Tuesday, March 17, 2015
7:47 AM PDT
(Interfax) --- Ukrainian President Petro
Poroshenko and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis have discussed the initiative
to deploy peacekeepers in Donbas .
"I have asked
the Romanian side to back Ukraine 's
appeal to the UN Security Council and the EU Council about the deployment of
peacekeepers to provide security on the contact line and on the uncontrolled
sections of the state border. In our opinion, which is shared by our partners,
it will ensure better stabilization and can help us avoid many casualties,"
Poroshenko said at a press conference after talks with Iohannis in Kiev on
Tuesday.
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
6:39 AM PDT
EC should be ready to
impose new sanctions against Russia - Swedish Prime Minister
KIEV, March 17 (Ukrinform). --- The EU
should be ready for the introduction of new economic sanctions against Russia
or extending existing sanctions.
Swedish Prime
Minister Stefan Lofven said this during a press conference with Polish Prime
Minister Ewa Kopacz in Warsaw
on Monday, an Ukrinform correspondent reported.
"Russian
aggression is the greatest threat to European security. The unity of the
European countries in this matter should be a priority. We want to be ready for
the introduction of the next expanded economic sanctions or for extending the
existing ones. It is also necessary to support Ukraine in its difficult economic
situation, to prevent this country from not rising," Lofven said.
According to him, Stockholm will continue
to support the development of the Eastern Partnership project.
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
5:46 AM PDT
Ukrainian air
reconnaissance confirms violations of Minsk
(Censor.NET) --- Russia-backed
mercenaries do not withdraw heavy weapons but hide them near the buffer zone.
Ukrainian reconnaissance confirmed data received by drones.
As reported by
Censor.NET, air reconnaissance by Ukrainian army confirmed that the mercenaries
did not intend to withdraw heavy weapons and hid them in villages. The video
shows images by Ukrainian drones showing Russian-separatists heavy weapons
concealed in areas close to the front line.
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
5:22 AM PDT
Three Ukrainian
military killed, five wounded in Donbas in
past 24 hours
KIEV, March 17 (Ukrinform). --- Three
Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and another five have been injured in the
area of anti-terrorist operation in Donbas
over the last 24 hours.
Spokesman for the
anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine Andriy Lysenko said this at a
briefing in Kiev on Tuesday, an Ukrinform correspondent reported.
"Over the last
day, we have lost three Ukrainian soldiers, and another five were injured as a
result of shelling and military clashes," Lysenko said.
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
3:30 AM PDT
Ukrainian Pilot
Savchenko Resumes Hunger Strike In Russian Jail
(RFE/RL) --- Ukrainian military pilot
Nadia Savchenko says she has resumed her hunger strike in a Russian jail and is
prepared to die if she is not released.
Savchenko announced
the decision in a letter from pretrial detention at Moscow 's Matrosskaya Tishina jail.
"As of March
16, I am resuming the hunger strike until I am returned to Ukraine or until the last day of my life in Russia ,"
she wrote in the letter posted on Twitter by one of her lawyers, Mark Feigin.
"I have no
intention of changing my decision," she wrote in a separate letter
addressed to her lawyers.
Savchenko, 33, lost
about 20 kilograms after being drip-fed on glucose and vitamins alone during a
hunger strike she began on December 13.
She stopped the
hunger strike on March 5, citing health concerns.
Savchenko is
charged with involvement in a mortar attack that killed two Russian journalists
covering the conflict between government forces and Russian-backed separatists
in eastern Ukraine .
She says she was
kidnapped by separatists in June and illegally brought to Russia , which
she says has no right to try her.
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
2:56 AM PDT
Ukrainian army
received first tranche of humanitarian aid from Canada - Joint Staff
(Censor.NET) --- Ukrainian army received
the first tranche of the humanitarian aid from Canada on Monday.
The tranche amounts
to almost $230,000 and includes night vision equipment. This was announced by
the press officer of the Joint Staff of the Ukrainian Army Oleksii Mazepa at a
briefing in Kiev on Tuesday, Censor.NET reports citing UNIAN.
"Ukrainian
army received the first tranche of the humanitarian aid from Canada yesterday," he said.
"These are 60 night vision devices. Total value of the tranche is $226,890," Mazepa added.
"These are 60 night vision devices. Total value of the tranche is $226,890," Mazepa added.
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
2:30 AM PDT
Terrorists
concentrated 6,000 soldiers and 60 tanks near Horlivka, Donetsk region -
InfoResist
(Censor.NET) --- About 6,000 soldiers of
Russian terrorist troops are currently deployed in the area of Horlivka
-Yenakiieve - Debaltseve of the Donetsk
region.
As reported by
Censor.NET, this was announced by MP Dmytro Tymchuk on his Facebook page citing
operational data by Information Resistance group.
According to
InfoResist information, the Russian terrorist forces in the area include
'Horlivka garrison,' some of 'Oplot' (Russian terrorists - ed.) units, and
several smaller detachments, including 'Vostok' and 'Somali.'
"This group of troops has powerful and long-range weapons, including Smerch... In most cases, the weapons are 'withdrawn' to positions from which they can be deployed to their fire positions along the front line within less than 60 minutes," Tymchuk noted.
