Ukraine crisis. News in Brief. Tuesday 04 August [Ukrainian sources]

TUESDAY

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News -
Reading of 109 attacks by Putin's forces yesterday. 109 violations of the "cease-fire".
Update at noon. 3 soldiers killed. 7 injured. Remember yesterday the figure was 4 soldiers killed, 15 injured.
And the west does not even react.  
Update - Poroshenko has called an emergency meeting of the War Cabinet.

Weather -
Pleasant. 20 now at 0700. High expected of 27. Blue sky, white cloud.

In Donbass there are 9000 Russian soldiers - Poroshenko (Details)
http://podrobnosti.ua/2050739-na-donbass-vtorglis-9-tys-soldat-rossii-poroshenko.html
[I think probably an accurate figure. The terrorist idiot volunteers are the cannon fodder at the front line. ]

The military repelled an attack last night terrorists near Leninska - ATO headquarters (UNN)
http://www.unn.com.ua/uk/news/1488245-viyskovi-tsiyeyi-nochi-vidbili-ataku-teroristiv-bilya-leninskogo-shtab-ato
KYIV. August 4. UNN. After midnight, August 4, terrorists have concentrated fire activity in Donetsk region and fired on settlements. This UNN reported the press-center of the ATO.
In particular, suffered shelling the village: Opitnoe, Vodyana, Avdeevka, Marinka.
"Around 1 am near the village of Leninske that Artemovsk direction, there was a clash of our combat troops from DRG enemy. As a result, after a skilful action fighters retreated ATO mercenaries" - reported at ATO headquarters.
It is noted that in Artemovsk direction around midnight under enemy artillery fire appeared Sanzharivka village. In the district of Mariupol occupants beaten on Starohnativtsi mortar and artillery caliber 152 mm.
"Generally, during yesterday's day - August 3, illegal armed formations 109 times violated the ceasefire," - said in a statement.

7:22
Russia is preparing a 40 tactical group task force to strike at Ukraine - Military Expert (FaceNews.UA)
http://www.facenews.ua/news/2015/286889/
Russia is preparing a new attack on Ukraine. This is evidenced by the fact that the Russians are changing the balance of forces and break the structure of the army, said "TSN" American military expert Phillip Karber.
"This is something really incredible 40 tactical groups from all over Russia! They actually destroy the whole structure of the army, in order to create a base for an attack on the Ukraine,..
This is the rearrangement of forces that is being done, if you're gonna do a large, massive strike ",

7:34
OSCE observers met with Russian paratroopers (Pulse of Kiev)
http://society.puls.kiev.ua/incident/342474.html
Observers special monitoring mission of the OSCE recorded the presence of Russian troops on the ground storage of heavy weapons terrorists "DNR."
This is stated in the daily report of the OSCE observation mission in Ukraine.
"An armed man who was guarding one of the storage sites of heavy weapons" DNI ", said that he and others present at the location, represent 16 Airborne Brigade from Orenburg, Russian Federation", - the report says.
At the same time, the OSCE noted that the shape of said fighters had no insignia.

Gunmen fired at night Stanitsa Luhansk and Krimskoe: wounded the company commander of 128 Brigade - Regional Administration (Tsenzor.Net)
http://censor.net.ua/news/346358/boeviki_nochyu_obstrelivali_stanitsu_luganskuyu_i_krymskoe_ranen_komandir_roty_128yi_brigady_oga
[128th - from Lviv]

9:50
Lavrov is going to discuss with the Kerry situation in Ukraine on August 5 (ISLAND)
http://www.ostro.org/general/world/news/477259/
[One complete waste of time.
Lavrov is a serial liar. Can't admit the Russians shot down MH17, can't admit there are Russian troops in Ukraine.
You can't talk to people who lie and lie. 100% waste of time. ]

