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    Quote Originally Posted by OUTLAW 09 View Post

    If the report today of a Javelin ATM being used is correct then that is the first indication the Baltics are assisting the Ukraine as they recently purchased 16M dollars worth of them---that makes a real difference in a tank heavy environment.
    Are there are any updates as to whether the Ukrainian Army has / has employed Javelin?

    That would be an interesting development - would any of the Baltic states risk FMO/EULA processes and jeopardise their ability to tap into the US DoD-approved military arsenal by shifting weapons without the permission of Washington?

    I also note that only Estonia and Lithuania have Javelin, with Latvia having the Israeli Spike (according to Jane's reporting).
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    Outlaw, what is your logic! If there is Javelin in Ukraine, why they are from Baltic states? Maybe France helped them? Is there any Javelin at all

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris jM View Post
    Are there are any updates as to whether the Ukrainian Army has / has employed Javelin?

    That would be an interesting development - would any of the Baltic states risk FMO/EULA processes and jeopardise their ability to tap into the US DoD-approved military arsenal by shifting weapons without the permission of Washington?

    I also note that only Estonia and Lithuania have Javelin, with Latvia having the Israeli Spike (according to Jane's reporting).
    If one looks at the reported use---it appeared only once and never again and from a blogger not common on this particular blog BUT that said the following;

    On the really bad fighting day at the airport which was Saturday following a really bad Friday for the defenders a number of Russian T72bs were supporting a Russian Marine Infantry unit that has been identified in their assault on the new terminal area--total of three/four tanks had the building surrounded and were firing point blank into the building.

    Suddenly a reported series of two tank explosions occurred drastically reducing the effectiveness of the Russian assault into the area and the Russian Marines took a beating --have posted their unit emblem and a video of their being at the airport--last week during another attack there had been the reporting of the killing of several Russian Marines but largely ignored by western media which is par for the course these days.

    As the airport defenders had no heavy ATMs was surprised by the initial report and the blogging world wrote it off to artillery strikes but if one paid attention to the actual reports the "tanks simply exploded" and there was at the same time a pause in shelling which then writes off artillery as the cause for the explosions.

    Something hit the tanks and it was not artillery---have also learned by watching the ebb and flow of the blog reports and remember even the UA soldiers were blogging from inside the buildings while under attack--at no time did they report the use of any ATMs. The UA did not start their evening counterassault with tanks until around 1600-1700 and the 72s had been hit in the morning.

    Some one wanted the west to fully understand ATMs had been used and their effectiveness in the fight---that particular blogger has never come back so it was a one time event--definitely was not the typical Russian troll at work trying to cause confusion around the argument the US supplied weapons as they did yesterday with the AR15s--absolutely no Russian troll jumped on it which shows to me they totally missed the blog.

    Suspect the ATM came from the Baltics and would the US close one eye ---yes they would--- as they are on the official record of not delivering weapons to the Ukraine---but the US Ukrainian newly signed support law "does allow" for the shipping of defensive weapons and ATMs fall under that law. So in effect there would have been no violation of US laws.

    By the way right now there are 5 different Islamist groups firing US ATMs in Syria and no one has seemed to be interested in a law violation there--strange is it not?
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    #BREAKING
    Moscow talks of a withdrawal of heavy weapons while its #Msta_B shells #Luhansk obl
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSRFTVqqvno
    pic.twitter.com/2wnWYkgd

    Militants shelled Debaltseve. 15-20 shells hit city center. 10 wounded civilians incl a kid http://mvs.gov.ua/mvs/control/main/u...rticle/1314815
    pic.twitter.com/CoYkohO810

    Militants shell #Donbas localities w/Grad. Hnutove was fired @ w/Grad, anti-tank missile syst 8times -ATO news center
    pic.twitter.com/udu2T8HFpv

    Russian Naval Infantry (Marines) storm #DonetskAirport https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5CQ1edznoc
    See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_I...y_%28Russia%29
    pic.twitter.com/QrZxSlJ6pY

    Grozny may be in Russia, but its huge anti-Charlie Hebdo demonstration happening now looks like a Hezbollah war rally
    pic.twitter.com/BXQ7NQjqfV

    @Mariupol_TV Vasilyeva:Russian flamethrower battalion responsible for tragedy at #Volnovaha http://www.mariupol.tv/news/war/mari..._vasileva.html … pic.twitter.com/6u1VaNTWyg

    Yet another handy guide: How to identify Russian units in Ukraine with tactical amrkings http://ukraineatwar.blogspot.co.uk/2...n-ukraine.html … pic.twitter.com/vrVPGT1px7

    Turkey says Putin has not fulfilled a single promise made to Crimean Tatars since annexation of Crimea:
    http://goo.gl/QWM2sM

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    I often write here at SWJ about the "weaponization of information": for some info war---here are two great examples:

    And we the west are nowhere close to being even in the info war game--Russia has long ago won it and we did not even come in the top 30.

