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Russia - Ukraine News in brief. Saturday 19 August. [Ukrainian sources] Empty Ukraine News in brief. Saturday 19 August. [Ukrainian sources]

Sat Aug 19, 2017 10:59 am
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TODAY'S HEADLINES:
The United States providing with lethal weapons to Ukraine: Poroshenko made important remarks. In Russia, unknown people arranged a massacre in the city center.  Sanctions against Russia: Poroshenko told how the US drove Europe to the corner.  My father was in the UPA: famous veteran ATO told about a touching meeting with an American in Kiev.  A man with a knife attacked passers-by in Russia, eight people were injured.  Mudslides in the Crimea turned the roads into a swamp.  Sanctions are in vain: the German politician made a resonant statement regarding the Crimea and the Russian Federation.  Merkel warns Turkey against interference in the German elections.  Moscow Stock Exchange announced the suspension of trading hryvnia. Mattis visit may affect sanctions against Russia and the situation in the Donbas and Crimea. The candidate from the "right" to the post of Chancellor of Germany: "Crimea will never return to Ukraine.".

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Russia - Ukraine News in brief. Saturday 19 August. [Ukrainian sources] Empty The United States providing with lethal weapons to Ukraine: Poroshenko made important remarks

Sat Aug 19, 2017 11:01 am
The United States providing with lethal weapons to Ukraine: Poroshenko made important remarks

If the United States provides Ukraine with lethal weapons, this will, above all, be a symbol of Washington's active engagement in Ukrainian affairs and signaling to European states the need to move on to active action.

This is written by the counselor of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Horbulin in his article for the publication " Mirror of the Week ".

He emphasized that the theme of "lethal weapons" is considered by many in Ukraine as a kind of panacea for all problems, while much of these problems are in completely different areas - effective management of the national security sector, fight against corruption, effective reforms and economic growth.

Horbulin drew attention to the fact that now the national interests of Ukraine and foreign policy interests of the USA coincide, but this will not necessarily be so permanent, as well as decisions that will be good for US foreign policy, may not always be equally good for the national interests of Ukraine.

The advisor to the president of Ukraine recalled the words of the Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, Ron Prosoor, who in 2015 stated that his country, after listening to the international community, left the Gaza Strip, but after that the territory became a "enclave of terrorism".

"This conversation, first of all, that the consequences always have to live in a country that was advised: the advisers will be far away, and in the event of failure, they will only break their hands with embarrassment. It is not a question of ignoring the advice of our partners, but it is put forward. They should follow with healthy skepticism and rationality", - summed up Gorbulin.

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Russia - Ukraine News in brief. Saturday 19 August. [Ukrainian sources] Empty In Russia, unknown people arranged a massacre in the city center: Photos

Sat Aug 19, 2017 11:05 am
In Russia, unknown people arranged a massacre in the city center: Photos

In the center of the Russian city of Surgut unknown knives attacked the passers-by, resulting in the death of three townspeople, and one died from a knife wound.

This is reported by Ura.ru.

The police managed to shoot one of the intruders, while the search for the second one is underway.

As the Telegram Channel Mash reports, the perpetrator injured seven people. Among the wounded are two women and five men. It is noted that an attacker specifically shot a knife in the region of the abdomen or in the neck. People were fortunate - all injuries were tangent or just shallow. Serious injuries get only one person.

The RF Investigative Committee reports about eight injured as a result of the attack.

Caution, the images contain violence scenes!

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Russia - Ukraine News in brief. Saturday 19 August. [Ukrainian sources] Empty Sanctions against Russia: Poroshenko told how the US drove Europe to the corner

Sat Aug 19, 2017 11:07 am
Sanctions against Russia: Poroshenko told how the US drove Europe to the corner

The signing by US President Donald Trump of the Counter-Americans Adversaries Through Sanctions Act has had a significant impact on world politics.

This is written by the counselor of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Horbulin in his article for the publication "Mirror of the Week".

