Ukraine News. Monday 21 January. [Ukrainian sources]

MONDAY HEADLINES:
Accept the dictates of Russia: in the US they were told that Moscow is preparing for Ukraine.  In Russia, they were sterilized through the Ukrainian Kuban: the Americans took up the matter.  The EU Council has imposed sanctions on four Russians for using chemical weapons in Syria.  In Russia, the whole city is panicked by allegations of prepared explosions.  FSB of the Russian Federation intensified its activities in the occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions. "There is not enough Crimea, our old capital, the center of Russia, has been lost to Kiev," Archpriest Chaplin called for the capture of Ukraine. Israel destroyed another Russian air defense complex "Panzir". Yanukovych was against the UOC-KP, and all other Ukrainian presidents supported us, - Filaret. In Poland, at the request of the prosecutor's office, the Security Service Chief was arrested for the concert of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity, which killed the mayor of Gdansk. The photo of US destroyer entering the Black Sea has been published by the Turkish media. US warships suddenly appeared near the shores of Russia: Moscow roared US missile destroyer. Donald Cook arrived in Georgia. The US aircraft began patrolling the occupied Crimea. Russia's victory? Ukraine was removed from the important PACE committees. Japan is considering the possibility of concluding a peace treaty with the RF, if it is handed over to the Shikotan and Habomai Islands. In Russia, the world came up with a new end to the world: 49 years left to live. If UOC (MP) refuses to rename itself, it will lose its legal status, - Filaret.

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Russia will do everything to intervene in the presidential and parliamentary elections in Ukraine and achieve a win-win outcome.

The ex-Deputy Secretary General of NATO, Alexander Vershbow, told this "Apostrophe".

According to him, Ukraine can be regarded as a potential "hot spot".

"Obviously, Russia will try to use all its instruments to intervene in the Ukrainian presidential and parliamentary elections, at least to sow disarray and chaos, and at the very least to bring more stable leaders who can be ready to accept the dictates of Russia. it is possible, but they may believe that this can be achieved, which means that Ukraine can be expected to escalate violence, as it was at the end of last year, while the West is distracting from internal challenges in the US and Europe, "Vershbow said.

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In Russia, they climbed into hysterics because of the supposed accession of the Kuban to Ukraine, which is under the leadership of the United States.

A rushed discussion of Russian propagandists arranged on the air of the program "60 minutes" on the TV channel "Russia 1", reports Obozrevatel .

"After the stripping of Donbass and the return of the Crimea, the accession of the Russian Kuban should be followed. Well, if the territorial claims were appetizing on Ukrainian, it would seem that the Kuban was voiced exclusively in the circles of Ukrainian nationalists or unscrupulous Ukrainian ministers, politicians, and we used to get used to it long ago. the Americans took it, it's not a joke, "- said the scandalous presenter Olga Skabeeva.

She was supported by propagandist Yevhen Popov. According to him, the initiative of renaming the street of Marshal Zhukov in Kiev on the street of Kuban Ukraine testifies to the intentions of Ukraine to return the Kuban. "Thus they are going to celebrate the struggle for independence and reunification with Ukraine in the Ukrainian Kuban in 1917-1921," the Kremlin's mouthpiece outraged.



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The EU Council imposed restrictive measures on four Russians, five Syrians and one Syrian company under the new sanctions regime for the use of chemical weapons.

This is reported on Twitter by journalist Ricard Yosvyak, reports Censor.NET.

"EU foreign ministers have adopted new sanctions for the use of chemical weapons, which is about asset freezes and a ban on entry for four Russians, five Syrians and one Syrian company," he wrote.

Yosvyak added that the names of those who got under the sanctions will appear later.

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Residents of Magnitogorsk (Russia), where several bombings with dozens of victims have recently occurred, received emails warning of explosions in public places in the city.

This is reported by the Russian Ministry of Education and Science.

The reports received by local residents refer to the mines of hospitals, educational institutions and shopping centers. In particular, such a letter was received at the city hospital number 1. Eyewitnesses report evacuation from several schools.

In addition, anonymous reports mention the explosions that occurred in a residential building in Magnitogorsk on December 31 and in a shuttle bus on January 1.

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Since the beginning of January m in the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions intensified its activities FSB of the Russian Federation.

