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Novorossia\Ukraine update 3\19\2015..If they do not want to negotiate, then we will follow the path of peace enforcement
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Ukraine News March 18-Minsk Agreements Broken by Kiev
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A brief but important update.
1. About Makeyevka commandant. He was arrested for criminal cases. Currently he is detained and is giving testimonies. The armor was used for the possibility of armed resistance. They promised to bring the factual evidence on “Murky” from Makeyevka in the coming days. Actually, one may be perfectly sure that this is not the latest arrest of this kind. Also, the investigation of the connections between some of the DPR officials and the junta continues, in the observable future we’ll see the arrests on this direction too.
2. The commandant of Snezhnoye Godovanets was also arrested lately. He was accused of illegal use of private property. I don’t know all of the details just yet, at the end of the last year there were complaints from the locals against the commandant, but without anything concrete. Also, there is an investigation in a number of settlements due to the facts of stealing humanitarian aid or its reselling on the black market. The facts of misappropriations were also uncovered in some of the units. The Ministry of the State Security and other security structures work on the investigations.
3. Our forces continue to fortify the defense near Yelenovka and Dokuchayevsk to prepare for the possibility of the junta actually trying to make a break for the Petrovsky district and Mospino. According to the current information, the enemy may concentrate up to 4 heavy battalion-tactical groups plus various means of reinforcement for a strike. At this moment this group is considered to be the most dangerous. The probability of a successful junta offensive on Donetsk and Lugansk is evaluated to be not very high.
4. Over the recent days both sides suffered fairly serious losses in the area of Peski. Artillery was actively engaged, due to which both the junta and our side had personnel and materiel losses. The fighting there has a positional nature, where the artillery remains the main damage factor. The village itself is extremely damaged and will soon become an analog of Nikishino.
5. About Konstantinovka. Already after the start of the riot by the local residents, a couple of NAF sabotage/reconnaissance groups went into the city and, after taking a few bites from the enemy, retreated without losses. The unrest itself turned out to be mostly unexpected both for our forces and for the junta and had a spontaneous nature. The work of the SBU and other punitive organs of the junta will be intensified in Konstantinovka in the coming few days.
Short History of Ukraine. Oles’ Buzina
http://en.voicesevas.ru/news/yugo-vostok/3650-the-war-in-novorossia-online-03182015-chronicle.html
People’s Deputy from “Radical Party” Yury Chizhmar said that Minsk agreements were not legitimate, because the official leadership of Ukraine did not sign them, and the documents were not vocalized by the Parliament. This is reported by local media.
OSCE observers reported on the continuing violation of the ceasefire near the settlement Shirokino east of Mariupol, near the settlement Peski to the north-east of Donetsk and in several other places
Message from an eyewitness:
Today (March 18 – Ed.) I observe the same pattern in Severodonetsk at 20:55 as yesterday: periodically flashing lights above the forest are seen at Kapitanovo-Muratovo (it was at least 5 times).
It certainly may not be MLRS, but then it is very difficult to explain why a glow around can be seen in the sky at a great distance in addition to fire. This, perhaps, would be similar to damaged and flaming gas pipeline. What can burn there, in one and the same place – it is not clear. But something is definitely powerful. Therefore, though, I tend to version of MLRS. If I had high-power binoculars, I could say something more definite. But this distance is too great for the eyes of an ordinary person to tell anything.
I will not be surprised if tomorrow they begin to “burn” again on schedule.
“Armistice” seems every day more and more strong.
Ukrainian media reported that Warsaw agreed to transfer to Kiev about 300 units of T-72 tanks, upgraded in line with NATO standards and having received the name of PT-91
Another convoy of Emergency Situations Ministry with humanitarian aid for Donbass is formed and ready to be sent, the Red Cross cars joined it. This is told by the National Center for Crisis Management (NCMC) of Emergency Situations Ministry, “TASS” reports.
The formation of a regular column with humanitarian aid for Donbass completed in the Rostov region on the territory of the Don rescue center. It is composed of more than 170 cars to deliver more than 1.9 thousand tons of humanitarian supplies,
– the MOE told.
