Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Saturday 10 October [Ukrainian sources]

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NEWS:

The cease-fire is somewhat holding up. No injuries or casualties reported yesterday, although some terrorists groups are still intimidating ATO troops, to get a reaction and excuse to start an all-out confrontation.

Reports of clashes within the militants in Donetsk were reported. Shows either they're frustrated with a lack of support from the Kremlin, or they're just so trashed from binge drinking, they start shooting at each other. There was also a report of at least 200 locations where terrorists are being trained. That would indicate, even if the Kremlin did pull their forces to adhere to the Minsk Agreement, the terrorists will continue their agenda for who knows how long. But how long can they last if their main arms sources and other items are totally blocked off by an agreed on closing and protecting the Ukrainian/Russian border. We know in the past, they've complained about the lack of funds from Kyiv. Do they really think the government is going to feed the needs of terrorists that have destroyed the eastern region of the country? OSCE supposedly stated that the terrorists are also pulling back certain arms, but we know how dependable that information has been in the past. There's also been talk of the so-called "little green men sent to Odessa". As I reported recently, the latest explosion took place in Belgorod-Dnistrovsky which is in the Odessa oblast (county). I hope they're wrong as that's where I have family in.

Weather:

In Kyiv, it's currently 7c and cloudy. In Odessa, it's 12c and sunny.

Big rain storm heading northeast towards Odessa and southern Ukraine, in late afternoon.

The Ukrainian authorities have two witnesses who confirm that the Buk missile battery was in the place near Snizhne from which it shot down the MH17 passenger plane, Ukraine interior minister’s adviser Anton Herashchenko said in a political talk show late Friday night.

On the day the MH17 was downed, two Snizhne residents took photos of the Buk battery, one in firing position and the other of the missile’s inversion trail in the sky, he said.

“The Ukrainian patriots who had taken these crucial photos are kept in a safe place,” Herashchenko said.

The Dutch experts, he added, have confirmed the authenticity of the photos.

zik.ua

Nearly all has been said about Russia’s motives in Syria – outdo America, save Assad, divert attention from Ukraine, force the West to acknowledge the spheres of influence. However, there is more to it, says Russia-based Liliya Shevtrova, Obozrevatel reports Oct. 9.

“I mean Kremlin’s desperate efforts to make an acrobat's leg-split. On the one hand, Putin strives to preserve his military/patriotic power. On the other, he wants to be accepted back in the big band of the world leaders.

The Moscow regime is pushing the West to accept it by means of its typical ways – through beating the household glassware and blackmail.

The formula of survival with which Kremlin is experimenting says the country can no longer live in peace. However, the country has no resources to match the West.

Russia is bogged down in a quagmire.

By throwing the country into war, the Kremlin brings it back to 1991 [collapse of the Soviet Union – Ed.] – only in a much more dramatic circumstances. What the Kremlin is doing now merely steps up it edging to the abyss.

The USSR collapse is not over. The leg-spread just gives Putin a short breather,” Liliya Shevtsova said.

zik.ua

There are between six and nine thousands Russian servicemen based permanently in Ukraine.

Head of the SBU Vasyl Hrytsak announce today at a briefing on Oct. 10, Censor.NET reports citing UP

Moreover, about 50 thousands Russian soldiers are deployed along the Russian-Ukrainian border. As for now, the SBU has proved involvement of 56 Russians into the war.

censor.net.u In Russian

One has planned to take ‘little green men’ from Transnistria to the Odesa region under the leadership of Ukraine people's deputy.
Head of the SBU Vasyl Hrytsak announce today at a briefing on Oct. 10, Censor.NET reports citing UP.

According to Hrytsak, there were plans to establish the Bessarabia People's Republic in the Odessa region till April 15. In particular, nine districts of the region were due to separate from the region. After that, it was planned to take 'little green men' from Transnistria to the region.

There were also plans to undermine two bridges in Odesa region. "Ukrainian people's deputy is in charge of these plans," Hrytsak added.

"His assistant was arrested. She is a single mother, and she was responsible for communication with the Russian authorities", the official said.

Odesa court gave permission for her detention, the head of the SBU declared. The deputy will be suited when the SBU will collect a sufficient basis to support the accusation.

censor.net.ua In Russian

There were six people, planning to undermine one of the military registration and enlistment offices of Kyiv on the Day of Defender of Ukraine on Oct.14, arrested in Kyiv.

