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OUTLAW 09
10-29-2015, 01:10 PM
Russia has not lost focus on Moldavia...........

Moldova's government has lost a no-confidence vote, pro-EU coalition collapses
http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/29-october-moldovas-government-has-lost-a-noconfidence-vote …

Russia?? Putin gives Soldiers' Mothers (who documented secret losses in Ukraine) grant, removes foreign agent status https://twitter.com/lb_ua/status/659714941398720512 …

Ukraine Intelligence: Militants, due to non-payment of wages, began to sell parts of military equipment
http://gur.mil.gov.ua/content/obstanovka-v-rayoni-provedennia-ato.html …

OUTLAW 09
10-29-2015, 01:17 PM
Russia again expands their propaganda reach into Europe........

Russian state media holding confirms seizure of its stake in Euronews
http://www.unian.info/economics/1167867-russian-state-media-holding-confirms-seizure-of-its-stake-in-euronews.html …
pic.twitter.com/3FhnDEajDK

OUTLAW 09
10-29-2015, 01:22 PM
So much for the so called "ceasefire"--the UAF has ceased fire the Russian have not it appears........

3 Ukrainian Soldiers Wounded, 1 Killed Over Last 24 Hours. http://www.interpretermag.com/ukraine-live-day-619-3-ukrainian-soldiers-wounded-1-killed-over-last-24-hours/#10613 …

OUTLAW 09
10-29-2015, 01:27 PM
Russian troops and her mercenaries are still not in full compliance with Minsk 2 withdrawals of heavy weapons........

.@OSCE_SMM: So-called “DPR” denied SMM access to the permanent storage sites for withdrawn weapons.Our approach: no access – no verification

OSCE Briefing:“LPR” have consistently failed to allow effective OSCE verification of withdrawal of weapons from contact line in Luhansk reg.

OSCE Briefing: Last wk saw higher no. of incidents in Donbas that couldn’t be down to demining/training activities, some involved fatalities

OUTLAW 09
10-29-2015, 01:28 PM
For those that do not speak Russian but want to do open source analysis ----

Want to Research the Russian Internet But Don't Speak Russian? We Can Help. https://globalvoices.org/2015/10/29/want-to-research-the-russian-internet-but-dont-speak-russian-we-can-help/ … via @AricToler

OUTLAW 09
10-29-2015, 01:29 PM
WOW...finally FB acts on Ukrainian social media complaints--only took a full year.....

Facebook blocks "DPR" leader's profile for humiliation of honor and dignity of Ukrainians
http://www.unian.info/society/1167850-facebook-blocks-dpr-leaders-profile-for-humiliation-of-honor-and-dignity-of-ukrainians.html … pic.twitter.com/IkR68u0KBU

Facebook bans head 'DNR' thug #Zakharchenko's official webpage after posting false info on #Ukraine "Nazi invaders"!
pic.twitter.com/Z4PQqH64cn

OUTLAW 09
10-29-2015, 01:40 PM
Russia has not lost focus on Moldavia...........

Moldova's government has lost a no-confidence vote, pro-EU coalition collapses
http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/29-october-moldovas-government-has-lost-a-noconfidence-vote …

Russia?? Putin gives Soldiers' Mothers (who documented secret losses in Ukraine) grant, removes foreign agent status https://twitter.com/lb_ua/status/659714941398720512 …

Ukraine Intelligence: Militants, due to non-payment of wages, began to sell parts of military equipment
http://gur.mil.gov.ua/content/obstanovka-v-rayoni-provedennia-ato.html …

In 6 years, Moldova has gone from “success story” to “captured state." http://ceip.org/1jSdZX7

OUTLAW 09
10-29-2015, 01:43 PM
All #Ukraine "refugees" in #Russia must now apply to determine their legal status in #Russia
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http://www.fms.gov.ru/press/news/news_detail.php%3FID%3D176173&prev=search …
pic.twitter.com/XGvB11uh9N

OUTLAW 09
10-29-2015, 01:48 PM
Public outrage in #Ukraine as known #terrorism-aides are officially named mayors-elect, make their 1st calls for "friendship"(!) w/#Russia

OUTLAW 09
10-29-2015, 01:53 PM
So much for the quality of Russian weapons......

Russia new sub "Rostov-on-Don" broke down leaving #Baltic for the Black Sea
https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.co.uk&sl=ru&u=http://www.pravda.com.ua/rus/news/2015/10/29/7086786/&usg=ALkJrhjqtLEbx-gIjz_DptPCXXURW3v5oQ …
pic.twitter.com/DuTvh9Wsyy

OUTLAW 09
10-29-2015, 09:30 PM
BREAKINGNEWS
#Ukraine says #Svatove ammunition storage inferno is a "#terrorist #act".
bit.ly/1PTmcaq
pic.twitter.com/JxNBeSzRaV

If true, attackers possible used 2 RPO-A Shmel. Many sabotage groups use it. Many captured. This not. Possible new attacks soon

The russian media reported this incredibly fast. Faster as most of the Ukr media. Strange, isnt-it?

Rumors that the #Svatovo weapons depot blasts were preceded by an attack on the security detail there, and initiated with RPGs

Maryinka 19:36
Quite intensive mortars, grenade launchers, machine guns tow. hospital and Novomarinka ... Wasn't like this since long ago.

Donetsk now
Heavy single volleys in airport area.

Maryinka 21:11
Occasionally volleys can be heard
https://twitter.com/hyeva_maryinka/status/659818739857285120 …

#Donetsk 21:29
Towards airport the ceasefire can be heard. Single explosions. Far away.
https://twitter.com/TaylerRid/status/659814287460954112 …

OUTLAW 09
10-30-2015, 05:54 PM
Oct29 13:59 #Shakhtarsk @pizdets_vo_vsem Strange movement along H21 - about 16 mil trucks towards #Makiivka, either empty or w/troops...

Russia must do more than talk. It must act to implement its Minsk commitments."- @danbbaer
http://goo.gl/NZjEHB
pic.twitter.com/YlX1XY3XBb

Ukraine Claims To Have Completed Artillery Withdrawal While Fighting Reportedly Continues In Donetsk. http://www.interpretermag.com/ukraine-live-day-620-two-dead-five-wounded-after-last-nights-ammunition-dump-explosion/ …

Sartana near #Mariupol has been previously shelled 5 times by RUS' @vital_ovchar impact sites marked red
pic.twitter.com/Gn2R3FLQvZ

14:06 #Donetsk @relictDon Separate seldom salvos are audible towards direction of #Azotny-#Smolyanka

"Armed individuals" prevent OSCE SMM from monitoring "most areas" close to the border with Russia in Luhansk region http://www.osce.org/ukraine-smm/196006 …

OSCE spots 9 Russian APCs (7 BMPs, 2 BTRs) in the area of "DPR"-controlled Bezimenne (30km east of Mariupol) 29 Oct http://www.osce.org/ukraine-smm/196006 …

OSCE spots 16 Russian APCs and more than 110 military trucks including 20 refuelling trucks in Donetsk city 29 Oct
http://www.osce.org/ukraine-smm/196006 …

Gen. Breedlove: Intelligence Community Changing How it Handles #Russia, after decades of treating it as an ally
http://defnews.ly/1MmKPpg

OUTLAW 09
10-30-2015, 09:41 PM
Donetsk. Russian ‘Torn’ And ‘Taran’ Radio Intelligence Systems at ‘Sparta’ Base
https://informnapalm.org/en/donetsk-russian-torn-and-taran-radio-intelligence-systems-at-sparta-base/ …
pic.twitter.com/DWwY0LTKyx

OUTLAW 09
10-30-2015, 09:46 PM
Oct29 13:59 #Shakhtarsk @pizdets_vo_vsem Strange movement along H21 - about 16 mil trucks towards #Makiivka, either empty or w/troops...

Russia must do more than talk. It must act to implement its Minsk commitments."- @danbbaer
http://goo.gl/NZjEHB
pic.twitter.com/YlX1XY3XBb

Ukraine Claims To Have Completed Artillery Withdrawal While Fighting Reportedly Continues In Donetsk. http://www.interpretermag.com/ukraine-live-day-620-two-dead-five-wounded-after-last-nights-ammunition-dump-explosion/ …

Sartana near #Mariupol has been previously shelled 5 times by RUS' @vital_ovchar impact sites marked red
pic.twitter.com/Gn2R3FLQvZ

14:06 #Donetsk @relictDon Separate seldom salvos are audible towards direction of #Azotny-#Smolyanka

"Armed individuals" prevent OSCE SMM from monitoring "most areas" close to the border with Russia in Luhansk region http://www.osce.org/ukraine-smm/196006 …

OSCE spots 9 Russian APCs (7 BMPs, 2 BTRs) in the area of "DPR"-controlled Bezimenne (30km east of Mariupol) 29 Oct http://www.osce.org/ukraine-smm/196006 …

OSCE spots 16 Russian APCs and more than 110 military trucks including 20 refuelling trucks in Donetsk city 29 Oct
http://www.osce.org/ukraine-smm/196006 …

Gen. Breedlove: Intelligence Community Changing How it Handles #Russia, after decades of treating it as an ally
http://defnews.ly/1MmKPpg

#Pisky near #Donetsk airport sees new fights as Russian proxies resumed hostilities.
http://www.unian.info/war/1169608-war-torn-pisky-near-donetsk-airport-sees-new-fights.html …

Russian Separatists hold talks on creation of "Budjak republic" in Odessa region and Gagauzia of Moldova
http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/30-october-russian-separatists-hold-talks-on-creation-of …

DNR militants fired #Shyrokine with mortars and grenade launchers.
http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/30-october-dnr-militants-fired-shyrokine-with-mortars-and …

Rogozin: "Russia needs to consolidate its nuclear arsenal as a response to US aggressive actions"
http://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-international-20544232-dmitri-rogozin-rusia-trebuie-consolideze-arsenalul-nuclear-reactie-actiunile-agresive-ale-sua.htm …

Rogozin: US thought they'd win non-nuclear war against nuclear nation.This will never happen
http://pda.rg.ru/2015/10/30/minoboroni-site.html …
pic.twitter.com/znsSSy06mn

OUTLAW 09
10-30-2015, 10:00 PM
Maryinka 22:00
Periodically booms can be heard, sounds like incoming

OUTLAW 09
10-31-2015, 04:10 PM
Russian children learn in school that Mariupol,Donetsk,Luhansk,Odesa,Transnistria & Alaska is "Russian Land" pic.twitter.com/O8vqiMAUXq

OUTLAW 09
10-31-2015, 04:15 PM
http://maidantranslations.com/2015/10/31/dmitry-tymchuk-military-update-10-28-freesavchenko/

Dmitry Tymchuk: Military update 10.28


Russian-terrorist troops in Donbas continue carrying out armed provocations to pressure ATO forces into returning fire. Militants are also gathering intelligence on the Ukrainian troops’ front line and tactical rear, equipping their own positions and laying minefields, both at the forefront and in the second echelon.

In the area west of Hladosove, terrorists directed aimed fire onto the forward positions of ATO forces with small arms and stand-mounted automatic grenade-launchers.

A militant infantry unit of up to 30 persons was spotted in the neutral zone near Donetsk International Airport [DAP], south of Pisky. The unit divided into several groups, which moved parallel to the advanced positions of ATO forces, carrying out surveillance. As they withdrew, the militants opened fire with small arms on Ukrainian advanced positions.

Enemy sniper activity was observed near Mar’inka and south of Popasne. Up to 10 aimed long-distance shots on the positions of the ATO forces (with the use of special ammunition) were recorded.

An accumulation of militant heavy armor was noted simultaneously in two places in the vicinity of Donetsk: near the Donbas National Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture, and in the southeastern part of the city. The first group included at least 6 tanks, 10 vehicles of different types, including trucks, three BTR-80 armored personnel carriers and two BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles; the second, six D-30 guns in traveling position, and three MT-LB multi-purpose light-armored transporter trucks.

South of the “Styrol” plant in Horlivka, a battery of 122 mm “Gvozdika” self-propelled guns (5 systems) was seen on the move towards Makiivka. Also in the convoy were 4 army trucks, 1 UAZ-469 off-road military light utility vehicle, and 2 MT-LBs.

Persistent rumors are circulating among the militants in the “Horlivka garrison” about the alleged preparation for a large-scale offensive by Ukrainian troops. At the same time, defenses along the Donetsk-Snizhne highway are being reinforced, armored vehicles transferred and engineering work undertaken. Improvements to the militant battalion defenses near Stakhanov have been noted. Terrorists of the “DNR” [Donetsk People’s Republic] are actively preparing to repel this mythical offensive.


One Ukrainian soldier killed, one wounded in east #Ukraine conflict zone
http://uatoday.tv/politics/one-ukrainian-soldier-killed-one-wounded-in-east-ukraine-conflict-zone-over-524729.html …
pic.twitter.com/lTxmFprfAj

1 #Ukraine servicemen KIA yesterday at #Pisky confirmed. 2 Ukraine KIAs at #Avdiivka today unconfirmed yet.

OUTLAW 09
10-31-2015, 08:34 PM
Donetsk. Airport, #Pisky, #Optyne, Butovka mine - battle, small arms, mortars
http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/31-october-donetsk-airport-pisky-optyne-butovka-mine--battle …

RFE/RL ✔ @RFERL
NATO says Russia tested a missile that appeared to violate a arms control treaty:
http://bit.ly/1Mo105V
pic.twitter.com/4bGneZurWb

21:15 #Donetsk @666_mancer [vk] From airport/#Spartak area small arms combat was audible

OUTLAW 09
11-01-2015, 11:39 AM
Sound like a true "ceasefire"..........?

News
8 Ukrainian soldiers got killed and 36 wounded in #October during the ongoing (pro-)Russian occupation of Eastern #Ukraine

OUTLAW 09
11-01-2015, 01:11 PM
SBU press-conference. Showing weapons seized in Dnipropetrovsk http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/1-november-sbu-pressconference-showing--weapons-seized-in …
pic.twitter.com/TAfTHOelEI via @HromadskeTV

On Oct 31, two #Ukrainian army officers died after driving over a land mine near #Avdiivka town in #Donetsk rgn - #ATO speaker.

What the heck is this...........?
'DNR authorities threaten with closing customs on LNR border if LNR fuel ministry sabotages supplying gas to DNR'.

OUTLAW 09
11-01-2015, 01:15 PM
Russian attempt to create an humanitarian crisis to pressure the Ukraine and the West.........

Russian explusion of aid orgs from Ukraine
150,000 without food
1.3m without clean water
30,000 without shelter

vid
https://goo.gl/3mqjvg

http://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.de/2015/11/moscow-set-to-create-humanitarian.html

Sunday, November 1, 2015

Moscow Set to Create Humanitarian Disaster in Ukraine by ‘Mass Deportation’ of Ukrainians from Russia

Paul Goble


Staunton, November 1 – As winter approaches, Moscow is set to expel many if not most of the Ukrainians who fled from the fighting in eastern Ukraine last year, an action that will place new burdens on Kyiv but not on the breakaway regions (Ukrainians from there are not affected by this rule) and threatens to create a humanitarian disaster.

Today, the special migration regime that Moscow created for Ukrainians last year runs out, and any Ukrainians in Russia except those from Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, now can live in the Russian Federation no more than 90 days in the course of every six month period (ura.ru/news/1052228657 and topwar.ru/85457-lgotnyy-rezhim-prebyvaniya-ukraincev-v-rf-otmenen.html).

If a Ukrainian citizen does not “legalize” his or her status by getting a work permit or securing residency by another means, Russian officials says, he or she will have 30 days to leave the Russian Federation. A failure to do so will lead to expulsion and a ban on entrance to Russia of from three to ten years.

According to Russia’s Federal Migration Service, there are approximately 2.6 million Ukrainian citizens now on Russian territory, of whom more than a million are from the Donbas. It is not clear how many Ukrainians have work permits, but fewer than a thousand have been given refugee status.

In reporting all this, the URA.ru news agency says that a large number of Ukrainians face “mass deportation” at the end of November, precisely the time when the weather in Ukraine and Russia too becomes harshest and problems with providing shelter, heating and food are most acute.

In that context, Moscow’s exclusion of Ukrainians from the Donbas from any expulsion order shows that this action is intended to hurt Kyiv in the first instance. That alone should be the occasion for the international community to protest what Moscow is doing and to provide help to the Ukrainian authorities for the likely return of several hundred thousand Ukrainians.

OUTLAW 09
11-01-2015, 01:19 PM
IF Russia has no intention for further aggression against Ukraine, why is it moving the 20th Combined Arms and 1st Tank Armies closer to border?

New report on #QRA July 4: 2 Tu-22M 15-30s from Swedish airspace, near military bases. {SWE}
http://www.dn.se/nyheter/ryska-bombplan-flog-mot-blekinge/ …
pic.twitter.com/bfP2uMhd40

OUTLAW 09
11-02-2015, 06:07 PM
DPR KAMAZ trucks in #Rostov #Russia. Ukrainian miners on vacation. https://twitter.com/Moscow_advokat/status/661202127268745216 …

Fighters from Sakha Republic in Donbas
pic.twitter.com/fMkHdL4shX

OUTLAW 09
11-02-2015, 06:56 PM
Russian info war...........

Russian owner of the Independent and Evening Standard, has called for Britain to ally with Vladimir Putin’s Russia.
https://twitter.com/CKohutS/status/661241341456838656 …
pic.twitter.com/bZxqCcUejK

OUTLAW 09
11-02-2015, 07:05 PM
Nothing unusual: a #Russia|n Armed Forces soldier ID'd w/ weapons, explosives in #Ukraine
http://archive.is/WQBBR pic.twitter.com/oC79kM2Tyt

Meanwhile in #Russia... tank drowned at the roadside, more:
https://plus.google.com/104010886469890350976/posts/eiotXf6QrBs …
pic.twitter.com/7wivIXSX36

Nov 1, OSCE recorded sharp increase in number of ceasefire violations at and around Donetsk airport.http://bit.ly/1Wu6NfS

OUTLAW 09
11-02-2015, 07:33 PM
#Donetsk 21:11
Abakumova - shooting, big caliber
https://twitter.com/hyeva_maryinka/status/661262245293367297 …

Donetsk 21:23
Sound of battle from Butovka mine and #Spartak, assault rifles, machine guns & smth heavier, intense
https://twitter.com/jackson_villi/status/661262398565797890 …

Reports: Two medevac helicopters with wounded from #Donetsk airport to hospital
pic.twitter.com/flWHkI6vJe
http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/2-november-reports-two-medevac-helicopters-with-wounded-from …

FB: "Call from #Yakovlevka area - again run in the basement, shooting all week, starting from 11AM and until dark"
https://twitter.com/666_mancer/status/661263984872562689 …

1 Ukrainian soldier wounded at Butovka mine
http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/2-november-1-ukrainian-soldier-wounded-at-butovka-mine …

Explosions heard in Horlivka
http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/2-november-explosions-heard-in-horlivka …

Sounds of explosions in Northern Donetsk
http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/2-november-sounds-of-explosions-in-northern-donetsk …

Heavy fight at Spartak
http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/2-november-heavy-fight-at-spartak …

OUTLAW 09
11-02-2015, 07:52 PM
#Donetsk 21:11
Abakumova - shooting, big caliber
https://twitter.com/hyeva_maryinka/status/661262245293367297 …

Donetsk 21:23
Sound of battle from Butovka mine and #Spartak, assault rifles, machine guns & smth heavier, intense
https://twitter.com/jackson_villi/status/661262398565797890 …

Reports: Two medevac helicopters with wounded from #Donetsk airport to hospital
pic.twitter.com/flWHkI6vJe
http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/2-november-reports-two-medevac-helicopters-with-wounded-from …

FB: "Call from #Yakovlevka area - again run in the basement, shooting all week, starting from 11AM and until dark"
https://twitter.com/666_mancer/status/661263984872562689 …

1 Ukrainian soldier wounded at Butovka mine
http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/2-november-1-ukrainian-soldier-wounded-at-butovka-mine …

Explosions heard in Horlivka
http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/2-november-explosions-heard-in-horlivka …

Sounds of explosions in Northern Donetsk
http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/2-november-sounds-of-explosions-in-northern-donetsk …

Heavy fight at Spartak
http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/2-november-heavy-fight-at-spartak …

Appears Russia is ramping up the fighting again in eastern Ukraine--probably to take the attention off of the Russian failures in Syria.......

UAF servicemen, #Butovka mine, 21:11:
"Shooting at us, AGL, SPG, small arms. 1 WIA." https://twitter.com/kazarin13/status/661259471906279424 …

Heavy fighting(incl 114 explosions) breaks out at Donetsk airport despite ceasefire OSCE SMM
pic.twitter.com/c84lCZvsl9
http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/2-november-heavy-fighting-incl-114-explosions-breaks-out …

Explosions in Krasnogorivka heard in Karlivka
http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/2-november-explosions-in-krasnogorivka-heard-in-karlivka …

Maryinka 21:17
Five minutes ago powerful explosion towards #Krasnohorivka

Since a couple of days keep hearing periodic explosions towards #Krasnohorivka. It will begin again?"
https://twitter.com/ZOOdonetsk/status/661273245862256640 …

18:22 #Donetsk - airport, Zastantsyonnyi, northern direction @666_mancer [zello] 'Shooting, single blasts' 'Affirm, shooting toward Spartak'

Krasnohorivka
21:05 Mayak area - intensive assault rifles shooting
21:09 Very loud single shot
21:15 Quiet

22:14
Towards #Avdiivka - #Donetsk airport - #Pisky small arms shooting and something heavier
https://twitter.com/war_explorer/status/661275143772217344 …

19:21 #Donetsk @GirkinGirkin
Kyivsky ds: audible louder
Gvardeyka: we can hear explosions
Northward: shooting, single blasts, loudly

19:24 #Donetsk @HeleneHelene5 "Even now I can hear periodical heavy booms. Just now it has boomed again"
19:42 It booms in the North

20:08 #Donetsk Motel @PVB40 [fb] Salvos audible northward

20:20 #Donetsk machinery plant @PVB40 [fb] From the north - distant but to all appearances strong salvos

20:35 #Donetsk @PVB40 [fb]Behind Putilovka: machine guns and stronger salvos

20:43 @nixer79 All evening in #Spartak-#Yasynuvata fork area - small arms, AA-gun and something heavier. Intensity increases

20:54 #Yenakiieve @ZloyEnakievec Yenakiieve can hear #Horlivka - single salvos in series

20:45 #Donetsk @AkaDON12 Combat behind Putilovka & on Abakumova outskirts...

OUTLAW 09
11-02-2015, 07:53 PM
Girkin: "What the government is doing to our officers captured in Ukraine is mean. Firing them retroactively is brutal betrayal"

Girkin: "Our media is instructed not to report it, but the nazi Ukrainian army is taking over parts of Donbass as we speak."
Hope it's true

OUTLAW 09
11-02-2015, 08:21 PM
Reference Russian info war...........

Tracking the trackers with the new version of @FreedomeVPN. About an hours worth of surfing.

OUTLAW 09
11-02-2015, 08:42 PM
Appears Russia is ramping up the fighting again in eastern Ukraine--probably to take the attention off of the Russian failures in Syria.......

UAF servicemen, #Butovka mine, 21:11:
"Shooting at us, AGL, SPG, small arms. 1 WIA." https://twitter.com/kazarin13/status/661259471906279424 …

Heavy fighting(incl 114 explosions) breaks out at Donetsk airport despite ceasefire OSCE SMM
pic.twitter.com/c84lCZvsl9
http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/2-november-heavy-fighting-incl-114-explosions-breaks-out …

Explosions in Krasnogorivka heard in Karlivka
http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/2-november-explosions-in-krasnogorivka-heard-in-karlivka …

Maryinka 21:17
Five minutes ago powerful explosion towards #Krasnohorivka

Since a couple of days keep hearing periodic explosions towards #Krasnohorivka. It will begin again?"
https://twitter.com/ZOOdonetsk/status/661273245862256640 …

18:22 #Donetsk - airport, Zastantsyonnyi, northern direction @666_mancer [zello] 'Shooting, single blasts' 'Affirm, shooting toward Spartak'

Krasnohorivka
21:05 Mayak area - intensive assault rifles shooting
21:09 Very loud single shot
21:15 Quiet

22:14
Towards #Avdiivka - #Donetsk airport - #Pisky small arms shooting and something heavier
https://twitter.com/war_explorer/status/661275143772217344 …

19:21 #Donetsk @GirkinGirkin
Kyivsky ds: audible louder
Gvardeyka: we can hear explosions
Northward: shooting, single blasts, loudly

19:24 #Donetsk @HeleneHelene5 "Even now I can hear periodical heavy booms. Just now it has boomed again"
19:42 It booms in the North

20:08 #Donetsk Motel @PVB40 [fb] Salvos audible northward

20:20 #Donetsk machinery plant @PVB40 [fb] From the north - distant but to all appearances strong salvos

20:35 #Donetsk @PVB40 [fb]Behind Putilovka: machine guns and stronger salvos

20:43 @nixer79 All evening in #Spartak-#Yasynuvata fork area - small arms, AA-gun and something heavier. Intensity increases

20:54 #Yenakiieve @ZloyEnakievec Yenakiieve can hear #Horlivka - single salvos in series

20:45 #Donetsk @AkaDON12 Combat behind Putilovka & on Abakumova outskirts...

Gen Staff: "No violations of the #Minsk agreements today in #Donbas".

No sir. Just some shooting and shelling.
https://twitter.com/radiosvoboda/status/661269313089724416 …

21:03 #Donetsk Putilovka @GirkinGirkin Intense combat at #Spartak. Today it is much louder than during all previous week

21:15 #Makiivka @VasyaMakeevskiy Salvos are heard towards #Spartak
21:19 2-3 salvos [series] and a short pause after

OUTLAW 09
11-03-2015, 01:23 PM
https://inmoscowsshadows.wordpress.c...o-help-fix-it/

If US Intelligence on Russia is Broken (A Bit), What Can Be Done To Help Fix It?


General Philip Breedlove, Supreme Allied Commander Europe, recently gently but unmistakably reprimanded the US intelligence community for its “lack of ability to see into Russia, especially at the operational and tactical level.” While he acknowledged change was under way, even then he made it clear that this was very, very much a work in progress: “We’re gently turning the nose of this ship to get back to what we need to be looking at.” Is Russia befuddling US intelligence, and if so what should be done about it?

Outside the movies, intelligence rarely gets a good press. On screen, the perceptive analyst or gung-ho field agent gets that one scrap of world-changing intel, realizes what it means, and suddenly—typically, just in the nick of time—policy spins on the proverbial dime, and all is put to rights in time for the closing credits. In practice, it is never quite so neat and clear, and the intelligence community tend not only to have to juggle multiple possible interpretations and “best truths” but they are also just a few voices in the mighty and often discordant choir of government.

Precisely because information and timely warning is its core business, the intelligence agencies tend to get the blame when governments are caught by surprise. And, let’s be honest, Washington has been caught by surprise again and again when Moscow is concerned, from the seizure of Crimea to most recently the Russian deployment to Syria.

Needless to say, the spooks have rushed to their own defense and affirmed that they were on top of all these developments and briefed to that end. To an extent, this is entirely true, but not necessarily the whole truth. Modern intelligence products often cover a range of possibilities, but there is a world of difference between including something as a potential option and clearly identifying it as the likely one. Consider, for example, the real and evident confusion which reigned when the “little green men” were taking Crimea while Moscow flatly disavowed responsibility: were they local militias, were they mercenaries, were they soldiers working for maverick local commanders? The answer was the simplest one – that Moscow was lying – but the period of uncertainty allowed Russia’s special forces to seize the peninsula in a smooth fait accompli. This did not suggest a strong and confident grasp of the unfolding situation in Washington.

Director of National Intelligence Clapper’s response to the charge of intelligence failure is instructive. In an interview, he said

“We tracked [the situation in Ukraine] pretty carefully and portrayed what the possibilities were and certainly portrayed the difficulties we’d have, because of the movements of Russian troops and provided anticipatory warning of their incursion into Crimea.”

Likewise, a CIA spokesman said:

“Since the beginning of the political unrest in Ukraine, the CIA has regularly updated policymakers to ensure they have an accurate and timely picture of the unfolding crisis. These updates have included warnings of possible scenarios for a Russian military intervention in Ukraine. Any suggestion otherwise is flat wrong.”

That’s all well and good, but tracking stuff happening, potential difficulties, possible scenarios and the like do not represent clear and unambiguous predictions, and the “anticipatory warning” does seem to have been pretty much as things happened, not early enough to do anything potentially to forestall the invasion. (Although in fairness, probably nothing could have done so.) Certainly on the eve of the invasion, US intel sources were briefing The Daily Beast that “From an intelligence perspective we don’t have any reason to think it’s more than military exercises.”

Of course often the problem is that smart and shrewd insights from the intelligence community get lost in the political process. The making of foreign policy is, after all, an arena in which diplomats and lobbyists, op. ed. writers and lawyers, soldiers and senators, overseas allies and domestic sentiment all get to pitch in. Given how rarely the intel products really can speak with the absolute confidence any good lobbyist or ignoramus can muster, no wonder they can get drowned out by other voices.

But it’s not quite that simple. There does seem to be a genuine intelligence problem with Moscow.

In part, this is because the Russians are very, very good at counter-intelligence. Just as they managed to fly their bombers into Syria undetected with transponders off, hidden beneath a larger cargo plane, so too they kept their Crimean operation off the US intelligence radar. A military exercise masked the movement of troops; orders were transmitted on paper, to sidestep America’s extraordinary signals intelligence capabilities; soldiers were even instructed to keep their cellphones and radios off, again to prevent the leakage of radioelectronic indications. The Russians may not be able to match most American intel capacities, but they are aware of them and put considerable thought into working out how to minimize them.

This is exacerbated by the extraordinarily small, tight circle within which most policy and especially security policy is made. We do not even know for sure exactly whose advice Putin takes. My own suspicion is that neither Foreign Minister Lavrov nor Defense Minister Shoigu are in the innermost circle, and instead we have to look to figures such as Presidential Chief of Staff Sergei Ivanov, Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev and Federal Security Service Director Alexander Bortnikov. These are close-lipped loyalists, hardly likely to make incautious comments in public, nor easy to bring under human or electronic surveillance.

Furthermore, given that this is a regime which expects the elite and masses alike to rally round whatever is the policy of the day, it feels no need to signal policy in advance, to float ideas to gauge their response, or do any of the other kind of systematic foreshadowing exercises that might otherwise give us meaningful clues.

Finally, it takes time to come to terms with real, human-level change. Today’s Putin is not the Putin of his first two presidencies, when outspoken nationalist rhetoric was tempered by a much more pragmatic approach. Whether because we are seeing the real Vladimir or, more likely, because like most authoritarian leaders he has over the time become more insulated from reality, more steeped in his own mythology, this is a different man, heading a different team, for a different national purpose.

So what can be done to help “turn the nose of the ship”?

Given that the issue is human more than technical, I suspect that – for all the many challenges that poses – a greater concentration on building up HUMINT assets in Russia is a must. This poses risks of all kinds, from the potential for further embarrassing incidents such as the 2013 Ryan Fogle “wig-gate” case, through to the actual risk to agents and handlers. But if we are in a war of sorts with Russia – and the Russians certainly seem to feel so – then this cannot be without some danger and cost.

Secondly, play the analysis. Just as with so many other tectonic shifts which seem to have caught the USA and the West by surprise, from the collapse of the USSR to the Arab Spring, there are often no magic documents, no secret communiqués that would have revealed the future. Instead, what was needed was and is now an analytic capacity that is at least as strong as the technical intelligence capacity developed. It’s all very well building a $1.7 billion NSA computer facility in Utah, or planning a $2-4 billion next-generation spy satellite constellation – arguably you’d get vastly more bang for buck spending half as much on the best analysts around and giving them access to the huge amounts of open source information available. Predicting Russia’s next move will come by sneaking into Putin’s head; all the spy satellites will show is what he has decided as it starts to happen.

