Ukraine News. Saturday 8 July. [Ukrainian sources]

SATURDAY HEADLINES:
At the presidential elections in Ukraine will try to influence not only Russia, but the US and EU countries..  American media hastened with the story of the possibility of recognizing the annexation of the Crimea, Volker.  Volker made an important statement on the recognition of the United States annexation of the Crimea.  There is an implicit ban: Ukraine has been talking about problems with the purchase of weapons.  Naked 2 men roamed the streets of Kiev in the heat.  Croatian player Vida received a warning from FIFA for congratulating "Glory to Ukraine!".  Participants of the Free Sentsov campaign picked up the embassies of France and Germany, demanding Merkel and Macron to personally participate in the liberation of Ukrainians.  Great Britain is not planning a new sanctions against the Russian Federation due to poisoning in Amesbury.  American missile destroyer USS Porter DDG-78 arrives in Odesa.  Russian mercenaries in the Donbas took one of the private houses and fired on the locals who protested.  The largest sponsor of Brexit Banks has met with Russian Ambassador Yakovenko 11 times.

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This was stated in an interview with "Apostrophe" by political commentator Andriy Buzarov.

"There will be presidential elections in Ukraine in Ukraine in March - this can not be ignored in America and Russia. I often ask the question: will Russia somehow influence the presidential election in Ukraine, will it try to influence the situation in Ukraine? Of course it will be. But not only will Russia influence the situation in Ukraine, there are other countries that will influence the presidential candidates, "he said.

According to Buzarov, Ukraine is in no hurry to make any conclusions about the consequences of the meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

"I think that the United States and the EU are actually interested in ensuring that these elections are as unobstructed as possible, in accordance with all the requirements of the current legislation of Ukraine and international standards. If they are violated, if one of the candidates wins the elections illegally, then our Western partners can these elections are not recognized.In this context, the future meeting of Trump and Putin is very important so that these countries do not allow the destabilization of the situation as much as possible.There are different opinions about this meeting in the Ukrainian political environment. Tiki, in general, remain silent and for some reason do not comment, for example, the Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Andriy Parubiy said that the United States will not change its position in Ukraine, and I also adhere to this position. Most likely, the Americans will not fundamentally change, regardless of the statements of Trump, that he is ready to negotiate with Putin, returning Russia to the "big eight", I think it's more of a bluff. Olena Zerkal, Deputy Foreign Minister, says that there will be a breakthrough in the exchange of political prisoners. I do not think that Trump and Putin will be discussing this topic. Volodymyr Boyko, the leader of the "Opposition Bloc", says that this meeting is not entirely positive, because there is no Ukraine, and many issues can be solved behind the scenes without taking into account Ukraine's opinion. Thoughts are different,"- said the political observer. that this meeting is not quite positive, because there is no Ukraine, and many issues can be solved behind the scenes without taking into account Ukraine's opinion. Thoughts are different,"- said the political observer. that this meeting is not quite positive, because there is no Ukraine, and many issues can be solved behind the scenes without taking into account Ukraine's opinion. Thoughts are different,"- said the political observer.

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Kurt Volker, Special Representative of the United States Department of State for Ukraine, stresses that the US does not plan to recognize the annexation of the Crimea by Russia.

As the Cenzor.NET referring to Ukrinform , he stated this in an interview with the German television channel OstWest.

"I think the US media hastened with the story of the possibility of recognizing the annexation of the Crimea. The White House spoke out in the near future - US Secretary of State for National Security advisor John Bolton and White House spokeswoman Sarah Hakaba Sanders clarified that the US does not plan to recognize the Russian annexation Crimea, and so should understand the American position, "said Volker.

He added that the administration of the President of the United States demonstrated a consistent approach to support the territorial integrity of Ukraine.

Answering the question of whether Ukraine is losing Western support, in particular due to corruption and ultra-right movements, Volker noted that Ukraine has made significant progress in implementing reforms over the past three years.

"Ukraine still has significant corruption problems, as well as a significant place for reforms that have not yet been implemented but must be implemented," he added.

At the same time, the US special representative believes that ultra-right movements do not affect state policy.

"Fortunately, this is just a small minority that has no influence on state policy and does not affect the direction in which Ukraine is developing. So this is not the subject of my concern, but it is important that Ukrainian leaders themselves also condemn it," he said. Volker

Note that when US President Donald Trump asked June 29 whether the United States recognized the Crimea as part of Russia, he replied: "We will see."

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Special Representative of the State Department for Ukraine Kurt Volker stated that the United States is not going to recognize the annexation of the Crimea by Russia .

He said this in an interview with the German television channel Ost West.