    "Fully 20,000 journalists employed by the state are now compelled to help the Kremlin fight its propaganda war ..." http://www.themoscowtimes.com/opinio...nd/514371.html

    "Documents Show How Russia’s Troll Army Hit America" Not only America, but a key piece. http://www.buzzfeed.com/maxseddon/do...erm=.dblyVQGNX

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    So here is Russian Occupation Forces response to Ukraine MFA's offer of ceasefire: #DonetskAirport being shelled now
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRujbSn6pUU

    Pro-#Russia|n media, you fail. Not airport, but "Metro" mall not far from it. Airports don't sell flowers or bread!
    NOTE: the Russian news media was trying yesterday in video reports to indicate they were still in the airport terminal but ended up using a destroyed Ukrainian mall in Donetsk as the background claiming it was the airport

    Ukrainian authorities have fully closed traffic into areas of Luhansk Oblast occupied by Russia @HromadskeTV reports.
    pic.twitter.com/kkldqzpwVh

    The battle in the Shastye
    http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/19-janu...n-the-shastye-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uE9vIOPNb80

    More photo evidence suggesting missile that shot down #MH17 provided by Russia @bellingcat
    https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-a...ne-and-russia/
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVl_wY7glSk

    Russian media spins lie that Putin suggests "Ukraine conflicting parties cease fire, pull back artillery guns 100mm+" !!
    Heavy fighting continues along many of the front lines between Russian and Ukrainian forces. There is a tank battle at Donetsk airport.

    #ATO battle-groups assault&destroyed enemy position which fired in"Cyborgs"airport,enemy withdrew to residential areas of #Donetsk #Ukraine

    "Who controls what of Donetsk airport – a clarification attempt"
    http://conflictreport.info/2015/01/1...ation-attempt/

    INTENSE GRAD ATTACK IN #DONETSK RIGHT NOW, ENDLESS EXPLOSIONS
    Very different sound of fighting today, a lot of tank fire very near the cam (?!)
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    ATO spokesperson: #LPR claims they have own “Air Force” of 2 jets. This can be used to hide the use of #Russia|n aviation

    In case Rus aviation is used against civilians or Ukr military forces, air targets will be destroyed - ATO spox Lysenko

    Listening thru headphones #DonetskAirport webcam: Today is wider variety of weapons being fired over wider area. Intense fighting.

    BREAKING: 3 #Ukraine soldiers were killed and 66 (!!!) got wounded in the last 24 hours - ATO spokesperson

    Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of #Ukraine on state of implementation of the #Minsk agreements...
    http://fb.me/6izCotIUD

    Per Minsk accords heavy equip needs b withdrawn 15km, would mean terrorists leav half of Donetsk w/out control, thus they need airport - ATO

    ATO Headquarters: Militants suffer substantial losses of manpower and equipment at Donetsk airport
    http://uatoday.tv/news/ato-headquart...rt-403603.html

    I can't understand: where is "cease" and where is "fire" at the map?
    pic.twitter.com/LSRTgfdLJf

    BREAKINGNEWS
    Ukrainian or Russian offensive?!
    Reports of an invasion army ground assault on #Pisky right now!!
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    Late yesterday the Russian MFA declared that the Donetsk airport was to have been given to the "separatists/mercenaries" under the Minsk agreements which is a total falsehood at the highest Russian governmental levels--and never called out by western media.


    The Ukraine has released the English version of the Minsk Agreement which indicated absolutely nothing and then this today:

    No coordinates were put into Minsk agreem when signing as to location of forces, delimit. Forces supposed to stay where they were - ATO spox

    #Putin is upset that a dishonest peace proposal of his for a conflict he adamantly denies to be involved in has been rejected by #Ukraine.

