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Militants fired 22 times at Ukr troops over last day w/ 120mm mortars, large caliber machine guns, grenade launchers https://www.facebook.com/ato.news/po...19612258049579 …
For those grey beards still working the field.......
pic.twitter.com/E8RwSK2Lp1
No casualties in last 24 hours among Ukrainian soldiers in ATO https://twitter.com/radiosvoboda/sta...95480691494912 …
Civil Blockade activists say not involved in blowing up pylon on power line
http://www.unian.info/economics/1227...ower-line.html …
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Exclusive & never-before seen pictures from my trip to #Pisky at the Ukrainian front in #Donbas
pic.twitter.com/uscmswiTtv
Michael Weiss ✔ @michaeldweiss
What Russia's been doing in Ukraine since you stopped paying attention
http://theweek.com/articles/587241/w...ying-attention …
Putin has bullied, invaded, imprisoned, tortured, and killed Ukrainians to try to stop it, but today real EU-Ukraine free trade starts.
CrimeaBlockade dissociate themselves from power lines damage in Kherson reg. At 00.00 2015 energy contract expired https://www.facebook.com/permalink.p...34889093378005 …
Vnesheconombank (VEB) financed $8 bln worth of Russian investments into Donbass steel plants in 2010. Great timing.
Drone-shot video of New Year celebration at Sofiyska and Mykhailivska squares in #Kyiv
http://www.radiosvoboda.org/media/video/27461364.html …
pic.twitter.com/nsbEnTVQCr
I have been criticizing this President for his sheer lack of a strategy which is amazing for a Harvard graduate....HE has actually been implementing a solid a la Wilson retrenchment program AND selling it or better in his own words...."messaging" that retrenchment to the US civil society ALL the while not putting into place a foreign policy foundation that other nation states can fully understand.
He completely failed in recognizing the Russian and Iranian non linear warfare coupled to Putin's political warfare three core geo political goals;
1. damage and discredit EU
2. damage and discredit NATO
3. completely disconnect the US from Europe and the entire ME
It is highly recommended to read this entire article and then sit back and think about it based on the daily reality that is directly opposite of what this President and his NSC is trying to "message".
http://smallwarsjournal.com/blog/thr...ign-policy-wen...
Michael Singh is managing director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. From 2005 to 2008, he worked on Middle East issues at the National Security Council. He is on Twitter: @MichaelSinghDC.Quote:
Garden in September. —Associated Press
My fellow Think Tank contributor (and sometime co-author) Brian Katulis says that for “the Obama administration, 2015 brought ups and downs in foreign policy.” This is far too rosy an assessment, though it is sober compared with the State Department’s review of its 2015 accomplishments, which included “Winning Fight Against Violent Extremists” and “Bringing Peace, Security to Syria.” The last year has been one of serious strategic setbacks, falling roughly into three categories:
1. Failure to respond to assertive great-power challengers. In 2015, China intensified its campaign to build and militarize artificial islands in the South China Sea, with the likely goal of strengthening its territorial claim within the “nine-dash line” and limiting other states’ freedom of action in the area. Russia deployed military forces to the Middle East–in direct opposition to U.S.-supported groups–and consolidated its annexation of Crimea while maintaining or deepening support for separatists in Ukraine in defiance of the Minsk cease-fire agreement.
The U.S. has not mustered an effective response in either case. After years of hand-wringing, the White House authorized a Freedom of Navigation Operation in the South China Sea that may have inadvertently strengthened the rights China claims in the area. As for Ukraine, although the U.S. and its allies maintain their sanctions regime against Russia, they could not eliminate dependencies on Moscow, which might prove debilitating in future conflicts. Meanwhile in Syria, the U.S. concedes that Moscow is meeting its goals so far while insisting it is doomed to fail.
2. Lapsed focus on outcomes. The Obama administration frequently cites the Iran nuclear deal as a marquee accomplishment. Achieving U.S. objectives through diplomacy would have been laudable, but the nuclear deal was possible precisely because the U.S. laid aside its objectives. Iran made concessions but also largely achieved its strategic aims: retaining its nuclear weapons capability and resisting demands for a broader “strategic shift” in its support for terrorism and regional policies. Iran also received sanctions relief that is broader in practice than on paper, all in exchange for temporary limits on its nuclear fuel-cycle activities.
