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Ukrainian - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Friday 08 January [Ukrainian sources]  Empty Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Friday 08 January [Ukrainian sources]

Fri Jan 08, 2016 3:08 am
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Putin attacked Ukraine 24 times yesterday.
Update - one soldier injured by Russian fire.

Weather -
Average for time of year. -7 night. Maybe -6 day. A little fresh snow on the ground. Maybe 2 or 3 cm.
But roads fine really. Saw footage of some Odessa regions with serious snowfall yesterday.
Forecast - Between -5 and +2 for the next few days. Ok.


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Ukrainian - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Friday 08 January [Ukrainian sources]  Empty Yesterday terrorists fire 24 times on positions of ATO (RBC-Ukraine)

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Ukrainian - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Friday 08 January [Ukrainian sources]  Empty Merkel spoke about future prospects "Norman format" (Segodnya.ua)

Fri Jan 08, 2016 3:46 am
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http://www.segodnya.ua/politics/pnews/merkel-rasskazal-o-dalneyshih-perspektivah-normandskogo-formata-681416.html
Merkel spoke about future prospects "Norman format"
The next round of negotiations could take place in early February
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said that she believes in the progress in the negotiations between Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany in the "Norman format" in the coming months. This reports Reuters.
"I believe that we can make progress in the negotiations," Norman format "between Russia and Ukraine over the next months. I am an optimist", - the words of her news.
Note the next round of talks in the "Norman" format may occur at the beginning of February.
Recall, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, in his address on behalf of the OSCE, which is now chaired by Germany, called for the extension of the truce in the Donbass.
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Ukrainian - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Friday 08 January [Ukrainian sources]  Empty In Kirovograd 9 cars stuck in snow drifts (MFN)

Fri Jan 08, 2016 3:57 am
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Basically midway between Kiev and Odessa

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Ukrainian - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Friday 08 January [Ukrainian sources]  Empty In the mountains of Zacarpathia and Ivano-Frankivsk region declared a heightened avalanche danger (ACH)

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Ukrainian - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Friday 08 January [Ukrainian sources]  Empty Ukraine declared a storm warning

Fri Jan 08, 2016 4:04 am
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Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center announced a storm warning for Ukraine on Friday, January 8...
In particular, January 8 at night and in the morning are expected heavy snow, blizzard, flurries north-easterly wind of 15-18 m / s. Seats can be snow drifts, black ice on the roads.
In connection with the movement active cyclone in Ukraine is expected severe weather conditions.


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Ukrainian - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Friday 08 January [Ukrainian sources]  Empty Gerashchenko: in the summer 2016 every Ukrainian will go to the EU without a visa (Online.ua)

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Ukrainian - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Friday 08 January [Ukrainian sources]  Empty Ukraine intel identifies Russian commander of militants near Novoazovsk

Fri Jan 08, 2016 4:18 am
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The Russian officer previously participated in the Chechen War, according to the report by the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry...
It was revealed that the man is the Colonel of the Russian Armed Forces, Bondarev Dmitry Yevgenyevich, ..


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Ukrainian - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Friday 08 January [Ukrainian sources]  Empty Another Tatar, Ernest Abliazimov, went missing in occupied Crimea

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Ukrainian - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Friday 08 January [Ukrainian sources]  Empty Putin's and Zakharchenko's portraits sold at Christmas fair in occupied Donetsk city. PHOTOS

Fri Jan 08, 2016 4:28 am
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Why anybody would want a photo of a psychotic KGB officer, or a failed electrician on their wall is beyond me.
Such is the "fair" on offer in occupied Donbas. Probably ok for an aged babushka who dreams of the time when she was young and pretty in the good-old "Soviet" days.

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Ukrainian - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Friday 08 January [Ukrainian sources]  Empty Newsweek: Putin took over direct control of the terrorists of Donbass (Charter'97)

Fri Jan 08, 2016 6:29 am
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This writes the weekly magazine Newsweek in the analysis of the well-known expert on Ukrainian issues Anders Aslund of the recent appointment of Russian politician Boris Gryzlov, Russia's representative in the tripartite contact group to resolve the conflict in the Donbas, reports "Radio Liberty".

"This appointment indicates a significant change in Russia's policy towards Ukraine. Gryzlov is a heavyweight in Putin's inner circle, a permanent member of its Security Council, former Interior Minister, the Speaker of the City Council and the other president with KGBshnogo time in St. Petersburg", - says Aslund .

