Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense is reporting that militants in Kramatorsk are inserting boxes with unknown contents into sewer holes. The Ministry has determined there are substantial grounds for believing this could be an explosive substance, 25 tons of which was stolen Monday, May 5, in the area of Kramatorsk, according to the Ministry’s Facebook statement, May 6. Continue reading
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Anti-aircraft defense units are guarding the airspace over important sites, the Ministry of Defense reports.
In certain areas, soldiers of anti-aircraft missile troops carry out protection of important sites that may become targets of airstrikes, such as troops deployment areas and military installations. This is being reported by InfoResist with a reference to the Ministry of Defense’s Press Service. Continue reading
Special tactical exercises have been planned in Kyiv for the night of April 30 to May 1, 2014
Special tactical exercises have been planned in Kyiv for the night of April 30 to May 1 Columns of military equipment will move in city as part of the exercise. Please be informed that the deployment of personnel and equipment will start in the city center, said the press service of Kyiv City State Administration.
As previously reported, Acting President Oleksander Turchynov said the Armed Forces of Ukraine are on full combat alert in response to the threat of a Russian attack.
Ukraine has started forming territorial defense units
Earlier today, Turchynov ordered the creation of territorial defense units (battalions) in every region of Ukraine. Continue reading