Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Tuesday 15 September [Ukrainian sources]

TUESDAY

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News -
Putin's forces attacked Ukraine 7 times yesterday. Update at 13.00. 0 dead. 2 Ukrainian soldiers injured.
I've read also of 2 civilians injured. Mine.
Apparently Russia24's war correspondent has left the Donbass - after half a year there - and gone to Syria.
Moscow paper - Corbyn "the most pro-Russian politician in the UK since the end of the Cold War". (see 8 posts' down)

Weather -
Pleasant. Sunshine, blue cloud, but at little cold. 10C at 0700.
High expected of 22. A little warmer further south.

Footie -
Very difficult game for Shakhtar, away to Real Madrid. Champions League. Tonight.
Review 10 posts' down. Ronaldo and Bale named to play.

http://fakty.ua/205934-poroshenko-reshil-otlozhit-novuyu-mobilizaciyu
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Many thousands will be glad about this.

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/eu-extends-sanctions-against-russia-over-ukraine-crisis/530608.html
BRUSSELS — The European Union has extended by six months a visa ban and asset freeze targeting several close associates of Russian President Vladimir Putin and others involved in Russia's annexation of Crimea and other territorial disputes in Ukraine.
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Not a lot, but better than nothing.

http://www.unian.info/society/1123020-ukraines-border-guards-detain-deputy-commander-of-russian-platoon.html
He is a contracted soldier serving in a military unit located near the village of Mulino in Nizhny Novgorod region of the Russian Federation," the SBU reported.
[Spotted by night-vision glasses.]

This will be very very difficult for Donetsk. They have not been in the best of form recently.
And they have lost some players, due to the war against Russia.
Game is live on the football channel -
http://footballua.tv/schedule/
On Football 1 channel. On Football 2 there is Man City v Juventus.
(Correction from earlier; Man U face PSV away. )
Spoilt for choice! Coverage of both starts at 21.30. 21.45 kickoff I would think.

Tickets at the Bernabeu for 30 euros -
http://www.realmadrid.com/futbol/partidos/champions-league/real-madrid-shakhtar-donetsk-2015-09-15

Benitez about El Shakhtar. (Rafa - former Liverpool manager, now at Real.)
el Shakhtar: “Es un gran equipo. Dije que iba a ser un grupo no fácil. Tiene un entrenador con mucha experiencia y que saca rendimiento a los jugadores. Tiene jugadores de habilidad, velocidad y calidad. Va a ser un equipo complicado si no estamos centrados y le damos el valor que hay que darle”.
http://www.realmadrid.com/noticias/2015/09/benitez-el-shakhtar-sera-complicado-si-no-estamos-centrados
Says they are a good team. Not an easy group. Experienced manager...

Real Madrid squad named for Champions League match against Shakhtar Donetsk
http://www.managingmadrid.com/2015/9/14/9322249/real-madrid-shakhtar-champions-league-squad-2015
Ramos, Bale, Benzema, Ronaldo all named.

Preview: Real Madrid vs. Shakhtar Donetsk
http://www.sportsmole.co.uk/football/real-madrid/champions-league/preview/preview-real-madrid-vs-shakhtar-donetsk_246168.html
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Predicts 3-0. I would say 5-1.
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Tomorrow Dynamo v Porto in the same competition.
Portuguese team slight favorites with the bookies.

9:03
http://www.ostro.org/donetsk/society/news/480860/
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Shrapnel wounds to both legs. b.1940. Survived Hitler, but Putin got him yesterday.

9:10
http://na.mil.gov.ua/24014-24014
During the battle for the Donetsk airport in October 2014, the most effective tactic Ukrainian tank became operational action manoeuvrable groups and frequent changes of position....

9:25
http://telegraf.com.ua/ukraina/obshhestvo/2068128-moskal-dvoe-mukachevskih-strelkov-iz-pravogo-sektora-pogibli-v-dtp.html
On Monday, September 8 at 5.45 am in Pokrovsky district of Dnepropetrovsk region close to the base of the "Right Sector" the accident occurred.
As a result of an accident killed two members of the PS and two military, the press service of the head of the Transcarpathian Regional State Administration Gennady Moskal.
"Passenger car with the" Pravi Sector ", which are set further examination, were drunk, crashed into a military vehicle with soldiers of the military unit 1402
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Two Pravi Sector and two Ukrainian military dead.

Crude Oil & Natural Gas
INDEX UNITS PRICE CHANGE %CHANGE CONTRACT TIME ET 2 DAY
WTI Crude Oil (Nymex)
USD/bbl. 44.17 +0.17 +0.39% OCT 15 02:10:38
Brent Crude (ICE)
USD/bbl. 46.27 -0.10 -0.22% OCT 15 02:03:20
www.bloomberg.com/energy/
I've never known them this close in price. Interesting. Put's Putin's Ural oil at about 45 / barrel.
10% down on his budget price. 5% less income again.
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Currencies - Ruble a touch stronger at 67.7. Probably intervention.
Hryvnia at 21.9 to a dollar. Stable.

http://obozrevatel.com/crime/90236-pravyij-sektor-rasskazal-svoyu-versiyu-dtp-i-obvinil-moskalya-vo-lzhi.htm
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Say the two who died weren't involved in the Mukachevo shootout.

13:06
http://www.5.ua/ato-na-shodi/Mynuloi-doby-v-zoni-ATO-bulo-poraneno-dvokh-ukrainskykh-biitsiv--Motuzianyk--93135.html
During the last day the terrorists did not use Minsk II banned weapons against ATO forces.

