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Military Briefings - July 16, 2014
Translated from Russian by Gleb Bazov
#1 - 12:00 - July 16, 2014 - Briefing from the LPR Militia for the First Half of July 16, 2014
The past evening and night in the Lugansk region were relatively
calm. Suffering substantial losses, the enemy continued its retreat from
Provalye and Marinovka, heading toward Biryukovo, where it was also met
by LPR units and sustained losses. Near Lugansk, the aggressor, on the
one hand, continued to retreat from its positions near the settlements
of Aleksandrovka, Yubileyniy and Ekaterinovka and, on the other hand,
started to grow its grouping in the vicinity of Shchastye. In
particular, at about 08:00, an enemy column, noted to include 6 Grad
installations, passed through the Shchastye checkpoint. At night and in
the morning, enemy fighter aircrafts ascended into the sky on several
occasions. They flew at a substantial elevation, no less than 6,000
metres. The previous evening a Su-25 ground attack craft conducted an
airstrike at the Ukrainian Ministry of Emergency base nominally
controlled by Kiev, in the process destroying special equipment
necessary in the event if a chemical leak were to affect the territory.
At about 11:00, a saboteur group, operating from the territory of the
Milam enterprise, conducted mortar strikes, presumably at the
location where Battalion Zarya is quartered. However, the shells fell on
the territory of a trolley depot.
#2 - 15:50 - July 16, 2014 - Briefing from the Militia
Marinovka has been taken by the Militia. The punitive forces have
been totally encircled. The southern cauldron has been firmly sealed.
The Ukrainian forces have only one chance to survive - to surrender to
the Militia or to be interned on the territory of Russia.
On other areas of the southern front, the Militia also continues an
active offensive. Artillery attacks on the Junta columns are being
conducted. The Militia periodically uses Grad systems.
#3 - 17:05 - July 16, 2014 - Briefing from the Militia
We did a bit of damage to a Su jet over Gorlovka. It left in the
direction of Mirgorod garnished with a thick black tail of smoke. Don't
think it will make it to the airfield with damage like that.
Near the Marinovka border checkpoint on the former Russian-Ukrainian
border, a battle clash between the punitive forces and our assault group
is ongoing.
The border checkpoint, controlled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, was
attacked with 10 tanks, 5 BTRs and 200 militiamen. Two Ukies soldiers
were killed in the very first minutes of the battle.
#4 - 17:16 - July 16, 2014 - Infromation from Militiaman Prokhorov
I would like to inform you that the retreat of Ukie 72nd and 79th
aeromobile and the 24th mechanized brigades from the Izvarino area is
gradually turning into a flight. Officers and soldiers alike are
spreading panic over their telephones and other means of communication.
You should be soon expecting a tsunami of calls from their relatives to
the mass media.
Thus, the Ukie "air force offensive" is simply a loud fart into a puddle.
On the Ukrainian side of the Izvarino border checkpoint, the word
"Ukraine" has been refashioned into "Ruin". LPR and USSR flags are
flying over the buildings.
14:40 (MSK) - Fighting has commenced in the Metallist area (the suburb of Lugansk).
The Nazi bastards withdrew out most of their armoured vehicles from Shchastye, transferring them to Noviy Aidar.
A new wave is coming at Saur-Mogila. When will Ukies will finally
exhaust their supply of Su-24s? PZRKs (Personal Anti-Aircraft Complex)
in Snezhnoye already have already fired off their salvos at the
Ukrainian aircraft. At least one Su gained serious health problems
during the previous air assaults.
The claim that an assassination attempt was made on the life of
Ukraine's Minister of Internal Affairs, Arsen Avakov is disinformation.
He is Slavyansk, healthy as ever. Pure disinfo to distract the citizens
from the Khokhlo-army's defeats in the southern "intestine".
#5 - 17:49 - July 16, 2014 - Briefing From the Militia
The DPR Militia claim two more Ukrainian jets near Saur-Mogila.
The head of the DPR Militia Press-Service, Vladislav Brig, posted on his
Facebook account:
"Two more Su jets were shot down. They were engaged in airstrikes at Saur-Mogila."
#6 - 19:17 - July 16, 2014 - Information from Eyewitnesses
On the hottest parts of the front, Ukies have been observed throwing
away their weapons, taking off their military markings, with some
even removing their uniforms and changing into civilian clothes, and
running toward the Russian border. Those who have no civilian clothes
with them run with peeled-off epaulets. Some, and, in particular,
members of the punitive battalions and Praviy Sector militants, have
been seen stripping to their underwear.Igor Strelkov and Militia Briefings, July 14-16, 2014Briefings Combined for end of July 14, July 15 and beginning of July 16, 2014
Translated from Russian by Gleb Bazov
July 14, 2014 - Notes from a Lugansk Militiaman
Over the past two weeks (starting with the 1st of July)
LPR militiamen inflicted substantial losses
on the enemy, eliminating over 800 men, with 4 militiamen killed. In
addition, over 50 armoured vehicles were destroyed (just over the last
twenty-four hour period, 3 tanks and 1 APC were destroyed in the area of
the Uralo-Kavkaz settlement). Ukrainian army buries its fighters with
excavators, right on the hills beyond the Porechye settlement, where
they have their deployment camp. Those people who will never see their
sons or their husbands come back to them that their loved
ones may be on one of the hills of the Krasnodon region. It is
perplexing that the Kiev government is covering this up, as if it will
not become known, sooner or later. These numbers were determined by
asking various units (artillery, reconnaissance), and only that which
they saw with their own eyes was added.