Secretary of State John Kerry has said that “diplomacy is the art of the possible.” Yet administration officials fail to comprehend how U.S. action, or inaction, can shape what is possible. This was clear in Afghanistan, where President Barack Obama was forced to face the consequences of prematurely announcing a U.S. withdrawal. It is increasingly clear in Syria, where the White House, despite foreseeing the dangers posed by the conflict, is shifting objectives in response to others’ actions rather than taking the initiative.
3. Weakened alliances. President Obama frequently contrasts what his administration calls the 19th-century behavior of some states to the rules-based order he prefers. Yet, as President Obama has noted, rules and norms do not enforce themselves; international order is threatened not only by overt challenges but also by others’ failure to defend it. The challenges described above should have been opportunities to cement alliances in the face of common threats: to deepen ties with Japan and India in the face of Chinese expansionism; to unite with Mideast allies against threats from Iran and Syria; and to unite Europe in defiance of Russian actions in Ukraine.
Instead, these opportunities have largely been missed. U.S. allies in Asia have been alarmed by what they perceive as Washington’s failure to follow through on a promised “pivot” to the region and its failure to back up “red lines” elsewhere. In the Middle East, the Iran deal and U.S. confusion in Syria have strained already weakened ties with Israel and Arab states. A White House effort to assuage the concerns of Gulf Cooperation Council states was both belated and off the mark, focused on expanding U.S. assistance rather than accommodating allies’ concerns over U.S. policy. Weakened alliances mean that U.S. power is diluted and our allies tend to act independently of the United States and of each other in ways that complicate our efforts.
The list could continue; for example, neglect of the domestic component of foreign policy could shift the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement from a success into a failure thanks to opposition from the president’s own party.
The Obama record in 2015 suggests that our post-Cold War struggle to determine how best to shepherd and use U.S. power continues; for the overreach of the Iraq war, diffidence has been substituted. The primary challenge in 2016 and onward will be how to deploy the United States’ still-immense strength judiciously, proactively, and multilaterally to resolve conflicts to our advantage and to prevent new ones from emerging.
Feb 2007 - Australian Prime Minister John Howard warns of the consequences for Iraq & Middle East of an Obama win
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/...128798037.html …
#russiannavy "Sayany" submarine rescue ship arrived in Sevastopol today
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Ukraine & Poland will cooperate to develop mortar carrier and howitzer based on T-84 Oplot tank
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As #Germany took over the presidency of the @OSCE today, will #Steinmeier(@GermanyDiplo) make @OSCE_SMM in East #Ukraine work after sunset?!
UKR Embassy in TR @UKRinTR
Russia-Ukraine Conflict Update: Moscow To Sue Kiev Over $3B Debt
http://www.ibtimes.com/russia-ukrain...b-debt-2246408 …
And Ukraine to sue Russia over $100B for Crimea
FURTHER Russian evidence to their current actions against NATO...THAT Obama is so intent on ignoring......
“It is time to correct the mistake by Gorbachev“ #Russia #Baltics #Turkey #Nato
http://news.rambler.ru/head/32327873
Putin labels #NATO a security threat.
http://cnn.it/22ClLWX
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Russia invades Europe in Ukraine, intrudes on NATO waters and airspace with submarines and bombers. Then calls NATO a "threat."
Remind me now, wasn't the electricity from #Russia to #Crimea be done by now? And the bridge half done? Putin lies worse then #NorthKorea
Lifenews: poll results show that 93% of asked Crimeans refused to get electricity from Kherson
http://liveuamap.com/en/2016/1-janua...asked-crimeans …
Russian government will hold a poll in Crimea to decide to get electricity as part of Ukraine or not
http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/31-dece...poll-in-crimea …
Militants Used Prohibited Weapons Near Avdiivka, - Staff
http://ukraineunderattack.org/en/507...vka-staff.html …
No casualties in mil. hostilities among Ukrainian forces over last 24 hours - #АТО Staff
Since Beginning Of Day Militants Opened Fire 15 Times
http://ukraineunderattack.org/en/508...-15-times.html …
Russian militants reporting on 1 dead in fighting at Donbass
http://liveuamap.com/en/2016/1-janua...ad-in-fighting …
Russian info warfare trolls.....
