Ukraine News in brief. Wednesday 27 September. [Ukrainian sources]

WEDNESDAY

TODAY'S HEADLINES:
The proposal to provide Ukraine with lethal weapons is already in the White House.  Powerful explosion at ammunition depot in Kalynivka.  Kalynivka explosions: Armed Forces say enemy drone involved.  SBU knew of sabotage act prepared for Poroshenko's birthday in Vinnytsia region.  17-year-old girlfriend of the propagandist Graham Phillips, Vera Scherbak, committed suicide in the occupied Luhansk.  Russian Federation has the right to appeal to a treaty on friendship and partnership with Ukraine, because it operates de-jure - Peskov.  Russian embassy in the United States is concerned about the Pentagon's methodology for possible clashes with Russia.  Volker on Russia's proposals for peacekeepers in the Donbass: "It will actually further divide the country".

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The head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Joseph Dunford, said he recommends that the White House provide deadly defense assistance to Ukraine so that it can better defend itself against further possible aggression in Russia.

It transmits "Radio Liberty".

At the Senate Committee on the Armed Forces, he said that his proposal to increase assistance to Ukraine awaits a decision in the White House.

"In my opinion, from the military point of view Ukraine needs additional opportunities to protect its sovereignty. We have a weapon capable of stopping armored vehicles, and we must provide it so that they can protect themselves, "he said.

The US Senate has foreseen in 2018 the allocation of Ukraine's defense weapons and $ 500 million in aid.

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A powerful explosion at the ammunition depot in Kalynivka, the Vinnytsia region, was captured on camera by witnesses who were observing the fire.

Censor.NET reports.

The video shows projection of burning shells followed by a huge fire ball in the air. It looks like the footage was made this morning, Sept. 27.



As reported, on Sept. 26 at around 10 p.m., State Emergency Service was reported of ammunition explosions in the military depot of the Defense Ministry in Kalynivka village. A Censor.NET source said that the explosions were heard in the village, and ammo was seen flying over the depot. The Kalynivka depot is more than 1,000 ha and packed with ammunition of various types.

As of 10 a.m. Sept. 27, more than 30,000 people have been evacuated. For that purpose, 50 buses, 10 ambulances, and Emergency Service psychologists were involved. Two people were traumatized and taken to hospitals.

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The explosions at the ammunition depot in Kalynivka, the Vinnytsia region, have been organized by a sabotage group that managed to escape during the anti-terrorist operation held by the Ukrainian law enforcers in the Vinnytsia region the day before.

This was announced by press secretary of Armed Forces' Main Department for development and maintenance of supply Serhii Misiura on Facebook, Censor.NET reports.

"With our intelligence data, searches and pursuit of sabotage groups were conducted in the Vinnytsia region, disguised as anti-terrorist exercises, from Sept. 25. Yes, this was done by more than one person. And searches were held for two days," Misiura wrote and added that some people were detained.

Misiura says the act of sabotage that led to the fire and explosions in the ammunition depot in Kalynivka was conducted with the help of a drone. This is also confirmed by post guards who heard its sound.

"The watchers reported of some noise in the sky, followed by explosions of shells that were held on the street. This is confirmed - it was a drone operating in the area, and this is a terrorist attack," Misiura wrote.

As reported, on Sept. 26 at around 10 p.m., State Emergency Service was reported of ammunition explosions in the military depot of the Defense Ministry in Kalynivka village. A Censor.NET source said that the explosions were heard in the village, and ammo was seen flying over the depot. The Kalynivka depot is more than 1,000 ha and packed with ammunition of various types.

As of 10 a.m. Sept. 27, more than 30,000 people have been evacuated. For that purpose, 50 buses, 10 ambulances, and Emergency Service psychologists were involved. Two people were traumatized and taken to hospitals.

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The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) possessed information about possible preparation of a sabotage act in the Vinnytsia region on Sept. 26, the birthday of President Petro Poroshenko.

Censor.NET Chief Editor Yurii Butusov wrote in his article on the fire and explosions at the ammunition depot in Kalynivka, the Vinnytsia region.

"Indirect factors allow us stating it was a Russian sabotage act as a main reason behind the catastrophe. Kalynivka is the fourth ammunition depot blown up in Ukraine in the past two years of the war. All explosions occurred during cold seasons, when flammability is low. No messages of fire were received by rescuers before explosions occurred," Butusov wrote.

