Military conflict in eastern Ukraine after militia forces' change of tactics
Ukrainian government forces have lately suffered a number of defeats due to a change of tactics of the militia forces
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Ukrainian government forces have suffered a number of defeats lately due to a change of tactics performed by the militia forces. Photo: Ukrainian government forces volunteers in the city of Ilovaisk
© ITAR-TASS/EPA/IVAN BOBERSKYY On Monday, Donetsk militia reported encircling several Ukrainian army groupings. Photo: Ukrainian soldiers in a trench in the Donetsk Region
© EPA/ROMAN PILIPEY Thousands of soldiers and hundreds of military hardware units of the Ukrainian governmaent forces were blocked. Photo: a Ukrainian tank in eastern Ukraine
© EPA/ROMAN PILIPEY On Tuesday, a Ukrainian military grouping was encircled by the militias near the town of Ilovaisk near Donetsk. Photo: Ukrainian soldier seen in the town of Ilovaisk
© EPA/IVAN BOBERSKYY Militia forces of the self-proclaimed Donest People's Republic claim assuming control of the border area with Russia that stretches into the Sea of Azov
© EPA/ROMAN PILIPEY However, heavy fighting continues in the Donetsk Region, causing damage to civil infrastructure
© EPA/ROMAN PILIPEY Electricity service stopped working in Donetsk Region's Avdeyevka after fierce fighteing between the governmen forces and militias
© EPA/ROMAN PILIPEY Photo: Ukrainian army helicopter seen over Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine
© EPA/ROMAN PILIPEY Shelling attacks of the Ukrainian military continue destroying Donetsk. Photo: a man gets out of his shelter after after a shelling attack on Donetsk
© ITAR-TASS/EPA/SERGEI ILNITSKY Donetsk after a shelling attack
© EPA/VALENTIN EGORSHIN Donetsk after a shelling attack
© ITAR-TASS/EPA/SERGEI ILNITSKY A paramedic helps a man wounded in a shelling attack on Donetsk
© ITAR-TASS/EPA/SERGEI ILNITSKY View of a kitchen in a house destroyed in a shelling attack, Donetsk
© EPA/SERGEI ILNITSKY A cross is placed on a burnt out field in Ukraine's Donetsk Region
© EPA/ROMAN PILIPEY