Ukraine News in brief. Wednesday 9 August. [Ukrainian sources]

WEDNESDAY

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TODAY'S HEADLINES:
FBI conducted searches in the house of ex-head of staff Trump Manafort.  Russia is preparing an offensive to Odesa region for the "liberation" of Transnistria.  EU was informed about the readiness to supply lethal weapons and military equipment to Ukraine.  The military expert called Putin's army training to be more dangerous for Ukraine than the "West-2017".  The government has allocated more than 2.6 million USD to the victims of the Maidan.  The combat capability of the Ukrainian Army is now higher than ever, the Center for Eastern European Studies.  Three Ukrainian fighters killed, eight wounded, one traumatized yesterday in Donbas.  In Russia, the car crashed into the crowd, video.  In the center of Kiev, there was a massive accident with disassembly, video.

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FBI officers conducted searches in the house of former President of the election campaign of President Donald Trump - Paul Manafort.

As transfers Zenzor.NET, about it writes Reuters.

According to the publication, FBI officers confiscated documents and other materials from the suburban home of Paul Manafort in Virginia.

The search was conducted during the investigation of possible Russian intervention in the presidential election of 2016.

Manafort had business ties with the detached pro-Russian president of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych, is the subject of several investigations on possible ties between Russia and The Trump campaign.

Manafort resigned in August 2016 from the post of head of the Trump election campaign.

ua.censor.net.ua, Original in Ukrainian / Українською мовою

Ukraine can agree with Czech producers on the supply of military equipment and weapons.

This was stated by Ambassador of the Czech Republic in Ukraine Radek Matula in an interview with the publication "European Truth" .

He explained that earlier the Czech policy limited the possibility of supplying weapons in Ukraine, but now between countries opened the possibility of cooperation in supplying Ukraine with certain types of military equipment based on the standard process of export licensing.

"The ban on the supply of military equipment and materials to Ukraine in the winter of 2014. We are now standardizing this procedure, which means that for each case the issue of a license will be considered separately," Matul said.

At the same time, he noted that he did not have information, received from Ukraine requests for interest in certain types of weapons. But the ambassador is certain that a number of Czech manufacturers of military products are already contacting their Ukrainian counterparts on this issue.

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On the part of the self-proclaimed unrecognized "Transnistrian Moldavian Republic" there are unhealthy signals indicating the actual actions on its withdrawal from the peace treaty

This is stated on Facebook by the head of the permanent delegation of Ukraine to the Parliamentary Assembly of NATO, MP from the BPP Irina Friez.

"So, after the PMR authorities raised the issue of using the flag of the Russian Federation, as the state, the so-called head of the PMR administration, Alexander Martynov, announced the intentions of Tirupol to legitimize the institute of bailiffs in the territory of the PMR," she said.

Thus, she said, we can talk about the successive steps of the "PMR" towards the Anschluss with Russia for the Kremlin's silent consent.

"Since it is clear to all that there are no state institutions in the Transnistrian region, and there is a puppet leadership of a separatist unrecognized territory, the Tiraspol policy testifies to another violation of international agreements by Russia," she adds.

At the same time, she draws attention to the appearance in Russia of certain materials that are considering plans to "offensive operations on the southern section of the Odessa region, landing a Russian landing for the purpose of organizing the" corridor "to the" PMR".

"Such a development of the situation in the southwest direction requires resolute political and diplomatic action by Ukraine," Friez notes.

In this regard, she sent the secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchinov a proposal to minimize the threats of Russian subversion against Ukraine from the territory of the TMR, as well as the return of Tiraspol to fulfill obligations under the Peace Agreement.

In June, deputy Chief of Staff of the Naval Forces (IMS) of Ukraine Andriy Ryzhenko called the most vulnerable place of the Black Sea coast in the event of the Russians strike from the sea.

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The training of the Russian military "Combat Brotherhood -2017", which will take place immediately after the exercises "West-2017" at the end of September, poses a real threat to the national security of Ukraine.

This was stated by the military expert Oleksiy Arestovich in a comment to the "Apostrophe".

"Few people talk about these studies, but there is the opinion that the main issues of an offensive against Ukraine, the Baltic states or Poland will be spent during the" Fighting Brotherhood, "when everyone relaxes and exhales, because the focus is shifting to" West 2017" , And everyone forgets about "Fighting Brotherhood", but it will not go away", - the expert is sure.

apostrophe.ua , Original in Ukrainian / Українською мовою

The Cabinet has allocated more than 2.6 million UAH of cash aid to the members of the Revolution of Goodwill

This is reported by the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.

"One-time cash assistance in the amount of 369.8 thousand hryvnias will be received by a participant who suffered severe bodily harm during the mass protests of civil protest during the Revolution of Dignity, which took place from November 21, 2013 to February 21, 2014," said In the message.

Another government will pay 2.3 million UAH to 15 participants of the Maidan, who received bodily injuries of moderate severity.

These funds will be allocated to the Ministry of Social Policy from the reserve fund of the state budget.

espreso.tv , Original in Ukrainian / Українською мовою

In the conditions of the war with Russia, the state of the Ukrainian Army has improved significantly

The state of the Ukrainian army is now better than ever. This is evidenced by the results of a study by the Center for East European Studies .

"Annexation of Crimea by Russia and the first weeks of the war in Donbas showed that the Ukrainian armed forces at the time - a structure that is not capable of any effective action in the face of minimal threat", - stated in the research results.

