- More of the latest from Ukraine here and here
- Map, ATO operations update, 11-17 Aug 14 (warfarestudies.tumblr.com, affiliation unknown, in English & Ukrainian)
- “Donetsk Republic prime minister says militia ready for reasonable talks with Kiev” (ITAR-TASS)
- “(UKR) Army already preparing for winter – NSDC” (unian.info, in Ukrainian)
- “Fighting underway on outskirts of Luhansk and Donetsk” (ukrinform.ua)
- “Ukraine’s Defense Ministry showed off its pilot program designed to train the civilian population to fight a war if it ever comes to it. The program, provisionally called Preparation of Population to Total Resistance, is being polished and will first start in larger cities, according to Oleksandr Danyliuk, adviser to the defense minister and author of the program. It’s not clear when it will start, however. A couple dozen journalists were taken to a training ground some 30 kilometers from Odesa on Aug. 16-17, and forced to take a crash course in fighting a partisan war. They were shown how to set up a military camp in the middle of a field, shoot from a whole range of weapons, including machine guns. They were also trained how to behave in case they get ambushed by the enemy, and how to organize a guerilla-style raid against the enemy camp, as well as a crash-course in explosives and how to set them up. There is a total of nine modules in the program ….” (Kyiv Post)
- “In a sign that separatist leaders in eastern Ukraine are struggling with discord in the ranks, Donetsk separatists announced Monday they were setting up military tribunals and bringing in the death penalty. The self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, or DNR, said it would bring in military tribunals with the right to pass the death sentence for a string of offences including treason, espionage, attempts on the lives of the leadership and sabotage ….” (The Moscow Times)
- One rebel’s take “…. We had prisoners of war from Poland. There are very many foreign instructors, granade launchers. Our [Ukrainian] soldiers do not want to fight, according to the prisoners of war, thus they are threatening them and their families with death. In the Ukrainian army they are even killing wounded. So people in the vicinity of Kramatorsk were massacred, their organs have been retrieved; then their bodies were buried with tractors and compacted on top with armored cars ….” (slavyangrad.org, pro-separatist blog)
- “Russian border guards have spotted eight craters from Ukrainian shells that landed in the neighboring Rostov Region, a regional Federal Security Service official said on Monday ….” (ITAR-TASS)
- “Kharkovites volunteers and philanthropists actively assist military doctors” (Ministry of Defence, in Ukrainian)
- Ukrainian surveyors donate a day’s pay for military meds, come up with +830000 UAH/CDN $69,100 (Ukraine State Land Agency, in Ukrainian)
- “Ukraine: Dozens killed in shelling of convoy” (European Commission news aggregator)
- “U.S. State Department condemns Ukraine convoy shelling” (European Commission news aggregator)
- “Arsen Avakov urged the sector to join the Right Forces of Ukraine — This was discussed during the meeting, the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Arseniy Avakov together with the speaker the Right sector Boreslavom Coast. In particular, the meeting discussed the reduction of illicit traffic of weapons from the zone of ATO in other areas of Ukraine and the issue of establishing communications between police and organizations the right sector ….” (Ministry of Internal Affairs, in Ukrainian)
- “MIA and “Right sector” agreed to join efforts to fight terrorism – head of department advisor — Adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Anton Heraschenko announces meeting Interior Minister Avakov Arena representative “Right sector” and reached an agreement to work together to fight terrorism ….” (Interfax-Ukraine)
- Ministry of Internal Affairs: rebels paying with counterfeit Ukrainian money in East (Ministry of Internal Affairs, in Ukrainian)
- “Security service exposed and arrested coordinated intelligence agencies of the Russian Federation terrorist group, whose members are involved in the commission of a series of attacks in the Kharkiv region. In particular, in early July, the terrorists tried to blow up a cargo train on the stretch-Dragon Zanko and conducted an armed raid on a building “Kharkiv Mechanical Plant” ….” (Security Service of Ukraine, in Ukrainian)
- “Russia to ask UN to make MH17 crash investigation report — The Security Council called for an immediate end to all armed hostilities in the crash area and urged the militiamen in eastern Ukraine to secure the crash site ….” (ITAR-TASS)