With respect to the settlement of Izvarino - what the Ukrainian mass
media writes is pure nonsense. After all this time, we have no dead, and
only several have been lightly wounded. The city of Krasnodon continues
its tradition of being a hero city.
I want to say a few words about those Ukrainian soldiers who were
allegedly forced to fight, and were told it's either prison or the army.
If you are given a choice between killing your own compatriots and
being imprisoned, and you preferred to go and kill your compatriots,
then you don't deserve to be called human. The western regions twice
overthrew the government, without consulting us; and so we thought -
live however you like, and we will build our life the way we like. And
that's when you came and started killing us.
The only chance to keep a unitary state (and even then it's science
fiction), is to: prosecute the Junta, prohibit nationalist organization
and to prosecute their leaders, refuse the association with the EU, join
the Customs Union, and make Russian the second state language.
But I will tell you what's really going to happen: Novorossiy will
free DPR and LPR and then arm volunteers in
Kharkov, Zaporozhia, Odessa, Nikolayev, Dneptropetrovsk, Kherson, and
Zakarpattia regions. And then there is no chance that the oligarchs and
the nationalists will trial. I think that they understand this and will
continue sending ever greater numbers of people to their death, all the
while concealing the real statistics of the dead and the wounded.
02:04 - July 15, 2014 - Briefing from Igor Strelkov
Just now, in the area of Amvrosievka, we paid back Ukies for the
shelling of Dmitrievka. A Ukrainian division of "Grad" systems returned
back to base camp peart and upbeat (they got the job done! there will be
bonuses!). And that's when they were got their comeuppance, a
hundred-fold! Right there and then.
July 15, 2014 - Commentary by a Militiaman Regarding the Ukie Army
So you say: "Ukraine will claim victory." But what is Ukraine?
Ukraine is a colony, a marionette controlled from without. And her
defenders are essentially the defenders of that parasitic, oligarchic
and slaveholding system, for which the majority of people are a biomass,
consumable material ...
With respect to claims that we hide behind the backs of women and
children ... This a complete falsehood. The positions of the militiamen
are will known to Ukrainian intelligence. And the Ukrainian forces have
plentiful opportunities specifically to attack the firing positions of
the militiamen. As well as to engage with us in direct combat. However,
you, the Ukrainian forces, were always pathologically afraid and remain
afraid of doing this. And, guided by American advisors, you are using
their tactical instructions.
Unlike you, however, Americans hit strangers with direct fir, which
you are lobbing shells at those whom you call your own, you shell
residential districts, children, you fire artillery knowing full well
through drones and your reconnaissance that there is no Militia there.
Like Nazis, intentionally and calculatingly, you kill children,
women, defenceless civilians, and the elderly, most of whom have no
relation to the Militia whatsoever and are simple laymen. Those very
laymen, the majority of whom do not care where to live - in Ukraine or
in Novorossiya. In other words, you kill them because they do not care.
You only need those who are like you, who are ready to be slaves to the
West. And contrary to all common sense, for some reason you call
yourself independent Ukrainians.
Regarding belief in God. The Blessed Virgin Mary has two worldly
abodes: the Holy Mount Afon and Russia. Through your hatred toward
Russia, toward Novorossiya, you demonstrate to the Orthodox faith that
you are, in essence, Satanists. While we defend the faith of Christ. We
are ontological enemies ... We do not betray our guys because they simply
are not afraid of you and do not conceal themselves. You understand the
reason why. Our fighters are certain of our victory. Novorossiya will
exist, Glory be to Christ and to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
By the way, Motorola's fighters had a good and long laugh after
reading your post, particularly the part where you describe how close
you got to our checkpoints ...
July 15, 2014 - Excerpt from a Militiaman's Letter
Hello. Right now I am in Krasnodon ... Just got back from Izvarino.
Yesterday our guys shot down the Su jets. During the day, Ukies were
targeting their SAU-Nonas and mortars at our checkpoints, so we changed
our deployment position. Ukies got everything got completely murdered,
suffering large losses in their armoured corps. While I was there, we
totaled one of there T-64s and a BTR-70. Our APC, in which we came
there, was also destroyed. We have insignificant losses, by the
commander forbid me to publish the numbers - it's a military secret. Our
group, specifically, did not sustain any casualties. The battles were
difficult, so now I am catching up on sleep ...
09:46 - July 15, 2014 - Briefing from Igor Strelkov
- regarding Ukrainian airstrikes on the city of Snezhnoye at 06:30 this morning:
Igor Strelkov : Several civilians died. Not one
militiaman was harmed. Altogether, there were either 4 or 5 heavy
shells. Looks like the lesson we taught the commanders of Ukie artillery
last night fell on deaf ears ... I received reports of a shelling.
