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United Armed Forces of Novorossiya
Объединённые Вооруженные Силы Новороссии
War flag of Novorossiya
Founded3 March 2014
(Donbass People's Militia)
Current form16 September 2014
HeadquartersKrasnodon
Leadership
Minister of DefenceVladimir Kononov
(Donetsk People's Republic)
Oleg Bugrov
(Lugansk People's Republic)
Personnel
Active personnel10,000 – 20,000

The United Armed Forces of Novorossiya (Template:Lang-ru), formerly the Donbass People's Militia (Template:Lang-ru) and the Army of the South-East (Template:Lang-ru), are both militias and armed volunteer groups affiliated with the Federal State of Novorossiya. It is regarded as a terrorist group by the Ukrainian government. When it was called "Donbass People's Militia", it was mostly active in the Donetsk Oblast. The Donbass People's Militia was formed by Pavel Gubarev, who was elected "People's Governor" of Donetsk Oblast by pro-Russian protesters. Since then, it has fought a war against the Ukrainian government in the Donbass region of Ukraine. The militia was accused by the Ukrainian government of culpability in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 on 17 July 2014. The armed wing of the Lugansk People's Republic, the Army of the South-East, was merged into the militia on 16 September 2014, forming the "United Armed Forces of Novorossiya".

It is widely believed that the rebels are supported by Russian armed forces. Numerous Russian troops have been detained in Ukraine, and, although the Russian government often denies direct involvement stating that these men were there voluntarily and not under orders, some of them were detained riding their combat vehicles with documents proving their origin in Russian armed forces. Moreover, separatists admitted receiving supplies from Russia and being trained there. BBC reported that separatist ranks are composed of thousands of Russian citizens, and NATO accused Russia of deploying their regular troops into Ukraine. Registered Cossacks of the Russian Federation have been reported to be supporting separatists in the conflict as well. DPR prime minister Alexander Zakharchenko claims that there are around 3,000 to 4,000 Russian volunteers fighting for the militia, which includes current and many retired Russian Army servicemen.

History

Pro-Russian rally in Donetsk on April 6, 2014

On April 6, 2014, 2,000 pro-Russian protesters rallied outside the regional administration building in Donetsk. In the same day, groups of protesters in Eastern Ukraine stormed the regional administration buildings in Donetsk, Kharkiv, and the SBU headquarters in Luhansk. The groups created a people's council and demanded a referendum like in Crimea. Within a few days, several government buildings in cities such as Kramatorsk and Sloviansk were also stormed. On April 12, the supporters of the Donetsk People's Republic and members of Donbass People's Militia set up checkpoints and barricades in Sloviansk. The same day, former members of the Donetsk "Berkut" unit joined the ranks of the Donbass People's Militia. On April 13, the newly established Ukrainian government gave the separatists a deadline to disarm or face a "full-scale anti-terrorist campaign" in the region. Later that day, the first reports of fighting was reported between the people's militia and Ukrainian troops near Sloviansk, with casualties on both sides. On April 14, members of the Donbass People's Militia blocked Ukrainian military KrAZ truck's armed with Grad missiles from entering the city.

Sloviansk city council under control of Don Cossacks on April 14, 2014

On April 15, a full scale "counter-terrorism" operation was launched by the Ukrainian government with aim of restoring their authority over the area's seized by the militia.

Vostok Battalion members in Donetsk on May 9, 2014

On April 16, the militia entered Sloviansk with six BMD airborne amphibious tracked infantry fighting vehicles they obtained from parts of the 25th Airborne Brigade who had switched allegiance. The "occupants" were disarmed after the vehicles were blockaded by locals. The militia also received one self-propelled 120 mm mortar 2S9 "Nona-S" On April 20, an unidentified armed group in civilian clothes attacked a Militia checkpoint at the entrance to the city of Sloviansk. Three attackers and three members of Militia were killed. On May 14, eight members of Militia seized an IMR armored vehicle from Novokramatorsky Mashinostroitelny Zavod.

On May 15, the Donbass People's Militia sent an ultimatum to Kiev. They ordered the withdraw all Ukrainian troops from Donetsk oblast. On May 17, several members of the militia seized two BRDM unarmed armored vehicles from Severodonetsk and Lysychansk (Luhansk Oblast) On May 22, the Federal State of Novorossiya was declared. On May 23, several members of people's militia seized another BRDM-RKh unarmed armored vehicle from Loskutovka (Luhansk Oblast)

The militia were widely suspected to be involved in the downing of a civilian airliner, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, on 17 July 2014.

