Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Friday 5 May. [Ukrainian sources]

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Tillerson says trust between US, Russia needs to be restored to engage on Ukraine issue. It became known how much the US spent to fight against Russia.. In Trump's important of Ukraine made a statement about the involvement of aggravation to the Donbas.  Russia prevents cessation of hostilities in Donbas.  Putin showed video of new air planes Russian provocations at the borders of the US.  In Odessa, "mined" the market "Privoz".

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U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said during his address to the State Department’s staff that Vladimir Putin “did not disagree" with the opinion that the relations between the two countries are at their lowest since the Cold War.

As reported by Censor.NET citing UNIAN, in a video released by C-Span, Tillerson is seen calling the "reengagement" with Russia one of the State Department's top priorities. Admitting that Russia is "part of the engagement in Syria," he added that "we have other issues with Russia, as you all well know, in Europe and the situation in Ukraine.

The U.S. state secretary recalled that during his recent trip to Moscow he characterized the relations between the two countries as at their lowest since the Cold War, adding that Vladimir Putin "did not disagree." "It's getting worse," Tillerson said. He added that his comment to Putin was that "the two greatest nuclear powers in the world cannot have this kind of relationship. We have to change it." Tillerson said that the two governments have "a number of efforts underway to first stabilize the relationship."

"Acting Deputy Secretary Shannon is leading a working group effort to see if we can address some of the things that are just irritating the relationship, that make it hard for us to talk to one another even in civil tones," he said. "So we're working hard on that and we're hoping to begin to solve some of that." Tillerson added that following the Tuesday's conversation between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, the two sides will continue to work on the "first big area of cooperation," which is Syria.

Admitting that it's not yet clear in which direction the relations between the U.S. and Russia will go, Tillerson said that "if we find space where suddenly we feel we can begin to rebuild some level of trust - because today there's almost no trust between us… Can we build some level of trust, we got a long list of things to work on, from our arms agreements… initiatives we have with our nuclear arms agreements; to obviously getting to Ukraine, Crimea, and other places where Russia is not being particularly helpful today. So that's what we're hoping is that we can begin to build a way in which we can learn how to work with one another. I don't know whether we can or not. We're going find out." Source:

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Press service of the Defense Ministry published a video of strategic missile flight TU-95 accompanied multipurpose Su-35C along the Aleutian Islands.



Earlier American TV media quoted informed officials of the United States reported the departure of US fighter jets to intercept Russian military Tu-95 and Su-35 near Alaska. Interception held on Thursday, May 4, approximately 50 miles from the American coast. According to some Russian planes were not armed during the flight remained in international airspace.

In response, the Defense Ministry said the flight TU-95 and Su-35 international space in Alaska did not violate international rules and wore a routine nature . During the training, told the Russian Defense Ministry, the Su-35C pilots performed "elements of complex maneuvers, flying on a predetermined route, piloting combat aircraft at extremely low altitudes and the maximum allowable height."

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US fighters intercepted just four Russian aircraft off the coast of Alaska - Two strategic bombers Tu-95 and two fighters.

This was reported in the Northern Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), informs Tsenzor.NET with reference to Ukrinform .

"Two American fighter F-22s on Wednesday afternoon intercepted two Russian Tu-95" Bear "and two jet Su-35", - the press-secretary of the NORAD Command. Russian planes did not violate the US border, and remained in international airspace.

US air defense forces have intercepted the Russian bombers near their territory in Alaska region for the past month. However, each time it was only the bombers, which were not accompanied by Su-35 fighters. The last time the intercept Russian fighters took place in 2014, noted in NORAD.

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Russia undermines efforts to end hostilities in eastern Ukraine, refuses to condemn intimidation of the OSCE monitors and continues violating the rights of the opposition in Crimea.

As reported by Censor.NET citing Voice of America, this was said by U.S. Mission to OSCE Deputy Chief Kate Byrnes.

The Chargé d'Affaires said that observers recorded shots fired from the separatists-controlled territory on April 29 demonstrating Russia's continued behavior undermining the cessation of hostilities.

