The militia of Novorossia has to leave Slavyansk
05.07.14 00:00At night of 5 July the Slavyansk garrison, headed by the DPR Defence Minister Strelkov and in a column of armoured vehicles, fought to break out of surrounded Slavyansk to nearby Kramatorsk, from where it headed to Gorlovka and Donetsk. According to Strelkov, 80-90% of military vehicles, equipment and personnel of the rebels, their families and also those who had helped them managed to leave the town. The breakout was accompanied by a distracting attack of an armoured group the majority of which was destroyed.
According to Victor Muzhenko, the Head of the General Staff of Ukraine, during the breakout there was damaged 1 tank, 2 ICVs and 2 ACVs of the rebels.
The control over Slavyansk passed to the Ukrainian military.
Skirmishes with a closing group of the rebels resumed on the outskirts of the town.
The SSU reported the arrest of 4 rebels that had taken part in the confrontation with the Ukrainian military near Slavyansk. The Ukrainian flag was also raised in Druzhkovka and Artyomovsk.
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A Boeing of the Malaysian Airlines is downed above the territory of the DPR
17.07.14 00:00In the East of the Donetsk region of Ukraine, in the area of the village Grabovo, near Torez, there crashed a Boeing of the Malaysian Airlines that was performing a scheduled flight from Amsterdam to Kuala-Lumpur.
The Ukrainian authorities immediately accused Russia and the militia of Novorossia of committing a terroristic act and demanded a full assistance of the international community in the fight against “terrorists” in the East of the country.
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The first personnel changes in the DPR leadership
18.07.14 00:00Denis Pushilin, the speaker of the DPR Parliament, resigned. He was replaced by Boris Litvinov, a communist.
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The Ukrainian army goes on offensive on all fronts
21.07.14 00:00Taking advantage of the confusion during the investigation of the crash of Boeing the Ukrainian troops took towns Rubezhnoye, Dzerzhinsk and Soledar under their control.
The following day the militia of Novorossia had to leave Severodonetsk, Lisichansk, Kirovsk and Popasnaya.
The control over the Saur Tomb was also lost for two weeks.
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