Sunday, March 8, 2015 8:00
AM PDT
Five people detained
at a rally in support of Savchenko in St.
Petersburg
(Censor.NET) --- Russian police arrested
five people at non-approved rally in support of Ukrainian pilot and deputy
Nadiya Savchenko in St. Petersburg .
Censor.NET reports,
referring to Rosbalt.
The rally lasted only for about 20 minutes. People were detained when they have unfurled Ukrainian flag. They are incriminated an unauthorized rally crime. The police conducted activists to the car, and probably took them to the police department.
The rally lasted only for about 20 minutes. People were detained when they have unfurled Ukrainian flag. They are incriminated an unauthorized rally crime. The police conducted activists to the car, and probably took them to the police department.
 |
 |
Sunday, March 8, 2015
6:27 AM PDT
Armed Forces of Ukraine
(Censor.NET) --- According to the Minsk agreements, Ukrainian Army completed the fourth
stage of heavy weapons withdrawal from the front line in the Donbas .
Speaker of the
National Security and Defense Council Andrii Lysenko announced today at a
briefing, Censor.NET reports, referring to Interfax-Ukraina.
"We have
completed the fourth stage of heavy weapons withdrawal from the front line in
the Donbas . Thus, we withdrew Rapira and Ruta
100-mm anti-tank guns, Grad and Uragan rocket systems," Lysenko said.
The whole process has been observed by the OSCE representatives.
The whole process has been observed by the OSCE representatives.
Sunday, March 8, 2015
6:01 AM PDT
Suicide Or Homicide?
In Ukraine
(RFE/RL) --- This year Ukraine has seen a bizarre string
of deaths involving high-ranking officials, including a ex-city mayor, a former
railway executive, and the former head of the state body in charge of
privatization.
A total of five officials died in a single 34-day period between January 28 and February 28. In each case, the deaths have been ruled probable suicides. But the victims' political allegiances and job histories have led many inUkraine to suspect that the men
were in fact murdered:
A total of five officials died in a single 34-day period between January 28 and February 28. In each case, the deaths have been ruled probable suicides. But the victims' political allegiances and job histories have led many in
 |
| Mykola Serhiyenko |
January 26 --
Mykola Serhiyenko, the former first deputy chief of the state-run Ukrainian
Railways, died in his Kiev
home after apparently shooting himself with a registered hunting rifle.
Investigators said Serhiyenko, 57, was alone at the time of the tragedy, and that all of the flat's doors and windows had been locked shut from the inside and showed no signs of tampering.
Serhiyenko, who worked with Ukrainian Railways from April 2010 to April 2014, had been appointed to the post by Mykola Azarov, the former prime minister under Viktor Yanukovych. Azarov and Yanukovych are both wanted by Interpol on charges including embezzlement and misappropriation.
Investigators said Serhiyenko, 57, was alone at the time of the tragedy, and that all of the flat's doors and windows had been locked shut from the inside and showed no signs of tampering.
Serhiyenko, who worked with Ukrainian Railways from April 2010 to April 2014, had been appointed to the post by Mykola Azarov, the former prime minister under Viktor Yanukovych. Azarov and Yanukovych are both wanted by Interpol on charges including embezzlement and misappropriation.
 |
| Oleksiy Kolesnyk |
January 29 --
Oleksiy Kolesnyk, the former head of the Kharkiv regional government, died after
Kolesnyk, 64, did not leave a suicide note, but media and investigators have hinted he may have killed himself, noting that his death took place on the birthday of his friend and fellow politician, former Kharkiv Governor and Party of Regions ideologue Yevhen Kushnaryov, who died in 2007 after being shot on a hunting expedition.
Kolesnyk began serving as chair of the Kharkiv Regional Council in 2002, but resigned prematurely in 2004.
apparently hanging himself.Kolesnyk, 64, did not leave a suicide note, but media and investigators have hinted he may have killed himself, noting that his death took place on the birthday of his friend and fellow politician, former Kharkiv Governor and Party of Regions ideologue Yevhen Kushnaryov, who died in 2007 after being shot on a hunting expedition.
