Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Thursday 02 June. [Ukrainian sources]

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News:
51 attacks by the Russian forces yesterday. Putin stepping up the action.
He must think sanctions are going to be dropped, so he is starting the war big time again.
Certainly the Greek scumballs will support Putin. Prostitutes.
Update - 2 soldiers wounded.

Weather:
Nice day. Perhaps 17C now. High maybe of 24. Partly sunny.

@DarthPutinKGB
Returns from the twitter gulag.

Headquarters: ATU forces repelled an attack by militants a day goes aggravation
Thursday, June 2, 2016, 7:44

The situation in the area of ​​ATO tends to aggravation: the last day gunmen opened fire 51 times on positions of Ukrainian units.
The press center ATO Staff reports page on Facebook.
It is noted that intensified sabotage and reconnaissance groups of terrorists.
"So far around 19.00 and 20.00 Marinka near the Trinity observation posts UAF found DRG consisting of 10 persons who were intended to penetrate our rear. As a result of operational measures taken by militants intent were thwarted, and they retreated," - said in a statement.
Intensified shelling in Mariupol direction, which recorded 35 cases opening fire. When fire fighters were strengthening in the area of ​​water, Hnutovoho, Talakivky and Shyrokynoho. With anti-aircraft installation ZU-23 fighters shelled positions Armed Forces in Novotroickoe...

7:22
Poll: Russians considered the main enemies of the United States and Ukraine
http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2016/06/2/7110476/
The main enemies of residents believe the United States, Ukraine and Turkey.
These are the results of the latest survey, "Levada Center" dedicated against the Russians in other countries, write "Vedomosti".
72% of Russians believe that the most hostile to Russia configured USA.
Second place with the highest in the history of observations occupies Ukraine - 48% (in 2015 thought so 37%).
Third unfriendly countries, according to the Russians is Turkey: in 2015 thought so 1% of respondents, but this year - 29%.
The main friends Russians consider Belarus (50%), Kazakhstan (39%) and China (34%). At the same time a year ago, a friend called China 43% of Russians.
This year 10% of respondents believe friendly country to Syria in 2015 was considered as only 2%.
Most Russians still bad attitude to the US (70%) and the EU (62%). Only 24% of respondents in favor of Russian membership in the EU in August 2009 were at a 53%.

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Quite funny.
The heading should really read something like -
"Russians who believe everything they hear and see on tv consider ..."

http://www.unian.info/economics/1363214-nbu-strengthens-official-exchange-rate-to-uah-2509-to-dollar.html
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Very very slowly the hryvnia appears to be strengthening.
That's probably the best way to do things. For businesses starting to invest in Ukraine - some of which I know in western European countries - they don't need a yo-yo exchange rate. Stability is the name of the game.
Gas prices are low. Ukraine doesn't need to boost the hryvnia in order to buy gas.

http://en.censor.net.ua/news/391441/savchenko_world_must_realize_that_putins_craving_will_never_be_satisfied_he_strives_to_capture_more

...."The fact that soldiers are dying in Ukraine while Germany is discussing easing of sanctions turns me very angry," she said in an interview with Bild newspaper, which will be available on Thursday, June 2 ....

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Savchenko has struck me as producing very intelligent comments since being freed.
When you consider what she has been through, it is amazing. Slava Ukraini.

http://app.ft.com/cms/s/5de9c57a-2809-11e6-8ba3-cdd781d02d89.html?ftcamp=crm/email//nbe/EuropeMorningHeadlines/product
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My opinion -
By banning these humorous websites - like @DarthputinKGB - twitter will actually make them more popular than ever when they return - in whatever form.
50,000 followers may become 500,000.
Putin simply doesn't understand how things work in the west.

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Apparently he's back!!!

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Darth Putin
‏@DarthPutinKGB
My security services have thwarted yet another CIA attempt at regime change in Russia.
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Twitter Suspends Russian Satirical Accounts, Raising Free Speech Questions
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article.php?id=571146&lang=en
A move by Twitter to delete several Russian accounts satirizing Kremlin politics has sparked protests and raised questions about where the technology company stands on issues of free speech.
In recent days, Twitter users noticed the suspension of accounts such as @Russia__Not and @RusEmbassyNot, as well as @SovietSergey and @AmbYakovenkoNot. The latter two used to satirize Russia's foreign minister and the country's ambassador to the United Kingdom, respectively.
But the biggest outcry came when, on Tuesday, Twitter suspended @DarthPutinKGB, a widely popular account that had attracted almost 60,000 followers with its poignant, witty stabs at Russian President Vladimir Putin. Devoted fans were outspoken in their objections, some of them using the #NoGulagForDarthPutinKGB hashtag.

