Monday, May 25, 2015
8:09 AM PDT
Three mortar
detachments of the militants firing at Ukrainian positions.
(Censor.NET) --- “DPR” militants
actively continue to shell positions of the Ukrainian army and the National
Guard in spite of the armistice agreement.
The militants do
not have any shortage of ammo, Censor.NET reports.
In a video posted
online, three mortar detachments of the militants are shown firing in the
direction of Ukrainian positions. One of the terrorists proposes to fire
another 10 shots and says that another 100 boxes of ammunition have already
been delivered to the positions.
Monday, May 25, 2015 7:56
AM PDT
Security Service of Ukraine will provide Amnesty International with
proof of tortures and humiliations by citizens of Russian Federation
(Censor.NET) --- The Security Service of
Ukraine is ready to provide human rights organization Amnesty International
with all the evidence about crimes against humanity and human rights abuse by
the mercenaries and Russian citizens that took place in the occupied Crimea and
Donbas.
This was written by
Markiian Lubkivskyi, adviser to the Head of the Security Service wrote in his
Facebook account, Censor.NET reports.
The Security Service Head Valentyn Nalyvaichenko and the Executive Director of Amnesty International Ukraine Tetiana Mazur have coordinated the ways of cooperation today. The meeting was held on the initiative of the Security Service Head, in particular to discuss the AI report on the situation with human rights inEastern
Ukraine that was published recently.
The Security Service Head Valentyn Nalyvaichenko and the Executive Director of Amnesty International Ukraine Tetiana Mazur have coordinated the ways of cooperation today. The meeting was held on the initiative of the Security Service Head, in particular to discuss the AI report on the situation with human rights in
Mazur thanked
Nalyvaichenko for "immediate reaction on the report and
investigation" and spoke in favour of close cooperation between AI and the
Security Service on preventing and punishing of human rights abuse in the ATO
zone.
Nalyvaichenko, in his turn, noted that the Security Service highly appreciates the work of Amnesty International which is aimed at preventing and stopping the cross human rights violation and rendering assistance to the abused ones. He said the Security Service is ready to provide AI with all the stuff they have on crimes against humanity, human rights violation, on tortures and humiliations in particular, in the occupied Crimea and in the temporarily occupied territories of theDonetsk and Luhansk regions by the fighters
and Russian citizens, especially the servicemen of the Russian army.
On the other hand, the Security Service together with the military Prosecutor's office are ready to properly investigate each of the human rights abuse cases mentioned in the AI report in order to find out all the facts and establish the truth. For that purpose Nalyvaichenko asked T.Masur to give his office the statements on the abuse cases found so that they could perform a thorough investigation.
"Each complaint will be carefully examined, each confirmed case of human rights limitation or violation by Security Service officers in particular will be investigated and the perpetrators will be brought to justice," the Security Service Head said.
Nalyvaichenko, in his turn, noted that the Security Service highly appreciates the work of Amnesty International which is aimed at preventing and stopping the cross human rights violation and rendering assistance to the abused ones. He said the Security Service is ready to provide AI with all the stuff they have on crimes against humanity, human rights violation, on tortures and humiliations in particular, in the occupied Crimea and in the temporarily occupied territories of the
On the other hand, the Security Service together with the military Prosecutor's office are ready to properly investigate each of the human rights abuse cases mentioned in the AI report in order to find out all the facts and establish the truth. For that purpose Nalyvaichenko asked T.Masur to give his office the statements on the abuse cases found so that they could perform a thorough investigation.
"Each complaint will be carefully examined, each confirmed case of human rights limitation or violation by Security Service officers in particular will be investigated and the perpetrators will be brought to justice," the Security Service Head said.
Earlier the Defense
Ministry of Ukraine answered Amnesty International that Ukrainian army was not
detaining any prisoners of war or hostages.
Monday, May 25, 2015 7:56
AM PDT
Russian soldiers of
the GRU military installation in Togliatti banned from using cell phones and
social networks – Dozhd TV Channel
(Censor.NET) --- Soldiers of the Main
Intelligence Directorate of the Russian armed forces in Togliatti have been banned from using mobile
phones and ordered to delete their accounts on social networks at least until
the summer.
This is stated by
Dozhd TV channel citing a source, Censor.NET reports.
The journalists
were told that the use of social networks by GRU soldiers was banned "at
least until the summer."
"The privates
were ordered to hand over all mobile gadgets, delete the profiles on social
networks and do not even contact their parents. When asked about the time these
restrictions will be in force, they were told by the end of summer," the
media reports.
The source of the
channel said that the restrictions were introduced after the incident with
journalist Timur Olevskiy, who filmed a report near the installation.
It also said that
the soldiers of this installation were "repeatedly offered to switch to
contract and were later sent to the border with Ukraine ."
On May 16 during a
combat clash near the town of Shchastia ,
soldiers of the 92nd mechanized brigade detained two Russian commandos from a
sabotage and reconnaissance group - Alexander Aleksandrov and Yevgeniy
Yerofeyev.
They claim that
they are servicemen of the GRU unit from Togliatti .
Russian Defense Ministry stated that these citizens served
in the army, but are not active servicemen now.
Monday, May 25, 2015 7:22
AM PDT
The ceremony for
transfer of goods took place in the town of Vyshneve
attended by Ambassador of the Republic
of Turkey to Ukraine , TIKA Program Coordinator in Ukraine , leader
of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis, and chairman of the State Service for Emergency
Situations Mykola Chechotkin, Ukrinform reported.