    TASS ✔ @tassagency_en
    Kiev should immediately start weapons removal in Ukraine’s south-east — Russian ForMin
    http://tass.ru/en/russia/771915
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    No wonder the Russian info war is so busy attempting to push back on their shelling of a Ukrainian bus killing 13.

    #SBU:#Zakharchenko - Prime suspect in the shooting attack #terrorist of the bus #Volnovaha #Ukraine
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    Remember he recently claimed to actually have seen the physical shot down of MH17 at 15kms but did not explain why he was in the crash site area at the exact time of the shot down.
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    Shells are indeed falling in the middle of Donetsk. Hospital on Shevchenko hit. Via @Fredotchka pic.twitter.com/BQDci5ARuD

    Putin: Russia ready to monitor ceasefire in Donbas together with OSCE
    http://uatoday.tv/news/putin-russia-...ce-403606.html

    NOTE: Putin has been trying from the beginning to get his “peacekeeping 14/15th Bdes into the Donbas but the Ukrainians have been good a diverting it—now with the Russian troops and mercenaries actively shelling all villages and towns and then blaming the Ukrainians he sees his chances.

    Video-Report about situation in zone #ATO #Pisky #Donetsk #Ukraine - http://bit.ly/1CGimaZ - #Donbas #Army #Ukraina
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    Reports of tank battle at #Donetsk Airport & #Pisky/ #Peski now #Russia T-72s,T-64s supposedly seen in area
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    Russia media blames #Ukraine for increased fighting. RT: @Ruptly
    Heavy shelling continues as Kiev escalates conflict
    http://ow.ly/HvWET

    #News
    Mortar and small arms attacks are also conducted vs. #Battalion_Azov troops in #Hranitne now. Russians want to cross the #Kalmius.

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    This AR-type weapons episod is just wierd. Some headlines say that Zakhartshenko presented this found weapon to OSCE observers. I'm sure those specialists would take producer's data and serial numbers. Has anyone heard OSCE statement? I suspect that the rifle is Georgia-Russia war trophy taken by propaganda guys to Donbass.
    Stupid thing is to deliver AR type weapon to country where generations of men went through conscription training with Kalashnikovs. If I remeber correctly if Georgians had chance to choose between AR and AK, they took AK.
    Another stupid thing is to bring 5,56x45 weapons to siege situation, where rest of the guys are using 5,45x39 ammo.

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    First indication via twitter about this--if confirmed and true then it is a major escalation by Russia and then what will the West do as they do not have any other plan outside of sanctions and that has not stopped the mercenaries and Russian troops from their constant shellings and ground attacks as them have expanded their controlled territories by over 500 sq kms since Minsk and that is certainly not a "ceasefire".


    #Putin intends to escalate to full war - 2 #Russia Army Groups (about 1000 troops) cross into #Ukraine today #Donetsk
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    Quote Originally Posted by OUTLAW 09 View Post
    First indication via twitter about this--if confirmed and true then it is a major escalation by Russia and then what will the West do as they do not have any other plan outside of sanctions and that has not stopped the mercenaries and Russian troops from their constant shellings and ground attacks as them have expanded their controlled territories by over 500 sq kms since Minsk and that is certainly not a "ceasefire".


    #Putin intends to escalate to full war - 2 #Russia Army Groups (about 1000 troops) cross into #Ukraine today #Donetsk
    pic.twitter.com/H63NsVVW6T
    APPEARS to be confirmed by the Ukrainian Security Council---two Russian Combat BN Tactical Groups.\which in effect could be the firs Russian "peacekeeping" Bde to enter the Ukraine.

    Now what will the West response be---again silence?

    Russia via Putin has no intentions in holding to the Minsk Agreements he had signed in the name of Russia and he totally disregarded the Budapest Agreement as well and yet the West "believes" one can talk with him and trust him?

    Many fail to remember all the things Putin has openly stated he was going to do and or had done and in the end nothing.
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    This is an open source article that you will never see in the NYTs, WAPO, the Daily Beast, Politico or Foreign Policy--ever wonder why?

    Will be broken into two parts due to length--it is that important to fully understand the Russian ground invasion that we the West call "incursion".