Perhaps an airstrike also took place.
- regarding Kurginyan:
Igor Strelkov : Jeez, I did not read or listen to him
at all. All this hysteria around his statements left me completely
indifferent. I am being serious! Understand this, comrades: my judgment
criteria regarding this media attack are very different from yours! You
think of me as some sort of political figure who can be harmed in his
POLITICAL pursuits by Kurginyan's hysteria. But I DON'T DEAL IN
POLITICS. And don't intend to (certainly not in the nearest future, and,
in general, I have very little desire to). I am fighting. To the best
of my ability, I command our brigade and all the attached units and
detachments, deal with supply and coordination matters, etc. They have
to drag me to all these press-conferences on a rope - almost like a
"trained bear." Pretty categorical: "We need you and that's it!" In
reality, they annoy the hell out of me, equally as the cobbled-together "image of the indomitable hero."
That's why I took Kurginyan's libel calmly and indifferently. These
days, our fighters don't watch TV, don't spend their time on the
Internet, and have no clue who this Kurginyan is or what he blurted out.
And if someone were to tell them, they know anyways that it's all a
lie. Kurginyan's statement is like a mosquito bite - yes, it's
unpleasant, but you scratch it away and forget about it.
10:45 - July 15, 2014 - Commentary from Igor Strelkov
- regarding the Austrians' claims to the lands of the former Ukraine:
Igor Strelkov : They won't get Galicia, they will get jack-all. Galicia is reserved for "nezalezhnaya" Note :
Ukrainian for independent, here referencing Ukraine]. You don't really
expect us to give Ukies Kiev, the "mother of all Russian cities," do
you? The liberation of Kiev from the occupying gang of pedophiles,
cultists and other scum is one of the foremost tasks of our campaign.
At the same time, I do not rule out that the liberation of Kiev will
be accomplished through a joint operation of the Novorossiya Militia and
the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Once, of course, a few of the most fervent
admirers of Ukrainian nationalism among the generals get hung off aspen
trees.
- regarding the "veracity" of Ukie mass media:
Igor Strelkov : The more they lie, the faster they
will meet their end. And lie they do - they have been lying constantly
from the very beginning. What's more, falsehood lies at the very core of
their so-called "revolution" and the ATO. God see it all. Only complete
atheists and Satanist scum could hope that such impudent lies will help
them win.
12:02 - July 15, 2014 - Briefing from the Militia
Metallist is now being ferociously attacked by the 30th -
this is the mechanized brigade of the punitive forces that hails from
Novograd-Volynsk (Zhitomir region). Our forces stand like a wall and are
not giving an inch. I expect there to be lot of Crosses of St. George.
At 02:00 at night, local time, militiamen gave Ukies a fine beating
at the Dolzhanskiy border crossing. In addition, Sabovka, Alexandrovka
and Roskoshnoye were liberated from the punitive forces. LPR forces are
now establishing checkpoints there.
A gas depot is burning near Lugansk.
In Lugansk, over the past three days, 17 civilians died and 73 people received shrapnel and gunshot wounds.
July 15, 2014 - Briefing from the Militia
Militiamen have entrenched themselves in the settlement of
Stepanovka, next to the Russian border. This settlement is a new outpost
for the Militia and is located three and a half kilometres from the
border. The tactic used to defend against artillery strikes, which do
not stop day and night, is the same, tried and true and battle-tested -
digging trenches.
The Ukrainian army is not used to the fact that militiamen here
continue engaging in saboteur activity and are ready to fight back in
case the Ukrainian forces attempt to break through to the
Donetsk-Lugansk highway and take it under their control. And that's the
reason why fortifications have been built here.
Among other things, the enemy is utilizing approximately 20 tanks,
which are constantly relocated. All the time, columns of the Ukrainian
army are fired on by our saboteur-reconnaissance groups. Just yesterday,
they destroyed a Ukie supply column.
July 15, 2014 - LPR Militia Briefing (First Half of the Day)
After the attack on Lugansk that occurred yesterday evening, when, as
a result of shelling with Grad systems (the Artyomovks district of the
city was hit, presumably from the outskirts of Alexandrovka) and
airstrikes (the Gayevogo district was bombed) 12 died and 64 people were
wounded and received various degrees of mutilations, the rest of the
night was relatively calm.
According to our operational information, the entire past night units
of the LPR army were sweeping the city and squeezing out mobile
saboteur groups. Minor skirmishes occurred in the Kamennobrodskiy
district. As well, an artillery duel took place in the area of the
Metallist settlement. Reports were coming in of mortar shelling of the
territories bordering on the railway station; they have yet to be
confirmed.
Overnight, from approximately 19:00 and until 00:00, the enemy continued intensive shelling of Lisichansk.
We have received information from Krasnodon that, pressed by the
units of the LPR army and the allied units of DPR, the units of the
enemy located there are hastily leaving the previously occupied
positions. Lugansk fighters are conducting a sweep of the strategic
heights.
16:28 - July 15, 2014 - Commentary from Igor Strelkov
Igor Strelkov : We are hearing rumours here that
today the Militia allegedly left Karlovka and Maryinka (a suburb of
Donetsk). They say that I ordered the retreat.
