A month after the “Essence of Time” mission in Donbass was established, it was decided to form a combat group. I remember how the commander of the mission Volga, who became commander of the establishing unit, demanded us to think carefully before becoming soldiers. The times were uneasy, the frontline was moving closer to Donetsk day by day, and the threat of fighting in the city itself had emerged.
07.08.2016, Yasinovataya.
Two civilians were wounded in the shelling of Yasinovataya town by the Ukrainian military, a source in the Defense Ministry of Donetsk People’s Republic informed Donetsk News Agency.
01.08.2016, DPR.
A 48-years old civilian was killed and another, 20-years old, was injured in the shelling of Yasinovataya town by the Ukrainian military, a source in the Defense Ministry of Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) informed Donetsk News Agency on August 1st.
A month passed after we had started our training in the “Vostok” battalion. We, the newcomers, got accustomed to militia life. Kitchen details and daily material handling didn’t seem something incredibly titanic for us anymore. Newly-fledged soldiers were tired of doing the dishes and move boxes from place to place. Everyone wanted to take up arms…
We tormented our commanders with the question: “When?!”
20.07.2016, DPR.
At least 26 houses are damaged as a result of night shelling of the northern outskirts of Donetsk, Yasinovataya and Gorlovka by Ukrainian army, Donetsk People’s Republic Operations Command told Donetsk News Agency on July 20.
06.07.2016, Yasinovataya.
Last night, the Ukrainian military shelled outskirts Yasinovataya by heavy guns, a source in the Defense Ministry of Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) informed Donetsk News Agency.
01.07.2016, DPR.
Yesterday two civilians were injured due to the shelling of Dokuchaevsk and Yasinovataya towns by the Ukrainian military, a source in the Defense Ministry of Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) informed Donetsk News Agency today.
18.06.2016, DPR.
Ukrainian military shelled three cities and five villages of Donetsk People’s Republic during the evening and night, two houses burned down, a source in DPR Defense Ministry told Donetsk News Agency on Saturday.
12.06.2016, DPR.
During the day of June 12th, the Ukrainian military fired 611 shells at the territory of Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), according to the DPR Operation Command, Donetsk News Agency informed.
06.06.2016, DPR.
Last night, the Ukrainian military fired 220 mortar shells at Dokuchaevsk town, the western outskirts of Donetsk and also at Gorlovka and Yasinovataya outskirts, a source in the Donetsk People’s Republic Defense Ministry informed Donetsk News Agency today.
Training base in Yasinovataya
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"Essence of Time" unit in Donbass member Lom. Photo taken during "Essence of Time" rally in Moscow on November 7, 2014, 97th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution
July 19, 2016 shelling aftermath. Donetsk. Photo: DPR Defense Ministry
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Kuybyshevsky district shelling aftermath. Archive photo © Donetsk News Agency
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