    By the way these Russian generals are deep practitioners of the new Russian UW strategy--New Generational Warfare--and were responsible for the development of Russian military units/tactics/TTPs built around that UW strategy.

    http://ukraineatwar.blogspot.co.uk/2...d-to-know.html

    EVERYTHING you EVER wanted to know about Russian Generals in Ukraine
    Part One

    A Tale of Two Russian Generals
    The small Ukrainian Armed Forces checkpoint at Buhas on the H20 highway 2 km north of Volnovakha is now infamous due to a GRAD rocket strike there on 13 January 2015. (Another infamous attack happened near Volnovakha on 22 May 2014.) Ten civilian bus passengers were killed instantly, another two died later in hospital, and another 17 passengers were injured according to the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) [source].
    However, the subsequent visit to the site of the Volnovakha bus massacre by a SENIOR RUSSIAN OFFICER tells its own tale.

    It is the presence of Major-General Alexander (or Aleksandr) Yuryevich Vyaznikov that concerns us.

    What is the Commander of Russian Federation forces in the occupied Donbas region of South-East Ukraine doing 65km from the Russian border, inside Ukraine? The Buhas checkpoint lies 7 or 8 km from Novotroitske: the nominal contact line between Ukrainian defenders and the Russian invaders and their DPR militia, southwest of Donetsk city. This may not sound far. But in terms of ‘military diplomacy’ the presence of Vyaznikov on Ukrainian soil at all, let alone across the contact line, is alarming.

    The JCCC headquarters (HQ) is in Debaltseve, 55 km northeast of Donetsk city. The Ukrainian and Russian military staffs are each led by a senior officer, selected by their respective General Staffs in Kyiv and Moscow. These two Chiefs of Staff or ‘representatives’ at JCCC HQ are military negotiators with considerable power to make decisions concerning the so-called ‘ceasefire’ and the ‘buffer zone’ that extends 15 km each side of the agreed contact line between opposing forces. They are in effect the senior military commanders on the ground.
    We now focus on the Russian representative.

    When the JCCC became operational on 26 September 2014*, the first Russian representative was Lieutenant-General (2 star) Aleksandr Ivanovich Lentsov. We mention him because, as you will see, there is a pattern.

    Briefly, Lentsov is a veteran of the Soviet war in Afghanistan and the Chechen Wars [source and source]. In the First Chechen War, he earned a reputation as a hardcore Colonel commander of tactical groups of Russian Airborne Troops (VDV). Subsequently promoted to Major-General (one star), Lentsov then commanded a Russian peacekeeping brigade of 1,500 paratroopers (drawn from 76th and 98th airborne divisions) in Bosnia in 1996 [source and source]. Lentsov was given command of the 98th Airborne Division (Ivanovo).

    By 2006 Lentsov was a Deputy Commander of VDV. In 2011, VDV Commander Lieutenant-General Vladimir Shamanov gave Lentsov the task of developing VDV ‘interoperability’: joint planning and operations with Ground Troops and Naval Infantry (marines) brigades [source]. Lentsov was subsequently promoted to Deputy Commander of the Ground Forces of the Russian Federation and raised to Lieutenant-General (2 stars).

    Everything that happened in Donbas since 26 September 2014 that involved Russian Forces happened ON LENTSOV'S WATCH.
    As Russia’s JCCC representative, Lentsov lead negotiations with Ukraine’s JCCC representative (first Lieutenant-General Yuryi Dumanskyi, later Lieutenant-General Voldymyr Askarov) about all military matters, including the conflict point at Donetsk Airport. monitored by SMM.

    For example, in Donetsk on 22 November they discussed options for de-escalation of the situation at Donetsk airport and the use of UAVs [source]. At other times Lentsov met with members of either DPR or LPR without the Ukrainian representative (e.g. in Luhansk on 3 December [source].

    (At the end of November 2014 we received rumint that Lieutenant-General Lentsov was saying the so-called ‘Army of Novorossiya’ is a piss-poor militia that should be replaced by Russian Ground Forces contractors.)

    But as we know, while these meetings involving one of Russia’s most senior military officers were taking place, Russian military equipment, troops and supplies destined for pro-Russian militias CONTINUED TO FLOOD across the border into Donbas throughout October to December. It is absurd to think that Lentsov (and Russian General Staff back in Moscow) was ignorant of these efforts to support and strengthen the Russian military occupation.

    On 8 December at JCCC HQ, Askarov, Lentsov, Denis Pushilin (DPR) and Aleksandr Shubin (LPR) signed orders to implement a general ceasefire to start 09:00 hrs on 9 December [source]. On the day of the ‘ceasefire’ the same signatories were instructing their JCCC officers to follow up on numerous reports of ceasefire violations! [source].

