Ukraine Revolt/Civil War News, Reports, Data, etc.

MOSCOW, February 27. /TASS/. Russian President Vlaimir Putin on Thursday signed a decree declaring February 27 Special Operations Force Day.

Chief of Russia's General Staff Valery Gerasimov almost two years ago announced that the Defense Ministry was beginning to form the Special Operations Force. According to Gerasimov, military conflicts and wars of the XXI century show the increasingly larger role of special operations forces.

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Dannhill said:

More info out on the Kiev loses in the 9 Days war of the Cauldron and other areas.

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2/26/2015
Debaltsevo: Junta’s Stalingrad
By Klim_Vo
Translated from Russian by J.Hawk

Junta’s losses over the last month stagger the imagination.

Occupier losses include 10,940 killed and wounded (including 4110 killed), and 1178 prisoners of war.

299 tanks (28 captured intact at Debaltsevo)

38 self-propelled howitzers (12 captured)

151 BMPs (33 captured)

115 BTRs (30 captured)

24 Grad 122mm MRLs (15 captured at Debaltsevo)

205 towed artillery pieces

36 120mm mortars

J.Hawk’s Comment: It’s difficult to say to what extent this data is accurate.

...photographic evidence from several blogs suggests these figures are correct within an order of magnitude..

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Dannhill said:

UAE denies agreement was to supply arms to Kiev

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China has voiced its support for Russia's handling of the Ukraine crisis, with prominent diplomat Qu Xing calling on the West to "abandon its zero-sum mentality".

According to state news agency Xinhua, the Chinese ambassador to Belgium said the West should take "the real security concerns of Russia into consideration".

Qu said the "nature and root cause" of the crisis was the "game" between Russia and western powers the United States and EU, and that a change of approach is required to resolve it.

After nearly a year of relative silence on the subject, China's intervention is striking, not least because it comes just as harsher sanctions against Moscow are being discussed.

Putin, who has spent years fostering Russia-China relations, will be pleased to have received public backing; the US will likely take seriously China's stance.

Qu was also critical of Washington's ties to Kiev, expressing concerns that the region could "become a distraction in its foreign policy".

He said: "The United States is unwilling to see its presence in any part of the world being weakened, but the fact is its resources are limited, and it will be to some extent hard work to sustain its influence in external affairs."

Despite its backing of the Russian role in the conflict, China has said it would like to maintain "friendly cooperation" with Ukraine, and has insisted that it respects its sovereignty.

Though EU leaders brokered a ceasefire earlier this month, there remains a risk that the regional conflict could quickly deteriorate, with an ongoing dispute over Russian gas supplies and Kiev's recent accusations of further troop movement potential triggers.

This week Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused Western powers of trying to dominate and impose their ideology on the rest of world.

Meanwhile US and European delegations have slammed Moscow for its continued supported of the rebels in eastern Ukraine.

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Jura said:

we're at SinoDefence so:
Ukraine crisis: Top Chinese diplomat backs Putin, says West should 'abandon zero-sum mentality'

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(maybe somebody can check on the part I put in boldface, something lost in translation maybe??)

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delft said:

I read the same story somewhere else ( yesterday, where? ). I see nothing odd in the formulation of the part you put in bold face.
Found it:

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2015-02-27 02:10:23

by Sun Yi

BRUSSELS, Feb. 26 (Xinhua)

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