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Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Sunday 20 December [Ukrainian sources] Empty Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Sunday 20 December [Ukrainian sources]

Sun Dec 20, 2015 5:41 am
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News -
63 attacks by the Russian forces yesterday.
But luckily AP saying no dead or injured on the Ukrainian side. Slava Ukraini.

Weather -
Amazing. Just went out for a walk. About +7. Cloudy. Like the beginning of November, not the end of December.
Everybody is talking about the weather.

Observation -
Saw several posters - billboards - out on the roads around Kiev saying basically, "Go Yatseniuk".
He is not popular, but who would be? He had no choice. He had to put up the gas prices, and electricity. IMF pressure.
Everybody is gunning for him now.
Who paid for the posters - which party - is not clear. Maybe the Opposition block, or Tymoshenko, or Liashko. Somebody with a lot of money maybe.
But the posters are very basic indeed.
Heard from my friend who works for Batkivshina. Tymoshenko absolutely wants to be President. No other goal.
Even if Ukraine is destroyed, she must be president. That is the message from every Batkivshina hierarchy meeting now.
The beginning and the end. The first and the last. "I must be president".


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Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Sunday 20 December [Ukrainian sources] Empty The intensity of provocation by armed terrorist groups increased - 63 attacks

Sun Dec 20, 2015 5:57 am
http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2015/12/20/7093103/
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Putin not letting up at all. The bringer of death. Pure evil.
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Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Sunday 20 December [Ukrainian sources] Empty Media: The German Siemens bypassing sanctions - manufactures turbines for Crimea

Sun Dec 20, 2015 6:02 am
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http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2015/12/20/7093112/

Gas turbine installation can become the basis for resolving the issue of electricity production on the Crimean peninsula. The advantage of a wide range of gas turbine fuels for - from natural gas to heavy oil and crude oil.

"For the development of infrastructure" Crimean Federal District "applicable standard tender procedures in which the winner is appointed in advance - not in the Crimea, and not the so-called Crimean authorities", - the newspaper notes.

In the summer of 2014 engineering company "Tehnopromeksport" which is part of the SC "Rosteh" was chosen as the main contractor for the construction of new thermal power in Simferopol and Sevastopol.

Under the plan the procurement of "Tehnopromeksport" for 2015 in the amount of almost 4.2 billion rubles (about $ 62 million dollars.) Was provided to pay for supplies in Crimea combined-cycle plants complete with generators and auxiliary equipment. The final destination of equipment is the Simferopol and Sevastopol.
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Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Sunday 20 December [Ukrainian sources] Empty Up to Nine Russian Contractors Die in Syria, Experts Say [Engl]

Sun Dec 20, 2015 6:19 am
http://www.wsj.com/articles/up-to-nine-russian-contractors-die-in-syria-experts-say-1450467757
Incident shows how the country is using private groups to avoid deploying uniform troops, they say
Dec. 18, 2015 2:42 p.m. ET
MOSCOW—As many as nine Russian contractors died in October when a mortar round hit their base in western Syria, according to several people familiar with the matter.
The incident, experts say, shows how Russia has used contractors to perform quasi-military tasks, avoiding the political repercussions of deploying uniformed troops...
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Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Sunday 20 December [Ukrainian sources] Empty Weather Center in Ukraine declared a storm warning (Gal-info)

Sun Dec 20, 2015 6:30 am
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http://galinfo.com.ua/news/gidromettsentr_ogolosyv_v_ukraini_shtormove_poperedzhennya_214937.html
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Don't know why they call it a "storm" warming - direct translation. Say Fog - south and eastern areas.
Was a bit misty yesterday around Kiev. But now more wind. Very clear. And very warm.
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Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Sunday 20 December [Ukrainian sources] Empty No dead or injured yesterday in the ATO zone

Sun Dec 20, 2015 6:34 am
http://zn.ua/UKRAINE/v-zone-ato-za-proshedshie-sutki-pogibshih-i-ranenyh-net-199197_.html
В зоне АТО за прошедшие сутки погибших и раненых нет
Lucky really, considering the significant increase in the number of attacks by Putin's forces.
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Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Sunday 20 December [Ukrainian sources] Empty Address by President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko regarding EU’s decision on visa-free regime with Ukraine and prolongation of sectoral sanctions against Russia [Engl]

Sun Dec 20, 2015 7:51 am
http://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/zvernennya-prezidenta-ukrayini-z-nagodi-rishen-yevropejskogo-36519
....Together we won the deserved right for the Ukrainian citizens to travel to the EU countries without visas. They will become a reality next year already.
Today’s decision by the European Commission, apart from providing a green light to the introduction of the visa-free regime, is a signal of recognition of Ukrainian reformist efforts, inter alia, in the sphere of justice, struggle against corruption, establishment of new law enforcement bodies etc....
In compliance with my agreement in Brussels, today the European Council started the process of formalization of the decision to prolong sectoral sanctions against the Russian Federation for the next six months, starting from January 31, 2016.
Sanctions will motivate the country-aggressor to implement the Minsk agreements in full, which is key for the achievement of peace and restoration of territorial integrity of Ukraine....
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Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Sunday 20 December [Ukrainian sources] Empty Putin is constantly lying - Saakashvili (Commander)

