Ukraine News. Tuesday 19 February. [Ukrainian sources]

TUESDAY HEADLINES:
The US leadership, through the act of aggression in the Kerch Strait, canceled all meetings with the Russians.  Ukraine has urged US cinemas to refuse to rent a film "T-34" that promotes Russia's current aggression in the world.  775 million dollars of losses: Ukraine has become the top three countries that cause the maximum damage to the economy of the Russian Federation. Russia is strengthening the blockade of the Azov Sea and increasing the losses of Ukrainian trade.  US Senator Ernst and Poltorak discussed US support from both chambers of the US Parliament.  Armed "to the teeth," the Russian ship launched missiles in the Black Sea.  Russia's detention of vessels in the Sea of ​​Azov has increased by 45%.  Poroshenko wants to distribute UAH 1,000 to six million people, - Tymoshenko declared an attempt to falsify the elections.  "They work purposefully and precisely," Russian commander Pyatnashka, commander of the battalion of terrorists, Russian Cousin complained about the Ukrainian military. Russia destroyed the missiles for the C-400 sold to China, through which sanctions were imposed.

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The President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, said that the US leadership, through the act of aggression against Ukraine in the Kerch Strait region, and the capture of Ukrainian military seamen, abolished all meetings with Russian representatives until the release of Moscow from prisoners of war Ukrainians.

"In Munich, as part of a security conference, I met with US Vice President Mike Penn, who said that the US administration, through an act of aggression in the Kerch Strait, had canceled all meetings with the Russians, and until they were released (captured Ukrainian navy sailors, ed. ) - there will be no meetings, "Pyotr Poroshenko said at a meeting with the initiators of the appeal to the UN Secretary General on the release of Ukrainian seamen from Russian captivity on Tuesday in Kyiv, Cenzor.NET reports referring to Interfax-Ukraine.

He assured that today he will sign the amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine regarding the country's membership in the EU and NATO, after which he plans to go to New York for debate in the UN General Assembly "On the situation in the occupied territories", which are held at the insistence of Ukraine and with the support of its allies.

P.etro Poroshenko stressed that the initiative of activists on the appeal to the UN Secretary General, under which signed dozens of people - famous actors, public and cultural figures, famous military - "arming both the Ukrainian president and Ukrainian diplomats to protect the position of Ukraine."

According to P.Poroshenko, it is about the release of not only 24 Ukrainian soldiers from Russian captivity. "We are talking about (Ukrainian political prisoners, ed.) Oleg Sentsov, Suschenko, Baluch, Kolchenko, we are talking about Crimean Tatars who are tortured only because they refuse to receive Russian passports," the head of the Ukrainian state stressed.

The President noted that everyone in his place would do his best to bring Ukrainian citizens home, "and during the debate, to take steps to return the Ukrainian sovereignty, the Ukrainian flag to the occupied territory."

Recall that on November 25, the Navy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that the Russian Federation's border ships committed aggressive actions against Ukrainian ships that were carrying out a planned transition from the port of Odessa to the port of Mariupol of the Azov Sea. 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, and also lost the life raft. The Navy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine emphasizes 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 states that the three Ukrainian warships in the Azov Sea "illegally entered the territorial waters of the Russian Federation and headed to the Kerch Strait."

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

On November 26, the Verkhovna Rada voted to introduce a military state for 30 days in such areas as Vinnytsia, Donetsk, Zaporozhye, Lugansk, Nikolaev, Odessa, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson, Chernihiv, as well as the internal waters of the Azov- Kerch water area.

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

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

On January 15th and 16th, the Lefortovo Court of the Russian Federation decided to extend the period for the seizure of 24 captured Ukrainian jurors for three months . Consequently, they will remain under arrest at least until the end of April.

censor.net.ua  In Ukrainian/український

The Embassy of Ukraine in the United States has appealed to a number of American cinemas in connection with the display of their Russian propaganda film T-34.

As informs Censor.NET, this is reported by the press service of the embassy on its Facebook page .

Thus, the embassy urged cinemas to abandon the demonstration of a film that openly disseminates and promotes contemporary aggression of the Russian Federation in the world, which also became a victim of Ukraine, using historical memory of the heroes of the Second World War for this purpose.

"We thank the representatives of the Ukrainian community in the United States who have already managed to stop showing the T-34 films in their cities, and we ask all other activists to join forces and appeal to local cinemas to ban the film," the statement reads. .

The film "T-34" tells how Soviet soldiers who got into the German concentration camp during the Second World War managed to escape from captivity, capturing the new Soviet tank T-34-85 brought from the front by the Germans.

Among the producers of the film are Nikita Mikhalkov, as well as a businessman from the USSR, Leonid Blavatnik, whose name appeared in the scandal about Russia's possible interference with the election of the American president. Blavatnik made big donations to the Donald Trump Election Fund. Suspected that he acted on the instructions of the Kremlin.

