Pulwama Updates After Brief Lull Heavy Firing Amid Massive Clashes Started Again

Midweek, March 2, 2016
(Brief update)

Eduard Basurin (–DONi News)

Donetsk Defense force: Situation Report, 02.03.2016 / DONi News / March 2, 2016 / The situation on the contact line remains tense. The Ukrainian armed services violated the ceasefire regime 43 times and shelled the territory of the Republic 157 times. In the shelling the enemy used the weapons prohibited by the Minsk agreements: 120mm mortars thirty times, 82mm mortars 40 times, as well as infantry fighting vehicles xxx times and unlike types of grenade launchers, anti-aircraft systems and minor arms. The Ukrainian chasteners were shelling the territory of the localities of Zaitsevo, Spartak, Staromikhailovka, Zhabichevo, the expanse of the Aerodrome, the Volvo Middle, and the Petrovsky district of the city of Donetsk from the localities of Pesky, Krasnogorovka, Maryinka, Zhovanka, and Opytnoye. Over the past solar day the DPR intelligence registered the concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment near the contact line: – In Novobakhmutovka (10 km away from the contact line) there was registered concentration of 5 motorised artillery systems, up to thirty infantry fighting vehicles and twoscore vehicles with personnel; – In Berdyanskoye at that place was registered location of iv motorised arms systems. – We keep registering the facts of mutual shellings between the AFU units and nationalists. Then, yesterday, about the locality of Dzerzhinsk there occurred some other armed clash with the use of heavy-calibre minor arms, in the course of which both sustained casualties. According to the information from our sources, the losses amongst the Ukrainian military as a result of self-shelling made upwards to xx dead personnel, apart from the wounded. Such battles took place nigh the localitites of Druzhba, Krasnoye and Vodyanoye. These facts comport evidence of the absence on the office of the military command of elemental command over the subordinate units and interaction betwixt the AFU units. From our sources nosotros receive information most the situation in the AFU units. The untimely payments of monetary assart, and also nonpayments of additional extra charges for participation in anti-terrorist operation are becoming the hottest topic in the AFU units. It is expressed in deprivation of money the subordinates as punishment for the faults what causes ambiguous reaction among the AFU soldiers who fall to the application of physical strength. These facts are registered in the units of the 30th and 54th separate mechanized brigades. In particular, in the 54th brigade as a result of the disharmonize with the commander, one serviceman had suffered from physical abuse, later on he was brought to the hospital of the town of Artyemovsk with the diagnosis – the closed craniocereberal injury. Moreover, according to our intelligence in that location are registered the facts of plunder of fuels and lubricants in the AFU units, with their subsequent sale to the local population. In particular, according to the local residents of the locality of Krasnoye, only the armed forces personnel of the anti-terrorist operation's headquarters headed past the captain Manukhin, who calls himself 'Sarmat', by the car with the registration number issued in the Zaporozh'ye region, since the offset of 2016 has sold already more than 1300 liters of diesel fuel and gasoline. This grouping also offers the reserve sources of power supply which are the property of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence. In the plunder and sale of fuels and lubricants after the carried-out rotation there also started to exist engaged the military personnel of the 54th separate mechanized brigade. I would like to pay special attending to the piece of work of the OSCE Mission. In detail, during their visit to the storage sites of the withdrawn artillery and armed forces equipment of the AFU, the OSCE observers registered total absenteeism of security guards and all the armament missing. In other withdrawal sites the observers registered twenty-four 100mm towed canons 'Rapira' missing and non-conformity of the series numbers of twenty-seven tanks T-64. All of this indicates that Ukraine continues violating the reached agreements on withdrawal of arms and equipment and concealing this information from the OSCE Mission'due south representatives. — Vice-Commander Eduard Basurin, official translation by DONi News Bureau [Source: dninews.com/article/donetsk-defense force-state of affairs-report-02032016]

