- More of the latest from Ukraine here and here
- ATO map, 12 Oct 14 (National Security and defense Council of Ukraine)
- ATO map, 11 Oct 14 (dragon-first-1.livejournal.com, pro-separatist, in Russian)
- “After a briefing session with permanent members of the Security Council, Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu. The Defence Minister reported to the Commander-in-Chief on the end of summer training session at the test grounds of the Southern Military District. After the report, the President instructed the Defence Ministry to start the return of the troops to their permanent dislocations. Overall, the order applies to 17.6 thousand servicemen who took part in military exercises at test grounds in Rostov Region.” (President of Russia)
- “Putin orders Russian troops withdrawal from Ukrainian border: reports” (European Commission news aggregator)
- “Vladimir Putin orders Russian troops to return to base near Ukraine border” (Reuters)
- “Putin ‘orders Russian troop pullback’ “ (BBC News)
- “Putin orders troops back from Ukraine border” (Deutsche Welle)
- “Summary Security Council at 12:00 – 12 October 2014 …. Despite some reduction in tension in the area of ATO, in some areas the situation is complicated due to terrorist provocations. The most troublesome situation in Debal’tsevo in Donetsk airport near the city of Schastye. As today during the daily briefing spokesman Information-Analytical Center of the National Security and Defense Andrei Lysenko, on the last day of the dead Ukrainian military there, 4 wounded soldier. During the day the terrorists fired 4 times Donetsk airport with mortars, anti-aircraft units and infantry weapons. As a result of constant assaults position of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Donetsk airport troops terrorists and Russian mercenaries suffer critical loss. According to available data, replenish group of militants planning by members of Cossack organizations in Russia. However, this is a problem because more and more mercenaries refused to go to the Donbass, because information about the courage and heroism of the Ukrainian military is widespread in Russia ….” (National Guard page, in Ukrainian)
- “Russian mercenaries refused to go to the Donbass – Security Council — More and more Russian mercenaries refused to go fight in the Donbass. A briefing on Sunday deputy head of information-analytical center of the National Security and Defense Vladimir Polevyy. “More mercenaries refused to go to the Donbass, because information about the courage and heroism of the Ukrainian military are widely distributed in Russia”, – he said.” (ukrinform.ua, in Ukrainian)
- “Storming of Donetsk airport: Airfield under our control, terrorists suffer great losses“ (ukrinform.ua)
- “…. Last day significantly increased the activity of illegal armed formations conducting aerial reconnaissance forces and border positions ATO. Total fixed guards work on UAV Mariupol direction and at the administrative border with Crimea in 8 cases. Near Mariupol observed 6 aircraft and two – on the edge of the Crimean peninsula. Altitude sites ranged from 1 to 4 km. Attempts to destroy the UAV no result.” (State Border Guard Service, in Ukrainian)
- “Kiev did not agree on a disengagement line with militias, representative of the headquarters of what is called Kiev anti-terrorist operation Vladislav Seleznev told Ukrainskaya Pravda newspaper. “Reports about a disengagement line warring parties agreed on are premature and untrue. The document cannot be considered signed until its provisions evoke some concerns,” he noted. Meanwhile, Seleznev affirmed that “We do not step away from the Minsk deals and act strictly in line with them”. The Ukrainian National Security and Defence Council did not confirm earlier that the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic and Kiev had reached an agreement on demarcation line, council’s spokesman Andrei Lysenko said. “We state officially that surrender of even a single Ukrainian settlement was never considered,” Lysenko said ….” (ITAR-TASS)
- “Commissioner President Heraschenko visited the hospital where the wounded are treated military — During a trip to Donetsk and Zaporizhzhya regions Presidential Commissioner for settling the situation in the East of Ukraine Iryna Gerashchenko on behalf of the Head of State visited health facilities, which are treated military, were injured in the area of counter-terrorism operations. Commissioner visited Mariupol City Hospital, which is now partially converted in a military hospital, 61-mobile field hospital in Kuibyshev and Zaporozhye military hospital, which, according to the decision of the Ministry of Defence of November 1, 2014 became a permanent hospital …. Most patients today – is not injured and sick with pneumonia and other seasonal diseases. “It is important that the army was fully prepared for the winter, so the soldiers were provided with warm clothing and warm tents. Such a task set management uniformed president and it becomes a matter not only of life, but also the defense of our army,” – said Irina Gerashchenko ….” (Press Service of the President of Ukraine, in Ukrainian)
- “UNHCR to open office in Luhansk region” (Interfax-Ukraine)
- “Help with humanitarian convoy of, who came to Ukraine at the end of September, the population is not published, but is in warehouses guarded militants ‘Oplot‘. For sale and receipt of the profits from terrorists ‘stronghold‘ of humanitarian aid delivered to stores in Donetsk. This was announced at a briefing in Kyiv National Security Council spokesman IAC Andrey Lysenko ….” (atocrimea.ukrinform.ua, joint UKR government-media site, in Ukrainian)
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