"As soon as our enemy started to run out of breath, suddenly it's time for peace, we lay down our weapons?" he added. Now we're not going to let anyone out," said Sergei, a rebel commander whose nom de guerre is "Kunduz." We told them to surrender in Debaltseve, but they didn't. "We let them out once, and now they've come back to fight with us again. As the deadline for a new cease-fire deal came and went overnight on Sunday, the rebels kept on shelling Debaltseve. The soldiers were mostly local volunteers, though their commanding officers were Russian - as were the men who delivered them tanks and artillery. The rebels had just seized the town, cutting Debaltseve off from the last road leading to Ukrainian territory. In the days preceding their victory, photographer Max Avdeev embedded with the First Slavyansk Brigade of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic in the nearby town of Logvinove. A catastrophic defeat is now all but inevitable. Posted by Cory Sidle A combination of 45 combat videos from Iraq, most gun camera footage from Apache helicopters killing insurgents with 30mm fire and Hellfire missiles. On Tuesday, however, rebels seized most of the town and took several Ukrainian soldiers captive. For weeks, Ukraine's government denied rebel claims to have the town surrounded, even as artillery fire prompted most civilians to flee, killed hundreds, and destroyed the town beyond recognition. Through multimedia storytelling we aim to better explain the world while also showing how our journalism is done.LOGVINOVE, Ukraine - When Russian-backed rebels went on the offensive in east Ukraine a month ago, the focal point of the clashes quickly switched to Debaltseve, a strategically key rail junction linking their two unsanctioned states. We combine traditional reporting skills with advanced analysis of satellite images, social media and other open source information. We gather, analyse and visualise data to tell data-driven stories. The Data and Forensics team is a multi-skilled unit dedicated to providing transparent journalism from Sky News. Never-before-seen footage shows the corpses of dozens of WWII Korean sex slaves dumped after they were raped and killed by Japanese soldiers WARNING: DISTURBING FOOTAGE Rare war-time footage was. Sky News works with the wider OSINT community and other experts to further check the origin of the material we publish. They deploy a variety of open source investigative tools to determine the veracity of the images, including matching the locations shown with open source satellite images and maps, and conducting reverse image searches to determine whether the footage or images do indeed show the events they purport to show.
Image: Sky's Mark Austin will interview Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskovīefore Sky News republishes a social media video or image from the war in Ukraine our forensic journalists analyse the material. The quality of the footage means individuals' identities cannot be confirmed but the social media accounts and other reporting relating to these people show pictures that look very similar to those seen in the video.Īt least one of these people has a social media account listed as based in Kyiv and which has been active for several years. Air Interdiction and Close Air Support to eliminate. Mamuka Mamuashwili, Commander of the Georgian Battalion in Ukraine, told Sky News the video does not feature members of the Georgian Legion. military official confirmed the authenticity of the footage, which provoked global discussion on the legality and morality of the attacks. A-10s protecting NATO and US forces in Afghanistan and Iraq by strafing and bombing enemy forces and terrorists. The closest soldier, whose jacket is pulled up above. It said one of the soldiers belongs to a Georgian legion fighting alongside the Ukrainian army. The footage, verified by the New York Times, shows two bodies apparently Russian soldiers lying on the road in a pool of bright red blood. This would suggest the incident shows the aftermath of an ambush on Russian airborne forces.Ī Russian group that purports to investigate war crimes in Ukraine has released the personal details of three individuals it claims are in the video. One of the dead bodies seen in the potentially incriminating video can also be seen wearing the uniform of Russia's airborne forces. It is used exclusively by Russia's airborne forces and the 'V' on the side of it indicates it was at some point deployed north-west of Kyiv." Image: A vehicle believed to belong to the Russian armed forces is seen abandoned by the roadside in the videoĪn analyst from defence intelligence company Janes told Sky News: "This vehicle is a BMD-2 airdroppable infantry fighting vehicle.
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