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

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Usuaully quiet the last 24 hours in the fighting ceasefire zone--actually to quiet.

While Russia has achieved a form of a "frozen conflict" it definitely is not to their advantage at the moment as it appears momentum has shifted on the political front to the Ukrainian side as has the military as the several attempts to expand territorial wins by Russian mercenaries has been largely pushed back by the UA with the general perception that the Ukraine is fulfilling Minsk 2 and the Russians are not.

It actually appears Russia ie Putin does not quite know what the next step should be.

Unusual is the Russian announced callup today of another 150K conscripts in July which is outside their normal callup cycles as they just completed a large call up.

If one takes the simple fact that after the last large snap exercise involving 80K plus troops and virtually the entire Russian military services which while back into their bases are still maintaining a relative high state of readiness coupled with the unusually large conscript callup in July would place them on an effective war footing.

Question is why the high levels of alert status and the unusually high manpower levels when NATO and the US has not taken similar stances.

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Azov destroyed Russian tank and Terrorists HQ near Shyrokyne #Ukraine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xEd4lCuq8s …

Russian version of Blackwater:
A private military company from Russia at Donbass http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/25-marc...ia--at-donbass … pic.twitter.com/4kIqij4ru0

Denmark's Bornholm, a strategic island in Baltic Sea. Russian bombers practice attacking it. http://cphpost.dk/news/independent-r...ist.11594.html … pic.twitter.com/eeKHspWaWR

Does this mean Iraq/Syria or eastern Ukraine:
Putin calls on FSB to stop Russian militants returning from ‘hot spots’http://www.unian.info/politics/10603...hot-spots.html … pic.twitter.com/9LFaqDkjNg

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US 'losing information war' against Russia and Islamic State, says new report (Video)
http://www.unian.info/world/1060341-...ort-video.html …

Putin accuses West of seeking to destabilize Russia
http://www.unian.info/world/1060334-...ze-russia.html … pic.twitter.com/E1aeIYtQPp

More Russian "altered state of reality":
Russian hyprocrisy reaches new heights. #Lukashevich: "US and NATO Air Force drills in Estonia ...increase military presence near Russia"

Make-believe. #Lukashevich: "This could be an indication of NATO plans to deploy nuclear-capable strike aircraft on Russia’s borders"

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Latest photo taken of the new Russian MBT Armata:

Rpt new photo of #Russia #Armata MBT (Main Battle Tank) showing armoured side skirt and glacis plate
pic.twitter.com/ksnoEJxNpW

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Regiment "Azov": "If @OSCE really wants the shelling to stop, they should be monitoring the border, not #Mariupol or #Shyrokyne.

СММ ОБСЄ в Україні @OSCE_SMM
Hug:what we saw today in #Shyrokyne-catastrophic.Not one building SMM saw was untouched by LiveFire or ShrapnelDamage pic.twitter.com/AhpF36Fuvb

Keyboard Warriors: One Professional Russian Troll Tells All http://bit.ly/1BraiIN pic.twitter.com/6nX2M9d5o2

Extremely “altered state of reality”:
Chechen politician calls to arm Mexico for reconquest of California if US arms Ukraine (Video)
http://www.unian.info/world/1060356-...ine-video.html …

Kremlin Spokesman Denies Plans to Supply Mexico w Weapons After Chechen Calls for Deployment http://www.interpretermag.com/russia...-26-2015/#7680 … pic.twitter.com/pfga71Q8HF

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Drunk RU officer revealed the secrets abt "humanitarian" convoys http://uainfo.org/blognews/518226-gumkonvoy-rakety.html …

Norway MoD Soreide: Even if Moscow backs down in Ukraine today, Russia will pose a problem for years to come http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs...-defense-stars …

English Kremlin transcript from today's Putin address to his KG, ups, FSB comrades: http://eng.kremlin.ru/news/23772

#Russia sniper reveals prices for #Ukraine lives: $100/soldier, $1000/officer +2000 Eur on tophttp://en.censor.net.ua/video_news/2...ns_lives_video … pic.twitter.com/6esWbNvOiW

More fuel for the Russian Army:
#Russia sends another "aid convoy" to #Ukraine. Is anybody keeping track which number it is?
http://www.unian.info/war/1060143-ru...to-donbas.html … pic.twitter.com/4f4eLANA4b

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After the Berlin Wall fell,there was one word I thought I'd never hear again. Kremlinologist

Note that the twice-daily trainloads of "stuff" to Ilovaisk & Debaltseve go unreported by Western media.

