Ukraine

ATO forces withdraw Grads from line of collision in Luhansk region. PHOTOS On Thursday, March 5 the removal of rocket-artillery battalions of the Ukrainian military armed with multiple rocket launchers BM-21 Grad to the distance assigned by the Minsk agreement took place in the Luhansk region. 06.03.15 01:28 31 036 221 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

Terrorists conduct active redeployment of forces: buildup of militant groups recorded in all major areas - NSDC. MAP Terrorists are actively switching their forces. Militant groups are enhanced in all major areas of confrontation. Strengthening of the enemy positions is underway. 05.03.15 14:23 26 933 88 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

Two negotiators released from a monthlong captivity. PHOTOS As a result of a special operation of the Officers Corpse (OK), negotiators who were captured during a meeting on the release of other soldiers on Jan. 24 were released Wednesday. 04.03.15 22:18 50 904 49 Ukrainian Politics

Savchenko says she will continue the hunger strike: "Not long left for these bastards to rejoice". PHOTOS Ukrainian aviatrix Nadiya Savchenko said she would continue the hunger strike. 04.03.15 21:16 130 320 427 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

Poroshenko held a meeting in the National Security Council on the situation at the front. PHOTOS President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko held a meeting in the Main situation center of the National Security and Defense Council Tuesday. 03.03.15 21:00 35 129 111 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

"Two happy families": Russian Сolonel and captain came under Ukrainian artillery fire. Colonel left with no legs, captain died. PHOTOS The smell of money and nationalist propaganda on Russian TV switch off the brains of Russian soldiers who go to war in the Donbas in the pursuit of profit. 03.03.15 00:33 428 726 779 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Evidence of Russian aggression in Ukraine

Russian occupants from the 7th military base in Abkhazia awarded medals for fighting in Donbas. PHOTOS Российских дважды оккупантов с 7-й военной базы в Абхазии, которые участвовали в боевых действиях на Донбассе, массово награждают медалями "За воинскую доблесть". 02.03.15 19:34 130 398 236 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Evidence of Russian aggression in Ukraine

Turchynov at the forefront: "It is necessary to strengthen the defensive lines that would be able to withstand any attack of the enemy". PHOTOS Secretary of the National Security Council, Oleksandr Turchynov, being at the front line of defense, held a meeting on strengthening the defensive positions with the leadership of the National Guard and the armed forces of Ukraine, which coordinate the defense sector. 02.03.15 15:25 56 195 258 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

"He waited for discharge, served for six months. Did not live to see it. To be buried" - Russian conscripts' fighting in Donbas confirmed by brides. PHOTO Another proof of Russian conscripts being sent to fight in the Donbas has surfaced on the web. 02.03.15 17:25 209 627 459 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Evidence of Russian aggression in Ukraine

Serhiy Nikolaev, photographer of Segodnya newspaper, killed today in shelling near Pisky village. PHOTOS "Sergei Nikolaev was wounded. He died in hospital." 28.02.15 18:13 136 034 227 Ukrainian Politics

Ukrainian troops continue withdrawing heavy artillery - ATO press center. PHOTOS The Ukrainian Army continues disengagement of heavy weapons envisaged by the Minsk agreement. 27.02.15 19:48 36 166 169 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

Terrorists shelled Ukrainian positions near Avdiivka, Opytne and Vodiane and attempted several assaults – ATO speaker. MAP The situation in the anti-terrorist operation area is stabilizing. Over the past day intense fighting was recorded only at the Donetsk direction. 27.02.15 16:42 17 073 30 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

“You are the example I will follow - you went on a 303-day hunger strike. I will continue mine as long as I must” - Savchenko replied to Dzhemilev’s letter. LETTER Nadiya Savchenko gave her reply to Mustafa Dzhemilev’s call to end the strike, but is not going to stop it. 26.02.15 20:18 82 327 281 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

Lawyer: Investigation Committee preparing to file new charges against Savchenko. PHOTOS The Russian Investigation Committee prepares new charges against Nadiya Savchenko, the Ukrainian aviatrix illegally kidnapped and held in a Moscow jail. 25.02.15 19:36 36 678 191 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

American and British military parade near Russian border. PHOTOS U.S. armored vehicles and British soldiers held a parade through Narva, the Estonian border city, amid increasing tensions between Russia and the West. 25.02.15 17:20 148 609 313 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

Russian colonel wallowing in debt leads Donbas terrorists to pay off a bank loan. PHOTOS Readers of Russia's Novaya Gazeta helped to identify a militant from the video made in the area of Debaltseve where he says that the Ukrainian security forces are hiding from the separatists’ artillery by tying local residents to fences with barbed wire. The man known by his call sign "Yustas" turned out to be 53-year-old Nail Nurullin, a retired colonel who came to the Donbas from Busuluk of the Orenburg region (Russia) to hide from his problems. 25.02.15 12:57 213 358 335 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Evidence of Russian aggression in Ukraine

