Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Wednesday 27 July. [Ukrainian sources]

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News -
39 attacks by Putin on Ukraine yesterday.
Strange. A significant drop from the 70 or so attacks registered in the past few days.
I have no doubt it is another psychological sick game from Putin.
Update - three soldiers wounded.

Weather -
Toasty. Sunny and 30 throughout Ukraine today, and for this week.

Observation - [Nelson]
Ukraine has problems with coal. And with the hot weather people - who have them - turn on their A/C systems.
This puts a big big demand on electricity supplies.

Over the past day in the area of ​​anti-terrorist operation Russian occupation forces opened fire 39 times on positions forces ATO.

Most 22 attacks, was recorded in Mariupol direction. Specifically, the prohibited Minsk II 120 mm mortars and mortars caliber 82 mm grenade launchers and small arms fire on the enemy led Krasnohorivtsi.

In addition, with different systems grenades, heavy machine guns and small arms fired our enemy fortifications in Shyrokynomu, Mar'yintsi and Novotroickoe.

Do not stop Russian invaders and armed provocations in Donetsk area, which recorded 17 cases of violation of ceasefire. Hot spots remain Avdiyivka. They beat the enemy on our strong points with 122 mm artillery and 120 mm mortars and 82, grenade launchers, heavy machine guns and small arms.

Also, when mortar fire hit armiytsiv Ukrainian position in Nevelsk, Zaitsev and near mine Module. Near the questionnaire enemy used anti-aircraft installations in the sand, Novgorod and Novoselivtsi Second - heavy machine guns, and in the Luhansk - grenade.

In Luhansk Last night was relatively quiet.

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TB infected through saliva is realistic, but only if significantly weakened immune system.

This is the comment "Observer" said Honored Doctor of Ukraine, chief pulmonologist and allergist children Kyiv Mykola oilcake, commenting, died July 25 in Kiev, a young patrol Arina Koltsov ill tuberculosis complex after the suspect, who spat in her face .

"I do not know the exact diagnosis of the dead, but as for TB transmission through saliva - if in this case the man spat with open tuberculosis, of course, is a big danger of infection" - said the doctor.

But this, he said to contracting tuberculosis, should be ground, weakened immunity, poor nutrition, etc.

"We live in an ocean of infection, but not all sick. Usually people exposed to infection with certain categories, such as, homeless. That is, those who eat poorly, leading unhealthy lifestyles," - said oil cake.

As previously reported "Observer", July 25 in Kiev, died on patrol Arina Koltsov (Ptitsman). Later, her partner suggested that she died because of tuberculosis complex.

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To Kyiv on Tuesday, July 26, immediately approached two processions - from Western Ukraine and its eastern part.
Thus, the first column, occupying two lanes of Zhytomyr highway and complicating traffic, as of 18:20 turned aside Irpin . Earlier detection by police blocked traffic grenades members of the UOC MP religious procession with Pochayiv Lavra in Kiev Svyatoshinsky area.
Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said the introduction of special control regime in the region of Vladimir's Hill. According to him, the event will include 20 frame metal detectors. Also, to avoid getting to the place of prayer weapons and explosives will be personal inspection of bags and backpacks.










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Tamara Bozhenko (name changed at the request of the heroine) - from Kiev, but for two years now lives in Istanbul. Tamara's daughter is married to a citizen of Turkey, they have a two-year daughter, my grandmother called to nurse the baby.

On the night of 15 July 16, the family was home, Tamara put her granddaughter to bed and watched one of the Ukrainian on satellite TV channels, when about 23 o'clock my daughter came into her room and said that, judging by the online reports, there was a military in the country coup. Both women were shocked, and at first did not believe these messages: one in Turkey, unaware of the impending coup.

Then - in the first person.

At first I said, "That can not be!". I turn on the TV news channels - yes, really! We are both terribly frightened, began to call friends and acquaintances. Almost as soon as my daughter told me about the revolution, that is, about 23 hours, social networks were blocked, and the internet worked, but with serious disruptions - in fact we could only use WhatsApp..........................

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Yachts Ukrainian oligarchs today furrowed waters of the Mediterranean in the area of ​​the most famous resorts.
Reported Strana.ua referring to the site marinetraffic.com, which real-time tracking a location of ships worldwide.
According to the publication, the largest yacht ascribe oligarch from the Dnieper - Igor Kolomoisky.