Russia denies its soldiers are in Ukraine but this account, from an injured conscript, tells a different story http://gu.com/p/46d3m/stw

LT MFA STRATCOM @LT_MFA_Stratcom
War by non-military means: Understanding #Russian #information warfare http://www.foi.se/ReportFiles/foir_4065.pdf …

Moscow Realizing It Can’t Control Islam in Russia the Way It Would Like, Malashenko Says https://www.googleapis.com/urlshorte...40yEG9SZiaYPUQ …

Yawn. "#Putin accuses West of anti-Russian plots." http://www.rferl.org/content/putin-a.../26922017.html …

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Shyrokyne 25 March, Lentsov played #OSCE_SMM in front of TV cameras to make him/Russian Army look like "peacemakers" pic.twitter.com/VTghYT8zh5

Russians shoot their own wounded as well as prisoners #Debaltseve pic.twitter.com/1xQ5v27NEP

Insider describes a Russian social-media "troll" factory. Quota of 135 comments/12-hour shift. http://trib.al/wqe5G8b pic.twitter.com/6MeQt3I7ti

Russians shot at their own retreating soldiers near #Debaltseve pic.twitter.com/zzE6zcwe2n

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Perfect example of Russian disinformation run against even the US Ukrainian Ambassador.

Geoffrey Pyatt ✔ @GeoffPyatt
Outrageous fabrication from Rossiya-1, claiming I said in interview with Ukrainian media I’d advised Kolomoisky to resign. Simply a lie.

For doubters, read/listen to Russian version of interview for yourself. Not a word about Kolomoisky resigning. http://www.echo.msk.ru/programs/beseda/1516942-echo/ …

Such outright falsehoods underscore why RU state media faces a crisis of credibility. Why lie when the facts can easily be checked?

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Russian FSB opsec got caught off guard on the videos and photos of their new MBT--this video was immediately challenged by the "owner" and taken offline.

Shows the importance of open source analysis.

VIDEO New Russian BMP T-15 "Armata"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbA43tBs_ro …

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Fighting ceasefire still continues:
#News
Russian forces attacked #Pisky, #Slavne, #Sokolniki and #Shyrokyne 8 times between 8pm yday and 5am today. pic.twitter.com/yfXFKANRkx

Reminder: Russia's 11th and 83rd airborne got prez distinction Wednesday for "mass heroism," def not for Ukraine though . http://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/1854248 …

DNR still hasn't worked out all the kinks. Rebel legislator gunned down in drive-by last night http://www.gazeta.ru/social/news/201..._7054065.shtml … pic.twitter.com/PYRj20sYsK

Seems that the OSCE seems to want to project an overall feeling that the truce is taking hold but then seems to ignore what the Ukrainian Army is reporting and supporting with videos.

@OSCE_SMM What are you talking about?! #Shyrokyne was attacked day+night over the last 48 hours acc. to the Ukr army
http://censor.net.ua/news/330233/ter...resstsentr_ato …

More Russian disinformation:
MFA of Ukraine ✔ @MFA_Ukraine
#StopFake Top-4 Fakes of the Week about Ukraine. Fake #4: Carpathian Rusyns Demand Autonomy pic.twitter.com/lPAZF79Z5d

#BreakingNews
Russian forces fired an ATGM vs. an Ukrainian border guards #Cougar MRAP, missing it by some meters. pic.twitter.com/Sc9Q04JtMS

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Russian disinformation has many thinking the Ukraine is awash with independent paid for oligarch supported armed gangs.