Kolesnyk began serving as chair of the Kharkiv Regional Council in 2002, but resigned prematurely in 2004.
 |
| Serhiy Walter |
February 25 -- The
former mayor of the southeastern city of Melitopol ,
57-year-old Serhiy Walter,
Walter was forced to attend some 145 hearings during his trial, with prosecutors calling for 14 years' imprisonment. Throughout the proceedings, he insisted he was innocent. Walter was due to attend a new hearing on the day he died.
reportedly hanged himself. A member of the Party of
Regions who had served as the head of Melitopol since 2010, Walter had been
dismissed from his post in 2013 and put on trial for abuse of power and ties to
organized crime.Walter was forced to attend some 145 hearings during his trial, with prosecutors calling for 14 years' imprisonment. Throughout the proceedings, he insisted he was innocent. Walter was due to attend a new hearing on the day he died.
 |
| Oleksandr Bordyuh |
February 26 -- One
day after Walter's death, the body of the 47-year-old deputy chief of the
Melitopol police, Oleksandr Bordyuh, was found in a garage. According to news
reports, Bordyuh's former boss was a lawyer involved in Walter's trial.
Media reported that the cause of Bordyuh's death was ruled a "hypertensive crisis," or stroke -- a term that police frequently use in instances of suicide. Additional details were not provided.
Media reported that the cause of Bordyuh's death was ruled a "hypertensive crisis," or stroke -- a term that police frequently use in instances of suicide. Additional details were not provided.
 |
| Mykhaylo Chechetov |
February 28 --
Mykhaylo Chechetov, the ex-Ukraine 's
parliament, died after jumping or falling out of the window of his 17th-story
apartment.
The death came just days after Chechetov was arrested for fraud and abuse of office stemming from his two years at the helm of the powerful State Property Fund. (Chechetov posted bond to avoid being held in pretrial detention.)
Chechetov's time at the property fund, from April 2003 to April 2005, marked one of the busiest periods of post-Soviet privatization, with the steel giant Kryvorizhstal among the cut-rate sales made during his tenure. The plant, notoriously, was sold to a group that included the son-in-law of former President Leonid Kuchma, Viktor Pinchuk, for just $850 million. (In October 2005, Viktor Yushchenko reversed the sale, reselling a 93-percent stake in the plant to Mittal Steel for $4.8 billion.)
Anton Herashchenko, a Popular Front lawmaker and adviser to the Interior Ministry, has speculated that Chechetov may have been driven to suicide by fellow old-guard members whose role in the deal stood to be exposed by his testimony. "It's a shame we'll never get to learn all of the interesting things we would have heard from Chechetov's evidence," he wrote on Facebook.
deputy chairman of the Party of Regions faction in The death came just days after Chechetov was arrested for fraud and abuse of office stemming from his two years at the helm of the powerful State Property Fund. (Chechetov posted bond to avoid being held in pretrial detention.)
Chechetov's time at the property fund, from April 2003 to April 2005, marked one of the busiest periods of post-Soviet privatization, with the steel giant Kryvorizhstal among the cut-rate sales made during his tenure. The plant, notoriously, was sold to a group that included the son-in-law of former President Leonid Kuchma, Viktor Pinchuk, for just $850 million. (In October 2005, Viktor Yushchenko reversed the sale, reselling a 93-percent stake in the plant to Mittal Steel for $4.8 billion.)
Anton Herashchenko, a Popular Front lawmaker and adviser to the Interior Ministry, has speculated that Chechetov may have been driven to suicide by fellow old-guard members whose role in the deal stood to be exposed by his testimony. "It's a shame we'll never get to learn all of the interesting things we would have heard from Chechetov's evidence," he wrote on Facebook.
Chechetov isn't the
first head of the State Property Fund to die an unnatural death.
On August 27, 2014 the body of Valentina Semenyuk-Samsonenko was found dead of a gunshot wound to the head, with a gun lying nearby. She led the agency from April 2005 to December 2008. Her family told reporters they dismissed the possibility of suicide, saying that she had spoken fearfully of someone taking out a contract on her life.
The third death of an official tied toUkraine 's
privatization took place even earlier. In May 1997, the head of the Crimean
branch of the State Property Fund, Oleksiy Holovizin, was killed in the
entryway of his house.
Lawmaker Ihor Lutsenko, a member of the new government's anticorruption committee, wrote in Ukrainska Pravda that eliminating Property Fund chiefs makes it almost impossible to reverse corrupt privatization sales, like that of Kryvorizhstal.
"Semenyuk and Chechetov won't be saying anything," he wrote. "And that will cost us, the citizens ofUkraine ,
tens of billions of dollars."