Now MP and a former journalist Serhiy Leshchenko reported that businessman floating empire has 4 boats is estimated at $ 165 million. Nvybilsh pretentious ones called Trident, which means "Trident". It is 65 meters long, can carry 15 guests and as many crew members, equipped with an elevator and a helipad. Now this is a yacht off the coast of the Greek island of Mykonos, famous for its white villages.

Along floating 40-meter yacht called modest Apostrophe. James Klefan, an employee of one of the European freight company claims that it bought the deputy Vitaly Homutynnik. The boat was made by special order and cost the young politician in $ 56 million.

Returning to Kolomoisky, the publication reports that another boat oligarch from early June is on the French Riviera in Cannes marina. Two - now moored on the Italian island of Sardinia, but in different ports.

The most amazing location was in the boat, which supposedly had a family of ex-president Viktor Yanukovych. Burgundy and white boat, which was still in Balaklava (Sevastopol), then seemed to rent in Turkey , this one came up in Gibraltar. There he zashvartovanyy 31 May this year.

But the 87-meter work of art shipbuilding called Ace (Ace - Eng.) Credited Ukrainian businessman Yuri Kosyuk ( "MHP" brand "Our Ryaba"). On Sunday the boat with 6 cabins, FL sauna, gym, swimming pool and cinema started with Nice west France Meuse town. He was constantly accompanied by another ship Garcon and the current transition - is no exception. This is according to the service of tracking the movement of vehicles.

As reported by the "Observer", according to People's Deputy Serhiy Leshchenko, for superyacht Kosyuk estimated at $ 150-180 million , and an auxiliary vessel "Garçon" is a cost of $ 20-30 million. The second boat is required to carry a helicopter and water "toys" (jet skis, etc.) that take up space.

Interestingly, none of the above yacht owners did not comment on whether these their vehicles.

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The centre of Kiev is blocked; the faithful go to Vladimir Hill
http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2016/07/27/7116033/
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Further to Admin's posting with photos above.
Causing absolute chaos on the roads. The main road west out of Kiev blocked for some time, many others also.
I think the anniversary - baptism of Kiev - is today, so hopefully tomorrow things will begin to return to normal.
Moscow Patriarch gathering.

2 OSCE SMM's UAVs come under fire in Donbas, another one downed
http://www.unian.info/war/1438288-2-osce-smms-uavs-come-under-fire-in-donbas-another-one-downed.html
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Nothing ever happens about Putin's violations of the ceasefire.
The Greeks and French fascist Le Pen party and French senate probably want to give Putin a medal.

Russia can no longer use gas for manipulating Ukraine – Pyatt
http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/economic/360242.html
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I understand - not in this item - that Ukraine is still not purchasing Russian gas, mainly because Russia now demands that Ukraine pay for gas supplies in the areas Russia occupies!
I presume Ukraine can buy gas slowly during the summer from countries like Poland and Slovakia.

www.bloomberg.com/energy/
2 minutes' ago -

Crude Oil & Natural Gas
INDEX UNITS PRICE CHANGE %CHANGE CONTRACT TIME (EDT) 2 DAY
WTI Crude Oil (Nymex)
USD/bbl. 42.78 -0.14 -0.33% Sep 2016 2:22 AM
Brent Crude (ICE)
USD/bbl. 44.73 -0.14 -0.31% Sep 2016 2:21 AM

Natural Gas (Nymex)
USD/MMBtu 2.69 -0.03 -1.00% Aug 2016 2:21 AM

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Good news for Ukraine, and the gas price. This will also help keep inflation down.

Three Ukrainian soldiers were wounded yesterday in the ATO zone - Staff
http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2016/07/27/7116072/
Wednesday, 27 July 2016 12:57

One day in the area of anti-terrorist operation three Ukrainian soldiers were wounded.
This at a traditional briefing, spokesman of the Presidential Administration on ATO Andrei Lysenko.
"For the past day as a result of fighting no dead Ukrainian soldiers there, three soldiers were wounded," - he said.

Several thousand people gather at St. Volodymyr Hill in Kyiv, including Opposition Bloc MPs Novinskyi and Shufrych.





PHOTOS
http://en.censor.net.ua/photo_news/399284/several_thousand_people_gather_at_st_volodymyr_hill_in_kyiv_including_opposition_bloc_mps_novinskyi
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Shufrych.
Hard to think of people who are closer to the devil. - Putin, Yanukovich... Hitler.
Shufrych - serious supporter of Yanukovich.
Moscow Patriach... say no more.

Police specify number of participants in holly [sic] procession to Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra
http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/360459.html
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9000. Church itself says 30,000.
Most Kievans will be glad when today is over, for sure.
Putin propaganda show by the Moscow alligned church.