The show is scheduled in several cities in the United States and Canada, including Toronto, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Miami. The information support of the advertising campaign is provided by the Russian embassy in the USA.

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62 countries introduced 159 restrictions against Russian goods, losses amounting to $6.3 billion dollars annually.

As informs Censor.NET with reference to "Correspondent", this is stated in the report of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation.

The department estimated that the maximum damage to the Russian economy is caused by the European Union ($2.4 billion dollars) and the US ($1.1 billion). Troika closes Ukraine from $775 million dollars. At the same time, the EU (25), Ukraine (22) and India (16) became leaders by the number of imposed restrictions. The United States introduced only nine restrictions.

The Russian steel sector (about $4 billion), the agricultural industry ($1.1 billion) and the chemical industry ($640 million) were the most affected by the actions of trading partners.

Top 10 countries that imposed restrictive measures against Russia also included India, Belarus, Turkey, Australia, Thailand, Vietnam and Brazil.

Recall that in December 2018, the Cabinet of Ministers continued the embargo on Russian goods introduced in 2016.

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In February 2019, Russia substantially increased the duration of the artificial retention of vessels sailing to / from Mariupol and Berdyansk.

As informs Censor.NET, writes journalist Andriy Klymenko.

"As for the crisis in the Azov Sea, the duration of the artificial delay of vessels in the Kerch Strait in the first half of February 2019 began to increase again. The Monitoring Center for the Maidan of Foreign Affairs, the Black Sea Strategic Studies Institute and the BlackSeaNews Editorial Board reported that during February 1-18, 2019 year, the duration of the artificial retention of vessels sailing to / from Mariupol and Berdyansk increased compared to January 2019 as follows:

- at the entrance to the Azov Sea - an average of 32.1 to 35.5 hours (+10.6%), Diagram 1;
- at the exit from the Sea of ​​Azov - on average - from 23.9 to 34.7 hours (+45.2%), Diagram 2.

There were no long storms that could have a significant impact on statistical indicators at that time, "he said.




Recall that on November 25, the Navy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that the Russian Federation's border ships committed aggressive actions against Ukrainian ships that were carrying out a planned transition from the port of Odessa to the port of Mariupol of the Azov Sea. 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, and also lost the life raft. The Navy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine emphasizes 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 states that the three Ukrainian warships in the Azov Sea "illegally entered the territorial waters of the Russian Federation and headed to 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. The Russian-controlled Russian 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 Siege "Lefortovo", and three wounded - in "Sailor's Ticks".

On January 15 and 16, the Lefortovo Court of the Russian Federation decided to extend the term of seizure of 24 captured Ukrainian sailors for three months . Consequently, they will remain under arrest at least until the end of April.

censor.net.ua  In Ukrainian/український

Minister of Defense of Ukraine Stepan Poltorak during a meeting with US Senator John Ernst discussed bilateral cooperation in order to strengthen Ukraine's defense capability.

According to the press service of the Ministry of Defense , Censor.NET reports.

"The minister informed the members of the American delegation about the results and further prospects of defense reform, which is continuing in the Ministry of Defense and the Armed Forces of Ukraine," the text says.

He stressed that the principle of the implementation of in-depth reforms of the Ukrainian Army for the development of modern operational capabilities in defense of the state and the acquisition of military criteria for NATO membership remains the key.

"Senator Johnny Ernst assured of the continued support of Ukraine by both chambers of the American Parliament and the readiness to introduce new legislative acts that would strengthen Ukraine's ability to resist Russia's aggression," the statement said.

According to the minister, during the meeting, they discussed urgent issues related to the situation in the occupied Crimea and East of Ukraine, a joint opposition to the hybrid Russian aggression.

"The sides paid special attention to the issues of reforming the system of defense procurement for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and intensification of military-technical cooperation with the United States of America," added S. Poltorak.



censor.net.ua  In Ukrainian/український

The Orekhovo-Zuevo small rocket ship of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation completes a complex of naval combat exercises in the Black Sea Marine Polygons

This is reported by the press service of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.

The crew of the small missile ship "Orehovo-Zuevo" together with the calculations of the coastal anti-shipbuilding complexes "Bal" conducted training on the implementation of electronic launches of missiles for sea and coastal purposes, the report said.

The BPKRK "Ball" division had to detect and neutralize the "enemy" ship, while the crew of the Orekhovo-Zuevo MRK was to repel rocket attacks on coastal complexes by launching appropriate missiles.

"According to the results of the training battle, the" Orehovo-Zuevo "ship repulsed the rocket blast of coastal complexes using the high-precision missile complex" Caliber-NK", while the missiles launched in response to the" Bala "positions were destroyed by calculations of the anti-aircraft rocket-gun complex" Panzir "that covers the positions of anti-ship missile systems", - inform in the department.