Four more Ukrainian soldiers released from terrorists’ captivity. PHOTOS Four Ukrainian soldiers were released from the pro-Russian terrorists’ captivity today. 24.02.15 23:38 63 993 98 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

Poroshenko: Agreements with the UAE will allow increasing defense capacity of the Ukrainian army. PHOTOS President Petro Poroshenko calls his working visit to the United Arab Emirates successful stressing the importance of contracts signed by the Ukrainian enterprises in the course of the IDEX-2015. 24.02.15 19:29 141 488 479 Ukrainian Politics

Russia concentrates troops at the border with Kharkiv region and steps up efforts at Mariupol direction - Blogger. PHOTOS Information on concentration of the Russian troops at the north-eastern border of Ukraine in the Voronezh and Belgorod regions of Russia is receiving more and more confirmation. 24.02.15 16:23 151 766 374 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Evidence of Russian aggression in Ukraine

War in the Donbas.PHOTOS by The Atlantic American magazine The Atlantic published a set of images from the Donbas war. 24.02.15 11:23 70 477 44 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

Russia's internal troops combat instructor Roman Gorshkov trains terrorists and participates in hostilities in the Donbas. PHOTOS There is another proof that the Russian Federation official law enforcement agencies are directly involved in the "DPR" and "LPR" terrorists’ recruitment, training, and delivery to Ukraine. 23.02.15 19:55 107 526 117 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Evidence of Russian aggression in Ukraine

Latest Russian radio station which can communicate directly with Moscow spotted at Debaltseve - Investigation. PHOTO At the peak of escalation of the Donbas war, a photographer captured a Russian R-166-0.5 radio station on K1SH1 chassis in Lohvynove near Debaltseve. 23.02.15 17:06 247 804 271 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Evidence of Russian aggression in Ukraine Debaltseve salient

Russian MSTA-S self-propelled howitzers spotted at Debaltseve. PHOTOS Another proof of the Russian military aggression against Ukraine posted on-line. 23.02.15 10:29 136 697 361 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Evidence of Russian aggression in Ukraine

Militants used new type of weapon in Shyrokyne - Sector M deputy commander. PHOTOS + VIDEO A use of a new type of weapon previously not encountered by the Ukrainian armed forces was recorded yesterday in the village of Shyrokyne. 23.02.15 11:30 228 199 443 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

Revelation of a Russian mercenary: "30 people from our battalion were killed near Luhansk". PHOTOS Tatarstan, Russia, news outlet "Chelny LTD" has published an article by Sergei Rodachev on Feb. 17 titled “Chelny resident fights near Luhansk: "30 people from our battalion were killed near Luhansk," which includes an interview with a 45-year-old resident of the city of Naberezhnye Chelny, Russia, a certain Stanislav Starorusskiy, who left for Luhansk to serve as tanker in the "militia." 20.02.15 13:42 1 013 232 387 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Evidence of Russian aggression in Ukraine

30th Ukrainian brigade got out of entrapment near Lohvynove and captured 15 mercenaries with newest Russian weapons - volunteer. PHOTOS 30th brigade of the ATO forces captured 15 mercenaries when getting out of an entrapment near Lohvynove, the Debaltseve area, the Donetsk region. 18.02.15 12:28 416 554 615 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Evidence of Russian aggression in Ukraine

The second Russian career soldier Tukumbetov’s "mission trip to Ukraine". PHOTOS Rustam Tukumbetov, a Russian regular serviceman with the experience of service in several Airborne Forces detachments, is currently in the next "mission trip to Ukraine" as part of the combined battalion task force consisting of the 106th Airborne Division and the 4th Armored Division of the Russian Federation Armed Forces. 16.02.15 16:02 246 387 369 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Evidence of Russian aggression in Ukraine

First morning of the truce. Ukrainian military are halfway to Debaltseve. Rare militants’ artillery strikes heard. PHOTOS+VIDEO The Ukrainian soldiers await command’s further orders. No one believes in truce. Their mistrust is enforced by individual artillery strikes, which can be heard on the right and left of the road to Debaltseve. 16.02.15 09:08 153 467 246 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

Luhansk dying out: no people, no cars; gangs of terrorists rule the city. PHOTOS Luhansk streets are empty without people; terrorists commandants wander around the city; everything is closed. 16.02.15 15:35 503 237 1 135 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

SBU escorts Russian terrorists from the ‘Somali’ Battalion’s subversive reconnaissance group, captured by the 79th Brigade. PHOTOS It is a perfect example of successful cooperation of 79th Airmobile Brigade servicemen, who captured the subversive group, the SBU counterintelligence officers and the Alpha detachment. 13.02.15 23:41 377 597 665 Previously in trend: Evidence of Russian aggression in Ukraine

‘Saxon’ armored vehicles to enter service after improvement and test procedure - Turchynov. PHOTOS 20 British manufactured Saxon armored vehicles arrived in Ukraine. Another 55 are expected to be delivered in the near future. 13.02.15 16:54 135 011 262 Incidents