Regarding the aggravation of the situation in the DPR / By Colonel Cassad, translated past Alexander Fedetov for Slavyangrad / Slavyangrad.org / Posted March 2, 2016 / Preamble: This report dates from February 22. The state of affairs has remained effectively the aforementioned inasmuch as the intensity and frequency of Ukrainian Ground forces attacks is at a much college level than previously, merely this is still to develop into a co-ordinated offensive. Today, however, the People's Militia reports that the Ukrainian Army is edifice engineering works for fording the Seversky Donets River and a workshop for the repair of military vehicles close to the front line. / Regarding the aggravation of the state of affairs in the DPR: 1. In the by two days the number of shellings significantly increased—artillery was used in addition to small arms, machine guns, grenade launchers and mortars. I have not heard annihilation almost the so-called "withdrawal of weaponry over/below 100mm [calibre]." 2. The main areas are seemingly the same—an arc by the airport, Gorlovka, the Svetlodarsk arc; simply it is as well worth noting the activisation of firing at Volnovakha, where 1 of the largest UAF groups of in the Donbass is focussed, aimed at the Elenovka-Dokuchaevsk district. three. At the same time, the intensification of firing does not hateful the commencement of the offensive. Firing became more than intensive. It should be understood the losses of the sides increased (as a result of military censorship, tracking losses has become much more difficult; the junta appear today that it has no KIA during a day, only 13 WIA while according to our bulletins they had 9-12 KIA. Information technology is understandably hard to check. The actions are not going across attempts to "push the neutral zone", or to bear reconnaissance in strength, as neither side has received a political get-ahead to launch an offensive. Since there is no truce either, as no one complies with the Minsk Agreement , the strain of a frozen conflict results in systematic shelling and clashes. Information technology can exist assumed that the unabridged next calendar week volition laissez passer in a similar fashion. A lot will depend on events in Syria and on the negotiations of the "Normandy Quartet" in March. 4. According to Zhuchkovsky our side gave the nod to a more assertive response to the junta's attacks, resulting in increasing losses for the UAF in recent days, which tin can be seen even by the increment in the numbers of wounded in the junta's reports. From the latest reports: "Every bit of 22:30 the front line continues to rumble. Donetsk. Opitnoye (military unit)-Spartak: infantry fighting (machine guns), special combat team, IFV. Marinka-Trudovskoe, Staromykhailovka, Spartak and Peski: powerful artillery battle. Noisy in the areas of the Airdrome and Yasinovataya checkpoint. Yasinovataya checkpoint shelled with arms. North of Gorlovka. Zaytsevo. UAF infantry is attempting to approach the northern outskirts of Gorlovka. Fighting started, then our positions (and the residents in their houses and apartments) were shelled with shrapnel from mines and big-calibre [artillery]. Snipers working on the positions. According to other sources, a trigger-happy battle is commencing around Yasinovataya. In the w, the UAF conducts dumbo fire from the directions of Yuzhnaya and Mayorsk. On the western outskirts of Gorlovka (Glubokaya) there is an intense submachine gun engagement. Zaytsevo is under pressure level from Ukrainian RPGs and special combat units. There is also mortar fire near Zaytsevo." * * * "At 21:16, the UAF simultaneously attacked from 2 directions the Militia defending Yasinovataya junction. Nosotros know the enemy lost upwardly to seven people killed and wounded, and a fuel tanker and a truck with ammunition were eliminated as a upshot of a lightning attack past the Militia in the direction of Avdeevka-Chervonoarmeysk." * * * "Today at 21:11 everything is reeling and trembling in the vicinity of Donetsk. From xx:thirty till this minute an intense battle has been nether way near Yasinovataya traffic constabulary checkpoint. Small arms, artillery and tanks are heard. Apparently, Ukies accept over again gathered to pause through the Militia's lines. All Yasinovataya hears vanquish bursts. The windows are shaking. We are thinking almost descending to the basement. We haven't washed and so for a long time. Twenty minutes ago the monotonous cold-blooded devastation of enemy positions started from the Militia side, our guys finally began to use self-propelled guns. Makeevka: we are listening to Yasinovataya for several hours almost without intermission. Loud. Very. I do not know how it is at that place in Avtomagazin, but we are just in shock here in Yasinovataya! On Trudovskoe, information technology sounds heavy, often, but at a respectful distance. Gvardeechka—noisy, heavy in the north and northward-west. Continues intensely in the north. The vibrations felt are not weak. In Yasinovataya, hot again. Makeevka thunders; Butovka, Putilovka—very close infantry combat and SPGs [self-propelled guns ―ed.]. Twenty-5 Years of the Scarlet Army Street is panicking, they hear the heavy calibre very well! Opitnoye (armed forces unit)-Spartak: infantry battle. Peski: shelling towards NAF positions, Ukro-Nazis also using mortar." * * * "Donetsk. The area of Yasinovataya traffic law mail was shelled. There is a military unit of measurement between Opitnoye and Avdeevka: intense infantry gainsay (heavy automobile guns). Marinka-Trudovskoe: mortar. Krasnogorovka-Staromykhailovka: infantry combat (mortar, IFVs, tanks). Gorlovka unchanged. Powerful bursts of shells in the direction of Zaytsevo, Gol'my, Shirokaya and Zheleznaya Balka. Powerful volleys are heard in the expanse of Glubokaya mine. Movement of materiel besides observed." * * * "Heavy weaponry operates on Donetsk, fifty-fifty TV is unable to drown out the sound of shelling. Gvardeyka, Butovka, Makeyevka shudder. Putilovka: burglarize fire, heavy single bursts are added. Avtomagazin is in stupor from these bursts from the direction of Makeyevka. Butovka: very close gainsay. Long outbursts of machine-gun fire and explosions can exist heard. Everything is trembling in Donetsk from the heavy gainsay on all fronts. At Donetsk Regional Primal Clinical Hospital powerful bursts. I practice non empathise the management. Information technology seems that the firing is from several sides. Petrovskiy district (Donetsk): heavy arms. Powerful bursts started. Feeling they are in Smolyanka or Balka. Donetsk, Durbalka—heavy volleys. Yasinovataya. Subsequently a short lull it rumbles again. Traffic police mail service—powerful bursts. It seems the night will be terrible! I hear shots and bursts. This 'happiness' falls on some people's heads. The end is not visible." [Source: slavyangrad.org/2016/03/02/regarding-the-bedevilment-of-the-situation-in-the-dpr/]

