Azov Sea

DPR on the Azov Sea incident, contact line violations, and shelling of water filtration plant — OSCE and media are silent

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March 13, 2017 – Fort Russ News –

RussiePolitics, translated by Tom Winter –

On March 11 two Ukrainian fighting ships entered the territorial waters of the Republic of Donetsk, in flagrant violation of the Minsk accords and in the media silence that we have gotten used to.

The deputy commander of the Armed Forces of Donetsk, E. Bassurin, said that on Saturday, by order of the commander of the 73rd Maritime Special Operations Center, 1st captain E. Shevchenko, two warships were sent to the territorial waters of the Republic of Donetsk in the Sea of Azov, for reconnaissance and organizing provocations against the positions of the combatants.

The Donetsk fighters opened fire, a ship was damaged, two Ukrainian soldiers were killed, and three wounded.

One can wonder the interest of such a maneuver, both strategically and politically. By this kind of action, Ukraine totally discredits any intention of implementing the Minsk accords or even to find a peaceful exit from the crisis. But it is true that it enjoys a particularly favorable media coverage in the West, and political cover that allows it, for the moment, to act with impunity. Even its revisionist nationalists are invited to university conferences, as France has crossed the red line by dint of compromise.

Let us not forget that this action is part of the Ukrainian process of systematic violation not only of the Minsk accords, but also of international standards protecting civilians in times of war. Thus, they continue fire on the water filtration station every time it is repaired in order to deprive the civilian populations of drinking water. The Ukrainian army uses artillery about 1200 times in 24 hours; fighters find tanks and heavy Ukrainian artillery right on the line of separation, while they should be pulled back from it, and OSCE looks the other way.

How long will they continue keeping their eyes closed?

http://www.fort-russ.com/2017/03/ukrainian-warships-in-donetsk.html

Ukraine military takes losses after botched sea attack on DPR

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March 12th, 2017 – Fort Russ News –
– DNR News – translated by J. Flores –

Ukrainian security forces tried to attack the Donetsk People’s Republic from positions on the coast of the Azov Sea from two army combat boats. This was reported today by the deputy commander of operations of the DPR, Eduard Basurin.

“Yesterday, on the orders of the commander of nautical center 73 of special operations of the Ukrainian Navy, 1st  Captain Eduard Shevchenko, two combat boats entered the territorial waters of the DPR in the area of the village of Bezymemnoye for reconnaissance and provocation, by opening of fire on our positions. We had to return fire with small arms and anti-tank, resulting in one of the boats being seriously damaged and was towed today “, said the deputy commander.
According to him, after an unsuccessful attack, the enemy saw two killed and three wounded.
“The lamentable result of the hasty action  of the UAF command again resulted in the senseless loss of life of Ukrainian servicemen”, concluded Eduard Basurin.