Ukraine News. Wednesday 2 January. [Ukrainian sources]

WEDNESDAY HEADLINES:
"Do not follow the Russian scenario" - the Ukrainian embassy in the United States urged CNN to verify the facts.  In 2-3 months, the United States will give Ukraine arms and announce new sanctions against the Russian Federation.  Putin's New Year appeal was not very pleasing to the Russians.  Russian ships should be banned from entering the US and EU ports. There are no reasons to retreat: France has warned Ukraine about Putin without brakes.  Bartholomew confirmed his intention to give Ukraine Tomos and called this event "historic". Crimea can be released at the cost of Russia's collapse. The Putin bridge in the occupied Crimea has put a "deadly" diagnosis.

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The Embassy of Ukraine in Washington after the publication of a photo of the Russian-occupied Russia with the signature "Russian city" appealed to CNN to better choose the content.

"We hope that our CNN friends will better check the facts and choose the content." Simferopol is a Ukrainian city on the Crimean peninsula occupied by Russia. Do not follow the Russian scenario, " Censor quotes. No message from the embassy in Twitter.

The embassy also stressed that the photo was taken by a photographer of the Russian news agency TASS.



Recall, the American television and radio company CNN in its New Year material marked the occupied Crimea part of the Russian Federation.

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Washington can provide Kiev with weapons and introduce new sanctions against Russia within two to three months.

As Censor.NET informs, John Erbst, the director of the Atlantic Council , said in an interview with Radio Liberty in an interview with former US Ambassador to Ukraine.

"In 2-3 months, we will see that the US is giving up arms to Kiev and announcing new sanctions against Russia in connection with this aggression.

I think that in the next eight to ten, at most - twelve weeks, this much stronger US response will appear And, besides sanctions, it will be military assistance to Ukraine.

There are now enough arguments for providing anti-ship missiles and patrol ships, possibly with other military equipment.

"The United States lacks the Harpoon cruise missile, which is based on the technology developed 30 years ago - and this is what we can already provide, and perhaps even much more advanced missiles," said the ex-ambassador.

Among the sanctions that may be imposed by the United States, Herbst called appropriate restrictions against the largest Russian bank, or a ban on the entrance to US ports by Russian courts.

In addition, the former US Ambassador to Ukraine stressed that Ukraine's support for the US Congress is very strong now. "And it will remain at least as serious as possible, and maybe it will also intensify," says Herbst.

According to him, Ukraine has already done a lot, strengthening its defense in the east, and should "now consider the strengthening of its defense in the south, and especially in the region of the Azov Sea, perhaps in the region of Odessa, and I hope after the presidential elections and elections in the Council we will see serious intentions for change, serious reforms."

Recall that on November 25, the Navy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that the Russian Federation border troops had carried out aggressive actions against Ukrainian ships that were carrying out a planned transition from the port of Odessa to the port of Mariupol of the Sea of ​​Azov. In particular, the Russian border ship "Don" carried a ram of the Ukrainian raiding tug, which damaged the main engine of the ship, lining and liner fencing, as well as a life raft lost. The Navy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stressed that the intention to implement the transition was warned in advance and acted within the framework of international law.

At the same time, the Russian Federal Security Service says that the three Ukrainian warships in the Azov Sea "illegally entered the territorial waters of the Russian Federation and headed for the Kerch Strait."

Later, the Ukrainian Navy reported that the Russian Federal Security Service's boats were defeated by defeat to the "Berdyansk" MABAK, is wounded . And then they announced the seizure of all three ships by special forces of the Russian Federation and six wounded.

On November 26, the Verkhovna Rada voted for the introduction of a military state for 30 days in Vinnytsa, Donetsk, Zaporozhye, Lugansk, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson and Chernihiv regions, as well as the internal waters of the Azov-Kerch water area.

The decision to introduce a martial law was taken in connection with the act of aggression against Ukraine in the Kerch Strait. As a result of illegal actions of Russian security forces, three ships of the Ukrainian Navy were captured and 24 Ukrainian servicemen captured. Controlled by the Russian Federation, the court of the occupied Simferopol has chosen a precautionary measure for 24 sailors in custody until January 25, 2019.

On November 30, seamen were transported to Moscow: 21 Ukrainians were taken to the Moscow prison "Lefortovo", three wounded - in "Sailor's silence".

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Russian Internet users have extremely negative reactions to the traditional New Year greetings of the permanent leader of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin

This is written by the Karelian News.