Kremlin Trolls @KremlinTrolls
Russian troll Gic Perry's sock ac, setup to harass 2 of our followers, was intended 2b disposable & die. Except it didn't, we saved it all
Does return of top Russian war reporter signal an escalation of conflict in east Ukraine?
http://trib.al/YO4zook
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Militants violated cease-fire 24 times Jan. 1, - ATO press center
http://24today.net/open/611415
Russia practicing cyber warfare inside their own country.......
By November, the number of websites being blocked in #Russia reached 1 million, as political engagement grows online
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...2a1_story.html …
Sorry, #Moscow, but the "armed conflict" in #Ukraine is all your doing - no #Russia, no war.
http://www.rferl.mobi/a/putin-signs-.../27460849.html …
pic.twitter.com/DKg5qtxOhM
Life of #Ukraine’s volunteer battalion few kilometers from the strategic #Donetsk airport
https://youtu.be/BjzrWp9IHNI?list=PL...YtxvMJZobCjqBC …-
News
8 Ukrainian soldiers got killed and 67 injured, defending the front in Eastern #Ukraine in December.
Situation calmed down recently.
Russian info warfare trolls...........
Kremlin Trolls @KremlinTrolls
When Tweets get many RT's #KremlinTrolls keep reusing them. Profanity helps to create false appearance of sincerity
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ATO Press center: Militants deployed "free wi-fi" hotspots near frontline, Ukrainian soldiers use it->intercepted.
pic.twitter.com/VplqcfC2Xu
New documentary on Putin's rise from Leningrad thief to bringing KGB & criminal underworld to rule/rob Russia.
http://www.rferl.mobi/a/27458242.html
ATO Press Center advises of 42 violations in the last 24/hrs throughout the #ATO with small arms, heavy machine gun, mortars and grenades
In #Putin’s new dodgy '‘referendum’ Crimeans asked to reject #Ukrainian electricity
http://khpg.org/en/index.php?id=1451702712 …
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Kremlin Trolls @KremlinTrolls
Which map would you choose? #KremlinTrolls love the one that shows #Crimea & East #Ukraine as part of #Russia.
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Kremlin-backed militants continue violating ceasefire during #NewYear holidays
http://uatoday.tv/society/kremlin-ba...ys-565097.html … pic.twitter.com/mA7jCOi6Mh
Russian info warrior trolls..............
Kremlin Trolls @KremlinTrolls
KremlinTrolls & honey pots r skilled @ creating word associations &playing mind games. They go even further in DMs
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[B]More #vodka on RU TV @ntvru: "#DNR intellligence found #Turkish mercenaries in the vincinity of #Donbas" /B]
US social media companies still bow to the demands of Russian info warrior trolls without any fact checking before banning...the have become virtually pa and parcel of the Russian info warfare OR maybe it is the Russian oligarch investments into their companies that speaks volumes for their somewhat non democratic actions they take.........
#Russian twitter trolls managed to suspended @reggaemortis1. Meanwhile he's online on @Mortis_Banned. Beat-up @support until he's released.
Mortis (Banned) @Mortis_Banned
I've been a good citizen reporting all abuse cases. No reply so far from @Support which was quick to ban my account.
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Case study: #Russia subversively funds NGOs in countries like #Poland.
https://twitter.com/molodyko/status/639771669456809984 …
Two Soldiers Wounded In ATO Over Past 24 hrs, – Lysenko
http://ukraineunderattack.org/en/509...lysenko-4.html …
Russian-backed militants seize young women as sex trafficking business grows -
http://uatoday.tv http://uatoday.tv/crime/russian-back...ws-565174.html …
Ukrenergo: Ukraine not supplying power to Crimea due to end of contract
http://liveuamap.com/en/2016/2-janua...ower-to-crimea …
pic.twitter.com/WRRkszUbvU
ATO Press Center reports continued harassing fire x 15 with small arms, heavy machine gun and grenade launchers in ATO today
Since the power supplies stopped yesterday from the Ukraine to Crimea...due to no delivery contract..........
Kremlin media is already spinning results of the dubious #Crimea poll to say: "Crimeans agreed to live like this."
pic.twitter.com/tAh86xGWH8
If anyone in #Crimea dares complain about electricity shortages, they will be told: "You chose this. Live with it."
http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=2705...eo_id%3D667176 …
RussiaLies
Bright holiday lights in #Crimea in spite of electricity shortage! Except this is Moscow & RIA knows it.
pic.twitter.com/wNdf9piuXJ
20 violations of ceasefire by Russian militants yesterday
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MSM catches up finally ------after a three week delay.........