Thirdly, this means there needs to be as much creativity as possible in the intelligence process. If one accepts Clapper’s assertion that Putin is “kind of winging it, day to day,” then this becomes all the more important. One key area is the interaction with outside experts and perspectives, something which certainly happens, but often only under complex (and expensive) cut-outs which may help security but slow and reduce the flow of information. Furthermore, it is harder to be sure that iconoclastic insights actually inform the intel process; just as the CIA’s Red Cell is an attempt to challenge the groupthink that so often emerges, there is the scope to treat the outside analytic community – from journalists to academics to random bloggers – more often as analytic partners rather than just a passive resource.

Finally, the US government needs to listen more to its spooks, but also demand more from them. Consider the disastrous “reset” which, inter alia, put great emphasis on cultivating seat-warmer-in-chief, President-for-Halflife Dmitri Medvedev, something that helped infuriate and alienate Putin. As I understand it, this very much came out of the White House and State, without meeting with great enthusiasm from the intel community. At present, the spooks may not be listened to much, but then again there is a certain comfort for them in that. Time for them to take a more central role, but also to be expected to abandon the defensive tendency to offer ranges of possibilities like a fan of cards and asking the policy makers to pick whichever one they choose.

Continued.......

OUTLAW 09
11-03-2015, 01:41 PM
Militants keep firing upon Ukrainian positions. UA troops do not return fire – ATO Staff
http://uacrisis.org/37141-shtab-ato-14 … pic.twitter.com/VTXrI0vTIr

According to RU source ongoing battle near Volvo-center (#Pisky) with mortars, machine guns, small arms.

Donetsk 14:53
"The sounds of battle in the northwest, many different. Intensively."
https://twitter.com/relictDon/status/661526674228531202 …

14:29 #Donetsk Durna_Balka @666_mancer [fb] "Towards the airport frequent explosions are heard. It sounds like start and landing just after"

14:40 #Donetsk @relictDon Heavy [guns] are shelling. Northwest.

Russia's elite Taman motor rifle and Kantemir armoured division's are in info lockdown mode - Rumint only. They are prepping for something.

OUTLAW 09
11-03-2015, 01:51 PM
Militants keep firing upon Ukrainian positions. UA troops do not return fire – ATO Staff
http://uacrisis.org/37141-shtab-ato-14 … pic.twitter.com/VTXrI0vTIr

According to RU source ongoing battle near Volvo-center (#Pisky) with mortars, machine guns, small arms.

Donetsk 14:53
"The sounds of battle in the northwest, many different. Intensively."
https://twitter.com/relictDon/status/661526674228531202 …

14:29 #Donetsk Durna_Balka @666_mancer [fb] "Towards the airport frequent explosions are heard. It sounds like start and landing just after"

14:40 #Donetsk @relictDon Heavy [guns] are shelling. Northwest.

Russia's elite Taman motor rifle and Kantemir armoured division's are in info lockdown mode - Rumint only. They are prepping for something.

Russia is close to restarting the Ukrainian fighting again due I believe to their failures in Syria and their inability to force the Ukraine to compromise in the ways Putin wants them to compromise --ie accept Russian control of eastern Ukraine, no EU membership and no NATO membership......

Russian military attack Ukrainian positions then #GRU spread lie that Ukraine provokes Russian occupiers. https://twitter.com/eot_dnr/status/661519645732700160 …

ATO: This morning, militants made provocative attacks on UA positions near Avdiivka & Opytne with small arms & AGL
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1089784241032381&id=820651001279041&refid=17&_ft_=top_level_post_id.1089784241032381%3Atl_objid .1089784241032381&__tn__=%2As …

UAF is absolutely not returning fire......................
There are wounded. Return fire was strictly forbidden under the threat of court martial. Source:
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008620420147 …

Russian mercenaries.........
30 armored vehicles were removed, much controversy and locals did not confirm it.

Unfinished business for RU General Staff: securing Crimea's flanks - This ain't over. It's barely begun, sadly.

Russian mercenaries started the latest series of attacks in order to have an excuse for not withdrawing their heavy weapons in accordance with Minsk 2---thus Russia has failed again to fulfill Minsk 2......

DNR terror group may postpone weaponry withdrawal due to repeated shellings
http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/3-november-dnr-terror-group-may-postpone-weaponry-withdrawal … via @tassagency_en

OUTLAW 09
11-03-2015, 02:17 PM
Russia is close to restarting the Ukrainian fighting again due I believe to their failures in Syria and their inability to force the Ukraine to compromise in the ways Putin wants them to compromise --ie accept Russian control of eastern Ukraine, no EU membership and no NATO membership......

Russian military attack Ukrainian positions then #GRU spread lie that Ukraine provokes Russian occupiers. https://twitter.com/eot_dnr/status/661519645732700160 …

ATO: This morning, militants made provocative attacks on UA positions near Avdiivka & Opytne with small arms & AGL
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1089784241032381&id=820651001279041&refid=17&_ft_=top_level_post_id.1089784241032381%3Atl_objid .1089784241032381&__tn__=%2As …

UAF is absolutely not returning fire......................
There are wounded. Return fire was strictly forbidden under the threat of court martial. Source:
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008620420147 …

Russian mercenaries.........
30 armored vehicles were removed, much controversy and locals did not confirm it.

Unfinished business for RU General Staff: securing Crimea's flanks - This ain't over. It's barely begun, sadly.

Russian mercenaries started the latest series of attacks in order to have an excuse for not withdrawing their heavy weapons in accordance with Minsk 2---thus Russia has failed again to fulfill Minsk 2......

DNR terror group may postpone weaponry withdrawal due to repeated shellings
http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/3-november-dnr-terror-group-may-postpone-weaponry-withdrawal … via @tassagency_en

Donetsk republic may postpone weaponry withdrawal due to repeated shellings

November 03, 14:56 UTC+3

The unrecognized self-proclaimed republic currently plans to complete weaponry withdrawal by November 10

© Mikhail Sokolov/TASS


MOSCOW, November 3. /TASS/. The self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) does not rule out postponing withdrawal of mortars of less than 120mm caliber due to repeated provocations from Ukrainian forces, DPR defense ministry deputy unit commander Eduard Basurin told a briefing in Donetsk News Agency on Tuesday.

"I hope that the number of shellings will decrease by the scheduled date, and we will be able to painlessly withdraw mortars. The date remains in force for now, but the situation is very unstable," Basurin said.

He added that DPR plans to complete weaponry withdrawal by November 10.

The emergency medical center said on Tuesday four militiamen of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) have been injured in shellings by Ukrainian forces on the western outskirts of Donetsk.

"As a result of shellings of Petrovsky and Kirovsky districts on November 2, four militiamen received mine blast injuries," Donetsk News Agency quoted the center as saying. "All victims sustained heavy shrapnel wounds to the limbs, body, head and chest," the medical center added.

It was earlier reported that Ukrainian forces shelled DPR’s north-western outskirts overnight. As a result of night shellings, the roof of a residential house in the Staromikhaylovka settlement in Donetsk’s Kirovsky district was destroyed.

DPR defense ministry noted intensification of shellings by Ukrainian forces over the last two days. On November 2, 16 ceasefire violations by Kiev forces were registered in DPR.

The supplement to the Package of measures on implementing the Minsk Agreements from 12 February 2015 was agreed upon on September 29 at the negotiations of the Contact Group in Minsk. The supplement envisages withdrawal of tanks, artillery weapons of less than 100mm caliber, and mortars of equal to or less than 120mm caliber to a distance of 15 kilometers from the contact line in Donbas. On September 30, the document was signed by DPR head Alexander Zakharchenko and LPR head Igor Plotnitsky.

In accordance with the reached agreement, tanks are withdrawn first, followed by artillery weapons of less than 100mm caliber and mortars. The first stage should start two days after the complete ceasefire and finish in 15 days. The second stage will take 24 days to complete. The withdrawal will start in the "North" sector on the LPR territory and will continue in the "South" sector in DPR. The whole process of withdrawal is expected to take a total of 41 days.

OUTLAW 09
11-03-2015, 04:57 PM
Footage
Igor Plotnitsky drives with a #RF car to #RF tanks. All as usual.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5HGjWNMa_E …

OUTLAW 09
11-03-2015, 05:58 PM
Dugin always spreads the latest key points of Kremlin propaganda.
https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/status/660865973948321792 …

Over next 48 hours, any reports of troop/armour/logistics movements from Rostov reg into occupied Donetsk/Luhansk regs will be significant.

OUTLAW 09
11-03-2015, 06:22 PM
OSCE SMM attempted (2 Nov) to visit two "DPR" permanent weapons storage sites at coordinates provided, "but it was unable to locate them."

The sound of ‘weapons withdrawal’ in #Donetsk right now:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gShdTH-xit8&feature=youtu.be …

OUTLAW 09
11-03-2015, 08:35 PM
Ukraine marines ‘east of #Mariupol’ are under attack according to reports. I guess #Shyrokyne.

Reports that Ukrainian marines East to #Mariupol is under attack http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/3-november-reports-that-ukrainian-marines-east-to-mariupol …

Ukraine Today's special report: Russia attempts to derail Montenegro's NATO accession
http://www.unian.info/world/1173327-ukraine-todays-special-report-russia-attempts-to-derail-montenegros-nato-accession.html … pic.twitter.com/1LuAnnjfKB

Ukrainian guerrillas continue to resist the Kremlin's occupiers in #Luhansk, more:
http://ukrainiancrusade.blogspot.com/2015/11/ukrainian-guerrillas-continue-to-resist.html …
pic.twitter.com/t5H1mQqxFK

OUTLAW 09
11-03-2015, 08:44 PM
UAF now allows their troops permission to return fire on the Russian troops and mercenaries that have been attacking them for the last three days all along the front line.

Ceasefire is no longer a "true ceasefire".

Fire in response allowed by ATO HQ, let’s hope for every #Ukraine soldier on the front it’s true. https://twitter.com/Liveuamap/status/661594718321696768 …

The sound of ‘weapons withdrawal’ in #Donetsk right now:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gShdTH-xit8&feature=youtu.be …

OUTLAW 09
11-04-2015, 07:43 AM
Pro-Russian terrorists attacked Ukrainian checkpoint in #Lugansk Region, 3 soldiers WIA

http://lugansk-news.com/pro-russian-terrorists-attacked-ukrainian-checkpoint-in-lugansk-region-3-soldiers-were-wounded/ … pic.twitter.com/u9rdjoeYEV

Luhansk rgn: 1 attack recorded - at 4pm UKR strongpoint attacked w/AGS-17 AGL fr/Prishyb, WIA amount under hold http://ato.lisichansk.in.ua/na-luganshhini-zafiksovano-odin-obstril-ukrainskix-pozicij.html …

Source: in recent days # of Russian forces in northern neighborhoods of Donetsk greatly increased. Attacks on Ukrainian positions continue.

OUTLAW 09
11-04-2015, 07:44 AM
U.S. Official: Countering Kremlin Propaganda Is Long-Term Effort
- http://go.shr.lc/1krsiBU


Perfect example of the effects of Russian info war on Russians themselves....

Russian March banner: "#Putin is a descendant of historical figures, in 2015 he'll free #Russia of U.S. occupation."
pic.twitter.com/VintaOol09

OUTLAW 09
11-04-2015, 03:47 PM
Large #Russia|n army military base full of tanks is geolocated in Bile nr #Luhansk
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Finformnapalm.org%2F14624-beloe&edit-text= …

BreakingNews
5 Ukrainian troops injured in (pro-)Russian attacks in eastern #Ukraine yesterday.

Zakharchenko: "I think the Donetsk People's Republic is the whole territory of the former Donetsk region"
pic.twitter.com/BILZzufos2

Zakharchenko again says that Kramatorsk, Slavyansk & Mariupol will be under control of DPR
pic.twitter.com/Bm0DZSQp1t

Putin signs new law letting Russian police seize foreign govts' stuff, if they mess with Moscow's stuff abroad. https://meduza.io/en/news/2015/11/04/putin-signs-law-that-will-allow-russia-to-seize-foreign-states-assets-in-retaliation …

Russian hybrid forces use other compound in Bile/Біле village, Luhansk region 5 Jul
https://twitter.com/etkmkao/status/617797282583453696 …

OUTLAW 09
11-04-2015, 04:43 PM
16:49 #Makiivka, Gvardeyka @666_mancer [zello] "It seems the city doesn't hear. But it's loud. At #Spartak, btw, another battle"

Starobesheve district @RabindrantTagor RUS started to build howitzers deceptive decoys, one such observed in Petrivske village...

Reference Russian Orthodox church........
Patriarch Kirill: We were and remain a great power. We haven't lost our identity, like many European countries." https://twitter.com/dimsmirnov175/status/661893075321675776 …

16:48 #Makiivka @VasyaMakeevskiy Loud salvos started like from Makiivka's western outskirts, 5-6 of them https://twitter.com/loogunda/status/661917076936916992 …

OUTLAW 09
11-04-2015, 04:44 PM
16:49 #Makiivka, Gvardeyka @666_mancer [zello] "It seems the city doesn't hear. But it's loud. At #Spartak, btw, another battle"

Starobesheve district @RabindrantTagor RUS started to build howitzers deceptive decoys, one such observed in Petrivske village...

Reference Russian Orthodox church........
Patriarch Kirill: We were and remain a great power. We haven't lost our identity, like many European countries." https://twitter.com/dimsmirnov175/status/661893075321675776 …

16:48 #Makiivka @VasyaMakeevskiy Loud salvos started like from Makiivka's western outskirts, 5-6 of them https://twitter.com/loogunda/status/661917076936916992 …

16:45 #Donetsk Kalininsky @666_mancer about 4pm an AA-gun(?) worked towards Putilovka or Gvardeyka, now heavy arty joined fr/Gvardeyka..


News
"If the militants continue their attacks, the withdrawal of (Ukrainian) arms from the east will be stopped".
- Oleksandr @Turchynov

OUTLAW 09
11-04-2015, 06:09 PM
Separatists block the delivery of drugs for Hep C, HIV, tuberculosis into east.
http://goo.gl/57Vvct
pic.twitter.com/XsJ3VSFIXM

Militants intensify their activities on the contact line – Colonel Lysenko
http://uacrisis.org/37187-lisenko-2
pic.twitter.com/lRsmlZpOFN

OSCE SMM report for 3 Nov: Russian Forces jam UAV to prevent observing tank concentrations
http://www.osce.org/ukraine-smm/197621 …

OUTLAW 09
11-04-2015, 07:20 PM
RFE/RL ‏@RFERL · Nov 2
On @PowerVertical podcast w/ @MarkGaleotti & @Dawisha: A look at Russia's gangster weapon and its effectiveness.
http://bit.ly/1Q5ad96

Putin is king, but Russians know they’re on their own
Nice @Vedomosti piece trans by @meduza_en on a PR paradox
https://meduza.io/en/feature/2015/11...e-on-their-own …

OUTLAW 09
11-04-2015, 07:21 PM
There has been in social media countless complaints about how the US companies FB and Twitter appear to be working hand in hand with the Russian info warriors for the last year.

.@AndreiSoldatov and @irinaborogan say Facebook, Twitter should be transparent about their dealings w/ the Kremlin: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/artic...rolls-facebook …

Maybe it has to do with the massive Russian oligarch investment into both companies in excess of over 1B USDs into both companies.

OUTLAW 09
11-05-2015, 12:36 PM
How Russia info warfare uses western MSM........
Fake news sources - French journalist tells how Russian TV sourced a fake story to her.
http://www.politico.eu/article/my-starring-role-in-russian-propaganda/ …
pic.twitter.com/9isMlCipq9

Donetsk in last couple weeks has become louder, we are expecting escalation on all fronts. Airport, #Pisky noisy" https://twitter.com/_Pushistiy_/status/662242243500187648 …

Russian occupation forces "Khan" unit spetsnaz snipers combat training, recently
https://vk.com/svdonbass?w=wall-76371964_2865 … pic.twitter.com/jzjnOTmNU7

Sham "final withdrawal" of 82mm mortars by Russian occupation forces from front line 5 Nov
https://vk.com/pravdadnr_tk?w=wall-74318800_25128 …
pic.twitter.com/xZd42oGFhZ

OUTLAW 09
11-05-2015, 12:48 PM
In the Luhansk region SBU discovered a large cache of anti-tank mines http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/5-november-in-the-luhansk-region--sbu-discovered-a-large … pic.twitter.com/Q6czAirSkK via @ServiceSsu

Donetsk
#Pisky, airport - battle still on

Fighting and shelling reported in #Donetsk today, Motorola’s Sparta Battalion on the move. Both sides are now exchanging artillery fire.

The purported locations of the reports indicate that both sides are now exchanging artillery fire.‘

@Guderian_Xaba @MikolaSwed Ukr forces control Krasnogorovka while Russian-backed fighters occupy the Petrovsky district of Donetsk (Petrovka

Maryinka 13:00
VK "We continue to hear booms"

Border Guard Service: militants fired towards checkpoint " Zolote" with machine guns and grenades launchers
http://dpsu.gov.ua/ua/about/news/news_9134.htm …

OUTLAW 09
11-05-2015, 12:55 PM
Number of provocations near #Donetsk increased, Ukrainian positions were attacked 12 times
http://lugansk-news.com/number-of-provocations-near-donetsk-increased-ukrainian-positions-were-attacked-12-times/ … pic.twitter.com/epP3zcMlpO

OUTLAW 09
11-05-2015, 10:06 PM
23:02 #Avdiivka @rechnikato There wasn't such rumble for a long. Approx mine-Zenit area. There was also an intense small arms battle

Russia|n Security Council: #Ukraine took a course on militarization and escalation on border with Russia
http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/5-november-russian-security-council-ukraine-took-a-course …

Obama war advisors on ISIS, Russia & China are resigning and/or criticizing the POTUS. Seems newsworthy. https://www.commentarymagazine.com/foreign-policy

OUTLAW 09
11-05-2015, 10:08 PM
Russian troop and her mercenaries ARE STILL NOT in compliance
with Minsk 2........

Tymchuk: Russian-terrorist Akatsiya, Gvozdika, APCs, tanks etc still not withdrawn from frontline
http://maidantranslations.com/2015/11/05/dmi

OUTLAW 09
11-05-2015, 10:13 PM
Russia is feverishly working to create an imaginary connection between #Ukraine & ISIS https://twitter.com/juliadavisnews/status/660865973948321792 …

Pentagon’s top Russia expert says she pushed tougher policy
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/11/evelyn-farkas-russia-pentagon-215517 …

Fighting in #Pisky, #Mariinka, #Krasnogorivka

Russian #terrorists attacked #Ukraine's positions in #Peski with small arms, machine guns and grenade launchers this evening... "Ceasefire"

Europe braced for #Russia(n) INVASION as #Putin masses troops on #NATO borders
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/473241/Eastern-Europe-ready-Russia-invasion-Vladimir-Putin-Lithuania-Estonia-Latvia-Juozas-Olekas?utm_source=traffic.outbrain&utm_medium=traffic.outbrain&utm_term=traffic.outbrain&utm_content=traffic.outbrain&utm_campaign=traffic.outbrain …
pic.twitter.com/dEX1DXKNBl

OUTLAW 09
11-05-2015, 10:37 PM
Many in the US intelligence community studied at "online diploma mills" a @vicenews investigation finds
https://news.vice.com/article/the-most-militarized-universities-in-america-a-vice-news-investigation …

Putin repeats promise to 'defend' Russians abroad while #NATO prepares for worst
http://uatoday.tv/politics/putin-repeats-promise-to-defend-russains-abroad-while-nato-prepares-for-worst-528389.html … pic.twitter.com/mJzzKn2pdv

OUTLAW 09
11-06-2015, 10:43 AM
News
(pro-)Russian troops increased their attacks on the Ukr. army overnight, attacking #Marinka 5 x and #Pisky 6 x w/ RPGs & small arms.

News
2 Ukrainian soldiers injured in mine attack yesterday evening in #Zolote, in grave but stable condition now.

OUTLAW 09
11-06-2015, 11:18 AM
News
(pro-)Russian troops increased their attacks on the Ukr. army overnight, attacking #Marinka 5 x and #Pisky 6 x w/ RPGs & small arms.

News
2 Ukrainian soldiers injured in mine attack yesterday evening in #Zolote, in grave but stable condition now.

Enemy used small arms, incl. high-calibre machine guns, GLs. In Krasnohorivka, enemy used IFV to shell our positions. Snipers near Avdiyivka

Yesterday, for the first time in months militants shelled residential areas in Krasnohorivka with 82mm mortar. Luckily, no casualties

On back of uptick in violence in east, separatist chief Zakharchenko says "cooperation w Russia hs reachd new level"
http://nnr.su/68754
Same article says Vladislav Surkov — Kremlin's former eminence grise — remains key contact 4 separatists.

OUTLAW 09
11-06-2015, 11:26 AM
Russian Orthodox Church in Belarus training fighters for Russian world in special camps
http://euromaidanpress.com/2015/11/03/russian-orthodox-church-in-belarus-training-fighters-for-russian-world-in-special-camps/ …

OUTLAW 09
11-06-2015, 03:16 PM
http://tass.ru/en/politics/834395

Russian Security Council concerned with resumed shellings of Donbas — Kremlin


November 06, 14:16 UTC+3

Provocations have resumed at the contact line in Donbas over the last several days

Ukrainian forces shell Donetsk’s western outskirts from Grad systems — media


MOSCOW, November 6. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has discussed with Russian Security Council permanent members the resumed provocations on the contact line in Donbas, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday.

"The exchange of opinions took place, and concern was expressed in connection with resumed provocations at the contact line in Donbas over the last several days," Peskov said. "In particular, it concerns shellings of positions of LPR and DPR [self-proclaimed Luhansk and Donetsk republics]," he noted.

Normandy Four political directors to discuss prospects of Minsk-2 before ministerial meeting

A diplomatic source told TASS that political directors of the Normandy Four (Russia, Ukraine, France, Germany) would hold a coordination session in Berlin on Friday before the ministerial meeting.

"Such meeting is planned," the source said. "It will be held at the level of representatives of foreign ministries’ department heads. After that, a ministerial meeting will start," he noted.

Today’s meetings will in general focus on "the process of implementation of the Minsk Agreements with emphasis on weaponry withdrawal and demining," the source said. "The political process and understanding the prospects of the Minsk Agreements are also important," he added.

The meeting of Normandy Four foreign ministers is expected to start at 2pm [local time] at the German foreign minister’s residence for official guests at Villa Borsig.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will arrive in the German capital from Paris where he is taking part in the UNESCO 38th General Conference.

The last meeting of the Normandy Four foreign ministers took place in Berlin on September 12 in the framework of preparing to the summit held in Paris on October 2.

OUTLAW 09
11-06-2015, 03:38 PM
http://tass.ru/en/politics/834395

Russian Security Council concerned with resumed shellings of Donbas — Kremlin


November 06, 14:16 UTC+3

Provocations have resumed at the contact line in Donbas over the last several days

Ukrainian forces shell Donetsk’s western outskirts from Grad systems — media

News
The #Minsk ceasefire is eroding once again.
(Pro-)Russian shelling getting more intense around #Donetsk. pic.twitter.com/TwKB1fy1tR

13:28 #Stakhanov @DNSRRSTRTS At the same time in #Alchevsk w/contrails eastwards and something flying over them https://twitter.com/loogunda/status/662612829577572353 …

Today at 11:20 I observed 2 contrails in the sky over #Kirovsk, didn't see the aircrafts...

OUTLAW 09
11-06-2015, 04:43 PM
Militants stage large-scale bloody showdown in Donetsk – Ukraine Intel
http://www.unian.info/war/1176438-militants-stage-large-scale-bloody-showdown-in-donetsk-ukraine-intel.html …
pic.twitter.com/2NzfC87KFR

ATO Staff: situation in the ATO zone is tense. Militants shoot at residential quarters from prohibited weapons
http://uacrisis.org/37271-shtab-ato-15 …

OUTLAW 09
11-06-2015, 07:40 PM
Great insight into how Russian #propaganda wants Russians to see the West by @IrisovaOlga for @IntersectionPro
http://intersectionproject.eu/article/society/west-through-eyes-russians …

MoD: More than 8000 Russian military stay in Donbas. Also around 50 militant attacks on UA pos. recorded since Nov 2
http://m.censor.net.ua/news/359608/na_donbasse_nahoditsya_bolee_8_tys_voennyh_rf_mino borony …

OUTLAW 09
11-06-2015, 07:48 PM
Russia trying to drag out the Minsk 2 for forever and freeze it forever.......

Lavrov wants Minsk deadlines extended into 2016
http://www.unian.info/world/1176601-lavrov-wants-minsk-deadlines-extended-into-2016.html …
pic.twitter.com/Er0pyPQO11

Russia calls for delay in implementing ceasefire deal with #Ukraine
http://uatoday.tv/politics/russia-calls-for-delay-in-implementing-ceasefire-deal-with-ukraine-529130.html …
pic.twitter.com/AXU59GwxOT

Maryinka 21:25 - Noisy
Krasnohorivka 21:30 - Booms, machine guns, periodically

Maryinka @666_mancer [vk]
20:30 Less booms, more shooting
20:35 ceased
21:10 quiet
21:25 not that quiet anymore

Krasnohorivka 21:50
Occasionally small arms can be heard, volume decreased

OUTLAW 09
11-07-2015, 01:46 PM
VIDEO #Ukraine SBU arrested a #Putin "LNR commando" in Mykolaiv w explosive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaOhkP2hGHk … pic.twitter.com/26NWKYfYnC

Putin's company on the wall...
Russian Army "Kalmius" Battalion, Garrison/HQ Donetsk city, occupied Ukraine 6 Nov
pic.twitter.com/BdNnefBGD5
pic.twitter.com/be432YdDLP
https://youtu.be/XUqY8cUfV2U

Strange report........
Maritime mine clearance device found close to #NordStream pipeline in Swedish waters
http://www.thelocal.se/20151107/explosive-sub-found-near-russian-gas-pipeline … cc: @klgfulmer

Russian mercenary infighting is ongoing gain........
Makiivka @666_mancer Yesterday at 16:20 along Havrilova St to #Khanzhenkove a Gazelle truck drove loaded w/about 20 empty coffins

Donetsk @YuraKas1 #rumours: 'In Donetsk an in-fighting occurred, 15 died, 20 were wounded'

Today, several (pro-)Russian (GRU, SVR operated) social media channels are saying same about Donbas occupation: "The war is not over".

Will Russian occupation forces use their GRU rocket attack on Donetsk to halt (reverse?) sham tank "withdrawals"?
pic.twitter.com/g4mZmz6Huh

Russian Occupiers deliberately fired rocket into Donetsk to pin blame on Ukraine, as map lie shows. Destroying Minsk
pic.twitter.com/OmgDEQC7gf

This is a ceasefire..........?
In the last 24 hours no casualties by the fighting.
4 Ukrainian soldiers were wounded by mine explosion

OUTLAW 09
11-07-2015, 02:10 PM
"Disinformation Review" - new EU information product
http://goo.gl/JvfQo8

The current Russian leadership is revisionist: it doesn't accept existing rules, borders - Wallander #RigaConf
pic.twitter.com/QNbe1LYb8C

Border Guard Service:Last day, militants fired towards checkpoint "Zolote". 3 enemy UAV flights recorded in ATO zone
http://dpsu.gov.ua/ua/about/news/news_9178.htm …

OUTLAW 09
11-07-2015, 03:34 PM
Obama Should Have Given Weapons to #Ukraine, Says Former Pentagon Russia Official
http://www.defenseone.com/management/2015/11/obama-should-have-given-weapons-ukraine-says-former-pentagon-russia-official/123400/ …

OUTLAW 09
11-07-2015, 04:08 PM
Separatists prevented #OSCE SMM from accessing border areas in Luhansk region, in violation of Minsk Addendum:
http://www.osce.org/node/198471

OUTLAW 09
11-07-2015, 04:21 PM
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/Digital-Library/Articles/Detail?lng=en&id=194510

Well worth reading............

6 November 2015

How can Societies be Defended against Hybrid Threats?

Amela Sadagic demonstrates the virtual sand table for urban warfare operations training rehearsals during the MOVES 9th Annual Research Summit

Indeed, how might defense planners come up with better strategies to protect against today’s hybrid threats? Aapo Cederberg’s and Pasi Eronen’s answers point to the patient strengthening of national capabilities, working with one’s allies to overcome capability gaps, etc.

By Aapo Cederberg and Pasi Eronen for Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP)

This policy paper was originally published by the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) in September 2015.

OUTLAW 09
11-07-2015, 04:34 PM
14:36 #Makiivka @PaulVezko Towards #Donetsk from Makiivka single Ural trucks with green boxes in bodies continue to go

OUTLAW 09
11-08-2015, 07:02 AM
18 modern (since 2003 in the) #RussianArmy #KamAZ5350 trucks in occupied eastern #Ukraine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6maM76ZhP_w …

Putin Will Use Terrorist Attack on Plane Against Ukraine, Piontkovsky Says
http://www.interpretermag.com/putin-will-use-terrorist-attack-on-plane-against-ukraine-piontkovsky-says/ …

OUTLAW 09
11-08-2015, 07:12 AM
http://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/putin-takes-revolution-out-of-1917.html

Saturday, November 7, 2015

Putin Takes the Revolution Out of the 1917 Revolution Anniversary

Paul Goble


Staunton, November 7 – Vladimir Putin’s decision to mark what is the anniversary of the 1917 Bolshevik revolution with a recreation of the 1941 Soviet military parade reflects both his fear of revolutionary change as such and thus his desire to keep the Soviet inheritance which he values as far removed from its revolutionary origins as possible.

That conclusion is offered by two Russian commentators, Artem Rondaryev in an essay entitled “How the Revolution was Taken From US” on Snob.ru (snob.ru/selected/entry/100310), and by Alina Vitukhnovskaya in one entitled even more pointedly “Fear of Revolution” on Rufabula.com (rufabula.com/author/alina-vituhnovskaya/843).

In the 1990s, Rondaryev points out, Moscow played down this anniversary because it did not want those who wanted to restore the Soviet system to have an occasion to demonstrate and thereby attract attention to that cause. But now the situation is more complicated because the Putin regime is restoring Soviet elements but doesn’t want to mention their revolutionary origins.

Among Russians now, there is “a strange fragmented quality of all [their] political field, in which no one ideology exists as a totality (a condition necessary for any successful ideology) but is an assembly” of ideas drawn without much regard for logic and thus creating “an ad hoc ideology” in which there is little or no consistency.

As a result, those who are interested in the restoration of aspects of the USSR act as if that state formation “arose from nowhere.” The pre-1917 sources of revolution and the revolutionary declarations of the new regime’s first leaders are ignored. Instead, Soviet opposition to Western liberalism is stressed as “an ally of our current essentialist ideology.”

In this scheme of things, the 1917 revolution becomes “yet another metaphysical incarnation of ‘the Russian spirt’ or of ‘the Russian character,’ yet another super-human, nonhuman monster, the dehumanization of which is so absolute that it did not even need to be born in order to exist.”

The desire not to remember how “it all began” is completely understandable because the current regime has no interest in calling attention to Bolshevik slogans, to revolutionary aspirations for equality or to any other utopian idea. The regime only wants the past as a symbol of “’the unity of the people’ and the totality of the state.”

As a result, for Russians today, under the influence of this vision, “love for the USSR is combined in a paradoxical hatred to everything that the revolution, which created this very USSR initially brought with it – the avant-garde, feminism, free morality, and social transformation as such,” Rondaryev points out.

