Ukraine News in brief. Wednesday 13 September. [Ukrainian sources]

WEDNESDAY

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TODAY'S HEADLINES:
Kremlin has confirmed the departure of Trump's "reconciliation" plan.  Media learned about Putin's proposal to normalize relations with Trump. Return of the Donbas is closer, but it is difficult: Ukraine made a loud statement.  Russian changed his name to "Trump," to not pay 1.5 million debts.  Russia lost another tool for energy blackmailing, - Poroshenko on arrival of first ship with US coal in Ukraine.  First ship with US coal arrived in Ukraine.  Russian court arrests kidnapped Ukrainian Hryb for two months.  UN: Russia lost $ 55 billion through the occupation of Crimea and Donbas.  Vandals in Odesa region burnt a memorial stand to the fallen Heroes of the Heavenly hundred.  Activist Femen with bare breasts staged a rally under the US Embassy in Kyiv. Due to US counterbalanced radar, tdeaths from mortar fire of Ukrainian warriors decreased from 47% to 17%.

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On the third month of the presidency of Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin, through one of the diplomats, transferred the US State Department's plan to full-scale normalization of relations between the Kremlin and the White House.

BuzzFeed News reports .

The document contained proposals for the restoration of relations in the diplomatic, military and intelligence spheres, the level of which fell sharply after the Russian intervention in Ukraine and Syria. It is noted that the Kremlin proposed to do so "immediately".

As noted, in the plan, until April, the special representative of the Russian president for cyber security Andriy Krutsky was to meet with his American counterpart for consultations on "information security." By May, the United States and Russia had to hold "special consultations on military operations in Afghanistan, a" nuclear deal "with Iran, the" situation in Ukraine "and the denuclearization of the" Korean Peninsula. "Prior to the talks between Putin and Trump, meetings were scheduled between CIA chiefs, the FBI , The National Security Council and the Pentagon with their Russian counterparts to discuss "areas of mutual interest." Other diplomatic and military channels that had been opened under Barack Obama's "reboot" policy had to be restored.

Apparently, the Kremlin was convinced that Trump did not share the rigid US policy towards Russia and was ready to go for a quick normalization of relations.

The publication emphasizes that only a few of the planned dozens of meetings have taken place, while the rest are unlikely to take place, taking into account the scandal between the US and the Russian Federation for the mutual expulsion of diplomats.

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Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov reiterated information that the Kremlin has transferred the administration of US President Donald Trump to a plan for the rapid restoration of relations between the countries.
This is reported by RBC.

"Yes, of course, such proposals in various formats were passed to the American side. Russia consistently advocated the continuation of the dialogue, but, unfortunately, did not meet the reciprocity," - said Peskov.

"There and in parts there were, and the dipkanals, the consolidated proposal was passed. This is the usual practice of diplomatic work," - said the spokesman of the Kremlin.

-Earlier, Buzzfeed reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a diplomat to the US colleague, Donald Trump, to the State Department for a proposal to fully normalize relations between the countries.

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In Perm, court clerks have found a man who changed his surname to Trump to not pay debts

This is reported on the site of the local administration of the Federal Service of Bailiffs.

It turned out that her husband has several passports with different names and surnames. By their help he hid from creditors.

The debtor in the car stopped the DPS inspector to check the documents. During her she found that her husband had different names in the passport and in the driver's license.

It turned out that the rights recorded in the card index as lost. Further verification showed that since 2004, the man changed the passport eight times.

The Russian said that he has several passports and driving licenses that he received due to a change in the name and surname or loss of previous documents.

After the establishment of all the perpetrators it turned out that under different names, he owed about 1,5 million rubles.

The marshals arrested the car, on which the debtor moved. Another car of the offender was transferred to a representative of the credit institution for storage.

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Residents of the occupied Donbas are increasingly tired of terrorist "DPR" and "LNR" and want a return to Ukraine, but there are a number of ideological problems.

This was announced by well-known Ukrainian sociologist, director of the "Democratic Initiatives" Foundation, Irina Bekeshkina in an interview with "Apostrophe".

"When they were about to separate from Ukraine, it seemed to them that they would figure out what they would do better, but this was not the case at all. The current mood was well expressed by one woman at the focus group in Mariupol:" We thought it would be as in the Crimea, and we do not want to do it on the Donbass. "Now people are returning to their normal lives, they want everything to be as before, they do not even want most autonomy for their regions," Bekeshkin said.

She said that the inhabitants of Donbass are now especially concerned with peace and understand that the "DNR" and "LNR" will never be able to provide them with the world. They want the return of "former life", realizing that they will no longer become part of Russia.