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This was the last twitter before the suspension
Darth Putin ‏@DarthPutinKGB 31 мая
We urge médecins sans frontières to stop building hospitals under our bombs.

Putin clearly didn't like that.
But he's back for sure! And followers up from 50,000 already to 63,000 )))

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/31/world/europe/russia-finland-nato-trolls.html?_r=0
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A good read. From two days' ago.

The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 51 times in the past 24 hours, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) headquarters.

The enemy intensified attacks in the Mariupol sector, which saw 35 barrages. Militants attacked the Ukrainian fortified positions near the villages of Vodiane, Hnutove, and Shyrokyne. They also fired a ZU-23 AD anti-aircraft system on the Ukrainian positions near the village of Novotroyitske.

Russian-backed proxies repeatedly used small arms, heavy machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades and 82mm mortars to shell Ukrainian positions near the town of Avdiyivka.

The enemy attacked the Ukrainian fortified positions near the village of Novoselivka Druha in the afternoon, having fired 23 mines from the banned 120mm mortars...............

unian.info

11:15
Russia is ready to fight at the Donbass decades - Babchenko (Hvilya)
http://hvylya.net/news/exclusive/rossiya-gotova-voevat-na-donbasse-desyatiletiyami-babchenko.html
The fighting in Donbas may support the Kremlin for decades, said the Russian military journalist Arkady Babchenko.
He said this in an interview Online.ua
"To tell you the exact time of continuing the war in the Donbass hard. In this intensity conflict can go a long time, and can calm down and everything. In Russia, the resources enough to fight for a long time. Putin said of Syria that have the resources to "train for a long time." Therefore, this intensity of fighting the Kremlin can support over decades, "- said the journalist.

According Babchenko Russians politically ready to conduct a protracted war. On the other hand, Donbass for them no longer important.
"Resistance to power in society not all are satisfied. There is a war or no war - are all happy with everything. Even though Ukrainian agenda is gone from the list of top news. By and large, Russia now has no political agenda. Donbass is now irrelevant, peripheral issue. In general, the Donbass Russia is ready to pay, because it became clear that there was no "New Russia" will not. The mental map of Russians Donbass - Ukrainian territory. This is seen as a dismantling of Ukrainian ", - he said.

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The duration of the war in Donbass is entirely in Putin's hands.

European Union states held off agreeing to ease travel rules for Georgia on Wednesday, and Turkey, Ukraine and Kosovo should also expect more delays in visa waiving as the bloc turns more cautious amid immigration fears, EU delegation sources said, according to Reuters.

The EU is already making it easier to suspend visa-free travel before it grants such right to more states, most notably Turkey, whose help it needs to control immigration after some 1.3 million people reached Europe last year, Reuters wrote.

While Brussels says Turkey, with a population of 79 million, is making progress on 72 criteria to win the EU visa waiver, Ankara is seen missing an end-June deadline.

EU envoys in Brussels discussed a similar deal for Georgia again on Wednesday but there was no decision, with Germany and France among countries opposed, diplomats said.

"We don't want to stop the whole process. We just want to be more cautious," said a diplomat from one EU state that on Wednesday opposed granting visa-free travel to Georgia.

They may return to the issue next week, before holding their first discussion on the more controversial case of Ukraine. More technical-level meetings on Ukraine are due only on June 14.

After an acceleration several weeks ago, tied to the EU deal with Ankara that sharply cut the number of people reaching Europe from the Turkish coast, talks have now run into trouble over Turkey's refusal to change its anti-terror laws.

Immigration is also a key theme in the June 23 referendum in Britain on whether to leave the EU, struggling after 1.3 million refugees and migrants reached it last year.

The weakening political momentum also complicates the matter politically for the other three countries, diplomats say, with time running out before the summer break. The European Parliament, where a majority is needed to enact such agreements, will hold its last session on July 4-7 and only resume mid-September.