ATO map here
http://focus.ua/country/337096/
Action around Debaltseve area yesterday from Putin.

13:25
http://www.charter97.org/ru/news/2015/9/15/169046/
[to the Torez area - where Putin shot down MH17. Apparently training. ]

Photos here
http://podrobnosti.ua/2058853-dnr-stjanula-ogromnoe-kolichestvo-tankov-v-prigorod-donetska-foto.html

13:34
http://ubr.ua/ukraine-and-world/power/poroshenko-provel-vstrechu-s-rukovoditeliami-frakcii-koalicii-357173
the meeting was also attended by Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Groisman, the Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, the Minister of Finance Natalia Yaresko, Representative of the President in the Verkhovna Rada Stepan Stepan Kubiv.

14:09
http://novosti.dn.ua/details/259660/
to the territory controlled by the Ukrainian authorities will be completely stopped until a decent price offers buyers.
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Maybe Ukraine can shut off electricity to Crimea, if there is a shortage. Or shut the water off.

Certainly a change of scene for the locals! But I guess they are used to it.

http://khpg.org/index.php?id=1442267241
Serhiy Litvinov’s lawyer Viktor Parshutkin was able to prove that the alleged victims and addresses where the crimes were supposed to have taken place did not exist, and a prosecutor’s investigation has established that the ‘crimes’ never happened.
The news is not all good. In order to save face, the Investigative Committee [ICRF] has fabricated a minor theft charge, however the lurid claims of murders, rapes, etc. to which Litvinov ‘confessed’ to stop the torture have been scrubbed.
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Very strange. Very unusual for Russia to drop charges against people, even if it is clear to the whole world that they are completely false.
Russia is a beacon for travesties of justice and corrupt judges and courts. Very strange.

I'd look at it as an attempt to show the world that they're fair, when it comes to justice. Everyone knows that's BS. They probably want to view the other big cases as being fair, like Savchenko, Sentsov, etc....

Yes! Trying to save face.

By the end of 2015, Ukraine's army will receive additional 8,500 weapon systems and military equipment, Defense Minister's PR aide Oleksii Chernobai stated.

Censor.NET reports, citing Interfax-Ukraine.

"Until the end of the year, domestic producers and exporters will provide the Ukrainian Armed Forces with approximately 8,500 different weapon systems and military equipment and 363,000 items of ammunition," he said at a briefing in Kyiv on Tuesday.

Chernobai also said that since the beginning of the year, within the state order, Ukrainian defense enterprises have supplied more than 1,400 units of new and modernized weaponry and military equipment to Ukraine's Armed Forces.

See more: 40th Artillery Brigade conducted large-scale heavy guns exercise. PHOTOS

In particular, 40 artillery guns, 525 thermal, optical sights, and means of night vision, 40 ground radars, 266,600 rockets and ammunition items, 27 armored vehicles, including modern armored personnel carriers BTR-4E, 445 motor vehicles, five upgraded aircraft and helicopters, 20 pieces of electronic equipment for aircraft and helicopters, five unmanned aircraft systems, three radio-radar stations, 132 pieces of engineering equipment, and 187 topogeodetic and navigation support devices have been supplied.

censor.net.ua In Russian

The US has opened the door to increasing its financial assistance for Ukraine, on the eve of a vote in the Kiev parliament over an $18bn debt restructuring that has drawn criticism from some creditors and opposition politicians.

The debt deal secured in August after months of negotiations and scheduled to be voted on on Thursday is a crucial component of a four-year $40bn plan to fill the financing gaps in Ukraine brought on by the economic collapse that has accompanied the conflict in the country’s east....................

To read further go to this link: ft.com

Georgia hopes for a speedy entry into NATO because of the situation in Ukraine and Russia's actions. This was stated by the head of the Defense Ministry of Georgia Tinatin Khidasheli, speaking in London, said "RIA Novosti".

"We ask NATO to Georgia topic included in the program of the upcoming NATO summit in Warsaw. We want to be in the same group with Montenegro (to join NATO. - Ed.). We look forward to the membership, we are seeking membership of the actions of Russia. Now we see what is happening in Ukraine, realize that may take place in Moldova and Georgia will be the next, "- said the head of the Defense Ministry, stressing that toured Europe to remind the leaders of the countries - members of NATO's desire to join the alliance as soon as possible soon.

Earlier in Washington, Tinatin Khidasheli held a meeting with Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland, to discuss military and political relations between the two countries.

glavcom.ua In Russian

A few days ago in the park surrounding the Kulikovo field in Odessa, there was a camp, reports the newspaper "Duma".

The camp consists of tents in which people live in families and say they refugees from the Lugansk region and ethnicity - Roma.

Romani Congress in the Odessa region, "Duma" said that no refugees are not aliens.

"Many people in the camp in Ukrainian not say and refuse to tell where they are. According to says it's Moldovan Roma, kelderari such as most in our area. Who are they and who benefits from it, is not clear. But they promised that they would leave the park until Sunday. Let's see, "- said the representative of the Congress of the Odessa region.

Media reported that people have not asked for help from the secret services. They also promise to soon leave the camp and go to relatives.

glavcom.ua In Russian

And the worse thing coming is winter weather. If anyone knows how winters are in Odessa let alone the rest of Ukraine, it's not friendly, with snow flakes the size of quarters which I've seen in the past.