10:00
Engineers in one week returned to action 148 pieces of military equipment (NewsOboz)
http://newsoboz.org/proisshestviya/remontniki-za-nedelyu-vernuli-v-stroy-148-edinits-vooruzheniya-04082015093339
In particular, we are talking about 10 tanks T-64 and 2 - T-72, 1 MLRS "Grad", 7 guns, "Hyacinth-B", 1 self-propelled howitzer "Carnation", 1 howitzer "MSTA-B", 12 anti-tank guns MT-12 "Rapier" 1 SAM "Strela-10", 10 launchers of anti-tank complex "Metis" and 3 - "Viola", 5 infantry fighting vehicles BMP-1 and 14 - BMP-2, 4 combat reconnaissance patrol vehicle BRDM-2 and BTR-4 60 7 - BTR-70 and 3 - BTR-80, 1 combat reconnaissance vehicle BRM-1-K.
[Excellent work. ]

10:06
Near Mariupol recorded 17 attacks in the day, - the press officer (News of Donbass)
http://novosti.dn.ua/details/256680/

10:09
In Donetsk arrive more Russian tanks (Charter'97)
http://www.charter97.org/ru/news/2015/8/4/163007/
[I also saw a video on tv last night - lots of tanks arriving by train from Russia.
Below is a different video, from the story above. ]

Renewed Ukraine Peace Talks Break Up Without Progress [in English]
http://www.rferl.org/content/renewed-ukraine-peace-talks-break-up-without-progress/27168324.html
Donetsk separatist negotiator Denis Pushilin said the discussions were "aborted by the Ukrainian side" because of Kyiv's refusal to move back its forces from four strategic locations.
[Clearly Putin is pressing for Ukraine to withdraw from Mariupol, maybe Odessa, Kiev, Berlin...
Ukraine needs to stop withdrawing. Better to introduce UN peacekeepers.
Putin must be stopped from reaching the Crimea by the land route. He is an absolute psycho nutcase.]

From the same source, in English
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Ex-PM Azarov, In Moscow, Proclaims 'Salvation Committee' For Ukraine
http://www.rferl.org/content/ukraine-ex-pm-azarov-forms-salvation-committee/27167032.html
"We insist that nobody has a right to interfere into our internal affairs, not America, not Europe, not Russia.

[Joke of the day from one of Yanukovich's bandits, living in Austria. But he flies to Moscow for the political garbage. ]

Absolutely unbelievable what RT remove from videos and statements.
Shaun Walker, Stalin era stuff. Rewriting history.
Pure distortion. Lies, by another word.
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Russia's RT Spins And Spins Over New MH17 Footage
http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-rt-spins-mh17-footage/27134682.html
Selectively left out of RT's description of the new video are comments by the pro-Moscow separatists that suggest they were sent to the crash site to locate what they believed would be a Ukrainian Air Force pilot.
Also edited from the RT story is any mention of the moment of surprise and confusion...
Perhaps the most telling thing about RT's selective editing is the way it dropped any reference to a Russian Buk surface-to-air missile from a statement by Australian Foreign Minister

Former Ukrainian Official On The Lam In Alligator Shoes? [in English]
http://www.rferl.org/content/ukraine-zlocevskiy-zlocci-shoe-store/27163483.html
[How these millionaire bandits, who supported Yanukovich the murderer, are allowed to continue their businesses in Ukraine is beyond me.]

11:20
In the Bundestag, denied the intention of its Deputies to visit the Crimea (Gordonua.com)
http://gordonua.com/news/crimea/V-Bundestage-oprovergli-informaciyu-o-namerenii-deputatov-posetit-Krym-92597.html
"no decision taken"
[Time will tell.
French right-wing (fascist) MPs visited a few days ago.
German left-wing (communists) are expected to visit, according to Moscow.
Fascists - communists. Both love Putin - a dictator. Bedfellows. ]

11:22
The Kremlin can not develop a scenario for the Donbas, Putin is trapped - expert (Hvilya)
http://hvylya.net/news/digest/kreml-ne-mozhet-razrabotat-stsenariy-po-donbassu-putin-popal-v-lovushku-ekspert.html
The political scientist believes that Putin is trapped. "Oil prices and the weakening of the ruble in sync put pressure on the Russian political class. Plus timeframe. Now Putin goes along with the conditions of the world's leaders, or there are new sanctions that Russia will not be able to withstand. Because it is a complete blocking of the banking system and oil exports.

During the day, the militants carried out 109 attacks and killed three soldiers - Turchynov
http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2015/08/4/7076674/
For the past day, terrorists fired 109 times Ukrainian position, the three Armed Forces soldiers were killed and seven injured.