On August 8, the militia claimed that after battles near border with Russia, they captured 67 pieces of equipment with varying status (serviceable equipment without ammunition and fuel, with faults, damaged in battle and completely unusable), including 18 multiple rocket launching systems "Grad", 15 tanks and armored personnel carriers, howitzers, MANPADS, etc. As of August 12, the militia has at least 200 armored vehicles.

The months of July and early August were disastrous for the militias with many analysts saying they were on the verge of defeat before a sudden counteroffensive, which the Ukrainian Government claims was supported by Russian troops, encircled thousands of Ukrainian troops and forced them into a retreat. The militias soon re-captured several strategic positions such as Savur-Mohyla and Luhansk International Airport. The armies of both the Donetsk People's Republic and Lugansk People's Republic merged on 16 September 2014 to form the "United Armed Forces of Novorossiya".

Structure

The militia consist of different armed groups, which took the oath for Donetsk People's Republic. Militant groups which refused to do it were disarmed as gangs.

Combat forces

File:Flag of the Vostok Battalion (Donetsk People's Republic).svg
Flag of the Vostok Battalion
Flag of the Sparta Battalion

Donetsk People's Republic

Donbass People's Militia

Lugansk People's Republic

Army of the South-East

Disbanded

United Battalions of the DPR and LPR

  • North Battalion
  • Prizrak Battalion - Expanded to Prizrak Brigade.

Non-combat units

  • Novorossiya Humanitarian Battalion (Template:Lang-ru) - non-combat unit involved in protecting the delivery of humanitarian aid.

Commanders

Prime Minister of the DPR, Alexander Zakharchenko

Flags and symbols

Multiple flags and symbols are often used by the armed forces:

Equipment

Main article: List of equipment of the United Armed Forces of Novorossiya

According to the Donetsk People's Republic all its military equipment is "hardware that we took from the Ukrainian military". However, according to the Ukrainian government and the United States Department of State this is a false statement and claim the separatists have received military equipment from Russia, including multiple rocket launch systems and tanks. Despite the fact that Russian officials deny supplying arms to the militia, numerous evidence proves that it is true. In August 2014 Ukrainian Defense Minister Valeriy Heletey claimed the proof for the weapons supply from Russia was that the fighters of the Donbass People's Militia were using Russian-made weapons that were never used (or bought) by the Ukrainian army.

Relationship with Russia

As the conflict intensified, the Donbass People's Militia was bolstered with many volunteers from the former Soviet Union, mainly Russia; including fighters from Chechnya and North Ossetia.

According to the Ukrainian government and the United States Department of State the Donbass People's Militia have received military equipment from Russia, including Russian tanks and multiple rocket launchers. Russia denied doing this and has described the Russian citizens fighting with the Donbass People's Militia as volunteers. The Donetsk People's Republic claimed on 16 August 2014 it had received (together with 30 tanks and 120 other armoured vehicles of undisclosed origin) 1,200 "individuals who have gone through training over a four-month period on the territory of the Russian Federation". The Donetsk People's Republic claims it has not received military equipment from Russia; but that all its military equipment is "hardware that we took from the Ukrainian military". In August 2014 Ukrainian Defense Minister Valeriy Heletey disputed this claim because (according to him) the fighters of the Donbass People's Militia were using Russian-made weapons that were never used (or bought) by the Ukrainian army; and which thus had to been supplied to them from Russia.

The injured of the Donbass People's Militia are exclusively treated in Russia. For example in hospitals in Donetsk, Russia; the Donetsk Central Hospital in this city (in mid-August) saw between 10 and 20 injured fighters daily. The Russian Emergency Ministry did help with treatment logistics. The injured were also questioned and registered by the (Russian) Federal Security Service.

Post-War in Donbass

The injured of the Donbass People's Militia treated in Russia mid-August 2014 claimed they could not return to Ukraine if the Ukrainian army would win the War in Donbass. They stated that if Ukraine would win the War in Donbass they would hold a partisan warfare-campaign in Eastern Ukraine.

See also

Notes

  1. Since 13 April 2014 all government buildings in Kharkiv are fully under Ukrainian control. Kharkiv returned to relative calm by 30 April.

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