Head of the SBU Vasyl Hrytsak announce today at a briefing on Oct. 10, Censor.NET reports citing Interfax -Ukraine. According to Hrytsak, the suspects were arrested on October 9.

In 2014, Petro Poroshenko proclaimed October 14, when Pokrova of the Virgin Mary is celebrated, a new state holiday - the Day of Defender of Ukraine. Under the Decree, the Presidential Decree of February 23, 1999 "On the Day of Defender of the Motherland" becomes void. Such a decision was made in order to "honor the courage and heroism of defenders of Ukraine's independence and territorial integrity, military traditions and feats of the people of Ukraine, to facilitate further strengthening of patriotic spirit in the public and to support social initiative".

According to Petro Poroshenko, the day which has earlier been one of the main holidays for Zaporizhzhya Cossacks will become one of the main holidays of the new Ukraine.

censor.net.ua In Russian

The ATO forces together with the OSCE observers launched the second stage of weapons withdrawal on Saturday, Oct. 10. It concerns the withdrawal of artillery of less than 100 mm caliber.
Speaker of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Vladyslav Selezniov announced, Censor.NET reports citing Interfax-Ukraine.

"Today the guns will be withdrawn at a distance defined by the Minsk Agreements," Selezniov said. He also noted that this withdrawal phase will last for two days.

Read more: OSCE: Militants fail to withdraw heavy weapons near Mariupol

"Later, we will make a statement, claiming that the weapons have been withdrawn. The verification process will start afterwards. The observers will be checking if the declared weapons are really withdrawn," the official added.

After that, according to the representative of the General Staff, the ATO forces will start the third stage of the weapons, which is actually the mortars withdrawal. "We are going to finish this stage by Oct. 18," Selezniov said.

On Sep.29, Ukrainian government and the pro-Russian 'LPR' and 'DPR' terrorists have agreed to extend a pull-back of weapons in eastern Ukraine to include tanks and smaller weapons systems. It concerns the withdrawal of tanks, mortars and artillery of less than 100 mm caliber to a distance of 15 km.

Weapons of over 100 mm caliber have already been withdrawn from the frontline in accordance with a ceasefire deal brokered in Minsk in February.

censor.net.ua In Russian

In the Ukrainian village of Lobacheve, going to school or visiting relatives might require a treacherous boat trip to or from the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic. While a cease-fire holds, locals are able to move freely between the two halves of the town: one controlled by government troops, the other by Russian-backed separatists.



rferl.org

"Recently the militants organized the real street fight using the small arms in the residential area of Donetsk. The criminals blocked the streets. People in camouflage and masks were searching civilians giving no explanation of that," reads the report posted on the press center's account on Facebook on Saturday morning.

interfax.com.ua

The forecast for sunflower oil production in the 2015/2016 marketing year (September 2015 through August 2016) was also increased by 9.5%, to 4.578 million tonnes, the USDA said on its website.

Sunflower oil exports were projected at 4 million tonnes, which was 8% up on the previous forecast.

Oilseed meal projection is expected at 4.55 million tonnes against 4.179 million tonnes forecast in September.

Oilseed meal exports are projected at 4 million tonnes (3.7 million tonnes in September).

As was reported with reference to the State Statistics Committee, Ukraine harvested 10.1 million tonnes of sunflower seeds last year, which was 7.7% down on 2013.

Ukraine is among the world's leaders in production and export of sunflower oil.....

interfax.com.ua

Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) chief Vasyl Hrytsak says there are almost 200 militant training bases operating in Ukraine.

Hrytsak says that the so-called Donetsk People's Republic accommodates 58 militant training bases, whereas there are 53 such bases the neighboring self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic 53.

More than two dozen militant training bases are located in Ukraine's Crimea annexed by Russia, and one base is located in the Russia-backed breakaway region of Transnistria.