Gryzlov, the author continues, replaced after Azamat Kulmuhametova who had serious weight, and acted as a representative of Russia in the Tripartite Liaison Group since April last year. Then the destination Kulmuhametova seen as an attempt to reduce the role of Russia and the opportunity to force Ukraine to negotiate with the leaders of Russian-controlled "DNR" and "LC".

"Right now, the Kremlin took over direct control," - says Aslund.
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Ukrainian - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Friday 08 January [Ukrainian sources]  Empty Prime Minister of the Netherlands called for support of the agreement EU - Ukraine (LIGABusinessInform)

Fri Jan 08, 2016 6:32 am
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...The Dutch government is planning to conduct a campaign in support of a positive vote in the referendum concerning the free trade zone between Ukraine and the European Union....

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Ukrainian - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Friday 08 January [Ukrainian sources]  Empty One soldier injured yesterday in the ATO area - staff

Fri Jan 08, 2016 6:41 am
http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2016/01/8/7094781/
Friday, January 8, 2016, 12:35
The last day in the area of ​​anti-terrorist operation passed without loss.
This at a traditional briefing on Friday, spokesman of the Presidential Administration on ATO Andrey Lysenko.
"For the past day because of fighting among Ukrainian soldiers killed, one military received shrapnel wounds as a result of mortar attack on militants in the area Zaitsev," - he said.
ATU spokesman also said that the enemy flying drones in the area of ​​ATO on Thursday were recorded, but observed a flight of two Russian spy planes along the administrative border with the occupied Crimea.
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Ukrainian - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Friday 08 January [Ukrainian sources]  Empty Russian blogger given 5-year sentence for criticizing Ukraine intervention [engl]

Fri Jan 08, 2016 6:43 am
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...A Russian court has sentenced a blogger to five years in a Siberian penal colony for inciting hatred and extremism after he criticized Russian intervention in Ukraine and, separately, accused local authorities of corruption and incompetence....
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Who in their right mind can support this regime?
The French right-wing, Seamus Milne and Jeremy Corbyn, the Italian fascist party, and Italian communist party, .... North Korea, of course.
Five years for simply writing something criticising the Russian government!
Perhaps this makes us all value the freedom of speech we have. And why Putin must be stopped.

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Ukrainian - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Friday 08 January [Ukrainian sources]  Empty Russian Hacker Sandworm Blamed For Ukraine Power Outage [Engl]

Fri Jan 08, 2016 7:25 am
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...a nebulous, Moscow-based hacking group that has been strategically aligned with the Russian government,...
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Ukrainian - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Friday 08 January [Ukrainian sources]  Empty At Odessa airport a Crimean told that, with her Russian passport, she can only fly to Zimbabwe (Hvilya)

Fri Jan 08, 2016 7:49 am
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The joys of living in Russian occupied territories. Zimbabwe...
I thought North Korea would be possible also... maybe not.
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Ukrainian - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Friday 08 January [Ukrainian sources]  Empty "LPR official", who was receiving pension in Ukraine, detained in Kharkiv region, - SBU

Fri Jan 08, 2016 12:26 pm
The officers of the Security Service of Ukraine in conjunction with border guards have detained one of the LPR terrorist leaders, "the first deputy head of Perevalsk district administration" at the Hoptivka border crossing point in the Kharkiv region Jan. 5.

Censor.NET reports citing the press center of the SBU.

It is noted that the detainee was retired Ukrainian law enforcement officer, who was holding senior position in the "government body" of the terrorists' "Luhansk People's Republic" having concluded an agreement with the leaders of this organization.
"The "official" was initially subordinate to leader of Cossack gang Kozitsyn and later "LPR" leader Igor Plotnitsky. It did not prevent him from receiving pension in Ukraine under forged documents of a displaced person," the statement reads.

The detainee was served notice of suspicion under Part 1 of the Article 258-3 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, which establishes criminal liability for participation in a terrorist organization. The person was placed into custody.

In addition, the officers of the SBU Counterintelligence Directorate in conjunction with the police detained a saboteur, who tried to enter the territory controlled by the Ukrainian government in Stanytsia Luhanska district on the night of Jan. 6.
"The detainee admitted that he had joined the "LPR" terrorists being solely motivated by profit. He underwent training provided by the Russian career servicemen in a camp for saboteurs," the SBU reported.

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Perhaps the odd babushka will stay behind?


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Ukrainian - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Friday 08 January [Ukrainian sources]  Empty Bellingcat: Lawyer files suit against Russia, Putin about MH17 crash, conflict in Ukraine

Fri Jan 08, 2016 2:06 pm
Bellingcat, the expert and journalist team investigating into the downing of MH17 over the Donbas sky in July 2014, recently announced it brought the number of the Russian soldiers possibly involved in this crime down to 20 people. In an exclusive interview with UNIAN, the founder of Bellingcat, Eliot Higgins, has revealed some details of his investigation.