According to him, abstract statements that "values ​​for us more important than money" will have to be confirmed by the European countries by actions.

"And the problem of finding an annual consensus on the need to preserve sanctions will be the smallest of the problems of European governments," said Poroshenko's adviser.

Gorbulin said that the US's refusal to fully respect the position of the European Union countries would disrupt European leaders, but they can not do anything about it, because "very traumatic changes will be in foreign and domestic politics."

"There is a situation where it is easier for Brussels to adopt the new active role of the United States than to suggest its approach. Even though its approach (besides the abstract" let's live in harmony! ") In Brussels, and with it - in Berlin and Paris, is not observed "- said Gorbulin.

He added that the EU is now more focused on itself and how it will continue to exist.

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Russia - Ukraine News in brief. Saturday 19 August. [Ukrainian sources] Empty The candidate from the "right" to the post of Chancellor of Germany: "Crimea will never return to Ukraine."

Sat Aug 19, 2017 11:09 am
The candidate from the "right" to the post of Chancellor of Germany: "Crimea will never return to Ukraine."

The politician asserts that the peninsula will not return to Ukraine any more.

As the Tsenzor.NET citing 112 Ukraine , deputy head of the far-right political forces "Alternative for Germany" Alexander Gauland, is going to run for the post of Chancellor of Germany, finds it necessary to remove the sanctions against Russia by recognizing the Russian-occupied Crimea Russia, reports The Die Welt .

According to him, anti-Russian sanctions do not give a proper result, and Germany should recognize the Crimea as part of the Russian Federation. Gauland believes that this way it will be possible "to return Russia to the European order."

"Crimea will never return to Ukraine, sanctions will not bring anything." Russia is a state in Europe, and we must integrate it into the European order. "We must stop its opposition to NATO," he said.

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Russia - Ukraine News in brief. Saturday 19 August. [Ukrainian sources] Empty A man with a knife attacked passers-by in Russia, eight people were injured

Sat Aug 19, 2017 11:12 am
A man with a knife attacked passers-by in Russia, eight people were injured

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In Surgut (Russian Federation), this morning a man with a knife attacked passers-by, wounding eight people.

As reported by Tsenzor.NET , this is reported by the press service of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.

According to the report, the policemen who arrived at the scene killed the attacker. Now his personality, motives and other circumstances of the incident are established.

The victims were taken to hospital with wounds of varying severity.

On the fact of the incident a criminal case was filed under the article "Attempted murder".

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Russia - Ukraine News in brief. Saturday 19 August. [Ukrainian sources] Empty Sanctions are in vain: the German politician made a resonant statement regarding the Crimea and the Russian Federation

Sat Aug 19, 2017 11:15 am
Sanctions are in vain: the German politician made a resonant statement regarding the Crimea and the Russian Federation

Alexander Gouland, deputy chairman of the German right-populist party "Alternative for Germany", has called for recognition of the occupied Crimea as part of Russia.

This is reported by the German edition Die Welt.

"Crimea never returns to Ukraine, sanctions do not matter," said Gauland, who is also a candidate for the German Chancellor.

"Russia is a European state and we need to integrate it into European order." The opposition (Russia - ed.) NATO must be stopped," added the German politician.

It should be noted that the members of "Alternatives for Germany" do not conceal their sympathy for the Kremlin, and according to the German edition of Bild, the Russian Federation proposed to the party its financing.

The "Alternative for Germany" did not go to the Bundestag, but has two seats in the European Parliament and 166 seats in the Landtag (since 1821).

As reported by the "Apostrophe", recently leader of the Free Democratic Party of Germany, Christian Lindner called not to be distracted by the Crimean problem, but then clarified that his party does not recognize the legal occupation of the peninsula.

