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will post information about Twin Sisters, Anya and Katya who fights for the NAF
from two news source.
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The pro-Russian
separatists twin sisters Anya (R) and Katya (L) pose near Telmonove, Donetsk
region, on June 17, 2015. AFP PHOTO / ANDREY BORODULIN
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Anya and Katya the Twin Sister
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INTERNET
SOURCE: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2967450/Sisters-fighting-DPR-army-year-rest-pro-Russian-rebels-hopes-raise-ceasefire-hold.html
Twin offensive: Sisters, 19, fighting together with pro-Russian rebels on the frontline – as hopes raise that Ukraine ceasefire will hold
- Twins Anya and Katya have been with the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) army since October last year, fighting Ukrainian government forces
- Youngsters pictured nonchalantly playing with their mobile phones as they relax during downtime amid a ceasefire which now looks less fragile
- They are pictured at a base near Mariupol, where fighting has eased
- The foreign ministers of Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany agreed today to seek a reinforcement of the international monitoring mission
- US Secretary of State John Kerry said Russia was lying when it said there are no Russian troops or equipment in Ukraine
Two
teenage twins are among a group of pro-Russian rebels pictured resting up in
Ukraine amid hopes a ceasefire agreement is now finally holding.
Twins
Anya and Katya, both 19 years old, have been with the Donetsk People's Republic
(DPR) army since October last year, fighting Ukrainian government forces.
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Twins Anya and
Katya have been with the DPR army since October 2014. They are pictured resting
with other pro-Russian rebels on a base on the southern front near Mariupol
[PHOTO SOURCE: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2967450/Sisters-fighting-DPR-army-year-rest-pro-Russian-rebels-hopes-raise-ceasefire-hold.html]
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Fighting around
the town has eased in recent days, raising hopes that a fragile ceasefire will
now hold, allowing the twins some downtime to play with their mobile phones
next to two male soldiers
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The twins examine
Ukrainian flags seized in Debaltseve, a strategic transport hub taken by the
rebels
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They
are pictured rebels at a base on the southern front near the town of Mariupol,
where fighting has eased in recent days.
The
youngsters can be seen nonchalantly playing with their mobile phones in between
two male soldiers as they relax during some downtime at the base.
They
are also pictured with some Ukrainian flags seized in Debaltseve, a strategic
transport hub seized by the rebels since the ceasfire was supposed to come into
effect on February 15.
As
a result of the offensive Kiev has accused the rebels of ignoring the truce.
Pro-Russia
separatists brought reporters today to witness the withdrawal of heavy weapons
from the front line in the east of the country, but Ukraine said the rebels
were using the cover of the truce to reinforce for another advance.
The
foreign ministers of Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany agreed today to seek a
reinforcement of the international monitoring mission in Ukraine and renewed
their calls for the oft-breached ceasefire agreement to be respected.
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Pro-Russian separatists, twin sisters Anya
(right) and Katya, pose for a photo near Telmonove in Donetsk region.—AFP
[PHOTO SOURCE: http://www.dawn.com/news/1190202]
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INTERNET
SOURCE: http://www.dawn.com/news/1190202
‘Not afraid of blood’
Anya
and Katya are genial twins who are used to wearing heavy combat boots.
They
seem at ease and not the slightest bit regretful recalling how — at the tender
age of 19 — they made the life-altering decision to quit their technical
college and join one of the local militia forces.
“We studied and lived in Donetsk when the war started,” Katya said.
“We decided to join the rebellion when we learned that kids were
being killed.”
Monitors
from the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) believe
that at least 68 children have died and 180 have been wounded since fighting
began in March 2014.
The
campaign’s brutality has splintered family allegiances and left psychological
scars on both ethnic Russian and Ukrainians — fellow Slavs who had lived in
relative harmony even after the Soviet Union broke up.
Anya
admits that “at first, mom would not let us” join the war.
But
then she caved, and started going along with her daughters to treat rebels
wounded at the front.
“Before the war, I used to be afraid of blood — of its smell,” Katya said. “I
am not afraid of blood anymore.”
Published in Dawn, June 25th, 2015
Family
affair on the frontline for Ukrainian twins
Published on Jun 24, 2015
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Twin sisters Katya and Anya, decided they could no longer sit by and watch the crisis in Ukraine unfold. So the 20-year-olds joined rebel forces in the Donetsk People's Republic along with their mother and brother.
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