Vitukhnovskaya for her part says that this all reflects a fear on the part of the current regime of any revolution “regardless of its color or meaning.” In fact, she continues, “the present-day Russian authorities subconsciously fear an analogous outcome for themselves,” a fear that will grow as the country approaches the centennial of the 1917 revolution two years from now.

And consequently, the Putin regime has replaced the 1917 revolution with the victory over Germany as the central value of the state, a backward looking approach which does not define where the country is going and only has the effect of making Russia appear even further behind the key players of the international system.

OUTLAW 09
11-08-2015, 07:14 AM
http://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/putin-takes-revolution-out-of-1917.html

Saturday, November 7, 2015

Putin Takes the Revolution Out of the 1917 Revolution Anniversary

Paul Goble

Contours of an Alarming Future ----Read this to see how RU intelectuals are obsessed w/ the idea of Western decay
http://bit.ly/1WIg0Bj

OUTLAW 09
11-08-2015, 07:18 AM
Russia has a nuclear war game. US test fires Trident. #Fallout4 release is 72 hours away.
Coincidence? I THINK NOT.

OUTLAW 09
11-08-2015, 07:21 AM
Holodomor denial has been #Russia's propaganda weapon from 1932-33
http://euromaidanpress.com/2014/12/17/on-holodomor-denial-and-fisking-a-denialist-russian-professor-of-history/ …
pic.twitter.com/GFbZG6nNdt

In a Significant Way, ‘Bolshevism was Worse than Fascism,’ Shtepa Says
http://www.interpretermag.com/in-a-significant-way-bolshevism-was-worse-than-fascism-shtepa-says/ …
pic.twitter.com/quwKVHeQAm

WORTH reading............
The dark past of Putin's media chief Mikhail Lesin - excerpt from @AndreiSoldatov & @irinaborogan's book, "Red Web"
http://thebea.st/1HlWGbe

OUTLAW 09
11-08-2015, 07:35 AM
The U.S. is developing new arms to deter Russia. Tough speech by Aston Carter at the Ronald Reagan library. https://twitter.com/McFaul/status/663221177091932161 …

Carter: #US must prepare for challenges from #Russia and #China
http://www.stripes.com/news/us/carter-u-s-must-prepare-for-challenges-from-russia-china-1.377771 …

BREAKING: #US adapting 'operational posture' to deter Russian aggression: Pentagon chief - AFP

AND the existential threat is again who exactly..............??

OUTLAW 09
11-08-2015, 10:02 AM
The "forgotten war" in eastern Ukraine is slowly but steadily being restarted by Putin and the West does not even take notice......

18:03 #Horlivka @sergbaly ...at #Mayorsk an intense combat for over 30min - SA,heavy,RPG,BTR or BMP

18:38 #Horlivka @thunderbolt1488 Not really at #Mayorsk, rather between #Zhovanka and #Zaytseve, hardly audible in #Mayorsk

Shchastya 19:30
At Facade (checkpoint) three explosions heard, then shootout

22:43 VK
"Northern outskirts of #Horlivka - intensive machine gun and small arms fire. Mobile comms Life netw. down"

Pisky-#Staromykhilivka area 23:15
Shooting, machine guns, mortars

They have attacked w AGL, heavy machine guns, small arms at #Opyne five times, 3 times at #Krasnohorivka, 2x at #Avdiivka and #Novhorodske.

In #Artemivsk direction with AGL and ATGM, heavy machine guns and sniper rifles fired four times on UAF positions at #Zaitsevo.

At #Hranitne they opened fire on UAF positions w grenade launchers, machine guns, small arms. Novoselivka Druha was shelled w 82mm mortars.

ATO press service: Last night, in the ATO zone russian terrorist forces continued to escalate of the conflict.

Russian troops and her mercenaries ARE ALL STILL in non compliance with Minsk 2 and yet the West says what........nothing.....

Russian forces detained #OSCE SMM for 1 hour to stop them seeing what crosses at Izvaryne CP on UA-RU border 6 Nov

From 6 Nov----
Pro-#Russia|n terrorist paid to fight in #Ukraine detained in Chisinau airport Moldova, arriving on a Moscow flight:

OUTLAW 09
11-08-2015, 10:21 AM
Organising and executing the great famine in Ukraine might be the greatest crime committed by the USSR. https://twitter.com/uatodaytv/status/663287352748580864 …

OUTLAW 09
11-08-2015, 10:49 AM
Ceasefire ceased? Truce untruced? Russian 'good faith'. Minsk line under attack from Russian Occupation Forces 8 Nov
pic.twitter.com/54AysAvE81

OUTLAW 09
11-08-2015, 10:52 AM
Wow. Interesting theory. And makes sense. Why was billionaire Lesin staying at an anonymous $200 a night hotel in DC

Kokh speculates that Lesin, "co-creator of Putin's Comintern," was assassinated by the FSB to keep him from the FBI. https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1072198709480520&id=100000712037223 …

OUTLAW 09
11-08-2015, 12:03 PM
Russian neo-fascist mercenaries and volunteers are complaining of "tedious silience" - they want to attack Ukraine
pic.twitter.com/OnO8tsWpU7

With world distracted by Russia's actions in Syria, ominous signs of plans for renewed Russian offensive in Donbas. http://www.kyivpost.com/opinion/editorial/battle-brewing-401468.html …

Ukrainian army was shelled by #Russian proxies more than 300 times in E #Ukraine since Oct 18,2015 - ATO Press center reports

ATO spokesperson: #Russia|n terrorist troops continued to escalate the conflict in eastern #Ukraine last night

See my interview on #NATO 'mini-summit' in #Romania, agenda for Warsaw Summit, #Russian lies on #missiledefense http://defencematters.org/index.php?page=article&art_id=65 …

OUTLAW 09
11-08-2015, 12:04 PM
NATO IDC Ukraine @IdcNato

Countering #Kremlin disinformation - new #EU mythbusters initiative gaining momentum
https://twitter.com/EUvsDisinfo/status/663293149582897152 …

OUTLAW 09
11-08-2015, 01:00 PM
Russian Armed Forces laying anti-personnel mines along front line, Ukraine 6 Nov
https://vk.com/sova_chernaya?w=wall269700559_515 … pic.twitter.com/BbOMj9qhG7

Just 100m from Ukrainian front line positions #RussianArmy #minefield https://vk.com/sova_chernaya?w=wall269700559_517 … pic.twitter.com/wgqmYdV69O

Russia's lame state media is so afraid of talking about #Holodomor, they couldn't even include pic of the monument.
pic.twitter.com/L00VCBuJWW

The rest denies Holodomor and Ukrainians as a Nation Because Kremlin Propaganda is effective https://twitter.com/euromaidanpress/status/663062883052351488 …

A grenade was found in a bin near a bus station in #Mariupol #Donetsk #Ukraine https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.co.uk&sl=ru&u=http://www.0629.com.ua/news/1022044&usg=ALkJrhgJkuwgJmvFhzO0kaf0L9Cec_apLQ …
pic.twitter.com/6QRVPM3QSA

OUTLAW 09
11-08-2015, 01:08 PM
Russian troop and her mercenaries start their attacks along the front line again--clear violation of the Minsk 2 agreement Putin keeps saying he is in compliance of--just another Russian lie.

13:50 #Horlivka Stroitel @ahab7822 Southward something rumbles, shooting also audible

13:37 #Donetsk railway station @HuAdvokatos "They woke up..."

Horlivka 14:31
Kalinovka - assault rifles or machine guns, loud!
https://twitter.com/UA_Horlivka_/status/663333116149374976 …

Russia has already issued winter combat wear for #Putin forces in occupied #Donbas #Ukraine via @Ukr_Che
pic.twitter.com/oNeXY5OlbI

In Russian..............
Interviewed by Russian "war correspondent", Donetsk separatists say they're laying mines along frontline #Ukraine https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1Jl3VuxlNry6AzNaUshxvQ …

Meanwhile Donetsk "transport ministry" says the city's finally gonna get a metro system. If only. #Ukraine http://hromadskeradio.org/2015/11/08/bez-metro-donecku-ne-vyzhyt-myntrans-dnr …

OUTLAW 09
11-08-2015, 02:18 PM
Gunfight tow. #Mayorsk w small breaks is on for the 2nd day. Sometimes something quite heavy joins. Mortar or tank. https://twitter.com/thunderbolt1488/status/663342192988184576 …

Dzerzhynsk 15:07
Hearing incoming mortar rounds, ours reply with heavy machine guns. https://twitter.com/dimetros7776/status/663340880091287552 …

Daniel Baer ✔ @danbbaer
Uptick in fighting reported by SMM is very concerning. SMM must have full access, including the full border. https://twitter.com/OSCE_SMM/status/663055289747394560 …

East #Ukraine Conflict Zone: Militants fire in three directions
http://uatoday.tv/politics/east-ukraine-conflict-zone-militants-fire-in-three-directions-529739.html …
pic.twitter.com/dWs2B33rS5

16:07 #Novhorodske @LeeZernoganja "...intense battles near #Verknyotoretske..."

OUTLAW 09
11-08-2015, 02:21 PM
US Defense Secretary Ash Carter: "The US isn’t here for a war. But if #Russia wants one, we’re ready."
http://www.buzzfeed.com/alimwatkins/carter-to-top-military-brass-we-are-prepared-to-deal-with-ru?utm_term=.mvGnKZlln2#.eqqKNWAAKd …

Hearing from multiple sources that State Dept and White House were very not happy about this piece....enjoy! http://observer.com/2015/11/obama-fails-to-fight-putins-propaganda-machine/ …

OUTLAW 09
11-08-2015, 02:38 PM
Gunfight tow. #Mayorsk w small breaks is on for the 2nd day. Sometimes something quite heavy joins. Mortar or tank. https://twitter.com/thunderbolt1488/status/663342192988184576 …

Dzerzhynsk 15:07
Hearing incoming mortar rounds, ours reply with heavy machine guns. https://twitter.com/dimetros7776/status/663340880091287552 …

Daniel Baer ✔ @danbbaer
Uptick in fighting reported by SMM is very concerning. SMM must have full access, including the full border. https://twitter.com/OSCE_SMM/status/663055289747394560 …

East #Ukraine Conflict Zone: Militants fire in three directions
http://uatoday.tv/politics/east-ukraine-conflict-zone-militants-fire-in-three-directions-529739.html …
pic.twitter.com/dWs2B33rS5

16:07 #Novhorodske @LeeZernoganja "...intense battles near #Verknyotoretske..."

OSCE has verified the UAF have in fact completed all weapon pull backs---none verified by the OSCE for Russian troops and her mercenaries and YET this is the Russian mercenary response from today......reference the escalation is Russian mercenary fighting on the front line.

Basurin says #Ukraine violates #Minsk agreement by moving artillery and tanks to front line
http://riafan.ru/470138-razvedka-dnr-vsu-styagivayut-tyazheluyu-artilleriyu-i-tanki-k-donetsku/ …

Fighting around #Horlivka today, mortars and heavy machine guns

Reference US TOWs.......

US didn't provide Ukraine w lethal aid bc it would've 'provoked' Putin, but it isn't provocative to supply lethal weapons in Syria. Got it.

OUTLAW 09
11-08-2015, 04:37 PM
And #Russia's RT spins/spews propaganda 24/7 in many languages & many countries on cable, satellite.
pic.twitter.com/tPONO0iZV9

OUTLAW 09
11-08-2015, 04:50 PM
Breaking Defense: US must do more to deter ‘reckless' #Russia, Farkas

http://uatoday.tv/politics/breaking-defense-us-must-do-more-to-deter-reckless-russia-farkas-529760.html …
pic.twitter.com/klsmThn2CN

OUTLAW 09
11-08-2015, 05:02 PM
BREAKING: Militants press: Unknown armed men captured Zhovanka neighborhood of Horlivka
http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/8-november-militants-press-unknown-armed-men-captured-zhovanka …
pic.twitter.com/E9tuEEA3Yg

Despite nearby shooting and RPG explosions long queue at Mayorsk checkpoint
http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/8-november-despite-nearby-shooting-and-rpg-explosions-long …
pic.twitter.com/758agS9l2i

OUTLAW 09
11-08-2015, 06:37 PM
19:41 #Donetsk Oktyabrsky-#Pisky @AlfaNubovsky Ongoing combat - small arms, grenade launchers, tank (?). Firing towards #Pisky.

19:39 #Donetsk @Vityushka_UA Hell, how loud. At least tank

19:43 #Donetsk @PVB40 [fb] Salvos and explosions towards #Pisky, flashes seen, shooting heard outside

Horlivka 20:11
Loud, heavy
https://twitter.com/andreyboss77/status/663418520991105024 …

20:27 #Donetsk @PVB40 [fb] Intense battle towards #Opytne. Constant rumble as during thunderstorm

19:40 #Donetsk Shakhtarska Sq @PVB40 [fb] Volleys series has been heard, not too distant one - clearly audible w/windows closed, like AA-gun

Donetsk Kuibyshevskyi district - the sound of #ceasefire, tonight
https://youtu.be/N03L4Q8LKXY

19:46 #Donetsk @funkermanjke It seems a tank shells from the airport direction towards #Pisky, also shooting is heard there

18:38 #Donetsk Proletarsky ds @DoneckiiPatriot Strange sounds were audible - dull, like starts. Didn't understood what it was. 18:39 again

On the front lines at #Spartak - #Donetsk airport - Butovka mine - #Pisky - #Optyne - combat is still on.

OUTLAW 09
11-08-2015, 06:38 PM
BREAKING: Militants press: Unknown armed men captured Zhovanka neighborhood of Horlivka
http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/8-november-militants-press-unknown-armed-men-captured-zhovanka …
pic.twitter.com/E9tuEEA3Yg

Despite nearby shooting and RPG explosions long queue at Mayorsk checkpoint
http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/8-november-despite-nearby-shooting-and-rpg-explosions-long …
pic.twitter.com/758agS9l2i

Gorlivka district", invaders don't know such district cannot exists for Horlivka has city districts.

If really were the UAF there, then for sure Basurin would be screaming now that Ukr went to attack.

I've seen that report few hours ago, but seemed so unrealistic thought must be fake.

I saw a report that Ukrainian army entered there, but unconfirmed (a civil volunteer message).

Possibly fight between RU gangs. Many reports about gunfight in that area.

OUTLAW 09
11-08-2015, 07:02 PM
Russia is working with Germany and Austria to build a new gas pipeline to Western Europe:
http://bit.ly/1WHaoan

OUTLAW 09
11-08-2015, 07:15 PM
19:41 #Donetsk Oktyabrsky-#Pisky @AlfaNubovsky Ongoing combat - small arms, grenade launchers, tank (?). Firing towards #Pisky.

19:39 #Donetsk @Vityushka_UA Hell, how loud. At least tank

19:43 #Donetsk @PVB40 [fb] Salvos and explosions towards #Pisky, flashes seen, shooting heard outside

Horlivka 20:11
Loud, heavy
https://twitter.com/andreyboss77/status/663418520991105024 …

20:27 #Donetsk @PVB40 [fb] Intense battle towards #Opytne. Constant rumble as during thunderstorm

19:40 #Donetsk Shakhtarska Sq @PVB40 [fb] Volleys series has been heard, not too distant one - clearly audible w/windows closed, like AA-gun

Donetsk Kuibyshevskyi district - the sound of #ceasefire, tonight
https://youtu.be/N03L4Q8LKXY

19:46 #Donetsk @funkermanjke It seems a tank shells from the airport direction towards #Pisky, also shooting is heard there

18:38 #Donetsk Proletarsky ds @DoneckiiPatriot Strange sounds were audible - dull, like starts. Didn't understood what it was. 18:39 again

On the front lines at #Spartak - #Donetsk airport - Butovka mine - #Pisky - #Optyne - combat is still on.

21:04 #Horlivka @gipsogolovij Strong booms heard towards #Ozeryanivka

21:06 #Horlivka @andreyboss77 Salvos now

Also #Zaitseve was shelled.
The Ukrainian army said, they repelled the 3-hour attacks with small arms, killing some militants.

#Breaking
(Pro-)#Russian forces used small arms, grenade launchers and 82 mm mortars and tried to storm #Mayorsk.
pic.twitter.com/fujBAFf9kY

OUTLAW 09
11-08-2015, 07:26 PM
http://maidantranslations.com/2015/11/08/dmitry-tymchuk-military-update-11-05-freesavchenko/

Dmitry Tymchuk: Military update 11.05

Posted on November 8, 2015


Operational data from Information Resistance:

The past 24 hours marked a new stage in the increased activity of Russian-terrorist forces in the anti-terrorist operation [ATO] zone. The ATO forces continued to come under fire from automatic small arms and heavy grenade launchers along several sections of the demarcation line. Militants also actively fired on the “grey zone.”

At the same time, clashes between various armed gang formations were observed. For example, firefights with the use of small arms and underbarrel grenade launchers were noted in several districts of Donetsk simultaneously.

On the front line, new militant infantry groups aboard transport have appeared along several sections of the demarcation line in Donetsk oblast. Each group numbers about 50 men equipped with small arms, AGS-17 automatic grenade launchers and, occasionally, mortars and ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft guns.

Around Opytne, Pisky, DAP [Donetsk International Airport], north of Yasynuvata (towards Avdiivka), south of Popasna, and in the vicinity of Holmivskyi, Shchastya and Trokhizbenka, terrorist infantry groups were observed maneuvering on the front edge, with sporadic shooting from automatic small arms and from AGS-17s in several instances.

In sector “A,” enemy sabotage and reconnaissance groups (DRGs) have become more active. They carry out reconnaissance tasks and attempt to infiltrate into the rear of the ATO forces.

South of Donetsk (on the section from Hranitne and further south), increased militant activity has also been observed. Terrorist groups periodically open fire at the neutral strip (terrorists in this area give the impression that they are actively trying to stop imaginary Ukrainian troop DRGs from reaching their positions).

Militants continue laying minefields along the front edge and setting up booby-trapped obstacles in several sectors simultaneously: west of Donetsk, and in the vicinity of Starohnativka and Olenivka.

In the coastal regions, new terrorist weapon emplacements and engineering structures have been constructed on the front line (north of Sakhanka, as far as Zaichenko).

A build-up of armored vehicles (totaling 32 tanks and 25 other armored fighting vehicles) has been observed in the militants’ “Lutuhyne training camps.” Some of this heavy armor was transferred from the sector north of Luhansk, and some, from around Popasna.

The reequipping of the Telmanove terrorist group is nearly complete. Two MT-LB light-armored multi-purpose transporter trucks and two BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles were transferred to Telmanove from near Amvrosiivka and Starobesheve.

OUTLAW 09
11-08-2015, 07:32 PM
http://maidantranslations.com/2015/11/08/dmitry-tymchuk-military-update-11-05-freesavchenko/

Dmitry Tymchuk: Military update 11.05

Posted on November 8, 2015

Russian proxies open fire 15 times in E #Ukraine today ( #Novogorodske, #Troytske, #Pisky, #Mayorske

Horlivka VK
21:20 - Noisy towards #Svetlodarsk
21:18 - Combat resumed at #Zaitsevo, small arms, RPG
https://twitter.com/BylByleva/status/663437071474958336 …

Horlivka 21:03
Intense battle in Shirokaya Balka area
https://twitter.com/BylByleva/status/663434679421435904 …

Horlivka 21:07
Battle continues, somewheare in the area of Shirokaya Balka
https://twitter.com/Julia_Twinkle/status/663432766600650752 …

Militants tried to storm #Ukraine positions in area of #Mayorsk. Militants suffered losses.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1092310710779734&id=820651001279041&refid=17&_ft_=top_level_ …

Donetsk 21:46
In the airport or #Spartak area combat is on, deaf powerful volleys
https://twitter.com/Donetsk_Ukraine/status/663442390913544192 …

Donetsk 21:47
Periodically explosions and shooting towards the airport
https://twitter.com/funkermanjke/status/663442826072584192 …

Alchevsk 21:47
Some loud boom
https://twitter.com/ua_ares/status/663442674238791681 …

Ceasefire was violated 15 times until this early evening in eastern #Ukraine. Mortars, RPGs and heavy machine guns used.

Fighting raging in #Donetsk tonight:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=N03L4Q8LKXY …

Russia still arming militants in eastern #Ukraine
http://www.unian.info/war/1177428-joint-centre-for-control-russia-still-arming-proxies-in-donbas.html …
pic.twitter.com/dLhMEjB2Nq

OUTLAW 09
11-08-2015, 07:40 PM
http://maidantranslations.com/2015/11/08/dmitry-tymchuk-military-update-11-06-freesavchenko/

Dmitry Tymchuk: Military update 11.06

Posted on November 8, 2015

Operational data from Information Resistance:


High levels of activity by Russian-terrorist forces in the anti-terrorist operation [ATO] zone have been noted. In addition to small arms (heavy machine guns included), miltants over the past 24 hours used AGS-17 and AGS-21 automatic stand-mounted grenade launchers, SPG-9 “Kopye” heavy antitank grenade launchers, 82 mm mortars and ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft systems. At the same time, there was a dramatic increase across several sectors in the number of attempts by enemy forces’ sabotage and reconnaissance groups [DRG] to infiltrate the ATO forces’ rear.

Militants opened fire on Ukrainian troop positions near Krasnohorivka, Opytne, Vodyane, Pisky, Mar’inka, Avdiivka and further north (near Novhorodske). Enemy sniper groups were active as observed in the Avdiivka area.

The strongholds and advanced positions of the ATO forces near Shchastya and Trokhizbenka came under fire several times (four mortars and three AGS-17s were used).

In coastal regions, militants fired high-explosive shells from SPG-9s in several localities (Hranitne, north of Sakhanka, Chermalyk, Mykolaivka). The same weaponry was used by terrorists near Shumy and Novhorodske.

The presence of heavy armor was observed in the Kyivskyi district of Donetsk, despite militants’ assertions that it had been withdrawn. The IR group’s network
recorded four terrorist tanks near the “Tochmash” plant, and two more tanks near the “Monolith” stadium.

North of Staromykhailivka (Donetsk), militants are using construction equipment to equip positions for armored vehicles and mortar troop units. Four BTR-80 armored personnel carriers and six MT-LB light-armored multi-purpose transporter trucks were seen transferring to the area.

A Russian-terrorist forces “back-up battalion,” part of the so-called “Horlivka garrison,” was deployed at the front line north of Horlivka (between the Maiorske automobile market and Holmivskyi). The battalion’s sub-units (“motorised infantry companies”) have been deployed in a double-echelon configuration (two companies in front, one company behind). These forces have twenty eight armored vehicles at their disposal.

A Russian Spetsnaz DRG group (up to 15 personnel) set out on a “raid” in the direction of Pisky from its permanent place of deployment (Rozy Lyuksemburh [Rosa Luxemburg] St., Donetsk). A DRG unit from the “Vostok” battalion (up to 20 men) left Mospyne (where it is deployed in Secondary School No. 154), bound for Mar’inka. Two DRG units (up to 25 men in each) departed from Debaltseve to penetrate the ATO forces’ operational and tactical rear, disguised as refugees and holding documents identifying them as Ukrainian citizens.

As directed by the leadership of the Russian Federation Armed Forces, dead militants from the “Donetsk People’s Republic [DNR] Army” are being “dismissed” retroactively to try to conceal troop losses.

Official units of the Federal Security Service (FSB) and the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces [GRU] of the Russian Federation operating in Donbas have joined forces to co-ordinate their operations in the ATO zone (to gather intelligence), and in other oblasts of Ukraine (to prepare and execute terrorist attacks and sabotage). The two intelligence services have set up a joint coordination center in Donetsk.

The “DNR” ringleaders are planning to “rehabilitate” members of illegal armed gangs from among the so-called “Cossack units” disbanded in May 2015. Some of these “Cossacks” are still held in detention facility no. 5, in occupied Donetsk. Special commissions are expected to be set up to review the cases of arrested Cossack militants.

“Food rations” from Rinat Akhmetov’s “We Will Help” (“Pomozhem”) foundation are being distributed in occupied areas of Donetsk oblast to employees of the so-called “DNR Ministry of State Security.”


Combat in many areas in eastern #Ukraine tonight:
https://twitter.com/Guderian_Xaba/status/663431468878811136 …

21:46 #Horlivka @UA_Horlivka_ In Kalinovka are distantly and periodically audible

Serious battle towards #Optyne. Continuous rumble, like a thunderstorm.
http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/8-november-serious-battle-towards-optyne-continuous-rumble …

[B]22:00 #Makiivka @OldHistoric Suddenly tube artillery started to shell from the area #Hryhorivka-#Yakovlivka. 122mm for now by sound...

21:43 #Makiivka Gvardeyka @vuiko65 Went out to balcony - heavy shots heard and shooting, direction: #Yakovlivka-#Spartak

at this moment, outgoing 122mm mortars are heard from Donetsk/Makeevka border, near the bypass road.

22:02 #Makiivka @vuiko65 And now from #Yakovlivka or #Hryhorivka ettlestube artillery started to shell, didn't hear since summer

Ukrainian forces pulled back mil. equip. from ATO zone
Russian terrorists keep shelling Ukr. positions w/ mortars, RPGs, heavy MGs

Jul31 2014, #Amvrosiivka district, 10 km away from Uspenka border crossing checkpoint
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t71vvTfqICA …

Reports that #Russia|ns firing 122m artillery from #Makiivka

OUTLAW 09
11-08-2015, 08:18 PM
How #Russia continues hurting #Ukraine: DNR stops coal shipments: Kyiv loves our coal but doesn't want to pay for it http://ria.ru/world/20151105/1314475596.html …

OUTLAW 09
11-08-2015, 09:13 PM
The sound of #ceasefire in #Donetsk tonight
https://youtu.be/ET4CSZJrbms

Russian forces are steadily escalating the conflict in Donbas Ukraine and are increasing their use of mortars (banned by ceasefire terms).

OUTLAW 09
11-09-2015, 11:47 AM
Russia has now effectively "frozen" the eastern Ukraine....and the West went along with Putin.......what a sell out especially by Germany who wants to build the second North Stream deliberately cutting the Ukraine out of @B USDs per year in transit fees.

Minsk extended: process will continue next year http://en.mid.ru/en/web/guest/foreign_policy/news/-/asset_publisher/cKNonkJE02Bw/content/id/1922919 …

Lavrov: local elections law, an amnesty and constitutional reform will permanently seal the special status of Donbas http://en.mid.ru/en/web/guest/foreign_policy/news/-/asset_publisher/cKNonkJE02Bw/content/id/1922919 …

BUT wait-Russian troops and her mercenaries have not complied with a single point in Minsk2 and have r the last week been attacking all along t the front line in clear violation of Minsk 2.....

MORE Russian lies even from their own Foreign Minister......
Lavrov: "Mines seriously complicating life in Donbas" http://en.mid.ru/en/web/guest/foreign_policy/news/-/asset_publisher/cKNonkJE02Bw/content/id/1922919 …

HYPOCRITE! RU forces lay mines 6 Nov!
pic.twitter.com/30f2V2i0FC

NOTICE Lavrov said not a single word about the mercenary attacks.....

Ukraine military reports surge of fighting in east as #Moscow sends 44th unauthorized convoy into #Donbas
http://www.kyivpost.com/content/kyiv-post-plus/ukrainian-military-reports-surge-of-fighting-in-east-as-moscow-sends-44th-unauthorized-convoy-into-donbas-401679.html?utm_content=buffer32ef2&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer …

Col. Lysenko: Mariupol sector: enemy fired for 30 minutes at UA positions near Shyrokyne with small arms; hostile snipers were active there

ATO spox: Militants were active near Donetsk airport: small arms, rocket launchers were used; hostile BMP-2 were active there

Col. Andriy Lysenko: Enemy attacked UA positions near Novhorodske, Troitske & Verkhniotoretske

ATO spokesperson: Militants used mortars against UA positions near Mayorsk & Zaitseve

Col. Lysenko: Donetsk sector: For the first time in 2 months, enemy attacked UA positions near Mayorsk; skirmish lasted for an hour

OUTLAW 09
11-09-2015, 11:49 AM
Under the rubric either extremely brave or totally stupid............

PHOTO: Famous Russian activist sets the front door of #Russia's secret service (#FSB) in Moscow on fire -

MORE: Video of the incident -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-yPdvTz-ow …

If Adele can set fire to the rain, Dylan Thomas can set fire to the stars why can't anybody set fire to the KGB?

OUTLAW 09
11-09-2015, 12:14 PM
Russia has now effectively "frozen" the eastern Ukraine....and the West went along with Putin.......what a sell out especially by Germany who wants to build the second North Stream deliberately cutting the Ukraine out of @B USDs per year in transit fees.

Minsk extended: process will continue next year http://en.mid.ru/en/web/guest/foreign_policy/news/-/asset_publisher/cKNonkJE02Bw/content/id/1922919 …

Lavrov: local elections law, an amnesty and constitutional reform will permanently seal the special status of Donbas http://en.mid.ru/en/web/guest/foreign_policy/news/-/asset_publisher/cKNonkJE02Bw/content/id/1922919 …

BUT wait-Russian troops and her mercenaries have not complied with a single point in Minsk2 and have r the last week been attacking all along t the front line in clear violation of Minsk 2.....

MORE Russian lies even from their own Foreign Minister......
Lavrov: "Mines seriously complicating life in Donbas" http://en.mid.ru/en/web/guest/foreign_policy/news/-/asset_publisher/cKNonkJE02Bw/content/id/1922919 …

HYPOCRITE! RU forces lay mines 6 Nov!
pic.twitter.com/30f2V2i0FC

NOTICE Lavrov said not a single word about the mercenary attacks.....

Ukraine military reports surge of fighting in east as #Moscow sends 44th unauthorized convoy into #Donbas
http://www.kyivpost.com/content/kyiv-post-plus/ukrainian-military-reports-surge-of-fighting-in-east-as-moscow-sends-44th-unauthorized-convoy-into-donbas-401679.html?utm_content=buffer32ef2&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer …

Col. Lysenko: Mariupol sector: enemy fired for 30 minutes at UA positions near Shyrokyne with small arms; hostile snipers were active there

ATO spox: Militants were active near Donetsk airport: small arms, rocket launchers were used; hostile BMP-2 were active there

Col. Andriy Lysenko: Enemy attacked UA positions near Novhorodske, Troitske & Verkhniotoretske

ATO spokesperson: Militants used mortars against UA positions near Mayorsk & Zaitseve

Col. Lysenko: Donetsk sector: For the first time in 2 months, enemy attacked UA positions near Mayorsk; skirmish lasted for an hour

Kremlin-speak decoded: We're getting very close to Russia ending the agreed truce and crossing the Minsk line https://twitter.com/tassagency_en/status/663666274640240640 …

Ukrainian forces return heavy artillery to contact line in Donbas — DPR defense ministry

November 09, 13:35 UTC+3


Four D-30 howitzers were spotted near the Luhanskoye settlement on Donetsk’s outskirts, and two Grad multiple rocket launcher systems were seen in Dzerzhinsk to the north-west of Gorlovka

MOSCOW, November 9. /TASS/. The self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) intelligence registered the return of 10 units of heavy weaponry to the contact line in Donbas, DPR defense ministry spokesman Eduard Basurin said on Monday.

"Four D-30 howitzers were spotted near the Luhanskoye settlement [on Donetsk’s outskirts], and two Grad multiple rocket launcher systems were seen in Dzerzhinsk [to the north-west of Gorlovka].Four self-propelled artillery systems were also spotted near the Novgorodskoye settlement [in Gorlovka’s west]," Donetsk News Agency quoted Basurin as saying.

Three T-64 tanks were also spotted by intelligence as they arrived to Krasnogorovka located 10 kilometers from the contact line in Donbas, he added.

The supplement to the Package of measures on implementing the Minsk Agreements from 12 February 2015 was agreed upon on September 29 at the negotiations of the Contact Group in Minsk. The supplement envisages withdrawal of tanks, artillery weapons of less than 100mm caliber, and mortars of equal to or less than 120mm caliber to a distance of 15 kilometers from the contact line in Donbas.