According to Byrnes, Russia's reluctance to join the rest of the countries in their support for the observers correlates with its efforts to deny the monitors access to the territories controlled by combined Russian-separatist forces.

The U.S. diplomat also called to stop persecuting journalist Mykola Semena. She stressed that the Russian aggression against Ukraine undermined foundations of Europe's security and stability and directly contradicted the idea of united, free and peaceful Europe.

As reported, the Russian invaders searching links with Krym.Realii news outlet raided a number of journalists' homes in Crimea April 19, 2016. It later came to be known that Crimean journalist, a staff writer for Radio Svoboda Mykola Semena was detained after the raids.

Semena was served indictment in the case of separatism on Jan. 20.

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US Representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Keith Burns accused Russia of undermining efforts to end fighting in eastern Ukraine. She stated this during a speech on May 4 before the Permanent Council of the OSCE in Vienna, reports "Voice of America" .

Burns gave examples of violations of Russian ceasefire and breeding of forces in the east of Ukraine "On April 14, the same day when the forces of separatists led by Russia announced its readiness to withdraw from the village Lugansk, observation mission reported on the attack joint Russian-separatist forces in Ukrainian positions. For weeks, the joint Russian-separatist forces detained 30 units of prohibited weapons including tanks and howitzers 15 kilometers from breeding areas forces. "

In addition, according to a US, Washington has never recognized and will never recognize Russia's attempts to change the borders of Ukraine.

Earlier, there was a video of the moment to undermine MSF vehicle OSCE on April 23 near the village Pryshyb Luhansk region, which is controlled by militants "FSC".

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The US Congress has allocated $100 million to counter "Russian influence and aggression" and to support civil society in Europe and Eurasia.

It is reported by Radio Liberty.

Parliamentarians also adopted measures that impose new restrictions and control of Russian diplomats in the United States.

These decisions were approved by the Senate. To join these bills because of their US president has to sign Donald Trump.

This amount will be allocated from the general federal budget by the end of the fiscal year.

Earlier, US House of Representatives passed a bill that aims to strengthen counter interference in the internal affairs of the United States.

As reported by "Apostrophe," members of the lower house of Congress by majority vote supported a bill to expand sanctions against North Korea.

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Syrian militants Simon Ibrahim Al-Uyakilya who fights on the side of President Assad, was awarded the Order of the Cross of St. George ribbons with the commander of the 5th Corps volunteer assault of the Syrian army.

About this in his blog wrote Glavred Tsenzor.NET Yuri Butusov and put the corresponding photos.

"It's amazing, but the commander of the Syrian body wrote to his subordinate Syrians order books on ... Russian! And signed as" Ataman, the corps commander, Lieutenant-General Sergey Sevostyanov "! What an amazing Syrian name! What an amazing post!

It actually-General Lieutenant Sergei Sevastyanov - commander of the 49 th Combined Arms army of the Southern military District of the Armed Forces ", - the journalist wrote. However, Butusov said that the 5th Volunteer Assault Corps is the only militant compound of Assad's army, which combines all combat-ready Syrian armored and infantry rapid reaction units, which are used for offensive operations, as well as Russian regular units and detachments of mercenaries who participate in the war. "Now it is clear that Assad gave control of all military operations entirely in the hands of Putin's generals Exactly war management structure in Ukraine -. 1st and 2nd Army Corps of the Russian occupation army in the Donbas, and teams within these bodies are headed by Russian commanders" , - the journalist said.

Russian military advisors in Syria liquidated "In Syria they are" volunteers ", in the occupied part of Ukraine they" militia "And they will go down in history on Putin's mercenaries and will remember and be proud of received travel and apartments for.. killing people in other countries ", - summed Butusov. Recall, according to the Defense Ministry, in September 2015 with about 30 Russian soldiers were killed in Syria. However, Reuters reported that the official statistics are understated four times.




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In place to verify the left-explosives experts.

