Ukraine News in brief. Friday 21 July. [Ukrainian sources]

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During Russian aggression in Donbas 11,000 Ukrainians died.  Russia can use the training "West" for aggression in Europe .  Russia can use the training "West" for aggression in Europe. "DNR "Terrorist detained in the ATO zone.  The half-naked girl jumped towards Poroshenko and Lukashenko at the time of signing official documents.  Unmanned aerial vehicle USA has passed the annexed Crimea and flew over the Donbas.  Moldovan parliament demands to withdraw Russian troops from Transnistria. "You - this is a war": the network was excited by the appeal of a blogger from Russia to Russians. In Russia, banned the anonymity on the Internet and the free sale of SIM-cards. "Survived Russians from Odessa": the invaders rolled up a tantrum because of the Ukrainian nationalist. Siemens Cuts Some Russia Ties Over Crimea Turbines Scandal.

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The Minister of Defense of Ukraine Stepan Poltorak stated that the Russian military exercises "West-2017" could be used to start aggression in Europe.

He wrote about it in Facebook.

According to him, Russian studies are "extremely powerful".

"They can be used to start aggression not only against Ukraine but also against any country in Europe that has a common border with Russia. We will respond adequately to the conduct of these exercises ", - said Poltorak.

Recall that in autumn Russia will conduct large-scale military exercises in Belarus called "West".

As the NATO General Secretary Jens Stoltenberg said in an interview, the Alliance will "very closely monitor the training of the Russian Federation".

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The law will come into force on November 1, 2017

Deputies of the State Duma have passed in the last reading laws, which are now banned in Russia, VPN, free sale of SIM-cards and anonymity on the network.

This is reported by Radio Liberty.

In particular, the law on messengers obliges the administration of the site to set the identity of users (by phone number), as well as limit the transmission of messages according to the procedure that will be determined by the government of Russia.

Users will be disconnected from the messengers by court order. The document will come into force on January 1, 2018.

In addition, the law on the prohibition of means of circumvention of locks on the network, which provides for the blocking of so-called anonymizers or VPN. The FSB and the police will identify such anonymizers.

This law will come into force on November 1, 2017.

In addition, the parliament of Russia adopted a law to strengthen the control of the sale of SIM-cards, so that they could not be purchased without providing reliable mobile passport data to the mobile operator.

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Petro Poroshenko tells Alexander Lukashenko about loss of Ukrainians due to Russian aggression in the Donbass

During the Russian aggression in Ukraine, 11 thousand Ukrainians were killed - military and civilian. This was stated by President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko after talks with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, who is in Kyiv on an official visit.

"Every day we continue to follow the last path of our best sons. And only in the last two days the aggressor killed eight of our defenders, despite the "truce". And for all ages 11,000 Ukrainians gave up their lives, "said Poroshenko.

See the broadcast of the joint statement of Poroshenko and Lukashenko after the talks.

As it was reported, in the past 24 hours , five Ukrainian soldiers were killed and eight were injured as a result of shelling of militants in the Donbass . In particular, one soldier was killed by a sniper bullet near Novgorodsky, three - during a battle near Krasnogorovka, another during the firing of the position of the "Butovka mine".

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Russian blogger Alexander Tversky excited social networking appeal to his compatriots. According to him, they, silencing the fact of Russian aggression against Ukraine, make a huge contribution to the massacres of Ukrainians.

This blogger wrote on his Facebook page.

"It's nothing to say" to "Ukraine, you put a penny in the war, saying that you are blaming both sides and not so clearly, you give the ruble to the war." Speaking that there is a civil conflict in Ukraine, you are investing two rubles in the war When you come to the occupied Crimea, you generously give one hundred rubles to the war, calling the Ukrainian people a fraternal one, and one homeland, you give a thousand rubles for this war, "he said.

Tver stressed that the Russians, supporting the regime of President Vladimir Putin, do everything to keep the war going. He added that, in an attempt to humiliate other peoples, the Russians in the first place humiliate themselves.

"Putting yourself above others on a national basis, you diminish yourself by no means, believing in a lie, you become partners of the devastating consequences of this lie, so you are a war and you like it," he added.