At this time, the convoy includes also cars with food and medical supplies from the Moscow branch of the Russian Red Cross.
The cargo to be delivered by MOE column incudes materials for the planting season, food, medicines, daily necessities, building materials for the reconstruction of destroyed facilities, educational literature and sports equipment for schools and educational institutions of Donbass,
– the National Emergency Management Center reported.
By 17:38 DAN, referring to the DPR Ministry of Defense, reported that the Ukrainian army violated the ceasefire18 times during the day.
“18 ceasefire violations by the Ukrainian security forces were recorded by this moment,”
- the official said.
According to him, villages Oktyabrsky, Spartak, Vesyoloye and Putilovskaya Roscha were under AFU mortar fire. Abakumov mine was also struck with artillery.
The ministry added that there is no information about the casualties among population.
Despite the actions of Kiev, the peace talks to resolve the situation in Donbass should be continued. LPR envoy to Minsk talks Vladislav Deynego told this today to LuganskInformTsentr.
Any war ends with the peace. In any case, the politicians are to solve this situation. Therefore, no matter how the situation develops today, we need to will return to the peace talks and continue them,
– Deynego replied to a question about whether he sees sense in continuing peace talks with Ukraine after the adoption of decisions on Donbass by the Verkhovna Rada yesterday.
At the same time, he noted that a further search of possible compromises is entirely dependent on Kyiv.
It depends on Ukraine. If they do not want to negotiate, then we will follow the path of peace enforcement,
– LPR Commissioner said.
Shelling of Donetsk by Ukrainian security forces during the “truce”
DPR Emergency rescuers came under massive bombardment by the AFU during the humanitarian operation to search for bodies of Kiev security officials in Donetsk airport on March 18. The DPR Ministry of Defense said about this to DAN.
“Today, DPR emergency workers came under heavy shelling of the airport from the standpoint of the AFU, – the representative of the MOE said. – They had to lie in the shelter for two hours. Rescuers left the territory of the airport during a short lull.”
Today, work on finding dead Kiev soldiers was stopped. The operation is expected to continue tomorrow if “there is no threat to life of rescuers,” the Defense Ministry added.
“Between 11 and 12 am there were several explosions, they were heard from the western outskirts of the city. Also, gunfire was heard from the village of Peski,”
- local resident told RIA Novosti.
Direction and source of the explosions are unknown. By 14:30 it was relatively quiet.
Message from Yan on March 18, 12:33.
Tension is growing, Kiev security forces fired at the areas of Petrovka, Trudovskiye with cannon artillery in the morning. There is fighting at Petrovka with small and heavy weapons for about two hours, all units are raised on combat alert.
According to the headquarters of “ATO”, AFU positions were allegedly fired 11 times on March 17 to 18. So it is reported that positions of Ukrainian law enforcers suffered the fire at the settlements Opytnoye, Avdeyevka, Peski, Chermalyk. A near Shirokino positions of “ATO” forces were twice fired with small arms.
Ukrainian armed forces opened fire on the territory of the People’s Republic of Donetsk14 times over the past day, the DPR ministry of defense reported.
Our territory has been fired 14 times during the last day, positions of militia in the village of Spartak were fired with anti-aircraft guns10 times,
- the Defense Ministry reported.
Also, they noted that four ceasefire were violations recorded on the outskirts of Donetsk.
Airport was fired twice with 120 mm mortars, near the airport “Volvo center” was once fired with automatic grenade launcher in the Kievsky district, Oktyabrsky district was once fired with a tank,
– the speaker told.
According to the Ministry of Defense, there are no victims and destruction of infrastructure as a result of these attacks.
http://en.voicesevas.ru/news/yugo-vostok/3651-summary-of-hostilities-in-novorossia-on-march-18.html
On March 18 fighting intensified in the area of Donetsk, where Ukrainian security officials shelled Petrovsky district of the DPR capital in the morning and work on the clearance of debris and search for the bodies of Ukrainian servicemen were suspended the Donetsk airport because of continued attacks. In other sectors tense but stable situation remained, with no significant changes.
Source: http://blogdogcicle.blogspot.com/2015/03/novorossiaukraine-update-3192015if-they.html
