Ukraine News in brief. Saturday 9 December. [Ukrainian sources]

SATURDAY HEADLINES:
The United States threatened Russia with serious military actions. Kremlin hybrid war against the West: US intelligence has named a country where Putin can defeat. BuzzFeed has learned about the resonant offer of Russia to non-interference in internal politics.  Trump has approved new sanctions against Russia for violating the agreement of the RSMD. Saakashvili's case: the source surrounded by Poroshenko revealed interesting data about Russia's role.  Game of Russia: A source told why Poroshenko went "war" on Saakashvili.  The source surrounded by Poroshenko called the unexpected cause of the attack against NABU.  US Ambassador on Corruption in Ukraine: This path has not yet been taken. Russian general threatened Bellingcat with a court through the appearance of his name in the investigation of MH17. Square near the Russian embassy in Kiev will be named in honor of Boris Nemtsov. Oppressed ex-leader of the DPR rushed through Zakharchenko and Gray Cardinal Putin. UN Security Council did not support Trump's decision to transfer the capital of Israel. Khodorkovsky called on Russians to vote in the presidential election for Sobchak. There is no safe Poland if it conflicts with Ukraine. Klimkin: "Ukrainians save the Polish economy". Saakashvili announced the beginning of an indefinite starvation.

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Representative of the US Air Force Central Command Damian Picart does not rule out that US troops will have to knock down Russian military aircraft if they threaten forces struggling with ISIL in Syria.

The military message is transmitted by the CNN channel.

"The biggest problem is that we will have to knock down Russian planes because their actions will be seen as a threat to our air and land troops," said the American lieutenant colonel.

At the same time, he reminded the words of coalition leaders that the military are in Syria to fight ISIL, and not with Russians.

"At the end of November, we were observing from six to eight incidents every day, during which Russian or Syrian aircraft crossed our airspace on the eastern side of the Euphrates River, while the intensity of the incidents has fallen slightly over the past week, but the frequency of the meetings is far from worrying," said Picard, noting that the situation is being discussed daily between the US and Russia.

The military also specified that most of the incidents with Russian aviation were observed in the airspace over the valley of the Middle Euphrates River between the Syrian city of Mayjdin and the Iraqi border. In the area, the Syrian Democratic forces and Iraqi government troops are struggling with the remnants of ISIL.

According to Picard, it is often difficult for American pilots to understand whether the actions of the Russians are a mistake or deliberate actions.

Recall, December 6 in the General Staff of the Russian Federation declared "complete liberation" of Syria's territory from the ISIL. Meanwhile, in the United States refuted bravura statements of Russia.

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By 2018, Russia will try to influence the results of parliamentary elections in Italy and Moldova.

This is stated in the forecast of the intelligence-analytical company Stratfor, which is at the disposal of "Apostrophe".

"In Italy, which is preparing to hold national elections by May, Moscow is likely to expand its information campaign in support of such parties as the" Five Star Movement "and" Forward Italy ", which oppose anti-Russian sanctions. as in Germany, the Italian parties that support the Russian Federation are unlikely to be able to get power, "American analysts say.

And the pro-Russian "Socialist Party of the Republic of Moldova" next year may be able to push forward the positions of the pro-European coalition.

"The efforts of the Kremlin are likely to be successful in Moldova, where there are good chances that the pro-Russian Socialist Party will push the ruling coalition oriented towards the EU and subsequently cancel some of the steps taken by the country in recent years in terms of European integration in favor of closer ties, with Moscow, "said Stratfor.

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Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov held a meeting with US Deputy Secretary of State Thomas Shannon on July 17 in Washington, where he suggested the United States make an agreement on non-interference in each other's internal policies. In turn, Washington refused to accept this offer by Moscow.

This is the publication BuzzFeed with reference to three senior officials of the US administration.

"We said:" Thank you so much, but now is not the time for this, "one of the representatives of the State Department said.

As the publication notes, the RF hinted at its non-interference in the interim elections in the US in 2018, while the Kremlin feels unprotected against possible US influence on the course of the presidential elections in Russia in March next year.

