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Russia -  Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Thursday 15 September. [Ukrainian sources]  Empty Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Thursday 15 September. [Ukrainian sources]

Thu Sep 15, 2016 1:07 am
THURSDAY

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News:
Putin hits Ukraine 50 times yesterday.
The number of attacks rises steadily after the 01 September "ceasefire".
Update - 3 soldiers wounded. 2 on a mine, 1 due to shelling by Russian forces.

Weather:
Blue sky and sunshine, but quite a bit cooler than a few days' ago.
High expected near 22. Mid-60s. Comfortable. Close to the average for mid-September.


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Russia -  Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Thursday 15 September. [Ukrainian sources]  Empty The situation in the ATO zone: Terrorists fire 50 times at Ukrainian positions

Thu Sep 15, 2016 1:12 am
The situation in the ATO zone: Terrorists fire 50 times at Ukrainian positions
http://www.unn.com.ua/uk/news/1602207-situatsiya-v-zoni-ato-boyoviki-za-den-50-raziv-obstrilyali-ukrayinski-pozitsiyi-1

The situation in the zone ATO: Terrorists day 50 times fired Ukrainian positions
KIEV. 15 September. UNN. During the last day of the Russian-occupation forces opened fire 50 times on positions of Ukrainian defenders. But despite the provocations, the Armed Forces of Ukraine strictly observed the Minsk agreements, reports UNN with reference to the press center ATO headquarters.
Thus, in the Donetsk area recorded 26 violations "regime of silence." In particular, attacks by the enemy with grenades, machine guns and small arms were the positions of Ukrainian military in Avdiyivka, Verhnotoretskomu Zaitsev, Pisky and Luhansk. In addition, through the village Lugansk, Zaitsev, Avdeevka, Pisky and Lenin occupants opened fire with mortars, 120-th and 82-gauge. As for moral and psychological pressure on the units ATO forces, the enemy opened fire with artillery banned Minsk agreements - 152-mm and 122-mm caliber in the area Zaitsev, Avdeevka, Kamyanka and Verhnotoretskoho. In Stanitsa Lugansk fired from BMP, and Avdiyivka - with tank...

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A Putin "ceasefire". Lies, and lies, and death, and death.
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Russia -  Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Thursday 15 September. [Ukrainian sources]  Empty The destruction of MH17, Russia published a "response" to the investigation of the Netherlands

Thu Sep 15, 2016 1:28 am
The destruction of MH17, Russia published a "response" to the investigation of the Netherlands
http://hvylya.net/news/digest/krushenie-mn17-v-rossii-opublikovali-otvet-na-rassledovanie-niderlandov.html

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More of the same garbage from Russia.
No other country in the world has published a "response" to the report on MH17. Why does Russia need to do it?
This simply confirms Russia's guilt.
The response - nothing. The same rubbish they produced in 2015.
Further stuff from the Russian missile manufacturers - but what else would you expect from them? They have to do Putin's bidding.
And from the start they attack Bellingcat. They do not like Bellingcat at all. For obvious reasons.
Unbiased, clear, evidence based reporting.

Don't expect Russia to admit to shooting down MH17 for at least 20 years.
Russia working on the basis that,
if you deny something enough times, some idiots will believe you.
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Russia -  Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Thursday 15 September. [Ukrainian sources]  Empty IMF okays third disbursement to Ukraine under EFF

Thu Sep 15, 2016 1:41 am
IMF okays third disbursement to Ukraine under EFF
http://www.unian.info/economics/1522009-imf-okays-third-disbursement-to-ukraine-under-eff.html
...."The Fund's decision paves the way to U.S. financial aid worth $1 billion and macro-financial assistance worth an additional sum of EUR 600 million from the European Union, other international financial organizations," the president said in his video address posted on Facebook in the early hours of Thursday, September 15....
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Good news.
EFF = Extended Fund Facility
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Russia -  Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Thursday 15 September. [Ukrainian sources]  Empty Kuchma on Putin's goal in Donbas

Thu Sep 15, 2016 5:48 am
Kuchma on Putin's goal in Donbas

Elections in the rebel-held territories will destroy Ukraine. Therefore, any decentralization and special status for Donbas are out of the question, Ukraine’s representative on the Minsk group of negotiators Leonid Kuchma said. “Putin’s main goal is to hold the elections in Donbas, get rid of the territory and let Ukraine burden the destroyed land. The rebels have ruined all infrastructure and put Donbas on the verge of an environmental disaster endangering the entire Europe.

