Monday, June 22, 2015 7:32
AM PDT
PACE notes worsening
humanitarian situation in Donbas
She stressed this
at a briefing for journalists in Strasbourg ,
an Ukrinform correspondent reports.
"We are being
reported on serious violations of human rights from the conflict-torn areas.
Impunity for human rights violations is maintained, the safety of journalists
is still not guaranteed, the international humanitarian law is being violated.
Despite the ceasefire agreement, military operations in eastern Ukraine are
expanding, and the number of casualties as well as the number of internally
displaced persons grows," she said.
Brasseur also
stressed that the PACE well understood the complexity of conflict settlement
and was perfectly aware of the role of Russia in that. "We are well
aware that Russia 's role in
this crisis is crucial for ending the war and search for stable solution,"
the PACE President said, adding that derogation of powers of the official
delegation of the Russian
Federation will be considered on Wednesday.
Monday, June 22, 2015 6:19
AM PDT
KIEV, June 22 (Ukrinform). --- Defense
Minister of Ukraine Stepan Poltorak is to attend the meetings of the North
Atlantic Council at the level of defense ministers in Brussels .
Acting Head of the
Mission of Ukraine to NATO Yehor Bozhok has said this to an Ukrinform
correspondent in Brussels .
"June 24-25,
Defense Minister of Ukraine Stepan Poltorak will visit the NATO headquarters.
According to the visit program, the Defense Minister will participate in the
meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission at the level of defense ministers,"
the Ukrainian diplomat said.
The Defense
Minister of Ukraine will
also hold a number of bilateral meetings with NATO
Secretary General , U.S. Secretary of Defense, defense ministers of Lithuania , Poland
and Australia .
"The agenda of
the NATO-Ukraine Commission meeting includes the issues related to the
progress, made by Ukraine
in reforming security and defense sector, as well as plans for further
cooperation. We expect the Alliance to reaffirm
its willingness to continue building up support for Ukraine in reform of the Armed
Forces and other bodies of security sector," Bozhok said.
Monday, June 22, 2015 5:27
AM PDT
Ukrainian Minister
urges OSCE SMM to check radiation background in Donetsk
(Interfax) --- Ecology and Natural
Resources Minister of Ukraine Ihor Shevchenko has urged OSCE Special Monitoring
Mission (SMM) observers to check the radiation background in Donetsk region.
The press service
of the ministry said there was a huge explosion at a state-owned chemical
products plant in Donetsk
region on June 16. The explosion was caused by the detonation of an underground
storehouse filled with ammunition, which might have breached the containment of
a radioactive waste burial site located between the town of Pisky and Zhovtneva mine.
"The state of
the burial site with radioactive waste under the supervision of the Defense
Ministry of Ukraine near Donetsk raises alarm,
as Ukraine
can't check the radiation background at the moment, which might lead to grave
ecological consequences. That's why we demand that OSCE SMM representatives
measure the radiation background in the district," Shevchenko said.
As reported, on
June 20, Andriy Taran, the Ukrainian representative in the Joint Coordination
Center for Ceasefire Monitoring (JCCCM), said the state of the burial site was
causing alarm, and Ukraine would be grateful if OSCE SMM representatives would
monitor the radiation background in the region controlled by the militants, and
take other steps to eliminate the danger in the region.
Monday, June 22, 2015 5:00
AM PDT
Visegrad Four to
deepen military cooperation with Ukraine
KIEV, June 22 (Ukrinform). --- The
Visegrad Group countries (Poland ,
Czech Republic , Hungary and Slovakia )
will deepen military cooperation with Ukraine .
The press service
of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this on the
results of the meeting of Chiefs of General Staffs of the Visegrad Four
countries that was held on June 18-19 in the Slovak town of Old Smokovec .
"The leaders
of delegations of the participating countries expressed their full support for
our country and confirmed their intention to deepen military cooperation with Ukraine ,"
the statement said.
The meeting was
attended by Chief of General Staff, Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Colonel-General Viktor Muzhenko.
The parties summed
up the military cooperation of the Visegrad Group countries with Ukraine over
the past year and determined priority areas for future cooperation.
Monday, June 22, 2015
3:48 AM PDT
Two Ukrainian
soldiers killed, three wounded over the past day, - ATO speaker
(Censor.NET) --- Two Ukrainian soldiers
were killed, three wounded in the course of the anti-terrorist operation on
June 21.
This was announced
by the Presidential Administration speaker on the ATO matters Andrii Lysenko at
a briefing, Censor.NET reports.
"Over the past
day, two Ukrainian soldiers were killed, another three received injuries,"
he said.
Monday, June 22, 2015
3:10 AM PDT
Russian sniper
detained in Donbas - Investigative blogger.
(Censor.NET) --- Photographs of the
Russian military sniper detained by Ukrainian soldiers were found online. He
had previously served as a "peacemaker" in the 7th military base in
Abkhazia.
This is stated by
Ukrainian investigative blogger Anton Pavlushko on his Facebook page,
Censor.NET reports.
"Yesterday
there were reports about four detained separatists including a Russian sniper.
Today a video of the interrogation was posted online. Two seem to be typical
pro-separatist men, one - a local former interior troops serviceman. But the
Russian turned out to be an interesting persona. He served as a peacekeeper in
the 7th military base in Abkhazia in a reconnaissance battalion, sniper
company. Here he served first as a clerk (so smart that he was specially sent
from Anapa?) and then in the infantry.
"He started
talking about SVD rifle himself: "Well, I did not have an SVD, just a
regular automatic gun..."
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Monday, June 22, 2015 12:52
AM PDT
Militants shell
Ukrainian military 85 times in past 24 hours
KIEV, June 22 (Ukrinform). --- Russian
armed gangs shelled Ukrainian positions and peaceful settlements 85 times over
past 24 hours, the ATO press centre reports.
The Donetsk direction remains
the epicenter of tension. Fifty-two attacks on our positions and civilian
population were recorded there.
After midnight, the
pro-Russian mercenaries shelled Krymske village and Zolote town, Luhansk
region, using various grenade launchers.
In the morning,
militants fired twenty Grad MLRS rockets on village of Nyzhnie
About ten cases of
the use of weapons against the ATO forces have been already recorded this
morning.
Monday, June 22, 2015 12:10
AM PDT
Savchenko may face 13
years in prison - lawyer Novikov
KIEV, June 22 (Ukrinform). --- Ukrainian
pilot, MP of Ukraine Nadiya Savchenko, who is being illegally held in Moscow , faces a thirteen-year sentence in Russia .
This was announced
by one of Savchenko's lawyers, Ilya Novikov in the Podrobnosti Nedely weekly
program on Inter TV Channel.
"This will be
a guilty verdict with about 13 years [in prison], or even more. This doesn't
bother us and this is not interesting. We are well aware that it's not the
number [of years] her return home depends on," Novikov said.
According to the
lawyer, the defense of the Ukrainian pilot does not expect a fair verdict as
justice in Russia
has changed over the last 20 years.
"There will be
no fair trial. Russian justice has become ridiculous in the past two decades.
They won't free Savchenko just for a thank you. This would be a blow to [the
reputation of] the country's leaders," Novikov said.
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