Russian Government Book on Ukraine Conflict Illustrated With Fake Photo
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/russian-government-book-on-ukraine-conflict-illustrated-with-fake-photo/526890.html
The hard-cover volume — entitled "The Tragedy of South-Eastern Ukraine: A White Book of Crimes" and edited by Investigative Committee chief Alexander Bastrykin — aims to present the "truth about this horrible fratricidal war, unleashed by the nationalist regime in Ukraine," the committee said in a statement announcing the publication Monday.
[Shaun Walker school of propaganda. Even the cover of the book is a fake. Photo-editing. Don't bother to look beyond it.]

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I'm noticing that the Kyivpost website has been down now for several hours. Strange - especially during the day. Maybe a cyber attack.
Normally it carries good news, but is madly in love with Yulia Tymoshenko - possibly some financial agreement? Who knows.
Just look up "Kyivpost or Yulia post" on google... and you'll see what I mean...

13:15
The Kremlin commented on the OSCE data concerning "Russian military" in the Donbass '(RBC-Ukraine)
http://www.rbc.ua/rus/news/kremle-prokommentirovali-dannye-obse-obnaruzhenii-1438682927.html
Recall, on the eve of a special Monitoring Mission (SMM) of the OSCE stated that the locations of heavy weapons DNI guarded Russian military from [16th Airborne Brigade] from Orenburg.
[He didn't answer the question.
"I just do not know how things are here, this time with these statements, "- said Peskov.]

13:29
Speaker AP Motuzyanik: The situation in the direction of Donetsk in the area of ATO deteriorates (Gordonua.com)
http://gordonua.com/news/war/Spiker-AP-Motuzyanik-Obstanovka-na-doneckom-napravlenii-v-zone-ATO-uhudshaetsya-92618.html
Gorlovka Donetsk region afternoon gunmen used small arms, mortars, and after sunset bring in tanks and heavy mortars. Shooting, according to the speaker Alexander AP Motuzyanika leads directly from the residential quarters of Gorlovka and its suburbs.

Poroshenko urgently convene the War Cabinet (MFN)
http://nbnews.com.ua/ru/news/157107/
"The president suddenly today convened the War Cabinet," - said Mr. Yatsenyuk noting that in this context to leave the board meeting Mininformpolitiki.

[Looks bad. Putin is increasing the artillery fire all the time now.
Western politicans have gone on holiday, and this could be Putin's last "play of the cards", as the Russian economy is getting into deeper and deeper water. ]

13:17
Russia deliberately violates the Minsk Agreement, - Turchinov (Hronika.info)
http://hronika.info/politika/75510-rossiya-soznatelno-narushaet-minskie-soglasheniya-turchinov.html

13:30
Seven enemy reconnaissance drones carried over Zaporizhzhya region (Zaxid.net)
http://zaxid.net/news/showNews.do?sim_vorozhih_bezpilotnikiv_provodili_rozvidku_nad_zaporizkoyu_oblastyu&objectId=1360763

[This really is worrying. Zaporizhia.. that's beyond Donetsk oblast. Putin's road to the Crimea.]

16:15
In the east, a 21-year-old ATO fighter from Lviv was killed (Zaxid.net)
http://zaxid.net/news/showNews.do?na_shodi_zaginuv_21richniy_boyets_ato_iz_lvivshhini&objectId=1360797
[So many young men being lost in this war.
Putin will be hated, like Hitler, for generations, in Ukraine. ]

16:27
Daughter of Nemtsov give Ukraine 700 thousand Euros from Solidarity Prize (Zik.ua)
http://zik.ua/ua/news/2015/08/04/donka_niemtsova_peredast_ukraini_700_tys_ievro_vid_premii_solidarnosti_613150
[That is really wonderful.
And a lot of money. And she is Russian, of course.
But not all Russians want to kill and destroy like Putin, Lavrov, Churkin. ]

ATO forces dislodged the enemy saboteurs from the vicinity of the Leninskoe (MFN)
http://nbnews.com.ua/ru/news/157163/