In Odesa unknown reported mining market "Privoz", reports Tsenzor.NET . Law enforcers have examined the market for explosives. It is reported by the press service of GU NP Odesa region.

"Today, May 5, at 10.55 on spetslinii" 102 "received an anonymous message that mined the market" Privoz "At the scene, directed investigative team, explosive-management specialists, dog handlers and workers of emergency services." - said in the message.

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President’s decision to revoke Ukraine’s nationality of Radical Party faction MP Andrii Artemenko automatically entails his removal from the elected office and does not require Rada to vote for the early termination of his powers.

Petro Poroshenko Bloc faction MP Iryna Friz wrote on Facebook, Censor.NET reports.

She confirmed that Artemenko had his Ukrainian nationality withdrawn under presidential decree.

"The presidential decree also means that Artemenko loses his status of a member of Ukrainian parliament, which does not require voting in the session hall since article 4 of the law on the status of the people's deputy of Ukraine stipulates that the powers of a lawmaker are early terminated in the event of citizenship withdrawal or permanent residence outside Ukraine," Friz wrote.

According to her, the prosecutor's office has now every reason to apprehend Artemenko and initiate pre-trial investigation against him into crime constituting offense under article 111 (high treason) of the Criminal Code.

Earlier, People's Deputy Dmytro Linko (Oleh Liashko's Radical Party faction) posted on Facebook a copy of the decree stripping MP Artemenko of Ukrainian citizenship.

As reported by The New York Times, Artemenko offered an alleged action plan to resolve the Russia-Ukraine conflict to Michael Flynn, the former U.S. president's national security adviser. The plan stipulates the withdrawal of all Russian forces from eastern Ukraine and the launch of an all-Ukrainian referendum to decide whether Crimea could be leased to Russia for a term of 50 or 100 years. The Radical Party parliamentary faction unanimously decided to expel Andrii Artemenko from its ranks.

Prosecutor's Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea based in Kyiv initiated a criminal case into suspicion of MP Andrii Artemenko of high treason.

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By treason case of former Ukrainian President Viktora Yanukovicha testimony will give more than 100 people, including officials vysopostavlennye.

This was in the air " on Channel 5, " said the prosecutor of the Chief Military Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine Ruslan Kravchenko passes Tsenzor.NET .

"It's the officials who took their positions before, now occupy this servicemen passed military service in the territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and is former State Duma deputy Ilya Ponomarev," - Kravchenko said.

In addition, the prosecutor said names and Ukrainian officials, "Secretary of the NSDC Turchinov, Nalyvaychenko will Paruby Avakov will be, he questioned during the pre-trial investigation, Yatsenyuk questioned during the pre-trial investigation. All of these witnesses will be called to the court. "

Recall, Yanukovych accused of criminal offenses under Part. 1 tbsp. 111 (high treason, provides for imprisonment for a term of 10 to 15 years), h. 3 tbsp. 110 (encroachment on the territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine, which led to loss of life or other grave consequences, provides for imprisonment for a term of 7 to 12 years old), Part 2, Article.. 437 (waging aggressive war or aggressive military actions, provides for imprisonment for a term of 10 to 15 years), h. 5, Art. 27 (it is the accomplice as a partner one of the categories of crime) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

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Leader of the Vostok illegal armed group Alexander Khodakovsky says the current developments in the occupied Donbas indicate that the governance model implemented in the so-called “DPR”/“LPR” is similar to the one used in the Russian-controlled Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

As reported by Censor.NET citing Vlada, the terrorists' chieftain expressed such opinion on social media.

According to him, this path will be devastating for the Donbas economy while the residents of this industrial region will either have to emigrate from the militants-controlled territory, or engage in cattle breeding and farming.

"The question is that I'm starting to think that we are following not the path of Transnistria in our development but the one of our colleagues from the Caucasian unrecognized republics. Some observations allow reaching such a conclusion.

"First, those who have grasped power at all levels no longer want to change something as they feel comfortable as it is. Second, the domestic policy will completely change if our territory expands: the things that make a cut here will never make it in Kramatorsk. Can you imagine Kramatorsk residents after three years of Ukrainian brainwashing massively reporting to the "DPR police" and then massively taking part in rallies in support of the "DPR" at the central square of the city?