One of the sources of the publication was compared to the Kremlin proposal for a treaty signed by US President Franklin Roosevelt and USSR People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs, Maxim Litvinov, on diplomatic cooperation in 1933. This agreement has been in force for 16 years.

In particular, the US rejected the offer of Russia because of Moscow's distrust.

"We should have refused to promote democracy in Russia, which we do not want to do," said one of the senior officials of the State Department.

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President Donald Trump has approved the introduction of new sanctions against Russia due to a violation of the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Long Range Missiles (DRSMD), which came into force 30 years ago.

This is reported by Tsensor.NET with reference to Voice of America.

As confirmed by the publication of Politico source in the administration, the US Department of Commerce is instructed to develop a new package of sanctions against Russian companies and companies involved in the development of new missile technologies. In addition, the Pentagon is instructed to begin work on the creation of a new type of winged missiles.

In November, it became known that the United States and Russia are planning to hold a special monitoring commission meeting in the near future in the framework of the implementation of the Treaty of the RSMD.

Last Friday, the US State Department issued a detailed statement, denying Moscow's accusation that Washington violated the terms of the deal. As the diplomatic mission said, the Aegis Ashore missile defense systems, ballistic missiles used as targets during the tests and drone drone weapons that are armed with the US Army, do not violate "none of the points" of the agreement.

Washington spoke in 2014 on accusations of Russian side. The PCM Treaty, which entered into force on June 1, 1988, obliges the states to eliminate all missile systems of medium and short range (from 500 to 5500 km) within three years and to refuse to develop such missiles.

According to the American side, in violation of the terms of the agreement, Moscow in 2008-2011 conducted a test of a new 9M729 cruise missile with a range of more than 500 km.

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President Poroshenko could arrest Mikheil Saakashvili, leader of the Movement of New Forces, as a result of provocations by agents of Russian intelligence agencies deployed to Ukrainian law enforcement agencies.

Such a view of "Apostrophe" was expressed by a high-ranking source in the immediate surroundings of the president.

According to the interlocutor, one of the security forces in the last few months provided the president with a report with two major messages. One of the episodes was that Saakashvili could prepare an attack on Poroshenko and a coup d'etat in the country with the support of Moscow.

In this context, it should be noted that it is in connection with Moscow, through the oligarch-fugitive Sergey Kurchenko Saakashvili blamed Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko .

At the same time, the source does not rule out that the spread of such information may be a provocation on the part of the Russian special services and their agents, which were introduced into the Ukrainian security forces.

"It introduced Poroshenko into paranoia, and a visit to Brussels (to the Eastern Partnership Summit), where he was very cold and talked about corruption, was seen as a confirmation of these reports by security officials, and therefore the president gave the command, on the one hand, to attack Saakashvili, and on the other - NABU", - explained the source.

Also, the interlocutor noted that as a result of a series of actions we can say that provocation will succeed.

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The conflict between President Petro Poroshenko and the leader of the Movement of New Forces, Mikheil Saakashvili, which resulted in the detention of the ex-head of the Odessa region , may be linked to the reports of law enforcers who mislead the head of the Ukrainian state. In this situation, a Russian trace is possible.

This "Apostrophe" was told by a high-ranking source in the close surroundings of Poroshenko.

According to his information, one of the security forces in the past few months provided the president with a report with two major messages.

In the first of these, the interlocutor reported, the security officials noted that Saakashvili could prepare an attack on Poroshenko and even a coup d'etat in Ukraine, organizing protests in Kiev and receiving support from Moscow. Let's remind you, in the relations with Moscow, the former head of the Odessa Regional Administration was accused by Ukrainian security forces , in particular, the Attorney General Yuriy Lutsenko, through the oligarch-fugitive Sergey Kurchenko .

At the same time, the source surrounded by Poroshenko believes that the dissemination of such information may be a provocation by special services of the Russian Federation, whose agents are introduced into the Ukrainian security forces.