Parliament building, Kiev (–Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters)

Ukraine bans its officials from criticizing government / Strategic Civilization Foundation / March 2, 2016 / RT – The Ukrainian government has banned all ceremonious servants from publicly expressing criticism towards the work of state institutions or officials amongst the ongoing political crunch and the chiffonier's failure to tackle corruption. The public servants should "avoid any public criticisms of the work of land institutions and their officials," says a new decree outlining "upstanding standards" for Ukrainian officials, which was published on the Ukrainian chiffonier's official website. According to the document, state service inevitably envisages "forming a positive image of the government." Information technology too demands that the officials avoid "actions that could harm the interests of the land service or negatively influence the prototype of a country official." Additionally, the new decree introduces a special rule on "loyalty" for all civil servants that envisages the ban on criticizing state officials. The act also demands that all the civil servants should be familiarized with the new rules and fully comply with them, otherwise facing disciplinary action. . . MORE>>

Tuesday, March one, 2016
(Brief update)

UAF multiple rocket launchers (–Reuters)

2 DPR Fighters Wounded in UAF Shelling of Petrovsky Commune of Donetsk / Donetsk News Agency (DAN) / Edited autotranslation by Quemado Found / March 1, 2016 / Two DPR soldiers were injured during overnight shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF) of the Petrovsky commune of Donetsk. This was reported today to DAN by the head of the district assistants Maxim Zhukovsky. "Tonight UAF burn from Marinka wounded 2 DPR soldiers," he said. "Both were from Donetsk, one from the Petrovsky commune." According to the district assistants caput, medical assistance was provided promptly. "Thank God, all are alive, we promise for their speedy recovery," Zhukovsky said. In add-on to the Petrovsky commune, the village of Spartak, a northern suburb of Donetsk, also came under burn. According to locals, the Ukrainian military fired on them before midnight. "We started to hear shooting somewhere in the evening, and and then the shelling did non end until midnight. In the evening nosotros were hiding in houses here and not come out. They were shooting something heavy," one of the residents of the frontline village told DAN. Earlier it was reported that Ukrainian security forces opened burn down during the night on the western suburbs of Donetsk, which resulted in 1 woman injured. [Source: dan-news.info/obschestvo/dvoe-bojcov-dnr-poluchili-raneniya-v-rezultate-obstrela-vsu-petrovskogo-rajona-donecka.html]

Jaroslav Doubrava (–ustecky.denik.cz)