Paraphrasing a well-known joke, allow me to report:
First of all, it was not today, it was yesterday.
Second of all, it was not Karlovka and Maryinka, but Stepano-Krynka (a settlement to the east of Ilovaisk).
Third of all, we did not leave, but took control and are currently reinforcing our positions.
- regarding the following news in the mass media: "Currently, there
is an active battle for the Donetsk airport. The Militia is using heavy
armaments and tanks. According to preliminary information, they managed
to shoot down two military transport aircraft of the Ukrainian Armed
Forces that were attempting to land at the airport."
Igor Strelkov : And what about flying saucers? Did we
shoot those down too? There were no aircraft. And we did not have any
tanks either. These are news from a parallel dimension. As for what
happened - we shelled their trenches with mortars and artillery. The
enemy sustained manpower losses.
With respect to yesterday shelling of Dmitrovka with Grad systems: 1
militiaman and 9 civilians died. This is confirmed information.
Just now, Ukie air forces bombed Shakhtersk and its surroundings.
July 15, 2014 - Situation Report from the Militia
It has been several days now since Slavyansk was occupied by
Ukrainian fascists. They shot the reel for the Ukie patriots and for the
Western public in advance, and now reality has come - reality, which
was anticipated even during the period of the heroic defence of
Slavyansk. We knew then that the city was doomed. Historically, this is
not the first situation like that; the same happened following the
heroic defence of Odessa, which drew German and Romanian forces onto
itself, enabling the preparation for the defence of Sevastopol. So it
was before, so it will probably happen again.
In Slavyansk right now a humanitarian catastrophe is in full swing.
Here and there, there is electricity (at the railway station, at the
fish farm, in the Artyom district, and in Golubovka); electricians work
privately, restoring the electrical grid where the line is undamaged,
but they get no support. The market is partially working, but there are
no foodstuffs to trade - only canned goods. Those with private farms are
the only ones surviving; it is difficult to imagine what the residents
of high-rises are eating. Bread is being delivered from Krasniy Liman;
in general, food deliveries are very poor. People hide in their home,
afraid, and the occupation authorities do not take an interest in them,
except only to identify and arrest the resident of Slavyansk that fought
against the Junta. There are problems with the water supply: if you
have a well nearby, then you have water, if you don't - you have none.
Last night, Ukrainian fascists conducted an artillery strike with
large-calibre MLRS at the underground gas storage facility in Lugansk;
it is still burning.
In the area of Amvrosievka, the Militia destroyed a division of MLRS,
together with their support transport vehicles and the personnel of the
enemy. It was only yesterday that these Junta forces took active part
in exterminating the civilian population of Donbass.
A new large batch of wounded Nazi bastards arrive in Dnepropetrovsk
from the frontlines in Novorossiya; medical services of the city are
working in emergency mode.
16:09 (MSK) - A ground attack craft passed over Dzershinsk, heading toward Gorlovka.
16:25 (MSK) - A Ukrainian aircraft just took a turn
bombing Saur-Mogila. Are Ukies continuing to claim that they have
suspended air force operations? Looks like Ukies are now going to try
dealing with Saur-Mogila; artillery is working and there is large number
of aircraft - they are bombing Saur-Mogila, and, earlier, they bombed
Ilovaisk.
19:03 - July 15, 2014 - Briefing from Alexey Mozgovoi
Over the past little while, the fighters of our units eliminated: 1
tank, 2 BMP APCs, 3 BTR APCs, 3 mortar units, 1 anti-aircraft system, 2
machine gun units, 6 snipers, and approximately 100 personnel. As well
in the course of the air assault on Loskutovka, a ground attack craft of
the Ukrainian air forces was shot down (the pilot catapulted over the
occupied territory, which is where the airplane also fell).
Our battalion suffered no personnel losses. And yet, according to
Ukie mass media, during the air assault on Loskutovka, they destroyed an
entire unit of Chechens from our battalion. As a Commander-in-Chief of
the Lugansk People's Militia, I would like to reassure all the residents
of Chechnya, and, in particular, Messr. Kadyrov, that not one of your
countrymen died. And could not have died, for the sole reason that there
is not one Chechen in the ranks of our Militia.
Once again, the Ukrainian command destroyed a figment of their imagination.
July 15, 2014 - Information from the Militia
Using Grad systems, militiamen opened fire at the deployment
positions of the Ukrainian punitive forces in the area of the Yubileyniy
settlement and the strategic city of Alexandrovsk. Following the
shelling, Alexandrovsk was entered by an assault armoured column of the
Militia. Alexandrovsk is now ours and has been swept and purged of the
enemy forces. Militiamen are hastily building new checkpoints and
fortifications.
July 15, 2014 - Infromatnion from the Militia
The army of Novorossiya received of T-80 main battle tanks (breakout tanks), as well as a certain number self-propelled artillery systems 2S1 Gvozdika.