The second message, which, according to Poroshenko's interlocutor, was received by Poroshenko, was that the United States allegedly could attack it with the help of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine, putting forward charges of corruption and, thus, taking the Ukrainian president "on the hook." The response to such messages, said the source, has not been fully completed by the attack on NABU, which almost did not lead to serious consequences until the suspension of the visa-free regime of Ukraine with the EU (more about this situation, read in the article "Apostrophe": Poroshenko did not expect such " hysteria": who attacked NABU and what almost did not deprive Ukraine).

"It introduced Poroshenko into paranoia, and a visit to Brussels (to the Eastern Partnership Summit ), where he was very cold and talked about corruption, was accepted as evidence of these reports by security officials, and therefore the president gave the command, on the one hand, to attack Saakashvili, and on the other - NABU", - explained the source of the" Apostrophe".

According to him, now as a result of a series of actions, there is a threat that provocation will succeed.

"People from the environment told him (Poroshenko, -" The Apostrophe ") that all these reports were Russian provocations that the FSB agents are in the Ukrainian security forces, and this all Russian game - on the one hand, fed the president's fears that he threatened Saakashvili and the Americans, and on the other hand - throw firewood in the other direction ... And here is the result", - explained the interlocutor" Apostrophe".

He added that Moscow had already done this during EuroMaydan, influencing then-President Viktor Yanukovych and stimulating him for actions that pushed him into a deadlock and created an alternative between bad and very bad.

The "apostrophe" continues to monitor the situation surrounding the arrest of Mikheil Saakashvili and the crisis in Ukrainian politics.

The fact that in the West the first attempt to detain the ex-president of Georgia took place in the West, read in the article: "Predator against the Alien": what the West thinks about the "war" of Poroshenko and Saakashvili.

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The Ukrainian secret services informed the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko that the US could influence him through NABU, which led to an attack on the bureau.

This was stated in a comment to the "Apostrophe" by a source from the president's entourage.

According to the interlocutor, the environment of the president through the special services convinced Poroshenko that the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine on filing the United States could bring charges against him against corruption.

The source notes that so the United States could take Poroshenko "on the hook" and make it manageable.

The response of the guarantor was the attack on NABU, which almost led to serious consequences, until the end of the visa-free regime of Ukraine with the EU.

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US Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Jovanovic noted the steps taken by the Ukrainian authorities for greater openness and, at the same time, called for more active action to combat corruption.

"Although the Ukrainian government has become more open to the public and has made many achievements in the fight against corruption since 2014, yet we all admit that this path has not yet been completed and much remains to be done," the embassy's press service quoted the diplomat.

We note that annually, on the initiative of the United Nations, mark the International Day for the Fight Against Corruption.

To attract the attention of young people to this problem, American diplomats made a quest game on the topic of combating corruption.

Previously, Mr. osol explained how the US wants to see the Anti-Corruption Court.

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Russian general Mykola Tkachev threatened Bellingcat and Insider with the court because he was allegedly implicated in the disaster of the MN17 flight over Donbass in the summer of 2014.

He said this in a comment to Novaya Gazeta.

In his comments to the publication, he stated that he did not know the people who appeared under the names "Dolphin" and "Orion" (interlocutor of "Dolphin" in telephone negotiations intercepted by the Security Service of Ukraine in 2014. He also called himself by name-patronymic "Andriy Ivanovich"), and repeated that he had never been to Krasnodon.

"They, blin, there have written such, they will scout the whole country! I'll advise the guys here and figure out what to do. Let them be there (at Bellingcat and Insider), they are fluttering. I'm probably going to sue them. Let them prove at least something that came up!"- said Tkachev.

Previously, Tkachev called the "stupidity" of information on the investigation of the Bellingcat.

On December 8, an international group of investigators Bellingcat and the Russian website The Insider issued a  joint investigation that reveals the identity of another person likely to be involved in the disaster of the MN17 Malaysian Airlines near Donetsk on July 17, 2014.

A man with a call sign "Dolphin" appears on the records of intercepted telephone conversations. Investigators claim that "Dolphin" is a colonel-general of the Russian army in the reserve Nikolai Fedorovich Tkachev.

Boeing 777 from Malaysia Airlines, flight Amsterdam - Kuala Lumpur, shot down on the Donbass near the snowy Donetsk region on July 17, 2014.