While the lawmakers have started work on Ukraine and Georgia, the parliament's head said they would not open the Turkey file before Ankara met all the benchmarks. Some in the parliament, however, believe it will be a political call.................

To read further go to this link: unian.info 

The speaker said the morning prayer breakfast held in which representatives of all faiths to pray to "give MPs the power and wisdom in making decisions that would give Ukraine fair trial"

Parliament Speaker Andrew Paruby called today, when Parliament will adopt amendments to the Constitution in the part of the judiciary and the judiciary, historical, reports the information department of the parliament.

Paruby noted that "Today is a historic day - the day when Parliament will adopt amendments to the Constitution in the part of the judiciary and the judicial system."

"It is - it is no exaggeration to national security. After reforms we would do, they are hitting the courts are corrupt. Today in Ukraine the lowest confidence in the courts. According to the Center Rozumkova, 81% do not trust Ukrainian courts. This is one of the worst in the world. We ans today is change, "- said Paruby.

Recall the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that goes to BP, which are now expected to vote on amendments to the Constitution in terms of justice.

glavcom.ua  In Ukrainian/український

This means that it will help those leaders who do not want to associate themselves political correctness

Russian President Vladimir Putin does not adhere to any ideology. It supports not only far-right party in the West, but also any politicians who, he believes, at least in part against the system. This opinion was expressed by Stanislav Belkovsky, a Russian political consultant and journalist, in an interview with The American Interest .

"The aim of Putin - to destabilize the political system of the Anglo-Saxon world. In practice, this means that it will help those leaders who do not wish to be bound by political correctness and who can afford to deal with the "bad guys" - he said.

According to the spin doctor, look Putin in international affairs can be described as follows: "I am a strong leader, I have a huge country with nuclear weapons and rich in minerals, so the world should treat me accordingly. Let me rule as I see fit, and do not touch my fortune in the West. Then I will be a good partner. I will help you cope with lih and to solve many other problems. "

"Putin is inclined to perceive events in Europe through the prism of their own views. The referendum in the Netherlands in Ukraine? The results showed that all are tired of Ukraine - or at least thinks Putin. He feels that his personal triumph is nigh "- said Belkovsky.

"I would say he (Putin - Ed.) Opportunist who considers himself a leader who makes decisions", - summed Belkovsky.

As previously reported, Belkovsky sure: the liberation of Hope Savchenko was no exchange of prisoners between the two countries. " Releasing Hope Savchenko was no exchange of prisoners between the two countries", - the expert.

glavcom.ua   In Ukrainian/український

The Rada, otherwise known by Savchenko as the "bazar" , is in session.

Stupid games continue. Liashko and his clowns blocking the forum, but business is sort of continuing.
Liashko - dropping in popularity, so he needs to do something to get himself on tv.
Tymoshenko - the Kyiv Post princess - is suitably attired. Probably Louis Vuitton dress costing 20,000 dollars.
Savchenko is near the forum, but looking somewhat bemused at the stupid goings on.
How long she can stand this is anybody's guess.
If Tymoshenko put her in charge of Batkivshina they would stand a chance, but Tymoshenko is a dictator. So - she will want total control.

http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/347528.html
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100%. And Juncker is going to Moscow?! Von Ribbentrop, but this time carving up Ukraine rather than Poland?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/01/twitter-suspends-popular-anti-putin-parody-accounts/
At least five popular anti-Kremlin Twitter accounts have been suspended since the beginning of this week, angering fans of the accounts and causing speculation about censorship....
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Wow - this story - esp. Darth Putin - even made the Telegraph. Massive publicity!

Great quote from @DarthPutinKGB

Arriving at Athens today:
Customs: Name?
Me: Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin
Customs: Occupation?
Me: No, this time I'm just here for two days.

Quite Brilliant.

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-36429074
....Russia watchers have been dismayed in recent days to find themselves denied the satirical delights offered to his 50,000-plus followers by @DarthPutinKGB.
They also found themselves briefly bereft of four other Russian-themed parody accounts, including @SovietSergey, a lampoon of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, and @AmbYakovenkoNot, which mocks the Russian ambassador to Britain, Alexander Yakovenko.....
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Telegraph, BBC, NYT... serious publicity )) Darth Putin up to 64000 followers. )) (was 50 odd).