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Russia - Ukraine News in brief. Saturday 19 August. [Ukrainian sources] Empty Moscow Stock Exchange announced the suspension of trading Ukraine's hryvnia

Sat Aug 19, 2017 11:19 am
Moscow Stock Exchange announced the suspension of trading Ukraine's hryvnia

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The suspension of trading is caused by the lack of interest of bidders to the Ukrainian currency, the exchange said.

The Moscow stock exchange on August 21 suspends trades in the currency pair of the hryvnia-ruble, Tsenzor reports.

On Friday, August 18, said the exchange's press service.

"The suspension of trading is caused by the lack of interest of bidders to this instrument," the message explains.

The Moscow currency exchange is trading in the following currencies: the US dollar (USD), the euro (EUR), the Chinese yuan (CNY), the British GBP, Hong Kong dollar (HKD), Ukrainian hryvnia (UAH), Kazakh tenge (KZT) and Belarusian ruble (BYR). However, the main currency pairs are USD / RUB and EUR / RUB.

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Russia - Ukraine News in brief. Saturday 19 August. [Ukrainian sources] Empty Merkel warns Turkey against interference in the German elections

Sat Aug 19, 2017 11:28 am
Merkel warns Turkey against interference in the German elections

German Chancellor warns Erdogan of interventions in the German election, stating that Germany will not allow anyone to interfere in the electoral process

This is reported by Radio Liberty.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of interfering in the upcoming German parliamentary election after calling on German voters of Turkish descent to vote against three leading parties in the country.

"We will not allow anyone, and President Erdogan, too, interfere with the fact that German citizens have the right to vote independently," Merkel said.

In Germany, about three million Turks live by nationality, and about a third of them will have the right to vote in the upcoming parliamentary elections. The parliamentary elections in Germany will be held in September this year.

Recall that relations between Berlin and Ankara worsened after the failed coup attempt in Turkey last year.

After that, mass imprisonment of the Turks, who was charged with cooperation with the preacher Fethullah Gulen, began. His Turkish authorities consider the organizer to attempt a coup. He denies his guilt.

In April 2017 Erdogan held a referendum on the extension of the president's mandate, his proposal was supported by the majority of the Turks, including those living in Germany.

In the same month, Erdogan said he intends to resume the death penalty in the country.

In response, Merkel threatened Turkey with the end of negotiations with the European Union.

August 18 Erdogan called on the Turks in Germany to vote against Merkel.

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Russia - Ukraine News in brief. Saturday 19 August. [Ukrainian sources] Empty Mattis visit may affect sanctions against Russia and the situation in the Donbass and Crimea

Sat Aug 19, 2017 11:32 am
Mattis visit may affect sanctions against Russia and the situation in the Donbas and Crimea

The meeting of President Petro Poroshenko and Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak with the head of the Pentagon's James Mattis can positively affect the future of anti-Russian sanctions, as well as the situation in the conflict zone in the Donbass and Crimea.

As transfers Zenzor.NET, this was stated by the deputy minister in the occupied territories Georgy Tuk in the commentary "112 Ukraine."

According to Touki, Mattis's visit to Ukraine is of a political nature, but according to her results, we can expect progress in the settlement of the conflict in the Donbass and the return of the Crimea.

"I think so. Proceeding from the fact that it is not the Minister of Agriculture, but the US Secretary of Defense himself, besides, he is a very famous combat officer. I hope that this will lead to the strengthening, on the one hand, of our armed forces and, on the other hand, to pressure from the United States inside our country to those forces that are only interested in business interests and for which the imposition of sanctions on Russia leads To losses, "he said.

He noted that the adoption of quick decisions on the Ukrainian issue after the meeting of Mattis with Poroshenko and Poltorak should not be expected, including in the provision of lethal weapons.

"I do not think that this visit will lead to concrete actions tomorrow, certain agreements will be reached, perhaps they will be implemented with time. I think the general vision of the future development vector will be discussed, "Tuka said.