The process of withdrawal that started on October 3 and is expected to be completed in 41 days is monitored by representatives of the Joint Center for Control and Coordination (JCCC). They send reports on the withdrawal progress to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Special Monitoring Mission (SMM).

According to DPR defense ministry, Ukrainian forces have violated ceasefire regime 11 times over the last 24 hours on the territory of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic.

Ukrainian forces "continued to provoke DPR Armed Forces over the last 24 hours to open fire at the positions of nationalist battalions. Yesterday they violated ceasefire 11 times," Donetsk News Agency quoted a DPR defense ministry spokesperson as saying.

According to DPR defense ministry, Kiev forces shelled the Volvo Center near the Donetsk airport, Zhabunki settlement on Donetsk’s northern outskirts, settlements of Ozeryanovka and Panteleymonovka in Golvoka’s south-west. More than 30 mines were fired at the DPR territory.

Ukrainian forces also opened fire from large-caliber firearms at settlements to the north and north-west of Gorlovka (Zaytsevo, mine 6-7) and Shirokaya Balka settlement.

At the meeting of the Contact Group in Minsk on August 26, the participants confirmed their plans to ensure ceasefire in Donbas from September 1. Over the last weeks, only few violations of ceasefire regime were registered in Donbass. Observing ceasefire by both sides is one of the main conditions for completing withdrawal of weaponry of less than 100mm caliber from the contact line in Donbas.

The Minsk accords were signed on February 12, after negotiations in the so-called "Normandy format" in the Belarusian capital Minsk, bringing together Russian President Vladimir Putin, French President Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.

The Minsk accords envisage ceasefire, weaponry withdrawal, prisoner exchange, local election in Donbas, constitutional reform in Ukraine and establishing working sub-groups on security, political, economy and humanitarian components of the Minsk accords.

The Ukrainian forces and the self-defense forces of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk republics have repeatedly accused each other of violating ceasefire and other points of the Minsk agreements.


Shelling in #Donbas became regular again. Militants attacked Ukrainian positions 13 times from 6:00 pm till 6:00 am
pic.twitter.com/y0A2PlQD8u

OUTLAW 09
11-09-2015, 02:51 PM
Very good and true article by former NATO general secretary @AndersFoghR.
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/russia-benefited-from-nato-enlargement-by-anders-fogh-rasmussen-2015-11#i3R2gRyxoAK5cbqR.99 …

OUTLAW 09
11-09-2015, 06:23 PM
The Ukrainian war called conviently "a fighting ceasefire" is back on the front burner.....the UAF has take a relatively large number of killed and wounded over the last two months of this "ceasefire".......

20:06 #Avdiivka @VadyXaXa One can hear battle sounds, small arms and more

Paratroopers of 31st Brig. from Ulyanovsk As 'Patriot' Militants in Donbas https://informnapalm.org/en/paratroopers-of-the-31st-brigade-from-ulyanovsk-as-patriot-militants-in-donbas/ …
pic.twitter.com/2ARRFrlUeh

16 yesterday--now 19---the Russian mercenaries view a steady state of war at 30 attacks a day--we are not far from that......

ATO press reports 19 ceasefire violations until 6pm this evening

Russian troops and her mercenatries are clearly and fully in total violation of Minsk 2...and the West says what exactly??????

Russian "DPR" forces denied #OSCE SMM access at Nova Marivka (49km NE of Mariupol) & Vedenske (33km NE of Mariupol) checkpoints 8 Nov

Even more blocking of the OSCE SMM by Russian troops and her mercenaries....

"DPR" members guarding a military-type compound in Donetsk city’s Kuibyshevskyi district refused SMM entry 8 Nov
http://www.osce.org/ukraine-smm/198671 …

OSCE see 4 Russian military trucks carrying armed personnel near Yuvileine + 10 military trucks near Bryanka 8 Nov
http://www.osce.org/ukraine-smm/198671 …

OSCE see *64* Russian tanks (T-64/T-72) plus 12 howitzers in occupied Donetsk/Luhansk 8 Nov
http://www.osce.org/ukraine-smm/198671 …
pic.twitter.com/ESJsPNDqgq

Direct Minsk 2 Violation...........
OSCE spotted Russian self-propelled howitzers Gvozdika, 1 in open + 3 camouflaged under canopy, at Makiivka 8 Nov
http://www.osce.org/ukraine-smm/198671 …

OUTLAW 09
11-09-2015, 06:35 PM
The Ukrainian war called conviently "a fighting ceasefire" is back on the front burner.....the UAF has take a relatively large number of killed and wounded over the last two months of this "ceasefire".......

20:06 #Avdiivka @VadyXaXa One can hear battle sounds, small arms and more

Paratroopers of 31st Brig. from Ulyanovsk As 'Patriot' Militants in Donbas https://informnapalm.org/en/paratroopers-of-the-31st-brigade-from-ulyanovsk-as-patriot-militants-in-donbas/ …
pic.twitter.com/2ARRFrlUeh

16 yesterday--now 19---the Russian mercenaries view a steady state of war at 30 attacks a day--we are not far from that......

ATO press reports 19 ceasefire violations until 6pm this evening

Russian troops and her mercenatries are clearly and fully in total violation of Minsk 2...and the West says what exactly??????

Russian "DPR" forces denied #OSCE SMM access at Nova Marivka (49km NE of Mariupol) & Vedenske (33km NE of Mariupol) checkpoints 8 Nov

Even more blocking of the OSCE SMM by Russian troops and her mercenaries....

"DPR" members guarding a military-type compound in Donetsk city’s Kuibyshevskyi district refused SMM entry 8 Nov
http://www.osce.org/ukraine-smm/198671 …

OSCE see 4 Russian military trucks carrying armed personnel near Yuvileine + 10 military trucks near Bryanka 8 Nov
http://www.osce.org/ukraine-smm/198671 …

OSCE see *64* Russian tanks (T-64/T-72) plus 12 howitzers in occupied Donetsk/Luhansk 8 Nov
http://www.osce.org/ukraine-smm/198671 …
pic.twitter.com/ESJsPNDqgq

Direct Minsk 2 Violation...........
OSCE spotted Russian self-propelled howitzers Gvozdika, 1 in open + 3 camouflaged under canopy, at Makiivka 8 Nov
http://www.osce.org/ukraine-smm/198671 …

ATO: intel found 2 militant tanks not withdrawn from the contact line. 1 in a school yard, 1 in forest area on the SE outskirts of Zaitseve

Donetsk 19:27
In Smolyanka area some heavy tracked equipment on move, several pieces.
Towards Kuibyshev or Panfilov
https://twitter.com/donetskye/status/663770340301086720 …

Maryinka @666_mancer [vk]
18:15 Quiet
18:35 So far not really, we've counted 6 boom for the last couple of minutes

20:37#Avdiivka @rechnikato Over 82mm indeed
https://twitter.com/loogunda/status/663787054887772160 …

20:37 #Makiivka Gvardeyka @vuiko65 Towards the airport-#Spartak one can hear battle sounds - small arms and explosions, so it begins?

20:33 #Avdiivka @fingerw80 All day combats, landings are audible, notable heavier than 82mm [mortars]

UAF has now been cleared to return fire............
20:34 #Avdiivka @rechnikato Fire in reply started

Ukraine volunteer claims army regained control of part of a village near Horlivka, amid day of fighting.
http://novosti.dn.ua/details/263152/

20:19 #Donetsk @AccentOlimp Along Kuybysheva tow/ Leninsky Exec Commitee 10 items of light vehicles moved, BRDM, BMD
https://twitter.com/loogunda/status/663785011561238529 …

20:18 #Avdiivka @rechnikato 'The night range is open. I can hear both landings and starts somewhere towards #Opytne'

OUTLAW 09
11-09-2015, 06:44 PM
My story as pro-Russia #troll #propaganda target out now in eng! Freedom of press -infowar 6-0 ;) #russia #ylekioski
http://kioski.yle.fi/omat/my-year-as-a-pro-russia-troll-magnet …

OUTLAW 09
11-09-2015, 07:02 PM
The Ukrainian war called conviently "a fighting ceasefire" is back on the front burner.....the UAF has take a relatively large number of killed and wounded over the last two months of this "ceasefire".......

20:06 #Avdiivka @VadyXaXa One can hear battle sounds, small arms and more

Paratroopers of 31st Brig. from Ulyanovsk As 'Patriot' Militants in Donbas https://informnapalm.org/en/paratroopers-of-the-31st-brigade-from-ulyanovsk-as-patriot-militants-in-donbas/ …
pic.twitter.com/2ARRFrlUeh

16 yesterday--now 19---the Russian mercenaries view a steady state of war at 30 attacks a day--we are not far from that......

ATO press reports 19 ceasefire violations until 6pm this evening

Russian troops and her mercenatries are clearly and fully in total violation of Minsk 2...and the West says what exactly??????

Russian "DPR" forces denied #OSCE SMM access at Nova Marivka (49km NE of Mariupol) & Vedenske (33km NE of Mariupol) checkpoints 8 Nov

Even more blocking of the OSCE SMM by Russian troops and her mercenaries....

"DPR" members guarding a military-type compound in Donetsk city’s Kuibyshevskyi district refused SMM entry 8 Nov
http://www.osce.org/ukraine-smm/198671 …

OSCE see 4 Russian military trucks carrying armed personnel near Yuvileine + 10 military trucks near Bryanka 8 Nov
http://www.osce.org/ukraine-smm/198671 …

OSCE see *64* Russian tanks (T-64/T-72) plus 12 howitzers in occupied Donetsk/Luhansk 8 Nov
http://www.osce.org/ukraine-smm/198671 …
pic.twitter.com/ESJsPNDqgq

Direct Minsk 2 Violation...........
OSCE spotted Russian self-propelled howitzers Gvozdika, 1 in open + 3 camouflaged under canopy, at Makiivka 8 Nov
http://www.osce.org/ukraine-smm/198671 …

64 Russian army tanks seen in just one day (8 Nov) in occupied eastern Ukraine. Plus concealed and "withdrawn" tanks pic.twitter.com/fKXz0R4u74

CRITICAL info on new Russian attack tactics......not seen before in previous fighting....
According to ATO press center, yesterday one militant unit attacked UAF positions dressed in uniforms similar to
http://UAFliveuamap.com/en/2015/9-november-according-to-ato-press-center-yesterday-one-militant …

Avdiivka. RPG, grenades, heavy shooting towards #Optyne http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/9-november-avdiivka-rpg-grenades-heavy-shooting-towards-optyne …

OUTLAW 09
11-09-2015, 07:04 PM
64 Russian army tanks seen in just one day (8 Nov) in occupied eastern Ukraine. Plus concealed and "withdrawn" tanks pic.twitter.com/fKXz0R4u74

CRITICAL info on new Russian attack tactics......not seen before in previous fighting....
According to ATO press center, yesterday one militant unit attacked UAF positions dressed in uniforms similar to
http://UAFliveuamap.com/en/2015/9-november-according-to-ato-press-center-yesterday-one-militant …

Avdiivka. RPG, grenades, heavy shooting towards #Optyne http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/9-november-avdiivka-rpg-grenades-heavy-shooting-towards-optyne …

NOW even the Russian FM is lying..can the Russians ever state anything close to the "truth"..not in their DNA it appears......

Lavrov blames "recent outbreaks of violence" in Donbas on "radicals linked with UKROP and Right Sector"
http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/9-november-lavrov-blames-recent-outbreaks-of-violence-in …

6 Ukrainian border guards wounded 1 killed near Mariinka
pic.twitter.com/1fW5MsuZH4
http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/8-november-6-ukrainian-border-guards-wounded-1-killed-near …

20:45 #Avdiivka @rechnikato UKR reply was just suppressive - it's quiet for 4 minutes so far

[unconfirmed] 20:56 #Stakhanov @Villa_riba [vk] 'Who heard MLRS volley? 2 rockets or so flew'

Nov 8, OSCE spots mil equipment close to contact line. Also records large concentrations of tanks in "DPR" territory
pic.twitter.com/xdiU5Lja8V

OUTLAW 09
11-09-2015, 07:10 PM
.@GirkinGirkin "ROFL: Empire strikes back:
In #Debaltseve #Zakharchenko locked out #Plotnitsky's trains with coal heading to #Krasnyi_Liman"

OUTLAW 09
11-09-2015, 08:22 PM
Russian-separatist forces strengthen positions, bolster surveillance: Ukrainian MoD
http://uatoday.tv/politics/east-ukraine-conflict-escalates-militans-fire-in-all-directions-530355.html …

Top Putin aide supported militants during Ukraine war: Zakharchenko - read on -
http://uatoday.tv http://uatoday.tv/politics/top-putin-aide-supported-militants-during-ukraine-war-zakharchenko-530445.html …

Yasynuvataya 22:02
Battle can be heard
https://twitter.com/BylByleva/status/663810017452249088 …

@Guderian_Xaba Battle in traffic police post area.
#Yasynuvataya

OUTLAW 09
11-09-2015, 08:34 PM
Heavy fighting in #Pisky tonight - mortars, heavy machineguns, small arms. Ceasefire going well as usual


Right now:
In the area of Donetsk airport - fighting with artillery and tanks https://twitter.com/Aero_Dnipro1/status/663811963873546240 …

Heavy fighting in #Pisky tonight:
https://twitter.com/ItsBorys/status/663814162909405185 …

"when OSCE shows up, the weapons are quiet on both sides but when they leave it continues" - Ukr soldier

Soldier near Donetsk airport:
Sometimes battles are as intense as summer but now they attack fast, and stop just as fast so it quiets down

OUTLAW 09
11-10-2015, 10:39 AM
Near #Mayorsk UAF UAV recorded 2 DNR tanks in #Zaytseve, 1 near the school, another in a woodline @informant_UA
pic.twitter.com/YvorODd3S9

Ukrainian Intelligence spots convoy of tanks in Donetsk
http://www.unian.info/war/1178786-ukrainian-intelligence-spots-convoy-of-tanks-in-donetsk.html …
pic.twitter.com/0OC47Exte7

Russia, EU operating in 2 universes of discourse," says @VairaVF. #Russia acting not like Mars but more like Saturn, "an angry old man."

Russian military from 31st brigade of Russian forces in Donbas. PHOTOS http://24today.net/open/578891
pic.twitter.com/Slk9Vy0irg

SBU neutralized mines/explosives laid by terrorists on the roads of Donbass
http://www.sbu.gov.ua/sbu/control/uk/publish/article?art_id=166513&cat_id=39574 …
pic.twitter.com/32xUhftFbF

Typical Russian counter lying.........blame everyone except yourself.......
And classic: blame enemy in what you are going to do:
DNR claims that Ukraine tried to breakthrough near Debaltseve http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/10-november-dnr-claims-about-the-attempt-of-ukraine-to-break …

Typical German playing both sides.....
Not quite correct for Germany to demand solidarity on #Russia sanctions while planning Gazprom pipeline extension, hints Czech MP @jhamacek.

Russian tanks and military in Verhulivka, - relocated from Krasny Luch http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/10-november-russian-tanks-and-military-in-verhulivka--deployed …
pic.twitter.com/1PmUhI3DP5 via @GirkinGirkin

Kommersant FM 93.6: Patriarch Kirill talks about Russia's special civilisational path.
https://twitter.com/KFM936/status/664018051810131968 …

OUTLAW 09
11-10-2015, 10:46 AM
Interesting that Germany states this and yet the Ukrainians state the opposite and the Russian mercenaries and Putin have not signaled their intent to hold elections under Ukrainian law and under OSCE supervision.......

Special status will temporarily become law during #Ukraine separatist vote, says #Steinmeier. If #OSCE blesses elections, then permanently.

OUTLAW 09
11-10-2015, 10:56 AM
OSCE SMM records violations of weaponry withdrawal
http://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-defense/1911547-osce-smm-records-violations-of-weaponry-withdrawal.html …

09:01 #Perevalsk @Perevalsk_UA This morning 11 Ural trucks went towards #Debaltseve along Donetsk-Luhansk route. By day 21 fuel trucks more

Russian military vehicles and mercenaries near Komsomol'ske http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/10-november-russian-military-vehicles-near-komsomolske … via @newsburko
pic.twitter.com/yPVdl2U5gG

Heavy fighting is going on close to Donetsk for more than a day (!) #fakeCeasefire https://twitter.com/informatorsu/status/664003373490941952 …

At night militants fired on Popasna with mortars - Luhansk RSA
https://m.facebook.com/odalug/posts/485186038330368 …

Vilnius Court has obliged "Gazprom" to pay fine of 35.7 mln Euros for dishonest competition
http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2850510 pic.twitter.com/aQJ5g6sDAz

OUTLAW 09
11-10-2015, 11:03 AM
To justify its forward deployment of tanks, Operational Group of Russian Forces in Donbas #lies that Ukrainian artillery attacks Donetsk.

Captured in a firefight as Russian Spetsnaz active duty POWs, then last week claimed they were "volunteers" and now unemployed........?

Rus Spetsnaz Yerofeyev & Alexandrov now in court called themselves ........
'UNEMPLOYED'!!!
https://meduza.io/news/2015/11/10/erofeev-i-aleksandrov-v-sude-nazvali-sebya-bezrabotnymi …
pic.twitter.com/xheJnugxa9

ATO spox: Mariupol sector: Near Shyrokyne, militants applied small arms against UA Armed Forces twice

Col. Oleksandr Motuzyanyk: From Avdiivka to Marinka – military situation was most troublesome: small arms & rocket launchers were used

Col. Motuzyanyk: Ukrainian Armed Forces did not incur any casualties; four servicemen were wounded in action in last 24 hours

ATO spokesperson: Near Verkhniotoretske, militants fired at UA positions with BMP-2 and anti-aircraft weapon

Col. Motuzyanyk: Enemy sniper was active near Novhorodske

ATO spox: Donetsk sector: Militants attacked UA positions at western outskirts of Horlivka with small arms & rocket launchers

RU terrorists mined the road near #Chermalyk (Volnovakha r.). Explosive devices found also on the road at Zhelobok. http://www.0629.com.ua/news/1024243

Col. Oleksandr Motuzyanyk: Luhansk sector: enemy used 120-mm mortars – a couple of rounds fell at residential areas of Popasna

[B]No Russian troops in Ukraine and full compliance with international norms - never-ending lie.
https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/664012946071117824 …

Ukrainian intel discovered a big number of tanks in #Donetsk. - ATO HQ.
http://novosti.dn.ua/details/263246/
pic.twitter.com/508h3Sbq6q

ATO HQ accuse militants of evening 33 shellings.
http://novosti.dn.ua/details/263244/
pic.twitter.com/wwxPQfkAsj

Col. Oleksandr Motuzyanyk: SBU prevented an attempt of illegal import of sniper and Kalashnikov rifles from Russia
pic.twitter.com/wypr8LhB7O

OUTLAW 09
11-10-2015, 11:06 AM
Russia's #EU ambassador Chizhov says talk of Russian sphere of influence is "preposterous." Does "zone of privileged interest" sound nicer?

.@carlbildt pins #Russian amb Chizhov down as he alludes at #berlinfpf that US DefSec encouraged downing of Russian plane.

"We’ve been reaching out, reaching out, reaching out to this #Russia. But Russia has gone authoritarian course," says @carlbildt.

@carlbildt nails it. #Putin wanted all of #Ukraine. Now he is stuck. I would add: ... and EU is stuck w/ Putin. #BerlinFPF

OUTLAW 09
11-10-2015, 11:10 AM
Humor........

#Putin:
No #Russia troops in #Crimea
No Russia troops in #Donbas
We didn't hit #MH17
We don't hit #Syria civilians
There's no #RussianDoping

OUTLAW 09
11-10-2015, 11:13 AM
To justify its forward deployment of tanks, Operational Group of Russian Forces in Donbas #lies that Ukrainian artillery attacks Donetsk.

Captured in a firefight as Russian Spetsnaz active duty POWs, then last week claimed they were "volunteers" and now unemployed........?

Rus Spetsnaz Yerofeyev & Alexandrov now in court called themselves ........
'UNEMPLOYED'!!!
https://meduza.io/news/2015/11/10/erofeev-i-aleksandrov-v-sude-nazvali-sebya-bezrabotnymi …
pic.twitter.com/xheJnugxa9

ATO spox: Mariupol sector: Near Shyrokyne, militants applied small arms against UA Armed Forces twice

Col. Oleksandr Motuzyanyk: From Avdiivka to Marinka – military situation was most troublesome: small arms & rocket launchers were used

Col. Motuzyanyk: Ukrainian Armed Forces did not incur any casualties; four servicemen were wounded in action in last 24 hours

ATO spokesperson: Near Verkhniotoretske, militants fired at UA positions with BMP-2 and anti-aircraft weapon

Col. Motuzyanyk: Enemy sniper was active near Novhorodske

ATO spox: Donetsk sector: Militants attacked UA positions at western outskirts of Horlivka with small arms & rocket launchers

RU terrorists mined the road near #Chermalyk (Volnovakha r.). Explosive devices found also on the road at Zhelobok. http://www.0629.com.ua/news/1024243

Col. Oleksandr Motuzyanyk: Luhansk sector: enemy used 120-mm mortars – a couple of rounds fell at residential areas of Popasna

[B]No Russian troops in Ukraine and full compliance with international norms - never-ending lie.
https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/664012946071117824 …

Ukrainian intel discovered a big number of tanks in #Donetsk. - ATO HQ.
http://novosti.dn.ua/details/263246/
pic.twitter.com/508h3Sbq6q

ATO HQ accuse militants of evening 33 shellings.
http://novosti.dn.ua/details/263244/
pic.twitter.com/wwxPQfkAsj

Col. Oleksandr Motuzyanyk: SBU prevented an attempt of illegal import of sniper and Kalashnikov rifles from Russia
pic.twitter.com/wypr8LhB7O

Ukraine Live Day 631: The Ceasefire Is Collapsing
http://www.interpretermag.com/ukraine-live-day-631-the-ceasefire-is-collapsing/ …

OUTLAW 09
11-10-2015, 11:23 AM
Kremlin's fakes about #Ukraine this week exposed by @StopFakingNews http://www.stopfake.org/en/stopfakenews-59-english-with-zoe-ripecky … pic.twitter.com/SsRNByv1tS

OUTLAW 09
11-10-2015, 11:32 AM
Good site to keep an eye on Russian Baltic Fleet http://www.korabel.ru/news/tags/%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D 0%B8%D0%B9%20%D1%84%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%82.html …

Keep an eye on this development as a prelude to a restart by Russia of fighting in eastern Ukraine....
Today, Russian Forces EW units busy creating series of comms blackholes over parts of occupied Donbas, Ukraine

13:28 #Debaltseve @uzheumer Strong explosion about 10 minutes ago, windows vibrated

Spetsnaz from #Russia's 68th Separate Intelligence Battalion — ID'd deployed in #Ukraine
http://archive.is/WQBBR

OUTLAW 09
11-10-2015, 02:01 PM
Ceasefire is collapsing:
#Ukraine Reports 52 Attacks, Heavy Weapons Usage And Tanks On The Move
http://www.interpretermag.com/ukraine-live-day-631-the-ceasefire-is-collapsing/ …

OUTLAW 09
11-10-2015, 02:26 PM
After Minsk-3, the UAF servicemen will be allowed to use only sticks, stones and slingshots.
https://twitter.com/chorkom_info/status/664048879906721792 …

15:40 #Makiivka Gvardeyka @Palchakkk Combat at #Opytne so far, loud landings heard

Military trucks on the move in Donetsk
http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/10-november-military-trucks-on-the-move-in-donetsk …
pic.twitter.com/nkQlnmI1hf via @relictDon

Donetsk 15:25 VK
"Kyivskyi ds one can hear outgoing singles."
"At Vishnevsky can be heard also."
https://twitter.com/666_mancer/status/664072603146043392 …

Donetsk 15:29
At the Vishnevsky (Hospital) not quiet since 5 minutes.
https://twitter.com/LeL1k/status/664072394018054144 …

OUTLAW 09
11-10-2015, 04:22 PM
Baltics threaten to unplug Russian region http://www.politico.eu/article/baltics-threaten-to-unplug-russian-region-power-kaliningrad-electricity-interconnectors-lithuania-poland-sweden/ …

OUTLAW 09
11-10-2015, 04:25 PM
http://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.de/2015/11/putin-needs-victory-and-annexing.html

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Putin Needs a Victory and Annexing Belarus on the Cheap Could Give Him One, Oreshkin Says

Paul Goble


Staunton, November 10 – Having suffered increasingly obvious “fiascos” in Ukraine and Syria, Vladimir Putin now needs “a victory,” Dmitry Oreskhin says. “And it turns out that Belarus and Lukashenka are the most suitable variant whom he could defeat with minimal costs” because “Belarus could not hold out for two weeks” if Moscow moved against it.

In an interview with RFE/RL’s Belarusian Service, the Russian political analyst says his conclusion reflects not what “fascist and nationalist groups” in Russia want – their influence on the Kremlin is minimal – but on Putin’s needs, something “much more serious than aggressive young people who take part in Russian Marches” (svaboda.org/content/article/27353597.html).

According to Oreshkin, “Putin is seeking a formula which will allow him to justify his remaining in power without any change. The formulas can be various: opposition to the West, ingatheringn of the Russian lands, the restoration of the USSR – something that will create a crisis situation so that people won’t be inclined to change horses in the middle of a stream.”

“During the last two years, such a crisis situation was created in the east of Ukraine, as a result of which Putin’s ratings in Russia strongly rose,” Oreshkin says. “But now people are beginning quietly to understand that things haven’t worked out as planned: Ukraine hasn’t joined the Eurasian Union, many people have been killed and Ukraine is moving toward Europe.”

Now it appears to them that Belarusian leader Alyaksandr Lukashenka is also turning toward Europe because he needs money, and “everyone understands that Putin doesn’t have any.” Lukashenka has refused to agree to the opening of a Russian base there, and that has left Putin in a cold fury,” the Russian analyst says.

Everywhere he looks, Putin sees “fiascos” in Ukraine and in Syria “where the more involved he gets the more obvious that will be,” with Russians “gradually beginning to understand that someone blew up the airliner and the tragic losses of life as a result are “somehow connected with Syria.”

Consequently, Putin needs a victory, Oreshkin concludes, and Belarus and Lukashenka are “the most suitable” candidates that could give him one, especially since Moscow could overthrow the one and occupy the latter at “minimal cost.” If the Kremlin leader sends in the Russian army, “Belarus would not hold out for even two weeks.”

OUTLAW 09
11-10-2015, 04:33 PM
Donetsk @DoneckiiPatriot Today I saw different Kamaz's of 'Military police' several times. One of trucks w/many RUS
pic.twitter.com/FC1oWsBKM4

Donetsk: fuel shortage, queue at ASI fuel station for gas vehicles ~50 & ~20 cars fr/both sides
pic.twitter.com/k2yZ9kqRiS

Donetsk 15:03 preparations for evening party:
"In airport direction truck w boxes of shells and manpower".
https://twitter.com/Buzzing_Rook/status/664065920114008064 …

13:03 #DOnetsk @Buzzing_Rook A truck with boxes and troops moved towards the airport.

Donetsk 14:49
Kyivskyi ds - Heavy booms
https://twitter.com/HeleneHelene5/status/664062284508065792 …

14:55 #Donetsk City Garden @PVB40 [fb] 4 strong salvos westward. Oh, the fifth one

14:51 #Donetsk Leninsky ds @PVB40 [fb] 3 salvos were audible with windows closed, not close ones

14:30 #Donetsk Zaperevalna St @666_mancer [fb] "Booms - loud and heavy" "Yes, like towards #Mospine, dull ones, several boubled ones"

Meanwhile, in #Ukraine, Pockets of occupying Russian forces heavy weapons, tanks ID'd in
the #Donetsk region
https://twitter.com/RobPulseNews/status/664057430297415680 …

Russian proxies resumed mortar shelling in #Donbas.
Over the last day, 4 Ukrainian troops WIA.
https://twitter.com/tweetsNV/status/664045860246953984 …

Ukraine soldiers near Donetsk #airport #attacked with anti-aircraft, anti-tank guns
http://bit.ly/1WOv4xb
pic.twitter.com/WCqnhzfqJu

Russian Army infantry mobility vehicle GAZ Tigr in service in either LPR or DPR
https://vk.com/rus_military?w=wall-69830270_59004 …
pic.twitter.com/KpcLkjRJ8c

OUTLAW 09
11-10-2015, 05:02 PM
Donetsk @DoneckiiPatriot Today I saw different Kamaz's of 'Military police' several times. One of trucks w/many RUS
pic.twitter.com/FC1oWsBKM4

Donetsk: fuel shortage, queue at ASI fuel station for gas vehicles ~50 & ~20 cars fr/both sides
pic.twitter.com/k2yZ9kqRiS

Donetsk 15:03 preparations for evening party:
"In airport direction truck w boxes of shells and manpower".
https://twitter.com/Buzzing_Rook/status/664065920114008064 …

13:03 #DOnetsk @Buzzing_Rook A truck with boxes and troops moved towards the airport.

Donetsk 14:49
Kyivskyi ds - Heavy booms
https://twitter.com/HeleneHelene5/status/664062284508065792 …

14:55 #Donetsk City Garden @PVB40 [fb] 4 strong salvos westward. Oh, the fifth one

14:51 #Donetsk Leninsky ds @PVB40 [fb] 3 salvos were audible with windows closed, not close ones

14:30 #Donetsk Zaperevalna St @666_mancer [fb] "Booms - loud and heavy" "Yes, like towards #Mospine, dull ones, several boubled ones"

Meanwhile, in #Ukraine, Pockets of occupying Russian forces heavy weapons, tanks ID'd in
the #Donetsk region
https://twitter.com/RobPulseNews/status/664057430297415680 …

Russian proxies resumed mortar shelling in #Donbas.
Over the last day, 4 Ukrainian troops WIA.
https://twitter.com/tweetsNV/status/664045860246953984 …

Ukraine soldiers near Donetsk #airport #attacked with anti-aircraft, anti-tank guns
http://bit.ly/1WOv4xb
pic.twitter.com/WCqnhzfqJu

Russian Army infantry mobility vehicle GAZ Tigr in service in either LPR or DPR
https://vk.com/rus_military?w=wall-69830270_59004 …
pic.twitter.com/KpcLkjRJ8c

Avdiivka 16:18
Booms can be heard periodically. https://twitter.com/rechnikato/status/664084743911288832 …

OUTLAW 09
11-10-2015, 06:56 PM
Canadian flag, hoisted by Ukr soldier at the front in #Donbass, (pro-)Russians teed off.......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2Qup0_hGY0 …

Mapping out Russia's annexations, occupations, and sphere(s) of influence from 1800-1914.
pic.twitter.com/Frb1k5FZy4

Germany is playing an extremely interesting double game with the Ukraine.........
While fresh graves were being dug for Ukr soldiers, Berlin was buying RU gas and pressuring Ua 2 withdraw defenses. https://twitter.com/carlbildt/status/664009780931993600 …

Russia’s Pres Council on Human Rights pleads with lawmakers not to adopt new media crackdown law https://meduza.io/en/news/2015/11/10/russia-s-presidential-council-on-human-rights-pleads-with-lawmakers-not-to-adopt-new-media-crackdown-law …

OUTLAW 09
11-10-2015, 07:32 PM
Canadian flag, hoisted by Ukr soldier at the front in #Donbass, (pro-)Russians teed off.......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2Qup0_hGY0 …

Mapping out Russia's annexations, occupations, and sphere(s) of influence from 1800-1914.
pic.twitter.com/Frb1k5FZy4

Germany is playing an extremely interesting double game with the Ukraine.........
While fresh graves were being dug for Ukr soldiers, Berlin was buying RU gas and pressuring Ua 2 withdraw defenses. https://twitter.com/carlbildt/status/664009780931993600 …

Russia’s Pres Council on Human Rights pleads with lawmakers not to adopt new media crackdown law https://meduza.io/en/news/2015/11/10/russia-s-presidential-council-on-human-rights-pleads-with-lawmakers-not-to-adopt-new-media-crackdown-law …

RussiaLies
Zvezda is on a mission to link #Ukraine and #ISIS. They found quite an "expert"!
https://www.facebook.com/RussiaLies/
pic.twitter.com/syvRClL96H

Russia's latest #propaganda efforts aim to portray #Ukraine as a staging area/safe haven for ISIS. Beware.
https://twitter.com/juliadavisnews/status/664148629997809664 …

OUTLAW 09
11-10-2015, 07:46 PM
Ukr intel discovered up to 100 militants wearing Ukr uniforms nr Trudivska mine, Donetsk w/ military vehicles, APCs https://www.facebook.com/ato.news/posts/1093227620688043 …

OUTLAW 09
11-10-2015, 08:18 PM
http://www.rferl.mobi/a/us-ukraine-russia-lethal-aid-bill/27356526.html

Congress Passes Bill Giving Lethal Aid To Ukraine

RFE/RL


WASHINGTON -- Congress has passed a defense policy bill that authorizes up to $50 million in lethal military aid for Ukraine and mandates a White House response if Russia is deemed to be violating a key arms control treaty.