Billions of dollars are needed to repair the damage. If Ukraine takes on this burden, it will be destroyed,” Kuchma said, speaking to Interfax-Ukrayina Sept. 15.

Russia doesn’t need Donbas with all its problems. Putin needs Donbas to rock the boat in Ukraine, Kuchma said.

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Russia -  Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Thursday 15 September. [Ukrainian sources]  Empty Clinton Sets Meeting With Ukraine's Poroshenko

Thu Sep 15, 2016 6:06 am
Clinton Sets Meeting With Ukraine's Poroshenko


U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will meet with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, her campaign said on September 14, in an effort to contrast her pro-Kyiv stance with her Republican opponent Donald Trump's public comments in support of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Clinton's meeting with Poroshenko, whose country has struggled economically and politically since Moscow forcibly annexed the Crimean Peninsula in 2014 and fueled a war with separatists in eastern Ukraine, will occur on the sidelines of a UN General Assembly meeting in New York next week.

Ukrainian officials said on September 14 that both Clinton and Trump had been invited to meet Poroshenko, but so far only Clinton has confirmed........

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Russia -  Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Thursday 15 September. [Ukrainian sources]  Empty German, French Ministers Visit Eastern Ukraine

Thu Sep 15, 2016 6:12 am
German, French Ministers Visit Eastern Ukraine

The German and French foreign ministers have made their first visit to eastern Ukraine since the start of the conflict between government forces and Russia-backed separatists in 2014.

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault on September 15 arrived in Kramatorsk, a city controlled by the Ukrainian government.

On their arrival to the city, Steinmeier and Ayrault were met by dozens of protesters holding placards saying, "We Say No To Special Status of Donbas" and "We Are Ukraine!"

On September 14, Ukrainian leaders agreed to observe a new cease-fire in eastern Ukraine that became effective on September 15 and will last at least a week.

"We came with a promise from Moscow that effective [September 15] there will be a truce that will last at least a week," Steinmeier said on September 14, a day after the leaders of the Russia-backed separatists in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions declared a unilateral cease-fire................

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Russia -  Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Thursday 15 September. [Ukrainian sources]  Empty Poland to buy US Patriot anti-ballistic system

Thu Sep 15, 2016 6:20 am
Poland to buy US Patriot anti-ballistic system

The deal was announced by the previous government in April 2015. This is the first time the current government has confirmed it.

From the Warsaw Voice, Sep 8, 2016:

Poland's Defense Ministry picked American 'Patriot' missiles for its air defense system, defense minister Antoni Macierewicz said on Tuesday.

The deal was announced by the previous government in April 2015.

This is the first time the current government has confirmed it.

This means the launch of a negotiation process to buy eight missile defense systems for a ca. PLN 40 billion order from Raytheon arms producer.

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Russia -  Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Thursday 15 September. [Ukrainian sources]  Empty Groysman says IMF tranche is green light for investing in Ukrainian economy

Thu Sep 15, 2016 6:36 am
Groysman says IMF tranche is green light for investing in Ukrainian economy

Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman welcomes the decision of the International Monetary Fund to allocate the next tranche to Ukraine.

"Fund’s tranche is not just an aid, which is necessary for the economy, it is also a signal to foreign investors that one can and should invest into the economy of Ukraine. We will have workspaces together with the investment," Groysman wrote on his Facebook page on Thursday night........

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Russia -  Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Thursday 15 September. [Ukrainian sources]  Empty Ukraine selecting projects for government investment worth UAH 24 bln

Thu Sep 15, 2016 7:24 am
Ukraine selecting projects for government investment worth UAH 24 bln

The Interdepartmental Commission for public investment projects chaired by First Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine Stepan Kubiv has begun the selection of projects to be financed at the expense of public investment in 2017-2019.

According to the press service of the Ministry of Economic Development, 40 projects are being considered, half of which, namely 20 projects, have already been declared as the most likely candidates to receive funds. "The total amount of investments until 2019 will amount to UAH 24 billion. Projects for investment relate to public health, construction of service housing, socio-cultural sphere, the environment, the functioning of the authorities and the provision of their services, transport infrastructure, and the agricultural sector," the ministry said..............

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Russia -  Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Thursday 15 September. [Ukrainian sources]  Empty Klimkin commented on the statement Steinmeier and Hérault on a special status in the Donbas

Thu Sep 15, 2016 7:45 am
Klimkin commented on the statement Steinmeier and Hérault on a special status in the Donbas

Foreign Minister of Ukraine said that Steinmeier and Herault not insist grant special status of Donbas immediately

The foreign ministers of France and Germany are not forced Ukraine to immediately provide the special status of Donbas.