If we analyze the reaction of Internet users, namely those comments that they began to massively leave under the video with Putin's New Year's appeal, then it becomes clear that 2018 was extremely unpleasant for ordinary citizens of Russia for a variety of reasons.

"People decided to express their indignation directly, trying to reach the head of state. At the moment, all comments, words and dysplays are hidden!", - the message says.

A complete picture of the people's reaction to the performance of the Russian dictator can be made after analyzing the comments of YouTube users.

In addition, the Russians put a huge number of Dyslyaks. In particular, under the roller of the state "First Channel" (Russia) Putin's appeal was 11 thousand Lykes and more than 66 thousand dislasts in the total number of views over one million.

Several hours of open statistics were removed data on the number of likes and dislays. It was also inaccessible to leave comments under the videotape with Putin's New Year appeal. However, YouTube has a fairly large number of videos with this appeal.

"Statistics on this video also testify to the negative reaction of Russians", - the edition emphasizes.

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Ex-US Ambassador to Ukraine John Herbst said that the best response to Russia's aggression in the Kerch Strait would be a ban on entry into the US and EU ports

This is the former US ambassador to Ukraine and current director of the Atlantic Council John Herbst in an interview with Radio Liberty.

"I think that the best answer (Russia's aggression in the Kerch Strait, Ed. ) Could be sanctions against the largest Russian bank, or the prohibition on Russian ships to enter US ports or ports of the EU, and to provide Ukraine with weapons, which would be an adequate response," - he said.

Herbst added that within the next 2-3 months Ukraine will receive weapons from the United States, and Russia - sanctions.

"In 2-3 months, we will see that the United States will supply weapons to Kiev and announce new sanctions against Russia in connection with this aggression. I think that in the next eight to ten, at most - twelve weeks, this much stronger US response will appear And, besides sanctions, it will be military assistance to Ukraine."

He assured that Washington had enough arguments to provide anti-ship missiles, patrols and other military equipment.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has no reason to abandon his aggressive tactics against Ukraine.

Such an opinion was expressed in an interview with "Apostrophe" by the head of the Paris Center for the Study and Analysis of Political Activities (CERAP) and the teacher of the prestigious Science Po Research Institute of Politics, Nicolas Tenzer.

"No, I do not think that there are reasons for Putin to retreat, of course, if he was a rational player, he would step back." But I do not think that Putin is such: he does not care about the well-being of Russians. I often hear the argument that from economic reasons and increased military spending, Putin may begin to pay more attention to the situation inside the country, not external relations. Some have used this argument for the case with Syria, but I do not think that this is correct., unfortunately, from the point of view of the Russian economy , it will not give Putin anything. After all, it will not be full -scale war, capture all the Donbass. But support and strengthen the destabilization of Ukraine - yes. I would be very happy to make a mistake", - the expert.

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Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew during the festive New Year's ceremony told about the historicity of the creation of a united Orthodox Church of Ukraine and confirmed his intention to provide Tomos to the head of the CEC Epifaniyou on January 6.

This is with reference to the media of the patriarchy, reports RIA Novosti, informs Censor.NET.

According to him, granting Tomos on January 6 will be a "big, historic event" and the final stage of obtaining autocephaly by Ukraine.

"The Lord blessed the passing year, we praise him for all the good that he has given us, and especially for the great and historic event - the autocephaly of the Ukrainian church - a case that will end and receive the blessing of the next Sunday in the presence of the new head of this nursing church and in in the presence of Mr. Poroshenko, President of the country, where they will receive Tomos of autocephaly, "Bartholomew said.

He added that, despite the hard opposition, the position of Constantinople will not change.

"However, this will not be an obstacle for us, because we form our decision on the holy canons, on the privilege of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, in the order and traditions of Orthodoxy," added Bartholomew.

The Ecumenical Patriarch also hopes that sisters who oppose the decisions of Constantinople will "think more logically and fairly, with greater respect and gratitude to the church of our Ecumenical Patriarchate."

Earlier, the Moscow Patriarch Kirill wrote a letter to the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, in which he urged him not to grant autocephaly to the Church of Ukraine.

On December 15, the Metropolitan of Pereyaslavl and Bila Tserkva Epiphanius, a representative of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Kyiv Patriarchy, was elected as the head of the Ukrainian Local Orthodox Church at the Unity Council.

Since December 15, the parish of the UOC-KP has started to move to the CPCU. On the Internet even created an interactive map of such transitions.