Divorce Czechoslovakia-Style: Tin Kiev and Donbass Telephone call it Quits? / Sputnik / March 1, 2016 / The leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic in eastern Ukraine has suggested an "amicable divorce" a-la Czechoslovakia as a way to end the long-running conflict with Kiev.If Kiev agrees to a peaceful breakup with Donbass, but like the Czechs and Slovaks once did, it would be the easiest manner to end this war," Alexander Zakharchenko said. The idea was readily echoed by Jaroslav Doubrava, the deputy head of the Czech Senate's European Affairs committee, and a onetime observer at the local elections in the Donetsk and Luhansk People'southward Republics. "Judging by my personal experience of visiting these two regions, I tin say that this is the just viable and sensible way of ending the conflict later all the crimes Kiev committed at that place… At the height of the state of war in Donbass I kept saying that later all that nightmare keeping the eastern regions part of Ukraine was now a mission impossible," Jaroslav Doubrava told Sputnik. When asked to annotate on Alexander Zakharchenko'southward alternative pick of a confederative treaty which, if implemented in good faith by both sides with due regard for the legitimate interests of the people of Donbass, would effectively end the state of war, Doubrava said that it had already been turned down by [President Petro] Poroshenko. "This leaves Donbass no choice other than demarcate the border of the de-facto contained Donetsk and Luhansk People'due south Republics," Jaroslav Doubrava stated. He added that the DPR and LPR would be amend off as independent republics than as part of their Ukrainian stepmother, "because people e'er accept better care for what is their own." When asked about the prospects of a "peaceful divorce" ever happening, Jaroslav said that the Kiev regime who came to power equally a consequence of a insurrection, ought to get back to the negotiatiing table. "There is no way they can resolved this conflict by force. They need to apologize for the crimes they committed in Donetsk and merely then hash out a "divorce." "But I fear that Kiev and Donbass volition be able to practice this the manner the Czechs and Slovaks in one case did after all the blood that has been spilled there," Jaroslav Doubrava said.[Source: sputniknews.com/europe/20160301/1035599424/donbass-ukraine-divorce.html?utm_source=https%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2FAO55VB80i4&utm_medium=short_url&utm_content=aJQM&utm_campaign=URL_shortening]

Alexander Zakharchenko

Alexander Zakharchenko About Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Position on DPR Elections and Possible Results of Ukrainian Constitutional Reform / by Alexander Zakharchenko / Zakharchenko Official website / February 26, 2016 / Alexander Zakharchenko, the caput of the Donetsk People's Republic, commented on the statements of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine on the need to agree the elections in the DPR, past the Ukrainian legislation, and likewise gave an assessment of the caput of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry statements that in case of the ramble reform, the representatives of the republics volition lose their posts. "In instance of the elections by the Ukrainian legislation, Kiev behaves equally a thimblerigger. Constantly repeating the 'mantra', Kiev implies that it is going on the Ukrainian electoral legislation, which was used before the signing of the Minsk Parcel of Measures. This is real adulterous," stressed the caput of the DPR. "What is the 'electoral police force'? This is a set of laws that govern the elections in the Land at all levels. At present we take the state of affairs in which Parliament adopts a new law, regulating the elections of a certain level. Every bit the result, the new law becomes a part of the electoral police force of that State and the next elections are held on the footing of 'national' police force, simply taking into account the new police. So, the package of measures, which includes a new law on local elections in Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, suggests elections on the basis of this new police force, which, after its adoption by the Verkhovna Rada, volition be a part of the Ukrainian legislation. Merely this new law must take into business relationship the 'Steinmeier formula' and must be agreed with us. Any other interpretations are from the evil side. It is necessary to make a new constabulary in a dialogue with us, taking into business relationship the real situation in our Republics. This is in the example, if Kiev wants a political settlement and doesn't desire to be engaged in political cheating and to wait for possibilities to failure of the Minsk agreements," he explained. "The Government minister of Strange Diplomacy of Ukraine, as it often happens, expresses simply his own 'Wishlist' about the fate of the heads of the DPR and the LPR and members of People's Councils who were chosen by our people in November 2014. We'll have to remind this 'activist' that we are working inside the framework of the Minsk agreements, or rather, the complex of measures. I really appreciated how Putin explained the essence of the Minsk Agreement to German reporters with the text in his mitt. So, allow Klimkin accept the text and find in that location a single word about the heads of the Donetsk and Lugansk People'south Republics or of the deputies of People'due south Councils," said Alexander Zakharchenko. "I understand the plan of Kiev, to pretend that at that place isn't any government in our Republics. At that place is only Kiev and the Donbass residents who accept turned confronting the Kiev regime, which they considered illegal. I desire to encourage people to realism. One may pretend that we have 'certain areas of the Donetsk region'. In fact here is a single in political and authoritative senses territory of the Donetsk People's Republic with the unified management, unified economy, etc. Both Republics are based on the legitimate process of referendum and the subsequent national elections. And this is the second point, which should be taken into account by the participants of the Minsk process and the 'Normandy format'. I want to remind you that the May referendum and elections in November, 2014 were absolutely legitimate and autonomous. All materials of the referendum and the elections are saved and all experts tin review them and confirm their validity," said the Head of the Republic. "I have already said that the legitimacy of our Republic and its government is much higher than the legitimacy of Kiev authorities. At the base of our state is the referendum and free elections, and at the base of the current regime in Kiev are an armed coup and the elections that were held in an temper of unprecedented street violence, intimidation and beating of candidates. Proceeding from the above, I want to say to Mr. Klimkin, that the question of heads and deputies of People'southward Councils of our Republics is across the Minsk agreements. In the meantime, Klimkin's words are simply shaking the air as nosotros are in the framework of the Minsk agreements. Instead of expressing his 'Wishlist', he would better practise something to exit from the political crisis and effort to fulfill their part of the Bundle of Measures," said Alexander Zakharchenko. The assessment of the above-mentioned argument of the caput of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry was given by Alexander Zakharchenko, the head of the Donetsk People's Republic in an interview with RIA Novosti. [Source: av-zakharchenko.su/en/news/alexander-zakharchenko-virtually-ukrainian-strange-ministry-position-regarding-elections-dpr-and]
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Thursday, February 25, 2016
(Cursory update)

