A column of Ukrainian armored vehicles is approaching Donetsk (video conference)

On July 9, the information center «South-Eastern Front» held a Skype and mobile conference with the journalist Alyona Kochkina. She is now in Donetsk and was able to report on the operational situation in the city.

«From Mariupol, on the highway Mariupol Slavyansk, there is a huge column of armored vehicles moving towards Donetsk»,said Alyona Kochkina." According to the witnesses, it comprises of more than 40 tanks, 10 «GRAD» launchers and other military equipment. All movements and maneuvers of punitive forces near Mariupol turned out to be a part of the plan of the future attacks on Donetsk.

Donetsk is now in a relatively calm state. Massive shelling of the city was not carried out for three past days, but the suburbs are bombed non-stop. At the moment most of the population have fully realized that the junta will not stop at the common sense reasoning, and will fire Donetsk with the same ferocity and intensity as they were destroying Slavyansk. People suddenly realized that a catastrophe can happen here, too.

A big hike in spirits give new volunteers, who keep joining the Resistance army. Today I interviewed the fighters who came from Slavyansk and Kramatorsk. They have a high fighting spirit, all are at the positions and ready to stand up and fight.