Igor Strelkov and Militia Briefings, July 14-16, 2014
Briefings Combined for end of July 14, July 15 and beginning of July 16, 2014
Translated from Russian by Gleb Bazov
July 14, 2014 - Notes from a Lugansk Militiaman
Over the past two weeks (starting with the 1st of July)
LPR militiamen inflicted substantial losses
on the enemy, eliminating over 800 men, with 4 militiamen killed. In
addition, over 50 armoured vehicles were destroyed (just over the last
twenty-four hour period, 3 tanks and 1 APC were destroyed in the area of
the Uralo-Kavkaz settlement). Ukrainian army buries its fighters with
excavators, right on the hills beyond the Porechye settlement, where
they have their deployment camp. Those people who will never see their
sons or their husbands come back to them that their loved
ones may be on one of the hills of the Krasnodon region. It is
perplexing that the Kiev government is covering this up, as if it will
not become known, sooner or later. These numbers were determined by
asking various units (artillery, reconnaissance), and only that which
they saw with their own eyes was added.
With respect to the settlement of Izvarino - what the Ukrainian mass
media writes is pure nonsense. After all this time, we have no dead, and
only several have been lightly wounded. The city of Krasnodon continues
its tradition of being a hero city.
I want to say a few words about those Ukrainian soldiers who were
allegedly forced to fight, and were told it's either prison or the army.
If you are given a choice between killing your own compatriots and
being imprisoned, and you preferred to go and kill your compatriots,
then you don't deserve to be called human. The western regions twice
overthrew the government, without consulting us; and so we thought -
live however you like, and we will build our life the way we like. And
that's when you came and started killing us.
The only chance to keep a unitary state (and even then it's science
fiction), is to: prosecute the Junta, prohibit nationalist organization
and to prosecute their leaders, refuse the association with the EU, join
the Customs Union, and make Russian the second state language.
But I will tell you what's really going to happen: Novorossiy will
free DPR and LPR and then arm volunteers in
Kharkov, Zaporozhia, Odessa, Nikolayev, Dneptropetrovsk, Kherson, and
Zakarpattia regions. And then there is no chance that the oligarchs and
the nationalists will trial. I think that they understand this and will
continue sending ever greater numbers of people to their death, all the
while concealing the real statistics of the dead and the wounded.
02:04 - July 15, 2014 - Briefing from Igor Strelkov
Just now, in the area of Amvrosievka, we paid back Ukies for the
shelling of Dmitrievka. A Ukrainian division of "Grad" systems returned
back to base camp peart and upbeat (they got the job done! there will be
bonuses!). And that's when they were got their comeuppance, a
hundred-fold! Right there and then.
July 15, 2014 - Commentary by a Militiaman Regarding the Ukie Army
So you say: "Ukraine will claim victory." But what is Ukraine?
Ukraine is a colony, a marionette controlled from without. And her
defenders are essentially the defenders of that parasitic, oligarchic
and slaveholding system, for which the majority of people are a biomass,
consumable material ...
With respect to claims that we hide behind the backs of women and
children ... This a complete falsehood. The positions of the militiamen
are will known to Ukrainian intelligence. And the Ukrainian forces have
plentiful opportunities specifically to attack the firing positions of
the militiamen. As well as to engage with us in direct combat. However,
you, the Ukrainian forces, were always pathologically afraid and remain
afraid of doing this. And, guided by American advisors, you are using
their tactical instructions.
Unlike you, however, Americans hit strangers with direct fir, which
you are lobbing shells at those whom you call your own, you shell
residential districts, children, you fire artillery knowing full well
through drones and your reconnaissance that there is no Militia there.
Like Nazis, intentionally and calculatingly, you kill children,
women, defenceless civilians, and the elderly, most of whom have no
relation to the Militia whatsoever and are simple laymen. Those very
laymen, the majority of whom do not care where to live - in Ukraine or
in Novorossiya. In other words, you kill them because they do not care.
You only need those who are like you, who are ready to be slaves to the
West. And contrary to all common sense, for some reason you call
yourself independent Ukrainians.
Regarding belief in God. The Blessed Virgin Mary has two worldly
abodes: the Holy Mount Afon and Russia. Through your hatred toward
Russia, toward Novorossiya, you demonstrate to the Orthodox faith that
you are, in essence, Satanists. While we defend the faith of Christ. We
are ontological enemies ... We do not betray our guys because they simply
are not afraid of you and do not conceal themselves. You understand the
reason why. Our fighters are certain of our victory. Novorossiya will
exist, Glory be to Christ and to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
By the way, Motorola's fighters had a good and long laugh after
reading your post, particularly the part where you describe how close
you got to our checkpoints ...
July 15, 2014 - Excerpt from a Militiaman's Letter
Hello. Right now I am in Krasnodon ... Just got back from Izvarino.
Yesterday our guys shot down the Su jets. During the day, Ukies were
targeting their SAU-Nonas and mortars at our checkpoints, so we changed
our deployment position. Ukies got everything got completely murdered,
suffering large losses in their armoured corps. While I was there, we
totaled one of there T-64s and a BTR-70. Our APC, in which we came
there, was also destroyed. We have insignificant losses, by the
commander forbid me to publish the numbers - it's a military secret. Our
group, specifically, did not sustain any casualties. The battles were
difficult, so now I am catching up on sleep ...