However, residents of Donbas in many respects still do not feel part of Ukraine. This is due to ideological reasons - most people were raised there as residents of the Soviet Union, not Ukraine. According to Irina Bekeshkina, they are still carriers of the Soviet mentality. Ukraine needs a lot of ideological work, especially with the younger generation of residents of the Donbas.

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Dock workers have started unloading, the stevedores are planning to unload the imported cargo in three days.
Sea trade port of Yuzhnyi, the Odesa region, has welcomed the first ship with U.S. coal on board on Sept. 13. The coal is intended for Tsentrenerho company. Censor.NET reports citing the press service of the state port Yuzhnyi via UNIAN.

"Sept. 13 at 2:15 a.m. Ocean Ambitious ship moored in the port's transshipment complex. The bulk carrier has 62,000 tons of thermal coal from the United States for the state-owned power generating company Tsentrenerho," the press service said.

The company added that dock workers have started unloading, and the stevedores are planning to unload the imported cargo in three days.

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President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has greeted the arrival of first batch of U.S. coal in Ukraine.
The president wrote on Facebook, Censor.NET reports.

"As agreed with President Trump, first American coal has reached Ukraine. It is a significant contribution to our energy security and a vivid proof of mutually beneficial strategic cooperation between our two nations. While it continues to steal Ukrainian coal from Ukrainian Donbas, Russia has lost yet another tool for its energy blackmailing,"

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19-year-old Pavlo Hryb, a citizen of Ukraine earlier kidnapped in Belarus, was arrested in Krasnodar, Russia, until Oct. 17. He is convicted under article 205 of the Criminal Code of Russia (assistance to terrorist activities).

This was announced by TASS citing the decision of Oktyabrsky district court of Krasnodar, Censor.NET reports.

"The pre-trial restriction is a two-month arrest. [The decision] was made on Aug.17," the source said, adding that he was talking about "accused defendant Pavlo Hryb, born in 1998, who is on international wanted list."

Earlier, Ukrainian reserve officer Ihor Hryb announced his son Pavlo Hryb was kidnapped by Russian FSB in Belarus: "FSB had lured Pavlo to Gomel under the guise of meeting a girl, and detained him."

On Aug. 24, 2017, Pavlo Hryb, aged 19, left for Belorussian Gomel to see a girl he met through social media, without knowing her personally, the father wrote. The girl was supposed to come from the Russian Federation. Pavlo was to return home on the same day, but he didn't. His father went to search for his son in Gomel the next day, and found that Pavlo was wanted by Russian FSB for a terrorist attack.

On Sept. 8, Hryb's attorneys said they were not allowed to see their client in Krasnodar prison.

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Russia's economy since 2014, after imposing sanctions through the annexation of the Crimea and the occupation of certain regions in the east of Ukraine, lost $ 55 billion.

This is stated in the UN report on the impact of sanctions against Moscow and the measures taken by Russia, reports Tsensor. NET with reference to Interfax .

In addition, they note that sanctions against Russia have cost the countries that introduced them $ 3.2 billion a month.

It should be noted that UN Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral measures to enforce human rights, Idris Jazaieri, believes that three years after the introduction of restrictive measures against Russia, it is necessary to assess their effectiveness.

"I recommend to do it immediately," he said in a report.

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In Ananiev, the Odesa region, unknown people burnt a memorial stand to the dead soldiers ATO and Heroes of the Heavens hundred.
A local activist Volodymyr Sedov announced this on his Facebook page , reports Tsensor. NET.

On September 12, 2017, the center of the city of Ananiv, the Odesa region, was burnt by a newly established community activists booth of the Memorial to commemorate the fallen soldiers of the ATU and the Heavenly Hundred.




As reported in the local police station, the arson occurred around 2-30 nights.

According to local activists, this cynical act of political vandalism is another incident of demonstrating the impunity of separatists who are doing everything to destabilize the situation in the city and the area.

"It should be recalled that not long ago this stand of the Memorial unknown blunders were covered with paint, the guilty did not find it," - wrote Sedov.

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A representative of the Femen organization with bare breasts climbed onto a plate titled US Embassy in Ukraine.

This is reported in the Facebook organization.

"Today, near the building of the US Embassy in Kiev, the sexist FEMEN called for the Irm hurricane to rinse into the toilet of Jeanophoba and the threat to all mankind - Donald Trump," the statement said.

The organization emphasizes that they want to "cleanse the world from the patriarchy".

