Thursday, April 9, 2015
7:11 AM PDT
Turchynov: NATO and
EU membership guarantees sovereignty, Russian aggression among threats to Ukraine
(Censor.NET) --- Secretary of the
National Defense and Security Council of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov has
outlined the main threats to the state and the priorities of domestic and
foreign policyin a draft national security strategy developed by the NSDC.
Oleksandr Turchynov
stated that Russia 's
aggressive policy is among the main threats to Ukraine 's
security, when presenting the document in Kiev
on Thursday, Censor.NET informs citing Interfax-Ukraine.
In addition, these
threats include corruption, inefficient governance, the economic crisis, the
limited financial resources of the state and the decline in living standards.
Turchynov also said
that, according to the draft strategy, Ukraine considers European and
Euro-Atlantic integration as its priority in foreign and domestic policy.
"We see NATO
membership as the only reliable external guarantee of state sovereignty and
territorial integrity of Ukraine ,"
he said.
According to
Turchynov, "Ukraine 's
main foreign policy priority is to deepen the strategic partnership with the United States
as a guarantor of international security in the Euro-Atlantic space."
"Ukraine is committed
to developing relationships and partnerships with the United Kingdom , Poland ,
as well as Canada , Australia , Japan ,
Lithuania , Latvia , Estonia ,
Sweden , Romania , Moldova ,
Georgia - the states which Ukraine
considers its reliable allies. The partnership with Germany
and France , EU Member States
and NATO, which provide substantial assistance to Ukraine , are also a priority,"
NSDC Secretary said.
Earlier, Secretary
of the National Security Council of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov stated the need
for a new national security strategy and military doctrine with a clear
definition of the main enemy.
The development of
new versions of the National Security Strategy and Military Doctrine
considering the changes in the military-political situation around Ukraine is
provided by the coalition agreement and the program of the Cabinet for the
current year.
Thursday, April 9, 2015
6:25 AM PDT
Saboteurs detained in
Odesa were preparing political assassinations and capture of the city by “LPR”
and “DPR” scenarios - Head of SBU
(Censor.NET) --- 29 members of the
sabotage group detained in Odesa prepared actions infringing the territorial
integrity of Ukraine .
This was stated by
Chairman of the Security Service Valentyn Nalyvaichenko, Censor.NET citing
Interfax-Ukraine.
"They were
preparing assassinations ... as the beginning of capturing the territory,
separation of Odesa from Ukraine ,"
Nalyvaichenko said at a briefing in Kiev
on Thursday.
The head of the
Security Service said that the saboteur's action plan was similar to that
implemented in the Donbas which resulted in
"DPR" and "LPR".
According to him,
these people were preparing assassinations of a people's deputy and Odesa
activists. Nalyvaichenko did not specify the names of the detainees' potential
targets.
"We have
arrested 29 people, including four organizers of the criminal separatist
organization," Nalyvaichenko said and added that most of the detainees are
citizens of Ukraine .
Thursday, April 9, 2015
6:03 AM PDT
(Interfax) --- Ukraine does not have technical
capacities to restore its nuclear weapons, says Volodymyr Horbulin, the
director of the National Institute for Strategic Studies and a presidential
adviser.
"We cannot
build a nuclear warhead today, and I bear responsibility for these words,"
Horbulin said at the presentation of a draft national security strategy in Kiev on Thursday.
Thursday, April 9, 2015
5:57 AM PDT
UN may suffer League of Nations fate - Ukrainian diplomat
"The drama
dramatics of the situation are that voting is needed to designate Russia as a side to the conflict, while Russia is set
to apply its right of veto. Thus, there is an effect of double veto," he
said.
Sergeyev said that
this had happened before, regarding various countries: "That is why the
need for reform of the Security Council is absolutely clear. Otherwise, any
conflict, any aggression will be blocked because of such casuistry."
"No conflict
can be stopped, if someone apply veto. The UN will either get out of this
crisis with dignity if it manages to amend its Charter and procedures, or
suffer the same fate as the League of Nations .
Let me remind: the latter was designed to ensure peace and stability, but was
unable to avert World War II with the tools it had at disposal," he said.