"This day [Sept. 26 - ed.] was the birthday of President Petro Poroshenko, and a sabotage act in his home Vinnytsia region could not be a coincidence," the journalist said.

"The Security Service knew of the possibility of a sabotage act in the Vinnytsia region on that day, and they were searching for saboteurs," Butusov said.

He said the day before, SBU, Interior Ministry and the Armed Forces conducted a counter-sabotage operation in the Vinnytsia region, disguised as anti-terrorist exercise. However, the law enforcers were not able to find the possible target of the sabotage act.

As reported, on Sept. 26 at around 10 p.m., State Emergency Service was reported of ammunition explosions in the military depot of the Defense Ministry in Kalynivka village. A Censor.NET source said that the explosions were heard in the village, and ammo was seen flying over the depot. The Kalynivka depot is more than 1,000 ha and packed with ammunition of various types.

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A new video of the clash between MPs "The Bloc of Petro Poroshenko and Batkivshchyna" appeared on the network at a meeting of Kyiv City Council on September 26.

According to Tsensor.NET , on the record one can see how MP Vitaliy Kalllyuk from the BPP approaches the head of the regional council of Anna Oldikova ("Motherland") and pulls out the microphone.

Starikova rose from place and pushed Carlyuka. At that time, Vladislav Hahulin approached the deputies, who tried to intervene in the situation, but received a blow in the face of Karluk. The blow was so strong that the deputy fell, and he was given medical aid.



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On September 25, a girl dropped out of the window on the 5th floor in Luhansk, in the hostel number 4 of the pedagogical pedagogical university, located on Matrosov Street 2-B.



It was found that from the window of his room fell 17-year-old student 1-year student Shcherbak Vera Petrovna. The girl died of bodily harm on the spot.




It was officially stated that the classmates and acquaintances of the deceased, have repeatedly heard from her about the intention to commit suicide. At the same time, relatives and close friends of this statement refute, said in a message.

It should be noted that the late V. Shcherbak, despite the young age, is a contributor to the site "Peacemaker" from 2016, where he described as a helper of the militant's accomplice and anti-Ukrainian propagandist Graham Phillips and a conscious participant in the creation of propaganda anti-Ukrainian films.

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The treaty on friendship and strategic partnership between Russia and Ukraine de jure remains in force, appeal to the current instrument is a normal practice.

The press-secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov announced this, commenting on the State Duma's adoption of the statement in response to the Ukrainian law "On Education", reports Tsensor. NET with reference to Interfax-Ukraine.

"From a legal point of view, the document remains valid, it was not denounced, therefore, from a legal point of view, an appeal to the current instrument de jure is a normal practice," D. Peskov told reporters.

At the same time, he noted that it would be more correct to apply to the State Duma for explanations.

The State Duma on Wednesday adopted a statement on the inadmissibility of introducing restrictions in Ukraine for education in the native language of indigenous peoples and national minorities. The statement was adopted in connection with the signing by the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko of the amendments to the Law "On Education", which limit the possibility of education in the native language for indigenous peoples and national minorities, including for Russians.

Recall that on September 5 the Verkhovna Rada adopted a law on education, which begins the reform of education in Ukraine. On September 25, President Petro Poroshenko signed the Law "On Education", adopted by the Verkhovna Rada.

The law, among other things, determines that the language of the educational process in educational institutions is the state language. The new edition of the Law "On Education" stipulates that children who go to school from September 1, 2018, will have the opportunity to study in their native language only in elementary school - the first four years. From the fifth grade all subjects must be taught in Ukrainian. Persons belonging to national minorities are guaranteed the right to study in their mother tongue, in addition to the Ukrainian language, in separate classes (groups) of communal institutions of pre-school and primary education. At the same time, representatives of national minorities, who began studying in the school until 2018, continue to receive it according to old standards, with a gradual increase in the number of subjects in Ukrainian. Reservations against him were expressed by Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Russia and Moldova.

Subsequently, the Romanian Foreign Ministry expressed concern about the law on education adopted by the Verkhovna Rada, and Hungary stated that it would cease to support Ukraine on the international scene. The head of the Ministry of Human Resources of Hungary, Zoltan Balog, addressed a letter to the Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine Lilia Grinevich and asked for a personal meeting to discuss the new law on education. Later, the Hungarian parliament unanimously passed a resolution condemning the Ukrainian law on education, indicating violations of the rights of Hungarians in Transcarpathia.

