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March 1: Russian citizens will have to use their foreign passports to enter Ukraine

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 Odesa 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. Putin’s hybrid Great terror Lviv has become a refuge for Muslims from Crimea Bojan Pancevski: It’s her again: Kremlin’s war-zone fake P.S.: Please spread this appeal as much as possible.

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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 Odesa 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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March 6: Moscow will not support the mission of peacekeeping forces to Ukraine

March 7 – 1541 Ukrainian military have died during the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine, – said Yuriy Segeyev,Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations.

March 7 – 500 bodies of local residents were found in the basements of apartment buildings in Debaltseve. These people were killed by Russian artillery, used to invade the city. At that point all escape routes were blocked by the Russians, – stated United States Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power.

March 7 – Last night powerful signals intelligence systems were installed along the border with Kharkiv oblast (on the Russian side), said the Ukrainian MP and member of parliamentary committee on National Security and Defence Andriy Levus.

March 7 – The US has suspended its project on providing training to Ukrainian military. The administration in Washington would like to first observe how the parties to the conflict in eastern Ukraine will respect the ceasefire. Under the proposed project, a battalion of American soldiers could train three battalions of Ukrainian military.

March 7 – Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs of Russian State Duma Alexei Pushkov believes that if the key to peace in Donbas could be in the EU influencing the US to refrain from providing Ukraine with weapons. Whereas Russia, of course, will continue to regularly provide weapons to its troops and pro-Russian militants in Donbas. THEN the peace will come. Peace Russian-style.

March 7 – Sooner or later the sanctions against Russia will continue, but at present this issue is not on the agenda, – said Foreign Minister of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius.

March 7 – Another "humanitarian aid convoy" broke into Ukraine – on personal instructions from Putin. More weapons and soldiers were delivered.

March 7 – Construction of new NATO bases in Europe is not being considered at the moment, – said the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic Lubomír Zaorálek. Instead, the Baltic States and Poland are insisting to increase the number of NATO exercises due to the escalation of the situation around Ukraine. The US has initiated Atlantic Resolve program, aimed at consolidating its military presence in Europe. According to Internet media DefenceNews, official Washington is considering systematic use of military ranges in Czech Republic, Hungary and Georgia for the abovementioned exercises.

March 6 – Russia thretened USA that it would begin an attack on Kyiv in case there is a supply of arms to Ukraine. This was stated by the people's deputy, a member of the Collegium of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Anton Herashchenko, on the air of the program Shuster Live, reported RBK-Ukraina. "I was in Washington, and met with certain groups of analysts, and posed to them one question: "Why is President Obama so insistently refusing to undertake the decision, already ratified by Congress, on provioding weapons to Ukraine. I was told that Putin warned President Obama and his advisers that if the United States provides arms to Ukraine, then Putin will dare to attack Kyiv from all fronts," stated Herashchenko. Let us remember that on the day before, 8 Congress members appealed to Obama to hurry in providing Ukraine with weapons. In its turn, Russia urged Ukraine and the United Staets to "consider the consequences" of army collaboration. On March 4th, the State Department stated that Obama had until now still not made a decision about providing Ukraine with weapons.

March 6 – No Ukrainian military were killed and 4 were injured in the last 24 hours in the ATO area, informed NSDC spokesman Andriy Lysenko.

March 6 – Pro-Russian militants are withdrawing insignificant numbers of artillery weapons from the boundary line in Donbas, however are accumulating forces in the "near front-line" areas, informed the organiser of "Information resistance" group Dmytro Tymchuk.

March 6 – A group of American congressmen representing both Democratic and Republican parties have once again urged the US President Barack Obama to provide Ukraine with lethal defensive weapons. But Obama is still "contemplating"...

March 6 – Russian gold reserves continue to decrease. The volume of international (gold) reserves of Russia on March 1stamounted to 360.2 billion USD. In February it was at 376.2 billion USD (minimum value since the beginning of 2007). Russia's reserves decreased by 16 billion USD in one month. War is expensive.

March 6 – Official exchange rate of UAH to USD is now less than 23 UAH per 1 USD. On Friday, March 6th, National Bank of Ukraine has established the exchange rate of 22,8970 UAH per 1 USD.

March 6 – Another explosion has happened in Kharkiv – this time a minibus belonging to volunteer battalion commander of "Slobozhanshchyna" Battalion Andriy Yangolenko was blown up. A Russian mine was planted in the car.