Ukrainian Security Forces (–lifeinua.info)

Ukrainian Security Forces Shell Frontline DPR Territory for Nearly 60 Hours – Ministry of Defence / Donetsk News Agency (DAN) / Edited autotranlsation past Quemado Institute / Feb 25, 2016 / Ukrainian security forces fired 59 times on the frontline of the Donetsk People'south Republic over the past day. This was reported to DAN today by the DPRMinistry of Defense. "Ukrainian security forces opened fire 59 times the territory of the Republic, with a effect of 33 ceasefire violations," a spokesman said. The Defense Ministry said that during the shelling, the enemy used 82 mortars and 120 mm, as well as LNG and pocket-sized artillery. According to Defence Ministry information, the enemy was shooting from positions in the towns Peski, Zhovanka, Olitnoye, Novotroitskoye, and also from occupied Marinka and venstvola mine Butovskaya, on settlements Zaitsevo, Zhabichevo, Spartak, the outlying airport area "Volvo-Center", and on the northern outskirts of Gorlovka and Donetsk. [Source: dan-news.info/defense force/ukrainskie-siloviki-za-sutki-pochti-sixty-raz-obstrelyali-prifrontovye-territorii-dnr-minoborony.html]

Eduard Basurin (–DAN)

Two residents injured in Donetsk outskirts, a child shell-shocked in Zaytsevo by Ukrainian regular army shelling / Essence of Time (original source: DAN) / February 25, 2016 / 2 civilians were wounded during the shelling of Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk past Kiev junta's punitive forces. A ten year-former male child was injured as a consequence of the shelling of Zaytsevo village to the n Gorlovka. He has a severe vanquish-stupor and a concussion of the brain, Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) Deputy Defense Government minister Eduard Basurin informed during the briefing in press middle of Donetsk News Agency yesterday. The wounding of two civilians due to the shelling of Donetsk past punitive forces was at first reported by the activists of the public movement "Donetsk Republic," who composed an appeal to the Head of DPR delegation at the talks in Minsk Denis Pushylin. The authors of appeal demanded that the question of increase in the number of shelling by the Ukrainian army was raised in the frameworks of consultations of the Contact Group on the peaceful settlement. [Source: eu.eot.su/2016/02/25/2-residents-injured-in-donetsk-outskirts-a-child-crush-shocked-in-zaytsevo-past-ukrainian-ground forces-shelling/]

Eduard Basurin Situation Written report
February 25, 2016

Click for video. (Source: Fort Russ)

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Normandy Four Foreign Ministers (–DONi)

DPR opposes new member countries in negotiations on Donbass / DONi News / February 25, 2016 / 'The authorities of the Donetsk People's Republic are speaking out against an accession of new countries to the negotiations on settlement of the situation in Ukraine,' pointed out Natal'ya Nikonorova, the acting Minister of Strange Diplomacy of the Donetsk People's Republic. "Nosotros always had the articulate position in this plan. There is the Minsk process and there are the Minsk Agreements signed by the concrete officials.We cannot see an alternative to this procedure. Those having signed the documents take to accept role in this process. Entering the other side means the change of the format, well information technology is non acceptable for us today and we are going to protest." Before Sergei Lavrov, the Head of the MFA said that expending of The Norman Format, in particular, the Us's inclusion in information technology could destabilize the peaceful process in Ukraine. [Source: dninews.com/article/dpr-opposes-new-member-countries-negotiations-donbass]

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Tuesday, February 23, 2016
(Cursory update)

Enemy Post on Twitter Unconfirmed
Feb 23, 2016

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Reliable Twitter source Enrico Ivanov tweets at 20:00 UTC:
"Situation deteriorating on entire front. Ukrops attacking from all
directions. We're close to the resumption of a big scale war."
Pete John tweets at 20:twoscore UTC:
"IMPORTANT: in the Donbas thundering battles, Donetsk
margin, Gorlovka and Yasinovataya under fire APU"