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The appearance in the media of the manual of the Pentagon on the conduct of hostilities with the Russian Federation is "extremely disturbing" and is alarming.

As informs Tsensor.NET with reference to "Interfax", spokesman for the Russian embassy in the US Nikolay Lakhonin said.

"It is worrying that the United States Defense Forces, intended for internal use, can seriously allow fighting between the American and Russian armed forces, and this can only be imagined in a terrible waste! Specific measures are being proposed for the training of personnel for action against the Armed Forces of Russia. Such evidence of the training of US troops for a direct conflict with Russia is extremely worrying, especially in the current and already difficult situation in the field of European security, "he said.

"We need pragmatic cooperation on the key challenges of the security of our two countries, and not the replication of horror stories," the spokesman for the Russian diplomatic mission said.

Recall, earlier The National Interest reported that the Pentagon issued a manual on "new Russian methods of warfare", including the so-called "hybrid operations". In it, US troops are encouraged to learn tactical techniques, algorithms and combat vehicles used by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine.

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Proposals of the Russian authorities regarding a peacekeeping mission in the Donbass will not lead to the restoration of the territorial integrity of Ukraine.

As Tsensor.NET informs , the spokesman for the United States Department of State for Ukraine Kurt Volker said in an interview with Voice of America .

"What Russia has proposed in the UN is a very narrow concept and concerns only the presence of a ceasefire, which in fact will further divide the country, which is unacceptable for anyone, so that the territory can not be restored," he said.

"On the other hand, if we can establish peacekeeping forces and expand this concept in order to cover the entire territory in question, to foresee a heavy weapons prohibition and to establish control over the Ukrainian-Russian border on the part of Ukraine, then this will be a promising initiative. Both governments now consider expanding a concept to turn it into something that will really be meaningful and useful, "added Volker.

Recall that on September 5, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed the opinion that the presence of UN peacekeepers in the Donbass would be in favor of resolving the conflict in eastern Ukraine, and instructed Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation to submit a corresponding draft resolution for consideration by the UN Security Council. Irina Gerashchenko , the first vice-speaker of the Verkhovna Rada, a representative of Ukraine in the Trilateral Contact Group on the settlement of the situation in the Donbass , said that the introduction of a UN peacekeeping mission on the line of collision in eastern Ukraine can not be the language, the peacekeepers must be introduced to the entire territory occupied by Russia.

Russian Ambassador to the United Nations, Vasyl Nebenzha, said that theRussian side sent a draft resolution on the deployment of peacekeepers to Donbassto the UN secretary general and chairman of the UN Security Council.

In numerous statements of the Russian authorities it was emphasized that peacekeepers should be placed only on the line of delimitation of the conflicting parties, but not on the entire occupied territory of the Donbas and preferences not on the Russian-Ukrainian border.

Later, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said thatPutin had agreed to deploy peacekeepers throughout the Donbasto protect the OSCE staff.

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The Russian authorities do not have any technology that could affect the US presidential election in 2016.

According to Tsensor.NET , referring to TASS , an American actor Stephen Seagal, who received Russian citizenship, said in an interview with the British television channel ITV.

"Anyone who thinks Vladimir Putin is somehow involved in the organization of an organized election, or that even Russians have similar technologies, he is stupid," he said. "This form of propaganda is really a distraction, it makes people in the United States not really see what is happening," the actor explained.

Earlier, the office of the Director of National Intelligence published the unclassified part of the report on cyber attacks by Russian hackers in the US presidential election. The document states that the campaign to help Republican Donald Trump win the presidential election in the United States ordered the Russian president Vladimir Putin to start. US intelligence estimates that "with high probability, Putin has ordered hacking attacks to influence the elections."

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Russian authorities did not allow Ukrainian doctors to visit the 19-year-old citizen of Ukraine Pavlo Grib, who is in the prison of Krasnodar.

As informs Tsensor.NET with reference to UNIAN , the spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Marian Bets stated.

"We did not get permission to examine it by Ukrainian doctors," she said.

