Eye Catchers
- “EU Extends Russia Sanctions — EU foreign ministers have approved the extension of economic sanctions on Russia over its involvement in Ukraine by six months, until the end of January 2016 ….” – more – more – more – more
- “Lithuania ‘ready to supply arms to Ukraine’ “ – “Lithuania to become first country to arm Ukraine against Russia” – “Lithuania to Continue Arms Supplies to Ukraine – Envoy” – “Lithuania’s decision to supply weapons to Ukraine not made yet – Lithuanian PM” – Lithuania’s decision to supply weapons to Ukraine not made yet
- “Former Ukrainian Defense Ministry aid joins DPR militias” – “Two Kiev Officials Defect to Donbass”
Updates
- ATO map, 22 June 2015 (UKR govt, in English)
- UKR National Security & Defence Council (NSDC): “Luhansk sector: pro-Russian fighters focused their fire on gov-controlled left bank of Siversky Donets river & StanytsiaLuhanska” – “Another hotspot in Donetsk sec: outskirts of Horlivka; series of fire exchange from small arms. Militants used the artillery.” – “JCCC recorded steady increase of militant attacks in the region: Jun 17 – 37, Jun 18 – 41, Jun 19 – 45, Jun 20 – 53” – “Donetsk sector: 24/7 fighting in airport area. Militants actively used heavy arms, tanks & large-caliber artillery”
- “Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 19:30 (Kyiv time), 19 June 2015”
- “ATO representative insists on withdrawal of militants’ heavy weaponry from contact line” – “OSCE monitors confirm militants in Donbas use heavy weaponry” – “Kiev forces violate silence regime 3 times — Luhansk republic’s militias” – “Militants shell Ukrainian military 85 times in past 24 hours” – “DPR Army registered 38 instances of the ceasefire regime violation by Ukrainian forces in 24 hours” – “Purgin: there is no evidence that the DPR lifted the ban on the use of heavy weapons” (in Russian) – “DPR militia has recorded 38 per day security forces violations of ceasefire” (in Russian) – “Tensest situation is in Donetsk direction”
- “Nuclear Terrorism and the Dirty Bomb of the ‘Dontesk People’s Republic’ “ – “Kiev urges OSCE to measure the radiation background level in Donetsk”
- “Life in Ukraine’s rebel-held Donetsk”
Mariupol
- UKR NDSC: “Mariupol sector: Russia-backed militants attacked Shyrokyne & Berdyanske using 122mm artillery; enemy snipers active.” – “Ukrainian border guards spotted 8 flights of enemy UAVs and one more in the rear b/w Berdyansk & Mariupol”
- “A Year of Freedom. Mariupol after “DNR”: Documentary Video”
Marinka/Maryinka
UKR “Tornado” Troops
- “Ukraine’s interior ministry says it is working with Tornado battalion gunmen — Ukraine’s interior ministry officers and psychologists are working with the personnel of the notorious Tornado battalion, the ministry’s press service said on Sunday ….” – “Members of the Commission Internal Affairs of Ukraine and psychologists work with personnel of Special Forces “Tornado” “ (MIA, in Ukrainian) – “Avakov sent fighters “Tornado” to the psychologists” (in Russian)
- “The Interior Ministry claimed that the situation with “Tornado” under control, the search is over” (in Russian)
- “In Kiev have always known about the crimes from punitive “Tornado”, but now “the truth climb with all the cracks” – (DPR’s) Pushilin” (in Russian)
Minsk/Other Talks
- “Poroshenko, Merkel discuss upcoming meeting of ‘Normandy format’ foreign ministers over phone” – “Poroshenko, Merkel discuss upcoming meeting of ‘Normandy format’ foreign ministers over phone” – “Petro Poroshenko and Angela Merkel coordinated positions on the eve of the meeting at the level of Foreign Ministers of Ukraine, Germany, France and Russia”
- “Tagliavini successor in Contact Group promises to follow her example in work on conflict settlement in eastern Ukraine”
- “Minsk Talks are intricate – (DPR’s) Denis Pushilin”
- “We adhere to all points of the Minsk Agreement – Chapter DPR Alexander Zakharchenko” (in Russian)
The Neighbourhood
- “Ukraine moves to block Russian air access to Transdniestria”
- “In Russia, confident that Ukraine seeks war with Transdniestria” (in Russian)
The Info-Fight
- “Ukraine, NATO join hands in countering Russian propaganda” – “Ukraine and NATO fight Russian propaganda”
- “Powerful Image — I honestly don’t search for images which are propaganda, they somehow seem to find me. This one I thought worth sharing, immediately. Not really propaganda, there is nothing fake about it, but it really could make for the foundation of a powerful propaganda campaign. Update: This image is clearly photoshopped ….”
- “Counter-Russian-Propaganda Compilation for 21 June 2015”
Oh, Those Russians ….
- “The Case of Potylitsyn: How Russian Sergeant ‘Volunteered’ During Occupation of Crimea and the War in Donbas”
- “Snapshot Sleuthing Confirms Russian Military Presence In Ukraine — Like young adults everywhere, soldiers in the Russian military are fond of documenting their doings via social media. One journalist traced a soldier’s presence in Ukraine through his photos online ….”
- “Russia does not want to get into Ukraine civil conflict — top security official”
- “Donbas is millstone around Putin’s neck, expert says”
Other
- “Farewell to Arms: Over 10,000 Soldiers Desert Ukrainian Army”
- “(Former UKR security service boss) Nalyvaychenko’s next role – Into the political void?”
- “Russian Banks Bombed in Ukraine”
- “Donetsk governor Zhebrivsky announces Donbas liberation plan”
- “Interview with French (pro-separatist) Volunteers”
- “More than three thousand people gave an oath of loyalty to the Republic in Donetsk”
- “Red Cross sends more than one hundred tons of humanitarian aid to Luhansk”
- “…. “We pay pensions to those who re-registered on the territories controlled by Ukraine. If we do not sell the Ukrainian goods, the money will go to militants. Therefore, in the case of a decision of the economic blockade, we will organize the markets in the frontline settlements, in order to enable people to to depart from the occupied towns and buy food, “- said Zhebrivskyi ….” (in Russian)
- “Kremlin: U.S., Russia to jointly coordinate Ukraine crisis settlement”
- “Russian Security Council secretary says US engineered state coup in Ukraine for $5 bln” – “Russian lawmaker says state coup in Ukraine engineered by West to drag in into NATO” – “Russian official: Revolution in Ukraine ‘initiated by US to weaken Russia’ “ – “Top Putin Ally Says U.S. Wishes Russia Did Not Exist”
- “NATO General Uses False Claims to Justify Buildup Near Russia’s Border”
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