The Center stressed: "The war on the Donbass formed the Ukrainian army. She motivated the soldier, forced the Ukrainian Defense Ministry and the government to adapt the structure - for the first time since its inception - to the real operational needs and to cover the costs of preventing collapse in the field of training and equipment. At least to a level that makes it possible to enter the war on an equal footing with pro-Russian separatists."

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Yesterday, Aug. 8, three Ukrainian military were killed in the ATO (anti-terrorist operation) area shelling, eight were wounded, and one traumatized.

This was announced by the ATO HQ press center on Facebook, Censor.NET reports.

"Three Ukrainian military were killed, eight were wounded, one traumatized," the report reads.

One Ukrainian fighter was killed in enemy provocation with the use of grenade launchers and small arms in Vodiane area. Two military were wounded in Shyrokyne and Novooleksandrivka areas.

No more details were provided.

As reported, on Aug. 7 Russian mercenaries attacked Ukrainian fighters' positions 18 times.

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In the Moscow city of Mytischi (Russia), a car at high speed crashed into the crowd of people standing on the roadside.

This is reported by the Russian edition Lenta.ru.



On the published video it is noticeable that the Skoda car at high speed enters the intersection and collided with a taxi, which at that moment made a turn.

As a result of a collision, the car was taken to the sidewalk before the pedestrian crossing, where people stood at that time.

As a result of this incident, 7 people were injured, five of them, including three children, were hospitalized with fractures and strokes. The lives of the victims at the moment do not threaten anything.

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On Tuesday, August 8, a massive accident with disassembly took place on Victory Square in Kyiv.

This is reported by the YouTube channel VIDEOPROBKI.

"2 cars staged a race on the Shevchenko boulevard in Peremohy Square decided to" sort out "and stopped. A few people from BMW Universal in Polish numbers began to pull out the driver of the second BMW X5 car through the window," the message reads.

It is noted that the driver of the second car hastened to leave and his maneuver hit the car, standing on a repeat, and then went to the side of the street Olesya Honchara.

Followed by men at BMW Universal.



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Russia can withdraw its troops from the Donbass in 2018.

According to Censor.NET, with reference to Interfax-Ukraine , this opinion was voiced by Yuri Grymchak, Deputy Minister for Temporary Occupied Territories and internally displaced persons, on the air of Channel 5.

"According to calculations, and not only mine (there are people who also think so), Russia will leave in 2018. And in calculations something similar to sanctions that were signed and entered into force was also taken into account," he said.

At the same time, the official believes that the period of stay of the Russian Federation in the Donbas lasted because of the blockade of the occupied territories held in the beginning of the year.

"The only thing, There are suspicions that the last such fight for Ukraine will be, perhaps, in November. This is when Russia will try to activate everything that it has, in order to destabilize the situation in Ukraine in order not to go (from Donbass - Ed.), "Said Grymchak.

censor.net.ua, Original in Russian / На русском

The US FBI agents were looking for tax documents and foreign bank records in the house of the ex-head of the Donald Trump Paul Manafort election campaign.

As reported by Censor.NET with reference to "Ukrinform" , this is written by The New York Times.

The searches were conducted in the framework of the investigation of the US Attorney General Robert Mueller regarding the work of Manafort on the Ukrainian authorities and his role in the meeting of Trump's campaign staff with representatives of the Russian government in 2016.

The Manaforte Speaker, Jason Maloney, confirmed the FBI's searches. "Mr. Manafort regularly worked with law enforcement agencies and other government agencies and did the same in this case," he said.

Reuters Earlier, FBI agents raided the house of ex-head of the Trump Paul Manafort campaign in Alexandria. It was carried out the day after Manafort had testified before the US Senate Intelligence Committee.

censor.net.ua , Original in Russian / На русском

The leader of the terrorist organization DNR, Alexander Zakharchenko, renounced the name "Little Russia" for the new "state" in the occupied Donbas.

As reported by Censor.NET , he stated this on his website, commenting on the "re-establishment of Ukraine."

"The very idea of ​​re-establishment of the state, plunged into a deep economic and political crisis and not attempting to carry out radical reforms to federalize the country and find ways out of the collapse, has received broad support." Even now, it can be said that the name "Little Russia" will not, because it causes Many rejection, "- said the terrorist.

"Kiev should reflect on the fact that further conducting such a murderous policy and incompetence will lead to the disintegration of the country," he added.

ua.censor.net.ua, Original in Ukrainian / Українською мовою

Journalist Alexander Sotnik conducted a poll among residents of Moscow on the introduction of US new sanctions against the RF .

A video of people polling is posted on the YouTube channel of the journalist.

"And none of them said:" But this grave Kremlin would not go with their hothouses! .. "They are worthy. They deserve a catastrophe: Answering the question" Which products of American production are you prepared to refuse to respond to US sanctions? "Muscovites have counted a lot of goods and brands, the disappearance of which, in their opinion, will not entail" nothing terrible. "Only a few expressed surprise at the forced refusal of the usual things," said Sotnik on his Facebook page.



As reported by the "Apostrophe", social networks mocked the statement of the head of the faction "Just Russia" in the State Duma Sergei Mironov that the answer to the adoption in the United States of a new law on sanctions and strengthening the regime of sanctions from the EU should be the introduction of a ban on the import of alcohol.

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