"In the end,
collective self-defense against fascism won the war and the winners decided to
create a new League of Nations named the
United Nations," Sergeyev explained.
At the same time,
he reminded that there is popular idea of the French president in the UN - not
to use the veto in conflict situations, when there is bloodshed and a threat to
human life: "the French President has made such an amendment. But it is
not supported by all among the permanent members of the Security Council, not
only by Russia ."
The League of Nations was established in 1920 to promote
cooperation, peace and security among the nations. However, due to the
inability to prevent the World War Ineko-Invest, it was disbanded in 1946.
Thursday, April 9, 2015
5:22 AM PDT
Parliament declares
May 8 as Remembrance and Reconciliation Day
261 MPs have
supported this decision.
According to the
law, Ukraine
will commemorate all the victims of the WWII on May 8, and will celebrate
victory over Nazi Germany during WWII on May 9 annually.
Thursday, April 9, 2015
4:13 AM PDT
No one killed, three
soldiers wounded on Thursday - ATO HQ
(Censor.NET) --- No Ukrainian soldiers
were killed yesterday, April 8, in the ATO area.
This was announced
by Presidential Administration representative on ATO matters, Colonel Oleksandr
Motuzianyk, Censor.NET reports citing Ukrainski Novyny.
"No Ukrainian
soldiers were killed over the past day in fighting; three were wounded,"
he said.
Thursday, April 9, 2015
2:22 AM PDT
(Censor.NET) --- Polish President
Bronislaw Komorowski condemned the Russian aggression and marked the feat of
Ukrainian soldiers giving their lives for the future of their homeland.
In his speech in
front of the deputies of the Verkhovna Rada he noted that Poland is landing its willing hand to Ukraine and
should do everything to ensure that other nations of the Western world do the
same, Censor.NET reports.
The president of Poland said that his visit takes place in
difficult times for Ukraine .
"Ukraine is in a state
of war ... We meet at a time when the Russian aggression is trying to deprive Ukraine of its
right to self-determination, the right to choose its own path," he said.
Komorowski noted
the importance of the Revolution of Dignity, which took place in Ukraine in late
2013-early 2014. "The EU cannot forget the sacrifice of the Heavenly
Hundred Heroes," he said, adding that Euromaidan activists who came out to
the streets defended European values and the right to become part of the EU. He
also emphasized that stability in Europe is only possible when Ukraine becomes a part of European Union, and
expressed hope that Ukraine
will fulfill a number of requirements to do this.
"When sons of
Ukraine are dying in the East, they also defend Europe ... The Western World
must understand that it will only be safe when it is safe in Ukraine,"
Komorowski said, adding that today only the blind cannot see Russia's
participation in the conflict in the Donbas.
"It is
impossible not to see the tanks and armoured personnel carriers of the
aggressor in Ukraine ,"
he said indignantly.
According to Komorowski, the EU will never
recognize the criminal changing of borders, which Russia went for against the wishes
of Ukrainians.
Thursday, April 9, 2015
12:51 AM PDT
Terrorists conducted
intense shelling near Pisky, Shyrokyne, and Berdianske. A battle took place
near Krymske – ATO press center
(Censor.NET) --- From 6 p.m. to 12 a.m.
April 8, the militant formations conducted 13 fire attacks on the positions of
Ukrainian troops along the line of demarcation in the area of the anti-terrorist
operation.
This is reported by
Censor.NET citing the ATO press center.
According to the
headquarters, the most intense shelling occurred in the Donetsk region near Pisky, Shyrokyne and
Berdianske. The Russian-terrorist forces continue to use weapons prohibited by
the Minsk Agreement.
"In the area
of Pisky, at about 6 p.m., the militants opened fire on our positions using 120
mm mortars, and from 7:15 p.m. to 8 p.m. they used 120-mm mortars and 122
caliber artillery against the positions near Berdianske. In the area of
Avdiivka and Maiorsk the criminals used automatic grenade launchers and small
arms in their armed provocations," the statement reads.
It is also noted
that at about 8 p.m., a UAV reconnaissance flight was recorded over Vodiane village
in the direction of Opytne.
"In the
Luhansk region at 11.45 p.m., a military clash occurred near Krymske. Our
troops fend off the enemy," the ATO press center added.
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