Ukraine received the second tranche of the IMF's $ 1.7 billion. - Gontareva (RBC-Ukraine)
http://www.rbc.ua/rus/news/ukraina-poluchila-vtoroy-transh-mvf-mlrd-1438706751.html
[Now - can they keep Tymoshenko and the deputies away from it?
When she sees "billions" she automatically thinks it is her money]

20:15
Into Donetsk reentered military equipment (Hronika.info)
http://hronika.info/obwestvo/75616-v-doneck-snova-voshla-voennaya-tehnika.html

20:43
The number of attacks by militants in the area of ​​the ATO during the day decreased (News of Donbass)
http://novosti.dn.ua/details/256764/
[Strange, because it has been increasing a lot recently - but I suppose mostly at night.
Reading, it says decreased slightly. - but doesn't say by how much, no figures. ]

Mayor of Belgorod-Dniestrovsky received six years for taking bribes (Tsenzor.Net)
http://censor.net.ua/news/346468/mer_belgoroddnestrovskogo_poluchil_shest_let_za_vzyatku

20:49
"Poroshenko Block" and Udar [Klitchko] unite in local elections (Perspective)
http://ua.racurs.ua/news/54846-blok-poroshenka-y-udar-ob-iednautsya-dlya-miscevyh-vyboriv

20:47
Miitary in Zhytomyr sold vehicles, which should have gone into the zone ATO (ISLAND)
http://www.ostro.org/general/society/news/477353/
[This is the latest game.
The commander sells some vehicles, and then fills in a report saying that they were destroyed in the ATO zone.
And he pockets a few million hryvnia. ]

Ukrainian military have forced the terrorists to retreat in the Artemovsk direction (Tyzhden.ua)
http://tyzhden.ua/News/142718

Deportations of Foreigners Increase by 21 Percent in Moscow
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/deportations-of-foreigners-increase-by-21percent-in-moscow/526964.html
Foreigners living and working in Russia have also been leaving the country en masse of their own accord, due to the economic crisis. Since January 2014, 41 percent of Spanish nationals, 38 percent of British nationals, 36 percent of U.S. nationals and 31 percent of German nationals residing in the country have left, the Federal Migration Service said last month.
[Who wants to stay in Russia? Nobody, except criminals avoiding justice - Yanukovich, Gerkin, and the other terrorists.]

Fred: Shakhtar Donetsk cleared of wrongdoing by Uefa [footie, in English; bbc.]
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/33778477
Fenerbahce argued that the Brazilian should not have played in the teams' 0-0 draw last week after he tested positive for a banned diuretic at the recent Copa America in Chile.
[The two sides meet again tomorrow.
Champions League qualifying. Some of these Brazilians have wierd names... Fred... Kaka... say no more... ]

Russia makes renewed bid for contentious Arctic regions [bbc; English]
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-33777492
[Putin making a new bid to destroy one of the last unspoilt areas on the planet.
All is an effort, no doubt, to stay in power. ]

21:07
Ex-Interior Minister Zakharchenko suspected of taking bribes of 1.2 million Uah (Pulse of Kiev)
http://politics.puls.kiev.ua/person/342660.html
[the idiot under Yanukovich who said he was going to "cleanse" Maidan, and Interior Minister when the shooting dead of hundreds took place.
Where is he now? Russia, of course. ]

21:24
Militants "LNR" tried to flee to Russia (Hronika.info)
http://hronika.info/rossija/75626-boeviki-lnr-pytalis-sbezhat-v-rossiyu.html
According to the source, their car with militia tried to break through [the border], but was fired on by Russian border guards, inform eizvestia.com writes Hronika.info.
[Looks like the Russians have a problem now of terrorists trying to get from the Donbass back into Russia.
Yanukovich never had this problem.]

As Russia has tightened the screw on Donbas rebels, cutting their funding, rebels are selling weapons confiscated from civilians to buy food and booze, military expert Dmytro Snehiryov told ZIK Aug. 4.

The funding is so meager in Perevalsk that local rebels openly sell grenades, pistols and guns, the expert says.

Grenades go for UAH200 ($ a piece, pistols for UAH1450 ($ 70). Anyone can pass through the checkpoint without any documents - for two bottles of vodka or food.

The rebels have actually stolen any property they can lay their hands on.

