Dmitry Tymchuk’s Military Blog: Summary – July 30, 2014

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January 10 – 2 Ukrainian military were killed and 20 wounded in the last 24 hours in the ATO area, – informed NSDC spokesman Andriy Lysenko.

January 10 – Russian terrorists continue to use heavy weapons, and have once fired from "Grad" multiple rocket launcher, – stated NSDC spokesman Andriy Lysenko. According to him, such aggressive actions coincide with recent arrival of goods from 11th Russian "humanitarian aid convoy" at temporarily occupied areas.

January 10 – Canadian ship MSC Eloise carrying humanitarian aid for Ukrainian army has docked in the port of Odesa.

January 10 – In Luhansk region Russian terrorists have kidnaped an Israeli citizen. Sievierodonetsk City Militia Department has received a request (by post) from the Embassy of Israel to assist in tracing and locating a citizen of Israel David Horovaty, who was falsely imprisoned in Ukraine and transported to the city of Perevalsk against his will (the city is controlled by the terrorists) – statement by the Ministry of Interior.

January 10 – In the Donetsk region close to the town of Dokuchaevsk, ATO forces disabled two tanks of the militants, – informs ATO staff.

January 10 – Ukrainian Competition Commission has allowed foreigners to apply for the position of the Head of National Anti-Corruption Bureau.

January 10 – German Chancellor Angela Merkel has stressed the unlawfulness of violating international borders and called for unity of Europe due to a possible threat to its security: "If again we witness such a violation, similar to what Russia has done in Ukraine, we must resist it".

January 10 – Having started at 7 am, illegal armed groups have 34 times opened fire on positions of Ukrainian troops, using mostly heavy weapons – tanks, artillery, including "Grad" multiple rocket launcher, – ATO press center.

January 10 – The Boeing passanger plane of Malaysian Airlines, was shot down by pro-Russian fighters in summer 2014; the shot which led to the catastrophe was fired by a zenith-rocket complex of BUK M1, which was brought from Russian Kursk. This is verified by the results of the investigation carried out by the organization of journalistic investigations CORRECT! V.

According to the data of the journalists, the position from which the Boeing was being fired upon, was delivered by the members of the 53rd zenith-rocket brigade, with the goal of providing protection to the Russian tank divisions, who were fighting on Ukrainian territory without their codes of identification.

The data of the British reconnaissance team Bellingcat.com indicate that on the day of of the Boeing catastrophe – July 17th – the artillery BUK traveled on the Donetsk Route No. 21, leaving Donetsk around 11 in the morning: "It is being transported on a tractor platform with a white cabin – it was reported in the investigation. The Bellingcat reserchers reached the conclusion that the самохідна self-propelling fire addition with the identification numbers 3 * 2, photographed in June amid the armed convoy, heading from Kursk in the direction of the Ukrainian border, was the same BUK which was photographed by Paris Match in Eastern Ukraine.

The photographer of the French magazine Paris Match took pictures of the moving automobile. He was close and caught the side part of the BUK – its identification number and other identity signs carelessly painted over. On the truck platform company with the BUK, there was a telephone number. It belongs to a company in Donetsk which leases automobiles. The owner of the company later informed that his machine was stolen in June by pro-Russian separatists," – it was reported in the investigation.

In answer to the question of who could have launched the rocket of BUK, all the experts, including among them former soldiers of the 53-rd brigade PPO in Kursk, agree that the seperatists were not able to use the BUK. "There is no doubt that the order to shoot at MN 17 was given by a Russian officer," summarize the authors of the investigation.

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March 1 – No attacks by the terrorists were recorded in the ATO area from midnight to 6 am, reports ATO press center.

March 1 – Starting on March 1st Russian citizens will have to use their foreign passports to enter Ukraine.

March 1 – A column of Russian military equipment was recorded moving towards Luhansk. Local residents believe that the vehicles might have entered Ukraine through border crossing point "Izvaryne", controlled by the Russians.

March 1 – "In order to mislead members of the OSCE mission, the militants are moving military equipment from the boundary to rear areas during the day, and at night – in the opposite direction", – said NSDC spokesman Andriy Lysenko. National Security and Defense Council has also issues a statement saying that the militants haven't yet submitted all the necessary information about their military vehicles, movement routes and its subsequent location to international observers. President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has said that militants are carrying out a fake withdrawal of heavy weapons from the boundary in Donbas.

March 1 – In Moscow during a funeral procession in memory of slain opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, local police arrested Member of Ukrainian Parliament Oleksiy Goncharenko. He will be transferred to Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for undisclosed proceedings. It is possible that Goncharenko will become a defendant within some criminal case, for instance related to events in Odessa last year that led to fatalities. After that Goncharenko was released.

March 1 – On the territory of Donetsk region, there are three unlawful armed formations acting, which include specific groups and fighter detachments, whose total number of verified participants number close to 1,664 individuals. This information was provided by the Head of the Regional Management of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Donetsk Region, V'yacheslav Abroskin. "Their crimes do not have a long-term history," Abroskin emphasized. "In the past year there have been 785 individuals reported suspicious in committing crimes, of which 257 individuals were apprehended. During this year, there were reports of suspicion of 326 individuals, of which 68 individuals were apprehended and 258 individuals were placed on the search list," added Abroskin.

Additionally, Abroskin noted, that until now the names of all the managers of the terrorist organization "DNR", including the list of names of "DNR Police" and criminals from the number of former police collaborators of Donetsk region. "Some of the 'former' policeman were apprehended for treason," he added.

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January 19 – 3 Ukrainian military were killed and 66 were wounded in the ATO area in the last 24 hours, – informed NSDC spokesman Andriy Lysenko.

January 19 – The representatives of the United States Army Command will visit Ukraine this week, – informed the spokesman of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Vladyslav Seleznyov. According to Seleznyov, they intend to assess the situation in eastern Ukraine, as well as discuss assistance required by Ukrainian Armed Forces.

January 19 – Ukraine and Poland have agreed to construct a new gas pipeline on their border – said Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk after a meeting with Prime Minister of Poland Ewa Kopacz.

January 19 – At a joint press conference with Prime Minister of Poland Ewa Kopacz in Kyiv, Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk had stated that Russian servicemen and military equipment have entered Ukraine. "I have just spoken with the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council. Ukrainian military intelligence confirms that manpower and equipment has entered Ukraine from Russia", – said Yatsenyuk. According to Yatsenyuk, military equipment can only belong to regular Russian Army. "According to latest update provided by the National Security and Defense Council, two battalion task forces of the Russian Federation have crossed Ukrainian-Russian border today". We are witnessing blatant Russian aggression, similar to what happened in August 2014.

January 19 – An explosion has happened near the building of Moscow rayon court in Kharkiv. As a result seven people were injured, some very seriously. Overall Russian terrorist attack continues and is taking on new shapes and forms.

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