• Ukrainian Intelligence: Russian troops in the Donbas are moving closer to the demarcation line

    Ukrainian Intelligence has reported that pro-Russian forces in the Donbas are actively strengthening their positions in three areas.

    According to the main intelligence directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the enemy is reinforcing divisions at the front, transporting weapons and military equipment towards Novoaidar, Donetsk and Sloviansk. The rotation of the troops is taking place near settlements which are in the immediate vicinity of the demarcation line.

    In the area of …

  • Ukrainian Border Guard Service: Russian soldiers continue video-tracking from reconnaissance balloon in Crimea

    Ukrainian border guard officers made a video of a reconnaissance balloon of Russian military in the Crimea that was launched again on the 23rd of July near the Ukrainian administrative border, Krym.Realii reported.

    “Today, at 9 a.m., border guard officers of the Henichesk department, Berdiansk detachment recorded the launch of a reconnaissance balloon by Russian troops. They use it near Arabat Spit, probably for the purpose of video surveillance,” the Ukrainian agency reported on Saturday. …

  • Three Ukrainian border guards in the Donbas suffer retina burns after being shot with laser weapons

    Three Ukrainian border guards at the Marinka checkpoint have suffered retina burns of varying severity while conducting terrain surveillance using optical equipment. The Ukrainian State Border Service suspects that prohibited special purpose laser weapons were used against them.

    "The nature of the burns and preliminary medical diagnosis leads to the conclusion that it's possible that the enemy used high-power light emitters, which could be the so called ‘dazzling lasers,’" the State Border …

  • So-called Luhansk People's Republic to organize tours to the war zone

    Luhansk authorities plan to develop tourist routes in the hostile areas in the Donbas. This was said by the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic’s (LPR) Head of the Department of Tourism of the Ministry of Family, Youth, Sports and Tourism, Svetlana Didkovskaya.

    “We have students who write a large number of scientific papers every year. We want to develop and offer tours titled ‘'Places of military glory of LPR',” Didkovskaya said at a briefing.

    According to her, the development of the tours …

  • Ukraine issues note of protest to Russia after Shoygu's visit to Crimea

    The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine expressed their objection to the visit of Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoygu to the Crimea as it was not officialy approved by Ukraine, according to a statement issued by the Ministry.

    The Foreign Ministry indicated that on July 22nd Shoygu was "in the sovereign territory of Ukraine and within its internationally recognized borders, which includes the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol."

    The Ministry believes that not getting appoval …