Ukraine: military (Aug '14 to mid-June '15) closed

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Russian cellphone activity has been a lousy failure when they attempted to place OPSEC at the forefront of their security---meaning Russian troops have now been expressly forbidden to take smart phones into the Ukraine---seems all their social network entries are shooting holes in the Russian denials that there are no Russian troops in eastern Ukraine.

Makes it hard for Putin and his FM to keep saying "it ain't us" when there are up to 5-6 Russian soldier social media entries daily about their military activity inside the Ukraine.

This Russian soldier near Mariupol may be why Russia just banned iPhones in army.

http://www.mariupol.tv/news/war/mari...desantnik.html … pic.twitter.com/uqk2RtjvU2

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Here comes more Russian aircraft movements in the Baltics.

Latitude 67N SIGINT @uascan
@uascan clearly a lager movement of TU95/22 ongoing

RUAF strategic air forces (TU22/TU95) sw net up with voice traffic. Bears or Backfires flying today?

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Ukrainian Army getting better at shooting down Russian UAVs.

Ukraine Live: Two Drones Shot Down By Ukrainian Anti-Aircraft Artillery Near Mariupol.

http://www.interpretermag.com/ukrain...24-hours/#5103 …


Have often here criticized the lack of a Western push back on the Russian info war campaign and yet the West still does not get it.

Russian military efforts are being heavily supported via the Russian info warfare and yet NATO/EU/US are out for coffee.

http://www.egmontinstitute.be/public...isinformation/

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Latest tactical situation in eastern Ukraine:

11.24.2014
Translated and edited by Voices of Ukraine

Operational data from Information Resistance:

On the Russian-occupied territory of Donbas, terrorist forces continue activities to create the so-called “Army of New Russia.” The process of uniting the gangs, which is taking place under the control of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, supported by the FSB, is accompanied by clashes between armed groups. There are cases of arrest of some of the representatives of the terrorist groups. The most active clashes occur in the southern districts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, where Russian mercenaries (primarily the so-called “Cossacks”) are waging an armed struggle with small groups of local militants who had fled from the districts of Horlivka, Makiivka Yenakiievo, Stakhanov and Donetsk. The command structure of the new “army” is not able to control these terrorist groups in the territory as the “DNR” and “LNR.”

In the district of the Debaltseve bridgehead a further increase in the activation of Russian-terrorist forces is recorded. After the enemy’s unsuccessful attempts to move to the outskirts of Debaltseve on the side of Nikishyne and Chornukhyne by 3 groups of local militant tactical fighters, Russian military were put into “the first line.” In particular, recorded were at least one reinforced company tactical group of Russian troops with armored vehicles (up to 15 units), as well as its 2 supporting artillery units. Also in this sector, about 10 militant mortar counts were recorded.

Recorded earlier in the district of Vuhlehirsk, a new gang is restricting itself to the application of massive strikes from cannon and rocket artillery in an effort to cause the destruction of Ukrainian troops by shelling from a long range. 2 consolidated artillery divisions have been identified, one of which includes at least one battery of MLRS.

In the districts of Donetsk and Avdiivka, after losses incurred, the main forces of the Russian-terrorist troops moved away from the line of contact with Ukrainian troops. At the same time, Russian-terrorist forces did not cease to apply fire strikes on the positions of Ukrainian troops. Enemy artillery positions were recorded in the area of Spartak, the Putilov bridge, Yakovlivka in the Kyivsky and Kuibyshev districts of Donetsk.

In the district of Dokuchajevsk-Novotroitske-Olhynka, there is a further increase in the groupings of Russian-terrorist forces. In particular, the resupply of individual groups and divisions continues.

In the band from Shchastya–Stanytsia Luhansk, the enemy is enhancing its frontal pressure on Ukrainian troops to prevent the transfer of their reserves to the area of the Seversky Donets river crossing, and at the same time is increasing its own force in this region.

Russian-terrorist troops are actively using artillery, including reactive, heavy infantry weapons, and sporadically activating armored vehicles. The enemy is seeking to squeeze Ukrainian troops from the most advantageous positions (height, transport forks, defense units), trying to keep them under constant fire exposure.

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An interesting read:

Putin Will Continue to Fight Dirty in Ukraine: He is bent on wining ugly, but is losing the plot

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/opinio...ne/511655.html

Taken from the article---referring again to the Russian Bosnian solution for the Ukraine:

QUOTE:
Moscow's interest is in forcing Kiev to integrate the separatist Donetsk and Luhansk republics as "special status regions" in a "federalized" Ukraine under a new constitution. The objective is to "re-establish" the Ukrainian state as a Bosnia-style confederation of the eastern (Russia-dominated) regions and the western regions, each with the option to chose their international security and trade arrangements — a form of Russian veto over NATO and EU membership.
UNQUOTE

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#Russia Chechen Mercenaries in #Ukraine publish photo of themselves on social network
http://bit.ly/1xUEIGT
pic.twitter.com/nQRvwUVbf3

And the Russians continue provoking the Baltics.

Putinescapades: MoscowTimes: Lithuania Accuses #Russia of Blocking Its Trucks at Border
http://tmt-go.ru/511758

VIDEO on VK #Russia terrorists hit by #Ukraine artillery shelling (Excellent gunners)
http://bit.ly/1pg4phU

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By moving the S400 AD system close to the Finnish and Norwegian borders Russia has effectively established AD control of their air space.

That is in effective a very warlike move since the Russians have been complaining about the US missile defense systems in Poland and Bulgaria.


Russia has S-400 anti-aircraft missile system near borders of Norway and Finland

http://www.iltasanomat.fi/ulkomaat/a...777258052.html … pic.twitter.com/TU0ywxqZIu

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#Russia Chechen Mercenaries in #Ukraine publish photo of themselves on social network
http://bit.ly/1xUEIGT
pic.twitter.com/nQRvwUVbf3

And the Russians continue provoking the Baltics.

Putinescapades: MoscowTimes: Lithuania Accuses #Russia of Blocking Its Trucks at Border
http://tmt-go.ru/511758

VIDEO on VK #Russia terrorists hit by #Ukraine artillery shelling (Excellent gunners)
http://bit.ly/1pg4phU

Even the OSCE cannot get the mercenaries to stop firing even when they are on the ground in the various locations.


Lugansk News Today @LUGANSK_TODAY

#OSCE failed to help in Tryokhizbenka near #Lugansk. Terrorists from #LPR continued shelling

http://lugansk-news.com/osce-failed-...nued-shelling/ …
pic.twitter.com/2nAsmkq864