It is noted that "Orehovo-Zuevo" is a small missile multipurpose ship equipped with modern models of artillery, missile, anti-diversion, anti-aircraft and radio-technical weapons. He was transferred to occupied Sevastopol from Novorossiysk in December 2018.

espreso.tv  In Ukrainian/український

Russia's arrest of ships in the Kerch Strait in the first half of February 2019 increased by 45%
This is the head of the supervisory board of the Ukrainian public organization "Maydan of Foreign Affairs", the editor-in-chief of the Black Sea News news agency Andriy Klymenko wrote on his Facebook page.

"During February 1 - 18, 2019, the duration of the artificial retention of vessels sailing to / from Mariupol and Berdyansk increased compared to January 2019 as follows:

- at the entrance to the Sea of ​​Azov - an average of 32.1 to 35.5 hours (+ 10.6%),

- at the exit from the Sea of ​​Azov - on average - from 23.9 to 34.7 hours (+ 45.2 %) "- wrote the journalist.

According to Klymenko, during this time of prolonged storms, which could significantly affect the statistical indicators, was not observed.

espreso.tv  In Ukrainian/український

Without any chance of winning the election, the current president is trying to simply buy them, but he will not succeed in doing so.

This was Yulia Tymoshenko saying when she came to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to testify in cases of election fraud by the team of Petro Poroshenko, reports Censor.NET with reference to the press service of political forces.



"Our goal is to completely stop bribery and restore the elections on an honest democratic basis, and we will achieve this. A large-scale bribery of Poroshenko will not be possible," the leader of the Batkivshchyna stressed.

Yulia Tymoshenko reminded that the National Police opened two criminal proceedings on her applications - about bribing voters in favor of Poroshenko and about manipulation with the register of voters.

According to the Chairman of the party, her team throughout Ukraine has collected all the evidence that the president buys votes through the bribery pyramid headed by the deputy of his faction Berezenko. According to information available to her team, Poroshenko wants to give out 6 million people to 1,000 UAH. "6 million people, they believe, provide him with a two-way tour."

"We have recorded, in fact, the distribution of questionnaires and the conclusion of agreements for campaigning, which is prohibited by law. By signing with people a questionnaire, agreements on the campaign, hand out 1000 pounds for" Petrova the Thousand. "The whole country already knows who bribes how much the president gives every voice, "she said.

The second scheme of manipulation, which, according to Yulia Tymoshenko, is being implemented on Bankova, is an increase by the current voter register of the president.

"Despite the decline in population, the mass exodus of Ukrainians to other countries, the CEC decided to increase the register of voters by more than a million. It is clear that Poroshenko wants to use" dead souls "to vote and cast ballots for them," explained the candidate for president.

Particularly politics was outraged by the fact that the current president is launching a massive campaign of election fraud in the days when the country recalls the fallen Heavenly Hundred and Independence Square.

"This means that the president destroys the remnants of democracy in Ukraine, distorts the choices of people and tries to corrupt the country, thus" struggling "with corruption," said the leader of the Batkivshchyna.

Yulia Tymoshenko is convinced that her strong team across Ukraine will resist bribery by the president of the voters, gathering evidence and passing them to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the police will react in a timely manner to attempts by the partners of Petro Poroshenko to distort the choice of Ukrainians.

"We hope that Minister Avakov, as he said, will not allow large-scale vote buying, the facts that were passed, including our team, will be made public," she summed up.

censor.net.ua  In Ukrainian/український

Russian battalion commander "Pyatnashka" Andriy Kuzin complained about the increased shelling of Russian militants and their effectiveness.

According to Censor.NET, the militant said that the fighters OOS cause point and sight strikes. The video of a fragment of an interview with a Russian terrorist was published by Ukrainian officer Anatoly Stefan.



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Russia destroyed damaged during the transportation of rockets for the C-400 complexes that were sold to China.

This was announced on February 18 by the head of the Russian state corporation Rostech Sergei Chemezov, informs Censor.NET with reference to Radio Liberty.

According to the official, the vessel carrying the rockets fell into a storm. The hardware that held the hardware could not stand, and it was badly damaged.

Chemezov said that Russia is making new missiles for China. The contract for the supply of six S-400 divisions is more than $3 billion. The start of deliveries was announced in January 2018.

In September 2018, the United States imposed sanctions against the Ministry of Defense of the People's Republic of China for the purchase of 10 Russian Su-35 fighters and the C-400 anti-aircraft missile systems.

China became the first country to which the United States imposed restrictions on cooperation with Russia.

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The C-400 anti-missile systems are designed to destroy aerial and space attack. Their guided missiles can hit aerodynamic targets at altitudes of up to 27 kilometers, and ballistic targets are up to 25 kilometers.

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