The report holding the names and the photographs of the Russian troops involved in the MH17 crash, according to Bellingcat, was handed over to the Dutch prosecutors two weeks ago.

Earlier in the past year, the Bellingcat team found out that it’s the Russian 53rd air defense Brigade based in Kursk which is actually behind the tragedy with flight MH17.

Are you done with this investigation?

We have spent a year just looking at those members of the 53rd Brigade [anti-aircraft brigade stationed in Kursk]. It’s kind of difficult to know where to look next. We have already gone through every single scrap of social media we can find related to this incident. So I think we’ve pretty much exhausted that. There might be new things that surface, and new information that appears we should all take a look at.

Are you planning to publish this report on your website?

We are planning on January 25 to do a redacted version of the report, which will have most of the same information but we’ll redact the names and the identities of the individuals, but it’s a 123-page report, and there’s plenty of relevant information in there.

We have people doing Russian language articles that we have translated. Now we’re looking for funding to do a Russian version of Bellingcat, because there’s such an interest coming from the Russian language organizations and individuals about open source investigation. We really want to encourage that by having a Russian-language version. I think we’re talking about GBP 50,000-60,000, that’s really just a pay for a translation of the articles. We have a team of volunteers, but I’d rather be able to hire them full time.

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Ukrainian - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Friday 08 January [Ukrainian sources]  Empty Russia recruits mercenaries in occupied Ukrainian Yenakiieve for war in Syria, - Intelligence

Fri Jan 08, 2016 3:18 pm
The Russian Federation is actively recruiting militants in the Donbas to fight in Syria.

Censor.NET informs citing the situation report by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

"It has been established that the military enlistment office in occupied Yenakiieve is recruiting mercenaries to take part in battles in Syria," the statement reads.

In addition, the agency noted that the measures to provision the grouping of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Syria on Jan. 8 included the flight of IL-76 cargo plane from Mozdok to Hmeymim base in Syria as well as journey of the Vologda-50 supply vessel (without load) of the Russian Black Sea Fleet through the Bosporus towards the Black Sea.

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Ukrainian - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Friday 08 January [Ukrainian sources]  Empty Poles sing "Ukraine is still alive!" along with a portrait of Stepan Bandera!

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Ukrainian - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Friday 08 January [Ukrainian sources]  Empty Tiana Rose - Mom, do not cry ♡ Glory to the heroes

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Ukrainian - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Friday 08 January [Ukrainian sources]  Empty "We will never be brothers" Zaza Zaalishvili N. Dmitruk

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Ukrainian - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Friday 08 January [Ukrainian sources]  Empty Energy blockade of Crimea did loss to Russia worth of 900 million rubles

Fri Jan 08, 2016 4:18 pm
The emergency situation in occupied Crimea, which was caused by power shortage, has inflicted damage to industrial enterprises of the peninsula worth of 900 million rubles.

Censor.NET reports citing ZN.UA.

"The losses inflicted to all enterprises of the industrial sector amount to 900 million rubles (over $12 million)," "deputy prime minister" of the occupation "government" of Crimea Yevgenia Bavykina said Dec. 7 during the meeting of the emergency response headquarters.

According to Bavykina, the defense-industrial sector of Crimea has suffered damages worth of 180 million rubles.

It should be noted that the emergency situation was declared in Crimea Nov. 22, 2015. The industrial enterprises of Crimea suspended work during the blackout and resumed working nights after a relative improvement of the situation. They are currently idle again preliminary planning to resume work next week.

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Ukrainian - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Friday 08 January [Ukrainian sources]  Empty Stops Nord Stream 2!

Fri Jan 08, 2016 6:27 pm
Russia torpedoed with its pipeline project, the energy policy of the European Union. But there is still time to prevent this. By Anders Aslund

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When it comes to energy, there is no shortage in Europe. There is a wide range, and the demand goes back as part of the efficiency programs. From 2004 to 2014, decreased primary energy consumption in the European Union by twelve percent. When gas consumption fell by as much as 21 percent.

But what happens in spite of this unique development? Russia's state-controlled energy giant Gazprom plans to build a new, large gas pipeline to Europe. And companies like the German BASF and Eon, the French Engie, the Austrian OMV and Royal Dutch Shell up with. This pipeline - Nord Stream 2 is intended to be laid through the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany, although the first strand - Nord Stream 1 - is busy only half. This project is completely pointless. And there are a lot of reasons to prevent it.