Wow ...
@BBCNews article indicates, #Russia prepares new escalation in eastern #Ukraine.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/monitoring/top-...n-east-ukraine …
Has been ongoing for now three weeks and the BBC just notices it....come on...just how bad does MSM have to get??
Russian media on Dec 31 wrote abt #Turkish mercs arriving to fight among #Ukraine Army. Even b4 opening a moonshine
pic.twitter.com/SDOy1eAEiq
More evidence of Putin violating Minsk-2 with Russian military in eastern Ukraine using anti-tank PTM-3 missiles
pic.twitter.com/ZjZZrfTlkJ
In Winter #Russian Army is like The White Supremacy movement. #KuKluxKlan
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Russian media reports of #Ukraine punitive Battalion "Ku Klux Klan" of S.Bandera. #UokBro? https://twitter.com/Saito_section_9/...03836691443712 … pic.twitter.com/OVgqEOquRN
Fake & the original. News in #Russia is just creative approach in Photoshop. https://twitter.com/Saito_section_9/...02534699810816 … pic.twitter.com/avdFBp7Aey
Ukraine's Memory Palace: How Kyiv Is Fighting Russia's Misinformation Campaign
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/artic...cid=soc-tw-rdr …
Trailer for Bitter Harvest, a movie telling about the genocide of Ukrainians by Holodomor, is out!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waOrFAokoY0 …
News
An Ukrainian border guard trooper was shot and killed some meters from the border with #Russia (Jan 1), 22 km outside the #ATO zone.
Somebody's prepared for fireworks in #Donetsk: RPO-As (thermobaric), 14,5 mm APIs & HEIs and 5,45 mm tracers.
pic.twitter.com/pOxGM3005N
Russia demands that the US improves Instagram security. Instagram is a vital tool for Russian ministers who are fighting US imperialism.
Russia and Ukraine's full-blown economic war just got worse http://ln.is/businessinsider.com/uYBaf …
Why #Russia Is a "Troll State," Not a Rogue State: http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs...-a-rogue-state … pic.twitter.com/nj57pe9w7m
Source claims (yet again) that testing of 400-km missile 40N6E for S-400 SAM system is nearing completion.
http://bit.ly/22FoKOi .
Fresh fakes from #Russia'n Vesti news: #Ukraine's "#KuKluxKlan battalion named after Stepan #Bandera" https://twitter.com/dertienn/status/683381610251726849 …
Ukraine’s Mirko Sablich group have put out a video exposing #Russia’s lies over "#Donbas humanitarian convoys"
http://khpg.org/en/index.php?id=1451829294 …
Bomb squad finds Russian anti-tank cluster mine in eastern Ukraine (photo)
http://www.unian.info/war/1228110-bo...ine-photo.html …
pic.twitter.com/zHmaW5zEve
Reference the shot down of MH17 which Putin has assumed the world has forgotten about.....
Crowdsourcing @bellingcat to reveal a new report on alleged #MH17 shooters from #Russia
http://nos.nl/l/2078421
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Bellingcat: 20 Russian Military servicemen from 53rd brigade identified that were directly involved in shooting down #MH17 over #Ukraine.
Many thanks to the members of the Bellingcat Investigation Team who volunteered their time to work on the latest #MH17 report
To expand on the NOS news report, just before Christmas we submitted our investigation on the 53rd Brigade we link to #MH17 to the JIT
Our new report has taken over a year of investigation, and we've identified significant numbers of brigade members #MH17
bellingcat @bellingcat
This includes soldiers who were part of the convoy that took the Buk we believe shot down #MH17 to the border with Ukraine
Our report is 123 pages long, and contains details we believe are too sensitive to make public during the police investigation.
We currently plan to release a shorter version of the report with findings we believe are safe to be published in the coming weeks
6.10 PM Donetsk - small arms and explosions heard from the airport destination.
https://twitter.com/funkermanjke/sta...81947869130752 …
Gas #shortage in #Makiivka, either gas pipeline damaged or Luhansk decreased gas pressure.