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Russia - Ukraine News in brief. Saturday 19 August. [Ukrainian sources] Empty Mercenaries of the Russian Federation set fire to the front line in the Lugansk district - houses of civilians were burnt

Sat Aug 19, 2017 11:40 am
Mercenaries of the Russian Federation set fire to the front line in the Lugansk district - houses of civilians were burnt

Mercenaries of the Russian Federation used incendiary shells.

As the Censor reports. Luganskoye that in the Donetsk region, illegal armed groups used incendiary ammunition, deliberately ignited fields and forest belts on the line of demarcation of the parties, which caused fires. This is reported by the Military Television of Ukraine in a video posted on August 18.





It is noted that as a result of fire houses of civilians suffered.

Now the fire was liquidated.

The military says that the militants are thus using the tactics of the scorched earth.

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Russia - Ukraine News in brief. Saturday 19 August. [Ukrainian sources] Empty My father was in the UPA: famous veteran ATO told about a touching meeting with an American in Kiev

Sat Aug 19, 2017 11:42 am
My father was in the UPA: famous veteran ATO told about a touching meeting with an American in Kiev

Famous veteran ATO, founder of Pizza Veterano pizzeria, Leonid Ostaltsev told about an unusual meeting with an American who is a son of a Ukrainian Uprising Army (UPA) fighter.

"The grandfather came to us today." Grandfather and grandfather sat down, ordered a pizza and a beer. After some time, the waiter ran up to me with huge eyes and said: "He bucks me! We do not work this way! I say - we can make a hang, and he sighs me and says in a broken Ukrainian "I want to help", - wrote Ostaltsev on his Facebook page.

According to him, during the conversation it became clear that his grandfather is a US citizen from Carolina, but now lives in New York, sincerely encourages Ukraine and always tries to help.

"At some point we start to talk about the war and he almost tears in his eyes -" my dad was in the UPA, he fought, he had to leave the country ... "He said this ... We warmly said goodbye and He will come again tomorrow, because he did not even have time to ask what his name is. He impressed me with his attitude to our common country", - summed up Ostaltsi.

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Russia - Ukraine News in brief. Saturday 19 August. [Ukrainian sources] Empty Mudslide in the Crimea turned the roads into a swamp. Video's

Sat Aug 19, 2017 11:57 am
Mudslide in the Crimea turned the roads into a swamp. Video's

Yesterday, in the south of the occupied Crimea, there were heavy rains that provoked the floodfall on the Sudak-Hrushevka highway near the village of Dachnoi

Local residents, who posted videos with the consequences of this on YouTube, report that.

Several dozens of cars were hit, which put the flow on top of each other.

No victims and dead.

The storm also broke electricity on the peninsula, there were interruptions in the work of cellular communication near Feodosia, Koktebel and Sudak.





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Russia - Ukraine News in brief. Saturday 19 August. [Ukrainian sources] Empty Russian woman tried to get to Ukraine on the internal passport of the Russian Federation

Sat Aug 19, 2017 7:18 pm
Russian woman tried to get to Ukraine on the internal passport of the Russian Federation

In the Kharkov region, a 23-year-old Russian citizen was detained, who tried to get into the territory of Ukraine on an internal Russian passport.

As informs Цззор.НЕТ with the reference to "Interfax-Ukraine" , the woman crossed the border on foot through the checkpoint "Goptovka". During the passport control she demonstrated the internal passport of the Russian Federation.

She was sent for an interview to explain the order of crossing the state border of Ukraine. During the interview, the woman offered the border guards 1,000 rubles for assistance in crossing the border. The border guards refused to gain undue advantage.

A Russian citizen was handed over to police officers.

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Russia - Ukraine News in brief. Saturday 19 August. [Ukrainian sources] Empty Russia can not modernize the military-industrial complex and energy because of sanctions

Sat Aug 19, 2017 7:33 pm
Russia can not modernize the military-industrial complex and energy because of sanctions

Sanctions against Russia, imposed by the United States, the European Union and Ukraine, have a serious negative impact on the Russian economy.