According to him, 60 tanks are also concentrated in the area between Krasnohorivka and north of Horlivka: "Those include T-64 of various modifications, T-72 equipped with new types of shells and devices that allow to fight at long distances and at night, as well as at least 95 various armoured vehicles."
Tymchuk also added that a combat service support and an air defense system have been organized in the area, including three radar systems and fire units at the front line.
"This group of troops has powerful and long-range weapons, including Smerch... In most cases, the weapons are 'withdrawn' to positions from which they can be deployed to their fire positions along the front line within less than 60 minutes," Tymchuk noted.
According to him, 60 tanks are also concentrated in the area between Krasnohorivka and north of Horlivka: "Those include T-64 of various modifications, T-72 equipped with new types of shells and devices that allow to fight at long distances and at night, as well as at least 95 various armoured vehicles."
Tymchuk also added that a combat service support and an air defense system have been organized in the area, including three radar systems and fire units at the front line.
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
2:08 AM PDT
Unrest In Ukrainian Town
(RFE/RL) --- Authorities in a
government-held town in eastern Ukraine
have made arrests after violence that followed a road accident in which an armoured
vehicle struck and killed a young girl.
Angry residents of
the Donetsk region town of Kostyantynivka threw stones at a barracks,
torched two cars, and overturned a third after servicemen apparently lost
control of an armoured vehicle on March 16, killing a girl who was about 7
years old and injuring her aunt and a toddler.
Police stepped up
patrols to avert any more unrest, Donetsk
region police chief Vyacheslav Abroskin said on Facebook on March 17.
Abroskin said two
servicemen responsible for the accident had been detained, and that organizers
of the "disorder" had been identified.
Anton Herashchenko,
an adviser to Ukraine 's
interior minister, told RFE/RL that "we respect the protest by the
citizens after the tragedy, but we will do everything to prevent the Russian
secret services and their supporters from further destabilizing the
situation."
Kostyantynivka lies
north of the regional capital, Donetsk ,
which is held by Russian-backed rebels whose conflict with government forces
has killed more than 6,000 people since April.
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
2:04 AM PDT
Russia will soon
attack in southern Ukraine – Saakashvili
(Zik) --- Mikhail Saakashvili, the pro
bono adviser to Pres Poroshenko, says his efforts to persuade US politicians to
give weapons to Ukraine
have begun to bear fruit as the pressure from both parties on Pres Obama is
picking up.
“I believe that the
US will give weapons to Ukraine . I am
glad that the society and political elites are unanimous on the issue,” he told
Bloomberg March 16.
The leader of the
ruling Bloc Petra Poroshenka faction in Rada, Yury Lutsenko, also believes Russia will
start full-sized offensive in April-May.
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
1:56 AM PDT
Ukrainian soldiers
ejected terrorists attacking from several directions near Maiorsk village -
InfoResist
(Censor.NET) --- The Russian-terrorist
forces were shelling the Ukrainian troops’ positions at the Donetsk , Luhansk and Mariupol directions
during the last 24 hours.
Dmytro Tymchuk
wrote on Facebook citing the Information Resistance group situation report,
Censor.NET informs.
According to him,
the greatest terrorist activity was recorded near the villages of Avdiivka,
Starohnativka, Pisky, and Shyrokyne.
"Several
hostile groups attacked the Ukrainian troops' positions near Maiorsk village
from several directions. The Ukrainian soldiers managed to stop the enemy
attack by retaliatory fire and forced the militants to retreat to their
original position," Tymchuk wrote.
In addition, he
said that along with the "DPR" and "LPR"
"armies'" ongoing combat capability strengthening one may observe the
Russian-terrorist forces command's attempts to balance the size and structure
of its detachments in particular areas, in accordance with the tasks.
"The system of
command and control is being upgraded. One more "training center" for
the militants arriving for retraining from Russia
as well as for the terrorists from the local gangs was noticed to be created in
the vicinity of the town of Krasnyi
Luch ," Tymchuk added.
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
1:15 AM PDT
March 16, rebels
shelled Ukraine
(Zik) --- Donbas
rebels and Russian troops violated the ceasefire 30 times, the army spokesman
told Kanal 5 TV March 17.
The rebels used
mortars and grenade throwers 19 times, artillery 3 times and tanks 4 times, he
said.
Most intense
shelling took place in the Donetsk
area.
In the Mariupol
area, the rebels used mortars to shell Shyrokine four times.
The enemy troops
attacked Majorsky from several directions simultaneously. All its attacks were
repulsed, military expert Dmytro Tymchuk says.
Monday, March 16, 2015
10:22 AM PDT
SBU nets two terrorist
groups in Odesa
(Zik) --- The Security Service of
Ukraine exposed two terrorist groups in Odesa, arresting five of their members,
SBU spokesman said March 16, Interfax-Ukrayina reports.
SBU is working
toward arresting other members of these groups.
The terrorists are
charged with bombing the offices of political parties, volunteer NGOs and city
infrastructure.
One of the
suspects, a 30-year old local, deserted from the Ukrainian army and is linked
to at least three of the past bombings.
SBU found guns,
small arms, over 20 grenades, anti-tank bazookas and over 6,000 rounds of
ammunition in his hiding place.
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