    From 16 December, as part of the rotation of officers in the JCCC, the head of the Ukrainian side, Askarov, was replaced by Major-General Aleksandr Razmaznin, Deputy Head of the Joint Operations Centre of the Armed Forces of Ukraine; and the head of the Russian Representation to south-eastern Ukraine, Lentsov, was replaced by Major-General Alexander Vyaznikov, Deputy Commander of VDV peacekeeping operations and the Collective Security Treaty Organisation’s (CSTO) Collective Rapid Reaction Force (CRRF) [source]. At this juncture, Lentsov was rotated back to Moscow and promoted on 13 December to Colonel-General (3 stars)**.

    At first, it would appear that Lentsov was replaced by a lesser-rank officer (a Major-General). At the time, some commentators said it indicated that Russia’s Minister of Defence, General Sergei Shoigu, and General Staff were downplaying Russia’s representation in the JCCC. The alternative view (and hindsight) is that Moscow decided on a change of emphasis: less negotiation and more operational cover for covert Russian military activities in Donbas.

    In reality, Vyaznikov is a specialist: ideally suited (more so than Lentsov) for Russia’s operations in Donbas – and potentially beyond. Who is this Vyaznikov, and why is he so important?


    Vyaznikov first came to our attention in August 2014 at a time when it looked as if Russian General Staff were preparing to send a large contingent of Peacekeeping Forces (MC) to ‘keep and enforce the peace’, in other words occupy, Donbas.
    On 24 May, Vyaznikov told Anna News that Russian peacekeeping troops were ready to enter the territory of Ukraine. “If we receive an appropriate order, we are ready to carry it out”, said Vyaznikov [source]. On 22 August 2014, TASS reported that Russian VDV had completed the formation of a 5,000-strong peacekeeping force under Vyaznikov [source].

    Vyaznikov is a veteran of the First and Second Chechen Wars. He gained a reputation as an effective ‘assault and occupy’ combat leader. In 2008, Colonel Vyaznikov was Commander of the Tula Division or 106th Guards Airborne Division [source] before moving to command the 7th Guards Air Assault (Mountain) Division. Around 2009-2010 Vyaznikov was instrumental in reforming the VDV [source]. He gained a reputation as a moderniser with a strong focus on maximum combat training [source], which lead to promotion (2011?) to Major-General and appointment in 2013 as a Deputy Commander of both VDV Peacekeeping Operations and the Russian-led the CSTO CRRF [source]. In November 2014, Vyaznikov led ‘Srem 2014’, a joint exercise between Russian airborne troops and Serbian special forces [source]. From this advanced combat exercise involving cooperation and coordination between Russian VDV and ‘allied’ forces (for that substitute DPR/LPR militias), Vyaznikov moved to JCCC HQ in December.

    On their first day at JCCC HQ, Vyaznikov and Ukrainian representative Major-General Razmaznin said their focus would be on fact-finding regarding ceasefire violations [source]. Since then, the working relationship between Ukrainian and Russian representatives at JCCC has been ‘matter of fact’. Vyaznikov has a reputation for professionalism but difficult. For example:

    According to SMM, on 19 December Razmaznin announced that all JCCC members would be fully ready to launch joint patrols across all DPR and LPR-controlled territories by 28 December [source]. However, on 25 December – three days after speaking at LPR press conference in Luhansk [source and source] – Vyaznikov announced that the Russians would not take part in joint patrols. Instead, Vyaznikov suggested the Ukrainians should carry out joint patrols with DPR and LPR militias [source].

    But recent events on the ground in Donbas and at Donetsk Airport speak volumes about what Major-General Vyaznikov has really been doing since his arrival at Debaltseve.
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    EVERYTHING you EVER wanted to know about Russian Generals in Ukraine
    Part Two



    On 22 December we stated that Vyaznikov is not in South-East Ukraine to negotiate; he is there to plan assault operations and the occupation of Donbas. On what basis? Although The Russian Ministry of Defence maintains that Vyaznikov is a ‘peacekeeper’ who is in JCCC to ‘negotiate’, Vyaznikov’s entire professional career is that of a hardcore airborne assault leader. The fact that he is entrusted with responsibility for the CSTO’s Collective Rapid Reaction Force speaks loudly. Vyaznikov is a specialist in airborne forces combat tactics and logistics, peace-enforcement operations (i.e. violent suppression of forces) and interoperability operations (i.e. between VDV and special forces and/or marines and/or militias). A dangerous skill set, for an alleged negotiator.

