29.02.2016, Aleppo.
Militants of the terrorist group Jabhat al-Nusra (Organization banned in Russia) shelled the residential quarters of the Aleppo city where Kurds live by missiles and attacked a number of the checkpoints of the Syrian army and the people’s militia, a source in the militia told to RIA Novosti agency on Monday.
The photo above and the one below were taken during the exercises of “Khan” special forces battalion snipers on the battalion’s training grounds. Photos by “Essence of Time” unit correspondent.
In early February German antifascists Lothar and Fraenzi came to visit the DPR on a humanitarian mission to help the innocent victims of the US backed war on Donbass. With admiration for the strength and courage of the Donbass people, they came to help and also to pay respect to the Heroes who gave their lives fighting fascism at Saur-Mogila.
However, the main purpose of their visit was to help children in a war zone. Money for children in the frontline city of Gorlovka was collected by concerned citizens of Germany and other European countries, and distributed by Lothar and Fraenzi, “Spendenaktionen fuer Novorossia”, “Essence of Time” and Russell “Texas” Bentley. It was agreed that the support for the children on this front line areas will be an ongoing operation.
29.02.2016, DPR.
Ukrainian punitive forces fired 120 shells at the territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) yesterday, resulting in a total of 36 violations of the ceasefire. One soldier of DPR Armed Forces was wounded due to the mortar shelling by the Ukrainian army, DPR Ministry of Defense informed Donetsk News Agency.
27.02.2016, DPR.
The fact that the shooting of law enforcement officers on “maidan” in February 2014 goes unpunished has turned Ukraine into a criminal state, the Head of Donetsk People’s Republic Alexander Zakharchenko said to reporters yesterday.
26.02.2016, Donetsk.
Church service on the occasion of the day of honoring the Panagia Portaitissa, the Eastern Orthodox icon of Virgin Mary, took place in the destroyed Iversky Monastery on Donetsk outskirts, “Essence of Time” unit reported on February 25 on its official page in the social networks.
26.02.2016, Syria.
High Negotiations Committee (HNC) of Syrian opposition said that nearly 100 groups, including groups involved in the “Free Syrian Army”, agreed to a ceasefire in Syria for two weeks.
26.02.2016, Tallinn.
The “Blue Awakening“ youth association of Estonian Parliament Conservative People’s Party (EKRE) had held a torchlight procession at the centre of Tallin on Wednesday, to commemorate the 98th anniversary of Estonia’s independence, by inviting “all patriots regardless of political preferences”, Postimees newspaper had reported.
26.02.2016, Deir ez-Zor.
Since January Russian military cargo aircrafts delivered 250 tons of food and other essential supplies to the besieged Syrian town of Deir ez-Zor, the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry reported.
26.02.2016, DPR.
Over the past day, Kiev junta’s punitive forces shelled the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) territories 59 times, a spokesman of DPR Ministry of Defense said in response to questions of Donetsk News Agency reporter on February 25th.