The funding by Russia has almost stopped. So, the rebels have to find alternative sources of supply - selling arms, Snehiryov says.

ZIK.ua

Zakharchenko allegedly received the bribe "for facilitating the unimpeded implementation of illegal economic activities by fictitious business entities that were created for the purpose of tax evasion ... and for the conversion of non-cash resources into cash for the further legalization of proceeds from criminal activities. "

Zakharchenko's actions fall under part 5 of Article 368 (acceptance of an offer, promise or obtaining improper advantage by an official) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

The investigation into the legitimacy of the origin of other property and funds of Zakharchenko and his family continues.

interfax.com.ua

In the area of ​​vvthe checkpoint "Izvarino" group "militias LC" tried to break into the territory of Russia. According to the source, the car that tried to break through the "militia", was fired by Russian border guards.

Earlier it was reported that the deputy leader of the Sverdlovsk militants Alexander Gaydeya, thriller with call sign "Pole," tried to flee to Russia. However, it was granted "LC".

glavnoe.ua

In Sochi, a resident of the Moscow region arrested a wanted Michael Konstantinov, who is suspected in the brutal murder of two Russian police officers in November 2014. This was reported in the press service of the Russian Interior Ministry. As it became known, soon man must was transferred to Moscow. According to investigators, in the autumn of last year traffic police officers in the Moscow Region stopped a car with a drunk driver Konstantinov, who was a sniper gang "Ghost", part of the militant groups "LC" with the call "The Bear." With him in the car were two other men, one of whom fought with Konstantinov in Donbas. After the failure of law enforcement officers to release them for five thousand rubles, the gunman shot DPSnikov automatic machine pistol Stechkin. In general, the inspectors issued Konstantinov more than 20 bullets, now it "shines" a life sentence.

tsn.ua In Russian

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said signs of stabilization of the Ukrainian economy, as well as the successes of the government in the implementation of a joint program with the Fund. This is stated in the statement of the IMF, following the first revision of a four-year Extended Fund Facility EFF program. "The balance of payments corresponds to the conditions of the program, the exchange rate has stabilized, the volume of deposits in national currency is gradually increasing, the deficit is very low, the rate of decline of the economy are moderate. The initial stage of the implementation of the government program was successful, all performance criteria for end-March, according to preliminary data, the end of June made ​​", - reads the statement of the Fund. Recall, the IMF predicts average hryvnia exchange rate in 2015 at 22 hryvnia to the dollar and 24.1 hryvnia per dollar 2016. Yesterday, the Ministry of Finance reported that the second tranche of the loan from the International Monetary Fund in the amount of $ 1.7 billion as part of the program funding will come in the coming days and will be used to replenish reserves of the National Bank of Ukraine. The Board of Directors of the International Monetary Fund approved the second tranche of the loan Friday, July 31. The second payment in the amount of EUR 600 million will be provided Ukraine in late 2015 and a similar amount for the third - in the first quarter of 2016.

glavnoe.ua In Russian

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev instructed to "study the issue" expanding the list of countries that fall under Russian kontrsanktsiyi, in connection with a number of countries, including Ukraine, the decision to extend the European Union sanctions against Russia.

"We need to address this issue, and if indeed such decisions taken (decision to join the sanctions - Ed.), Then prepare an appeal to the president's decree on amendments additional amount of which such a decision as of support," - said Medvedev.

In addition, the Russian prime minister said that he intends to personally head a commission created by the government of import, whose main objective is "to create conditions for domestic production of those products that we previously received by imports." In it, according to Medvedev, two subcommittee will be formed - in civil industries and on defense. "The work of the commission will manage the entire I personally," - he said.

Recall, last week Ukraine, Albania, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Montenegro joined the extended economic sanctions against the European Union.

These countries and Georgia joined the EU continued economic sanctions against the Crimea and Sevastopol. Decision on restrictive measures to 23 June 2016 was adopted by the European Council on 19 June.

The sanctions include a ban on imports of products manufactured in the Crimea or Sevastopol in the European Union; investments in Crimea and Sevastopol, which means that there are European or EU companies can not buy real estate or organization in the Crimea, the Crimean finance company or provide related services.

gazeta.ua In Russian

The studio news channel "24" - co-director of the international security Razumkov Center Alexei Miller.