The White House said hours after the $607 billion bill was passed by the Senate on November 10 that President Barack Obama was likely to sign the legislation.

The House of Representatives passed a similar version of the bill last week.

Obama vetoed the previous bill over provisions that forbade the White House from moving the remaining prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay military base in Cuba to U.S. prisons.

But he appears to not be threatening a veto on this bill over the Guantanamo prisoner issue this time.

Among other things, the package appropriates $300 million to help Ukraine in its fight against Russian-backed separatists.

That includes $50 million for lethal weaponry such as antiarmor weapon systems, mortars, grenade launchers, small arms, and ammunition.

The Obama administration has previously resisted calls to provide Ukraine with lethal aid, fearing that could provoke Russia.

The legislation also sets a deadline for the administration to tell Congress whether Russia continues to be in violation of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty, which eliminated an entire class of nuclear-capable missiles from Europe in the late 1980s.

The State Department’s most recent arms control report released in June said Russia was testing a missile system that violated the treaty.

Moscow, for its part, has denied the allegations and accused the United States of deploying banned weapons systems.

The legislation also includes $715 million for Iraqi forces battling Islamic state militants.

OUTLAW 09
11-10-2015, 08:28 PM
Horlivka 21:30
Zaitsevo, Zhovanka - shootout, heavy machine guns, AGL, tank

OUTLAW 09
11-11-2015, 09:42 AM
The Russian regime directed more than 100 attacks in #Ukraine and #Syria in the last 24h.

What is the world's reaction?

Talks with Putin.

OUTLAW 09
11-11-2015, 11:21 AM
Russia really does want to truly violate Minsk 2 and head to a new Minsk 3 which would be beneficial for them.


Russia twice attempted to go offensive near Novozvanivka, Ukrainian forces repelled both attacks
pic.twitter.com/eJGljZDKHX

OUTLAW 09
11-11-2015, 02:09 PM
From the "fighting ceasefire" in eastern Ukraine or the war that never really did stop even though Putin wants you to think it did......
BREAKING: 1 #Ukraine soldier killed, 5 wounded in the last 24 hours - ATO

BREAKING Ukraine about to get 'lethal weapons' from USA.
Putin will face the TOW in Ukraine as in Syria.
https://twitter.com/uatodaytv/status/664356174150545408 …

Ukraine MI-8 helicopter over #Volnovakha minutes ago, most likely medevac taking out the wounded
via @Guderian_Xaba

Fighting resumes around #Donetsk airport this morning. #Shyrokyne was under mortar fire at night.

Russian invasion troops do their best to disrupt peace process, - NSDC Secretary Turchy
http://24today.net/open/580156

UK Delegation OSCE ✔ @UKOSCE
#OSCE Border Mission observe funeral vans & ambulances crossing UKR/RUS border.All casualties of conflict regretted. http://www.osce.org/om/199051

Tymchuk: Rus/Militants transfer 800 troops, equipment to Horlivka. Prepare large provocation
https://m.facebook.com/dmitry.tymchuk/posts/775648645897126?__mref=message_bubble …
pic.twitter.com/XxlJQP4w8b

OUTLAW 09
11-11-2015, 02:21 PM
Over 300 Russian mercenaries arrive in Horlivka http://www.unian.info/war/1180166-over-300-russian-mercenaries-arrive-in-horlivka.html …?

Putin: We are not in new arms race, our task is to gain what was lost in the 90s
http://russia.liveuamap.com/en/2015/11-november-putin-we-are-not-in-new-arms-race-our-task-is …
pic.twitter.com/iyXjcvSy9J

New Arms Race now officially started although Putin he is not in an arms race? https://twitter.com/RT_com/status/664114208792043521 …

OUTLAW 09
11-11-2015, 03:39 PM
17:14 #Donetsk @patriot_petya [vk] "Putilovka: small arms are audible very much"

16:57 #Donetsk @PVB40 [fb] "Leninsky: loud salvos heard" "Kirovsky Exec Com also hears singles" "Gvardeyka,center: small arms+single salvos"

OUTLAW 09
11-11-2015, 03:53 PM
Donetsk 17:01
Larinka - booms can be heard from north, flashes
https://twitter.com/Serzzze/status/664465701315461124 …

Donetsk 16:50
Gvardeyka - shooting again, heavy
https://twitter.com/kolbasnya/status/664455066867400704 …

Donetsk 16:56
Booms can be heard from north
https://twitter.com/Serzzze/status/664465546751135744 …

Donetsk 16:56
FB: Krasnyi Pahar - booms can be heard.
https://twitter.com/Serzzze/status/664465337811935233 …

OUTLAW 09
11-11-2015, 03:58 PM
#EU's think-tank countering Russian propaganda issued it's first monitoring! Check it out! #Ukraine
https://www.facebook.com/uacrisis/posts/900201553381934 …

Appears Russian Occupation Forces near Horlivka will soon attempt to provoke Ukrainian response to blame Ukraine, destroy Minsk truce

OUTLAW 09
11-11-2015, 05:45 PM
http://russianforces.org/blog/2015/11/is_russia_working_on_a_massive.shtml

Is Russia working on a massive dirty bomb?


On November 10, 2015 President Putin held a regular meeting with his generals in Sochi to discuss development of the Russian strategic forces. The president used the occasion to complain again about U.S. missile defense plans and to warn that Russia will do whatever it takes to preserve the strategic balance.

But that was not the most interesting part of the news story. One sharp observer (MJ) noticed that the camera took a peek at one of the documents prepared for the meetings (it is at 1:46 in the news story). It showed a summary of one of the projects that presumably were discussed at the meeting as part of the plan to restore that strategic balance that the U.S. missile defense system so blatantly undermines.

The project is called "Ocean Multipurpose System 'Status-6'" with the TsKB MT Rubin design bureau listed as the lead developer (Rubin is the design bureau that built virtually all submarines that are currently in service). A brief paragraph describes the mission of the proposed system as follows:

Damaging the important components of the adversary's economy in a coastal area and inflicting unacceptable damage to a country's territory by creating areas of wide radioactive contamination that would be unsuitable for military, economic, or other activity for long periods of time.

The picture that follows shows that at the core of the weapon system is an underwater autonomous drone ("self-propelled underwater craft" or SPA), which could be delivered by one of the two submarines - Project 09852 or Project 09851. For some reason, the drone is shown as attached to the bottom of the 09852 submarine, but not to the 09851. Te text is hard to read, but it appears that Project 09852 submarine will carry four drones and Project 09852 - either 3 or 6. Given that 09852 is a smaller submarine (its displacement is shown as "10000 t" vs. what looks like a larger number for 09852), it's probably 3. It certainly does not look like "1", although "2" is a possibility.

Interestingly, these two submarines are relatively recent projects. Project 09852 was laid down at Sevmash in December 2012. It is said to use the hull of the Belgorod submarine of the Project 949A/Oscar II class. The first Project 09851 submarine, Khabarovsk, was laid down in July 2014. (Project 09851 was also mentioned in the R&D known as Kalitka-SMP.)

Again, the text is barely legible, but it appears that the drone would be able to travel at the depth of up to 1000 m at a fairly high speed (something like 105 km/h?). The range appears to be listed as 10000 km, which is a bit hard to believe, but this is what the slide says. The diameter ("caliber") of the drone appears to be more than 1 meter (probably 1.6 m), the general's hand hides the length of the device.

The drone appears to be nuclear-powered - the fourth compartment is marked "Reactor module". This would explain the range, I guess, although it would need some guidance system to find its way around.

Further down the list, there is a drawing of the system's components - command and control, support ships (non-nuclear submarine "Sarov" and some surface ship - Zvezdochka rescue ship I'm told), and something else that we cannot see.

Finally, the timeline at the bottom of the slide says that pilot system will be built by 2019, so the state tests can be conducted in 2019-2020.

I'm not quite sure what to make of this. First, it's an interesting security lapse. I know that quite a few people believe that the leak was intentional, but I don't think it's the case. Indeed, as I understand, the news organizations quickly removed the clip from their sites. On the other hand, Bill Getz did have a story about Russian underwater drone, Kanyon, two months ago. The name is different, but it appears to be more or less the system Gertz's Pentagon sources described. So, maybe Moscow decided that the leak would not be such a big deal. Still, they would have probably preferred to keep some details out of it.

As for the project itself, Russia is not the only country that is working on underwater drones. But the payload looks like a massive "dirty bomb", which strikes me as absolutely crazy. A number of people noted that the description does not necessarily exclude the possibility that the initial "damaging" can be done by a regular nuclear device. Which only makes this whole thing even more insane - do they think that a nuclear weapon on its own would not inflict "unacceptable damage"?

OUTLAW 09
11-11-2015, 06:07 PM
Carl Bildt 
‏@carlbildt Worrying reports of separatist activity undermining the ceasefire in Eastern Ukraine. Moscow has control.

Russia never had any love for Syrian refugees but now it seems to be kicking out Ukrainian refugees too http://www.newsru.com/russia/11nov2015/bezuk.html …

OSCE monitors witness coal taken from occupied #Donbas to #Russia
http://uatoday.tv/news/osce-monitors-witness-coal-taken-from-occupied-donbas-to-russia-531867.html …
pic.twitter.com/rERkSeWdHa

Shellings and attacks are on again tonight.......
16:48 #Donetsk railway station @TaylerRid Intense artillery and machine guns towards the airport. It rumbles all day since morning

OUTLAW 09
11-11-2015, 06:16 PM
Russia has not fulfilled a single point in Minsk 2 so what did Russia expect????

MFA Russia ✔ @mfa_russia
Deputy FM Alexey Meshkov: Stripping Russian delegates of voting rights at the PACE is an act of Russophobia
http://sptnkne.ws/acCc


Russia is concerned they are not included in TTIP.......
MFA Russia ✔ @mfa_russia
Secrecy surrounding the Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership deal raises questions
http://bit.ly/1QuLNpu
pic.twitter.com/KrwgSSRKRN

ATO: Militants fired at UA positions near Opytne four times, Avdiivka - three times, Marinka, Pisky and Novhorodske - twice

ATO: Today, militants over 10 times attacked UA positions, using grenade launchers, heavy machine guns, small arms

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1093843883959750&id=820651001279041&refid=17&_ft_=top_level_post_id.1093843883959750%3Atl_objid .1093843883959750&__tn__=%2As …

OUTLAW 09
11-12-2015, 07:18 AM
Ceasefire war is back on again--Russia never intended nor intends to ever fulfill Minsk 2.......


BreakingNews
The Ukrainian army warns, (pro-)#Russian militants redeployed 2S1 and BM-21 to close to #Makeevka.

Russians position heavy artillery to front line again in Ukraine.
https://twitter.com/Liveuamap/status/664558761445584896 …

Because of the renewed Russian attacks on Ukrainians in Donbas Ukraine has to use lethal force again.
https://twitter.com/novostidnua_en/status/664560646520991745 …

Russian proxies' troops continue massing near Donetsk – ATO HQ
http://www.unian.info/war/1180897-russian-proxies-troops-continue-massing-near-donetsk-ato-hq.html …
pic.twitter.com/GQbFgUhNtL

In German.....
Disturbing to say the least. German TV on child soldiers in Donbas #Ukraine http://www.zdf.de/frontal-21/kriegsverbrechen-in-der-ukraine-kindersoldaten-im-front-einsatz-40911640.html … via @ZDF
pic.twitter.com/proEgqmkIe

Russia accuses human rights group of seeking regime change http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/44656ffe-87bf-11e5-9f8c-a8d619fa707c.html#axzz3rDlVZZSH …
pic.twitter.com/35Q6gnRQoW

OUTLAW 09
11-12-2015, 07:23 AM
MORE on the Russian underwater nuclear drone...mentioned here yesterday..

We are now officially in Cold War 2----arms race is off and running regardless of what Putin states for the press which is always lies anyway....

Lots more detail on that Russia 'accidental leak' of details on the doomsday-drone nuclear subs
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/russia-reveals-secret-nuclear-armed-drone-sub/ …

In German......
Kreml bestätigt Echtheit: Geheime Atomwaffen versehentlich im russischen TV gezeigt
http://bit.ly/1O4YMfc
pic.twitter.com/I6kMPEZLzv

RUSSIAN NUCLEAR TORPEDOS TO BE LAUNCHED FROM SPECIAL PURPOSE SUBMARINES "BELGOROD" AND "KHABAROVSK", NTV SAYS

OUTLAW 09
11-12-2015, 07:25 AM
'We gave a soldier 1st aid kit, he said it gave him hope of returning alive from frontline'
http://uatoday.tv/society/lsquo-we-gave-a-soldier-a-first-aid-kit-he-said-it-gave-him-hope-of-returning-alive-from-the-frontline-531749.html … pic.twitter.com/j6nuOrHtxm

OUTLAW 09
11-12-2015, 07:46 AM
07:50 #Donetsk Kyivsky ds @KalinaiMalina Dull booms

07:00 #Donetsk Shakhtarska Sq @UrriKara4en 6 long trucks of [Putin's] convoy escorted by DNR's UAZ car

01:54am #Horlivka Stroitel @ahab7822 Seldom salvos audible

22:58 #Donetsk @jackson_villi Sounds of battle are still reaching us. Middle intensity

Again #rumours about RUS offensive, now on Nov15 'along front from Shyroka_Balka to Popasna'

First day I've checked ТАСС that the "Crisis in Ukraine" has replaced "Crisis in Syria" on their news ribbon. Bad sign?

Horlivka 5:15-5:25AM
Outgoing series, very loud, audible from center. Judging by sound, from Gorky park direction. https://twitter.com/gipsogolovij/status/664645538382520325 …

After every so called Russian humanitarian convoy Russia starts an offensive.......so we will see this time WHEN not IF....
Putin's newest supply convoy arrived to #Donbas, the convoy was seen in #Donetsk minutes ago.

Horlivka 5:20AM
"Hear explosions, loud! Towards #Zaitsevo-#Mayorsk!"
https://twitter.com/mihailovith/status/664645883020091393 …

@Guderian_Xaba Near #Horlivka in the RU-controlled territory, all morning loud explosions could be heard. https://www.facebook.com/ato.news/posts/1094083057269166 …

@Guderian_Xaba In #Doretsk reg. our positions came under RU fire at #Pisky, #Avdiivka, #Troitske.
The same in sector M at #Bogdanovka.

ATO press service: Yesterday evening russian-terrorists forces shelled our positions near #Trokhizbenka with 82-mm mortars.

OUTLAW 09
11-12-2015, 07:51 AM
US giant social media companies have been often working hand in hand with the Russian info warriors in getting their propaganda out.....if you use them MAYBE you need to read this urgently............

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/russian-federation/2015-11-03/putin-trolls-facebook …
pic.twitter.com/WMbDWCbXTA

OUTLAW 09
11-12-2015, 08:02 AM
Situation in Ukraine is deteriorating. Russian forces mobilizing men/equipment & shelling Ukrainian positions where casualties are mounting.

Ukraine discovers a large number of Russian tanks in Donetsk as Russian forces try to break through Ukrainian positions north of the city.

Russian terrorist leader in #Ukraine advises his cohorts to put on tin foil hats to avoid "psychotrophic attacks":
pic.twitter.com/2oJfkO0fVX

Kremlin’s Campaign against Russophobia Threatens both Russia and West, Polish Experts Say
http://www.interpretermag.com/kremlins-campaign-against-russophobia-threatens-both-russia-and-the-west-polish-experts-say/
pic.twitter.com/APxvX30eK1

Star Wars Redux’ – Putin’s Fear of Losing Nuclear ‘Club’ Works to Ukraine’s Advantage
http://www.interpretermag.com/star-wars-redux-putins-fear-of-losing-nuclear-club-works-to-ukraines-advantage-portnikov-says/ pic.twitter.com/szRiyOvB5o

OUTLAW 09
11-12-2015, 11:00 AM
Russia prepares provocation against Ukraine to discredit UA authorities and create grounds for Minsk cancellation – #ATO Spokesperson
Special group of FSB, GRU, other operatives tries to falsify evidence for alleged killing of 500 ppl & destroying 400 houses in Sokolniky
ATO spox: To fabricate proof of “genocide” that never occurred, RU involves special services, General Staff, so-called “LPR” & “DPR” reps
Col. Lysenko: To divert attention from Syria, Russia fabricates evidence of so-called “genocide of RU-speaking people” by UA army in Donbas


ATO spox: Near Shchastya, UA police found an arsenal: 3 anti-tank rocket launchers, 20 grenades & >1000 ammo
pic.twitter.com/lGSyHY0X33

Now to ATO situation.
In Luhansk sector shelling with 82mm mortar near Tryokhizbenka registered – #ATO Spokesperson

ATO spokesperson: SBU detained an official of the “ministry of energy” of so-called “DPR” in Kharkiv region

ATO spox: At place of RU & militants assault attempt of UA positions near Popasna, evidence of RU presence was found--CC found
pic.twitter.com/bk43cjNJSU

Col. Andriy Lysenko: Mariupol sector: militants applied small arms near Bohdanivka village

ATO spokesperson: Enemy used small arms & rocket launchers against UA positions to the south of Horlivka & in the west of Donetsk

Col. Lysenko: Luhansk sector: militants provoked UA servicemen by shelling them twice near Triohizbenka village

Russia MoD to form radioelectronics/electronic warfare (EW) research & development cluster at Tambov in 2017 https://twitter.com/RostecRussia/status/664744146926747648 …

OUTLAW 09
11-12-2015, 11:13 AM
The Ukraine has three major law suits against the RF ongoing and it is being predicted they will win all three.

One against Gazprom for illegal billing and illegal business practices--283M USD

Now this one with the WTO which is far more dangerous for Russia as it is against the business practices of pricing products from State owned companies

November 17 RF invites Ukraine to hold consultations on Ukrain's suit to WTO
http://tass.ru/ekonomika/2429261 … ...

AND a 50B USD damage suit for RF military damages in eastern Ukraine.......

Ukraine has managed to build one of Europe’s largest standing armies in the last 18 months
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/world/article43759791.html#storylink=cpy …

Russia 's main idea is to scare Europe with its nukes -to make sure they cooperate to appease https://twitter.com/harries_matthew/status/664749645550264320 …

OUTLAW 09
11-12-2015, 11:46 AM
Ukrainian parliament recognized the deportation of Crimean tatars in 1944 as a genocide
http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/12-november-the-deportation-of-crimean-tatars-in-1944-was …

Russian "de-escalation" doctrine - War under a nuclear umbrella http://wp.me/pT7Zd-1cb
via @jamesmashiri 9/12/2014

Very important to factor in Russian military "de-escalation" doctrine of limited nuclear strike
http://thebulletin.org/why-russia-calls-limited-nuclear-strike-de-escalation …

MUST READ 'NATO must adapt to address Russia’s nuclear brinkmanship' by @JacekDurkalec
http://www.europeanleadershipnetwork.org/nato-must-adapt-to-address-russias-nuclear-brinkmanship_3263.html … via @theELN #EUnonprolif

Each Russian Bear remains a credible platform for 8x nuclear Kh-102 air-launched cruise missiles
https://twitter.com/UAC_Russia_eng/status/664744512728793088 …

OUTLAW 09
11-12-2015, 11:55 AM
Russia doesn't understand language EU speaking – PA OSCE President
http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/303179.html …

OUTLAW 09
11-12-2015, 12:38 PM
UAF is more and convinced the Russians want to attempt this.........

Genocide Of Russian Speakers”: Russia Prepares A Large-Scale Provocation Against Ukraine
http://ukraineunderattack.org/en/43811-genocide-of-the-russian-speaking-population-russia-prepares-a-large-scale-provocation-against-ukraine.html …
pic.twitter.com/Z7FlqQRISY

OUTLAW 09
11-12-2015, 12:53 PM
Just had our EW analysis kit zapped by burst of something nasty. Looks like Ivan knew what we were doing. Crafty little buggers!

Latest from OSCE monitors in Ukraine: @OSCE_SMM record 90+ explosions, bursts of small arms fire around Donetsk city http://www.osce.org/ukraine-smm/199341 …

Boguchar (50km from Ukraine border) is new main garrison of relocated 20th Combined Arms Army in Voronezh region

Boguchar base and 20th CA Army/1st Tank Army are central to Russian General Staff planning for future assault on Ukraine's Kharkiv region.

After Shoigu kicked Spetsstroy backside, construction of Boguchar military base speeds up
http://spetsstroy.ru/press/news/deta...=2015&month=11 …

OUTLAW 09
11-12-2015, 01:30 PM
Looks like #Sweden is getting serious with the protection of #Gotland
https://youtu.be/UOyG1JunY4c

Poroshenko Says Soldiers Ordered To Return Fire If Targeted As Both Sides Exchange Claims Of Mortar Shelling http://www.interpretermag.com/ukraine-live-day-633-rada-finally-passes-anti-discrimination-bill/#10903 …

Luhansk region, SBU seized stash of grenade launchers, explosives
http://www.sbu.gov.ua/sbu/control/uk/publish/article?art_id=166885&cat_id=39574 …
pic.twitter.com/kZIJb8osn4

OUTLAW 09
11-12-2015, 01:40 PM
http://russianforces.org/blog/2015/11/is_russia_working_on_a_massive.shtml

Is Russia working on a massive dirty bomb?

https://meduza.io/en/feature/2015/11/12/the-strange-revelation-of-russia-s-newest-nuclear-weapon

The strange revelation of Russia’s newest nuclear weapon National TV networks ‘accidentally’ leak a classified document about an underwater drone prototype

23:03, 11 November 2015


On November 9, Vladimir Putin held one of his biannual meetings with top advisors to discuss the development of Russia's military-industrial complex. Television news cameras were on hand to cover the conference, and they happened to film documents mentioning a multipurpose oceanic system named the "Status-6." The Kremlin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, confirmed that the media really did broadcast images of a secret document, and the TV stations that aired these images have already begun deleting them from their websites. Meduza summarizes what happened.
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On November 11, bloggers started sharing images of a secret nuclear weapon being developed by Russia. The pictures were allegedly stills from a video report that aired on the national TV networks Pervyi Kanal and NTV. The footage was from a meeting on the development of Russia's military-industrial complex. Cameras also filmed the top page of a presentation about something called "Status-6." On a LiveJournal blog run by the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST), which monitors new kinds of military hardware, Internet users devoted particular attention to the new weapon system.

In the screenshot pulled from the TV news report, the text of the classified report is easily visible. It reads, "Damaging vital components of the enemy's economy near its coastline and causing an assured level of unacceptable damage to the country's territory by creating zones of extensive radioactive contamination, making these areas unsuitable for military or agro-economic activities, or other kinds of activities, for a prolonged period."

The authors of CAST's LiveJournal blog say the new weapon will presumably be loaded onto the Project 09852 (Belgorod) cruise missile submarine or the future Project 09851 (Khabarovsk) nuclear submarine. The leaked image of the report also depicts another apparatus, though it's unclear from the page what it is. Bloggers speculate that it's some kind of underwater drone.

Military aficionados online say Russia has for years been developing a robotic underwater vehicle. The Pentagon has reportedly code-named the drone "Kanyon." There are several theories about what this weapon does. It could be a rocket capable of launching from the bottom of the sea, or some projectile that travels some distance underwater and then takes to the air as a cruise missile for attacks on targets on the ground. The Kanyon project is reportedly being developed by the Central Design Bureau for Marine Engineering “Rubin,” whose designs are the foundation for more than 80 percent of the Soviet and now Russian submarine fleet. This same design bureau is also named in the document leaked on Russian television today.

On September 8, 2015, The Washington Free Beacon reported that Pentagon officials claim "Russia is building a drone submarine to deliver large-scale nuclear weapons against US harbors and coastal cities." According to the website, the drone would be capable of delivering "a nuclear warhead ranging in size to 'tens' of megatons in yield" (more than a thousand times the force of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima). The Russian news agency RBC says a source in the defense industry claims the Kanyon is a guided torpedo, built on a concept first proposed by Russian nuclear physicist Andrei Sakharov, originally code-named T-15, and later abandoned in 1954.

No underwater weapon called "Status-6" was ever mentioned anywhere on the Internet before the news reports on television today. Since then, bloggers and analysts online have hotly debated whether the revelation was an honest mistake or a deliberate leak. Making matters more intriguing, the Kremlin's spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, who typically denies almost every rumor or bit of speculation from the public, unexpectedly confirmed to reporters today that images of a secret report were in fact leaked to the press by accident. Peskov even responded specifically to commentary in the Russian blogosphere (not reports in the mainstream media, where news about the leaked military document hadn't yet generated much interest). Peskov said that he is unaware if anyone has been or even will be punished for leaking the classified information, but he promised that "preventative measures" would be taken to prevent the incident from reoccurring.

After Peskov's press briefing, journalists were informed of a new rule applying to the President's meetings with military personnel that prohibits filming or photographing anyone but the President himself.

Carl Bildt ✔ @carlbildt
Looks as if leak of secret Russia new nuclear weapon system was unintended. Interesting. And worrying.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/12/russian-tv-stations-broadcast-secret-nuclear-torpedo-plans?CMP=fb_us …

OUTLAW 09
11-12-2015, 02:45 PM
Russia wants control of all Twitter end user data and all comments made on Twitter just as it was with FB and YouTube.........

Moscow is setting its sights on Twitter
http://www.businessinsider.com/russia-user-data-twitter-country-roskomnadzor-2015-11 …

OUTLAW 09
11-12-2015, 05:59 PM
18:50 #Makiivka @VasyaMakeevskiy One can hear frequent small arms bursts somewhere towards #Spartak

18:48 #Donetsk @666_mancer [donetsk forum] Combats northward. 5min ago - a flash, shot sound, blast. At once MG in reply. Tanks there

18:30 #Horlivka @parazit90f Towards #Zaytseve-#Hladosove AGL and AA-gun sound

ATO: Today militants fired on UA positions 11 times. Pisky, Avdiivka, Opytne & Novhorodske all came under attack
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1094287310582074&id=820651001279041&refid=17&_ft_=top_level_post_id.1094287310582074%3Atl_objid .1094287310582074&__tn__=%2As …

OUTLAW 09
11-12-2015, 06:02 PM
Formerly pro-RU leader of RU communities in Crimea:"Under new rule Crimea lost half its population & moved from 70% to 15% self-sufficiency"

Not sure if he is exaggerating, but local Vitaly Hramov describes Crimea as a "man-made humanitarian catastrophe" http://www.rosbalt.ru/federal/2015/11/12/1460475.html …

OUTLAW 09
11-12-2015, 06:23 PM
BREAKINGFOOTAGE
#Russia uses White Phosphorus vs. villages in #Idlib province[/B].
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHbei_CdKPE …

More photos; the #Russia attack on #Benin & #Harsha villages using Phosphorus

Important
Some ammunition WP canisters was found moments ago in #Benin & #Harsha after #Russia MI-24 attack
pic.twitter.com/NbIVKontG7

Another video of the WP attack in #Syria's #Idlib province.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_on__k7Q9o …
pic.twitter.com/B7OiQtdtZy[/QUOTE]

Russian militants and media loved so much to blame Ukraine in "Phosphorus bombs".
Idlib,Syria tonight
https://twitter.com/lummideast/status/664848577806655488 …

OUTLAW 09
11-12-2015, 06:45 PM
Russia's Oil Rivalry With Saudis Masks the Bigger Iranian Threat
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-12/russia-s-oil-rivalry-with-saudis-masks-the-bigger-iranian-threat …

NATO increasing presence in Nordic region in response to #Russia using "force to change the borders of #Ukraine" http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/natosource/nato-to-step-up-military-presence-in-nordics …

At #OSCE PC expressed our concern over dangerous backsliding in deescalation process in #Donbas - increased number of militants provocations

OUTLAW 09
11-12-2015, 06:49 PM
Minsk-2. Russia Does Not Withdraw Its Military Equipment:
https://informnapalm.org/en/minsk-2-russia-does-not-withdraw-its-military-equipment/ …
pic.twitter.com/ofE9Rdx98c

BreakingReports
(Pro-)#Russian troops attack #Marinka, #Opytne, #Pisky and the front south of #Avdeevka.
Calm time is over in #Ukraine.

tensions are somewhat increasing at evening time, main points of conflict - Mariinka-Donetsk border and Peski-Butovka mine-Donetsk border.

19:24 #Makiivka, Gvardeyka - big cal. shooting can be heard, flashes, possibly tank
https://twitter.com/vobredu/status/664856429698883586 …

19:13 #Avdiivka @kazarin13 #Butovka under small arms fire

18:32 #Donetsk
Shootout can be heard from #Optyne
https://twitter.com/Eastpeace1/status/664843199006027776 …

Donetsk @Donetsk_Ukraine Mortars. Mortar sound is dull and its round sound different
https://twitter.com/loogunda/status/664860855994068993 …

OUTLAW 09
11-12-2015, 07:02 PM
Minsk-2. Russia Does Not Withdraw Its Military Equipment:
https://informnapalm.org/en/minsk-2-russia-does-not-withdraw-its-military-equipment/ …
pic.twitter.com/ofE9Rdx98c

BreakingReports
(Pro-)#Russian troops attack #Marinka, #Opytne, #Pisky and the front south of #Avdeevka.
Calm time is over in #Ukraine.

tensions are somewhat increasing at evening time, main points of conflict - Mariinka-Donetsk border and Peski-Butovka mine-Donetsk border.

19:24 #Makiivka, Gvardeyka - big cal. shooting can be heard, flashes, possibly tank
https://twitter.com/vobredu/status/664856429698883586 …

19:13 #Avdiivka @kazarin13 #Butovka under small arms fire

18:32 #Donetsk
Shootout can be heard from #Optyne
https://twitter.com/Eastpeace1/status/664843199006027776 …

Donetsk @Donetsk_Ukraine Mortars. Mortar sound is dull and its round sound different
https://twitter.com/loogunda/status/664860855994068993 …

20:17 #Horlivka now @UA_Horlivka_ 'Damn, they shell.AGL,MG, heavy(tank/cannon)'
20:20 Something has once shelled.

Maryinka
19:50 - City quiet, towards #Krasnohorivka volleys and machine guns
20:30 - No changes, all the same party

20:32 #Donetsk #Petrovka, mine 21 @miki6651 Skirmish is audible towards
#Trudovski

20:32 #Donetsk @relictDon Salvos northward are becoming stronger. Much small arms fire

20:20 #Horlivka @GirkinGirkin A massive explosion in the center or it was just so loudly heard

OUTLAW 09
11-13-2015, 03:14 PM
UAF ceasefire losses for yesterday......