There were 298 people on board, all of them died. Of these, there were 192 Dutch nationals (one also had US citizenship), 44 Malaysian nationals, including 15 crew members, 27 Australians, 12 Indonesians, 10 United Kingdom (one also had the citizenship of the Republic of South Africa), four Germans and four Belgians, three Filipinos, one citizen of Canada and one - New Zealand.

Bellingcat  installed the names of Russian troops carrying "Beech".

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The Commission on the renaming of the Kyiv City Council approved the proposal to call the square next to the Russian embassy on the Povitroflotsky avenue in honor of Boris Nemtsov.

This was announced on December 8 by a deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Dmytro Bilotserkivets.

According to him, the initiative has yet to approve the Cabinet.

"I'm sure [the decision] will come in the near future," he said, adding:

"To erase from the memory of Ukrainians and Russians the name of Nemtsov in the Kremlin will not work out. He was the main ally of free Ukraine and the future of democratic Russia, "said Belotserkivets.

In June 2017, the jury trial in Moscow  recognized the main suspect  in the murder of Nemtsov ex-officer of the Chechen battalion "North" Zaur Dadaeva guilty.

In July, the defendant in the murder of Nemtsov Dadaeva and another four suspects were  sentenced to 20 years in prison . All defendants in the case of the murder of Boris Nemtsov do not recognize their guilt.

October 10, the court in Russia abolished  fines convicted for the murder of Nemtsov.

Boris Nemtsov was shot dead in the center of Moscow on February 27, 2015.

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Igor Strelkov (Hirkin), a former leader of the so-called "DPR", blew himself up with criticism of the current leader of Donetsk guerrillas Alexander Zakharchenko and assistant to Russian President Vladislav Surkov, who is the curator of so-called "republics."

In an interview with The Insider, he pointed to the lack of military skills in Zakharchenko.

"I considered the military talents of Zakharchenko to be zero and not mistaken. A person who has a rank of Sergeant of the police who did not even serve, as far as I understand, the regular service in the army, can not lead the military actions, and he did not impress the native talent," - he said.

According to Strelkov, to head the so-called "DNR" Zakharchenko managed thanks to contacts with Surkov.

"Well, I do not know, he and Boroday went with Surkov to meet, so, apparently, and dropped the choice, that is, the formal main command, and why and how it happened ... Surkov always selects the crap", - said the gunman.

Strelkov also added that Surkov's activities were long before the events in Ukraine and supposedly when he learned that he would be in charge of "LNR / DPR", he realized that they would "merge".

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Russian political emigrant and leader of the Kremlin's opposition to the Open Russia movement Mikhail Khodorkovsky does not consider Ksenia Sobchak a standing figure in power in the upcoming presidential election or spoiler

Therefore, he calls for a vote for her or Alexei Navalny if he will still be allowed before the election, he said during the direct inclusion of video on the conference of his movement, which takes place on Saturday, December 9, in Moscow, reports Interfax "

"What do I think is right for the movement? It is right for the movement to support all those who promote our values," Khodorkovsky said.

According to him, on the election stage there are two policies that share the values ​​of "Open Russia" - Bulk and Ksenia Sobchak, who rely on their campaigns, including on the representatives of the movement headed by him.

At the same time, according to Khodorkovsky, the presidential elections scheduled for March 2018 will be "pseudo-choices", even if Navalny and Sobchak are allowed to do so, since the change of power on them is impossible.

"That's why there are no spoilers here because there are no elections. There are people who are ready to articulate the political interests of their groups and are clumsy who create noise, distracting society from real problems and their decisions," Khodorkovsky emphasized.

He added that Sobchak, and Navalny, as allies of the "Open Russia", who promote the values ​​of parliamentarism, federalism and the rule of law, congratulate him.

"I pay tribute to Hryhoriy Yavlinsky, who has been in these positions for several decades," added the former head of the oil company YUKOS, at one time the largest in Russia, which was selected from him after the establishment of the regime of Vladimir Putin.

