MILNEWS.ca #UKR Update – 091400UTC Apr 2015

• More of the latest from Ukraine here and here
• ATO map, 9 Apr 2015 (UKR govt, in English)
• “ATO headquarters confirm invasion of Russian tanks column” – “Hotspots: #Shyrokyne, #Donetsk airport area and outskirts of #Horlivka, as well as those near #StanytsiaLuhanska” – “Enemy’s attack ends in failure near Crymske” – “Militia say Kiev intensifies shelling of east Ukraine”  – “OSCE calls for immediate setting up of workgroups to monitor Minsk accord on Ukraine” – “OSCE mission ascertains that Ukrainian side withdraws heavy weapons” – “Spot report by the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine: “DPR” member opened fire towards an SMM patrol on the outskirts of Shyrokyne, 7 April 2015”
• “Amnesty says Ukraine rebels executed government soldiers” – Amnesty International statement  “New evidence of summary killings of Ukrainian soldiers must spark urgent investigations”
• “Reports of 10-year-old killed in Ukraine ‘made up’ — Natalia Antelava investigates the story of a 10-year-old girl reported killed in the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine – and is reminded that truth is the first casualty of war ….” –  more
• “UNICEF launches campaign promoting landmine awareness in Ukraine”
• “The battle of Shyrokyne – escalation is looming — While the front between Ukrainian and Russian troops seems quite stable during the last weeks, several solid indication points at an escalation during the coming weeks with one main hot spot seeming to be the area East of the coastal hub Mariupol, namely the village of Shyrokyne ….”
• ” ‘Support Ukrainian Army’ Campaign: MoD of Ukraine received over UAH 156,644 mln. (CDN $8.4 million)”
• “President of Poland #Komorowski supports inviting the peacekeepers to Ukraine.” – “Meeting of Presidents: Ukraine counts on the assistance of Poland in the restoration of peace in Donbas and modernization of the country”
• “OSCE demands security guarantees for observers in Donbas”
• “Parliament increases number of border guards”
• “Militants export equipment from two Ukraine’s plants to Russia”
• “OSCE affirms political process as way forward in solving crisis in Ukraine” – “Russian Foreign Minister to take part in Normandy format ministerial meeting on April 13”

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