The official reminded that for the first time consuls were able to see detainees on September 18. The consuls handed him things of necessity, but then failed to pass the medicine, because it requires special permission. "And Russian doctors supposedly examined him, but we also do not have any information on what was done with him, what analyzes, what conclusions, and most likely this was done, in our opinion, in order to remove the issue of the Ukrainian Grib survey doctors, "said Betz.

The diplomat clarified that "as of now, we do not have information that he has any drugs at all." "Do they give him medicine now - we do not have information", - she added.

Recall, the Ukrainian reserve officer Igor Grib told about the kidnapping by his special services in Belarus of his son in Belarus : "The FSB dismissed Paul in Gomel in the face of a meeting with girl and detained ". Igor Grib told that his son Pavlo Grib on August 24 went to a meeting with a girl, whom he had previously only communicated through social networks, to Belarus. And then disappeared. When Igor arrived in Belarus, he was informed that his son was wanted by the initiative of the FSB of the Russian Federation. Paul's father is sure that the Russian intelligence services carried out this operation in order to lure his son into Belarus and "put on him handcuffs there for posts in social networks." Meanwhile, the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine officially confirmed the crossing of Paul Globe border with Belarus.

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Marginal French politicians and experts funded by the Kremlin have taken part in the opening of the marriage agency of the terrorist organization "DPR" in Marseilles.

As informs Tsensor.NET, this is stated in a statement by the Security Service of Ukraine on Facebook.

The report states: "The SBU is well known for the five French citizens who attended the" opening ceremony of the DPR "in Marseilles.

Huber Fayyur, head of the center, along with like-minded Christians Borelli and Kristiana Puyol, arrived in DPR in the summer of 2017 through Russia's territory. In Moscow, they, in particular, met with the traitor of Ukraine Natalia Poklonskaya, actress "home-video". In the temporarily occupied Donetsk "delegation" signed an agreement to open the "center" with the so-called acting Minister for Foreign Affairs of the "Dnieper" Nikanorova.

At the opening of the "representative office" was also the president of the association "My Country France" Jacques Closterman, who visited the ORDLO in 2016, when its structure was part of the "National Front". Before the 2017 election, the association was excluded from the Marin Le Pen Pact.

The fifth "honored guest" of the "center" opening is Xavier Moro, a French analyst and military expert. Recently, the theses have been repeatedly voiced favorable for Kremlin propaganda and organized public events for the money of Russian special services.

Today, after a public statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin about the opening of the "center of the DPR" in Marseilles, the French Foreign Ministry officially appealed to the law enforcement agencies of the country to verify the legality of the opening of a terrorist organization in France."

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Until the end, the army will be called up Russia 134 thousand. People.

It informs Tsenzor.NET, a decree signed by President Vladimir Putin.

"Make 1 October to 31 December 2017 conscription of citizens aged 18 to 27 years... The number of 134 000 recruits," - referred to in the document.

in March for military service were called in 142 thousand. People.

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The visit of Moldovan President Igor Dodon to Kyiv in the near future is impossible due to the position of the Moldovan president regarding the war on the Donbas.

Ukrainian Ambassador to Moldova Ivan Gnatyshyn reported this, Censor.NET reports referring to the Moldovan edition of NewsMaker."

" As for contacts at the highest level, I can not imagine such a meeting in a situation when the Moldovan president was elected a part of Moldovan society, or even the majority of Moldavian society, does not respect the territorial integrity of my country and says that Ukraine is in a civil war. What is the understanding and contacts you can talk about?"- said the ambassador.

The statement of the diplomat became a reaction to the speech of the head of the Institute of Strategic Initiatives of Moldova Andriy Popov. He said that with unprecedentedly high intensity of contacts at the level of executive power, the dialogue between the presidents of the two countries is completely absent, and this is a negative factor for the bilateral relations.

Popov also believes that this negatively affects the perception of Ukraine in the eyes of a part of the Moldovan society - the supporters of Dodon and those who receive information mainly from the Russian media.

At the same time, Popov said he understood the reaction of the Ukrainian side, given the statements of Dodon during the presidential election campaign. Then, let's remind, Dodon declared the affiliation of the Crimea of ​​Russia.

Since joining the post of President, Igor Dodon never visited Ukraine, although he repeatedly expressed his readiness to visit Kyiv.

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