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A half-naked girl appeared in the hall during signing of official documents between Ukraine and Belarus in the presence of the two countries' presidents.

As reported by Tsensor.NET, she tried to cry out something, but the guard quickly took her out of the room.



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Employees of the Security Service of Ukraine together with the National Police detained in the area of ​​the anti-terrorist operation of the former mercenary of the armed formations of the terrorist organization "DNR".

This is reported by Tsensor.NET with reference to the press service of the SBU.



Law enforcers have established that during a temporary occupation in 2014, Slavic militants, this man was armed with weapons on one of the illegal checkpoints of terrorists. The main function of the checkpoint is counteraction to the onset of counterterrorist operations. According to the detained militant, among the terrorists there were many immigrants from Russia, including the so-called "Cossacks" and representatives of Chechnya.

After the city was liberated by Ukrainian troops, he for a long time was hiding from relatives in one of the settlements of the Donetsk region, where he was detained by security service operatives.

Criminal proceedings were opened under Part 2 of Art. 260 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. Urgent investigative actions are ongoing.

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Unmanned Air Force US Air Force Global Hawk at night was in the airspace of Ukraine, flew over the Donbass and abandoned the annexed Crimea.

This is reported by the fund "Return alive", which traced the flight path of the plane.



According to the provided flight map, the American drone pilot flew through Bulgaria and the Black Sea, bypassing the annexed Crimea, and then fell into the Odessa and Kherson regions. From the south, the plane headed east - Mariupol and Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Then through Dnipro flew further to Kropivnitsky.

It should be noted that the aircraft had to fly over the Black Sea to the banks of Novorossiysk.

Previously, Ukrainian soldiers found an unmanned FSB in the area of ​​hostilities in the Donbas.

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The Moldovan Parliament approved a declaration on the withdrawal of Russian troops from the territory of the Republic.

61 deputies voted for the declaration, according to the publication NOI.md.

According to the document, the presence of Russian troops on the territory of the country represents a threat to the sovereignty, integrity and independence of the Republic of Moldova.

"The deployment of a significant amount of weapons and ammunition from the Russian Federation on the territory of Moldova is a permanent threat to the country," the text of the declaration reads.

Parliament urged international mediators and observers to initiate political discussions about transforming the current peacekeeping mechanism into a civilian mission with an international mandate.

"We call on the Russian Federation to complete the withdrawal of troops and ammunition from Transnistria, we appeal to all international organizations to support an initiative aimed at confirming the sovereignty and statehood of the Republic of Moldova," the authors of the document note.

Previously, the withdrawal of Russian troops from Transnistria was demanded by Lilian Darius, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Moldova.

Recall that Transnistria refused to discuss the special status of Moldova.

OSCE Chairwoman Sebastian Kurtz spoke in support of Transnistria's special status .

Previously, it was reported that Transnistria asks for a $ 130 million loan for its budget.

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The accomplices of the Russian invaders were hysterical in the network because of the Ukrainian nationalist and former leader of the "Right Sector" in Odessa, Sergei Sternenko, accusing him of "destroying the city".

Loud accusations against the Ukrainian in Facebook broke out the "journalist" of the so-called media "L / DNR" Julia Vityazeva (Lozanova).

"He is one of those on whose conscience the death of Ukraine, and he methodically kills my Odessa and Odessa citizens ... These are the scum and they do everything to survive the Russians from their land," Vityazeva writes.

According to the so-called journalist, the "murder of Odessa" is that Sternenko allegedly breaks the St. George ribbons, "fights" with Zhukov and calls for reprisals against "incorrigible cotton wool."

Under the post, "journalist" Vityazeva, who is listed at the base of the "Peacemaker" for aiding terrorists "L / DNR", gathered a lot of comments of sympathetic Russians.



The hysterical Vityazevo was also reacted by the ex-leader of the Odessa "Right Sector".

"You sit in the occupied territory and write your wild fantasies on the Internet, but in one collaborator, the author of the post of the right - the accomplices of the invaders and those who live behind the curb, still remember." There are a lot of people in Ukraine who should be remembered. That Ukraine is a sovereign state that will become the killer of the last Moscow empire, "Sternenko summed up.

