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 * Source
 * Распад южного котла (The collapse of the southern boiler) - Colonel Cassad, July 16, 2014
 * Изваринский котел: стратегическая ошибка Генштаба Украины (Izvarinsky boiler: a strategic error of the General Staff of Ukraine) - prokuratura.org.ua, July 18, 2014
 * "Чтоб земля выгорела метров на пять". Батальон Шахтерск предлагает снести Снежное ("So that the earth burned off about five meters." Battalion Shakhtersk proposes to take down Snezhnoe) -Korrespondent.net, July 16, 2014
 * ''"We think it's better to lose Snezhnoe as a city than to lose our soldiers." It is necessary to work with aviation and artillery to demolish the city so that the earth burned off by 5 meters, "Onishchenko said. Recall, on July 15, around 06:20 in the city of Snezhnoe was hit by an air strike. As a result, the apartment building on Lenin Street, 14, was almost completely destroyed, and the houses standing next to this building were damaged. As a result of the air strike, which led to the collapse of the construction of a residential house, eleven people were killed, and eight others were injured. Among the victims there is one child. The National Security Council of Ukraine stated that the air strike on the town of Snezhnoe was inflicted by an unknown plane with the aim of discrediting the Ukrainian military, calling the incident "a bloody provocation."