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  • 2019-01-27 (xsd:date)
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  • On January 23, the Russian Defense Ministry’s official media outlet TV Zvezda reported that the Organization for Security and Cooperation and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine’s embattled Donbas region spotted Ukrainian armored vehicles in the area. Specifically, it mentioned three types of armored vehicles -- a ZU-23 anti-aircraft gun, a BTR-70 armored personnel carrier, and a BRDM-2 patrol vehicle. A review of the OSCE SMM’s spot reports from January 22-23 appears to confirm this claim, although only the ZU-23 and BRDM-2 are mentioned, not the BTR-70. This article fits the general tenor of Russian state media coverage of Ukrainian military activity, which regularly accuses the Ukrainian side of violating the Minsk peace agreement and/or preparing to launch offensive operations.TV Zvezda pointed to allegedly serious incidents, citing as sources Russian-controlled or dominated authorities in the region. For example, on January 18 and January 22, TV Zvezda ran two stories claiming that Ukrainian forces fired on the Russian-led militia" using tanks. Both stories cite the authorities of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics rather than the OSCE.Belarus - Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) leaves a hall at the presidential residence in Minsk (en)
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