Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Saturday 09 July. [Ukrainian sources]

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News:
72 attacks by Putin's Russian forces. Another increase.
The number of attacks is rising again, higher and higher, week by week. As is the death toll.
Putin's "humanitarian aid".
Update - sadly one Ukrainian soldier killed, and six wounded yesterday.
Further update - 3 more soldiers killed at Troiskoe. Heavy shelling by Putin's forces.

Weather:
Pleasant day. 17 at 0900. High maybe of 23 today. Light, hazy sunshine.
Rain in the forecast - maybe.

ATO: 72 attacks yesterday; 122-mm artillery fired on Vodyana
http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2016/07/9/7114223/
Saturday, July 9, 2016, 7:08

Yesterday Russian occupation forces opened fire 72 times on Ukrainian units, including 33 times in Donetsk and Mariupol areas and 6 - in the Luhansk region.
The press center ATO Staff
In Mariupol towards the opponent produced 20 rounds of 122-mm artillery by water. In Shyrokynomu, Talakivtsi and Starohnativtsi invaders used 120mm mortars. During Talakivkoyu enemy also involved the 82-mm mortars, grenade launchers and kept the fire from BMP.
In Donetsk area SPIEGEL Avdiyivka still, Zaytsev, Mayorsk and Luhansk, where enemy strongholds Armed Forces fired mortar caliber 120 mm. Also, in Donetsk enemy used the 82 mm mortars, grenade launchers of various systems, heavy machine guns and small arms.
Lugansk region with grenade launchers and small arms enemy fired Ukrainian soldiers who are serving nearby villages Luhansk and Novoaleksandrovka.

2:20
In Russia, a bulldozer destroyed more than 7 tons of Ukrainian cherries
http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2016/07/9/7114217/
...destroyed 7.7 tons of Ukrainian cherries, and apples 19,5 tons and 19 tons of cherries from Poland....
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I wonder what the poor in Russia - of which there are many milliions - think about this?

U.K. to train 4,000 Ukrainian soldiers
http://www.unian.info/war/1408726-uk-to-train-4000-ukrainian-soldiers.html

..."UK is going to train 4,000 Ukr militaries until March 2017 – Foreign Secretary @PHammondPM told UA media on the margins of NATO Warsaw Summit," the Embassy tweeted on Friday....

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I think this is more moral than practical support. I know somebody, admittedly lazy, who went on one of these training things with American forces.
He didn't understand anything, but he enjoyed the food, is what I remember from his feedback.

US expels two Russian diplomats over Moscow 'attack'
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36752579
The US has expelled two Russian diplomats in response to an attack on an American diplomat in Moscow, the state department says...
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This also making the news in Ukraine, eg. Ukrainski Pravda site.

Unknown stole about 500,000 hryvnia from two ATMs in Kyiv, - National Police
http://en.censor.net.ua/news/396730/unknown_stole_about_500000_hryvnia_from_two_atms_in_kyiv_national_police
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I'm surprised this doesn't happen more often in Ukraine.
You find ATMs in the most exposed and isolated places.

Tymoshenko: Batkivschyna will continue blocking Rada until authorities discuss tariffs
http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/355803.html
....tariffs for gas, heat, cold and hot water, electricity," Leader of the Batkivschyna Party Yulia Tymoshenko told reporters....
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Populist agenda. Many will be pining for the days of the Soviet Union when everything was free.
For Tymoshenko it is simply a matter of votes.
"Free gas for everybody" - and she'd probably get elected President.

Deflation in Ukraine comes to 0.2% in June
http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/economic/355804.html

...According to its data, this slowed inflation in annual terms (compared to the same month last year) to 6.9% from 7.5% in May, 9.8% in April and 20.9% in March...
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Lower food prices in the summer, I would guess.

12:59
HQ: one soldier killed in the ATO zone; powerful fire in Troitsko
http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2016/07/9/7114235/
Saturday, July 9, 2016 12:59

One day that passed, in the area of ​​ATO one Ukrainian soldier killed , injured six soldiers.
This July 9 at the briefing said AP spokesman for the ATO Andrei Lysenko.
According headquarters with reference to intelligence, at the same time a day were killed 2 militants, 4 more terrorists were injured.
Lysenko also confirmed reports that at 4:00 on Saturday in towns Trinity held the powerful forces ATO shelling by militants.
"There are reports of Ukrainian Soldiers injured as a result of fire. The exact number of currently finding out" - said Lysenko.

Troitske stronghold heavily shelled. Three soldiers killed, ten injured, - Butusov
http://en.censor.net.ua/news/396757/troitske_stronghold_heavily_shelled_three_soldiers_killed_ten_injured_butusov
...."The OSCE observers and the diplomats of the EU countries which are talking about lifting sanctions imposed on the Russian Federation should be taken to this stronghold. And this is not a unique case. The Russian troops are not going to stop the fire," he added....

The helicopter under their management was hit

July 8 near Palmyra (Syria) killed two Russian military pilots instructors after Syrian Mi-25 under their administration was hit by terrorists lih. This was reported to "Interfax" on Saturday at the Ministry of Defense of Russia.
"July 8 Russian military pilots instructors Ryafahat Khabibulin and Eugene Dolhyn carried circled Syrian Mi-25 (export version of the Mi-24) of ammunition in the province of Homs (Syria)" - said the Defense ministry of Russia.
in the Defense ministry said the helicopter was shot down after the attack tore terrorists.
According to official data, during operations in Syria killed 13 Russian soldiers.

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