According to Tsenzor.NET , it writes the director of the Institute of Strategic Studies, National Academy of Sciences, President of Ukraine adviser to Vladimir Gorbulin in its submission to ZN.UA.

In his view, the new US sanctions will lead to the gradual collapse of the modern Russian economic model, because they are causing serious damage to the energy sector of the Russian Federation. Russian companies will not be able to enlist the support of US partners in major oil and gas projects and gain access to "long money" investors from the United States.

"The top 10 largest Russian taxpayers are as follows: Rosneft, Gazprom, Lukoil, Surgutneftegaz, Sberbank of Russia, Tatneft, RZD, Rosatom, Bashneft, and Slavneft. Of these, only two companies - Sberbank of Russia and Russian Railways - do not have a direct relationship to oil and gas, but it is very arbitrary, "the author notes.

In addition, he said, Ukraine's break-up of cooperation with Russia in the military-industrial complex is blocking the technical modernization of the Russian defense industry. "Russia has still not managed to establish at least 185 unique parts and components produced by Ukrainian enterprises ... By the most cautious estimates, almost 30% of the components supplied by the Ukrainian military-industrial complex are unique, and so far Russia has not been able to find a replacement for them ... The abstract 30% is actually quite specific 51% of all Russian intercontinental ballistic missiles carrying 82% of all nuclear warheads in the arsenal of the RF Armed Forces. "Yuzhmash", Kharkiv "Hartron", Kosmotrans, Kiev "Arsenal" "Artem" Zaporozhye "Motor Sich".

According to him, the technological backwardness and the lack of independence of Russia are noticeable not only in the military-industrial complex, but also in other spheres, as demonstrated by the scandal with Siemens turbines that Russia had to import from abroad under "gray" schemes.

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Russia - Ukraine News in brief. Saturday 19 August. [Ukrainian sources] Empty In the Donbas conflict zone, 500,000 children live in the Donbas, the Red Cross

Sat Aug 19, 2017 7:35 pm
In the Donbas conflict zone, 500,000 children live in the Donbas, the Red Cross

About 500 thousand children live in the zone of military operations in the Donbas.

As informs Цензор.НЕТ , the Delegation of the International committee of the Red Cross in Ukraine informs on it on its page on Twitter.

"More than 500 thousand children live in areas affected by conflicts in the eastern part of Ukraine," the organization said.

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Russia - Ukraine News in brief. Saturday 19 August. [Ukrainian sources] Empty In 3 years of hostilities by the Russian Federation on the Donbas, at least 2.5 thousand civilians in Ukraine were killed

Sat Aug 19, 2017 9:17 pm
In 3 years of hostilities by the Russian Federation on the Donbas, at least 2.5 thousand civilians in Ukraine were killed

According to the UN, during almost three years of hostilities of the Russian Federation on the Donbas, at least 2.5 thousand civilians in Ukraine were killed, 7-9 thousand injured

This is stated in the  statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine  to the International Day of Humanitarian Aid.

Only in the first half of this year more than 400 civilians became victims of hostilities, 60% more than during the same period in 2016.

Continued violations of the cease-fire regime, the presence of significant mined areas threatens the lives of nearly 800,000 Ukrainians living near the collision line.

Almost 1.6 million citizens - or about 4% of the total Ukrainian population - were forced to leave their homes and became internally displaced persons. According to the UN, more than 3.8 million of our citizens on both sides of the line of contact need humanitarian assistance.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its deep appreciation for the great help provided by UN system organizations, the International Committee of the Red Cross, partner countries and international non-governmental organizations to address humanitarian problems in the occupied territories.

The ministry also called on donor countries to intensify their efforts to mobilize the financial resources needed to implement the UN Humanitarian Response Plan in Ukraine in 2017.

As it was reported earlier, the  International Committee of the Red Cross in Ukraine reported that more than 2700 civilians were killed on the Donbas since the beginning of hostilities.

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