Russian-Syrian military police exercises held in Aleppo

The exercises took place directly in the area of eastern Aleppo, where the Syrian army was fighting against Islamists a few weeks before. Police groups practiced the principles and tactics of urban warfare.
Russian military police Battalion commander Akhmet Abdulmutalibov said that the main mistakes of Syrians are “a lack of fear” and “a lack of vigilance in searching and detaining suspects”. Nonetheless, both groups of law enforcement showed to be good results during the exercises.
According to the instructions, police were to capture terrorists – members of the “Islamic State” group (organization banned in Russia), who could be hiding in one of the area’s buildings. Another task was to capture unknown militants armed with automatic weapons.
The last stage of the exercises was at the shooting range, where the Syrian law enforcement showed a result equal to that of their Russian colleagues.

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Kurginyan: Russia and the US have taken opposing positions

“Directly opposing positions were articulated on key issues,“ Kurginyan stated, adding that “for now such a cold, calm dialogue will continue, with absolutely no compromise on key positions, but with a desire to find points of mutual agreement.”
April 12, Moscow hosted talks between the heads of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the United States Department of State, after which they were received by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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American volunteer "Texas" receives DPR passport

“Texas” said he was proud to receive a DPR passport. He added that the passport is a symbol of the anti-fascist resistance. The people of Donbass granted him citizenship, and he will give them his life, his blood, and his every effort in return.
The passport was issued by the migration service of the DPR Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk. According to “Texas”, he received the document via ordinary procedure; two months had passed since he applied for citizenship.
The DPR authorities decided to issue their own passports in early 2016. On March 18, 2017, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree “On Recognition in the Russian Federation of Documents and Vehicle Registration Plates Issued to Ukrainian Citizens and Stateless Persons Permanently Residing in Certain Districts of Ukraine’s Donetsk and Lugansk Regions. ” The Republic’s documents are valid in Russia, permitting entrance to Russian territory without obtaining a visa.

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Ukrainian army intensifies fire on the Donetsk direction

The increase in the fire intensity is noted on the Donetsk direction. The Ukrainian army shelled the village of Spartak and Avdeevka industrial zone with 152mm heavy artillery. In the evening, the intensity of trench combat in the area of the “Yasinovataya” checkpoint and the village of Zhabichevo increased. There was information that the Ukrainian army was using drones to conduct aerial recon. The drones were neutralized by the DPR anti-aircraft warfare.
The situation is tense in the area of Elenovka and Dokuchaevsk, as well as in the Novoazovsky district of DPR.
According to DPR PM intelligence, in the morning of April 12, a powerful explosion rocked a Ukrainian army’s ammunition depot near Avdeevka in the area of the ventilation shaft of the “Butovskaya” coal mine. The detonation is allegedly caused by the violation of the safety regulations.

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