"I think the US media hastened with the story of the possibility of recognizing the annexation of the Crimea. The White House spoke out in the near future - US Secretary of State for National Security advisor John Bolton and White House spokeswoman Sarah Hakaba Sanders clarified that the US does not plan to recognize the Russian annexation Crimea. So one should understand the American position", - he is sure.

Volker also stressed that the administration of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, had previously demonstrated a consistent approach in support of Ukraine on its territorial integrity.

"Speaking about Ukraine more broadly, I think that Ukraine knows that the United States was very supportive of it in the matter of restoring sovereignty of the country, its territorial integrity and peace, especially in the regions of eastern Ukraine, where fighting continues, and I think that the administration (and one and a half year was the Trump administration) has demonstrated a consistent approach in this matter, "added the Special Representative.

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Ukraine should learn to defend its national interests in the procurement of defense technology abroad.

This was stated in an interview with "Apostrophe" by the head of the Center for the Study of Army, Conversion and Disarmament, a military expert Valentin Badrak.

According to him, Ukraine should work on deterrence weapons, the basis of which are cruise missiles, whose production was taken under control by the head of the National Security and Defense Council, Alexander Turchinov.

"If we are talking about containment weapons - these are missiles, why missiles, because rockets are a completely independent production. We do not have foreign components in the production of an operational tactical missile system and cruise missiles - that's good. We can be independent," - said the expert.

At the same time, Badrak believes that it is necessary also with the help of Western partners to fill gaps in the defense industry, buying or receiving in the form of assistance to the technology that Ukraine does not produce. However, it is also important to remember the domestic manufacturer.

" Purchases of foreign technology and technology should only be carried out strictly in accordance with certain rules when there is no national producer. And if we have a national manufacturer, this should not be the case.This may be different to the Motor Sich, but it is 30 thousand people In Zaporozhye, Antonov, 10 thousand people, in Kharkov, I think about 3 thousand aircraft-builders, and another about 15 plants associated with aircraft and helicopter construction. The Cherkassy "Photopilot" makes optoelectronic guidance systems for helicopters. A huge number of head If, to summarize, it is about 50 thousand people who are deprived of orders only because there is such a decision of a certain group of people - to prolong some kind of thing without thinking about what this would do to damage national machine-building"- says Badrak about purchasing for the Ministry of Internal Affairs of French helicopters for half a billion euros.

In addition, there is another problem, which is that some technologies in Ukraine simply refuse to supply.

"The situation is multifaceted. For example, factors such as the implicit embargo on the sale of some weapons systems or technology supply to Ukraine are influenced by it. Why did France go to the police project with joy? Because this is not a military project. It is very easy for them to sell bee-type police helicopters to Ukraine for a great deal of money. This is a classic of the genre. And Ukraine instead of these helicopters and together the Frenchmen to take and try, and whether they want to make with us the thermal imagers here, on the territory of Ukraine. That would be litmusing paper. We would immediately look at the true face of Western partners: are they ready for serious production? Are they ready for the production of drones here in Ukraine? I give my head to rebuff that they will not go to it, because they are not profitable for them. They are holding us for the third world country, so they behave with us."- sums up the expert.



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On Saturday, July 7, in various districts of Kiev, nothing was happening naked men.

Videos of two incidents have been published on the channel on YouTube and Facebook.

So, the first of them was noticed on the Andriivsky Descent. The man is completely undressed, he does not even have lingerie and shoes. It is evident that he is not very comfortable walking along the pavement, while he even tries to escape.

WARNING! The video contains fictitious characters!


The second was shot on video in Poznyaky. He was also completely undressed. But this did not stop the man from proudly passing the lively route, and not on a pedestrian crossing.



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The International Football Federation (FIFA) issued a warning to the defender of the Croatian team, Damaja Vida, for the words "Glory to Ukraine!" in his video greeting after the 2018 World Cup match with Russia.

Censor.NET informs about this, citing Interfax-Ukraine.

"We confirm that the FIFA Disciplinary Committee has sent a warning to D.Vidi through his statement in a video shot after a game with Russia," FIFA official spokesman said on Sunday.

We remind that Ognn Vukoevich and Domoga Vida devoted Ukraine to victory over Russia in the quarter-finals of the World Cup. The author of two goals in the goal of the Russians (in the game and in a penalty shootout), Vida after the match, shouted at the camera "Glory to Ukraine!". Vukoevich, who works with the scout of Dynamo Kyiv, added: "This is a victory for Dynamo and for Ukraine!"

The Russian media have announced that VIA may be disqualified by FIFA.

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The participants in the action are asking German chancellor Angela Merkel and President of France Emmanuel Macron to address the president of the Russian Federation personally to release Oleg Sentsov and other Ukrainian hostages in Russia.










The next action is scheduled for July 13, the birthday of Oleg Sentsov.