Talks in Minsk

- I absolutely agree with the position of the President that the restoration of control over the state border of Ukraine is one of the key issues on the way to the settlement of this conflict. But the Minsk format is not able to solve these issues. The maximum can be achieved agreement on technical issues.

Kartell

- On the number of Ukrainian prisoners do not even know the people who get paid for it. The bitter truth be known, perhaps, over the years. According to the Minsk agreements, one of the items required exchange all for all and immediately.

Instead trafficking - what is happening now.

Elections in the Donbas

See also: In Crimea, Putin portraits printed on a cheap notebooks (photo)
- There can be no elections - democratic and open, with external control and according to Ukrainian law, is not met certain items Minsk agreements. Namely - the withdrawal of all troops from the territory of Ukraine, the disarmament of illegal groups and restore control of the border.

Drain tanks

- Putin signing the Declaration recognized that in the Donbass have foreign troops.

As in Ukraine, except the foreign troops who conduct teaching, others do not, it is his army.

- It is not just Putin's carelessness, but rather indicates that Russia considers the Minsk Treaty as a piece of paper that does not mean anything.

The only effective enforcement mechanism by militants removal of heavy machinery can be the destruction of each item of equipment.

glavnoe.ua VIDEO report in Russian

In Odessa, a bomb exploded in a bar "bikini". Immediately after that, I started a large fire. This was reported by a local site "Timer" .

According to preliminary data, no victims and injured, although the room was badly damaged.

In addition, it is reported that shortly before the incident the activists arrived at the scene "of the Council of Public Security" and "Avtomaydana." Are they related to what has happened - at the moment unknown.





glavcom.ua In Russian

Health workers in the annexed Crimea bitterly admit that working conditions for the majority of health workers Sevastopol deteriorate (reduced staffing and duties are added), on wages, "this does not add up." This is stated in the collective appeal GBUZS "Center of emergency medical care and disaster medicine" to President Vladimir Putin, "Novosti Sevastopol."

"The entire 2014 team GBUZS" TsEMPiMK "lived in the hope that from 1 January 2015 year institution will start operating under the laws of the Russian Federation, and as a result will move to a qualitatively new level. In fact, the situation is not only not improved, but has become much worse than what it was before the March 16-18, 2014, "- said in a statement.

glavcom.ua In Russian (Documents)

Ukrainian oligarchs have held a secret meeting at which you were looking for a common solution, how to influence the government. About this in his blog on the "Ukrainian truth," wrote the deputy from BPP Sergei Leshchenko.

According to him, the meeting held on August 1 in Kiev hotel "Hyatt".

She presents her alleged Rinat Akhmetov, Sergei Taruta, Viktor Pinchuk, Basil Khmelnitsky and Yuri Kosyuk.

"Part of the special burst from holiday to this meeting, a part - did not reach as Konstantin Zhevago, who was represented by his attorney. There was a representative from Eugene Utkin. Valery Khoroshkovsky was on the phone with one of the initiators of the meeting, "- wrote Leshchenko.

According to him, the main discussion was around the question of "how to react to what is happening."

"Some took the initiative to create a new party that would have defended the interests of the participants. Among the lobbyists Taruta called this idea "- wrote the deputy.

Other participants of the meeting, according to the deputy, including Pinchuk and Khmelnitsky, advocated the creation of a "strong" Union of Entrepreneurs "to put pressure on the authorities.

glavcom.ua In Russian

The report of the international commission, which investigates on the Malaysian downed Boeing, is a technical and not give an answer, who shot down the plane. This information will announce the Attorney General of the Netherlands, said the country's ambassador to Ukraine Case Klompenhauver.

"This report, it will be purely technical, and it does not provide an answer as to who did it. So the answer will charge the Attorney General, "- said Klompenhauver, quoted "Ukrinform" .

According to him, the criminal investigation is successful, collected a lot of information. The diplomat reminded that the report will be made public in October or November.

Earlier, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry also reported that in this report the perpetrators will not be called.

On August 10, the Netherlands will take the technical reconstruction of the disaster Malaysian Boeing, which will attend the Ukrainian delegation.

glavcom.ua In Russian

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