March 6 – Donetsk separatist Andrey Purgin, a self-professed speaker of "Donetsk People's Republic" has requested that the Speaker of Ukrainian Parliament Volodymyr Groysman meets with "DPR" delegation to discuss amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine. As it has been reported, 11th provision of implementation plan of Minsk agreements implies "decentralization (while taking into account certain characteristics of identified rayons of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, which have been agreed upon with the representatives of these rayons), as well as adopting a law on special status of the identified rayons of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts."

March 6 – The value of assets of the Armed-Sea Forces of Ukraine (ASFU) captured by Russia in Crimea is estimated at a minimum of 1 billion 495 million Ukrainian hryvni. Until the moment when in June 2014, Russia unilaterally ceased all negotiations about the return of weapons, supplies, and wealth of the ASFU, Russia succeeded in removing from Crimea:

Combat ships – 3 units;

Security vessels – 32 units;

Automobiles, armored tanks,and specialized tanks – 1,438 units;

Flying apparatus (airplanes and helicopters) – 24 units.

Left in Crimea were:

Combat ships and patrol boats – 11 units;

Ships and security patrol boats – 6 units;

Automobiles, armored tanks,and specialized tanks – 2,363 units;

Flying apparatus – 3 units;

Coastal anti-ship complexes – 6 units.

March 5 – 1 Ukrainian military was killed and 1 wounded in Donbas in the last 24 hours, – informed acting spokesman of the General Staff of Ukrainian Armed Forces Vladyslav Seleznyov.

March 5 – In Crimea, Russian authorities are questioning the participants of the II All-Crimean Conference of the Committee on protecting the rights of Crimean Tatar people, – informed on his Facebook page Committee Chairman and Majlis member, Eskender Bariev.

March 5 – "Authorities" of the occupied Crimea have refused to investigate the murder of Crimean Tatar Mr.Ametov. They have killed Crimean Tatars in the past and will continue killing them in the future.

March 5 – Nadiya Savchenko, who was on hunger strike for 83 days, has agreed to stop. "I am learning to change my tactics. Yes, physically I feel lousy, but not bad enough to have to die right now. So for some time I will be drinking broth – if I have to live, I will fly, if I have to die, I will die healthy", – she wrote.

March 5 – Moscow will not support the mission of peacekeeping forces to Ukraine, if such a proposal is submitted to UN Security Council, – said Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov

March 5 – The number of cases of unjustified detention of citizens of Ukraine has increased in Russia, – statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

March 5 – "Large numbers" of Russian soldiers are dying in eastern Ukraine, where for almost a year pro-Russian separatists have been fighting against the Ukrainian government, – stated NATO Deputy Secretary General of NATO Alexander Vershbow, reports Agence France Presse.

March 5 – In Luhansk oblast Ukrainian Armed Forces have withdrawn its rocket and artillery batteries according to Minsk agreements (including multiple rocket launcher systems BM-21 "Grad").

March 5 – RF President Volodymyr Putin wants to destroy NATO. This was stated by the Commander of U.S. Ground Forces in Europe, General-Lieutenant Ben Hodges, reports The Telegraph. "I am convinced that Putin wants to detroy our alliance, not by attacking it but by splitting it up," he noted. Hodges also commented that Russia may attempt to to destabilize one of the members of NATO by the use of partisans or other forms of 'hybrid war'. He also urged that American tanks be placed in countries along the eastern wing of NATO, in terms of stopping that factor for Putin. Specifically, according to Hodges, he proposed to place tanks in Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Rumania, and Bulgaria.

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February 21: Pentagon experts have recorded a surge in Russian air activity over Ukraine

February 21 – Russian terrorists continue to shell the city of Avdiyivka. Three residents were killed, – informed the Head of Donetsk Regional Department of the Interior Ministry Vyacheslv Abroskin.

February 21 – Security Service of Ukraine has composed a list of over 100 Russian media, whose accreditation has been temporarily withdrawn. Right move, since they are not regular media but KGB.

February 21 – United States and its allies are discussing the possibility of adopting additional sanctions against Russia due to the situation in eastern Ukraine, – said US Secretary of State John Kerry at the meeting with UK Foreign Minister Philip Hammond. We'll be waiting.

February 21 – Pentagon experts have recorded a surge in Russian air activity over Ukraine, stated US Ministry of Defense spokesman Steve Warren.

February 21 – 139 Ukrainian military have just been freed near Luhansk, – informed the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko. Hybrid war. It is like we are at war and at the same time we're not.

February 21 – Military actions implemented by Putin against Ukraine, have already cost Russian society and the state 123 billion USD, said the president of the Institute of Economic Analysis Andrei Illarionov at a roundtable meeting in Kyiv.