Another great one -
You don't visit Russia, I visit you.

This also
Soviet Sergey ‏@SovietSergey 18 ч.18 часов назад
I would like to commend @mfa_russia for their excellent promotional work. Thank you for showing everybody what gets under your skin.

http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2016/06/2/7110514/
At night in the area ATO wounded two soldiers - Staff
Thursday, June 2, 2016, 12:46

One day in the area of counter-terrorist operations wounded two soldiers.
This was announced at a traditional briefing on Thursday, spokesman of the Presidential Administration on ATO Colonel Alexander Motuzyanyk.
"During the last day of hostilities, no Ukrainian military killed, but two of our injured soldiers," - he said.
According Motuzyanyka, it happened in Troitskoi and Zaitsev.

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Translation note
За добу в зоні АТО поранення отримали двоє бійців - штаб is the heading.
За добу - basically the past 24 hours. I tend to translate it as "yesterday".
Online translator gives "one day".

http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2016/06/2/7110522/
....According to the speaker of the project, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Alexei Filatov, amendments to the Constitution envisage "de-politicization and ensure the independence of the judiciary."....

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What did Nadia Savchenko do? Urged deputies not to change the constitution during war. Abstained.
338 votes. Including Opposition Block!
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Changing the Constitution "radicals" and "Samo" abstentions, "Opoblok" supported
http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2016/06/2/7110525/

14:01
Thursday, June 2, 2016, 14:01
Fractions Radical Party and "Selfreliance" did not support amending the Constitution on judicial reform.
According to the website of the Council of "radicals" button "on" pressed only Artem Bitko, which has long Lyashko called "carcass" MFP and requires excluded from the faction. Yuriy Shukhevych voted "against". Others abstained or did not vote.
Lyashko Party's decision to support this law at a meeting just before the vote, forcing all waiting.
In "Selfreliance" all abstained.
In the Bloc Petro Poroshenko two people abstained - Olga Bogomolets and Natalia Novak. Alexander Granovsky, who was associated with the pressure on the courts and the Prosecutor General, and deputy Vitaly Chepynoha absent. All others voted "for".
In the "Popular Front" "for" vote all but Viktor Romaniuk, who was absent.
The "Opposition block" "against" vote only Murayev Eugene, recently announced the release of this faction. And Sergei Lyovochkin Julia and Natalie King were absent, Dmitry Shentsev and Andrew Halchenko not vote. All others voted "for".
....In "Batkivshina" faction leader Yulia Tymoshenko abstained, Serhiy Vlasenko, Sergei Sobolev, Igor Lutsenko Vladislav Savchenko Nadezhda Buharyev and listed missing. All others voted "for"....
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Has Tymoshenko ever voted along with the "coalition"??
She's running for President. Believe me. With the support of butt kisser Taras Kuzio, the Kyiv Post, and Tymoshenko's billions. $$$$$$$$$$$$$

Militants of the terrorist organization "Luhansk People’s Republic" denied access of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) heading from Stanytsia Luhanska in the direction of occupied Luhansk.

The OSCE SMM press service told Lіga, Censor.NET reports.

The pro-Russian mercenaries behaved aggressively and insisted that the SMM observers left the area south of the bridge in Stanytsia Luhanska.

The terrorists explained their demands by the fact that the SMM observers monitoring the territory controlled by Ukraine were allegedly not authorized to be in that location.

"The observers have just crossed the bridge from the government-controlled territory but were forced to return," the press service said.

The OSCE forward patrol base in Stanytsia Luhanska, which suspended its work in March, continues operating now. The observers record violations of cease-fire around the clock without leaving for the sights impacted by attacks only by night for security reasons.

According to the outlet, there are currently around 10 OSCE SMM observers in Stanytsia Luhanska.

The militants have recently stepped up attacks on the village. The OSCE SMM recorded more than 200 explosions in Stanytsia Luhanska over one night only.

censor.net.ua  In Ukrainian/український

Butivka mine is located in the middle of shelled area in the Donbas. It looks like a huge iron skeleton, tore by tons of killing metal. No walls have stood to this day, and the fields around have been plowed by enemy artillery. Shells fly here 24/7.