As informs Censor.NET and with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Defense, this is stated in the message of the GUR.

According to the agency, the number of cases involving the operational groups of Russian special services to conduct, under the pretext of supposedly "counteraction to sabotage", special measures to conceal the aggressive preparations of the Russian-occupying troops has increased.

"Under the leadership of the FSB officers of the Russian Federation, the so-called" Republican law enforcement agencies "strengthened the pass-through regime on border areas not controlled by Ukraine to prevent the outflow of mobilized resources from the temporarily occupied territories (persons of conscripts age). In this regard, this category of citizens was banned departure without special permission. In addition, all persons moving through checkpoints, census and verification of documents with databases,"- said in a message.

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The Archbishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, Vsevolod Chaplin, called for the capture of Kiev and "other surrounding Russian lands."

According to Cenzor.NET, Chaplin said that these territories were lost as a result of the onset of "Western hostile forces."

"Russia has been retreating for too long, it has retreated since the Caribbean crisis, and the Crimea is a good counterattack, but it is not enough." Our old capital, the center of Russia's Kyiv lost, lost due to the onset of Western hostile forces, "the priest said.



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The Israeli Defense Forces unveiled a video of a guided missile, which captures its involvement in the Russian missile defense system "Panzir-C1" of the Syrian armed forces.

It is reported by Censor.NET with reference to Twitter's Israeli Defense Army.



According to the agency, a blow to air defense systems was made in response to an attempt to attack Israeli Air Force aircraft during their flight to Iran's military facilities in Syria.

It is noted that Israel warned Syria against the response, but they, however, came: air defense systems launched missiles on Israeli F-16 fighters.

Also reported, the Israeli missile defense system Iron Dome intercepted a rocket attack on the Golan Heights on the border with Syria. According to the agency, the missile was released by Iranian Al-Quds units: their military targets were aimed at Israeli air strikes.

Yesterday, Russian media reported that "Syrian air defenses removed the Israeli air strike." Military sources asserted that "air defense systems effectively responded to an air attack by the Jewish state." According to them, as a result, none of the targets was damaged, it is said that the blow was inflicted on objects in the southern part of the country, and no other details have yet been provided."

Recall that in May 2018 during the Israeli air strike on sites in Syria, in particular, the modern Russian anti-aircraft missile and gun complex "Panzir S-1" (according to NATO codification - SA-22 Greyhound) was destroyed .

Earlier, the RF Defense Ministry stated that the anti-aircraft rocket-gun complex "Panzir S-1", adopted by the Russian Army in 2012, "showed almost 100% efficiency" during the reflection of the US and allied attack on the objects of the regime Assad in Syria on the night of April 14th.

The Russian media justified the destruction by the Israeli army of the modern Russian anti-aircraft rocket-gun complex "Panzir S-1", referring to the fact that the combat vehicle ZRK "was absolutely not ready for combat work."

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According to the honorary patriarch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Filaret, Ukrainian presidents Leonid Kravchuk, Leonid Kuchma, Viktor Yushchenko and Petro Poroshenko supported the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Kyiv Patriarchate, and the fugitive Viktor Yanukovych ordered the transfer of the parish of the Kyiv Patriarchate to Moscow.

Honorary Patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine Filaret in an interview with the TSN said that the former president-fledger of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych had a negative attitude to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kiev Patriarchate, which Filaret headed, reports Censor.NET.

"Yanukovych was negatively influenced by us, and he gave a team in districts to transfer the parishes of the Kyivan Patriarchate to Moscow, and when the local authorities began to execute this order, we raised the noise all over the world and stopped this process," the patriarch said.

Filaret said that he had spoken with Yanukovych.

"He did not want to take me first, and then I met with the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches, I did not want to face me face to face." Other presidents, Kravchuk, Kuchma, Yushchenko, Poroshenko, all supported, Kuchma initially did not support, but later he saw, that our church is beneficial to the state, "he said.

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In Poland, at the request of the prosecutor's office, the Security Service Chief was arrested for the concert of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity, which killed the mayor of Gdansk, Pavel Adamovich.

This is reported by  RMF24.

In particular, he should be charged with giving false testimony.

According to the prosecutor's office, he mislead investigators and said that the killer of the mayor got on the concert with the help of a press card as a media representative.

