The Joint Forces Operation on deflection and deterrence of Russia's armed aggression in the Donbas began

President Petro Poroshenko signed the Decree on approval of the NSDC decision on a large-scale antiterrorist operation in the territory of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, which introduces the NSDC decision to change the format of the large-scale antiterrorist operation introduced in 2014.

President: The transfer of antisniping complexes to the ATO contributes to the reduction of the number of enemy bombardments

This was announced by the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko during a working visit to the Lviv region on April 20.

President: ATO format must be replaced with the Joint Forces Operation on April 30

President Petro Poroshenko informed that the ATO status in the east of Ukraine would be replaced with the Joint Forces Operation on April 30. It was stated in an interview to Ukrainian TV channels.

US to send anti-tank missiles to Ukraine

US President Donald Trump is expected to announce his approval of a plan to sell anti-tank missiles to the Ukrainian government, a move that would mark a significant escalation in lethal U.S. military support for Ukrainian forces battling Russian-aligned forces in the border region.

Russian R-330Zh jammer detected 7 km from the contact line in Donbas

The Russian R-330Zh Zhitel SIGINT and jammer system (entered service with the Russian army in 2008) and other Russian equipment have been spotted on the outskirts of the village of Zemlyane (Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine).

Volunteers: Russia Violating Ukraine’s Airspace Since 2014

The Russian Federation has been regularly committing violations of Ukraine’s airspace by launching reconnaisance UAVs over the Ukrainian territory.

Database and Video Overview of the Russian Weaponry in the Donbas

InformNapalm international volunteer community identified more than 40 types of weaponry and special equipment of the Russian Armed Forces in the Donbas through open-source intelligence activities (analysis of satellite imagery, chance videos made by bystanders, personal photos from social network accounts of Russian mercenaries and military personnel, etc.).

While working in the ATO area Petrо Tsyhykal announced the creation of a new Regional Directorate

In the framework of the working trip to the border units in the ATO area, the Head of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine Lieutenant-General Petrо Tsyhykal checked the organization of the service on the area of responsibility of the «Kramatorsk» Border Guard Detachment.

Award stigma of war criminals from the Russian Army Part II. Updated database and infographic

InformNapalm volunteer intelligence community presents updated data on the awards of Russian military, received for participating in the occupation of the regions of Ukraine and Georgia, as well as for the execution of criminal orders by Russia’s top military leadership in the Donbas and Syria.

The Truth About the War in Ukraine

By Nolan Peterson
A U.S. Army soldier leads Ukrainian National Guard troops through military exercises at a base in Yavoriv, western Ukraine. (Photo: Nolan Peterson/The Daily Signal)

In September 2014, I watched a tank battle from a hilltop in Mariupol, Ukraine.

Sabotage group commander killed carrying Russian sniper rifle

On June 24, 2017, near the village of Zholobok in Luhansk Oblast, Ukrainian soldiers from the 93rd Separate Mechanized Infantry Brigade defeated a terrorist sabotage group and captured a Russian active duty serviceman from the 22nd Special Forces Brigade of the GRU.

Russian upgraded BMD-2 and KAMAZ-5350 in occupied Donetsk

While monitoring social networks, volunteers of InformNapalm international intelligence community discovered new photos of modern Russian weapons and equipment in the occupied Donbas.

Turchynov: Further liberation of the occupied territories within the ATO format is impossible

Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov considers that Ukraine should stop the anti-terrorist operation and switch to the new format of defending the country from the hybrid war waged by the Russian Federation against us.

The features of the hybrid war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. Experience received by Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

A. Alimpiev, G. Pevtsov, Ivan Kozhedub Kharkiv National Air Force University


The main stages, components and features of conducting the hybrid war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine are considered.

Analysis of state of aircraft protection systems of the Air Force of Ukraine

P. Skorenkiy, Command of the Air Force of Ukraine, Vinnytsia
photo © D.Muravsky

It is described the experience of the aircraft protection means application on the example of frontline aviation action during ATO.

SBU establishes details of shelling civilians near Volnovakha (video)

SBU under procedural supervision of the Prosecutor General’s Office established circumstances of terroristic act, committed on January 13, 2015 by terrorists of so-called “DPR” near Volnovakha.

Washington Post: Look closely into their faces

Washington Post Sunday issue praises Ukrainian heroes, who defend Ukraine's independence and stand at the forefront of the fight for freedom and democracy. Look closely into their faces...

Identified a commanding staff of the Center of the Russian Armed Forces who is command and control of the combat actions in the East of Ukraine

image © gur.mil.gov.ua

The Defence Intelligence of Ukraine continues to monitor measures of combat training of the 1st and 2nd AC of he Russian occupation troops.

Russian electronic warfare stations in Donbas

photo © informnapalm.org

In this article, Investigators of international volunteer community InformNapalm are summarizing the investigations on Russian electronic warfare (EW) equipment deployed in Donbas.

Inside the Ukrainian special forces fight against separatists – and their own government

By Thomas Gibbons-Neff Snipers from Ukraine’s 3rd Spetsnaz Regiment engages targets during a training exercise near the frontline. Nov 7 2015. (© Thomas Gibbons-Neff/The Washington Post)

AVDIIVKA, UKRAINE — On the outskirts of this shell-ridden town, a two-man team of Ukrainian special forces soldiers watches the war from their black and green balaclavas.