This was announced by Foreign Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin in Kramatorsk meeting with the Foreign Minister of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier and French Jean-Marc Ayrault.

"They (European ministers - Ed.) Understands that you need to advance political means and through the release of hostages. Without these components, nothing will. This they mean, speaking of parallelism. They do not make us "- said Klimkin.

Speaking of special status, the minister said that if "we take something, it means that those who are now supplied by Russia to power, they will be legitimized and nothing more", and "Russian Donbas as colony will vpyhatysya in Ukraine."

Klimkin said that Ukrainian authorities aim is to "Ukrainian Donbas really back to normal." As reported, the French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault stressed the need to adopt the law on elections in Donbas and granting special status to the region.

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The key word is "immediately". Which IMO, they want special status to be given, sooner or later. Don't trust those French politicians. They'll sell their souls to ANYONE!
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Russia -  Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Thursday 15 September. [Ukrainian sources]  Empty Three soldiers wounded yesterday in the ATO zone - staff

Thu Sep 15, 2016 8:25 am
Three soldiers wounded yesterday in the ATO zone - staff
http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2016/09/15/7120692/
Thursday, September 15, 2016, 13:04

One day in the area of anti-terrorist operation 3 soldiers were wounded.
This at a traditional briefing on Thursday, spokesman of the Presidential Administration Alexander ATO on Motuzyanyk.
"For the past day, no Ukrainian military killed, but three were injured," - said the colonel.
According to him, two hit a mine at Stanichno Luhansk region, and one injured as a result of shelling in Avdiyivka.

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Russia -  Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Thursday 15 September. [Ukrainian sources]  Empty Putin ordered plot to seize half of Ukraine [Engl]

Thu Sep 15, 2016 8:33 am
Putin ordered plot to seize half of Ukraine
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/putin-ordered-plot-to-seize-half-of-ukraine-7b2kts639?#_=_
...Two agents were based in the Dnipropetrovsk region, 150 miles from the conflict between pro-western government forces and Russian and rebel troops in eastern Ukraine. The intelligence service alleged that the agents were supervised by Moscow and had established groups advocating “for the creation of the ‘Dnipropetrovsk People’s Republic’ ” that would join Russia.

Another group was intercepted at Andronivka, about 60 miles from the front line....


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Meanwhile, super-idiot, British Foreign goofball minister Boris the Bozo Johnson has reiterated that the EU precipitated the Ukraine crisis.
All part of his stupid Brexit lies.
And now the Brits have this nutter as their FM!! An island nation indeed.... sinking slowly into the sea. Expect Scotland to ask for another independence vote, for sure.
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Russia -  Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Thursday 15 September. [Ukrainian sources]  Empty Champions League Final 2018 to take place in Kiev.

Thu Sep 15, 2016 8:35 am
Champions League Final 2018 to take place in Kiev.
Need to confirm this, but

Фінал Ліги Чемпіонів 2018 року відбудеться у Києві!
@ChampionsLeague Final 2018 will take place in Kyiv!

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Olympic Stadium in Kiev confirmed as host for 2018 Champions League final

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3790735/Olympic-Stadium-Kiev-confirmed-host-2018-Champions-League-final.html
The 2018 Champions League final will be played at the Olympic Stadium in Ukraine's capital Kiev.
UEFA executive committee member Frantisek Laurinec confirmed the decision on Thursday, ending year-long negotiations.
Ukraine will host UEFA's highest profile club match less than a month before the 2018 World Cup kicks off in neighbouring Russia....
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Russia -  Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Thursday 15 September. [Ukrainian sources]  Empty Gerashchenko: The EU wants peace in the Donets Basin, but only "for show"

Thu Sep 15, 2016 8:40 pm
Gerashchenko: The EU wants peace in the Donets Basin, but only "for show"

Gerashchenko also said that so far no prerequisites to consider political bloc of the Minsk agreements not.
European partners want to achieve success in the Ukrainian direction, but the conflict in the Donbas, according to their attitude will be only "for show".

This was announced to journalists in Slavic First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, representative of Ukraine in the humanitarian subgroup trilateral contact group Irina Gerashchenko, reports Ukrinform.

"It's no secret that the European side wants to resolve the conflict. And Ukraine wants. The only question is that we want a real solution, not "for show". Hold psevdovybory - a "for show" to say, okay, all right. Ukraine will never go out to make it appear that the artificial peace is established when the daily ongoing shelling and killing our soldiers and there are Russian troops, "- said Gerashchenko, commenting on the statement that the European side allegedly putting pressure on Ukraine in the issue of the law on "special status" Donbas.