09:46 - July 15, 2014 - Briefing from Igor Strelkov
- regarding Ukrainian airstrikes on the city of Snezhnoye at 06:30 this morning:
Igor Strelkov : Several civilians died. Not one
militiaman was harmed. Altogether, there were either 4 or 5 heavy
shells. Looks like the lesson we taught the commanders of Ukie artillery
last night fell on deaf ears ... I received reports of a shelling.
Perhaps an airstrike also took place.
- regarding Kurginyan:
Igor Strelkov : Jeez, I did not read or listen to him
at all. All this hysteria around his statements left me completely
indifferent. I am being serious! Understand this, comrades: my judgment
criteria regarding this media attack are very different from yours! You
think of me as some sort of political figure who can be harmed in his
POLITICAL pursuits by Kurginyan's hysteria. But I DON'T DEAL IN
POLITICS. And don't intend to (certainly not in the nearest future, and,
in general, I have very little desire to). I am fighting. To the best
of my ability, I command our brigade and all the attached units and
detachments, deal with supply and coordination matters, etc. They have
to drag me to all these press-conferences on a rope - almost like a
"trained bear." Pretty categorical: "We need you and that's it!" In
reality, they annoy the hell out of me, equally as the cobbled-together "image of the indomitable hero."
That's why I took Kurginyan's libel calmly and indifferently. These
days, our fighters don't watch TV, don't spend their time on the
Internet, and have no clue who this Kurginyan is or what he blurted out.
And if someone were to tell them, they know anyways that it's all a
lie. Kurginyan's statement is like a mosquito bite - yes, it's
unpleasant, but you scratch it away and forget about it.
July 15, 2014 - Information from the Residents of Snezhnoye
As a result of an airstrike by the Ukrainian army at 06:30 in the
morning, the building of the taxation department was blown up, along
with one entire section of an apartment building at 14 Lenin street. The
city has been cordoned off by police and firefighters. Ambulances are
at the scene. Several civilians were killed, and there are many wounded.
A city hospital doctor reports that "the exact number of casualties is
still unknown; the clearing of debris has just begun - it was early
morning and people were still at home."
Eyewitnesses reported the following: "Around 06:30 in the morning, we
heard aircraft approach, they fired rockets, which hit a five-storey
residential building; one of its sections completely collapsed."
Video : Airstrikes on Snezhnoye, July 15, 2014 (Part I)
Video : Airstrikes on Snezhnoye, July 15, 2014 (Part II)
10:45 - July 15, 2014 - Commentary from Igor Strelkov
- regarding the Austrians' claims to the lands of the former Ukraine:
Igor Strelkov : They won't get Galicia, they will get jack-all. Galicia is reserved for "nezalezhnaya" Note :
Ukrainian for independent, here referencing Ukraine]. You don't really
expect us to give Ukies Kiev, the "mother of all Russian cities," do
you? The liberation of Kiev from the occupying gang of pedophiles,
cultists and other scum is one of the foremost tasks of our campaign.
At the same time, I do not rule out that the liberation of Kiev will
be accomplished through a joint operation of the Novorossiya Militia and
the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Once, of course, a few of the most fervent
admirers of Ukrainian nationalism among the generals get hung off aspen
trees.
- regarding the "veracity" of Ukie mass media:
Igor Strelkov : The more they lie, the faster they
will meet their end. And lie they do - they have been lying constantly
from the very beginning. What's more, falsehood lies at the very core of
their so-called "revolution" and the ATO. God see it all. Only complete
atheists and Satanist scum could hope that such impudent lies will help
them win.
12:02 - July 15, 2014 - Briefing from the Militia
Metallist is now being ferociously attacked by the 30th -
this is the mechanized brigade of the punitive forces that hails from
Novograd-Volynsk (Zhitomir region). Our forces stand like a wall and are
not giving an inch. I expect there to be lot of Crosses of St. George.
At 02:00 at night, local time, militiamen gave Ukies a fine beating
at the Dolzhanskiy border crossing. In addition, Sabovka, Alexandrovka
and Roskoshnoye were liberated from the punitive forces. LPR forces are
now establishing checkpoints there.
A gas depot is burning near Lugansk.
In Lugansk, over the past three days, 17 civilians died and 73 people received shrapnel and gunshot wounds.
July 15, 2014 - Briefing from the Militia
Militiamen have entrenched themselves in the settlement of
Stepanovka, next to the Russian border. This settlement is a new outpost
for the Militia and is located three and a half kilometres from the
border. The tactic used to defend against artillery strikes, which do
not stop day and night, is the same, tried and true and battle-tested -
digging trenches.
The Ukrainian army is not used to the fact that militiamen here
continue engaging in saboteur activity and are ready to fight back in
case the Ukrainian forces attempt to break through to the
Donetsk-Lugansk highway and take it under their control. And that's the
reason why fortifications have been built here.
Among other things, the enemy is utilizing approximately 20 tanks,
which are constantly relocated. All the time, columns of the Ukrainian
army are fired on by our saboteur-reconnaissance groups. Just yesterday,
they destroyed a Ukie supply column.