An Orthodox Procession with Political Aims?
http://khpg.org/en/index.php?id=1469572539
....Denis Kazansky, a prominent journalist originally from Donetsk, is totally sceptical about the proceedings and the coaches laid on. He believes that we should call things by their real names and that this is a normal political rally with people being brought in to Kyiv. Whose money is being used would then be only one of the questions around this event. ....

‘DNC Hacker’ Unmasked: He Really Works for Russia, Researchers Say
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/07/26/dnc-hacker-unmasked-he-really-works-for-russia-researchers-say.html
The hacker who claimed to compromise the DNC swore he was Romanian. But new research shows he worked directly for the Vladimir Putin government in Moscow....
The researchers, at Arlington, Va.-based ThreatConnect, traced the self-described Romanian hacker Guccifer 2.0 back to an Internet server in Russia and to a digital address that has been linked in the past to Russian online scams. Far from being a singly, sophisticated hacker, Guccifer 2.0 is more likely a collection of people from the propaganda arm of the Russian government meant to deflect attention away from Moscow as the force behind the DNC hacks and leaks of emails, the researchers found....
...In an interview with Motherboard in June, the hacker also refused to speak in Romanian, another indication that he wasn’t who he claimed to be.
ThreatConnect also found that Guccifer 2.0 was attempting to mask his true location, in Russia, by communicating through an Internet service based in France. Such masking is not uncommon in government-sponsored operations, nor is it particularly difficult to accomplish. ....

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Putin wants Trump running America, for obvious reasons.

The Daily Vertical: Kremlin Hack -- Should We Be Surprised?
http://www.rferl.org/content/blog/27884292.html



.....We shouldn't be surprised that Russia was behind the DNC hack. We should have seen it coming.

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See also
The Daily Vertical: Ukraine's Forgotten War
http://www.rferl.org/content/daily-vertical-ukraine-s-forgotten-war/27881230.html



....The war in the Donbas has become the forgotten war....
It's a festering sore on the Ukrainian body politic, one that is sapping the country's energy, wearing down its resolve, and killing its citizens.
And in this sense, the forgotten war in the Donbas is serving the purpose that Russia intended it to serve.

Church Procession Passes Peacefully in Kiev Despite Grenade Threat
https://themoscowtimes.com/news/controversial-church-procession-takes-place-in-kiev-54750
...The service, arranged by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, saw over 5,000 people march through the Ukrainian capital. ...

Moreover, policies in favor of closing the "political and economic boundaries" with Russia and entering the occupied Donbas peacekeeping mission.

People's deputy of Ukraine, member of the "Fatherland" Hope Savchenko in favor of legalization and de-shadowing of trade and economic relations between the occupied areas of Donbas and Ukrainian authorities controlled territory. She announced on the air "Pry Evening" on TV channel "112 Ukraine".

"We have long all in black business is smuggling: railway works, business works, the energy goes. I think it should just finally legalized, stop doing it black paths finally do it for arrangements that would were legal character, national and international ", - said Savchenko.

In addition, policies in favor of closing the" political and economic border "with Russia and entering the occupied Donbass peacekeeping mission.

"We must close political and economic border between Ukraine and Russia. Russia should go home. Further to enter the mission for six months "blue helmets" (peacekeeping mission - Ed.), OSCE let it be, let the UN. The police mission is to remove weapons should arrest criminals who waged war on violent methods, in violation of the Geneva Convention. Further to do some amnesty because household separatism - a child 7 years and grandmother holding a Russian flag. They just zadureni does not mean that they should cover some or fire a wave of anger "- said Savchenko.

In her opinion, after the amnesty is necessary to send a "strong flow of information to the regions, who are unable to hear the Ukraine," within six months to carry out "travel and communication between people."

Also Savchenko believes that the need to prepare for a "referendum that will determine the overall way for all Ukraine. "

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She wants Ukraine to go to bed with Putin? I think someone should knock some sense in her. She's not doing herself any favors and will soon see protests against her her pro-Putin friendship leanings. Why ruin her reputation? She should fight against the enemy with the last bullet, not shake hands with them. Then where will they stop? I doubt Ukrainians want to go back into soviet rule.

Many Ukrainian patriots lost their lives, both at the Maidan and in Dombas to rid the country of Kremlin influence. NO doors should be opened to return to what they fought against. It would be disrespectful to do so, to all those that gave their lives for Ukrainians freedom. Savchenko, you need to take a step back and listen to yourself. You are defeating the same thing you stood for during your incarceration. Think of the millions that supported your fight against the same people you want to make peace with. IMO, that isn't the true Ukrainian Cossack way of life.

