The conflict sparked during the celebration of the New Year in the village of Viktorivka, in Donetsk region’s Volnovakha district.
A house was burnt down in Russian-occupied Donbas amid a brawl between local militants and Russian mercenaries, as they were firing weapons, according to the Ukrainian Joint Forces’ intelligence data.
“The conflict sparked during the celebration of the New Year in the village of Viktorivka, in Donetsk region’s Volnovakha district,” the press center of Ukraine’s Joint Forces Operation wrote on Facebook on January 4.
“According to the intelligence data, during the New Year’s celebration, representatives of illegal armed formations of Russian occupation forces, using pyrotechnics, small arms, and the ZU-23-2 [anti-aircraft gun], burned a residential building in the village of Viktorivka,” the press center said.
As reported, the row sparked between local criminals and Russian mercenaries, as the militants “were unhappy” with the attitude of their “bosses.”
As UNIAN reported earlier, Russia’s hybrid military forces on Friday, January 3, mounted three attacks on Ukrainian positions in Donbas, eastern Ukraine.
(c) Unian
“As reported, the row sparked between local criminals and Russian mercenaries, as the militants “were unhappy” with the attitude of their “bosses.”
There is a difference? They are all criminals, and they are not militants, they are terrorists murdering Russian speakers that Putin loves to “protect”.
Another indication that any citizens of the Donbas region will never be accepted even by the Moskali or “great Russians”. The inherent fascism of the Moskali will not allow them to live peacefully with any other peoples. When will they learn they are fighting for no reason?
I think it’s a massive mistake allowing this shithole back into civilization. Unless it is thoroughly fumigated, it will remain a boil on the ass of Ukraine for years.
The putinoid scum that live there will never change, so they will have to go to the shithole next door, by force if necessary. The ones whose minds were poisoned by the invaders could still be turned round. But that land has to return to its rightful owners sooner or later and full compensation must be paid.
The same with the Crimea. The affect of decay lasts for generations wherever the filth reside.
New Year’s celebrations russian style…
Probably fighting over a stolen toilet.
Seems UAWire and UNA do no longer publish any news. Very sad, since both sites were very critical of both Russia and ukrainian politics.
I hope UA wire hasn’t gone down. Its FB page is still running; the most recent post was yesterday.
Perhaps their servers are down. Could be a technical problem, or they are upgrading/repairing something. UAWire has always been the most US-friendly publisher. It would be a pity if their voice has gone silent now.
Here is the whois info on UAWire. According to the website, the registration for the UAWire website only expires in August this year.
https://who.is/whois/uawire.org
Excellent, shame there wasn’t an all-out firefight.
This is pretty much proof that the situation is criminal driven rather than separatist.