"Like the real witches, FEMEN calls on the forces of nature to cleanse the world from the plague of the patriarchy. Trump's pimping nature threatens not only the US women but women around the world to return to the wildest forms of xenophobia and hatred. Oh, Great and Terrible Irma, hear us ", - write in Femen.

Recall that on the day of the "breakthrough" on the Saakashvili border - on September 10th - at the checkpoint "Krakovets" detained the naked activist FEMEN.

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Vice Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine Ivanna Klimpush-Tsintsadze, while on a working visit to Washington, met with Herbert Raymond McMaster, Adviser to the United States National Security Adviser.

Ivanna Klimpush-Tsintsadze thanked General McMaster for the continued support of the United States in countering Russian aggression and the implementation of important reforms in Ukraine, reports Tsensor. NET with reference to the Government portal.

She noted significant progress in the development of Ukrainian-American relations since the meeting between the presidents of Ukraine and the United States in the White House in June this year.

"This dialogue consisted of practical cooperation that is mutually beneficial for both our countries, the first batch of American coal has already arrived in Ukraine, we expect 1-2 deliveries every month by the end of the year," she said, stressing that this agreement opened for Ukraine access to a reliable source of coal supplies. Ivanna Klimpush-Tsintsadze is convinced that the visit of Minister of Energy Rick Perry, delayed by the devastating hurricane Garvey, will significantly increase cooperation in this area.

The Vice Prime Minister congratulated the appointment of the United States Special Envoy on Ukraine, Ambassador Kurt Volcker, and highly appreciated his efforts to implement Russia's Minsk Agreements. She thanked the US side for helping to counter Russian aggression, noting that the provision of lethal defense weapons remains crucial for Ukraine.

"We can effectively restrain Russian aggression only when the Kremlin understands that we have more advanced technologies and equipment than those belonging to the Russian military, and when they realize that further military actions will cost them very much," said Ivanna Klympush - Tsintsadze

"This is the preservation of the lives of Ukrainian soldiers, for example, from the provision of medium-range counter-battery radar, the percentage of deaths from mortar flames among the total number of deaths has decreased from 47% to 17%," added Vice Prime Minister.

Separately, Ivanna Klimpush-Tsintsadze urged the United States to continue consolidating international sanctions aimed at ending Russian aggression and restoring the territorial integrity of Ukraine. "Anti-Russian sanctions can be weakened or removed only after the restoration of complete state control in the Donbass and the return of the Crimea," she stressed.

General McMaster, in turn, assured of the firmness of the US position in supporting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, the implementation of important reforms, including in the army, and also noted the need for further intensification of bilateral political and economic dialogue.

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The Gdansk port began unloading more than 1,000 American vehicles of the Second Antitank Brigade Combat Group, including Abrams tanks, Bradley fighting cars, Paladin skating-rinks and other military equipment.

This is the first part of the equipment that arrived in Poland as part of the Atlantic Resolve operation, Cenzor.NET reports , referring to Radio Poland .

According to the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of Poland, General Yaroslav Miki, the technique will be used during exercises.



"This military equipment, which we see here today, will be located in the western part of Poland. I mean, above all, the following areas: Boleslavets, Zagan, Torun, Swietoslaw, Skvezhina. These cars will be used in various exercises and maneuvers. This is a brigade militant group, and I want to emphasize the scale of the Dragon-17 maneuver, which is 17,000 soldiers from 11 states, and I think that these data are quite eloquent, if we talk about NATO's activity and the use of the American side's potential ", - he said.

On Thursday, the first American train with a weapon will go to the place of permanent disposition. The purpose of Operation Atlantic Resolve is to assure the constant presence of US troops in Central and Eastern Europe. Dragon-17 maneuvers, which will take place September 25-29, will be the largest training this year in Poland.

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NATO troops increased their presence in Eastern Europe due to Russian aggression against Ukraine.

US ambassador to Russia John Tefft said in an interview with Radio Liberty and the Voice of America, reports Censor.NET.

According to him, by 2013, there were few Alliance troops in Eastern Europe, and lessons learned rarely.

"It was accompanied by an increase in the number of troops - albeit still somewhat - of Russia's actions in the Crimea and on the Donbas. I think we gave a restrained answer, and if it were possible to get an honest answer from the Russian military leader, he would admit it. NATO troops are where they are - in the Baltic states, in Poland - only because they have to protect the member states of NATO. To this end, we are obliged by the 5th article of the charter of the organization. to terrorize Russia, NATO is a defensive alliance, "Tefft said.

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