Brilliant commentator on Russian TV:
Since Crimean Tatars left #Crimea,they're no longer Crimean Tatars.
Convenient.
pic.twitter.com/E9d4oFHz7F
Secretary of Security Council of Russia Nikolai Patrushev makes threats of war with NATO
http://liveuamap.com/en/2016/3-janua...russia-nikolai …
Ukrainian military claims to find in Svitlodarsk Russian PTM-3 antitank mine, not used by UA
http://m.liga.net/news/politics/2643...etnuu_minu.htm …
pic.twitter.com/QWxDopDZlu
Russian troops and their mercenaries have been escalating the fighting in eastern Ukraine for now over four weeks and yet somehow FP finds the eastern Ukraine/Russo War evidently a non issue for 2016......how quickly MSM forgets the past two years in eastern Ukraine.
Wonder why #Ukraine doesn't feature in this list of "10 conflicts to watch in 2016".
http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/01/03/...watch-in-2016/ …
Turkey prepares case against Russia for WTO.
http://www.rosbalt.ru/main/2016/01/04/1477680.html …
Russia will lose these WTO charges as their sanctions have nothing legally to stand on that WTO covers as valid reasons for sanctions.....
Sporadic firing could be heard near villages of Opytne and Pisky in east Ukraine
The Ukrainian military has reported no casualties over the weekend near the line of contact with Russian-backed militants in the east of the country. Sporadic firing could be heard near the villages of Opytne and Pisky, according to government troops. Officials have also reported of militant infighting in the region.
Oleksandr Motuzyanyk, Presidential Administration Spokesman: "Unknown special forces have arrived to Dokuchaevsk. It seems they've arrived to instill discipline to contain militant groups called 'Sparta' and 'Somalia'."
Reconnaissance groups in east Ukraine report that combined Russia-separatist forces are strengthening their positions near a main road leading to the coastal city of Mariupol.
Reference the shot down of MH17........
Guardian: Dutch investigators to assess new study implicating Russian soldiers in MH17 crash
http://uatoday.tv/news/guardian-dutc...sh-565837.html …
Moscow tries to rebuild Black Sea Fleet, RIAN's infographic showing order-of-battle at Sevastopol and Novorossiysk.
http://bit.ly/1muxzKk .
News
#Ukraine's troops took a height near Novotroits'ke, now overlooking enemy positions.
http://censor.net.ua/video_news/3678...oitskogo_video …
Russian officers seem to suddenly be having "heart attacks" a mass.......
Within a week Russia's Military Intel chief Sergun & Airborne troops General Shushukin died.Both involved in Ukraine
pic.twitter.com/zI7HfOWoU4
A week ago the general who led the invasion of Crimea died. Today the head of Russia’s mil intelligence (GRU) died. Putin killing witnesses?
Deaths of top Russian military recently possibly due to:
a) Kremlin purge;
b) excessive New Year celebration;
c) something else.
Armed conflict in east #Ukraine slowly evolves to a frozen one: Ukrainian #military casualties in 2015, Jan to Dec
pic.twitter.com/SLELyMLKON
Ukrainian Military Reports 10 Attacks Near Donetsk Today
http://bit.ly/1JpAvBT
pic.twitter.com/1aAFtBLCjl
LTC Podgorski ("below mountain"), CO of #Russia'n Black Sea Naval Spetsnaz (388-й МРП) in #Sevastopol. Army in Navy.
pic.twitter.com/kDZahdyLFF
New Kremlin management of Donbas: Dep PM Kozak has replaced Surkov & Boris Gryzlov new Russian chief negotiator.
http://bit.ly/1O6wD5Khttp://bit.ly/1O6wD5K …
A blackout in Ukraine on December 23rd was caused by a cyber-attack. Details :
http://www.welivesecurity.com/2016/0...ower-industry/ …
DNR Leader Zakharchenko Says Peacekeepers In Donbass Would Be 'Unacceptable'
http://bit.ly/1Z1dcAk
Ukraine's intel reports to #OSCE Russian militant MBTs, self-propelled guns near #Makyivka, #Mospine
http://www.unian.info/war/1228701-uk...a-mospine.html …
Ukraine's intelligence reports to #OSCE SMM presence of large-caliber weapons in #ATO area.
http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/315498.html …
Reference shot down of MH17..........
bellingcat @bellingcat
We continue to monitor and archive social media accounts of 53rd Brigade members, taking note of those who delete content #mh17
53rd is a Russian BUK AD unit.....