One of the main projects of the current EU Commission is to create a true energy market, a European Union energy. This plan are five subordinate objectives: energy security, integration of markets, energy efficiency, CO2 reduction and research funding. Nord Stream 2 precludes all these objectives. This page will explain why.

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Ukrainian - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Friday 08 January [Ukrainian sources]  Empty Kharkiv region enters into cooperation with China

Fri Jan 08, 2016 7:05 pm
On January 4th the Kharkiv region delegation headed by the Vice Chairman of Kharkiv Regional State Administration (KRSA) Julia Svetlichnaya arrived on a visit to China, as the press service of KRSA reported.

The Kharkiv delegation consists of the first deputy chairman of the Kharkiv Regional Council Victor Kovalenko, the President of the Kharkiv Chamber of Commerce Victor Zverev, and representatives of business circles of the region.

The delegation will stay in China until January 11th and hold meetings with their Harbin (Heilongjiang Province) and Beijing colleagues.

In particular, on January 6th the representatives of the both Chambers of Commerce signed a cooperation agreement which would expand business relationships between the leading enterprises of the two regions and deep joint foreign trade............

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Ukrainian - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Friday 08 January [Ukrainian sources]  Empty Russian servicemen killed in blast in Ukraine's Donetsk region

Fri Jan 08, 2016 8:59 pm
Four Russian servicemen have been killed in an explosion near the town of Svitlodarsk in east Ukraine. That's according to intelligence officials at Ukraine's defense ministry. They say the bodies of the Russian troops were taken to the militant-occupied city of Donetsk.

Authorities add the soldiers belonged to a division of the Russian Armed Forces that has been known to operate in east Ukraine.

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Ukrainian - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Friday 08 January [Ukrainian sources]  Empty Stratfor: Russia's military intelligence chief died in Lebanon, not in Moscow

Fri Jan 08, 2016 9:54 pm
The head of Russia's military intelligence agency has died unexpectedly, according to the Kremlin. General Igor Sergun was aged 58. No details of the cause, timing, or circumstance of his death are publically known.

The unexpected death of the head of one of the FSB's (Federal Security Service) biggest rivals raises a number of questions. First is the circumstance of Sergun's death. The Russian government said he had a heart attack in Moscow on Jan. 4, but a Stratfor source heard a report that he died on New Year's Day in Lebanon. If the report that he died in Lebanon is true, it raises questions about what Sergun was doing in a country that is a hotbed for the world's intelligence services and why the Kremlin would cover up his death abroad....................

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Ukrainian - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Friday 08 January [Ukrainian sources]  Empty Trade war between the "DNR" and "LC" is gaining momentum

Sat Jan 09, 2016 1:54 am
Manual "LC" to restrict the import of products from the next "people's republic". Now imported products and excise goods into the territory of "LC" will be possible only through the customs checkpoints on the border with Russia, located on the uncontrolled territory of Ukraine.

The exception was a part of the humanitarian food assistance, as well as products that will be controlled by militants to carry on "LC" territory for personal use, provided that they are produced in the "DNR".

Thus, one can carry up to 5 kg of meat, up to 50 kg of fruit and vegetables, one liter of alcohol, 10 packs of cigarettes.

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Ukrainian - Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Friday 08 January [Ukrainian sources]  Empty Ex-President of Ukraine proposes to provide a broad state autonomy Crimea

Sat Jan 09, 2016 2:03 am
Former President (1991-1994) Leonid Kravchuk believes that solely using social tools to reintegrate the Crimea in the Ukraine is impossible. He said this in an interview to "5 channel".

"What we hear from the government if we are going to live better, Ukraine - the Crimea he wants to come to us. Well, this is an illusion. Believe me, ever the social question will not solve the problem of the Crimea. Crimea problem - it is a political issue, "- said the former president.

According to Kravchuk, it is necessary to revise approaches to the issue of returning Crimea to Ukraine and to offer new options.

"If we really want to Crimea was with Ukraine, I do not want to say that he returned to Ukraine and was the same as before - it is unreal task. But the policy has to be rebooted ... There are examples in the world: Hong Kong, South Tyrol. When the territory of the Crimea will have a broad autonomy to the state, but a member of the Ukrainian state, "- he said.

The former President noted that Ukraine should exercise wisdom to achieve their goals.

"Take away the power of the Crimea, well, you understand - it is unreal. You have to be wise and to offer things that knows the history of the world "- said Kravchuk.

At the same time, in his opinion, Russia has realized that without the Ukrainian Crimea infrastructure will not be able to exist and it should be used in negotiations.

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