As reported by Censor.NET citing TSN, Ukrainian soldiers say that the nearby positions of pro-Russian militants have been reinforced with soldiers of the Spetznaz of Russia. The 'group of Khasan' has about 60 militants. Commander of this Russian unit, Khasan, is a mercenary who had fought back in Yugoslavia.



censor.net.ua   In Ukrainian/український

Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov has called the National Guards of the Russian Federation a parody, which was created to destroy freedom and democracy, according to an UNIAN correspondent.

"The Guard means the best, and the Ukrainian National Guardsmen carry their flag with dignity," Turchynov said during an official ceremony of the transfer of the battle flag to the fourth operational rapid response brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine..............

unian.info

Some 281 MPs voted for the wording of law No. 4734 on judicial system and status of judges proposed by the president.

Now judges will be transferred from one court to another not by the president but the Higher Council of Justice. However, they will be appointed by the head of state on the proposal of the Higher Council of Justice.

The law establishes a procedure of selecting and appointing judges. The Higher Qualification Commission of Judges holds a qualification examination, verification of candidates within the law to combat corruption, as well as a tender for vacant positions of judge. The commission puts applicants forward to the Higher Council of Justice, which decides on nominating the candidate to the president of Ukraine for appointment. According to the law, a judge of the Court of Appeals can be a person who confirmed professional ability on the results of qualification evaluation, with experience of judicial work of 5 years, research experience in the field of law of not less than 7 years, professional experience of lawyer or conducting defense in criminal prosecution for at least 7 years.

The law establishes the powers of judges, appointed for five years prior to the entry into force of this act, will terminate with the completion of the term for which they were appointed. Upon completion of their powers, they can be appointed as a judge on the results of a tender to be conducted in a manner prescribed by this law.

"This is an important point, which stipulates that all the judges, who were appointed to the post for five years, will be on general grounds put forward to the competition and, if approved, may continue to hold their post," head of the legal policy and justice committee Ruslan Kniazevych said..................

To read further go to this link: interfax.com.ua 

The Russians consider Ukraine and the U.S. their main enemies. This is according to the social survey about Russians' attitude towards the foreigners.

Nearly three quarters of respondents (72%) are sure the United States are the most hostile state. Ukraine is the second with 48%. The third member of top-3 is Turkey. According to the poll, 29% of Russians claim to be considered by the Turks as enemies...............

To read further go to this link:  uatoday.tv

Russia is undermining the world order, especially in Ukraine, the Baltic region and Syria, Estonian Prime Minister Taavi Rõivas has stated during a joint press conference with his Polish counterpart Beata Szydło, Ukrinform reports.

"Unfortunately, Russia continues to undermine the international order, stability and security in the Baltic Sea region, in Ukraine and Syria. Until the Minsk agreements are fully implemented, and the territorial integrity of Ukraine is restored, the E.U. will have to continue sanctions imposed on Russia," Rõivas said...........

uatoday.tv

Land mines and sniper fire, tank traps and unexploded shells have shut down Highway 20, the main artery into eastern Ukraine's separatist stronghold of Donetsk. But despite the upheavals caused by two years of war, ordinary life along the route has struggled on.

As violence surges again, that could change.

One building near the desolate arc of tarmac is a water-filtration plant, staffed by 117 Ukrainian engineers and others. Hundreds of thousands of civilians on both sides of the front line depend on this crucial public utility, a symbol of resilience in an intractable conflict that has cost more than 9,000...............

uatoday.tv

Hryvnia exchange rate to the dollar rose to 4 penny

On Friday, June 3, National Bank of Ukraine, compared with the previous banking day, the hryvnia strengthened against the dollar by 4 kopecks - up to 25.05 UAH / $. This was reported at the NBU.

According to him, tomorrow have the following official exchange rates:

$ 100 - 2505.1207 UAH,
100 EUR - 2802.7290 UAH,
10 rubles - 3.7530 USD.

glavcom.ua   In Ukrainian/український

Registered draft resolution on the decision by the Verkhovna Rada

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine registered a draft resolution on the decision by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on June 2, 2016 on adopting a whole and the draft law on judicial system and status of judges.

The initiators of the draft resolution made by MP from the faction of the Radical Party, Yuriy Shukhevych and Bogdan MP from the "Fatherland" Hope Savchenko.

The text of the draft resolution at BP still missing.