"It's not even about three years of Ukraine's dominance, but in a slight difference in perception of reality.... Therefore, it is necessary to completely change the methods of community outreach, create a rule-of-law state, take into account the residents' interests, stand by your words which is merely impossible to do with the current short-tailed government unable to control even the existing situation. It is terrible. That is why it is better to be isolated, induce Russia to pay a monthly charge as it was done in Abkhazia for example, and live without changing something.

"I call this a social hemophilia, but purely Caucasian term of teip - a word used for clan in some regions of the Caucasus - also perfectly suites here. We have a clan being formed now. However it is not based on kinship, but on community interests. This conditional clan has seized the reins of government and there is no way to root it out unless the situation is completely reformatted making this clan helpless in the face of new conditions, new challenges.

"It is possible to live this way as many people successfully do. We'll be grazing goats and sheep - the old people are able to do this job. Those young and hard-working will migrate, for example, to Russia - maybe that's why the IDs [issued by the breakaway republics] were recognized [by Russia]. Those who will serve the interests of the clan and those who have nowhere to go will stay. This prospect is far from perfect, but I see no other path of development of the territory having the status of a small isolated community," Khodakovsky wrote.

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The sanctions of the international community on the RF lead to funding cuts Russia "Republic" and the consequent increase in arrears in social payments and delayed wage employees and enterprises.

It informs Tsenzor.NET, this statement by the press service of Defense Ministry of Defense on Facebook.

In town Debaltsevo workers' railway DNR "not paid the promised salary of 5-7 thousand. Rubles a month.

"Russian occupation authorities to reduce the level of negative sentiment among railroad issued" orders "of the three-week referral fees for military men aged 25-35 years among workers' railway NPT," - said in a statement.

it is reported that during the meeting planned complex promotional activities with the participants for their further service under contract in the ranks of Russian eyelashes ck in Donbas.

Recall that in 2014 the European Union, the United States and other countries imposed sanctions on Russia in connection with the occupation of the Crimea and aggression in eastern Ukraine, which repeatedly expanded and continued. There were halted talks on visa-free regime and the new basic agreement cooperation banned entry to the EU for officials of Russia and frozen their assets imposed restrictive measures in trade, financial and military. Sector sanctions are about 20 Russian financial, oil and defense structures.

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Russian troops reinforced the air defense detachments deployed at several sections of the front in the occupied Donbas.

Censor.NET Chief Editor Yurii Butusov wrote on Facebook.

According to him, the enemy uses anti-aircraft missile systems trying to prevent Ukrainian drones from carrying out reconnaissance flights over certain positions of its units.

"This is an important intelligence sign, which, in my opinion indicates redeployment of additional units of the Russian regular army to these directions. This also demonstrates the enemy's concern about Ukrainian intelligence carrying out aerial reconnaissance using UAVs," Butusov wrote.

The journalist noted that "the use of expensive anti-aircraft missiles to defeat cheap unmanned aerial vehicles shows that the Russian command wants to enhance security of certain facilities. These actions are caused by the awareness of the vulnerability of their positions and are aimed at covering the areas of concentration of some new forces."

"I think that given the huge manpower shortage and permanent losses among the infantry of the Russian army corps in combat operations and desertion caused by low motivation and morale, the enemy closes this personnel gap by deploying Russian regular troops as tactical reserves and fire support.

"Such intensity in the enemy's activity and new measures may be linked to the creation of the new 8th combined-arms army of the Southern Military District of the Russian Federation at the border with the Donbas, which strategically united the entire Russian task force in the Donbas.

"The deployment of permanent readiness units of this army including the newly created 150th motorized rifle division with its base located directly at the border with Ukraine (Millerovo, Kadamovsky) indicates that it is the nearest operational reserve of the occupation corps. The enemy plans that the 150th division will reach its maximum combat readiness in May 2017," Butusov summed up.

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