"Whoever busy business, does not suffer fools," - said the deputy.

People's deputy of Ukraine, member of the "Fatherland" Hope Savchenko said that it is not interested in the many online petition on the website of President Ukraine against it.

"I think that all this - as our policy. We have, unfortunately, not politics and politicking, unfortunately, it all became such carelessness. It's like attraction. If there were two more petitions, I would have understood. If they are 20, do not even think it necessary to read. I do not care. I think that is what people have nothing to do. Whoever busy business, does not suffer fools, "- said Savchenko on the air" Pry Evening "on TV channel" 112 Ukraine ".

Note, the site of President of Ukraine registered about 20 petitions relating Savchenko. The basic requirements of their authors - to deprive Savchenko mandate of MP and the title of Hero of Ukraine.

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GOP candidate for US presidential elections Donald Trump has promised to consider if they win recognition by Russia occupied Crimea part of the country and the lifting of sanctions on Moscow.

Speaking at a press conference to a question about the possibility, he replied: "We will consider it. So, look, "reports Radio Liberty.

Until now, US policy, like the other member states "Group of Seven" and a number of other countries and the European Union is the rejection of any possibility of ever admit statements about Russia joining occupied Ukrainian Crimea of ​​it. Moreover, such recognition would be a violation of the UN General Assembly resolution on territorial integrity of Ukraine.

United States, like other countries members of the "Group of Seven" and a number of other countries and the European Union have imposed a series of sanctions on Russia in connection with the occupation of the Crimea, and in connection with Moscow's aggression against Ukraine at Donbass. Their position is also now provides that "Donbass" sanctions can be lifted only after the full implementation of the Minsk agreements of settlement in the Donbass, providing for the return of Ukraine full control of today occupied territories in the region, and "Crimean" - only after the complete de-occupation by Russia Ukrainian peninsula.

Donald Trump has repeatedly accused of being sympathetic to the Kremlin. He himself has said that if elected will seek rapprochement with the Kremlin after the current strained relations between the US and Russia because Moscow supported armed separatists in eastern Ukraine and Crimea Ukrainian occupation.

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As I have said recently, being a lifelong Democrat, he's not out to win the presidency, he's out to ruin the GOP. He's not a dumb person and knows what he's doing. His ratings started increasing after the convention. Since then, look at what he's said in public. AGAIN! He's knows what he's doing. We should cheer him, as he's doing the Democratic Party a big favor. Who on earth and in Ukraine wants a US president that wants to be friends with Putin and allow them to be strong again? They've been weakened. Keep them down.

And as I've said before, Hillary Clinton won't take bullshyte from Putin as Trump will. She's MUCH MORE informed on what Putin's about. Trump isn't even close.

So Ukraine! Do you want a US president to allow the Kremlin to just walk into Ukraine and make friends with him?

Also consider Kobolyev, goals of Russia is to minimize Ukraine revenues from gas transit and "compressed" Europe for Russian project "North Stream-2".

Chairman of the Board of "Naftogaz Ukraine" Andrew Kobolyev said that Russian gas monopoly "Gazprom" for breach of contract reduced the volume of transit of its gas through Ukraine to a record low. Also, Russia has reduced gas pressure at the entrance to the Ukrainian gas transportation system, which created the Ukrainian company "Ukrtransgaz" certain technological difficulties, although they are currently unable to effectively resolve, he added.
Speaking in broadcast television "Channel 5", he said: "I think that the Russians want to do all you can to bring our European partners that Ukraine can not be a transit country, and they now took to banal blackmail us and them" .

Also consider Kobolyev, goals of Russia is to minimize Ukraine revenues from gas transit and "compressed" Europe for Russian project "North Stream-2".

"Today I am on this subject sent an official letter to the European Commission proposal to collect monitoring group and to hold, first, an analysis of the situation, fix the failure of" Gazprom "contractual conditions for pressure gas supply in Ukraine and decide what to do next this situation ", - said the head of" Naftogaz ".

The relationship between "Naftogaz" and "Gazprom", as well as between Ukraine and Russia are tense. Ukraine has long been buying Russian gas, Russia is responsible reduction of gas transit through Ukraine, instead of trying to push the other gas transportation projects bypassing Ukraine.

Last week, the last of these current projects, "North Stream-2" narazyvsya difficulties: antitrust regulator Poland, whose territorial waters in the Baltic Sea have prolyahty pipe contested against him.

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