Alexander Motyl, Ukrainian nationalism expert, says 'warlord problem' exaggerated, 'hardly Ukraine's FARC or Taliban.'http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/03/26/ukraine-doesnt-have-a-warlord-problem-russia-donbas/ …

'Small. Victorious. Nuclear'. My piece for @dw_russian on Russia's new flirtation with nukes (in Russian) - http://dw.de/p/1ExMO

More Russian mercenary infighting in Donetsk:
Mar26 abt 23:00 #Donetsk @100007182042214 : 'Mirazh' battalion commander Voznik was killed at Chelyuskintsev St - Vatutina Ave crossroad.

'Small. Victorious. Nuclear'. My piece for @dw_russian on Russia's new flirtation with nukes (in Russian) - http://dw.de/p/1ExMO

#NSC: latest updates from the #conflictzone in E #Ukraine at 12:00 March 27,2015 pic.twitter.com/f4LZhQvW3P
Indicates the still “hot spots” where fighting is still occurring regardless of what the OSCE states.

Following Tracks of a Russian Soldier. Part 1: Train: https://en.informnapalm.org/followin...-part-1-train/ … pic.twitter.com/wWEwnghRy0

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More Russian mercenary “ethnic cleansing” by unnamed others:
Commander of DNR terrorist battalion "Mirazh" Roman Voznyk &2 bodyguards killed in #Donetsk. His wife and son,... http://fb.me/7cYUJD8IV

Europe is belatedly waking up to Russia’s information warfare http://econ.st/1EZXTzX pic.twitter.com/PzMlof6QsM

#Kremlin downplays Chechen threat to arm Mexico for invasion of #America http://uatoday.tv/politics/kremlin-d...ca-417950.html … pic.twitter.com/ajKKF8KxbJ

Wow—Russian “heroism” for two Airborne Brigades but just not for combat????? But the Ukrainian Army has Russian IDs from killed soldiers from those two units.
We deny our brigades who received honorary titles for "courage displayed in military hostilities" were in #Ukraine.
http://tass.ru/en/russia/784910 …

Wow—threatening the Danish Navy with nuclear strikes and flying nuclear armed bombers over the UK does not qualify as rhetoric???? Or moving nuclear capable Iskander missiles into Crimea and Kaliningrad???
We deny using "nuclear rhetoric." http://in.sputniknews.com/russia/201...013881282.html …

THEN this report:
Two fresh columns of heavy equipment entered #Luhansk from #Russia http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/27-marc...m-russia-moved …

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Bones of 32 people executed in 1930s found at old NKVD prison site in Novosibirsk have been handed over to 'Memorial' http://www.zona.media/news/ostanki/

US Mission to NATO ✔ @USNATO
MT @USEmbTallinn Watch: Pilots train w/ Estonian Joint Terminal Attack Controllers at Tapa: http://ow.ly/KScPp pic.twitter.com/poYcMD8wgr

Ukrainian officials predict renewed Russian aggression prior to 9th May. http://nv.ua/publications/putin-hoch...yna-41069.html … Contradicts Kasparov. http://ru.tsn.ua/politika/do-9-maya-...ov-417490.html …

12:45 #Horlivka @ItechVK: At 07:30 a column of BMP and BTR (10 items) w/Jesus Christ on flag went towards hospital #3. 4 men on each vehicle

WATCH: @OSCE_SMM Monitoring withdrawal of weapons https://youtu.be/T_vKQ1GTF5c

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http://defendingrussia.ru/news/rossi...uchit_mistrali …
Russian Ministry of Defense enters grief phase over Mistrals, finally admits France may never deliver them

Suspected killer of SBU officer detained while trying to cross border
http://www.unian.info/society/106064...ss-border.html … pic.twitter.com/aEVrsPWVka

More Russian disinformation this time from Putin:
http://top.rbc.ru/politics/27/03/201...794742396c1f7b … NATO Gen Sec Jens Stoltenberg says Putin’s remark yesterday about foreign secret agencies was pure “propaganda.”