She said that European politicians act in accordance with his "not entirely favorable domestic market conditions."

"The European side voiced its position. Obviously, they are now not so favorable internal conditions, there is a difficult situation. They want to succeed in the Ukrainian direction. Ukraine also wants to resolve the conflict, and therefore Europeans convey its position. We are talking about our own. And so these items should bring together "- said Gerashchenko.

Today Gerashchenko also said that so far no prerequisites to consider political bloc of the Minsk agreements not.

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Russia -  Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Thursday 15 September. [Ukrainian sources]  Empty NATO and Russia held talks on reducing risks

Thu Sep 15, 2016 8:45 pm
NATO and Russia held talks on reducing risks

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg are discussing these issues and next steps with Russian Foreign Minister

NATO and Russia held talks on ways to increase transparency and reduce risks, said Service Alliance pressed.

According to the report, these issues are discussed NATO Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow and permanent representative of Russia to NATO Alexander Grushko.

This Vershbow said Grushko that the NATO alliance is ready to continue the dialogue, but in his policy of no change there.

"Our practical cooperation remains suspended after the aggressive actions of Russia against Ukraine. At the same time we decided to keep open channels for political dialogue ", - he said.

The report added that NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg are discussing these issues and next steps with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in the near future.

Such a possible meeting next week, and when Stoltenberg and Lavrov will stay in New York for the annual UN General Assembly.

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Russia -  Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Thursday 15 September. [Ukrainian sources]  Empty Amnesty International: number of human rights violations in Ukraine is not reduced

Thu Sep 15, 2016 8:48 pm
Amnesty International: number of human rights violations in Ukraine is not reduced

Human rights activists know of any positive developments in this regard on the part samonazvanyh "FSC" and "DNR"

UN report confirms the fact that at present human rights violations in Ukraine is not reduced.

This broadcast Public told Amnesty International Executive Director in Ukraine Oksana Pokalchuk.

"The practice of human rights violations, unfortunately, not diminished. We fix that practice torture, enforced disappearances, violations of international humanitarian law currently ongoing, "- she said.

Pokalchuk added that they do not know of any positive developments in this regard on the part samonazvanyh "FSC" and "NPT".



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Russia -  Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Thursday 15 September. [Ukrainian sources]  Empty The EU is preparing a program to combat corruption in Ukraine

Thu Sep 15, 2016 8:59 pm
The EU is preparing a program to combat corruption in Ukraine

European Union with Ukraine is working on a new program where Denmark plays a central role in the issue of fighting corruption

The European Union is preparing a new program to combat corruption in Ukraine and Denmark will make significant efforts for its implementation.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark Christian Jensen during the opening ceremony of the 13th annual meeting of Yalta European Strategy - says Ukrainian true.

"Corruption - is a difficult area of ​​reform. This field of struggle between the new and old Ukraine. Corruption affects citizens and businesses, this issue should be resolved. Now the European Union together with Ukraine is working on a new program where Denmark plays a central role in the issue of fighting corruption, "- he said.

According to Jensen, the implementation of this program will begin at the end of this year. Its purpose - to stop corruption and give a chance to people and businesses to invest in Ukraine.

Jensen added that Europe understands the complexity of the problems that Ukraine faces in armed conflict. However, in his opinion, these problems should not become an excuse for the issue of reform.

"We need to realize the dream of a new Ukraine - open, free and safe. Member of the Western world and a close partner of the EU ", - he concluded.

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Russia -  Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Thursday 15 September. [Ukrainian sources]  Empty Foreign Minister of France and Germany refused to visit hospitals with wounded fighters ATO - MP

Thu Sep 15, 2016 9:42 pm
Foreign Minister of France and Germany refused to visit hospitals with wounded fighters ATO - MP
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The ministers refused to attend part where Russians actually tortured Ukrainian

Foreign Minister of France and Germany refused to visit hospitals, where are our wounded, and the part where the Russians tortured our citizens.

This was on "5 channel" said MP from the "Self" Elena centurion.

"Respected representatives of France and Germany, for example, refused to visit hospitals, where are the people who actually have been affected as a result of attacks. They refused to attend the part where Russians actually tortured our people and hear evidence that it was the Russian military tortured and forced our people to recognize some absolutely worthless things. They refused all this because they do not want to see reality, "- stressed the MP.

As reported, September 15, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his French counterpart Jean-Marc Ayrault arrived at Donbas.

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