Sunday 11 January 2015

Ukraine civil war - 01/10/2015

Ukrainian Armed Forces are bombing the Right Sector; Batman update

The Right Sector
10 January, 2015


Yurasumy - Live Journal


Translated from Russian by Kristina Rus


The last few weeks I have been watching reports from the front line ... and I am no longer surprised. During the shaky ceasefire between UAF and NAF (just think of rotations at the airport), very often when describing these battles online appear the names of volunteer battalions and the Right Sector.


And according to my (Mikle1) source from Donetsk, UAF artillery is helping NAF to clean the future of Ukraine from "patriots" (perhaps "by mistake"). Literally every day I read reports about the dead on the side of [Ukrainian] volunteers or National Guard (there are no conscripts on the front) or remaining territorial battalions (those which remained independent are mainly staffed by volunteer contingent). And it leads to certain conclusions.


It seems like the leadership of UAF (I think thanks to Poroshenko) is ridding their ranks from the ballast, which is long overdue, and which sooner or later would turn the weapons against the government. And this is a very convenient moment in time. And most importantly there is no need to explain the losses. For the state of Ukraine these are all unaccountable losses [tr. - since volunteer battalions are not part of UAF]. Certainly in these battles ordinary soldiers/conscripts are killed (because there is no other way). But as reported from the ground, the bulk of it are volunteers of all sьripes.


The reason is simple. In the event of a peaceful end of the conflict volunteers become unnecessary and even dangerous. Therefore, they try to start a war in Donbass at any cost (which hasn't had a chance to end). And they die (by the way, it suits both sides).


I want to note that the Ukrainian officials are not particularly bothered by these battles and they try not to notice them. As well as the loses.


P.S. By the way it is very remarkable that the militia is no longer storming the airport. I certainly can't say for sure, but one thought comes to mind. It happened at the same time as the destruction (final) of discontent among [Novorossia] warlords. It seems the process of getting rid of people willing to fight is mutual. It just started earlier among the militia, and ended sooner. And on the other side of the front line it had just begun. And therefore it's not the end yet. 


PP.S. Confirmed (as much as I could) the situation with Bednov [Batman] (since its related to this subject will put it here). He among all of rebellious commanders was (according to the source) the most manageable and integrated with authorities, but... His main problem was that he paid a lot of attention to the media (personal PR, and that was fatal) and was still defiant . This is why he was killed. Unfortunately. On the other hand all the others (Dremov, Mozgovoy and others) stopped fooling around overnight and more of this should not happen again. So this is what happened. Someone had to go. It was Bednov. 


The second PP.S. Please consider it not as an imposition of someone's opinion, but as information. Hopefully useful. 80% of it was calculated earlier, but the source just confirmed my suspicions. Again I repeat I condemn such killings as a human, but I understand why it happened.


Translator Note:


One may ask how is it possible for the Ukrainian troops to target their own volunteer battalions. Many Ukrainian POW's reported that Ukrainian artillery units are blindly following orders and are given coordinates, without the knowledge of who they are targeting. This is how the POW's explained "having no idea" that the residential neighborhoods and critical infrastructure was targeted. The same may apply to targeting of volunteer battalions. On the other hand this shelling can be simply blamed on NAF. This has also been confirmed by NAF multiple times.


Paris tragedy reaction seen from bleeding Donbass (VIDEO)


As military actions in Donbass unfolded number of casualties rose and keeps growing. A lot of journalists died on the field of this war but none of them received such an attention, dedicated flashmobs and demonstrations.

Almost each day civilians get injured an die in their houses and in the streets. It is estimated that more the 4 thousand died in Donbass since May 2014. The western world maintained silence.

Andrey Stenin, Russian journalist, news photographer.

December 1980 - August 2014

Anatoliy Klyan, Russian journalist, cameraman
January 1946 - June 2014



A shell explodes next to two 

brothers playing in a 

backyard in Shakhtersk, 

Donetsk Republic (video)



10 January, 2015


Translated from Russian by Kristina Rus


Ukrainian forces fired 22 times today at Donetsk, reported by local militia, according to Russian Channnel One news. OSCE confirmed over 50 occasions of violating the ceasefire per day. Shelling results in mass destruction of homes, during the coldest time of the year.

This is the first case in his practice
, says the doctor at Donetsk Hospital about 8 year old Vania. Vania can hardly talk, his face has been punctured by 2.5-4 mm shrapnel. He lost both legs and a right arm while playing with his 5 year-old brother in his backyard in Shakhtersk. His brother took most of the shrapnel and died on the spot, his father-in-law was killed as well. Vania lost more then a liter of blood. He lost one eye, and the second can barely see the light. Doctors cannot yet tell whether he will recover his sight. His mom and dad are by his side.
Vania asked his dad where is his brother. "We buried Timachka" - told Vania his father. 

Video

Translators note:

Donetsk and Lugansk regions held their referendums and marched and railed peacefully during March of 2014, asking the new self-appointed Kiev government for federalization, which would allow local elections, protection of Russian language and retaining the Russian holidays, which are part of the local culture of the majority Russian population, who did not want to be ukranized and forced to celebrate Ukrainian nationalists, responsible for mass murder of non-Ukrainians in Western Ukraine. When armed and specially trained neo-Nazi battalions were unleashed on the Eastern regions, locals were forced to defend themselves.






Donetsk, 10/01/2015 : After an artillery bombardment Vanya has , 8 years old, lost his legs , his right arm and the sight in his right eye by shrapnel . His 5-year old brother was killed. (translated from German)



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