    On 22 December we also stated “There’s only one reason Russian MoD puts someone like that as head of Russian Occupation Forces”. Vyaznikov is a ‘seize and hold’ tactician. He’s the kind of hardcase commander needed for the job of taking territory, holding it, organising supporting fire and logistical support, and extending Russian military authority over local militias. All of these things have happened in Donbas on Vyaznikov’s watch. From the consolidation of Russian Forces’ occupation, elimination of troublesome (uncontrollable) militia commanders, advancing across the agreed contact line to seize more Ukrainian territory south of Donetsk, to the recent and ongoing assaults to occupy Donetsk Airport. Vyaznikov is definitely on the ground in Russian-occupied Donbas to prepare for (more) war. Vyaznikov is anything but a forces’ withdrawal specialist (Yes, there are such things!) and peace negotiator.

    Conclusion
    Major-General Alexander Vyaznikov, Deputy Commander VDV and CSTO Rapid Reaction Force, is the senior Commander of Russian Federation forces in the occupied Donbas. He has authority over all Russian units in South-East Ukraine, including the pro-Russian DPR and LPR militias. No GRAD MLRS or D-30 howitzer is loaded and fired at Ukrainian positions without his knowing it or his say-so. If Vyaznikov wanted Russian artillery to stop firing on Donetsk Airport, it would stop. That’s why we became very angry when we saw a photo of him standing with Russian troops ‘inspecting’ – under OSCE monitors’ noses – Ukrainian supply trucks on their way to resupply the Cyborg defenders at Donetsk Airport. But even angrier when we see Vyaznikov ‘inspecting’ the site of the Volnovakha bus massacre on 16 January.
    HE HIMSELF... has responsibility for the GRAD rockets fired from Russian-occupied territory that killed those innocent civilians.
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    Meanwhile, Ukr army reports sighting two new Russian battalions entering #Ukraine to reinforce existing units after Ukr counterattack.

    2 battalions of Russian troops invade Ukraine to assist separatists http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2015/01/19/7055567/

    Battle in Donetsk airport is intensifying, UA repels attacks. OSCE fails to reach airport; RU may use them as shield.
    pic.twitter.com/USkTXj8FZa

    Ukrainian wounded by gas used by Russian forces in Donetsk airport http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1xgYWtnao8

    Ukr govt source tells me #Russia'n marines filmed at #Donetsk airport believed to be from Murmansk-based brigade
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...&v=1YRl-dg0aMk

    5 SMM vehicles en route towards Artemivsk and Perevalsk were stopped by armed persons who fired at their direction http://www.osce.org/ukraine-smm/135251

    Trying to get to Ukrainian positions overlooking #DonetskAirport in Pisky. Now under heavy artillery barrage, not safe, say Ukr military.

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    Part of the ceiling of the second floor of the new terminal at #DonetskAirport has collapsed
    http://uatoday.tv/politics/cyborgs-s...es-403033.html … pic.twitter.com/euu8STex9X

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    Russian-Backed Forces Have Been On The Attack For Months. Now Ukraine's Fighting Back And Moscow Wants 'Peace'
    http://bit.ly/15qEueA

    NOTICE yesterday Putin showed concern about this town Gorlovka when it made no sense as it had not been mentioned at all lately in any of the blogging sites? And today it is supposedly “bombed”---is this the pretense that Putin has been looking for to send in his “peacekeeping” Bdes?

    Sputnik: BREAKING: At least 30 civilians killed in #Kiev airstrikes on #Gorlovka in eastern #Ukraine - Donetsk authorities


    Just heard outgoing fire from really close to Artyoma street. It seems DNR forces are still firing from #Donetsk city center

    Pictures coming through of large attack on Ukr-controlled Debaltsevo today. This right next to train station.
    pic.twitter.com/lviGs944Bo

    Russians made up stories of Ukraine troops crucifying a boy. Now venerate their soldier who murdered a 6 month baby.
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    Russian supported and paid "jihadi's" in eastern Ukraine.

    Chechen Ismail shouts "Allah Akbar" in Donetsk before he shoots towards Ukrainian positions

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDtqc-aplCA

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