Ukraine and EU must efficiently coordinate actions for all the parties to fulfill Minsk agreements - Poroshenko. PHOTOS Ukraine and EU must efficiently coordinate actions for all the parties to fulfill and comply with the Minsk agreements. 12.02.15 21:46 28 690 319 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

Full text of new agreements reached in Minsk made public. DOCUMENT The text of the agreements reached during the negotiations in the "Normandy format" in Minsk has been published online. The document is to be signed by the Tripartite Contact Group on the Donbas. 12.02.15 13:10 499 862 1 170 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

Minsk talks merged into extended format. PHOTOS The negotiations of the Presidents of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, France Francois Hollande, Russia Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Minsk resumed in the extended format. 11.02.15 22:25 207 847 562 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

Poroshenko, Putin, Merkel, and Hollande started talks in Minsk. PHOTOS President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and French President Francois Hollande began talks in Minsk (Belarus). 11.02.15 20:34 225 179 818 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

Eight Ukrainian soldiers killed in Kramatorsk shelling by Russian troops. PHOTOS Eight servicemen were killed as a result of yesterday's bombardment of Kramatorsk by Russian terrorists using MRLS Smerch. 11.02.15 13:18 69 209 86 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Evidence of Russian aggression in Ukraine

"These savages use cluster munitions against civilians" - Poroshenko visited Kramatorsk. PHOTOS The president of Ukraine visited Kramatorsk city, the Donetsk region, which was shelled by the terrorists on Feb. 10. 11.02.15 14:44 134 122 399 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

Azov Regiment: "We are holding Shyrokyne-Kominternove-Pavlopil front. Elimination of six militants is confirmed”. PHOTOS Press service of the Azov Regiment published information on the anti-terror operation situation at Mariupol direction. 10.02.15 21:06 142 056 372 Incidents

Azov regiment announced an offensive; Pavlopil and Shyrokyne liberated from terrorists. PHOTOS The volunteer Azov regiment acting in the vicinity of Mariupol city announced an offensive towards Novoazovsk. 10.02.15 12:21 326 944 851 Ukrainian Politics

Terrorists use advanced Russian cluster munitions near Mariupol. PHOTOS The 'DPR' militants use Tornado-G, the advanced Russian cluster munitions for BM 21 Grad multiple rocket launchers against the civilian population in the vicinity of Mariupol, in particular, in the villages of Sartana, Hnutove, and Novoselivka. 09.02.15 17:29 164 731 145 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

Ukrainian Army prevented terrorists' breakthrough near Artemivsk - Debaltseve motorway. PHOTOS Ukrainian Army prevented terrorists from breakthrough near Artemivsk-Debaltseve motorway. 09.02.15 15:29 191 116 300 Previously in trend: Debaltseve salient

Militants killed near Debaltseve had Russian IDs. PHOTO Two militants killed near Debaltseve carried documents confirming their Russian citizenship. 08.02.15 16:53 334 566 809 Previously in trend: Evidence of Russian aggression in Ukraine Debaltseve salient

Russia found itself in international isolation – Poroshenko. PHOTOS International community demonstrates isolation of Russia. 07.02.15 16:46 109 529 425 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

National Guard discovered terrorists’ radio center in Stanytsia Luhanska. PHOTOS The National Guard of Ukraine has found a radio center of the militants in Stanytsia Luhanska. 06.02.15 23:57 160 769 347 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

The ATO zone: terrorists, destroyed equipment, ruins of cities, dozens of wounded, and refugees. PHOTOS The situation in the ATO area remains tense. Constant engagements take place, the terrorists continue committing attacks. The pictures taken in the war-torn Donbas clearly evidence the scale of the tragedy that is taking place in the east of Ukraine. 05.02.15 12:21 127 927 210 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

Shell hit a hospital in Donetsk, at least one killed. PHOTOS Tekstylshchyk area in the Kirov district of Donetsk was shelled with a major artillery assault, damaging three schools and a hospital. All the area was left without electricity as a result of the shelling. 04.02.15 13:24 95 941 268 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

Terrorists shelled Kurakhove, the Donetsk region, with rocket missiles - Donetsk Interior Dept. PHOTOS The Head of the Donetsk Department of the Interior Ministry Viacheslav Abroskin informed of shelling of Kurakhove village by the mercenaries. 03.02.15 10:58 79 939 170 Ukrainian Politics

Seven children of Russian woman accused of high treason for calling Embassy of Ukraine might be taken away from her husband. PHOTO Anatoly Gorlov, the husband of the arrested on charges of high treason Svetlana Davydova from the city of Viazma in the Smolensk region of Russia risks having his children removed from his custody. The regional guardianship and education department has accused him of leaving his flat with seven kids unattended. 31.01.15 00:03 109 029 482 Previously in trend: Evidence of Russian aggression in Ukraine