Putin speech bodes ill for Ukraine ceasefire https://euobserver.com/foreign/128173

NSDC of Ukraine ✔ @NSDC_ua
Ukrainian policemen uncovered arms arsenals in #Artemivsk and #Kramatorsk. pic.twitter.com/S6s1Keyduw

SBU prevented the attack, which was planned on meeting in Dnipropetrovsk http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/27-marc...ned-on-meeting …

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Preparing the case for a Russian-led "peacekeeping" mission? Kelin (RU-OSCE) accuses Ukraine of "blockading" Donbas! http://tass.ru/en/world/785390

AND so much for the Russia and her mercenaries maintaining Minsk 2 while they complain about the Ukraine actions:

Russia-Backed Militants at Gun Point Forced OSCE Observers to Leave Town in Luhansk Region http://ukraineunderattack.org/en/rus...sk-region.html …

Additions and clarifications to the InformNapalm Team Situation Report of March 24, 2015: https://en.informnapalm.org/addition...march-24-2015/ … pic.twitter.com/uqCHDM5kF5

#Russia|n Self-propelled artillery in #Perevalsk contrary to #Minsk pic.twitter.com/UeZ0NuDVNV http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/27-marc...-in-perevalsk- …

U.S. Mission to OSCE ✔ @usosce
The stark disparity between #Russia + separatists’ words & actions in #Ukraine continues READ: http://1.usa.gov/1ydYMjF pic.twitter.com/YGDlwdm6J8

Lavrov calls for #Minsk ceasefire progress despite #Russia still arming militants in east #Ukraine http://uatoday.tv/politics/lavrov-ca...al-417967.html …

Now Russia has gone from a direct nuclear strike threat against the Danish Navy to the use of the word “neutralize”:
Russian foreign ministry repeats warnings to Denmark. Says can "neutralize" any missile defense on Danish soil. http://www.b.dk/globalt/det-er-ikke-...er-en-advarsel …

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Battle in #Shyrokyne going on for >1 hour now. Militia shelling with 82 mm mortars, grenades, machine gun - AZOV regiment [via @ua_ares]

Interesting article as shortly after the Crimea Russian military invasion occurred there was a former Russian military advisor to Putin who now is in the West that stated the Crimea military annexation plans had been of the shelve for over five years and where not the “sudden Putin decision concept” that was depicted in his recent Crimea documentary.

'Putin Lies Again: Plans to annex Crimea are far older than Putin's new documentary suggests' http://www.interpretermag.com/putin-lies-again/ …

Surprisingly Soros has been extremely accurate on his comments in the past concerning the Ukraine:

Soros - Ukrainians willing to fight and sacrifice lives to be part of Europe - who ignore them. Big mistake! http://www.ukrinform.ua/eng/news/sor...mistake_330150 …

RT @UnianInfo: Parubiy: #Putin may start large-scale military operation in #Ukraine by May 9
http://www.unian.info/politics/10607...-by-may-9.html … pic.twitter.com/Ms0qQaJtyz”

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In #Avdiivka started a serious fight near Spartak-Opytne.Tank shots, machine guns http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/27-marc...rtakopytnetank …

BBC: What happened to Putin on a dramatic night in Germany 25 years ago http://24today.net/open/357784 pic.twitter.com/eq8RSVDNTx

#News
Russian forces attack Ukrainian troops from Regiment #Azov since hours(!) in #Shyrokyne. They use 82 mm mortars, AK and heavy MG.

"Azov" was shelled with launchers in Shyrokyne pic.twitter.com/DPin8g5bQG http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/27-marc...r-in-shyrokyne …

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Obama failed to find time to meet the NATO SG—now his NSC Chief does—what a strange leadership style?? A snub is still a snub in the political relations world regardless of who then meets whom.

US Mission to NATO ✔ @USNATO
National Security Advisor Susan Rice’s Meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg: http://goo.gl/Hu2WZq pic.twitter.com/I806FfhPj6

NOW we see Russian hybrid activity forming more clearly in Lativa:

The Baltic Times @thebaltictimes
Leader of #Latvia Non-Citizens' Congress asks for legal aid from Russia, Duma condemns "violation of rights"
http://www.baltictimes.com/latvian_n..._russian_duma/

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Well worth the complete read as these are translations of the Debaltseve fighting from the side of the Russian mercenaries and it was not a "glorious victory" to say the least.

Kazzura translations: "Bitter truth about Debaltsevo operation."
Inside look from Russian side
http://kazzuraengsubs.tumblr.com/pos...operation-both … pic.twitter.com/M7oyjYA0Ea