February 21 – Fighters are increasing their presence in the direction towards Mariupol. Maybe they are readying to attack Mariupol. This was stated by ATO Spokesperson, Andriy Lysenko and transmitted by Interfax-Ukraine.

"In the direction towards Mariupol there is an increasing number of armed artillery, weapons, and live forces of the oponent with the goal of possibly attacking the city of Mariupol," he stated at a briefing on Saturday in Kyiv. He noted that in the last 24 hours the fighters shelled the positions of ATO almost along the whole line of demarcation and conducted an unsuccessful attempt to storm them in the area of Shyrokyne Village. "During the last 24 hours, the fighters continued to shoot the positions of the ATO forces practically along the whole stretch of the line of demarcation," he stated. According to Lysenko, particularly intense remain the armed provocations from the side of the fighters in the Yasynuvatskyj area of the Donetsk region. "This is around the villages of Pisky, Doslidne, Vodiane, and Tonenke. In doing this, they actively utilize mines as well as reactive artillery of fire volleys and tanks," explained the ATO Spokesperson and also noted that there are continued provocations in the area of Shyrokyne Village. "Fighters with mines, grenades, and rifles, attacked the positions of ATO forces 10 times and were unsuccessful in storming it," reported Lysenko. Also the lietenant informed that the forces of ATO in the Debaltsev direction, are regrouping and are consolidating on new defensive positions. ATO Speaker provided information that in the Luhansk region,"Russian-terrorist groupings exhibited activity and attacked from the reactive systems of the gun volley 'Hrad' the area of the city of Popasne and the strong point of our soldiers and actually the city." Also, he informed, that in the last 24 hours, there were traced 16 enemy BPLA flights directed toward Mariupol, Donetsk, and Luhansk. "We note that most of the unmanned flights appear in the skies within 30 minutes after shooting has ceased," added Lysenko.

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March 4: Russia is supporting the separatists in eastern Ukraine with approximately 12 thousand Russian soldiers

March 4 – According to the US military, Russia is supporting the separatists in eastern Ukraine with approximately 12 thousand Russian soldiers.

March 4 – Ukraine is unilaterally suspending an agreement on local border traffic between Ukraine and the Russian Federation, -informed Ukraine's Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk.

March 4 – Russian President Vladimir Putin has demanded that his security agencies react instantly to activities of extremists who use "coloured revolution technologies."

March 4 – President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has sent Russia's President Vladimir Putin a letter requesting an immediate release of Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko. Unfortunately the successor to Felix Dzerzhinsky would rather destroy his victim than free her...

March 4 – President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has expressed hope that OSCE mission locates its observation post at Donetsk airport. He is just kidding...

March 4 – First President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma who is also the representative of the contact group [on conflict resolution in Ukraine] has said that negotiations on Donbas situation are very problematic, and that Russia does not want to allow the United States to join the negotiations. It is much easier for Russia to negotiate with Ms.Merkel, of course...

March 4 – The bodies of 9 miners were recovered at Zasyadko mine in Donetsk. Overall 14 miners have died in an accident there. The mine is located within the areas occupied by Russian terrorists.

March 4 – The US and the EU will discuss a possible deepening of sectoral sanctions against Russia if ceasefire with Ukraine will be violated, – stated Victoria Nuland, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs at the United States Department of State. But does this American lady understand that she is dealing with the follower of Nikolai Yezhov... how sad is this?...

March 4 – EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy Federica Mogherini has urged Russian authorities to release Nadiya Savchenko, Oleg Sentsov and other illegally detained Ukrainian citizens. But does this European lady that she is dealing with a dedicated follower of Lavrentiy Beria... sad, isn't it?...

March 4 – In the estimation of American soldiers, Russia supports the seperatists in Eastern Ukraine by about 12,000 soldiers. This was stated by the Commander of U.S. Ground Forces in Europe, General-Lieutenant Ben Hodges in Berlin on March 3rd in the evening, informed DW with bck-up from Reuters. This refers Russian army instructors, technicians who man current weaponryand direct fighter units. According to him,n addition to the named numbers one should also include almost 29,000 soldiers who are dislocated in Crimea. Until the annexation on the peninsula, in accordance with the agreement between Russia and Ukraine, there could be up to 25,000 servicemen, reminds the agency. Also approximately 50,000 soldiers, according to Hodges, are on Russian territory with a direct proximity to the Ukrainian border – in case the separatists suffer serious defeat, as it was at the end of 2014.

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