July 15, 2014 - LPR Militia Briefing (First Half of the Day)
After the attack on Lugansk that occurred yesterday evening, when, as
a result of shelling with Grad systems (the Artyomovks district of the
city was hit, presumably from the outskirts of Alexandrovka) and
airstrikes (the Gayevogo district was bombed) 12 died and 64 people were
wounded and received various degrees of mutilations, the rest of the
night was relatively calm.
According to our operational information, the entire past night units
of the LPR army were sweeping the city and squeezing out mobile
saboteur groups. Minor skirmishes occurred in the Kamennobrodskiy
district. As well, an artillery duel took place in the area of the
Metallist settlement. Reports were coming in of mortar shelling of the
territories bordering on the railway station; they have yet to be
confirmed.
Overnight, from approximately 19:00 and until 00:00, the enemy continued intensive shelling of Lisichansk.
We have received information from Krasnodon that, pressed by the
units of the LPR army and the allied units of DPR, the units of the
enemy located there are hastily leaving the previously occupied
positions. Lugansk fighters are conducting a sweep of the strategic
heights.
16:28 - July 15, 2014 - Commentary from Igor Strelkov
Igor Strelkov : We are hearing rumours here that
today the Militia allegedly left Karlovka and Maryinka (a suburb of
Donetsk). They say that I ordered the retreat.
Paraphrasing a well-known joke, allow me to report:
First of all, it was not today, it was yesterday.
Second of all, it was not Karlovka and Maryinka, but Stepano-Krynka (a settlement to the east of Ilovaisk).
Third of all, we did not leave, but took control and are currently reinforcing our positions.
- regarding the following news in the mass media: "Currently, there
is an active battle for the Donetsk airport. The Militia is using heavy
armaments and tanks. According to preliminary information, they managed
to shoot down two military transport aircraft of the Ukrainian Armed
Forces that were attempting to land at the airport."
Igor Strelkov : And what about flying saucers? Did we
shoot those down too? There were no aircraft. And we did not have any
tanks either. These are news from a parallel dimension. As for what
happened - we shelled their trenches with mortars and artillery. The
enemy sustained manpower losses.
With respect to yesterday shelling of Dmitrovka with Grad systems: 1
militiaman and 9 civilians died. This is confirmed information.
Just now, Ukie air forces bombed Shakhtersk and its surroundings.
July 15, 2014 - Situation Report from the Militia
It has been several days now since Slavyansk was occupied by
Ukrainian fascists. They shot the reel for the Ukie patriots and for the
Western public in advance, and now reality has come - reality, which
was anticipated even during the period of the heroic defence of
Slavyansk. We knew then that the city was doomed. Historically, this is
not the first situation like that; the same happened following the
heroic defence of Odessa, which drew German and Romanian forces onto
itself, enabling the preparation for the defence of Sevastopol. So it
was before, so it will probably happen again.
In Slavyansk right now a humanitarian catastrophe is in full swing.
Here and there, there is electricity (at the railway station, at the
fish farm, in the Artyom district, and in Golubovka); electricians work
privately, restoring the electrical grid where the line is undamaged,
but they get no support. The market is partially working, but there are
no foodstuffs to trade - only canned goods. Those with private farms are
the only ones surviving; it is difficult to imagine what the residents
of high-rises are eating. Bread is being delivered from Krasniy Liman;
in general, food deliveries are very poor. People hide in their home,
afraid, and the occupation authorities do not take an interest in them,
except only to identify and arrest the resident of Slavyansk that fought
against the Junta. There are problems with the water supply: if you
have a well nearby, then you have water, if you don't - you have none.
Last night, Ukrainian fascists conducted an artillery strike with
large-calibre MLRS at the underground gas storage facility in Lugansk;
it is still burning.
In the area of Amvrosievka, the Militia destroyed a division of MLRS,
together with their support transport vehicles and the personnel of the
enemy. It was only yesterday that these Junta forces took active part
in exterminating the civilian population of Donbass.
A new large batch of wounded Nazi bastards arrive in Dnepropetrovsk
from the frontlines in Novorossiya; medical services of the city are
working in emergency mode.
16:09 (MSK) - A ground attack craft passed over Dzershinsk, heading toward Gorlovka.
16:25 (MSK) - A Ukrainian aircraft just took a turn
bombing Saur-Mogila. Are Ukies continuing to claim that they have
suspended air force operations? Looks like Ukies are now going to try
dealing with Saur-Mogila; artillery is working and there is large number
of aircraft - they are bombing Saur-Mogila, and, earlier, they bombed
Ilovaisk.
19:03 - July 15, 2014 - Briefing from Alexey Mozgovoi
Over the past little while, the fighters of our units eliminated: 1
tank, 2 BMP APCs, 3 BTR APCs, 3 mortar units, 1 anti-aircraft system, 2
machine gun units, 6 snipers, and approximately 100 personnel. As well
in the course of the air assault on Loskutovka, a ground attack craft of
the Ukrainian air forces was shot down (the pilot catapulted over the
occupied territory, which is where the airplane also fell).
