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War & Conflict March 25, 2022[ Battle of Mariupol ] Chechen forces captures city admin building and declare eastern half captured
War & Conflict March 25, 2022[ Battle of Izyum ] Izyum is now under full Russian control: Russian Ministry of Defense
War & Conflict March 22, 2022[ Battle of Mariupol ] Ukrainian forces refused surrender offer; DPR Ldr confirms Azovstal not taken
War & Conflict March 22, 2022[ Donetsk Front ] DPR / Russian Forces captures Verkhnotoretske & Solodke
War & Conflict March 22, 2022[ Kyiv Front ] Ukrainian forces blow last bridge to Irpin; Russia strikes a section of shopping mall
War & Conflict March 22, 2022[ Mykolaiv-Kryvih Rih front ] Fighting reported at Oleksandrivka; Russian out of patience @ Kherson
March 22, 2022DPA Youtube channel is now monetized!
War & Conflict March 19, 2022First ever operational use of a hypersonic missile – Russia fired Kinzhal air-to-ground hypersonic missile in Ukraine’s Delyayn
War & Conflict March 19, 2022[ Battle of Mariupol ] DPR forces captured the Airport; Northeast residential region under DPR now
War & Conflict March 19, 2022[ Donetsk Front ] Continued offensive east of Velyka Novosilka: R captured Shaktarske & Novoukrainka
Geopolitics March 18, 2022[ Donetsk Front ] Russian Forces captures Zolota Nyva and Novodonets’ke
War & Conflict March 18, 2022[ Kyiv Front ] Ukrainian Force reportedly conducted counteroffensive at Bucha – Hostomel region
War & Conflict March 18, 2022[ Kharkiv Front ] Russian Forces recaptures Derhachi; Ukrainian entrenchment reported at Zolochiv
War & Conflict March 18, 2022[ Mykolaiv Front ] Ukrainian Forces captured Posad-Pokrovske; Mala Shestirnya falls to the Russians
War & Conflict March 18, 2022[ Luhansk Front ] LPR / Russian Forces captured Rubizhne; defender retreats to Severodonetsk
War & Conflict March 18, 2022[ Donetsk Front ] Russian Forces capture Marinka, Prechysticka & Novomaiorske; recaptured 2 village
March 17, 2022DPA Insiders : first patreon EXCLUSIVE video, and plans for DPA moving forward
Geopolitics March 17, 2022Russia withdrawn and cease to be member of Council of Europe
War & Conflict March 17, 2022[ Siege of Mariupol ] Russian made progress towards center / Novosyolovka; Dramatheatre bombed
War & Conflict March 17, 2022[ Donetsk Front ] Donetsk forces advancing North-East of Avdiivka, capturing 4 towns
War & Conflict March 17, 2022[ Battle of Severodonetsk ] Fighting reported now in North-west, North-east and Eastern side of city
War & Conflict March 15, 2022[ Battle of Izyum+ ] Fighting reported around Studenok and Yaremivka; explosions at Bohorodynchne
War & Conflict March 15, 2022[ Siege of Mariupol ] Spetsnaz cleared city perimeter of Ukrainian forces; Mass Evacuation underway
War & Conflict March 15, 2022[ Donetsk Front ] Russian Forces continue their eastern flank advance; capturing 5 villages/towns
War & Conflict March 14, 2022[ Donetsk Front ] Russian Forces burst out of the east side Velyka Novosilka Line – captured 4 towns
War & Conflict March 14, 2022[ Luhansk Front ] Russian Forces captures Popasna; supply line to Severodonetsk under threat
War & Conflict March 14, 2022[ NBC ] Ballistic missiles hit Iraqi city, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard claim responsibility
Geopolitics March 13, 2022[ Reuters ] Time to lift ‘unjust’ sanctions on Turkey’s defence industry, Erdogan tells Biden
War & Conflict March 13, 2022[ Siege of Mariupol ] The Curious case of Mariupol-bound Humanitarian Trucks.
War & Conflict March 13, 2022[ Donetsk Front ] Corrected the exact front line; Novodonetske and Novomaiorske in Ukrainian control
War & Conflict March 12, 2022[ Mykolaiv Front ] Russian Forces converged on Novovorontsovka
War & Conflict March 12, 2022[ Kyiv Front ] Battle rages east of Brovary / Kyiv
War & Conflict March 12, 2022[ #Donetsk Front ] Massive Frontal Assault across open land; First major battle about to break out!
War & Conflict March 11, 2022[ Donetsk Front ] Russian Forces captures 3 more villages/town to link up with the Crimean forces
War & Conflict March 11, 2022[ Mykolaiv Front ] Russians running riot in Mykolaiv oblast; heading to Nikopol; Voznesensk fallen?
War & Conflict March 11, 2022[ Battle of Mariupol ] Russian / DPR forces making inroads from both east and west edge of the city
War & Conflict March 10, 2022[ Zaporizhzhia Front ] This is the Zaporizhzhia Line
War & Conflict March 10, 2022[ Mykolaiv Front ] Showdown with Russian forces looms as city prepares for street fighting
War & Conflict March 10, 2022[ Battle of Mariupol ] Donetsk Forces captures Vostochnyy; Fighting reported at Ilyichy & Osaviakhim
War & Conflict March 10, 2022[ Kharkiv Front ] Major counteroffensive by the Ukrainian Forces around Kharkiv