Founder of Open Russia said that the Russian opposition should primarily seek to change the name of the president, and changes in the system of power, the transition to a parliamentary republic, accountability of the government of parliament and the opportunity for regional political centers to independently determine the pace of socio-political development.

Before that, Khodorkovsky said he would not finance the Sobchak election campaign.

The election headquarters of the former TV presenter Sobchak, who calls himself the "leader of the opposition," is headed by Igor Malashenko , who is considered to be the person of Vladimir Gusinsky, another Russian oligarch, who left the conflict with Putin and his entourage abroad.

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The President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, said that there is no safe Poland if it conflicts with Ukraine.

He said this in the program "Faktach po Faktach" on the Polish television channel TVN24, reports Tsensor.NET with reference to " 112 Ukraine".

According to Tuska, there is no European Poland without independent courts, completely free media, without respect for the law and without liberal democracy.
"There is no safe Poland if it conflicts with Ukraine," he added.

In his view, Poland should not be the "self-proclaimed leader of the Interstate", it must return to the role of "guardian and state that supports the aspiration of so-called new Europe."

Recall that the new Polish prime minister Mateusz Moravetsky on the first day of the approval as head of the Cabinet of Ministers said that relations with Ukraine must be built on historical truth, and events such as "genocide in Volyn" can not be forgotten.

Moravetsky also said that Poland, "accepting Ukrainian refugees, helps to unload tension on the eastern flank of the European Union". On such a statement, the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry replied that "Ukrainians save the economy of Poland", because about one million Ukrainians work in the neighboring country.

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Pavlo Klimkin stated that Ukrainian workers make a significant contribution to the Polish economy.

It informs Tsenzor.NET, this head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said in the broadcast "112 Ukraine", commenting on the statement of the Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Moravetskoho on a large number of Ukrainian refugees in Poland.

It should be noted that Moravetsky earlier stated that Poland, "accepting Ukrainian refugees, helps to unload the tension on the eastern flank of the European Union".

Klimkin, commenting on the statement by Moravetsky, said that Ukrainians are saving the Polish economy.

"We (Ukrainians - Ed.) Really save the Polish economy, because Ukrainians work there. I know cases when Ukrainians are offered a big salary, because they are more flexible, very focused on what they do."

Also, the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry noted that, according to the agency, currently there are almost 1 million Ukrainians in Poland.

"The Foreign Ministry estimates that there are almost 1 million Ukrainians in Poland, so who rescues, in this sense we are saving the Polish economy, but with our Polish friends we will always talk like friends with us on all issues, including our historical memory," - added Klimkin.

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Former Georgian president, Mikheil Saakashvili, leader of the Ukrainian movement "New Forces Movement", announced in the temporary detention center in Kyiv the start of an indefinite hunger strike, said today, on December 9, his lawyer, Ruslan Chernolutsky.

It is reported by Tsensor.NET with reference to Crimea. Realia.

"He states that he has begun an endless hunger strike, he also said that he would refuse any forced feeding, if he would be given a 60-day arrest precautionary measure, he would continue to go hungry even harder," said Chernolutsky after leaving the prison, where Saakashvili is located.

The spokeswoman for the Prosecutor General, Yuriy Lutsenko, Larissa Sargan, reported that the prosecution would complain about the house arrest of the leader of the "Movement of New Forces" wearing an electronic bracelet.

Read also: Saakashvili is detained by law enforcement officers, - Sakvarelidze
Recall that on December 5, law enforcement officers detained Saakashvili. According to the SBU, he is suspected of facilitating the participation of criminal organizations. It should be noted that during a search in Saakashvili's apartment, he rose to the roof of the house, where he was detained by law enforcement officers. Later, it became known that the activists took Saakashvili out of the car of the law-enforcers.

At the same time, Attorney General Lutsenko said at a briefing that Saakashvili's shares were financed by Kurchenko . Also, the GPU unveiled "Negotiations of Saakashvili's associate and representative of Kurchenko" and "negotiations between Kurchenko and Saakashvili": "I want to build a long history with you."
In the evening of December 8, law enforcement officers arrested Mikheil Saakashvili in Solomyansky district of Kyiv.

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