Our battalion suffered no personnel losses. And yet, according to
Ukie mass media, during the air assault on Loskutovka, they destroyed an
entire unit of Chechens from our battalion. As a Commander-in-Chief of
the Lugansk People's Militia, I would like to reassure all the residents
of Chechnya, and, in particular, Messr. Kadyrov, that not one of your
countrymen died. And could not have died, for the sole reason that there
is not one Chechen in the ranks of our Militia.
Once again, the Ukrainian command destroyed a figment of their imagination.
July 15, 2014 - Photography from the Militia
One of the columns of the punitive forces destroyed in the last
couple of days. This column was hit with Grad systems by the Militia.
July 15, 2014 - Information from the Militia
Using Grad systems, militiamen opened fire at the deployment
positions of the Ukrainian punitive forces in the area of the Yubileyniy
settlement and the strategic city of Alexandrovsk. Following the
shelling, Alexandrovsk was entered by an assault armoured column of the
Militia. Alexandrovsk is now ours and has been swept and purged of the
enemy forces. Militiamen are hastily building new checkpoints and
fortifications.
July 15, 2014 - Infromatnion from the Militia
The army of Novorossiya received of T-80 main battle tanks (breakout tanks), as well as a certain number self-propelled artillery systems 2S1 Gvozdika.
Video : 2S1 Gvozdika Self-Propelled Artillery Systems of the Militia
July 15, 2014 - Briefing from Bratislav Zhivkovich, Commander of Serbian Chetniks
Serbs are successfully fighting against the "National Guard" and the
punitive forces of Praviy Sector. Serbian fighters have suffered no
losses to date. Recently, a new volunteer group from Serbia arrived. The"Yovan Shevich" unit has grown to 35 volunteers. We have been calling
it the Slavic Chetnik Unit because, apart from Serbs, the unit also
includes volunteers from other Slavic nations. Chetniks coordinate their
activities with the command of the army of Novorossiya and are one of
the most battleworthy units of the Militia.
22:11 - July 15, 2014 - Briefing from the LPR Press-Centre
The Ukrainian Armed Forces are hastily abandoning their previously
occupied position near Krasnodon. They have also left Aleksandrovka and
have begun a withdrawal from the city of Shchastye.
22:33 - July 15, 2014 - Briefing from the Militia HQ
Militiamen successfully blew up the communications tower at the
Donetsk airport. The operation was conducted in the evening of July 15. A
group of militiamen entered the territory of the aiport and deployed
explosives at the base of the communications toward and in the building
containing the control centre of the airport. Militiamen utilized 8
kilograms of plastic explosive. Two explosion, which destroyed the noted
constructions, were carried out using trigger unit KPM-1A. Previously,
Ukrainian air force used the antennae on the airport communications
tower to correct the airdrops of cargo, including ammunition, at the
airport.
22:51 - July 15, 2014 - Information from Mass Media
In the Sverdlovsk area, LPR militiamen are shelling punitive forces of the 72nd
Brigade using artillery and mortars. In Sverdlovsk itself, militiamen
and their armoured vehicles have been deployed. Artillery shelling using
Grad systems of the Junta forces' positions near Saur-Mogila also took
place.
23:12 - July 15, 2014 - Briefing from the Militia
We are holding strong in Karlovka. We have sufficient armaments and
are constantly receiving reinforcements. Fighting against us are Praviy
Sector units, Battalions Dnepr and Donbass, as well as the Cascade unit
composed of Polish mercenaries. Currently, almost all the civilians have
been evacuated, and those that have stayed, 60 in total, remain here
because they have nowhere to go and no ability to leave.
July 16, 2014 - Information from a Military Analyst
Yesterday, Junta forces rolled back from Izavarino and Krasnodon
(slightly earlier, information was received that the enemy is retreating
from Aleksandrovka and Shchastye), having failed in their main task of
blockading the former Ukrainian border with the Russian Federation.
Having sustained significant losses and experiencing supply problems, on
the 15th day of their offensive, Junta forces retreated
30-40 kilometres from Izvarino, south of which lies a kind of a
lifeline. As a result, coupled with a growing defeat of the southern
grouping of the punitive forces and the Ukrainian army's failure to
relieve the blockade of the Lugansk airport, the LPR Militia has won the
strategic defensive operation that lasted over two weeks, while the
Junta suffered their heaviest defeat since the beginning of the war.
Essentially, the march of the mechanized forces in an attempt to relieve
the airport was a gamble intended to reverse the course of the poorly
unfolding operation. To resume the offensive, the Junta urgently needs
an operational pause because the situation will continue getting worse
for the Ukrainian troops. Therefore, it cannot be ruled out that a
ceasefire request will be made in the near future, a request which will
certainly be refused by the Militia.
00:23 - July 16, 2014 - Briefing from Igor Strelkov
Enormous columns of retreating Ukie forces are withdrawing across the
dam in the area of Kozhevnya (south of Dmitrievka). They are attempting
to escape the "cauldron." There are tanks, SAU-Nonas, refueling trucks,
transport columns - all mixed-up. This is bad. But, I hope, not all of
them will have the chance to escape.
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