As reported by the "Observer", on the eve of the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, cast a tantrum on the air of russia.

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The German industrial conglomerate Siemens says it is cutting some of its ties to Russia after receiving information that four gas turbines it sold to for use at a Russian power plant had been "illegally" diverted to the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea.

Siemens said in a July 21 statement that it will halt deliveries of power-generation equipment under existing contracts with Russian state-controlled entities "for the time being" in response to the transfer of the turbines to Crimea.

Crimea has been subjected to EU sanctions on energy technology since Russia seized control of the Black Sea peninsula in March 2014 by sending in troops and staging a referendum deemed illegitimate by most countries.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman, Steffen Seibert, said last week that the government was following the case "with great attention" and that "the facts of the matter need to be clarified as quickly and comprehensively as possible.".........

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Although hospital stays and serious diagnosis, chairman of the Committee on Armed Services, US Senate, John McCain criticized the president's decision to roll Trump CIA program to assist the Syrian opposition.

According to Ukrinform , in a statement published on its website, the senator said that the decision in the interests of Russia.

"If these reports are true, the administration openly playing into the hands of Vladimir Putin. Go to any concessions to Russia not to have a wider strategy to Syria - is irresponsible and short-sighted, "- the document says.

Head of the Committee noted that the White House has not yet formulated its vision on Syria after defeating IDIL, not to mention a comprehensive approach to the situation in the Middle East.

"A key element of the US strategy should be the removal of Assad from power as one component of the completion of brutal conflict in Syria, which (at the time) encouraged the proliferation IDIL" - the Senator.

Another factor that fueled the conflict, he called the ongoing "criminal influence" the situation with Iran.

In addition, McCain said that after six months of administration still has no strategy for victory in Afghanistan. "It is the middle of July - a time when the administration has promised to present this strategy to Congress, and we are still waiting for it," - said US Senator.

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Belorussian President Alexander Lukashenko has assured his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko that territory of Belarus would not be used for aggression against Ukraine.

As reported by Censor.NET, this was announced by Poroshenko after the meeting of the two presidents in Kyiv on Friday, July 21.

"Today, I have once again been reassured by you, Mr. President, that the territory of friendly Belarus would never be used for aggressive actions against Ukraine, and the Ukrainian-Belorussianborder would never be a border of war," the head of state said, as quoted by Presidential Administration.

Poroshenko said Ukrainian-Belorussian border "will always be a border of cooperation and peace."

An important step on that path would be the completion of the process of its legal registration, which was discussed today by the parties, Poroshenko said. The renewed Joint Ukraine-Belarus Demarcation Commission has received relevant instructions.

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U.S. allies in eastern Europe and Ukraine are worried that Russia's planned war games in September could be a "Trojan horse" aimed at leaving behind military equipment brought into Belarus.

U.S. Army Europe commander Lieutenant General Ben Hodges said on Thursday, Censor.NET reports citing Reuters.

General Hodges told Reuters in an interview that allied officials would keep a close eye on military equipment brought in to Belarus for the Zapad 2017 exercise, and whether it was removed later.

"People are worried, this is a Trojan horse. They say, 'We're just doing an exercise,' and then all of a sudden they've moved all these people and capabilities somewhere," he said.

Hodges said he had no indications that Russia had any such plans, but said greater openness by Moscow about the extent of its war games would help reassure countries in eastern Europe.

NATO allies are nervous because previous large-scale Russian exercises employed special forces training, longer-range missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.

Such tactics were later used in Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014, its support for separatists in eastern Ukraine and in its intervention in Syria, NATO diplomats say.

Hodges said the United States and its allies had been very open about a number of military exercises taking place across eastern Europe this summer involving up to 40,000 troops, but it remained unclear if Moscow would adhere to a Cold War-era treaty known as the Vienna document, which requires observers for large-scale exercises involving more than 13,000 troops.

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Mother of the captured Russian military Victor Aheyev, Svetlana, came to Ukraine to see her son.

This is stated in the report of Novaya Gazeta, a journalist who traveled to Ukraine with his captive mother.