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The British government is currently not planning to impose new sanctions on Russia in connection with the latest poisoning that occurred in the city of Amesbury.

This was stated by UK Interior Minister Sajid Javed during a visit to Salisbury and Amesbury, according to Cenzor.NET, referring to Ukrinform.

"Interior Minister Sajid Javad said that the government is not planning to introduce new sanctions against Russia after the last poisoning in Wiltshire," the statement said.

According to the minister, it is not necessary to hurry with the conclusions and to give the police the opportunity to fully investigate the case.

"We know that Russians are poisoned in March, and we know that these were the barbaric and inhuman actions of the Russian state. As far as this particular case is concerned, we need to get more information and give the police time to investigate the case," said Javed.

We remind that in the city of Amesbury, in the county of Wiltshire in the south of England, on July 4 found unconscious husband and wife. Both are currently in a critical state, which is associated with the influence of an unknown substance.

The pair revealed symptoms similar to those seen by the ex-officer of the GRU Sergei Skrypka and his daughter Julia who were poisoned in Salisbury in March this year (the city of Amesbury is located 16 km from Salisbury).

The police found that the Fiddlers poisoned the nerve-paralytic substance of the "Newborn" type. The British authorities have accused Russia of being involved in poisoning.

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American missile destroyer USS Porter DDG-78 arrived in Odesa port on Sunday, July 8th. At 10:30 he moored near the 16th berth of the marina station.

According to Censor.NET, this is reported by the newspaper  Dumskaya.

The ship will take part in the annual Sea Breeze naval exercises. It should be noted that a few months ago, Porter performed a combat mission in the Mediterranean Sea: launches of Tomahawk cruise missiles were launched on the sites of Syrian infrastructure.

USS Porter's Rocket Destroyer (DDG-78) is the 28th Arleigh Burke class of the US Navy. The main weapon of the destroyer - 90 rocket launchers, which can be anti-aircraft and anti-submarine missiles, as well as cruise missiles "Tomahawk." The weapons management of the ship is carried out by the "Ijis" system. In 2013, the ship was upgraded, now it is capable of carrying SM-3 missiles designed to fight ballistic missiles and satellites in the near-Earth orbit.

The destroyer is named after the famous American naval officer dynasty, including commander (captain of the second rank) David Porter and his son, Admiral David Dixon Porter. The first manifested himself during the English-American War of 1812, the second was Superintendent of the Naval Academy of the United States (Annapolis) during the Civil War of 1861-1865.

Main characteristics
Displacement 6783 long tons, 8915 long tons (full)
Length 153.92 m (greatest), 142.3 m (along the waterline)
Width 20.1 m, 18.0 m (along the waterline)
Draft 9.4 m (with GAS)., 7.3 m.
No reservation.
Engines. 4 gas turbine units General Electric LM2500-30.
Power 108,000 liters. with.
The motor 2 screws
The speed of the run 32 knots (maximum) The
range of 4400 miles on 20 knots.
The crew of 337 people (including 23 officers).

Arms
Tactical impact armament 2 PU systems "Ijis" on 29 (bow) and 61 (feed) section for missiles, respectively. Different combinations can be used: Tomahawk, ZIM RIM-66 SM-2 Standard-2, PLUR RUM-139 ASROC
Artillery 1 * 1 127 mm. AU Mark 45. Mod. 3/54 california, [1] 600 shells [2]
Zenith artillery 2 6-barrel 20 mm. FALAKS Zaval "
Rocket armament 2 * 4 PCR Harpoon
to 74 rockets RIM-66 SM-2" Standard-2 "[3]
Anti-riot weapons PLUR RUM-139 ASROC
Mino-torpedo armament 2 * 3 324 mm. TA Mk 32 (torpedoes Mk.46 and Mk.50)
Aviation group - 1 helicopter SH-60 LAMPS, no hangar.





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Businessman Aaron Banks, who most of all donated to the UK campaign from the European Union, met at least 11 times with Russian Ambassador Alexander Yakovenko.

As the Cenzor.NET referring to Ukrinform, the Guardian reports.

It is noted that the meetings took place in the period before the referendum and within two months after it. The papers suggested to check the newspaper The Observer say that the Russian embassy has made four more invitations, but it is unclear whether they have been accepted.

Banks said last year that he had met with the Russian ambassador only once "during a drinking lunch". A month ago, The Observer discovered that the meetings were repeated. Banks told the parliamentary commission that he met the ambassador two or three times. Last week after publishing in The New York Times, he confessed in the fourth meeting. The Observer brought evidence of seven meetings, but then Banks refused to comment.

Probably, finance for the Brexit campaign was attracted by the sale of part of the Russian firm "Alrosa" to American investors, which helped to save $ 813 million in the Russian budget.

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