There are also bases in Russia-backed Abkhazia, with the remainder in Russia's Rostov region, which shares a border with Ukraine........

uatoday.tv

This report summarizes the open source investigations into the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) on July 17, 2014 in Ukraine. It draws on the work of Bellingcat and others who used open source information to uncover facts about the events that took place on July 17 and the origin of the Buk missile launcher that downed MH17.
The Buk Missile Launcher

After the downing of MH17 on July 17, a number of photographs and videos were shared online claiming to show the movements of a Buk missile launcher through separatist-controlled territory. It was possible to confirm the location where each image was recorded and discover additional information that further evidenced when and where the Buk missile launcher was on July 17. The following is an approximate timeline of where the Buk was and when:

   10:45 am: Departed Donetsk eastbound along H21
   11:00 am – 12:00 pm: Passed Zuhres and Shakhtersk en route to Torez along H21
   12:00 pm – 12:45 pm: Entered and then passed through Torez (eastbound)
   1:00 pm: Entered Snizhne
   1:30 pm – 2:30 pm: Buk was unloaded from the Volvo low-loader truck in Snizhne; left the city (southbound)
   4:20 pm: MH17 shot down





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Russian terrorist Arseny Pavlov, known as the "Motorola", arrived in Moscow to take part in the so-called congress "Volunteer Union of Donbass".

The event takes place "under the command" of ex-leader of the "DNR" Alexander Boroda.

"Congress" has collected a large number of mercenaries from all Russian cities, including commanders gangs "people's republics".

One of the issues on the agenda, "congress" will help the problem crippled mercenaries, to which the official Moscow is not the case, according to Informator.lg.ua.

Earlier, there were rumors that "Motorola" moved to fight in Syria. Users of social networks reported that. Where he was captured.

Previously, "Motorola" stated that he personally killed 15 prisoners in the Donbas.

There are at least five witnesses, the "Motorola" killed captive defender Igor Branovitskiy Donetsk airport.





glavcom.ua In Russian

Russia, trying to justify the aggression against Ukraine in the eyes of the international community, "burned" all the influence of their agents abroad. He told reporters during a briefing at the site SSC "Alpha" the chairman of the Security Service of Ukraine Vasyl Gritsak.

"Trying to put Ukraine on his knees, to conquer the Ukraine, Russia" burned "all the influence of their agents abroad. It's true. If we analyze the foreign media, you will be able to see which of the politicians of those countries, despite the position of actively advocates (Russia). And then we simply analyze the connection traffic and see these contacts, "- said Gritsak.

According to the head of the SBU, Russia spends huge sums on lobbying in Europe: "I recently met with partners and we know that Russia is buying, say, political supporters in Europe, spending a lot of money."

Gritsak stressed that in the framework of reference of the so-called "hybrid war" against Ukraine, Russia implemented the 20 special operations.

"We have learned to understand the enemy, we realized that such a hybrid warfare. The analysis of events in the East, we found about 20 special operations conducted by the Russia against Ukraine. It conducts these operations through 4 operating lines: military, political, and economic information. And when we began to understand the enemy, when we divided these lines into components, we learned how to build an effective system of counteraction ", - said the head of the security services.

According to him, the enemy was forced to stop, after which the conflict was localized in the east of Ukraine. However, the Russians began to change tactics. "And we see the decaying war in the east. The enemy brings its influence on the rest of the country, creating around him a so-called zone of instability ", - the chairman of the SBU.

glavcom.ua In Russian

It's obvious when the EU's lifting some sanctions against Russia that they're being monetarily convinced. Only the UK and Estonia are making a stink about what the EU's doing. Many Kremlin European prostitutes hard at work and Merkel must be the madam that's convincing them, including Francois Hollande.

A real "mom" Ukrainian corruption is a leader of the "Batkivshchyna" Yulia Tymoshenko, who once referred to the former Ukrainian Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko, who was sentenced in the US $ 100 million.

This broadcast "Shuster LIVE", said MP from BPP Sergei Leshchenko.

"This campaign rhetoric is sitting in the liver is already ... Because of corruption in Ukraine, mother of corruption - Yulia Tymoshenko, Pavel Ivanovich Lazarenko, who were involved in corruption in the 95th year. And Julia walks tells everyone how to live, instead of to answer a direct question, and how much it Pavel Ivanovich paid to offshore accounts, and I can say she paid him at least $ 100 million ", - he told Leshchenko.

According to People's Deputy, given the fact of them - is "not inventions, and the information collected by the FBI."

According to him in the struggle with the prime minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk Tymoshenko is lobbying the interests of oligarchs.

Note that once appeared in the studio Leshchenko, Tymoshenko left.

obozrevatel.com In Russian