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Monday, February 22, 2016
(Brief update)

Ukrainian "Grad" missiles (–Sputnik)

UAF Plans Large-Calibration Attacks on DPR for Eve of Feb 23 – Intelligence / Donetsk News Agency (DAN) / Edited autotranslation by Quemado Institute / February 21, 2016 / Ukrainian security officials plan to conduct massive attacks on the territory of the DPR on the night of 23 February. "According to our intelligence, the Ukrainian Armed Forces, on the nighttime of February 22 to 23, the eve of Defender of the Fatherland Twenty-four hour period, are expected to conduct major provocations across the line of contact in the Donetsk direction, threatening to engage in large-scale hostilities," Vice Commander of the DPR Ministry of Defense Corps Eduard Basurin told DAN. Equally specified to DAN by the Ministry of Defence force, nosotros are talking near a substantial increase in the number of attacks on DPR territory. A map of the Defense force Ministry provides information that during the past week in the disharmonize zone, up to 35 artillery pieces, xix tanks, 47 armored personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles, 77 vehicles with staff, xxx MLRS "Uragan" and 13 MLRS "Grad", five ACS, 60 personnel of the AQL "Right sector" and, according to estimates, a number of strange mercenaries, have been discovered in the areas of Gorlovka, Donetsk and Mariupol. "This information suggests that the Ukrainian security forces are preparing a large-calibration offensive," said Basurin, adding that DPR forces are in constant gainsay readiness to protect the region. Withal, the Ministry of Defense spokesman chosen on the OSCE and representatives of the STSKK [JCCC] mission "to draw attention to the hard state of affairs." "I appeal to the Ukrainian side non to play with fire and non to bring the situation to bloodshed, but rather to focus on peaceful settlement of the conflict," concluded Basurin. Earlier, Head of the DPR Alexander Zakharchenko reported that a grouping of 90 thousand soldiers has aggregated in the conflict zone. [Source: dan-news.info/defense force/vsu-planiruyut-masshtabnye-obstrely-dnr-v-kanun-23-fevralya-razvedka.html]

Resident, Alexander Hug, OSCE observers (–Fort Russ)

OSCE Personnel Brutally Indifferent to Donbass Resident's Grief over Ukrainian Shelling (VIDEO) / Quemado Institute / February 22, 2016 / The Western Powers, as embodied in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), show unmitigated coldness toward a local woman resident expressing legitimate fears nearly Ukrainian shelling of her Donbass neighborhood . In her rage provoked by the terror of being bombarded twenty-four hour period afterward day, this brave resident shouts at insouciant OSCE personnel, including Deputy Head of the Special Monitoring Mission Alexander Hug, nigh the shellings of her garden, her cleaved windows, and the nightly shaking of her house, while frequently using the Russian version of the F-word to emphasize the existent plight she faces. The OSCE observers stare as if bemused, then enquire condescending questions such as: "Are yous going to talk, or are you just going to curse?" and "What practise you mean 'shooting'? Who is shooting at you?"—as if the OSCE did non know information technology is the Ukrainian Nazi battalions who are shooting at these civilians. To add to the horror of her predicament, the resident reveals the exasperation she feels that the Donbass militias do not shoot back to defend her home. Of grade, it is known the militias practice non shoot back because certain traitors to the cause of Novorossiya, most notably Vladimir Putin and Denis Pushilin, accept forced on the DPR a unilateral ceasefire in obeisance to Western interests and contrary to the welfare of Russia the culturally Russian people of Donbass. For VIDEO OSCE Observer Walks off as Donbass Resident Expresses Grief (February 21, 2016) click here. (English subtitles) [This video was posted at Fort Russ: fort-russ.com/2016/02/osce-observer-walks-off-as-donbass.html]

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Nationalist volunteer Azov Battalion training well-nigh Mariupol, February, 2015 (–Sputnik/AFP/ Genya Savilov)

Five Killed, Seven Wounded In Shootout Between UAF and Nationalists – DPR Ministry building of Defense force / Donetsk News Agency (DAN) / Edited autotranslation by Quemado Constitute / Feb 22, 2016 / In a shootout between militant [Ukrainian] nationalists and Ukrainian Armed Forces units, v Ukrainian soldiers were killed and seven wounded. This was announced today at a conference in the DAN press middle by Deputy Commander of the DPR Defence Ministry Corps Eduard Basurin. "According to information from the local people, every bit a consequence of a shootout between the nationalist divisions and units of the UAF in the village of Granitnoye (in the south of Donbass), five expressionless and seven wounded Ukrainian soldiers were delivered to the hospital in Mariupol," the Corps representative said. Earlier, the DPR Ministry of Defense has frequently reported armed clashes between extremist punitive units and regular Kiev units. [Source: dan-news.info/ukraine/v-rezultate-perestrelki-vsu-i-nacionalistov-pyat-chelovek-pogibli-sem-ranenyx-minoborony.html]