"Today, July 21, at about 13 o'clock we and Svetlana Victorova Agheeva entered the territory of Ukraine by train. We are going to meet with representatives of the Ukrainian side, who promise to accompany us to Svetlana's son, Victor Ageev ", - told correspondent Paul Koinigin by telephone.

It is noted that the entry had to be "not directly through Russia", because the mother of the exporter did not have an international passport.

"For now, I think I can not name the names and positions of people who represent the Ukrainian side. We will name them simply representatives of the Ukrainian state. I confirm: they convincingly explained to us our status, we trust them ", - Kanigin told.

Note that Viktor Ageev is currently in the SIZO of the city of Starobilsk in the Luhansk region.

Regarding Svetlana's plans, the reporter said:

"We were promised to arrange it (meeting, ed.) In the coming days, so far, nothing is known about time and place, we will be guided later."

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SO! She did nothing when he went to Ukraine to kill them. But now she wants him back. She should be arrested for letting him go to kill Ukrainians.

There is still a lot of corruption in Ukraine.
As informs Tsensor.NET with reference to TASS , Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

"They came to power - and that? Corruption has become even more. Ukraine is choking on this corruption, and on the upper echelons of power - and to the bottom," he said.

Putin reminded that the forces currently in power in Ukraine came to her, including under the motto of the fight against corruption. "It's just a scream:" Hold the thief! "You do not have to steal yourself either," he added.

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The event, which most affected the life of President Vladimir Putin, was the collapse of the Soviet Union.
As informs Tsensor.NET with reference to RIA Novosti , he stated this during a meeting with pupils of the educational center "Sirius" in Sochi.

One of the students asked what event had the greatest impact on Putin's life.

"Apparently, there was no such thing that once and for all my life changed, that is, but it was an influence ... Now I will try to say in a serious way, nevertheless, probably, the collapse of the Soviet Union," Putin answered.

Recall that earlier, Vladimir Putin called the collapse of the USSR the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the twentieth century.

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And since 1992, he's been trying to bring the USSR back, starting with Moldova, then Georgia, now Ukraine.

Now THIS TIME, he wants to include the USA as one of his breakaways. Heard of the movement in California that wants to breakaway from the United States? They actually have Russia ties. And they'll have all the help they need,
once Russia gets its feet deeper into the USA's government.

Thinks that's a dream? Look at those countries I mentioned above and how deep Russia/Putin are currently into our government. Think about it.

Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko believes that today, among those who fight for militants in the Donbass, there are representatives of different sectors of the population, but their purpose is money.

He said this in an interview with the "Apostrophe".

"When it was said in 2014 that mercenaries were fighting, there were volunteers, the real ideologues who were struggling in the brains that the" fascist "bandits killed Russians. There were many ideological imperials who had little" Krymnash ", they decided to put Ukraine back in Stopped and punished "pancakes". There were a lot of morons, many beggars-alcoholics from the regions, "Babchenko said.

According to him, now all this has come to naught. So, in the Donbass there were only mercenaries who earn an average of 15 thousand rubles (6 thousand hryvnia).

"Why do they go? Because there is no work." Well, he arrived after the army in his Altai Territory, what would he do there? "Plunge, five years later," he said. "Here's a job, an army, a world to see, kill hawks, that in his It's good to understand. There are many factors, "he added.

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In the Poltava region on the excavations of the Biliysk settlement there were found Scythian gold and unique surviving amphoras.

Unique findings have already been discovered in the first days of the expedition, according to  the Novosti Poltava Region.

Among the finds are Scythian gold, unique surviving amphorae of the Scythian age, various decorations, arrowheads and even ancient leather goods.

As  poltava365.com writes , the findings were discovered during the excavation of two mounds of the Scythian age.



So in one of them found a whole gray-clay vessel of the VI century. BC, three bronze plaques and ducks from the spear.



In the second mound there are found dishes, gold jewelry and two human skeletons.



It is noted that in Bilsk on the territory of the Historical and Cultural Reserve "Bilsk", for the third consecutive year, large-scale excavations are taking place, where archaeologists and scientists from leading institutions of Ukraine and other countries gather.

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