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Ukraine President Zelenskyy soften stance in interview with ABC
In an exclusive interview with David Muir of the ABC News, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was asked if he would go with the 3 conditions set by Russia to end the war: change constitution to give up joining NATO, recognise Crimea as part of Russia and recognise the independence of 2 separatist region in the east.…
Read MoreDPA youtube now have a custom URL: youtube.com/defensepoliticsasia
Thanks to all your support on our Youtube channel, we have past 200 subscribers today – as a result, we were given the permission by Youtube to have a custom URL for our youtube channel. You can now find the #DPA Youtube Channel on http://youtube.com/defensepoliticsasia !!! This is all possible only because of your support. Please continue to share,…
Read More[ #Mykolaiv Front ] Russian Forward Operating Base revealed; Ukr not going on counter : blow bridge
Not much action on the Mykolaiv Front, but we have information of where the Russians’ “entrenched positions” are in Mykolaiv – giving us at least some clarity as to the situation on the ground in the Mykolaiv front. Ukrainian forces also blew up a bridge south of Mykolaiv to take out one of the southern…
Read More[ Luhansk Front ] LPR / Russian Forces restart offensive against Severodonetsk
After the major consolidation of the newly capture all the way to the border of Luhansk for the past 2-3 days, the Luhansk People’s Republic / Russian Forces had decided on their next objective: Severodonetsk. Severodonetsk is the final Ukrainian stronghold in Luhansk oblast. The fall of the city and it’s twin city, Lysychansk would…
Read More[ Battle of Izyum ] Russian forces captures the northern half of Izyum; south separated by river
Progress reported by Russian sources, that the Russian forces had captured the northern half of Izyum. The Ukrainian forces retreat across the Siverskyi Donets River into the southern half of the city. Update (not in video): Russian forces had crossed the Siverskyi Donets River into the southern half of the city.
Read More[ Battle of Mariupol ] New Information on fighting locations; Sartana captured by DPR / Rus forces
We went from nearly no information on the battle at Mariupol to suddenly, quite a bit of information. In short: Sartana captured by Russians; Azov Battalion fired at Ukrainian Troops; Fighting at 5 different locations in the city; 150 civilians evacuated to Russian position in the east. Watch the youtube quick update for full details:
Read MoreNew Russian Narratives: 3 New Justifications For War – in the middle of the war
In the past 24 to perhaps 48 hours, 3 major accusations or narrative had been thrown up by the Russian side – all of them can be good enough to be justification of war on top of the official reasons Putin had spelt out. The 3 new narratives are: Ukraine President Zelenskyy alluded in his…
Read MoreEvacuation of civilians from Mariupol failed again for a 2nd time – both sides blame each other
Convoy of buses left Zaporizhzhia and with the details of evacuation being announced by the Ukrainian side, this evacuation of Mariupol looks to be very promising. But somehow, this evacuation failed again. According to the Ukrainians: The Russians again disrupted the opening of the humanitarian corridor. The humanitarian convoy of 8 trucks, as well as…
Read More[ Donbass Front ] Humanitarian Updates; Mariupol evacuation resumes on a reroute from Nikolske
After the Mariupol evacuation seemed to be dead on arrival after the Mariupol city council unilaterally postponed the evacuation – the Ukrainian govt announced that the humanitarian corridor is open again and evacuation will be carried out today, on mostly the same route, but with a reroute away from Nikolske (probably due to fighting).
Read More[ Siege of #Mariupol ] #Russia Forces takes suburb of Staryi Krym
Briefing by the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Igor Konashenkov as of 9.30 on March 6, 2022: Units of the People’s Militia of the Donetsk Republic are conducting successful offensive operations on the western and north-western outskirts of the city of Mariupol. The residential quarter of STARYI KRYM was…
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