Ukraine: Russia 'strengthening its position,' Danat says
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Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) military accused of "intimidation, extortion, intimidation, deception" It is reported to force them to fight. They also complained about being asked to fight in the neighboring separatist country Donetsk People's Republic (DPR).
This was despite successfully defending his LPR from Ukrainian forces.
A statement read by one of the fighters accused the LPR leadership of promising the army that victory would be achieved by early July.
He said : ``The soldiers of the Mobilization Reserve Battalion 2740 refuse to go and fight in the Donetsk People's Republic. 
Soldiers in the so-called Lugansk republic say they don't want to fight for the so-called Donetsk republic because Russia needs soldiers and they put the "independence referendum" in front of Putin's eyes. It's funny that you're throwing He adjusted it, but now it backfires pic.twitter.com/bbYnJF4Dfo
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This came as the Kremlin was forced to withdraw helicopters and jets from Crimea after a series of recent explosions rocked Russian bases in the region.
Ukrainian intelligence sources claim that 24 fighters and bombers and 14 helicopters have moved to other parts of the peninsula or mainland Russia.
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in Crimea Reports of multiple attacks of a drone shot down near the Crimean bridge and AD S operating near the Belbek air force base also struck a large ammunition depot in the Belgorod region in mainland Russia.pic.twitter.com/74yKrkOuPG
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Russian air defense systems have succeeded against Ukrainian attacks on Kerch in eastern Crimea, city officials say no danger to city or Crimean bridges.pic .twitter.com/ACPStqF9FF
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A devastating series of explosions at an air force base last week destroyed 20 jets and caused £1 billion in damage.
Two people were injured when a Russian ammunition depot burst into flames on Tuesday.
Ukrainian military intelligence claimed that the movement of military equipment was in direct response to the blast.
They said: "The occupiers are taking steps to partially transfer aviation equipment from forward base airfields in Crimea in order to permanently reserve airfields and airfields based on the territory of the Russian Federation.
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Explosions at temporarily occupied military infrastructure in Crimea, including Saki and Gvaldiske airfields. According to
Ukraine, three Su-34s, five Su-27s and three other of his aircraft returned to Russia from Berbek airfield in Crimea.
They also claimed that six Ka-27 helicopters and eight others of his had also escaped from the airfield.
Russia is also believed to have lost at least 10 fighters in the attack on Saki Airfield last Tuesday.
The attack on Crimea demonstrated Russia's vulnerability and Ukraine's ability to attack territory controlled by Moscow.