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The leader of the Crimean Tatar people, People's Deputy of Ukraine, Mustafa Dzhemilev suggested that Crimea may be de-bought at the price of the collapse of Russia.

About this Dzhemilev said in an interview with Ukrinform, reports Censor.NET.

"I have repeatedly said, referring to Western leaders that if the occupation of the territory of Georgia at one time reacted at least as much as the occupation of the Crimea, perhaps, the occupation of the Crimea would not have happened. I do not deny that the peninsula can be de-occupied at the price of the collapse of Russia Such nonsense, as Putin does, lead to this", - said Dzhemilev.

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The Kerch Bridge, which was illegally constructed by the invaders in the captured Crimea, has no future, since it is erected on a tectonic fault.

Such opinion was expressed by senior researcher of the Institute of Water Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences, candidate of geological and mineralogical sciences, mining engineer-hydrogeologist Yuri Medovar.

He said that in the area of ​​the Crimean bridge is a very difficult tectonic situation: there is a fault that promotes powerful earthquakes. That is why, Medovar convinced, this city has no future.

The scientist also said that recently a woman contacted him, who is a designer of the bridge in the Crimea.

"She told me that I was constantly listening to all my comments about the bridge, and asked to help solve the problem with vibration... I explained to the woman that this is a geology, and nothing will work out, and she will tell me:" No, we will all fall under the cities " Well, go for God's sake, as with the previous bridges, they were two of them, one Germans tried to build. Well, God loves the Trinity, as they say, "Medovara quotes the Observer.

He also said that the support of the bridge in working condition is now very expensive in Russia. According to him, "now in London is a team of designers," which twenty-four-hour "monitors, checks, fixes the fluctuations" of the bridge.

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French President Emmanuel Macron calls on Russian President Vladimir Putin to ensure compliance with the cease-fire regime in the Donbass, as well as to release detained Ukrainian sailors and return ships trapped in the Kerch Strait on November 25.

According to Censor.NET, this is stated in a statement on the website of the President of France, Ukrainian News reported.

"Regarding the Russian-Ukrainian crisis, the President congratulated the agreement reached on December 27, 2018 on the restoration of the ceasefire and called for its full and steady compliance, and also called on Russia to release as soon as possible Ukrainian detainees and return ships taken after the naval incident November 25, 2018 in the Kerch Strait", - said in a statement on the telephone conversation of Makron and Putin, which took place on Wednesday morning.

The interlocutors also discussed the settlement of the crisis in Syria.

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In 2019 Russia could become even more dangerous than in previous years.

Such an opinion was expressed in an interview with "Apostrophe" by the head of the Paris Center for the Study and Analysis of Political Activities (CERAP) and the teacher of the prestigious Science Po Research Institute of Politics, Nicolas Tenzer.

"I think the main reason is that there was still no clear and strong response to the aggressive behavior of Russia in the foreign arena. It began with the Chechen war, which was then largely ignored and mentioned by the media at the time. Western leaders then did not pay attention to the war in Chechnya. In my opinion, this signaled that something like this should be expected in other parts of the world.

There was no response to the events in Georgia in 2008 and attacks (the use of chemical weapons - the "Apostrophe") in Guti in 2013, which was a reason for Russia to think that it is possible to support regimes that resort to genocide, such as the regime of Assad . And then - and use the armed forces in Syria in the fall of 2015. And, of course, in the case of the war on the Donbass and the seizure of Crimea in 2014. I think there are many events that demonstrate the West's reluctance to give a strong response, but now the situation is even worse because of Trump, who is not at all concerned about the rest of the world. And it threatens Russia's desire to move even further", - convinced the expert.

According to him, Russia has no reason to refrain from becoming even more aggressive.

"There is nothing totally new in this, but I think this is a new step. I think that the withdrawal of US troops from Syria may be a sign that in the West there will be no desire and determination to fight against new types of aggression while Trump is in office. Russia, but where is the answer? I think from this point of view, Russia has no reason to refrain from becoming even more aggressive.

In my opinion, there is a misunderstanding of Russia's goals. She only wants to capture the territory, she has no traditional geopolitical interests. Putin's regime seeks to completely destroy international roles, international law, including humanitarian, and all systems of values ​​such as human rights, peaceful resolution of conflicts. I think that Russia has formed a kind of ideological war, which is not limited to the desire to seize the territory and freeze conflicts", - stressed Tenser.

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