Investigators also say that her husband got to the scene in another way.

The police, who detained the attacker, found in her husband the identifier used by the guard.

-The mayor of Gdansk, Pavel Adamovich, was  attacked on the  evening of January 13, 2019 during a charity concert. On the scene where Adamovich was, a man rushed out, who began shouting that he was illegally sentenced to imprisonment during the reign of the previous government of Poland, and the opposition "Civic Platform" allegedly tortured him. That is why he attacked Adamovich.

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The footage depicts how Donald Cook goes through the Bosphorus Strait.

The photos were released in the social media by the Turkish edition Bosphorus Naval News, according to Censor.NET, referring to Radio Liberty.

"The destroyer Donald Cook passed through Istanbul on January 19, 2019 in the northern direction, the first frame: the transfer of the destroyer, the second frame: the transfer of a US Navy destroyer to the Black Sea," says the signatures to the photos.




The head of the mission of Ukraine to NATO Vadim Pristyako earlier stated that the NATO ships are increasingly entering the Black Sea.

Recall that the American missile destroyer Donald Cook entered the Black Sea water area on January 19th . The purpose of the ship is to support partners "in the common regional interest" and to ensure stability in the Black Sea region.

At the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation stated that they are following the ship's movements.

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In the southern part of the Baltic Sea, two American destroyers, USS Porter and USS Gravely, each of which have up to 56 "Tomahawk" rockets, have been armed.

This is stated in a statement from the Russian Ministry of Defense.

The Russian military said that the forces of the Baltic Fleet organized the escort of American ships.

"The forces of the Baltic Fleet (BF) were supported by the destroyer of the US Navy guided missile" Graves "and" Porter "who entered the southern part of the Baltic Sea area . Observation of the actions of American warships is carried out by the corpses of the Russian Navy" Zhvavy "and" Clever", - said in a message.

As Russian senator Alexei Pushkov said, the behavior of American ships is "provocative."

At the same time, on January 19, Russian troops reported tracking the US destroyer Donald Cook in the Black Sea.

"The" Curious "guard ship of the Black Sea Fleet proceeded to direct observation of the actions of the American warship.In addition, throughout the stay of the Donald Cook destroyer in the area of ​​responsibility of the Black Sea Fleet, he will be monitored by electronic and technical means of the fleet", - said the Russian military.

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On Monday, January 21, US missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG-75) Arleigh Burke arrived in Georgia

As reported by the press service of the US military, the ship reached the port of Batumi in the Black Sea.

It is noted that the United States sent a ship to intensify operational cooperation with NATO allies and partners and demonstrate overall determination on the security of the Black Sea within the Atlantic Resolve operation.

Recall that the destroyer headed to the Black Sea on January 19.

This step is carried out against the backdrop of the escalation of tensions in the region after Russia's aggressive actions in the Kerch Strait, when Ukrainian sailors and ships were captured.

Earlier, the United States sent the USS Fort McHenry to the Black Sea . He arrived at the Romanian port of Constanta.

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Boeing RC-135V Reconnaissance aircraft flying along the coast of the occupied Crimea
This is reported by the " Ukrainian Militarian Portal ".

The plane is flying along the coast of the occupied Crimea and near the base of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy in Novorossiysk

The publication notes that the American aircraft is based on the airbase of Sud Bay on the island of Crete in Greece.

On January 11, the US Air Force reconnaissance aircraft was already patrolling the occupied Crimea. The specified aircraft regularly operates in the Black Sea area.


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Ukraine has lost its place in the Regulatory Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe , which is working on the lifting of sanctions against the RF, as a result of changes in the rules of formation of committees.

It is reported by " European truth".

As noted, according to the decision of the PACE Bureau, there can be no more than two representatives of each Member State in the committees on the rules of procedure and on the election of judges of the ECHR.

So far, the two mentioned committees did not have such a restriction; their composition was formed on the proposals of political groups. Due to this, in the regular committee there were 4 Ukrainians - Volodymyr Aryev, Vladislav Holub, Yulia Levochkina and Serhiy Kiral (first deputy chairman of the committee). This committee was especially important as it was responsible for drafting amendments to the regulations that had to lift the sanctions pressure from the Russian Federation and open the way for the Russians to return to the assembly.