ATO Daily Briefing: Yesterday, armed hostilities occurred only in Donetsk sector. 1 soldier KIA 3 WIA
pic.twitter.com/cCacFUrKcA

Militants fire in all sectors. Combat engagement occurs in Artemivsk sector – ATO Staff
http://uacrisis.org/37470-shtab-ato-17 …
pic.twitter.com/RgTDuIk2gH

Fighter aircraft of NATO air police intercepted a military aircraft of RF over Baltic Sea near the border of Latvia
https://twitter.com/Latvijas_armija/status/665141373411188736 …

OUTLAW 09
11-13-2015, 03:16 PM
http://maidantranslations.com/2015/11/13/dmitry-tymchuk-military-update-11-12-freesavchenko/

Dmitry Tymchuk: Military update 11.12

Posted on November 13, 2015


Operational data from Information Resistance:

During the past 24 hours, militants launched attacks against the ATO forces’ positions simultaneously at several points along the demarcation line, using small infantry units – mainly reinforced platoons (30-35 personnel). After being repelled by the Ukrainian troops, terrorists continued firing at ATO positions. Moreover, militants continue actively gathering intelligence on the ATO forces’ combat formations and carrying out sabotage and terrorist actions (attempting to lay mines on the approaches to Ukrainian troops’ strongholds and positions, on connecting pathways, as well as inside the “neutral zone”).

South of Popasna, between Novozvanivka and Troitskyi, three militant infantry groups attacked battlefield security outposts and an ATO forces’ stronghold. The attack was carried out frontally (after one of the groups had first moved covertly into the “neutral zone”) and from the flank. Support for the attackers was provided by a mortar battery (four 82 mm mortars) and at least three AGS-17 automatic grenade launchers.

Militants mounted similar actions near Shumy and Mayorsk. After intense shelling from 82 mm mortars and the on-board weaponry of BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles, two groups of militants tried to attack the advanced positions of the ATO forces from the flanks. Concentrated fire from the defending Ukrainian troop units halted the enemy, forcing them to withdraw to their initial positions.

Militants have also been active south of Hranitne (near Mykolaivka, an attempt was made to take up positions in the “neutral zone” under cover of mortar fire); near Mar’inka (enemy infantry groups totaling 100-110 personnel were spotted moving from Oleksandrivka and the Trudivske mine towards the ATO forces’ positions in the vicinity of Krasnohorivka). In separate instances, the movements of enemy armored vehicles were observed (we noted two MT-LB multi-purpose light-armored transporters, including one with a ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft gun, and at least three BMP-2s).

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Mar’inka and Krasnohorivka are among the most heavily damaged settlements near Donetsk. Photo by ICRC_ua

South of Avdiivka, near the village of Opytne and further north, near the village of Novhorodske, several militant infantry groups tried to get close to the ATO forces’ positions (sometimes to within 150-200 meters) in order to open fire and mount attacks. Terrorists attempted to break into the gap between Avdiivka and Opytne, as well as to circle Dzerzhynsk from the south through Shumy and Novhorodske.

In addition, ATO forces’ positions are frequently coming under fire from militants, especially in the stretch between Mar’inka and the northern outskirts of Horlivka (including Krasnohorivka, Pisky, Donetsk International Airport (DAP), Opytne, Avdiivka, Novoselivka, Troitske, Novhorodske, Shumy and Mayorsk). Positions are also being subjected to weapons fire in the coastal regions (in the area between Hnutove and Sakhanka), as well as near Hranitne, Popasna, on the Krymske–Trokhizbenka stretch, near Shchastya, and between Stanytsia Luhanska and Syze.

The reinforcement of the militants’ “Horlivka garrison” continues. An armored vehicle group consisting of four BMP-2s and two BMP-1s has been transferred to the vicinity of Ozeryanivka (southwestern outskirt of Horlivka). According to the initial reports, a militant tank platoon has redeployed to the same area. An artillery group of brigade strength has been deployed east of Horlivka (nearer to the Luhansk-Donetsk motorway). Terrorists have been busy delivering ammunition to their positions from the Debaltseve area – up to 40 truck loads per 24 hours.

Servicemen of the Russian Federation Armed Forces are on duty at an outlying checkpoint in the Horlivka area. Members of the families of local militants have been seen leaving for Russia. Terrorist leaders have instructed the management of the PJSC [public joint stock company] “Concern Stirol” [chemical complex] to suspend production (temporarily).

Information is being circulated in local militant circles about preparing for a counter-offensive in the Artemivsk direction, in response to the supposed offensive by the Ukrainian Armed Forces allegedly scheduled for after 11/15/2015.

Six tanks and at least four BMP-2s have been spotted near Oleksandrivka (east of Mar’inka) in camouflaged positions.

One of the terrorist “reinforcement” groups which we reported earlier (observed south of Donetsk) has already been spotted in the area east of Yasne. The group comprises up to 100 militants, eight BMP-2s and MT-LBs and at least two anti-tank systems.

A militant-reinforced motorized infantry company with up to ten BMP-1 and BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles, four BTR-80 armored personnel carriers and up to 10 motor vehicles is being transferred from the Proletarskyi district of Donetsk towards Makiivka.

Given the shortfall in financing from the Russian Federation, terrorist leaders in the Donetsk People’s Republic [DNR] have decided on a “temporary restriction” on the payment of one-time injury benefits to local residents and militants, on the pretext of “essential infrastructure rebuilding.” Local residents will now receive UAH 3,000 [USD 130] in the event of a serious injury, UAH 2,000 [USD 87] for light and medium injuries. Members of illegal armed gangs will receive UAH 5,000 [USD 217] and UAH 3,000 [USD 130], respectively (previously, compensation payments to civilians were UAH 5,000 [USD 217], and to members of illegal armed gangs, UAH 10,000 [USD 435]).


This morning in Marinka, two civilians were killed after their vehicle hit a mine
http://news.liga.net/news/politics/7120495-v_marinke_na_mine_podorvalis_otets_s_synom.htm …
pic.twitter.com/BYgYqRuLAJ

OUTLAW 09
11-13-2015, 03:19 PM
MORE confirmed Russia troop units inside eastern Ukraine in full violation of the Minsk 2 agreement which states they are to be removed as part of the agreement.......

'Donetsk Fiasco' of the Scouts from the Russian 7th Armored Brigade:
https://informnapalm.org/en/donetsk-fiasco-of-the-scouts-from-the-russian-7th-armored-brigade/ … via @en_informnapalm
pic.twitter.com/XafWW9kFQw

Latest weapons showcased for Ukrainian special forces (Photos)
http://uatoday.tv/news/latest-weapons-showcased-for-ukrainian-special-forces-533196.html …
pic.twitter.com/aVLh4hfk0F

Russia Kremlin blasts Baltic States over "massive human rights violations"
http://www.baltictimes.com/kremlin_blasts_baltic_states_over__massive_human_r ights_violations_/ …
pic.twitter.com/piZoSPmrgD

OUTLAW 09
11-13-2015, 03:52 PM
http://tass.ru/en/politics/836235

US decision to supply weapons to Ukraine may spark new hostilities — Putin

November 13, 16:23


MOSCOW, November 13. /TASS/. The US decision to supply lethal weapons to Ukraine may aggravate the situation in the country’s southeast, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with Interfax and Anadolu news agencies.

"Given the fact that the hostilities have ceased and cases of shelling are rare, it is unclear why the US Congress would adopt resolutions making it possible to provide Ukraine with lethal weapons," Putin said. "The question arises as to whether there is a desire to spark a war or provoke hostilities."

Now, when a ceasefire in the region has finally been established, it is important that the parties to the conflict start looking for the points of contact together so that they can move on towards their common goal," Putin said. "They need to learn to listen to each other and hear each other. Compromise solutions depend on this."

Putin noted that Kiev’s policy may lead to the transformation of the situation in the Donbas region into a frozen conflict.

"The threat of Donbas turning into another frozen conflict is still there. It stems from Kiev's policy, which continues to strengthen the blockade of the Southeast and has stopped the supply of food and money there. Kiev has eliminated the banking system there and is blocking exports."

"Russia, for its part, continues to support Donbas, which is in a difficult humanitarian situation," the president said.

He recalled that since August 2014, more than 50,000 tonnes of humanitarian aid had been delivered there.

"First of all, we think about people that were abandoned by Kiev authorities and put to the brink of survival. It is our duty to provide them with the necessary assistance," Putin said.

OUTLAW 09
11-13-2015, 04:23 PM
Russian propaganda TV Zvezda : "Ukraine Armed Forces are going on the offensive in the Donetsk"
http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/13-november-russian-propaganda-tv-zvezda-headline-ukraine …

Local vk communities of DNR sub-units are full of "what to do in case of a war" memos. obvious where this is heading.

Russian MoD/Army TV latest headline: "Putin suspects USA of provoking the war in the Donbas"
Here we go...

OUTLAW 09
11-13-2015, 04:25 PM
http://tass.ru/en/politics/836235

US decision to supply weapons to Ukraine may spark new hostilities — Putin

November 13, 16:23

US ambassador to #Ukraine @GeoffPyatt : UA to receive U|S anti artillery radars next week
http://tsn.ua/zbroya/stalo-vidomo-koli-ukrayina-otrimaye-novitni-potuzhni-kontrbatareyni-radari-vid-ssha-533157.html …
pic.twitter.com/kFWeQ2XJMn

OUTLAW 09
11-13-2015, 04:42 PM
Interesting cache of mines, grenades and mortar rounds seized near Luhansk, by Ukrainian SOF
pic.twitter.com/GN1OoNSqwU

ATO: Shchastya - Cache of weapons, explosives was found. Terrorists planned acts of Sabotage
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1094705997206872&id=820651001279041&refid=17&_ft_=top_level_post_id.1094705997206872%3Atl_objid .1094705997206872&__tn__=%2As …
pic.twitter.com/ZHE8OT4tCG

Bloomberg: "Half of Russia's Richest People Are Planning to Cash Out." Makes sense & will cost Russia a lot.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-13/putin-s-gilded-cage-russia-s-rich-are-facing-cash-out-conundrum …

OUTLAW 09
11-13-2015, 04:49 PM
Russian propaganda TV Zvezda : "Ukraine Armed Forces are going on the offensive in the Donetsk"
http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/13-november-russian-propaganda-tv-zvezda-headline-ukraine …

Local vk communities of DNR sub-units are full of "what to do in case of a war" memos. obvious where this is heading.

Russian MoD/Army TV latest headline: "Putin suspects USA of provoking the war in the Donbas"
Here we go...

In "DNR" erupted fuel crisis - 5 liters per day for 1 person. pic.twitter.com/rvmZOm9Qqg

OUTLAW 09
11-13-2015, 05:16 PM
http://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.de/2015/11/moscow-intends-to-attack-ukraine-via.html

Friday, November 13, 2015

Moscow Intends to Attack Ukraine via Europe with New Disinformation Campaign


Paul Goble


Staunton, November 13 – Moscow is preparing to mark the second anniversary of the EuroMaidan in Kyiv “in its own way,” by unleashing a new disinformation campaign against Ukraine via Europe as part of its continuing campaign to destabilize Ukraine and restore Russian influence there, according to Andrey Latynin.

This disinformation campaign, the Ukrainian commentator says, is intended to increase the shift in Western and especially European opinion about Ukraine from concern about Russian actions to worries about Ukraine’s inability to rapidly carry out reforms and fight corruption (nr2.com.ua/publications/Kreml-sobiraetsya-atakovat-Ukrainu-iz-Evropy-111188.html).

Moscow then plans, Latynin suggests, to play back European coverage in Ukraine to suggest that this criticism of Ukraine emanates from there and thus promote among Ukrainians a sense of isolation from the West and distrust about Ukraine in ways that keep the original source of these stories hidden.

A campaign so organized, he says, “promises to be quite successful: its organizers apparently are well informed about the Ukrainian media scene” and know that Ukrainians no longer trust anything coming from a Russian source. But “by tradition,” Ukrainians are more trusting of those from Europe, independently of the country or the publication.

Thus, Moscow’s disinformation specialists view their chief task to get information into the hands of European journalists about Ukraine and especially about Ukrainian government and security officials and to suggest that these institutions are “disorganized” and “disorienting” Ukrainians and others.

According to Latynin, he has information that in the course of October, Russian agents approached journalists in Germany, Belgium and France with “compromising information” about leading Ukrainian government and especially security personnel. This information stressed the supposed existence of high levels of corruption and incompetence among them.

The Russians “recommended” that the European journalists “concentrate on how Ukrainian siloviki are ‘wasting time on personal enrichment instead of on the struggle with Russian aggression at the front and inside the country” and that their behavior was making any victory “impossible.”

The idea of this campaign is simple: European journalists will write stories Moscow wants to see and put them in their publications, and the Ukrainian outlets will pick them up and present them with European rather than Russian datelines.

This campaign will also have the effect of assisting Moscow in its ongoing effort to throw up obstacles on Ukraine’s path to European integration by calling into question Kyiv’s commitment and readiness to do so (apostrophe.com.ua/article/economy/2015-11-13/rossiya-gotovit-ukraine-novyie-trudnosti/2570.

OUTLAW 09
11-13-2015, 05:48 PM
OSCE watchdogs not allowed to monitor the situation in Russian-occupied #Crimea
http://uatoday.tv/politics/osce-watchdogs-not-allowed-to-monitor-the-situation-in-russian-occupied-crimea-533457.html … pic.twitter.com/awhlKZhc8m

Horlivka 8PM
Shooting in Shiroka Balka area, small arms, AGL

Attack on Novhorods'ke reported
http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/13-november-attack-on-novhorodske-reported …

OUTLAW 09
11-13-2015, 05:49 PM
The Donbass War as we know it has ended. Here's how the "Russian Spring" died.
https://meduza.io/en/feature/2015/11/13/the-donbass-war-assessing-the-aftermath …
pic.twitter.com/WAaOEgxOSK

Well worth the reading of the entire article......



The war in eastern Ukraine has ended, or at least finished its phase of peak intensity. Unresolved questions include control over the border with Russia, local power, the disbanding or legitimization of armed groups, and – finally – the status of Donbass territories still beyond Kiev’s control. The juridical chaos in disputed regions is compounded by the catastrophic fall in the living standards of the local people. Having worked in the region for the entire period of the armed conflict, Pavel Kanygin, a special correspondent for the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta, reviews for Meduza the results of the war.
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In terms of prosperity and the quality of life, prewar Donbass was essentially on par with Kiev – significantly surpassing other Ukrainian and most Russian regions. Donetsk had one of the three biggest airports in all of Ukraine. Skyscrapers of glass and concrete housed the offices of international companies working directly in the region (rather than remotely through offices in the capital). The city was home to many expats. Local trams and buses offered wireless Internet, even beating the Moscow Metro by a few years.

In 2012, the city hosted the European Championship for football. Looking at Donetsk today, it seems impossible to believe that this was all in the recent past.

In the span of a few summer months in 2014, the financial and industrial capital of eastern Ukraine was transformed into a ghost town. The empty central streets conveyed only military trucks and desperate taxi-drivers with reporters in tow. To the north, to the west, and even in the center of the city, shells exploded every day. Several neighborhoods were destroyed entirely – down to their very foundations. Throughout the province, dozens of towns and villages were burned, annihilated.

Many Donetsk residents – service companies, bureaucrats, foreigners, local hipsters, and intelligentsia – were already leaving by the summer of 2014. And yet the overall population of the provincial center dropped very little; people from the devastated surrounding areas were drawn into Donetsk. Now they make up the new face of the city.

The war has come and gone, leaving behind poverty and pain. The buses and trams have been stripped of their wifi routers. High-voltage cables smashed in the shelling have been sold for scrap. Half-empty shelves in the stores have become customary. The city’s Petrovsky district still has many living in the bomb shelter of the local mine, fearing renewed artillery strikes. The nearby municipal psychiatric hospital has become home to fighters for the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR). Already last winter, I joined volunteers taking food and medicine to the neighborhood, where typhoid plagued people crowded in basements. What goes on now in Petrovsky and other areas around Donetsk is virtually unknown. This fall, DPR authorities banned volunteers from bringing in medicine and equated NGO activity with espionage.

Below, I have assembled some figures and observations by which readers can judge the current state of affairs in Donbass.

Pensions and education

According to estimates by volunteer organizations, around 900,000 people now live in Donetsk (the official population prior to the war was a little over a million). During the months of heaviest fighting the population dropped to 600,000. People of working age with their families made up a large portion of those who fled.

With the beginning of the truce, however, also began the partial return of displaced residents. In addition, people from other parts of Donbass, including those who lost homes due to the war or are simply searching for work, have resettled in Donetsk.

Universities, grade schools, and kindergartens still function in the DPR. Education is based on Ukrainian state standards, with schools permitting instruction in one of two languages based on the preference of children and parents. As of now, two-thirds of students are schooled in Russian, and the remaining third study in Ukrainian. Diplomas and certificates from the DPR are recognized neither in Ukraine, nor in Russia. Some universities in the DPR are negotiating with Russian counterparts to present diplomas by their standards.

Some 250,000 pensioners live in Donetsk. Regular payment of their benefits began in the spring of 2015. Before that, from the creation of the DPR government in May 2014, their pensions were paid just three times.

In the neighboring self-proclaimed Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR), centralized payments went out only twice.

Moreover, pension installments and humanitarian aid from Russia never made it to many towns in the Lugansk region. In December 2014, hungry elderly residents of the 40,000-person city of Pervomaisk formed lines for bread. The “people’s mayor” Evgeny Ishchenko, even then accused of stealing from the aid convoys, had organized a handout (half a loaf per person). In January 2015, Ishchenko was killed by unknown assailants. Warehouses controlled by his people were found to hold large shipments of foodstuffs, clothing, and fuel.

Today, pensions in the LPR and DPR are distributed on the basis of prewar Ukrainian norms, but in a ruble equivalent based off of a 1 hryvnia to 2 rubles rate. The actual market exchange rate, however, is closer to 1-to-3. (The fixed rate is applied only for communal services and public transportation fares.) By way of an example, the minimum pension in Donetsk of 1,000 Ukrainian hryvnia corresponds to in-hand payments of 2,000 rubles. The same 1,000 hryvnia traded in cash at an exchange booth, however, would be worth closer to 3,000 rubles.

Consumption

In 2013, the gross regional product of Donbass made up around 15 percent of Ukraine’s GDP, roughly equivalent to the role of Moscow in the GDP of Russia (17 percent). According to data from the Ukrainian Central Bank, the region’s economy has fallen by two-thirds since the start of the war. Both Ukrainian and international business started leaving Donbass en masse, freezing anything – factories, equipment, or real estate – that couldn’t be carried away. Once the second richest city in Ukraine, Donetsk now sits near the bottom even among the cities in the eastern part of the country.

The major retailers and car dealerships closed up and left Donetsk. Not a single major electronics store remains in the city. Following several incidents of armed robbery, there are still no mobile phone stores open in Donetsk.

Banks are also not functioning (with the exception of First Republican Bank, which operates solely in the DPR and the breakaway Georgian republic of South Ossetia). Neither are cash machines, insurance companies, or brokerage firms.

The entire retail sector in Donetsk now consists of food and cleaning products. The blockade notwithstanding, there are still Ukrainian-made products on store shelves. Their delivery to the DPR and LPR passes by the checkpoints – either through corrupt Ukrainian customs and border officials or through Russian territory.

The costs of corruption and additional transport expenses (like the detour through Kharkov region) significantly inflate the price of Ukrainian goods, yet their ultimate market price still remains lower than goods brought in from Russia.

Dairy products, sunflower oil, alcohol, cigarettes, and some groceries come in from the Rostov region in Russia. As a rule, this involves goods from the lowest price segment. Still, according to Human Rights Watch, local residents complain about the high cost and low quality of Russian products.

Over the last six months the price of essential commodities has risen 50-60% on average; this while the real mean income in the region has fallen by 65-75%. Now it stands near 2,500 rubles per month.

Continued.....



Ethnocide, genocide, ethnocide —this has been #Russia’s history 4 the past several centuries
http://euromaidanpress.com/2015/11/13/russias-policy-of-genocide/ …
pic.twitter.com/ezPprGw2N9

OUTLAW 09
11-13-2015, 06:49 PM
Russian proxies attack ATO troops in Donbas with grenade launchers, heavy guns
http://www.unian.info/war/1183151-russian-proxies-attack-ato-troops-in-donbas-with-grenade-launchers-heavy-guns.html … pic.twitter.com/JhbAVSxAMD

18:53 #Avdiivka @owl_ok Blasts heard, but distant ones. Sure thing something powerful works

18:17 #Novhorodske @LeeZernoganja "We are under assault a bit"

18:16 #Horlivka @ahab7822 Towards Shyroka_Balka mortaring is audible, and shooting
19:11 20 calm minutes and resumed

Again attacks near #Donetsk started, mostly small arms+machine guns heard, smtims booms. What a strange way to distract from petrol shortage

19:17 #Horlivka @gipsogolovij "Mortar in Shyroka_Balka area 19:12 heard from downtown"

19:20 #Marinka @missi8111 RPG, UBGL,machine guns, assault rifles. Combat in boarding school area

Artillerymen of Russia’s 136th Motorized Infantry Brigade in the Donbass by @askai707 via @Bellingcat
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2015/11/13/136-brigade-in-donbass/ …

19:15 #Yasynuvata Sotshorod @666_mancer [vk] Salvos heard towards #Krasnyi_Partyzan-#Verkhnyotoretske

20:00 #Donetsk @UkraineSuper1 "Shooting [heard from] airport direction doesn't cease, outgoing from there, where? Pisky? Opytne?"

Donetsk Abakumova @olgarjpthju [fb]
19:55 ...a series of intense flashes westward (#Staromykhaylivka-#Krasnohorivka), rumble, shooting.

Donetsk Abakumova @olgarjpthju [fb]
20:02 Not quiet, firing again

20:37 #Donetsk @PVB40 [fb] Durna_Balka - machine guns are audible, but suspiciously close

Donetsk Abakumova @olgarjpthju [fb]
19:55 ...I saw some slowly falling lights in the sky, illumination ammo? Lasted just few min

Maryinka
19:15 - Without change
19:50 - No booms, sometimes small arms

20:48 #Donetsk @JRijJyY08AkRzL8 'It booms strongly northward, about 20min ago like howitzers and like about 2-3 Grad rockets'

21:30 #Horlivka @GirkinGirkin RUS hardware moved towards #Mykytivka

OUTLAW 09
11-13-2015, 09:07 PM
22:35 #Horlivka @062_Region It started to boom

22:30 #Donetsk @Donetsk_Ukraine In the northwest mortar is working, 2 rounds

21:23 #Makiivka @olgarjpthju [fb] Wow artillery worked fr/smwh, it was evn audible at Zelenyi microdistrict in Makiivka.North by sound

Documents of RUS mercenary who was killed a few days ago during a battle near Novozvanivka
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=522159167953345&id=453559011480028&refid=17&_ft_=top_level_post_id.522159167953345%3Atl_objid. 522159167953345&__tn__=%2As … pic.twitter.com/vV7XUDJZEo

OUTLAW 09
11-13-2015, 10:09 PM
Staromikhailivka: DNR keeps attacking UA positions, no breaches so far.

OUTLAW 09
11-13-2015, 10:51 PM
Horlivka - Russian military equipment moved to the North-West. https://twitter.com/sex_Dombas/status/665257861832945665 …

OUTLAW 09
11-14-2015, 03:20 PM
BreakingNews
5 Ukrainian soldiers got killed and 4 injured in (pro-)#Russian forces's attacks in Eastern #Ukraine und Friday.

There is effectively no true ceasefire.......

OUTLAW 09
11-14-2015, 04:21 PM
Starohnativka - SBU found cache of weapons and explosives
http://goo.gl/8216kh

powerful explosion, airport area, Donetsk------the loud boom was reportedly SAM used by DNR.

15:28 #Donetsk @BylByleva Salvos heard westward (Leninsky ds)

Donetsk is louder with every coming day. now barrel artillery is the norm, soon we'll likely have MLRS again.

artillery sounds in Donetsk. presumably somewhre from Donetsk bypass road area

14:51 #Donetsk @PVB40 [fb] "Zaperevalna St: salvos, multiple so far. I hear them like towards #Makiivka, maybe not. More and more"

OUTLAW 09
11-14-2015, 04:24 PM
Quick flick thru' (pro-)Russian social media is alarming: big increase in anti-Ukrainian rhetoric/images - Russia twisting #ParisAttacks

Putin's advisor Markov calls for Western anti-Ukraine alliance in response to Paris attacks. WTHeck via @NataLyRmk

Russian top official wonders aloud if Kyiv started shelling Donetsk again b/c world is distracted by Paris attacks.
That SOG Rogozin is stirring it up in the Kremlin - Brace your/ourselves Ukraine: Russia thinks it has a window of opportunity. #warcoming

OUTLAW 09
11-14-2015, 04:32 PM
An Invasion By Any Other Name: The Kremlin’s Dirty War in Ukraine
http://www.interpretermag.com/an-invasion-by-any-other-name-the-kremlins-dirty-war-in-ukraine/ …

17:29 #Donetsk @PVB40 [fb] "Towards Tekstilschik a loaded Ural truck moved and another fuel one"

Russia stages atrocities, then gives medals to terrorists. Then condemns #Parisattacks. https://twitter.com/RobPulseNews/status/656828034318802944 …

OUTLAW 09
11-14-2015, 05:35 PM
An Invasion By Any Other Name: The Kremlin’s Dirty War in Ukraine
http://www.interpretermag.com/an-invasion-by-any-other-name-the-kremlins-dirty-war-in-ukraine/ …

17:29 #Donetsk @PVB40 [fb] "Towards Tekstilschik a loaded Ural truck moved and another fuel one"

Russia stages atrocities, then gives medals to terrorists. Then condemns #Parisattacks. https://twitter.com/RobPulseNews/status/656828034318802944 …

ATO Press Center: At 2.38 on 13 November 2015 militants firing shells towards Krasnohorivka.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?
story_fbid=1095441187133353&id=820651001279041&refid=17&_ft_=top_level_post_id.1095441187133353%3Atl_objid .1095441187133353&__tn__=%2As …

Russian MP visits DNR frontline. of course russia is not involved.

Russian-backed "militants" are fully-armed forces with Russian Army NCOs and commanders from Southern Military District HQ, Rostov

Militants shelled Avdiivka: 1 soldier killed, 8 others injured http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/14-november-militants-shelled-avdiivka-1-soldier-killed-8 … via @ukrpravda_news

OUTLAW 09
11-14-2015, 05:49 PM
ATO: Elsewhere positions near Pisky, Opytne, Novhorodske came under fire from grenade launchers, Small arms. Shyrokyne worked enemy sniper

ATO: Militants continued provocative attacks today. 11:30 fired on UA forces near Avdiivka with 120-mm mortars
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1095473007130171&id=820651001279041&refid=17&_ft_=top_level_post_id.1095473007130171%3Atl_objid .1095473007130171&__tn__=%2As …

.@osce_SMM monitors and UAVs continue to face unacceptable restrictions in separatist-held areas of e. #Ukraine

Krasnohorivka 19:36
Battle with various intensity, sometimes calms down, then intesifies

OUTLAW 09
11-14-2015, 06:51 PM
Chechnya increasingly a gangster sanctuary: Rosbalt says man accused of murdering US journo Klebnikov whisked there
http://www.rosbalt.ru/moscow/2015/11/13/1460571.html …

This @AricToler piece in @globalvoices is great research tool!
Unearthing Local Stories on #Russia-Language Internet https://globalvoices.org/2015/11/13/unearthing-local-stories-on-the-russian-language-internet/ …

Don't worry, guys! Sergei Markov's got a plan! Get rid of "Ukrainian junta" and problems with ISIS will be solved!

OUTLAW 09
11-14-2015, 07:26 PM
Terrorist offensive near Verkhniotoretske was quite intensive – Lysenko http://en.censor.net.ua/n360660

1 killed and 2 wounded as militants’ sabotage group tried to break through the front line
http://en.censor.net.ua/n360667

Poroshenko strengthens security measures in ATO area as terrorists’ attacks intensify
http://en.censor.net.ua/n360670

Ukrainian special forces neutralized two terrorist groups connected with international terrorism
http://en.censor.net.ua/n360669

Kremlin's public statements are PR, state-controlled media betrays what they really think & want Russians to believe
pic.twitter.com/lzmskRkZZc

OUTLAW 09
11-14-2015, 08:25 PM
White Sea: Russian Borei-class ballistic missile submarine "Vladimir Monomakh" fired 2 nuclear-capable Bulava SLBMs http://flot.com/2015/209777/

OUTLAW 09
11-14-2015, 08:56 PM
Horlivka 20:29
Mine settlement 6/7 under attack from 2 sides: Novhorodske and Yanvar (from Mayorsk direction) https://twitter.com/062_Region/status/665597445108207616 …

In case you missed this earlier. Video of militants violating Minsk agreements, firing rockets towards Krasnohorivka
https://twitter.com/UkrWatchTower/status/665577906886868992 …

BREAKING: Artillery volleys reported in Avdiivka
http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/14-november-artillery-volleys-reported-in-avdiivka# …

21:43 #Avdiivka @tsnkvlt Landings in Tsarska_Okhota cafe and vineyards area

19:38 #Horlivka @JuMistress abt 30-40min ago there were landings towards mine 6-7 settlement.Now quiet

19:53 #Horlivka @JuMistress There were about 30 tank shots from Shyroka_Balka towards #Novhorodske, ceased as of now

21:35 #Avdiivka @fingerw80 Battle, one can hear incoming [artillery]

19:27 #Donetsk @relictDon Salvos of various strength, sometimes pretty heavy, are audible from further westward from Rutchenkove station

19:04 #Horlivka @tgorlovka In #Shyroka_Balka one hears tank shots towards #Novhorodske. Recently exactly 3 DNR tanks went there

OUTLAW 09
11-14-2015, 08:59 PM
Horlivka 20:29
Mine settlement 6/7 under attack from 2 sides: Novhorodske and Yanvar (from Mayorsk direction) https://twitter.com/062_Region/status/665597445108207616 …

In case you missed this earlier. Video of militants violating Minsk agreements, firing rockets towards Krasnohorivka
https://twitter.com/UkrWatchTower/status/665577906886868992 …

BREAKING: Artillery volleys reported in Avdiivka
http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/14-november-artillery-volleys-reported-in-avdiivka# …

21:43 #Avdiivka @tsnkvlt Landings in Tsarska_Okhota cafe and vineyards area

19:38 #Horlivka @JuMistress abt 30-40min ago there were landings towards mine 6-7 settlement.Now quiet

19:53 #Horlivka @JuMistress There were about 30 tank shots from Shyroka_Balka towards #Novhorodske, ceased as of now

21:35 #Avdiivka @fingerw80 Battle, one can hear incoming [artillery]

19:27 #Donetsk @relictDon Salvos of various strength, sometimes pretty heavy, are audible from further westward from Rutchenkove station

19:04 #Horlivka @tgorlovka In #Shyroka_Balka one hears tank shots towards #Novhorodske. Recently exactly 3 DNR tanks went there

Several reports that Ukrainian army units set battle alert
http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/14-november-several-reports-that-ukrainian-army-units-set …

Rogozin launches "Operation Offensive Lie" against Ukraine: Russians attack Ukrainian Forces, Russians blame Ukraine https://twitter.com/DRogozin/status/665633433520087046 …

19:30 #Donetsk Abakumova @hyeva_maryinka [vk] Heavy automatic arms still firing from #Staromykhaylivka outskirts

Avdiivka @patriot_petya [vk]
21:46 'Sovetskaya St: we're afraid, rumble nearby' 'at mine shaft&at bypass road'
21:48 'Old part: very loud'

21:49 #Avdiivka @tsnkvlt Listening to the battle and hoping to fall asleep in pyjamas not coats

21:48 #Avdiivka @rechnikato "Night falls and mafia awakes" Something heavy towards #Opytne. Something also landed nearby

Avdiivka
21:47 @tsnkvlt Battle at #Spartak-airport-#Pisky-#Lastochkyne.Ground convulsing
@rechnikato Nothing convulses, battle near #Opytne

22:20 #Donetsk @ADivinorum Wow, something booomed strongly

.@ElTankisto near #Avdiivka [UA artillery was redeployed for fire in reply]

22:11 Sector B[=westward fr/#Donetsk] @hugowow1 So it begins, guys are alarmed
22:40 SectorB goes nuts,insane stir, we [UA] react adequately

UA intel reports escalation. Heat points: Horlivka, Avdeevka, Krasnogorivka, Makeevka, Donetsk, Stakhanov.