The recent string of deaths comes 10 years after two more resonant cases that followed closely on the heels of the Orange Revolution. Heorhiy Kirpa, transport minister under Kuchma, was found dead in late December, 2004. His death came two days after the rerun of the second round of presidential elections that handed Yushchenko the win over Yanukovych.
The following March, Kuchma's former interior minister, Yuriy Kravchenko, died one day after being called as a witness in the resurrected case of slain journalist Heorhiy Gongadze.
Both deaths were officially ruled suicides -- even though, in Kravchenko's case, it had taken two gunshots to kill him.
On August 27, 2014 the body of Valentina Semenyuk-Samsonenko was found dead of a gunshot wound to the head, with a gun lying nearby. She led the agency from April 2005 to December 2008. Her family told reporters they dismissed the possibility of suicide, saying that she had spoken fearfully of someone taking out a contract on her life.
The third death of an official tied to
Lawmaker Ihor Lutsenko, a member of the new government's anticorruption committee, wrote in Ukrainska Pravda that eliminating Property Fund chiefs makes it almost impossible to reverse corrupt privatization sales, like that of Kryvorizhstal.
"Semenyuk and Chechetov won't be saying anything," he wrote. "And that will cost us, the citizens of
The recent string of deaths comes 10 years after two more resonant cases that followed closely on the heels of the Orange Revolution. Heorhiy Kirpa, transport minister under Kuchma, was found dead in late December, 2004. His death came two days after the rerun of the second round of presidential elections that handed Yushchenko the win over Yanukovych.
The following March, Kuchma's former interior minister, Yuriy Kravchenko, died one day after being called as a witness in the resurrected case of slain journalist Heorhiy Gongadze.
Both deaths were officially ruled suicides -- even though, in Kravchenko's case, it had taken two gunshots to kill him.
Sunday, March 8, 2015 5:10
AM PDT
Three Ukrainian
soldiers wounded, one killed over last 24 hours
(Censor.NET) --- Three Ukrainian
soldiers were wounded and one was killed in the ATO zone on March 7.
Speaker of the
National Security and Defense Council Andrii Lysenko announced today at a
briefing, Censor.NET reports.
Three Ukrainian
soldiers were injured and one was killed over the past 24 hours," Lysenko
said.
The wounded received
necessary medical care.
"We also observed a significant decrease in number of militant attacks over the last 24 hours," Lysenko said.
"We also observed a significant decrease in number of militant attacks over the last 24 hours," Lysenko said.
Sunday, March 8, 2015 4:18
AM PDT
Fighters for Russian
Orthodoxy destroyed eight churches in Luhansk region - Moskal.
(Censor.NET) --- Eight churches were
destroyed by the terrorists in the Luhansk region during the ATO.
"All of them
belong to Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Censor.NET reports referring to Hennadii
Moskal, Head of the Luhansk Regional State Administration.
"Windows were
broken; facade fragments and roofs were damaged almost in all churches. Some of
the buildings were severely damaged as a result of direct artillery hits,
Moskal said."Destroyed churches, altars and icons are the best evidence of what those fighters for Russian Orthodoxy are all about. That is how they fight for 'Russkiy Mir' in the
 |
 |
Sunday, March 8, 2015 3:23
AM PDT
Rallies in support of
Savchenko to be held today in Russia
(Censor.NET) --- International actions
in support of the prisoner of war Nadiya Savchenko will be held today, March 8,
in the Russian Federation ,
as well as in a number of cities in the world.
Censor.NET reports
citing the description of the event on Facebook.
"On March 8, 2015, a rally calling to liberate Nadiya Savchenko will take place on Nemtsov bridge inMoscow and central squares of other cities in Russia .
We will come without posters to the scene of the murder of Boris Nemtsov
(former Bolshoi Moskvoretskiy Bridge Ukraine , and find the real killers
of Nemtsov," the satement reads.
Similar rallies will take place in other Russian cities and abroad, includingAmsterdam . In Western countries, civil
society activists will hold hands and symbolically encircle the buildings of
diplomatic missions and trade missions of Russia , the White House, the US
Congress, and the European Parliament. They will symbolically take the
institutions as hostages referring to Vladimir Putin who holds Nadiya Savchenko
as hostage.
"On March 8, 2015, a rally calling to liberate Nadiya Savchenko will take place on Nemtsov bridge in
Similar rallies will take place in other Russian cities and abroad, including
Sunday, March 8, 2015 2:23
AM PDT
Five Ukrainian
soldiers liberated from terrorist captivity.