Sun Dec 20, 2015 7:56 am
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http://glavcom.ua/news/348860.html
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Stating the obvious.
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Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Sunday 20 December [Ukrainian sources] Empty Tusk Says Nord Stream 2 Does Not Meet EU Energy Rules [Engl]

Sun Dec 20, 2015 8:04 am
http://www.rferl.org/content/nord-stream-ukraine-eu-energy-rules/27435945.html
European Council President Donald Tusk says the proposed Nord Stream-2 pipeline extension does not meet EU energy rules on supply diversification and would undermine Ukraine's role as a gas transit state.
Speaking during a press conference at the close of a two-day summit of EU leaders in Brussels on December 18, he said the planned second Russian natural-gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea to Germany flouted EU rules on diversifying energy supplies, energy sources, and energy transit routes....
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Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Sunday 20 December [Ukrainian sources] Empty The fate of a Russian Donbass mercenary in one photo (Zik.ua)

Sun Dec 20, 2015 8:10 am
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Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Sunday 20 December [Ukrainian sources] Empty Jack Lew hails end to US foot-dragging on IMF reforms (Financial Times)

Sun Dec 20, 2015 2:52 pm
It was when Vladimir Putin chided Washington for failing to ratify reforms to the International Monetary Fund that US officials realised their country’s international standing had sunk to a new low.

At the Group of 20 summit in Brisbane last year, the Russian president — virtually a pariah after his military incursions in Ukraine — won allies around the table when he rounded on President Barack Obama for failing to secure US congressional approval for an overhaul giving emerging economies a greater voice in the fund...................

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Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Sunday 20 December [Ukrainian sources] Empty Russia has used cluster bombs in Syria, - Human Rights Watch

Sun Dec 20, 2015 4:26 pm
As the Tsenzor.NET referring to "Gordon" , in a report it said that since September 30, Russia has used cluster bombs at least 20 times. As a result of these attacks hit 35 civilians, including five women and 17 children.

The two attacks occurred in the refugee camp, one - a school in the suburbs of Damascus, the report said.

Human Rights Watch found that cluster bombs were used in Syria, have been manufactured in the USSR and Russia. By analyzing the photos and video, as well as interviews with locals organization identified seven types of cluster munitions were used in air strikes in the Syrian provinces of Aleppo, Hama and Idlib.

The report also notes that the use of certain types of cluster munitions in Syria recorded only after the Russian operation. Human Rights Watch said that the ammunition used a Russian military or Russian authorities recently put their Syrian government.

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Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Sunday 20 December [Ukrainian sources] Empty On the site of the explosion in Volgograd, Russia found the bodies of five dead

Sun Dec 20, 2015 6:31 pm
On the site of the explosion in an apartment building in Volgograd we found the bodies of five victims. On Sunday, December 20 reports "Interfax" referring to a source in the operational headquarters.

"Two charred bodies were found in one of the apartments, two more - in the other, the fifth victim was found on the landing of one of the floors," - said the agency.

It also reported that on the site of the fire, under the rubble, may be from 10 to 12 people.

Earlier it was reported that the body of the first victim was found on the seventh floor of the house.

12 injured in a gas explosion in one of the apartment buildings in Volgograd. Version of the attack is excluded.

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Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Sunday 20 December [Ukrainian sources] Empty Lyashko admitted that he suffered gambling

Sun Dec 20, 2015 6:38 pm
MP from the Radical Party, Oleg Lyashko admitted that previously suffered from gambling. This he said on the TV channel «112.ua».

"I really played. I lost a lot of money. All my salary I was making - I lost and won. And then when I became a member in 2006, I felt ashamed that I am a parliamentarian and go play, and I'm tied to this. Moreover, in 2008, I learned a lot about the tragedies associated with it, because I saw people there who lost an apartment and I have made sure that the law was denied, "- said the politician.

Lyashko also believes that MPs should not vote for the law about the gaming business.

"I have a negative attitude to the adoption of the law on gambling, because it is written by a single company, which now operates in Ukraine. We will not support it ... ", - he concluded.

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Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Sunday 20 December [Ukrainian sources] Empty Poroshenko explained how the visa-free regime will return the Crimea and the Donbass

Sun Dec 20, 2015 10:43 pm
Visa-free regime, which Ukraine will receive in the near future, will help return the Crimea and the Donbass. In an interview with TV channel "Inter" on Sunday, December 20 said the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko.

According to him, the inhabitants of the occupied Crimea and Donbas will enjoy visa-free regime only when these areas will be controlled by Ukraine. Poroshenko called it the first steps toward such return.

"Travel abroad in the mode of visa-free travel is only possible if the biometric passports. Can stress that I do not exclude that some of the residents of Donbass and Crimea will receive biometric passports. But this case will be considered separately. In general, we can ensure that all Ukrainian citizens residing in the temporarily occupied territory is guaranteed and will be able to receive biometric passports, and the right of visa-free travel for the return of Ukrainian sovereignty, power, Ukrainian services Ukrainian registries today will ensure that the Ukrainians to get these passports, "- he said.

"If you want, it is an additional incentive to return to power in the Donbass, and one of the first elements of a strategy to return the Crimea. It is the creation of incentives for the Crimean people either have freedom of movement, the democratic right to live in Ukraine, freedom of investment, easy and free to do business and a number of other advantages, or sit in the occupied Crimea without the right to receive visits, limits employment, relocation, investment, "- he added.

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