OUTLAW 09
11-15-2015, 08:02 AM
00:27 #Donetsk @old_dn All-in-all, war in Donetsk hasn't got into the swing, thank God. Periodically NW&W rumble. Not strongly,seldom,bored

08:55 #Donetsk Kyivsky ds @AlfaNubovsky Seldom single heavy [rounds heard] towards the airport. In general it seems to be quiet so far

OUTLAW 09
11-15-2015, 08:39 AM
00:27 #Donetsk @old_dn All-in-all, war in Donetsk hasn't got into the swing, thank God. Periodically NW&W rumble. Not strongly,seldom,bored

08:55 #Donetsk Kyivsky ds @AlfaNubovsky Seldom single heavy [rounds heard] towards the airport. In general it seems to be quiet so far

I have no night reports on combat activity near #Donetsk. Looks like it has been quiet there since very massive salvo at 22:00 yesterday.

OUTLAW 09
11-15-2015, 08:46 AM
http://maidantranslations.com/2015/11/15/dmitry-tymchuk-military-update-11-13-freesavchenko/

Dmitry Tymchuk: Military update 11.13

Posted on November 15, 2015

Operational data from Information Resistance:


Rumors that a Ukrainian Armed Forces offensive has begun are circulating more insistently amongst “LNR” [“Luhansk People’s Republic”] militants (previously the IR group reported that similar information was circulating in the “Horlivka garrison” of the “DNR” [“Donetsk People’s Republic”] – see yesterday’s report). According to these rumors, individual units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have supposedly already crossed the Siverskyi Donets river (along which runs the demarcation line) near Pionerske in the Stanychno-Luhanskyi district, while ATO [anti-terrorist operation] forces’ tank columns are allegedly moving from the town of Stanytsia Luhanska towards the demarcation line. These rumors have taken on the status of quasi-official information, all “LNR” military units have been put on full combat readiness.

Against the backdrop of this disinformation, militants are actively continuing to fire at ATO forces’ positions; in fact, the increased activity of enemy DRG [sabotage and reconnaissance groups] is observed along the entire demarcation line (in the grey zone and at the front line) as are the attempts of terrorist infantry groups to come almost right up to the advanced positions of the ATO forces. Russian-terrorist forces and materiel also continue to be redeployed in several sectors.

Also noted in several locations on the front line is the appearance of new units of Russian mercenaries (judging by their behavior, they lack combat experience).

West of Viktorivka (south of Donetsk in Volnovakha district) militant mortar batteries opened fire several times on ATO forces’ positions (according to various sources they fired for 40 to 50 minutes). 82-mm 2B9 Vasilek (“Cornflower”) automatic mortar systems were used, at least six hits from 120-mm mortar fire were recorded.

In addition, southeast of Sokilnyky a group of militants fired at ATO forces’ positions near Trokhizbenka from AGS-17 grenade launchers and 82-mm mortars. Near Shchastya, terrorists opened fire twice with AGS-17s, also directing aimed shots from small arms (several sniper teams were involved). Shelling was also conducted in the vicinity of Katerynivka and Krasnohorivka and south of Popasna (Troitskyi district). Militant infantry group manoeuvres were observed from the direction of Zholobok towards the front line beyond the Donetsk [river]. A skirmish between militants and ATO forces was recorded near Zaitseve.

The militants are proving most active west and north-west of Donetsk. Militant infantry and armored groups have been in action near Pisky (including firing from mortars and the on-board weapons of BMP-2 and BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles) and south of the settlement, in the vicinity of the Donetsk International Airport [DAP], and also on the southern outskirts of Avdiivka (in these last two locations, the militants also used ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft systems).

ATO forces’ positions and civilian objects [targets] came under fire in the area of Opytne, Shumy, Mayorsk and Novhorodske (militant groups, supported by three BTR-80 armed personnel carriers and a single BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle, were spotted south of this last locality).

North-west of the Yasynuvatska junction, militants have concealed at least two tank companies (about 20 tanks) in camouflaged positions. Militant “reinforcement groups” which arrived earlier in the Olenivka – Dokuchajevsk area (see previous IR reports) are playing an active part in the shelling of the positions of the ATO forces. They have been observed using mortars and grenade launchers. One of these terrorist “reinforcement companies” (eight or nine AFVs, mainly MT-LB multi-purpose light-armored transporters, a mortar battery, including at least three 120 mm mortars) advanced to the area north of Hranitne. According to our information, this militant group is due to take up positions between Petrivske and Mykolaivske reservoir in order to carry out fire at Novohnativka, Mykolaivka or Trudivske, thereby pinning down both flanks of the Ukrainian troops (the Starohnativka and Dokuchajevsk groups of the ATO forces).

Makiivka is increasingly turning into a major defense “hub” for the militants’ second echelon. A significant number of armored vehicles (mainly BMP-2s) are observed in the greenery to the west and south of the settlement, while artillery positions are being actively prepared.

Militant reinforcements keep arriving in the Horlivka and Yasynuvata as well as the Holmivskyi–Zaitseve areas, and to the east of this sector (closer to the Svitlodarsk bridgehead). In the past 24 hours, the transfer of at least one terrorist motorized infantry company has been observed (some on BMP-2s, some on MT-LBs – a total of 12 armored combat vehicles, at least two of which had 100 mm MT-12 “Rapier” anti-tank weapons on a trailer). South of Holmivskyi, militants are setting up emplacements for armored vehicles, and are doing it quite openly, digging fortification structures and shelters.

Several new infantry groups totaling up to 600 men have been detected on the coastal direction between Sakhanka and Zaichenko. Four camouflaged tanks were observed west of the Shank – Zaichenko line, the remaining tanks were removed either to Bezimenne – Samsonovo or further off the Novoazovsk – Telmanovo highway (Kozlivka district).

South of Stakhanov, militants transferred two artillery units that included five 122 mm D-30 howitzers and six 122 mm 2S1 “Gvozdika” [Carnation] self-propelled guns.

During the past week, Russian servicemen and mercenaries have been redeployed from positions across from Stanytsia Luhanska (and from some other areas in Luhansk region) deep inside the battle formations of the Russian-terrorist forces. Only militants from among the locals and a small number of so-called “Cossacks” remain at the demarcation line.

On the instructions of “LNR” leader Igor Plotnitskiy, special units and patrol teams have been created from the members of his personal guard and representatives of the “Tax Service.” These units have been assigned to “fight against contraband” on the border with Russia and along the demarcation line on the territory under “LNR” control.

Rumors are circulating in the “LNR” leadership about the impending appointment of Leonid Pasechnik, the “minister of the LNR State Security Ministry,” to a key position in the Russian Federal Security Agency [FSB] in Crimea. The Russian Presidential Administration initiated this appointment. According to these rumors, the appointment of L. Pasechnik to the Russian FSB would also entail the transfer of his close associates from the “Ministry of the LNR State Security.”

OUTLAW 09
11-15-2015, 09:06 AM
Russia-backed militants fired 30 times upon Ukr troops in all sectors from 6pm till this morning - ATO press center https://www.facebook.com/ato.news/posts/1095795987097873 …

OUTLAW 09
11-15-2015, 01:47 PM
Avakov: "We have information that terrorists are preparing attacks in the major cities across Ukraine"
http://m.censor.net.ua/news/360735/my_raspolagaem_informatsieyi_o_podgotovke_teraktov _v_krupnyh_gorodah_avakov …

Donetsk airport, #Pisky, #Optyne now - battle, artillery, mortars, AGL, AA-guns, machine guns.

Column of Rus/militant KAMAZ trucks near Sverdlove (Makiivka) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMi2LGS7V34 … pic.twitter.com/eZQIUaBwbc
http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/15-november-column-of-rusmilitant-kamaz-trucks-near-sverdlove …

Donetsk
Shooting and explosions can be heard from #Pisky area.

OUTLAW 09
11-15-2015, 02:32 PM
VK 15:56
"Boom-boom in the area of Zabunkov-#Pisky. Kyivskyi ds listens, powerfully, but not close"
https://twitter.com/patriot_petya/status/665891471481028608 …

16:25 #Makiivka @VasyaMakeevskiy Frequent single salvos heard towards #Donetsk

15:32 #Horlivka Zaytseve @oksi_art Smallarms, grenade launchers RPG-7. Single shots for now

Seleznyov,UA HQ, 112TV channel:Ukraine's ready to return military vehicle, staff and weapons in case of further escalation OSCE NOTIFIED

Avdiivka
Around 15:20 calmed down, around 16:00 again heavy booms, at first rare, now often already
16:27 https://twitter.com/nixer79/status/665899408727400448 …

ATO Briefing: 1 UA soldier was killed, 8 wounded in last 24h. This the result of 120-mm mortar attack near Avdiivka
pic.twitter.com/jdhvzN9rkk

OUTLAW 09
11-15-2015, 03:24 PM
Is Strelkov heading back to DPR to take command? We just heard rumint, whispers that he's either back already or coming back ??

14:27 #Donetsk @nixer79 Battle towards the airport is going to fullswing: much arty, shooting. Almost as a year ago...

Russia continues escalating in #Donetsk with zero reaction from the West.

Donetsk airport, #Pisky, #Optyne now - battle, artillery, mortars, AGL, AA-guns, machine guns.

OUTLAW 09
11-15-2015, 07:50 PM
ATO Press Center reports 43 cease-fire violations on the East of #Ukraine in last 24 hours
http://lugansk-news.com/ato-press-center-reports-43-cease-fire-violations-in-ato-zone-in-the-last-24-hours/ …
pic.twitter.com/UNncN0J02x

Ukraine: 'Despite what people think, this is still a war.' https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2015/11/12/for-ukraines-special-forces-a-war-of-misuse-and-ill-supply/ …

BREAKING: #Poroshenko says situation in eastern #Ukraine escalates

OUTLAW 09
11-16-2015, 01:14 PM
Yesterday, 3 field engineers were killed after they tripped a land mine near Zolote, Luhansk region - General Staff

Ukraine warned OSCE that may return artillery and mortars back to 1st line http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/16-november-ukraine-warned-osce-that-may-return-artillery … via @5channel
http://interfax.com.ua/news/general/304151.html …

Russians continue to steal everything not totally nailed down from eastern Ukraine---are they that poor?????
Luhansk @SanyaNoggano "Tram rails were here"
pic.twitter.com/8V6Fab648u

Ukraine intelligence: Russian military spetsnaz forces deployed outside Donetsk city
http://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-defense/1915025-russian-military-spetsnaz-forces-deployed-outside-donetsk-city-military-intelligence.html …

OUTLAW 09
11-16-2015, 06:28 PM
#Donetsk #Butovka mine 19:35
From the Depo GRADs outgoing in an unknown direction https://twitter.com/kazarin13/status/666308506807570432 …

19:08
Decent canonade since one hour towards #Novhorodske. https://twitter.com/LeeZernoganja/status/666301918348713984 …

Putin Suggests Russia’s Isolation From the West Is Ending http://www.wsj.com/articles/vladimir-putin-suggests-russias-isolation-from-the-west-is-ending-1447695525 …

EU Mythbusters @EUvsDisinfo
Preparing the #Disinformation Review for tomorrow; over 40 stories so far...
Unverified Claims Of Grad Use In Donetsk While Ukraine Reports 21 Attacks Today
http://www.interpretermag.com/ukraine-live-day-637-fighting-and-casualties-in-the-lugansk-region/#10999 …
pic.twitter.com/K29ra3IwJn

OUTLAW 09
11-16-2015, 07:23 PM
#Donetsk #Butovka mine 19:35
From the Depo GRADs outgoing in an unknown direction https://twitter.com/kazarin13/status/666308506807570432 …

19:08
Decent canonade since one hour towards #Novhorodske. https://twitter.com/LeeZernoganja/status/666301918348713984 …

Putin Suggests Russia’s Isolation From the West Is Ending http://www.wsj.com/articles/vladimir-putin-suggests-russias-isolation-from-the-west-is-ending-1447695525 …

EU Mythbusters @EUvsDisinfo
Preparing the #Disinformation Review for tomorrow; over 40 stories so far...
Unverified Claims Of Grad Use In Donetsk While Ukraine Reports 21 Attacks Today
http://www.interpretermag.com/ukraine-live-day-637-fighting-and-casualties-in-the-lugansk-region/#10999 …
pic.twitter.com/K29ra3IwJn

Donetsk 21:04VK: "Leninskyi district can hear tanks rolling"
https://twitter.com/xuilolala/status/666331133211201536 …

Butovka mine, #Donetsk 19:35
We have the first snow and the separatists brought to us two BMP's
https://twitter.com/kazarin13/status/666308579134193664 …

Donetsk 21:08
At Abakumova three powerful booms
https://twitter.com/666_mancer/status/666332928302018560 …

OSCE: 229 explosions yesterday in Donetsk (again very high number), heard about casualties due to shelling.

Donetsk, sounds very loud all over the city...
https://youtu.be/xrfo0l1STBI

OUTLAW 09
11-16-2015, 07:50 PM
Kremlin plots destruction of European unity - Bulgarian President
http://uatoday.tv/politics/kremlin-plots-destruction-of-european-unity-bulgarian-president-plevneliev-535455.html …
pic.twitter.com/0lIuaEoaiI

OUTLAW 09
11-16-2015, 08:36 PM
Donetsk 21:04VK: "Leninskyi district can hear tanks rolling"
https://twitter.com/xuilolala/status/666331133211201536 …

Butovka mine, #Donetsk 19:35
We have the first snow and the separatists brought to us two BMP's
https://twitter.com/kazarin13/status/666308579134193664 …

Donetsk 21:08
At Abakumova three powerful booms
https://twitter.com/666_mancer/status/666332928302018560 …

OSCE: 229 explosions yesterday in Donetsk (again very high number), heard about casualties due to shelling.

Donetsk, sounds very loud all over the city...
https://youtu.be/xrfo0l1STBI

21:01 #Donetsk @666_mancer UA in #Kranohorivka area under fire fr/mine21? Abakumova?
21:04 @xuilolala [vk] Leninsky: I can hear tanks moving

Donetsk 22:27
Kyivskyi ds - all evening one could hear heavy single volleys
https://twitter.com/AlfaNubovsky/status/666351981829726208 …

22:01 #Luhansk @Karlik_Pu "Who heard ka-boom on the eastern blocks?"

OUTLAW 09
11-16-2015, 08:39 PM
Steinmeier: Russia focusing efforts in Syria, taking attention away from Ukraine
http://www.unian.info/politics/1185520-steinmeier-russia-focusing-efforts-in-syria-taking-attention-away-from-ukraine.html …
pic.twitter.com/itApc9fvnj

OUTLAW 09
11-17-2015, 11:20 AM
Russia is now in full violation of Minsk 2.....
BreakingNews
(Pro-)#Russian troops fired 12 #Grad missiles vs. #Krasnohorivka and #Hirnyk last night.

@OSCE_SMM observed significant increase in # of explosions&gunfire from its position at Donetsk railway st
http://www.osce.org/ukraine-smm/200271 …

OUTLAW 09
11-17-2015, 12:54 PM
Propaganda works on rebranding #russia on peace dove of the world.in the meantime RU violates #minsk by attacking UA
pic.twitter.com/SUtwHlQK8B

Can #Russia Use the #ParisAttacks to its Advantage? http://neweasterneurope.eu/articles-and-commentary/1792-can-russia-use-the-paris-attacks-to-its-advantage …
pic.twitter.com/DkftxhphVO

ATTENTION! Russia is attacking Ukraine in Donbas again OSCE reports.
http://www.osce.org/node/200271
pic.twitter.com/2ub7kSqYYR

229 explosions. OSCE reports serious battle at #Donetsk airport over weekend. Most fatalities in #Ukraine since Sept
pic.twitter.com/WsNpEbmu7v

Givi said his militants are getting ready for an offensive.
http://novosti.dn.ua/details/263683/
pic.twitter.com/GnyNWR6IoN

OUTLAW 09
11-17-2015, 12:56 PM
https://informnapalm.org/en/informnapalm-summary-analysis-of-possible-militants-activities-in-the-donetsk-and-artemivsk-areas/

MAP:
pic.twitter.com/VB8hrF9yTV

InformNapalm Summary: Analysis of Possible Militants’ Activities in the Donetsk and Artemivsk Areas


For the first time in the past six months, I got around to writing an analytical summary of the events at the eastern frontline. This has become a hard task due to a lot of insider information and a lot of confusion. I planned to prepare a map, but even the General Staff has no reliable information on the actual configuration of the line of contact. Both sides of the conflict occasionally take or leave locations or high grounds. Militants are assimilating en masse, trying to penetrate to the liberated territories, so it is no longer clear which territories are actually controlled by the Ukrainian authorities, and which only seem to be under the Ukrainian control. So, I chose the optimum alternative, namely, to use the map with the demarcation line as of June 2015, when the last summary was published.

So, what do we have today? After a series of terrorist attacks in Europe, which the Russian president tried to link to ISIS, it is very likely that the hostilities in the East of Ukraine would resume.

First, let’s have a look at the areas on which the insiders of the InformNapalm international volunteer community have the most information.

Donetsk. In Donetsk, the arrival of up to 600 servicemen of the Caucasian origin has been reported. Besides, there have been changes to the management of the ‘Vostok’ brigade, where local fighters were replaced by ‘holidaymakers’ arriving from Russia. According to the information that needs to be double-checked, a battery of ‘Uragan’ [Hurricane] MLRS has been deployed near the Lidiyivka coal mine. The relocation of equipment and personnel along Petrovskoho St. in the direction of the village of Maryinka has been reported. In this way, we can make the assumption that the forces necessary for the attack on Maryinka and Krasnohorivka are being accumulated in the western outskirts of Donetsk. What do the militants want to get? Access to the town of Kurakhovo and control over the Kurakhovo TPP as a lever of pressure on Akhmetov. Further evidence of militants being trained for the possible attack in the western direction is the arrival to Donetsk of a large number of command and staff vehicles and electronic warfare equipment. Another group is being formed near the Donetsk airport. According to the insider information, “4 EW vehicles + command and staff vehicles + 1 Ural truck with servicemen moved along Universytetska St. towards the Airport”. Most likely, these forces are being accumulated not for the attack on Pisky, but for the start of an offensive to capture the town of Avdiyivka. But before that, the terrorists will try to push the Ukrainian forces out of Butivska coal mine. To support this assumption, the following information can be added: “40 trucks moved towards Donetsk via Makiyivka ring road. Not the humanitarian convoy. + 2 Ural trucks with servicemen. ALL of them have the Russian license plates,” “Some tracked vehicles (but not tanks) just entered Makiyivka from Khartsyzsk. They move very slowly towards the downtown.” On November 14, migrant special equipment of the Russian occupation forces was also spotted.

In this way, two strike groups have been formed in Donetsk. Today we can already witness the first of probes into the Ukrainian defense lines. For instance, on Friday and Saturday nights it was very noisy in the areas that are believed to be the main attack directions.

The second location on which we will focus is Horlivka, to which Givi, Motorola and a Russian general paid a visit two days ago. During this visit, they assured that Artemivsk would soon return under the control of the ‘DPR’. This is not yet a reason for worrying, but what I am concerned about is the deployment to the east of the town of Horlivka (near the village of Bulavinske) of an artillery brigade group and of a large numbers of personnel with military equipment. However, ​​terrorists have one of their training centers in the area, which may be an indication of preparations for a routine exercise just as well as an evidence of the possibility of an offensive from depth. At the same time, it should be noted that the visiting field commanders and their curator focused on the Kalinin district of Horlivka, which, together with the village of Holmovsky, poses a threat to the Ukrainian forces that took up defense in the village of Zaitseve. Besides, on 11/14/2015 the relocation of tanks, armored personnel carriers and infantry combat vehicles in the direction of the village of Zaitseve was reported. With this in mind, counter-attacks aimed at surrounding the defense positions of the Ukrainian forces in Zaitseve, gaining control over the T0513 highway and continuing the offensive in the direction of Artemivsk seem possible. At the very moment when the Ukrainian forces will try to stop the advance of the enemy in the above direction, an offensive from depths might follow from the direction of Bulavinske. Its objective would be eliminating a bulge near the village of Myronivsky and capturing it in order to gain control over the M03 highway and approach Artemivsk from the south.

Desperate to take the town of Dzerzhynsk from the direction of Horlivka, the militants started building up forces near Shyroka Balka ravine (at least five infantry combat vehicle arrived to the ravine this week) and the village of Verkhnetoretske (on Friday, they tried to probe into the checkpoint in Verkhnetoretske). The capture of the village of Verkhnetoretske would give the militants access to Avdiyivka from the north and close the mousetrap around the city. We should also keep in mind the questions about the plant in Avdiyivka, to which we still don’t have the answers.

If they capture Avdiyivka, the terrorists would gain control over the N20 highway and carry forward the advance toward Kostyantynivka.

In this article, we have only examined the areas on which we have enough information for a more or less thorough analysis. In the future, we will try to update the information and to extend our analysis to other sectors of the frontline.


The sound of fighting is audible in #Donetsk:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L3D0q-xqZE …

Donetsk @666_mancer [vk]
11:27 It wasnoisy a bit on Abakumova
11:30 Heavy machine guns are still working

OUTLAW 09
11-17-2015, 01:25 PM
CEPA @cepa
How has #Russia Weaponized Information? Learn more from the report by @edwardlucas @benimmo
http://www.cepa.org/content/how-has-russia-weaponized-information …
pic.twitter.com/JPnQXFdNgT

EU Delegation UA ✔ @EUDelegationUA
New issue of Disinformation Review: Week Three
This week's disinformation trend sees multiple reports about...
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OUTLAW 09
11-17-2015, 05:37 PM
Russia's crazy media now advocates annexations of Alaska, Hawaii and California.

http://ren.tv/novosti/2015-11-14/kogda-alyaska-stanet-nashey … pic.twitter.com/OZMAHDYNoj

ATO: Slight reduction in militant attacks today. They Fired on UA pos. near Pisky, Opytne, Krasnohorivka, Mariinka

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1096951090315696&id=820651001279041&refid=17&_ft_=top_level_post_id.1096951090315696%3Atl_objid .1096951090315696&__tn__=%2As …

Footage of last night's militant GRAD attack in Donetsk region, captured by UKR side to JCCC
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PvQy_fx2bsg … pic.twitter.com/sA4z75dhbB

Minsk talks show no progress in exchange of POWs and OSCE access to militants' holding areas - Kuchma's spokesperson
https://m.facebook.com/darka.olifer/posts/873548102765293?pnref=story …

OUTLAW 09
11-17-2015, 06:01 PM
DNR official twitter account reports that fuel shortage is due to them preparing to attack. no comments.

OUTLAW 09
11-17-2015, 06:10 PM
"The Kremlin’s approach to the control of information online is largely defined by the Soviet experience.”
https://globalvoices.org/2015/11/17/inside-big-brother-how-russians-created-the-red-web/ …

Russia is still in total non compliance with Minsk 2.........
OSCE SMM still without #access to Russian-separatist forces' #weapons storage sites
http://bit.ly/1PMtnQE
pic.twitter.com/1DXHjWsPmo

OUTLAW 09
11-18-2015, 10:31 AM
All civilised countries should condemn Russia for destroying vital Syrian civilian infrastructure instead of hitting ISIS.

THIS is the exact tactic currently being used in the eastern Ukraine.

NOTICE--not a word from any western leader concerning Russian destruction in Syria as well as the eastern Ukraine---why is that?????

OUTLAW 09
11-18-2015, 10:35 AM
Video of a Russian army-(at least)-supplied #Grad missile attack on #Ukraine last night.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvQy_fx2bsg …

OUTLAW 09
11-18-2015, 10:58 AM
ATO Briefing: During November 12-16, enemy opened fire with mortars 32 times & 12 times with MLRS Grad

ATO Briefing: No Ukrainian soldiers were killed in last 24h, 1 WIA and 2 wounded due to mine explosion pic.twitter.com/XWlFdLKPZu

Col. Lysenko: Also, in Donetsk region, UA police found 2 hand grenades & more than 200 ammo for automatic weapons pic.twitter.com/62Zz1ePd1e

ATO spox: In Mariupol, a local resident found a rocket launcher & reported police about the discovery
pic.twitter.com/J0DG1A0IYp

Col. Lysenko: In Mariupol, UA police found 2 rocket launchers, anti-personnel mine, 2 grenades and 400 g TNT
pic.twitter.com/zM8k1ycg1C

ATO spokesperson: In Kharkiv, SBU detained an administrator of anti-Ukrainian communities in social networks pic.twitter.com/3IgnfgcgCM

Col. Lysenko: Near Zolote town, SBU detained a former militant of so-called “LPR” who was trained by RU FSB pic.twitter.com/fqBhkPsdIt

OUTLAW 09
11-18-2015, 11:00 AM
ATO spox: Near Marinka, militants shelled UA positions with mortars for 3 times

Col. Andriy Lysenko: The largest number of cease-fire violations occurred in the western Donetsk: small arms, rocket launchers & mortars

ATO spox:Military clash occurred near Kriakivka village to the north of Bakhmut road: 20 militants were repelled back by UA heroic defenders

Col. Andriy Lysenko: Luhansk sector: Militants were active near the Bakhmut road and to the north of it

In Mariupol, SBU seized grenade launchers and explosives.
http://www.sbu.gov.ua/sbu/control/uk/publish/article?art_id=167587&cat_id=39574 …
pic.twitter.com/OOBquETXM9

OUTLAW 09
11-18-2015, 04:58 PM
Explosions at #Dokuchaevsk outskirts reported
http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/18-november-explosions-at-dokuchaevsk-outskirts-reported …

Interesting article by Dmitri Oreshnkin about divisions within DNR/LNR & Kremlin (in Russian).
http://nv.ua/print/opinion/oreshkin/vnutri-donbasskih-elit-proizoshel-raskol-80709.html …

Remember how Putin said sanctions are illegal w/o UN SC and ineffective? Russia sanctions all Ukrainian-made food. https://twitter.com/SPIEGELONLINE/status/667024672752431104 …

OUTLAW 09
11-18-2015, 05:18 PM
Horlivka 18:50
There is a battle is Shyroka Balka area again, mortars, AGL.

19:30
Battle also in Verkhonoretske area.

@Guderian_Xaba "Can be heard also in #Yenakiieve"

Horlivka 18:49
Stroitel - some heavy booms
Sounds like outgoing
https://twitter.com/ahab7822/status/667021789919227906 …

SBU found cache of weapons and ammo near Marinka. Including Rus thermobaric grenades TBG-7V
http://www.sbu.gov.ua/sbu/control/uk/publish/article?art_id=167656&cat_id=39574 …
pic.twitter.com/sPg14VQoQC

Russian government officials now saying they want closer relations with West. Best way to show -- end support for rebels in Ukraine.

OUTLAW 09
11-18-2015, 05:29 PM
Horlivka 18:50
There is a battle is Shyroka Balka area again, mortars, AGL.

19:30
Battle also in Verkhonoretske area.

@Guderian_Xaba "Can be heard also in #Yenakiieve"

Horlivka 18:49
Stroitel - some heavy booms
Sounds like outgoing
https://twitter.com/ahab7822/status/667021789919227906 …

SBU found cache of weapons and ammo near Marinka. Including Rus thermobaric grenades TBG-7V
http://www.sbu.gov.ua/sbu/control/uk/publish/article?art_id=167656&cat_id=39574 …
pic.twitter.com/sPg14VQoQC

Russian government officials now saying they want closer relations with West. Best way to show -- end support for rebels in Ukraine.

Outgoing shelling from #Horlivka reported

ATO Press Center: Militants 17 times fired on UA positions today. 2 in the Artemivsk sector & 15 in Donetsk sector.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1097404530270352&id=820651001279041&refid=17&_ft_=top_level_post_id.1097404530270352%3Atl_objid .1097404530270352&__tn__=%2As …

OUTLAW 09
11-18-2015, 05:30 PM
Reference Russian info warriors.......

US Embassy Moscow trolls Russian trolls......

US Embassy in RF has corrected mistakes in"State Department's letter" by"Izvestiya"
http://www.rosbalt.ru/main/2015/11/18/1462611.html …
Shame))
pic.twitter.com/z2H6PvXtM9

OUTLAW 09
11-18-2015, 05:54 PM
Horlivka 19:16
Since over 1 hour something heavy shooting in north-west of the city @ Shyroka Balka - Novhorodske https://twitter.com/tgorlovka/status/667028532292395012 …

19:00
Battle at #Zaitsevo too.

Horlivka 19:23
Shooting again.
https://twitter.com/gipsogolovij/status/667030742925484033 …

OUTLAW 09
11-18-2015, 08:58 PM
Russi|an militants war preparations leave #Donetsk drivers with no gas
http://uatoday.tv/society/russian-militants-war-preparations-leave-donetsk-drivers-with-no-gas-537108.html …
pic.twitter.com/7ih375SZBa

600 fully fuelled #Russia|n tanks preparing 4 war lead to citywide fuel shortage in #Donetsk
http://uatoday.tv/society/russian-militants-war-preparations-leave-donetsk-drivers-with-no-gas-537108.html …
pic.twitter.com/Kx9DMDJAkS

21:51 #Horlivka @DobryShubin Machine guns and smth heavy [is heard] towards #Shyroka_Balka

Horlivka 22:07
Something heavy booms towards Shyroka Balka https://twitter.com/DobryShubin/status/667071769753309184 …

22:07 #Horlivka @DobryShubin They still shell w/smth heavy towards #Shyroka_Balka. Probably mortar
@ahab7822 Like a tank, clanking sound

Administrator of the separatist publics in social networks was arrested
https://www.thekharkivtimes.com/2015/11/18/administrator-of-the-separatist-publics-in-social-networks-was-arrested-in-kharkiv/ … pic.twitter.com/f1yAUhUS4a

Russia went into #Syria to keep foothold, doesn't care about #Assad, says @USArmy Gen Hodges. "Real reason was to distract from #Ukraine."

OUTLAW 09
11-18-2015, 09:08 PM
Russi|an militants war preparations leave #Donetsk drivers with no gas
http://uatoday.tv/society/russian-militants-war-preparations-leave-donetsk-drivers-with-no-gas-537108.html …
pic.twitter.com/7ih375SZBa

600 fully fuelled #Russia|n tanks preparing 4 war lead to citywide fuel shortage in #Donetsk
http://uatoday.tv/society/russian-militants-war-preparations-leave-donetsk-drivers-with-no-gas-537108.html …
pic.twitter.com/Kx9DMDJAkS

21:51 #Horlivka @DobryShubin Machine guns and smth heavy [is heard] towards #Shyroka_Balka

Horlivka 22:07
Something heavy booms towards Shyroka Balka
https://twitter.com/DobryShubin/status/667071769753309184 …

22:07 #Horlivka @DobryShubin They still shell w/smth heavy towards #Shyroka_Balka. Probably mortar
@ahab7822 Like a tank, clanking sound

Administrator of the separatist publics in social networks was arrested
https://www.thekharkivtimes.com/2015/11/18/administrator-of-the-separatist-publics-in-social-networks-was-arrested-in-kharkiv/ … pic.twitter.com/f1yAUhUS4a

Russia went into #Syria to keep foothold, doesn't care about #Assad, says @USArmy Gen Hodges. "Real reason was to distract from #Ukraine."

