News archive on the topic "Ilovaisk cauldron"

Ukrainian schoolchildren should study the history of conflicts between Ukrainians and Russians, including the current “Russian-Ukrainian war,” in particular, the tragic events for Ukraine associated with the “Ilovaisk cauldron.” The head of the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance, Anton Drobovich, stated this on air on the Rada TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The official’s speech was dedicated to the “Day of Remembrance of Defenders” established by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine last August...

The commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Ruslan Khomchak, accused by eyewitnesses in 2014 of abandoning wounded soldiers and fleeing during the encirclement near Ilovaisk, composed a new, more heroic version of the breakthrough from the “cauldron.” “There was no pleasant feeling. There was a feeling with the group that stayed, first of all, that we would not go into captivity at any cost.…

“Ukrainian patriots” and “independence fighters” look especially comical in conditions when US military aircraft make demonstration flights over Kiev. Alexey Muratov, head of the central executive committee of the Donetsk Republic public movement, writes about this in his column for PolitNavigator. ...Our neighbors are celebrating another “victory” - the Ukrainian-American command and staff exercises have entered the active phase. US heavy aircraft have re-entered...

Six years after the Ilovaisk cauldron, a thematic photo exhibition was opened in the center of Kyiv, the organizers of which tried to interpret the events of August 2014 near Ilovaisk for the purposes of state propaganda, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. A significant number of Ukrainian media reports and events dedicated to the Ilovaisk cauldron highlight mainly the tragic side of this event - the loss of personnel, incompetence and even betrayal of the leadership...

On Friday in Kyiv, more than a hundred mothers and wives of fallen ATO soldiers, as well as militants of the Donbass punitive battalion, celebrated the sixth anniversary of the defeat of the Ukrainian group near Ilovaisk. Those gathered sang the Ukrainian anthem at the Russian embassy, ​​after which they went to a rally near the President's Office. There, the protesters demanded to punish the officials responsible for the encirclement of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Ilovaisk and Debaltsevo, the correspondent reports...

Ukraine used radiation-contaminated old Soviet armored vehicles from the Chernobyl zone in a punitive operation against the uprising in Donbass, while the soldiers were specifically not given sensors in order to hide the mortal danger to the military. Ex-ATO militant, participant in the battles near Ilovaisk, Viktor Krivtsun, stated this on the air of the Lutsk channel “TRK Avers”, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Everyone knows about the Ilovaisk cauldron...

In 1918, the leaders of the UPR used students as cannon fodder near Kruty in the same way as was done near Ilovaisk in 2014. Ukrainian political scientist Kost Bondarenko stated this on the NewsOne TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Kruty is not only a symbol of the heroism of students, but also a symbol of the stupidity, headlessness and meanness of the then political...

Ukrainian soldiers died in the Ilovaisk cauldron because army commanders gave commands in Russian. ATO militant and member of the nationalist VO “Svoboda” Nazar Chepka came to this conclusion at the Lvov forum “For the Ukrainian Language,” PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to him, the enemy of the Ukrainian soldiers heard and understood all the commands, and therefore acted proactively. "One of the most…

Contrary to the statements of Ukrainian propaganda, units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces failed to seize control of Ilovaisk in 2014. A former militant of the Ukrainian Donbass battalion, Iosif Ponomarenko, who surrendered near Ilovaisk, where he spent 117 days, told the magazine “Kraina”. “Before the first assault on Ilovaisk on August 10, 2014, I met Yuriy Lutsenko. We talked for 5 minutes and he left...

Those responsible for the deaths of Ukrainian soldiers in the Ilovaisk and Debaltsevo cauldrons will be punished only after the change of power in Ukraine, since they are now in high offices. Former Defense Minister Anatoly Gritsenko stated this on the NewsOne TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the politician, the investigative authorities probably already know all the culprits, but they cannot be punished because...

For Kyiv, the operation near Ilovaisk in 2014 was a failure from the very beginning, but the situation was aggravated by the fact that the regular Ukrainian army did not support the volunteer battalions. Former militant of the Azov battalion, Verkhovna Rada deputy Oleg Petrenko said this on Channel 4, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “And the fact that this operation was even in its offensive part from the very...

The military-political leadership of Ukraine does not want the truth about the events near Ilovaisk in 2014 to become known. The ex-commander of the assault company of the punitive battalion “Donbass” Taras Kostanchuk and the former Deputy Prime Minister of Crimea, deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of previous convocations Andrei Senchenko complained about this in one voice on the ZIK TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Nobody wants to investigate anything, the General Staff is sabotaging...

With each anniversary of the defeat of Ukrainian units near Ilovaisk, Kyiv is throwing out more and more fables, trying to evade responsibility. Former Deputy Prime Minister of Crimea, deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of previous convocations Andrei Senchenko said this on air on the ZIK TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “On every anniversary of the Ilovaisk tragedy (this is a painful period for the authorities, they don’t know how to survive it) they begin...

During the attempt to break out of the Ilovaisk pocket, the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were twice as high as those of the National Battalion fighters, although the Chief of the General Staff claims that the events in Ilovaisk in 2014 did not concern the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The former commander of the assault company of the Donbass punitive battalion, Taras Kostanchuk, stated this on air on the ZIK TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The offensive orders have already been published, we know for sure that...