The list of
humanitarian cargo worth about $42,000 includes fish, meat, and vegetable cans,
evaporated milk, butter, packed black tea, baby food, porridge, and hygiene
products. The total number of humanitarian packages is 25,515 items.
"As a friend
of Ukraine , as a strategic
partner of Ukraine , Turkey supports Ukraine , and will assist it to get
through on this difficult path," said the ambassador.
Monday, May 25, 2015 5:35
AM PDT
Militants actively
use 122-mm guns and 120-mm mortars in Donbas –
ATO speaker.
(Censor.NET) --- Russian-terrorist
forces continue to actively shell the positions of the Ukrainian troops using
heavy weapons banned by the Minsk
agreement.
This was stated at
a briefing of Speaker of the Presidential Administration on ATO Colonel Andrii
Lysenko, Censor.NET reports.
At the Mariupol
direction, the enemy continued shelling Ukrainian positions in Shyrokyne. The
enemy actively uses 122-mm guns and 120-mm mortars, and usually becomes more
active in the afternoon.
At the Donetsk direction
militants systematically fire at Ukrainian positions in the vicinity of the
airport, including with the use of tanks and 122-mm guns. Also, the enemy made
a provocation to the south near Mariinka and Hranitne and to the north near
Kamianka and Verkhniotoretske. The latter two towns are located near the
Donetsk-Horlivka road controlled by the militants.
At the same time
silence mode was observed as a whole near Horlivka and Svitlodarsk.
At the Luhansk
direction intense fighting took place yesterday near Shchastia and Stanytsia
Luhanska. The militants fire from a high bank of the Siverskyi Donets using
heavy weapons.
As a result of the
enemy fire, there is destruction of houses and infrastructure in Stanytsia
Luhanska. Despite this fact, Ukrainian soldiers successfully defend and repulse
the aggressive attempts of the enemy without losses.
In the area of
Bakhmutka highway the situation was overall calm - the militants occasionally
fired at our positions near Zhovte and Sokilnyky.
In total, 16
flights of the enemy's UAVs were recorded at the contact line of the ATO area.
Another Russian aircraft was flying along the border over Russian territory in
the north of the Luhansk region, near the village of Milove
Monday, May 25, 2015 5:30
AM PDT
Yatseniuk expects new
Russian offensive in Donbas after EU sanctions
meeting on June 29 - Financial Times
(Interfax) --- The probability of a new
Russian offensive in eastern Ukraine
is very high and may begin after meeting of the European Union on prolonging
sanctions against Russia ,
scheduled to take place on June 29, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk
has said.
"I don’t
expect [Putin] will go [on offensive] before June 29, before the EU has to
decide on rolling over sanctions. But the chances of a new offensive are very,
very high," Yatseniuk said in an interview with The Financial Times.
He said there are
thousands of Russian military servicemen in eastern Ukraine .
Yatseniuk added
that Ukrainian law enforcement officers had recently captured two Russian
intelligence officers who admitted to being Russian military personnel and that
they had been ordered to Ukraine .
Monday, May 25, 2015 4:58
AM PDT
One Ukrainian soldier
killed, four injured in Shyrokyne
(Interfax) --- Ukrainian army casualties
near Shyrokyne have amounted to one dead and four injured in the past 24 hours.
"A National
Guard member, born in the Donetsk
region in 1987, was killed by artillery fire near Shyrokyne,. Two National
Guard members, from the Zhytomyr and Sumy
regions, were then injured. During the mortar shelling in the evening, two
military servicemen, one from the Cherkassy
region and the other from the Chernihiv region, were injured in a mine
explosion," the city of Mariupol
reported on its website.
This morning
militants resumed shelling of Ukrainian positions, said a spokesman for Sector
M, Dmytro Horbunov.
"At 4 a.m.
this morning the shelling resumed, with use of an 82 millimeter mortar
launcher. At around 7 a.m. the shelling was already carried out with grenade
launchers. At this point, there are no casualties among the Ukrainian Armed
Forces and National Guard personnel," the spokesman said.
Yesterday the
positions of the anti-terror forces were shelled 16 times, the spokesman said.
One shell attack occurred near the village
of Chermalyk in the morning, with use
of an 82 millimeter mortar launcher; another attack, with Donetsk militias using small arms, took place
near Gnutovo. The other 14 shell attacks were carried out against Shyrokyne.
Six of them used 120-millimeter and higher-caliber artillery. Mortar launchers
and various types of small arms were used during the shell attacks.
Monday, May 25, 2015 3:08
AM PDT
New Polish
president’s policy toward Ukraine
(Zik) --- The defeat of Bronislaw
Komorowski in the presidential election won’t lead to any significant changes
in Ukraine-Poland relations, Polish Radio says March 25.
The Polish
president has a very limited influence on the country’s foreign policy, and
won’t press for any radical changes.
“The victory of
Andrzej Duda is unlikely to affect Poland ’s foreign policy for the
next months. Till November, the present Premier Ewa Koparz will remain in
office and the foreign ministry will be run by Grzegorz Schetyna,” publicist
Lucas Yasyna says.
“Sometimes, Duda
was even a stronger supporter of Ukraine than Komorowski,” he says
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