February 2017 - Rossa Primavera

Situation in DPR remains tense, the shelling continues

8 years ago

On the Donetsk direction, the village of Krutaya Balka and the town of Yasinovataya were shelled. Electric power was lost in the village of Vasilievka because of the damaged power lines. Moreover, the Ukrainian side shelled the pumping station of the Yuzhnodonbassky water pipeline near Yasinovataya. 9 houses were damaged. The Ukrainian army used 122mm artillery and mortars of various calibers. In the south of the Republic, the villages of Sakhanka and Kominternovo came under artillery fire. 2 houses were damaged.

Rallies in support of economic integration with Russia held in DPR and LPR

8 years ago

Massive rallies in support of the establishment of the DPR management over the enterprises under Ukrainian jurisdiction and of the enhancement of economic ties with Russia were held in Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, RIA Novosti news agency informed in February 28th.
In Donetsk People’s Republic, the residents of a large industrial city of Yenakievo and employees of Yenakievo Iron and Steel Works, which stopped working because of the Ukrainian blockade against Donbass, held the rally in the downtown. Around 10,000 people supported the establishment of the DPR management over the enterprises.
A large rally was held in Lugansk, where over 7,000 people demanded to lift the blockade against Donbass.

Turchinov: I wanted to capture Yanukovich and force him to resign

8 years ago

Turchinov acknowledged that he has known that all procedures of impeachment are spelled out in the Ukrainian constitution. “According to the Constitution, the President can die, can get ill, can go mad; in these cases, he can be declared having no legal capacity. He can himself resign from his position. But there is no such term as “president in flight” in the Constitution,” the SNBO Secretary stated. Therefore, it was necessary to “capture Yanukovych and bring him to Kiev”, “persuade him to sign the notice of his free-will resignation and then send him to the Lukyanovskoye detention center”.
Turchinov stressed that it was important for him to “force him [Yanukovych] to announce his resignation”, otherwise he [Yanukovych] would remain President. “He could have settled in one of the eastern regions of Ukraine and claimed the decision to shift his administration there,“ Turchinov said.

Turchinov: Dissidents must be herded in stadium and locked there for 20 years

8 years ago

“It would be my great pleasure to herd them all together in one stadium and close it for renovation for the next 20 years,” was Turchinov’s answer to his interlocutor’s question why are the people, who demanded that the President Viktor Yanukovych allowed the police to neutralize the rebels, voted for the implementation of the anti-protest laws and supported the rebellion against the seizure of power by the “Euromaidan” members, out of prison.
Furthermore, the NSDC Secretary acknowledged that Ukrainian military are conducting the offensive in Donbass. “We do not stand still: we are advancing meter by meter, liberating our land,” he said. According to Turchinov, Ukrainian military can purge the territory of Donbass in one month, but, in this case, Ukraine would risk to lose the support of the Western countries.

Ukrainian army shelled Yasinovataya and a village in the south of DPR

8 years ago

In the night, Ukrainian artillery shelled the suburbs of the town of Yasinovataya. Roofs, windows, and fronts of over 9 buildings on Dnepropetrovskaya, Petrovskogo, Kommunalnaya, Kalinina streets, as well as in the “3rd” microdistrict and in the village of Krutaya Balka were damaged. There is no information on the victims among civilians.

Ukrainian radicals burned the Russian flag

8 years ago

Russian flag bought for 300 hryvnias [10.40 euros as of February 28, 2017] was trampled down and burned at Evropeyskaya square in the downtown of the city. In such way radicals marked the third anniversary of the beginning of the separation of Crimea from Ukraine. According to the flash mob organizer, he was surprised how it is easy to buy the Russian tricolor flag in Ukraine.

Ukrainian army is shelling the DPR towns and villages with tanks

8 years ago

To the north of Donetsk, the area of former Donetsk airport, the area of “Volvo-center”, the villages of Yakovlevka and Spartak came under the Ukrainian army’s artillery fire. In the west of Donetsk, the villages of Trudovskiye and Aleksandrovka were shelled. Ukrainian military used tanks and mortars. Trench combat of variable intensity continues in the area of Avdeevka industrial zone.
On the Mariupol direction, the situation remains tense. Ukrainian military shelled the villages of Leninskoye, Oktyabr, and Kominternovo, where several houses, gas pipeline, and power lines were damaged.

Equipment and medicine for the 3rd Special Forces Battalion

8 years ago

The servicemen of the 3rd Special Forces Battalion of Donetsk People’s Republic People’s Militia received another shipment of aid from the civil society in Russia, including new comfortable combat boots, socks, “Gorka” mountain camouflages, sets of underwear and medicine. The servicemen and battalion command are expressing their gratitude to Aleksandr Evgenievich, Hegumen Feodosiy (Nesterov), Ilya Evgenievich, Yaroslav Yuryevich, Maksim Gennadievich, Elena Anatolyevna Galushina, Sergey Aleksandrovich, Mikhail Aleksandrovich Palkin, Evgeniy Rasparin, Valentin Ivansky, Elena Popova, Nina Anatolyevna Yurkovskaya, Aleksandr Krasnoperov, and Olga Krygina for their support!

Another visit to Sophie

8 years ago

We again brought medicine to Sophie from Yasinovataya. Noophen and Mukosat medical products were bought thanks to a donation from our friend Pedro from Wales. Due to the regular shelling of Yasinovataya the girl’s heart problems got worse. We also brought new puzzles to Sophie, because she loves to do puzzles.

DPR and LPR Spetsnaz competition in tactical shooting

8 years ago

13 teams, 8 from Donetsk People’s Republic and 5 from Lugansk People’s Republic, took part in the competition. The participants honed their skills in shooting from various positions and shooting on the move. All servicemen demonstrated very good results, and the lead between the teams was minimal.
In these days of another escalation at the front, such competitions are of extreme importance as they allow to identify the gaps in the combat training of the servicemen and in the coordination between the units.