(Censor.NET) --- Five more Ukrainian
soldiers were liberated from the captivity of the pro-Russian militants on
Saturday, March 7.
Vasyl Budyk,
counselor to the Deputy Defense Minister wrote on Facebook, Censor.NET informs.
"Five more soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were freed today! Many thanks to all who participated in the liberation of the guys!" he wrote.
List of the liberated soldiers:
"Five more soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were freed today! Many thanks to all who participated in the liberation of the guys!" he wrote.
List of the liberated soldiers:
Oleh Klymenko
Oleksandr Shchepets
Dmytro Zuyev
Yurii Yanytskyi (all of them from the 20th Battallion)
And Leonid Podduba from the 28th Brigade.
Oleksandr Shchepets
Dmytro Zuyev
Yurii Yanytskyi (all of them from the 20th Battallion)
And Leonid Podduba from the 28th Brigade.
Sunday, March 8, 2015 12:44
AM PST
Militants shelled
several villages from mortars and grenade launchers. Terrorist sniper was
reported near Pisky
(Censor.NET) --- The intensity of
provocative attacks at Ukrainian troops' positions by the militants was much
lower over the past night.
Starting from 8
p.m. yesterday and until 6 a.m. on March 8, the terrorists violated the
cease-fire six times, Censor.NET reports citing the ATO press center.
The separatists
fired from mortars and grenade launchers at Avdiivka town, as well as Opytne
and Kamianka villages from the vicinity of the Donetsk airport. Enemy sniper firing at ATO
forces' positions was spotted near the village of Pisky
"Maiorsk village located in the Artemivsk area was mortared at 2.30 a.m. on March 8," the report reads.
"Maiorsk village located in the Artemivsk area was mortared at 2.30 a.m. on March 8," the report reads.
Saturday, March 7, 2013
23:34 PST
Turf battles raging
in breakaway Donbas republics
(Zik) --- A car carrying Oleksy Morhovy,
the leaders of one of criminal gangs in the rebel-held territories, was blown
up on Saturday, lb.ua reports March 7.
Mozhovy’s two
guards were killed but the criminal lord was only wounded as he was in the back
seat.
Mozhovy is the
leader of the “Specter” brigade and controls Alchevsk. He is a die-hard enemy
of the Luhansk republic leader Ihor Plotnytsky.
Over the past
month, the leaders of Luhansk oblast criminal gangs challenging Plotnytsky have
been killed or arrested. Jan. 1, Oleksandr Bednov (aka Batman) was killed. In
late January, Yevhen Ishchenko (aka Tiny) who controlled Pervomajsk was
liquidated. On Feb. 28, Serhy Kosohorov (aka Kosohor) who controlled Krasny
Luch was taken prisoner by the rebels.
Saturday, March 7, 2013
23:16 PST
Putin opts to create
mammoth military base in Crimea – expert
(Zik) --- After annexing Crimea Russia ’s
Pres Putin is eager to build a mammoth military base on the peninsula, Andry
Klymenko, journalist and human rights activist, told VOA, Ukrayinska Pravda
reported March 7.
Klymenko is a
co-author of the recent human rights abuse report in Crimea .
Putin’s initial
plan was to build a mammoth military base, not the gambling bonanza, by
deploying the fleet, strategic aviation, space troops, and nuclear weapons, the
expert said.
“Accordingly, there shouldn’t be disloyal
population in the area where 100,000 Russian troops will be located.
The disloyal
population includes Crimean Tatars, journalists, public activists and all those
who refuse to exchange the Ukrainian passports for the Russian ones.
The report singles
out several technologies used by Russia
to forcefully turn Ukrainians into Russian subjects and to squeeze Crimean
Tatars out of Crimea . In doing so, the Kremlin
violates not only the international law but also the laws of Russia itself,
the expert says.
Saturday, March 7, 2013
10:31 AM PST
March 7 rebels
shelled Ukraine
(Zik) --- At 5 a.m. on March 7, the
rebels attacked Avdijivka using small arms, grenade throwers and an AA gun.
Pisky was attacked 2 times, with the enemy using mortars and grenade throwers,
the army spokesman said.
In the Mariupol
area, the rebsls used small arms, mortars and grenade throwers to fire on
Shyrokine. At 16.00, they shelled the city from tanks.
Near Artemivsk, the
rebels used mortars to fire on Luhanske and Lozove.
In total, the
rebels violated the ceasefire 18 times on March 7.
No comments:
Post a Comment