicles (mainly BMP-1, 2).

January 25th of this year, demonstration battalion-tactical exercises “Battalion in the offensive” with units of the 2nd “LPR” Army Corps were held at the “Tsentralniy” training ground.

According to the unified plan of the Southern Military District of the RF Armed Forces, firing was carried out with artillery and mortar crews of units of 1ST “DPR” Army Corps at the “Slavniy” training ground at January 26 of this year.

Since January 28, tactical exercises with units of 1st “DPR” Army Corps have been held at the “Primorskiy” training ground.

In Sorokino (territory controlled by the “LPR”), the enemy creates an operational reserve of missile-artillery weapons and ammunition. The command of the Russian occupation forces conduct measures to organize the long-term storage, protection and defense of this object. In addition, the preparations are underway for the deployment of additional stocks of ammunition at this facility, which will soon come from the territory of the Russian Federation, in case of intensification of hostilities.

In the near future, the Russian occupation authorities in the temporarily occupied territories of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions will pay a pension to the local population only if they have a so-called passport of “DPR” and “LPR”. At the same time, representatives of the occupation administrations promise the local population that, if they join to the ranks of the occupying armed formations, the local residents can count on getting the passports of the citizens of the Russian Federation soon.

At enterprise Voda Donbassa (located on the temporarily occupied territory of the Donetsk region), discontent due to wage arrears is growing among employees of the company with the actions of the local occupation authorities (over 3 months). The facts of dismissal of workers of specialties are noted.

The significant number of workers so-called “State paramilitary mountain rescue service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the DPR” resigned from their posts at their own will in Snezhnoe. The main reason for the layoffs is the ban on leaving to the territory controlled by the Ukrainian authorities and the prosecution by the MGB DPR of those who violated this ban.

Due to the shortage of raw materials in the near future, the production activity of OJSC Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works (Alchevsk, Lugansk region) may be terminated. Raw materials (ferrosilicon), which ensures the work of the enterprise, remained for about 10 days. There are rumors among people close to the leaders of “LPR” that the company has already been divided among themselves by certain groups of militants who are preparing to plunder it and cut it for scrap.

In Gorlovka, Donetsk region, there is a gradual closure of the largest shopping centers, as well as their re-registration at the points of sale of alcohol and tobacco, cafes, etc. In particular, in December 2018, the popular clothing store “Creative” was closed, on the site of another popular clothing store “Club Cotton” the café “Coffee pot” was opened, which is not popular among the locals. Also, in Gorlovka, there is a reduction in the range of products on store shelves due to the impossibility of ensuring its delivery in conditions of snow drifts.

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