The Unexpected Death of Russia’s military intelligence (GRU) chief, Igor Sergun
by Mark Galeotti
Quote:
SergunToday, news broke about the death yesterday (3 January) of 58-year-old Colonel General Igor Sergun, head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff, better known as the GRU.
No cause of death has yet been announced, but there has been no suggestion of anything shady or strange about his demise, even at this relatively young age (especially by the standards of Russian military gerontocracy!). No doubt more details will follow tomorrow; today it's just the hurried eulogies. Putin issued a statement that said "Colleagues and subordinates knew him as a real military officer, an experienced and competent commander, a man of great courage, a true patriot. He was respected for his professionalism, strength of character, honesty and integrity." Defence Minister Shoigu and the Collegium of the ministry extolled "the bright memory of a wonderful man, a true son of Russian patriots of the Motherland [...who...] forever remain in our hearts."
Sergun was an extremely important figure in the revival of the fortunes of the GRU, an agency that was pretty much at rock bottom when he took it over at the end of 2011. Since then, it has regained control over the Spetsnaz special forces, been crucial in the seizure of Crimea and operations in the Donbas, emerged as the lead agency for dealing with violent non-state actors and generally consolidated its position as a crucial instrument of today's "non-linear war." Indeed, it was a perverse accolade to this effect that he was included in the EU's post-Crimea Western sanctions list.
It will be interesting to see who replaces Sergun and whether they are able to consolidate and maintain this turnaround. Reportedly -- and thanks for Michael Kofman for bringing this to my attention -- one of Sergun's deputies is recently-promoted Lt. Gen. Alexei Dyumin, formerly of the Presidential Security Service (SBP) and close to Putin not just from that role but also as a dacha neighbour and ice hockey team player. If Dyumin gets the job, he'll have a solid krysha, political cover, and it will also represent one more example of the colonisation of the security structures by veterans of the SBP and its parent organisation, the FSO. But on the other hand, Dyumin -- unlike Sergun -- is not a career military intelligence officer but essentially a security guard. Whether or not he will be anywhere near as successful operationally, and whether he is willing to bring unwelcome news to the president may well be another matter.
In any case, we await details. I'll follow up as they emerge.
Horlivka, January 4
Russian military vehicles moved from Donetsk in winter camouflage
Decided to spend the winter...
https://twitter.com/GirkinGirkin/sta...55968020316161 …
OSCE sees 10 armed militants in reportedly occupied Kominternove
http://www.unian.info/war/1229041-os...internove.html …
pic.twitter.com/fmg6x5egzj
Cold snap is starting to freeze Kerch Strait further isolating #Crimea
http://krymsos.com/ru/news/cherez-si...operevezennya/ …
pic.twitter.com/Enu93MlQ32
In 2015, 3 pro-Moscow rebel commanders (Dremov, Mozgovoy & Bednov) "were killed in a professional fashion" #Ukraine
http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs...wAefQw.twitter …
Krasnohorivka 20:48
Powerful BOOMs!
Krasnohorivka @666_mancer [vk]
17:00 quiet
20:48 strong booms
21:40 quiet
22:20 #Donetsk @olgarjpthju [fb] "#Pushkina Blvd can hear explosions" "So did #Druzhba. A strong one"
@OSCE_SMM access denial increase substantially? (along w/ violence threats & harassment)
http://www.osce.org/ukraine-smm/214676 …
pic.twitter.com/eiPbwLiMx2
He knew too much.
Vladimir #Putin's spy chief dies suddenly aged 58, #Kremlin reveals
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n...arebar_twitter …
In the news about Sergun's death Vesti.RU changes headline: falling https://archive.is/i56Jq
replaced by demise https://archive.is/90w9G
Sergun, GRU chief who just died, led "most of complex operations" of GRU, i.e. wars abroad. Stepashin won't say more
http://crimea-24.com/novorossiya/120...hen-bereg.html …
Concerning - "highly destructive" malware has caused several days of blackouts in Western #Ukraine
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016...ng-escalation/ …
Frequency Of Enemy Attacks In ATO Increased, – ATO Staff
http://ukraineunderattack.org/en/511...ato-staff.html …