Conflict zone
Conflict zone of Russia – Ukraine war, frontline territories of Donetsk and Luhansk oblast occupied by Russian armed forces and their proxies during Russia’s invasion into Ukraine
The Security Service of Ukraine detained a person, planning a terrorist attack during rally in Dnipropetrovsk on Saturday, 28 March, the Service reports.
Donetsk. What is Donetsk? What an ambiguous and complex question. A similar question, a more important question should be asked: why and for whom is it advantageous to describe the citizens of Donetsk as losers, cowards, and separatists?
On 16 March in government-controlled Kostyantynivka, Donetsk region an MT-LB multi-purpose armoured vehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost control and drove out to the sidewalk running over a family of three.
Ukrainian army brigade and regiment officers who participated in the defense of Debaltseve are appealing to the President to dismiss the entire General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In the letter the officers speak of the supreme incompetence of the General Staff and about the failure of the command force of the General Staff to take charge when action is required.
Tears and laughter, philosophical meditations and real fighting, friendship, bravery and losses – 11 March Odesa gave a standing ovation at pre-premiere screening of documentary The Ukrainians ("Добровольці Божої Чоти" in Ukrainian release).
Recent UN data shows Ukraine now has over 1 million internally displaced persons. While government’s initiatives are often criticized for inability to address the needs of IDPs quickly and efficiently volunteers seem to have taken the central role in aid provision to those who had to leave their homes.
6 March, white minvan owned by Slobozhanshchina battalion commander Andriy Yanholenko exploded, hromadske.tv reports with reference to other sources.
Will anyone be brought to account for spreading "information panic"? Of provoking a continuous chorus of laments: treason! treason! treason!..our troops are surrounded! our soldiers have been captured! Well-known contemporary Ukrainian poet, writer and essayist Oksana Zabuzhko expresses her view on current information enviroment towards warfare in the conflict zone in eastern Ukraine.
For those EMPR readers who would like to learn more about Ukrainian armed forces withdrawal from the encircled town of Debaltseve in the conflict zone in eastern Ukraine. Yuriy Butusov published a report from one of the "Vega" squadron fighters (part of the Special Forces of the National Guard) who was sent to Debaltseve where he fought in battles and broke out of Debaltseve in the organized withdrawal. This story is differ of those presented by Ukrainian officials. Make your own conclusions.