Combined Russian/separatist forces continue attacking Ukrainian army positions
http://uatoday.tv/politics/ukrainian-military-officials-report-on-skirmish-with-militants-in-luhansk-region-536760.html …
pic.twitter.com/yDe0NyeiJ9

Yenakiieve 21:42
Machine guns and volleys can be heard towards #Ozeryanivka
https://twitter.com/ZloyEnakievec/status/667065252316651521 …

21:37
Towards #Ozeryanivka explosions and machine gun bursts https://twitter.com/ZloyEnakievec/status/667063980599459840 …

21:30
Called friends in #Horlivka they say in south-west its hot since several hours, in #Donetsk quiet. https://twitter.com/waterloo_2014/status/667062304396156928 …

Horlivka 21:21
Mine 6/7 settl. - battle, mortar, small arms, AGL, possibly tank too https://twitter.com/062_Region/status/667060023642726400 …

OUTLAW 09
11-18-2015, 09:13 PM
youtube.com/watch?v=hRLwgWvpmYA … #Ukraine transferred 8 Tu-160s to #Russia under US pressure (1999-2000). Small world? #Syria pic.twitter.com/ZuR49ovlzd

OUTLAW 09
11-19-2015, 11:47 AM
BreakingNews
Emboldened by intl. blindness, #Russia's proxies performed 30 attacks vs. #Ukraine yesterday.
Small arms, RPGs, mortars.

OUTLAW 09
11-19-2015, 01:01 PM
http://maidantranslations.com/2015/11/19/dmitry-tymchuk-military-update-11-16-freesavchenko/

Dmitry Tymchuk: Military update 11.16


During the past weekend (11.15 – 11.15.2015), units of Russian-terrorist troops in Donbas continued shelling the advanced positions of Ukrainian troops, as well as settlements in the ATO zone controlled by Ukraine. Militants used 82 mm and 120 mm mortars, the on-board guns of BMP-1 and BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles, as well as of BTR-70 and BTR-80 armored personnel carriers, grenade launchers (handheld and mounted), and ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft guns. In a number of sections, militants continue active attempts to advance towards the ATO forces’ positions (in the “gray zone”); they also continue conducting reconnaissance, laying minefields, and launching sabotage and terrorist attacks.

In the vicinity of Zaitseve, two terrorist infantry groups (20-25 personnel in each) attempted to approach the ATO forces’ stronghold under heavy cover fire from small arms and 82 mm mortars (plus several shots from at least three AGS-17 grenade launchers). Ukrainian units fired from their stationary positions, forcing the enemy to fall back to their initial lines.

South of the settlement of Novhorodske, militants also made an attempt to “infiltrate” the tactical rear of Ukrainian troops, using a group of up to 20 personnel in strength. During their concealed movement through the “neutral zone,” this group was discovered (within 200 meters of the ATO forces’ control and observation point) and engaged by Ukrainian battlefield security. After an hour-long firefight, the enemy DRG [sabotage and reconnaissance group] withdrew.

In the vicinity of Pisky (somewhat to the south of the settlement), terrorists opened fire from the on-board guns of BMP-2 armored combat vehicles and attacked the advanced ATO positions using three infantry groups. This attack was demonstrative in nature; its purpose, most likely, was to discover the ATO forces’ firing points at the front line.

Militants carried out similar actions near Hranitne, Shchastya, Krasnohorivka, Mar’inka, and south of Popasna, using mortars (82 mm, and 120 mm in two instances), ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft guns, AGS-17 grenade launchers, and heavy machine guns in the course of these provocations. Shyrokyne and Novotoshkivka were also shelled from mortars and grenade launchers.

Militants are using a similar tactic in these attacks: a camouflaged advance to the neutral strip to reduce the effective fire range, covert occupation of firing position, sudden opening of heavy fire from small arms, followed by a retreat under cover of 82 mm mortars, AGS-17 and AGS-21 grenade launchers, and sometimes, the on-board guns of ACVs (positioned beforehand at the front line for this purpose). In some cases, we record blatant provocations intending to summon return fire in order to discover the location of the ATO forces’ firepower. Militants usually use groups of up to 30 personnel (in most cases, split into sub-groups: firing [subgroup], cover, surveillance, diversion, etc., depending on the objective and missions; sometimes, a singular unit is used).

In the course of most of these provocations, the enemy demonstrates a very low level of coordination. Sometimes, the “cover” fire forces open fire with delays; terrorists often act clearly unprofessionally – making noise, failing to properly camouflage their movements and the occupation of positions, opening fire in an uncoordinated way, or firing chaotically and without aiming. In several regions (the area of Shchastya and Stanytsia Luhanska, as well as in coastal areas), we recorded cases of militants accidentally detonating their own mines and tripwires. According to the IR group’s data, such low levels of training are typical for units of Russian mercenaries arriving from Russia as part of troop rotation, as well as for groups of local militants, who were “drafted” and “mobilized” recently, and underwent brief preparation in the “DNR-LNR training centers” – essentially, “cannon fodder.”

Militants tanks were observed transferring from Oleksandrivka (Donetsk, vicinity of Mar’inka) to the southwest, in the direction of Luhanske.

Militants continue actively preparing for the “ATO forces offensive” in the Artemivsk direction of operation. Another terrorist reinforced “motorized rifle company” arrived in the vicinity of Horlivka. This unit was previously part of the training center in Mospyne (now disbanded) and includes four BTR-80 armored personnel carriers, two BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles, two MT-LB multipurpose vehicles, 3 KAMAZ trucks, Ural KUNG truck with a trailer-mounted DES-100 diesel power station, two UAZ-469 vehicles, and three civilian off-road vehicles.

In total, over the past 3 days, the “Horlivka garrison” was strengthened with, as a minimum, a reinforced battalion – up to 600 personnel, 30-32 various armored combat vehicles, 8-10 tanks, and 4 cannon artillery batteries (deployed east of Horlivka), in addition to the forces and equipment deployed here earlier. Thus, two “motorized rifle brigades,” as well as several “separate” companies and battalions, and artillery units are deployed in the vicinity of Horlivka at this time.

Several militant rocket artillery units were recorded near Stakhanov – three 122 mm BM-21 Grad MLRS, on positions in the southwest outskirts of the settlement, under cover of buildings in the private housing sector. Four more MLRS, with two MT-LB vehicles and two Ural trucks (battery transport and load vehicles) were spotted on the march towards Stakhanov from Bryanka.

Three militant DRGs (4-5 personnel in each group) moved from the vicinity of Luhansk in the direction of Shchastya. Two of these groups were trained in the “LNR” [Luhansk People’s Republic], and one in the “DNR” [Donetsk People’s Republic]. The mission of each group is laying minefields and taking prisoners.

Repair groups were formed from among militants of the “4th separate mechanized brigade of the 2nd LNR army corps,” to repair combat equipment at the facilities of the “repair company” base currently being created in Krasnodon. At this time, the “repair company” of the “4th SMB 2nd LNR AC” is located in Alchevsk, Leninhradska Street. All units of the “2nd LNR AC” are urgently receiving spare parts for combat equipment.

Reconnaissance units of the “4th SMB 2nd LNR AC” (with permanent location in Alchevsk, Perevalsk, and Krasnyi Luch), together with militants of the “2nd SMB 2nd LNR AC” mortar battery, moved to the advanced positions in the vicinity of Sokilnyky and Pryshyb. We recorded active efforts by militants to camouflage their heavy armor and reinforce defensive structures near Vesela Hora, Slovyanoserbsk district.

According to the orders of the chieftains of the “2nd AC LNR,” all combat equipment of its units has been fully fueled. The tank battalion of the “2nd SMB 2nd AC LNR” has 40 tanks at its disposal, and 6 fuel trucks are used to supply them with fuel and lubricants.

OUTLAW 09
11-19-2015, 04:23 PM
Well worth reading this thoroughly......
http://www.interpretermag.com/after-paris-putin-offers-the-west-a-three-part-deal-he-thinks-it-cant-refuse-yakovenko-says/

Remember since 2008 Putin has stated repeatedly his three core geopolitical goals;
1. discredit and damage NATO
2. discredit and damage the EU
3. completely disconnect the US from Europe and the ME

Why--Putin wants a new Yalta dividing the world into two spheres with Russian controlling Europe and the ME.

After Paris, Putin Offers the West a Three-Part Deal He Thinks It Can’t Refuse, Yakovenko Says

November 19, 2015


Staunton, November 16 In the wake of the Paris tragedy, Vladimir Putin, Moscow officials and Russian commentators have precisely duplicated “the classical model of behavior of a racketeer,” pointing out to the West that because “you didn’t want to pay, now look how your store is burning to the ground,” according to Ukrainian commentator Igor Yakovenko.

But in this case, he says, the West is being called to “pay” with a different kind of currency. First, in Putin’s view, “the West must reject its own principles and chief among them freedom.” Second, “the West must hand over Ukraine to Putin.” And third, “the West must recognize the division of the world into two zones” one of which is to be governed by Russia.

That may seem like a sweeping conclusion to some, but Yakovenko backs it up with quotations from a wide variety of people in Moscow that suggests if anything he has understated Putin’s idea of a deal. Among them are the following:

· Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said that “we hope that the events in Paris will put everything in its place and significantly change the ranking of priorities in Washington and other NATO capitals.”

· Patriarch Kirill’s protégé, Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin said that after Paris, “the world must forget about tolerance.”

· Sergey Markov, a member of the Russian Civic Chamber, wrote that “it is necessary to end the conflict of Russia and the West as a result of Ukraine. The junta must be replaced by a technical president. The constitution must be changed…the Kyiv junta is one of the main obstacles for the joint struggle of the US, the EU and Russia against terrorism.”

· Igor Karaulov, a poet and commentator, wrote in Izvestiya that “the closing of borders and the introduction of martial law” show the way to the future. If France follows them by electing Marine LePen “and sets up a national French government, based on traditional values, then it will be possible to find some solution of the problems presented by migrants.” Zakhar Prilepin, a writer, seconded that opinion. With LePen in power, “Russia will have a most powerful ally in Europe and then we will talk.”

· The writer Eduard Limonov, also in Izvestiya said that once again Russians are being asked to “save the world.” The costs will be high but not as high as in World War II, hundreds of thousands of dead rather than millions.

· Maksim Shevchenko, a Moscow commentator, immediately after the attacks in Paris focused on the Charlie Hebdo case as a way of suggesting that those who had died in Paris had in large measure brought it upon themselves. TV host Dmitry Kiselyev said much the same thing.

· Moscow political analyst Pavel Svyatenkov was more explicit: he wrote in Izvestiya that “France has sowed the wind and is now reaping the whirlwind.”

· Duma Deputy Irina Yarovaya said on a Sunday talk show that what Russia faces now is “the attack of American anti-democratism” and that just as everyone united against Hitlerism 70 years ago, they will do the same against the American threat.

· Senator Igor Morozov observed that “since the Americans cannot be the guarantor of security, Russia and Europe must establish a unified Europe, the key link of which is Russia.”

· Political analyst Dmitry Kulikov insisted that “our fate is Eurasian” and thus Russia must organize “Eurasian security” to include the countries of the Middle East.

· And orientalist Ruslan Kurbatov said that the news since Paris was good as far as Moscow is concerned: “First, we have seized the initiative from the US, and second, Europe is ready to reach agreement with us.”

OUTLAW 09
11-19-2015, 05:42 PM
DNR militants do not allow that OSCE checks the "withdrawn" armory https://twitter.com/UKRINFORM/status/667370221989138432 …

OUTLAW 09
11-19-2015, 06:19 PM
DNR militants do not allow that OSCE checks the "withdrawn" armory
https://twitter.com/UKRINFORM/status/667370221989138432 …

15:09 #Donetsk @666_mancer [vk] Noisy in #Staromykhaylivka - combat, salvos

15:08 #Staromykhaylivka @Huyovyi_Kolhoz Fr/water towers dir'n a BMP-1, BMP-2 and heavy machine guns work at UA positions
15:19 Sniper joined

14:31 #Stakhanov @uzheumer Via Stakhanov a pickup with a mortar and troops in helmets moved. Salvos on

16:16 #Krasnyi_Luch @falconua For 15 minutes they boom so strong that ground's convulsing
16:24 Like ceased. No such things long ago

20:18 #Horlivka @tgorlovka Northward one can hear single shots of smth heavy& intermittent assault rifle bursts. Also shooting at #Holmivsky

OUTLAW 09
11-19-2015, 06:32 PM
Daniel Baer
‏@danbbaer No joke: At @osce Russia just tried to explain 1000s of ppl in military dress seen X-ing Rus/Ukr border by saying such dress is fashionable

OUTLAW 09
11-19-2015, 06:39 PM
Daniel Baer
‏@danbbaer No joke: At @osce Russia just tried to explain 1000s of ppl in military dress seen X-ing Rus/Ukr border by saying such dress is fashionable


30 attacks in violation of Minsk 2 carried out by Russian troops and her mercenaries yesterday NOW.....
47 cease-fire violations registered in ATO zone in the East of Ukraine in the last 24 hours
http://lugansk-news.com/47-cease-fire-violations-registered-in-ato-zone-in-the-east-of-ukraine-in-the-last-24-hours/ …
pic.twitter.com/bU2y3Qveyg

Russian attacks are climbing to the steady state attacks of a go slow offensive---we started out with a few then 10 or so then 20 or so and NOW 47---

We are effectively now in a typical Russian go slow/slow step ground offensive so the West does not notice it.....once the count of 50 or so is reached there is then a full fledged go slow/slow step ground offensive in progress.

OUTLAW 09
11-19-2015, 06:52 PM
DNR militants do not allow that OSCE checks the "withdrawn" armory https://twitter.com/UKRINFORM/status/667370221989138432 …

http://www.unian.info/world/1188711-juncker-writes-letter-to-putin-names-main-condition-for-restoring-ties-with-russia.html


In the letter, written after a G20 summit in Turkey and seen by Reuters, Juncker underlined the importance he attached to good relations between the European Union and Moscow, "which to my regret have not been able to develop over the past year," Reuters reports.

He said he had asked Commission officials to study options to bring the EU and the Eurasian Economic Union - a grouping of former Soviet states dominated by Moscow - closer together.

"The decision on the circumstances in which to proceed along this path is in the hands of the member states of the European Union and should in particular be synchronized with the implementing of the Minsk agreements," Juncker wrote.

The initiative could offer Putin an incentive to cooperate in Ukraine at a time when France and some other west European states are trying to re-engage with Moscow after the Paris attacks to fight Islamic State and forge a peace deal in Syria.

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius said he was surprised by the letter, which he said did not reflect a common view of EU member states and made no reference to EU sanctions against Russia over its annexation of Crimea and the destabilization of eastern Ukraine.

Baltic and central European member states are worried that the EU executive and west European partners may be preparing to let Moscow off the hook of sanctions over Ukraine in return for cooperation in the Middle East.

OUTLAW 09
11-20-2015, 12:24 PM
Russian proxies in Donbas set for offensive: Ukraine intel
http://www.unian.info/war/1189000-russian-proxies-in-donbas-set-for-offensive-ukraine-intel.html …
pic.twitter.com/mXJvcU63XZ

OSCE: 206 explosions in Donetsk on Wednesday, plus 26 explosions from tanks or heavy artillery fire - banned under ceasefire agreement

OUTLAW 09
11-20-2015, 12:27 PM
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/russia-opens-fire-on-ukraine/2015/11/19/2aac4f8a-8efc-11e5-baf4-bdf37355da0c_story.html

Russia opens fire on Ukraine again as the West stands by

By Editorial Board November 19 at 8:20 PM


IN THE six months after a cease-fire in eastern Ukraine was supposed to have taken effect this year, Russian-backed forces kept up a low-level barrage of sniping and shelling along the front lines, killing dozens of Ukrainian soldiers while avoiding censure from the Western governments that brokered the deal. Then, on Sept. 1, the guns fell silent — just as Russian forces began streaming into Syria. For two months, the cease-fire held and international monitors reported progress in implementing agreements on the withdrawal from the front lines of heavy weapons.

Now the Russian guns are firing again. In the past week there have been dozens of incidents daily in which the supposedly withdrawn weapons, including heavy mortars and Grad rockets, have been fired at Ukrainian positions. Nine Ukrainian soldiers have been reported killed. Having proved in September that he could switch off the shooting in Ukraine when it suited him, Russian President Vladi#mir Putin has now, at a minimum, allowed it to resume. It’s a development that Western governments contemplating an alliance with the Russian ruler in the Middle East cannot afford to ignore.

Why would Russia have broken the calm in Donetsk and Luhansk provinces, where it controls a force of some 40,000 fighters armed with advanced tanks, artillery and electronic warfare systems? Some Ukrainian officials speculate that Mr. Putin might be seeking to disrupt free-trade and visa-liberalization agreements between Ukraine and the European Union, which are due to take effect shortly. Others believe the military pressure is meant to induce Ukraine, Germany and France to capitulate to Moscow’s demands in ongoing negotiations over a political settlement in the region.

What’s clear is that Mr. Putin has not given up his objective of restoring Russian control over part or all of Ukraine. He still seeks to undermine the pro-Western government in Kiev; this week the Kremlin announced a ban on Ukrainian food imports. Through the peace talks, Mr. Putin is attempting to force Ukraine to accept the authorities he installed in the territories captured by Russia and to rewrite the constitution to give them special powers. Meanwhile, he uses his military forces to probe and pressure.

Ukrainian officials suspect that Mr. Putin’s offer to ally with the West in the Middle East may be part of this game. The price for cooperation with France and the United States in Syria, they worry, may be concessions on Ukraine — such as the lifting of E.U. sanctions imposed on Russia after its invasion, which will lapse in January if not renewed. European officials have said the sanctions will remain in effect until the peace agreement, which calls for Russian forces to withdraw, is fully implemented. But that was before the terrorist attacks in Paris and French President François Hollande’s decision to reach out to Mr. Putin.

The resumed shooting by Russian forces in Ukraine does not appear to have slowed Mr. Hollande’s initiative. It should. If Western governments ally with Russia in Syria even as its forces attack Ukraine, they will be tolerating and even encouraging Mr. Putin’s aggression

OUTLAW 09
11-20-2015, 01:31 PM
With the increased slow stepping ground offensive started by the Russian troops and her mercenaries a week ago ARE we now starting to seeing the beginning of the third Russian ground offensive.

Reports that lots of armory is passing Snizhne & Torez, like in the very beginning in 2014:
https://twitter.com/RutheniaRus/status/667676680677404672 …

MoD Ukraine: Accusation of #Ukraine of supplying ISIL terrorists with weapons is groundless
http://www.mil.gov.ua/en/news/2015/11/20/accusation-of-ukraine-of-supplying-isil-terrorists-with-weapons-is-groundless/ …

Russian info warriors have been trying for over two weeks now to somehow tie the Ukraine to IS.........

OUTLAW 09
11-20-2015, 01:43 PM
Ukraine Rebuffs Putin’s Offer to Restructure Russian Debt
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/550094.html?utm_campaign=DTN+Russia:&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=Twitter …

OUTLAW 09
11-20-2015, 02:14 PM
Russian shellings are starting again.....let's see the attack numbers for today.

AND let's see if any western leader makes any comments on the increased Russian attacks on UAF positions in complete violation of Minsk 2.....

Donetsk @666_mancer
15:57 Shakhtarska Sq [dn forum] series of loud booms
15:59 Gvardeyka, Butovka [vk] rumble

15:19 #Donetsk @relictDon Trucks w/troops moved fr/Sadovogo Ave passing Golden Circle to Leninsky Ave. At least 3 of them at 13:40-14:00

10:14 #Krasnyi_Luch @falconua Since night Life mobile operator down

14:51 #Horlivka Rtutny @ahab7822 Loud, fire of MG and mortar or something even heavier for about 2 hr already

15:08 #Horlivka Stroitel @ahab7822 It has twice boomed far off

16:00 #Donetsk @hyeva_maryinka [vk]
"At Putilovka one hears dull strong salvos" "Vishnevskogo: loud, nearby"

16:14 #Avdiivka @LuftGanza Towards #Opytne noisy again, like blasts

Ukrainian Military Intelligence Chief Says #Russia|n Forces Preparing For Offensive
http://www.interpretermag.com/ukraine-live-day-641-ukraine-reports-shelling-of-villages-outside-mariupol-grad-attack-on-krasnogorovka/#11085 …
pic.twitter.com/n9g8ijk4HK

OUTLAW 09
11-20-2015, 02:21 PM
With the increased slow stepping ground offensive started by the Russian troops and her mercenaries a week ago ARE we now starting to seeing the beginning of the third Russian ground offensive.

Reports that lots of armory is passing Snizhne & Torez, like in the very beginning in 2014:
https://twitter.com/RutheniaRus/status/667676680677404672 …

MoD Ukraine: Accusation of #Ukraine of supplying ISIL terrorists with weapons is groundless
http://www.mil.gov.ua/en/news/2015/11/20/accusation-of-ukraine-of-supplying-isil-terrorists-with-weapons-is-groundless/ …

Russian info warriors have been trying for over two weeks now to somehow tie the Ukraine to IS.........

Armor movement is not totally confirmed---only one comment on this and nothing else yet......

Reports reg FN-6 MPADS trafficking from Ukraine to IS in Syria is a propaganda attack. MoD confirms: Ukraine neither produces nor owns FN-6.

FN-6s are actually Chinese made

OUTLAW 09
11-20-2015, 02:27 PM
U.S. Mission to OSCE ✔ @usosce
Combined #Russia-separatist attacks are increasing in eastern #Ukraine - READ:
http://1.usa.gov/1QQdN7o
pic.twitter.com/Nl9IEY0DKY

Flashing Yellow Alert! The ceasefire is in shambles in Ukraine. Both sides sending warnings of upcoming escalation https://twitter.com/Interpreter_Mag/status/667689569916223488 …

16:32 #Avdiivka @rechnikato It booms so strongly that my interior walls are shaking

16:33 #Donetsk Kyivsky ds @jackson_villi Something heavy rumbles towards the airport

OUTLAW 09
11-20-2015, 02:39 PM
Moldova @dacoromania 2 more DNR terrorists detained in #Chișinău
http://www.publika.md/au-luptat-in-donbas-si-au-fost-retinuti-pentru-violentele-de-la-procuratura-generala_2454111.html …

Fifth arrest in the last two weeks......

OUTLAW 09
11-20-2015, 02:44 PM
The Times: Putin's hypocrosy on bombing of Russian plane over Sinai at odds with his terrorism of MH17 over Ukraine
pic.twitter.com/wlePMOdZmB

OUTLAW 09
11-20-2015, 06:14 PM
Important........
Deputy Chief of Russian General Staff arrives in Donetsk, Ukrainian intelligence reports

http://www.unian.info/war/1189214-deputy-chief-of-russian-general-staff-arrives-in-donetsk-ukrainian-intelligence-reports.html …

OUTLAW 09
11-20-2015, 06:28 PM
Kofman says Russia is strong enough to break the intl rules, but not strong enough to rewrite them. This is Russia's post-Crimea reality.

Really worth listening to to.......
The new @PowerVertical Podcast: 'Out of Isolation?' w/ @MarkGaleotti @steven_pifer
http://www.rferl.org/content/podcast-out-of-isolation/27377638.html …
Detente? Rapprochement? Neither?

OUTLAW 09
11-20-2015, 06:48 PM
Andriy Lysenko: militants are using Grad rockets in the Donetsk sector
http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/20-november-andriy-lysenko-militants-are-using-grad-rockets …
pic.twitter.com/TQXqCdKjSP

OUTLAW 09
11-20-2015, 06:53 PM
http://uatoday.tv/crime/ukraine-s-chief-mh17-expert-survives-assasination-attempt-538353.html

Ukraine's chief MH17 expert survives assasination attempt



Police suspect the attack could have been motivated by his professional activities

Ukraine's chief forensic expert on the most high-profile criminal cases has survived an assassination attempt when unidentified assailants attacked him in Kyiv on November 19.

Oleksandr Ruvin, Director of Kyiv Research Institute of Forensic Expertise at the Ministry of Justice, received a gunshot wound to his legs and was hospitalized.

Police have launched an investigation and suspect the attack could have been associated his professional activities.

Ruvin has played a key role in the investigation of the crash of Malaysian flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine in July 2014, and represented Ukraine in a number of international commissions, effectively exposing the manipulation attempts of Russian experts.

The conclusions of his expertise were taken as a basis by the Dutch investigative team, which has also received evidence sent by Kyiv Research Institute of Forensic Expertise.

Ruvin was previously lead expert into examinning the causes of the Ilovaisk battle, where at least 350 Ukrainian soldiers died being largely outnumbered by the enemy and coming under the direct fire while moving out of the area through a designated corridor.

OUTLAW 09
11-20-2015, 07:15 PM
Weiss says Russian propaganda is designed to make you "not know what reality is."

.@MarkGaleotti says the use of information is complicated: Russia's use of info is both coordinated and disorganized.

Russia's "propaganda is a tactical tool."

Weiss implies that anyone who comes across a "KGB-planted story" is likely to believe it, if it appears in a familiar, friendly newspaper.

.@MarkGaleotti says Russian TV is about peddling outrageous lies, but it's also about "squeezing out alternatives."

Weiss says there is de facto confluence between Western leftists and Russian propagandists.

.@MarkGaleotti says Russia sees its interests as keeping Europe muddled (Scotland, etc), to keep it focused away from Russia's backyard.

.@MarkGaleotti says Russia's soft power is virtually zero, but paranoia & so on in the West provides an audience for "alternative thinking."

.@MarkGaleotti says diplomats are charged with lying for their countries. "By God is Lavrov a good diplomat in those terms."

OUTLAW 09
11-20-2015, 07:43 PM
18:10 #Donetsk @kazarin13 A tank shells from the airport

18:02 #Luhansk @BanderaLife What's the commotion In Kambrod? signal flares...
#donbasreports
Kambrod = http://wikimapia.org/3136717/

Donetsk @PVB40 [fb]
19:16 Machinery plant: 2 rolling distant [booms] southward

#Donetsk @PVB40 [fb]
19:14 [a while ago] one could hear both salvos towards #Yasynuvata and landings as I was outside

Donetsk @PVB40 [fb]
18:39 Circus hears nearby, strongly
18:49 Zaperevalna hears heavy salvos, multiple
18:59 Obyedinennyi:far strong salvos

Dokuchaevsk 20:00
RU DRG w h. machine guns, RPG tryed to spoil UAF soldier's evening at the checkpoint, got kicked
https://twitter.com/whicard5/status/667774442655883264 …

18:59 #Avdiivka @LuftGanza Booms again
19:02 #Avdiivka @owl_ok From #Makiivka direction strong salvos sounds reach us.

18:53 #Horlivka @ahab7822 Evening shooting entertainment westward, south-westward from #Stroitel, like a mortar, windy, hard to get

20:59 #Avdiivka @LuftGanza Periodical booms, silence then, that's the picture. Such ceasefire

OUTLAW 09
11-20-2015, 07:49 PM
Weiss says Russian propaganda is designed to make you "not know what reality is."

.@MarkGaleotti says the use of information is complicated: Russia's use of info is both coordinated and disorganized.

Russia's "propaganda is a tactical tool."

Weiss implies that anyone who comes across a "KGB-planted story" is likely to believe it, if it appears in a familiar, friendly newspaper.

.@MarkGaleotti says Russian TV is about peddling outrageous lies, but it's also about "squeezing out alternatives."

.@MarkGaleotti says Russia sees its interests as keeping Europe muddled (Scotland, etc), to keep it focused away from Russia's backyard.

.@MarkGaleotti says Russia's soft power is virtually zero, but paranoia & so on in the West provides an audience for "alternative thinking."

.@MarkGaleotti says diplomats are charged with lying for their countries. "By God is Lavrov a good diplomat in those terms."

Russian info warriors have actually been struggling badly in Syria......

MBK Jr says Russian media halted with Syria campaign and need a couple of days to reorient.

OUTLAW 09
11-20-2015, 08:00 PM
Ukraine intel reveals identity of Russian officer examining proxies' readiness
http://www.unian.info/war/1189910-ukraine-intel-reveals-identity-of-russian-officer-examining-proxies-readiness.html …
pic.twitter.com/vAs6XCdeqU

OUTLAW 09
11-21-2015, 09:51 AM
Russia's proxies were firing upon Ukr troops mostly in Donetsk sector between 6pm / midnight, precisely fired upon Shyrokyne - ATO press

None of #Crimean activists disappeared since #Russia annexed #Crimea has been found alive. https://twitter.com/krymrealii/status/667930482193989632 …

OUTLAW 09
11-21-2015, 10:53 AM
OTD in 1990 Russia signed the Paris Charter which re-affirmed the rule that countries can join what orgs they like.

Screaming mad. Duma MP Fedorov with tirade against protesting truckers, saying they are US-paid 5th column
https://youtu.be/kJRlRtTHRQY

Relevant old story: Russia in East Ukraine did as ISIS; Executed its own mercenary soldiers to avoid their salary
http://goo.gl/dWfohC

Ukr troops incurred no fatalities over the last day, 3 servicemen were wounded in action
http://mediarnbo.org/2015/11/21/zvedeni-dani-shhodo-situatsiyi-v-zoni-ato-21-listopada/ …
pic.twitter.com/Dgx7sfiQho

OUTLAW 09
11-21-2015, 04:57 PM
Novotroitske checkpoint was shelled with mortar
http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/21-november-novotroitske-checkpoint-was-shelled-with-mortar# …

14:57 #Donetsk @AlfaNubovsky At 13:30 from the airport a high-sided covered truck w/troops has turned to Artema St towards railway station

15:56 #Donetsk @ropogckou Loud salvo towards #Petyrovsky ds

OUTLAW 09
11-21-2015, 05:10 PM
Russian info warriors get push back by the Russians themselves.......

Russian MP accuses US of stoking mass trucker protests, Russian truckers say parliamentarian is out of his mind

http://m.tvrain.ru/articles/deputat_protest-398685/ …

OUTLAW 09
11-21-2015, 07:02 PM
AND we are off to the shellings again tonight--not a single comment by western leaders.......


Yasynuvata 19:55
Hearing tanks towards Krutaya Balka
https://twitter.com/GirkinGirkin/status/668125773191098368 …

Yasynuvata - flashes can be seen in #Spartak area.

19:30
"#Makiivka railway station hears very serious artillery work. where is the battle?"
https://twitter.com/olgarjpthju/status/668123550923030528 …

Pisky is under heavy fire tonight.

19:23 #Donetsk @666_mancer [fb]
18:58 "That sounds like a mortar for me in Kalinovka at Obzhora"
19:21 Loud heavy sounds tow/Pisky&Butovka

19:19 #Donetsk #Proletarskiy @DoneckiiPatriot Distant heavy cannon's one shot has been heard. Several close not strong shots before that

19:19 #Avdiivka @owl_ok Distant strong explosions are heard. Getting terrifyingly
#sonbasreports
19:53 Ceased

19:05 #Avdiivka @fingerw80 I've heard booms again

18:50 #Donetsk @olgarjpthju [fb] Vetka area has heard a strong [boom] towards #Pisky, anxiously

Donetsk @666_mancer [fb]
18:40 Zapadny bus station: intense shooting at #Pisky, some glow
18:43 Zaperevalna: loud, heavily

OUTLAW 09
11-21-2015, 07:53 PM
Russian info warfare...........

Edward Lucas ✔ @edwardlucas
please read the transcript of this interview with top KGB spy about how he recruited Western journalists.
http://www.c-span.org/video/?64553-1/book-discussion-washington-station-life-kgb-spy&start=589 …