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Ukraine War - Heavy Firefights During Intense Clashes In The Battle For Donetsk
Posted 2014/13/08
Ukraine War - Heavy Firefights During Intense Clashes In The Battle For Donetsk. Ukrainian forces are on their march to Donetsk . The town is known as seperatist stronghold and heavy firefights clashes and fighting took place all around the area. Ukrainian paramilitary units where in heavy fighting with seperatists forces near Ilovaysk a town close to Donetsk. The fighting was very fierce and at least six volunteers were killed during the fight. After very strong resistance the Donbass batallion involved in the battle was unable to continue their march to Donetsk at this time but on the other hand the Dnipro volunteer battalion with help from the 93rd brigade already made their way to the outskirts of Donetsk and was engaging in intense firefights with seperatists forces there. According to officials it is just a matter of time till the besiged speratist held stronghold Donetsk will be retaken by Ukrainian forces.
генерал-полковник Гелетей Валерій Вікторович
Міністр оборони України
(Colonel General Valery Geletey
The Minister of Defence of Україне)
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Siege of Sloviansk
The Siege of Sloviansk was the stand-off within, and eventual re-capture by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, of the city of Sloviansk on 5 July 2014 after it had been held by pro-Russian insurgents since 12 April 2014. The city experienced heavy fighting, and shelling as well.
War in Donbass
The War in Donbass (also known as the War in Ukraine or War in Eastern Ukraine) is an ongoing armed conflict in the Donbass region of Ukraine. From the beginning of March 2014, demonstrations by pro-Russian and anti-government groups took place in the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of Ukraine, together commonly called the "Donbass", in the aftermath of the 2014 Ukrainian revolution and the Euromaidan movement. These demonstrations, part of a wider group of concurrent pro-Russian protests across southern and eastern Ukraine, escalated into an armed conflict between the separatist forces of the self-declared Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, and the Ukrainian government.The separatists are largely led by Russian citizens. Russian paramilitaries are reported to make up from 15% to 80% of the combatants.
"The Don Basin - the heart of Russia"
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