Eduard Basurin: DPR Situation Report
VIDEO February 22, 2016

(Posted past Fort Russ)

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Nicolas de Riviere (French senior diplomat), Sergei Lavrov, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Pavlo Klimkin (Ukrainian FM), Normandy Iv, Munich 2-13-xvi (–Sputnik/Eduard Pesov)

DPR to Consider Proposal to Concur "Normandy Quartet" Meeting in Donetsk – Pushilin / Donetsk News Agency (DAN) / February 22, 2016 / The Donetsk People's Republic is ready to consider an offer proposed in Kiev yesterday to host the next meeting of the "Normandy four" in Donetsk. This was reported today to journalists by the caput of the DPR delegation to the talks in Minsk Denis Pushilin. "We volition consider any variations on the location for the meeting that are good. Nosotros see the difficult situation that is happening in Kiev, and it is unclear who should be held responsible for information technology. We see discord in the regime, which is torn betwixt the Verkhovna Rada and the president. They are worried most how to maintain their political future, and exercise not think nearly how to carry out the Minsk agreements," said Pushilin answering the question from the media. He stressed that Kiev'southward failure to comply with the Minsk agreements "translates into" the inflow of "shells" on the DPR. "The tension on the contact line has increased, and this is due to the absence of political solutions," said Pushilin. Earlier, the head of the Parliamentary Committee for Foreign Diplomacy of Ukraine suggested that the "Normandy four" gather in Donetsk [for the next meeting]. Editor'south annotation: The Normandy 4 consists of the Foreign Ministers of France, Frg, Russia and Ukraine. Since the Donbass Republics are not represented in this format, a meeting in Donetsk might contribute to a balance of power. Information technology would also present an opportunity for Western European diplomats to see the DPR capital as it is today. [Source: dan-news.info/politics/dnr-rassmotrit-predlozhenie-ukrainy-provesti-vstrechu-normandskoj-chetverki-five-donecke-pushilin.html]

Igor Shuvalov (–sbs.com.au)

Russian federation 1st Deputy Prime number Minister in Davos to the West: We are doing exactly what the Due west wants us to do and we are absolutely committed to it, messages to the contrary are just to fool the public / by Vladimir Suchan / Source: Logos Politicos (Posted here by Quemado Institute) / Feburary fourteen, 2016 / These frank words of Russia'due south 1st Deputy Prime Minister should dispel whatever remaining illusions about Russia'south principled position, its independence or patriotism. His message: we are committed to doing exactly what the West wants from us. Igor Shuvalov, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, and Kudrin, Putin'due south longest serving finance minister and open up Western stooge, in Davos 2015, both assured the West that Putin himself guarantees that Russia'due south Central Bank will non exist supporting Russia'south existent sector, industry, and companies. That's "absolutely impossible." Moreover, a police force made a yr agone ensures that the Central Bank will be absolutely independent of the will of Putin and the Russian regime. There volition be no uppercase controls either. Shuvalov: I, Kudryn and Gref made all that was necessary to kill control over strange exchange. The Russian government volition thus ensure that Russia as a state will not and cannot protect its economy or its country. Shuvalov: No matter what is being said publicly in Russian federation by politicians, the deeds and laws are and remain utterly "liberal."

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Dominicus, February 21, 2016
(Cursory update)