As the head of the Ukrainian delegation, Volodymyr Aryev, told the discussion of the PACE Bureau "nulled" the list of those deputies whose countries exceeded the new quota at two places in the committee.

"It was decided to simply omit the list, now we have zero seats in the regulating committee, and the groups have to nominate new candidates," - he explained.

Ukrainian representatives in the Committee on Election of Judges of the European Court of Human Rights (4 deputies from Ukraine) also suffered.

It is worth noting that because of the new rules the seats in the committees were also lost by representatives of a number of other states. However, following the closed discussion at the Bureau, in which Vladimir Ariev participated, he is convinced that the changes are directed against Ukraine because of its work in the regulatory committee. "This seems to be a small revenge for the principled position of Ukrainians to change the rules for the sake of Russia" - he said in a comment to reporters.

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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is considering the possibility of concluding a peace treaty with Russia if Moscow transfers Japan to two of the four controversial islands of the Kuril Ridge.

As informs Censor.NET with reference to Interfax-Ukraine, the agency reports "Kiodo" with reference to government sources.

According to the interlocutors of the agency, the Prime Minister of Japan S.Abe is ready to focus on the transfer of smaller islands of the Kuril ridge - Habomai and Shikotan.

As the sources point out, he understands that if Tokyo continues to insist on the return of four disputed islands at once, then this may not only put an end to the negotiations, but also reduce the chances of even two islands - Habomai and Shikotan.

"It's unrealistic," commented a high-ranking government official close to S.Abe, an opportunity to persuade Russia to convey to Japan all four controversial islands.

"There is no way for Mr Putin to approve it," he added.

Following an assessment of public opinion, S.Abe is expected to make a final decision on whether Japan has to conclude an agreement with Russia on the basis of the transfer of two smaller islands.

S. Abu will hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday.

The agency reminds that V.Putin had previously stated that even if the two islands were transferred to Japan, this does not necessarily mean that their sovereignty will also be transferred, since in the 1956 Joint Declaration this point is not specified.

During a meeting in Singapore in November last year, the Prime Minister of Japan and the head of Russia agreed to intensify negotiations on a peace treaty and controversial islands of the Kuril ridge on the basis of the 1956 Joint Declaration. According to this document, the Shikotan and Habomai Islands were to be transferred to Japan by the Soviet Union after the conclusion of the post-war peace treaty.

Leaders of Russia and Japan instructed their assistants and heads of the Foreign Ministry to intensify talks on a peace treaty based on the 1956 Declaration. The first round of Russian-Japanese talks on the issue of concluding a peace treaty took place in Moscow on January 14.

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In 2068, all on Earth may perish due to collisions with the Asteroid Apophis.

Tass reports.

"Resonant returns contain a multitude (about a hundred) of the possible collisions of Apophis with Earth today, the most dangerous one - in 2068," the report said.

According to calculations, the asteroid's approach to the Earth in 2068 could end in a collision if Apophis would move along a trajectory that foresees the passage of the celestial body in 2044 at 44 million kilometers from Earth, and in 2051, at 0.76 million kilometers, in 2060 - 5 million kilometers.

According to researchers, the rapprochement of Apophis with the Earth may also occur in 2051, 2058, 2079 and 2086, but at a distance of only 1 to 10 million km.

The asteroid may collide with the Earth in 2060, but for this it must move along a trajectory with a minimum geocentric distance to the Earth in 2068 at 0.1 million miles.

"The trajectory leading to a collision in 2069 is close to the trajectory of the collision in 2068, the minimum geocentric distance in 2051 - 0.76 million km, in 2068 - 0.1 million km," the researchers say.

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The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchy will lose its legal entity right unless it renames itself as Russian Orthodox Church.

As reported by Censor.NET, former head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Kyiv Patriarchy said this in an interview for TSN.Tyzhden.

"We completely reject violence. Verkhovna Rada adopted a legal mechanism of conversion into Orthodox Church in Ukraine (OCU). They [the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchy] have to convert according to this law," said Filaret.

He added that in case UOC (MP) refuses to rename itself as Russian Orthodox Church, it will lose its legal entity right and ability to rent Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra from the state.

"This is a Ukrainian shrine which has to belong to Ukrainian, not Russian church," Filaret concluded.

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