Recall now the Ukrainian Parliament voted at first reading on "Draft Law on the Judicial System and Status of Judges» № 4734 as a basis and as a whole. The decision was supported by 281 votes to 5 deputies abstained and 50 did not vote 45.

After that, the Parliament of Ukraine proholosuvla for amendments to the Constitution of the proceedings . The draft law on amendments to the Constitution (on justice) №3524. The decision was supported by 335 MPs.

glavcom.ua   In Ukrainian/український

At the plant say that between 1 to June 30, workers are forced outage

Vahonosbirochnoho employees and metallurgical industries Uralvagonzavod in Nizhny Tagil, and their related services sent to a forced vacation. Reported the BBC , referring to the press service of the company.

In the holiday off about three thousand people.

"Due to the decline in traditional business and production activity in June, and also due to the fact that the level planned sale of commodity products in 2016 does not give full employment, from 1 to June 30, 2016 workers are downtime "- said in a statement.

When employees leave will be paid two-thirds of the salary.

As you know, in September last year, the Russian government approved a state guarantee for Uralvagonzavod for 17 billion rubles (249 million dollars).

The corporation Uralvagonzavod includes 40 enterprises, the main is located in Nizhny Tagil. 100% of the shares owned by the state. In 2014, the corporation has come under Western sanctions, it is forbidden debt financing.

glavcom.ua  In Ukrainian/український

Russia does not stop supplying weapons to militants

From Russia arrived at Donbass regular support for militants. This was at the briefing said the representative of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine for ATO Alexander Motuzyanyk

According to him, in particular, to the base in Rovenky move 33 tank of fuel and lubricants.

"From Russia came next support for the occupiers. At the base of the city Rovenky move 33 tank of fuel and lubricants. The total of 1.5 tons, "- he said.

Also through the checkpoint" Dovzhansky "in the occupied territory of Luhansk militants arrived 10 Russian tanks and 7 systems" Grad ".

glavcom.ua   In Ukrainian/український

http://www.unian.info/war/1364031-osce-donetsk-residents-say-militants-use-roofs-of-their-houses-as-firing-positions.html
OSCE monitors have been told by Donetsk residents that armed men from the so-called “DPR” were using the roofs of their buildings to fire weapons,....
He emphasized that “using densely populated residential areas as firing positions – or even locating military hardware in such areas – is banned,” although the SMM finds it a “common practice.”....
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Probably what Putin and Shaun Walker call " humanitarian aid" from Walker's "DNR guys".

http://www.osce.org/ukraine-smm/244356
....In relation to the implementation of the Addendum to the Package of measures, in violation of the respective withdrawal lines, an SMM long-rage unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) spotted in “DPR”-controlled areas: 12 tanks in Budonivskyi district (6km south-west of Donetsk city centre); eight tanks in Leninskyi district (4km south of Donetsk city centre), and four tanks in Kalininskyi district (5km east of Donetsk city centre).

The SMM continued to monitor the withdrawal of heavy weapons foreseen in the Minsk Package of Measures.

In violation of respective withdrawal lines, the SMM UAV spotted five weapons systems assessed as multiple launch rocket systems (BM-21 Grad, 122mm) and one self-propelled howitzer (2S1 Gvozdika, 122mm) in “DPR”-controlled Budonivksyi district of Donetsk city, four self-propelled howitzers (2S3 Akatsiya, 152mm) in “DPR”-controlled Mineralne (10km north-east of Donetsk), three towed artillery systems (assessed as 2A65 Msta-B, 152mm) in “DPR”-controlled Yakovlivka (10km north of Donetsk), and one surface-to-air missile launcher (9K33 Osa, 210mm) in “DPR”-controlled Korsun (31km north-east of Donetsk).....

Armed “DPR” members continue to keep the power supply to SMM’s repeater in Donetsk city disconnected as they have been since 20 May. As a result, SMM remote monitoring equipment at “DPR”-controlled Oktiabr mine and in government-controlled Avdiivka are disabled (see SMM Daily Report 21 May 2016).
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Putin not even pretending to abide by Minsk. Lots of heavy weapons inside the exclusion zone.
And the Greek scumballs want sanctions lifted?
Pure and utter scum - the Greek people.

Apparently the last osce long range uav has been shot down by Putin's Russian forces.
So now what?!