Alexander Zakharchenko

Zakharchenko: Ukraine Hangs Between Dictatorship and Counterrevolution / By Alexander Zakharchenko / Zakharchenko Official Website / Edited autotranslation past Quemado Institute / Feb 21, 2016 / The anniversary of the coup in Kiev was marked by new riots, and promises another Maidan. First you demand to remember that these events are taking place confronting the backdrop of a deep political crunch, the degradation of the economic system and monstrous decline in living standards of Ukrainian citizens. Why is this happening? Considering equally a result of the insurrection and the trigger-happy overthrow of the legitimate regime, whcih in Kiev is called "revolution", processes of destruction were launched that no one can terminate. It happens to all revolutions. They all ran to the people and the state of self-destruction process [sic]. That is why we are confronting any revolutions, according to their version. And the Russian and Ukrainian peoples have exhausted the limit on revolutions. Where is the get out? Historically, there take been only two. Either the victory of the counter-revolution, or the victory of the revolutionary dictatorship, which then, painfully, through blood and sweat, the people return to public life. Hither we are just at the limit of the 2nd option and the Russian and Ukrainian people are exhausted. Many intelligent people in Russia and Ukraine said and say that the people and the state volition non survive some other revolution. Here nosotros see the result in Ukraine. The process of self-destruction is happening on the Maidan, and Ukraine volition non survive. About dictatorship in Kiev, I do non believe information technology, considering, firstly, there are no candidates for the role of dictator. Well, certainly not Poroshenko! And secondly, the people volition not have dictatorship, if there were another coup and the henchmen of Bandera and neo-Nazis come to ability. So I exercise not have any optimism well-nigh the development of the situation in Ukraine. And I have is no cause for joy. Because Ukrainians are a lamentable, deplorable people. On this subject, I will accept to remind you lot that nosotros did not fight, and do not fight, with the Ukrainian people. Nosotros are fighting against Bandera and their accomplices, who accept usurped ability in Kiev. Is a counter-revolution possible? Of course. Simply information technology depends on whether the Ukrainian people gather together to overthrow entrenched usurpers in Kiev, and whether at that place are leaders who will bring the Ukrainian people to a return to common sense, traditional moral values and economic revival. That is, leaders who volition not brand the Ukrainians become someone else—the Europeans, for example—one time once again become themselves, with their real history, real culture, and real heroes. So I was quite surprised by the pogroms in Kiev. It is clear that now, after the regime, who were initially illegitimate from the indicate of view of the law, have lost the moral legitimacy, and the Maidan flywheel [tr?] volition go the next round and eventually destroy Ukraine, or the Ukrainian people volition stop information technology and return to normal life. We in Donbass have already fabricated our choice and are ready to render assistance to the Ukrainian people, if they will gather to stop the Maidan flywheel and return to normal life. Source: av-zakharchenko.su/ru/news/aleksandr-zaharchenko-ukraina-nahoditsya-mezhdu-diktaturoy-i-kontrrevolyuciey [Editor's annotation: delight excuse possible errors in translation.]

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Saturday, February twenty, 2016
(Cursory update)

Alexander Zakharchenko (–DAN)

Zakharchenko Expresses Fear Kiev Will Proceed Offensive Given Withdrawal of Troops from Front end / Donetsk News Agency (DAN) / Edited autotranslation past Quemado Institute / February 20, 2016 / DPR President Alexander Zakharchenko said that there is no brownie on the Ukrainian side regarding demilitarization along the line of contact. "This may be a repeat of the events in the greyness zone, when we withdrew troops from Shirokino, and Ukrainians began to occupy the villages," he recalled. Co-ordinate to the DPR Caput, discussion of withdrawal can only be guaranteed if in that location is compliance by the Ukrainian side with its provisions. Yesterday, Speaker of the DPR People's Council Denis Pushilin said the simultaneous withdrawal of troops from both sides to a small altitude can result in a significant reduction of tension on the front line. Before, an informed source told DAN that STSKK [Joint Center for Control and Coordination, or JCCC] proposed to reduce tension by taking units from both sides in the conflict out to 500-1000 meters from the line of contact, as well as to fully withdraw troops from settlements on the forepart located. Currently, at a number of "hot spots" along the front line, the altitude between the positions of the parties does not exceed 70 meters. Recall that for the normalization of the state of affairs on the contact line of the parties have already conducted two large-calibration removals of weapons: heavy – in spring 2015, besides every bit tanks, mortars and artillery caliber of less than 100 mm – in the autumn of 2015. On the withdrawal of forces, agreement was non yet reached. Quemado Institute comments: It seems nearly time Zakharchenko openly recognized that the DPR withdrawal from Shirokino was a fault, insofar as Ukrainian battalions immediately took reward and occupied villages in the area. It is incommunicable to believe he did non know in accelerate this would happen. At the time of the Shirokino withdrawal, Zakharchenko made no public statement, but let Denis Pushilin practice the talking. We suspected, and said at the fourth dimension, that this might be because Zakharchenko disagreed with the performance, just was under severe Kremlin pressure to comply for the sake of Putin's pet project: the Minsk Agreements. Now that Zakharchenko has come out and said it, it appears he is in open disagreement with Pushilin, probably a expert sign for the future of the DPR. Come across our commentary Shirokino Retreat: Gambit, Blunder or Outright Betrayal? (July 2015). [Source: dan-news.info/defence/zaxarchenko-vyrazil-opaseniya-chto-kiev-nachnet-nastuplenie-v-sluchae-nachala-otvoda-vojsk-v-regione.html]

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February 20, 2016

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