MILNEWS.ca #UKR Update – 061300UTC October 2015

Eye Catchers

• “Bill on East Ukraine Elections to Be Introduced to Parliament by Year-End”
• “Poroshenko tells Rada factions’ leaders fake elections in Donbas to be cancelled by militants on Oct 6”
• “Ukraine Adopts Law Allowing Foreigners to Serve in the Country’s Army” – “In Ukraine legalize service in the Armed Forces of Ukraine of foreigners and stateless persons” (UKR MoD, in Ukrainian) – “Ukraine’s parliament legalizes foreign mercenaries in country” – “Ukraine’s parliament legalizes foreign mercenaries in country”
• “LPR militants simulate tank withdrawal, masking them in forests”

Updates

• UKR govt ATO map, 6 October 2015
• “Ukraine Live Day 596: Ukrainian Foreign Minister Says Putin Agreed For OSCE To Be Given Full Access To Occupied Territory”
• “Ukrainian servicemen stay at their positions”  (UKR MoD) – “During the last day no single Ukrainian soldiers firing position, but in contact with enemy sabotage and reconnaissance groups got injured one soldier ….” (in Ukrainian) – “No artillery bombardments of DPR residential areas registered last night — officials” – “Truce continues to hold in Donbas – Ukrainian military”
• “In Luhansk Most ATO Powers’ Tanks Left Frontline” – “Today Withdrawal Of Arms Will Continue In ATO Zone – ATO Staff” – “Tanks Withdrawn From Contact Line in East Ukraine” – “OSCE SMM reports weapons pullback in Donbas in line with Minsk accords” –
• “NATO Sees Hope, Momentum in Tank Withdrawal in East Ukraine” – “NATO Secretary General says situation in Ukraine remains fragile but welcomes Normandy Four’s efforts to resolve crisis”
• “At Forefront Positions In Donetsk Region Continues Search For Bodies Of Dead ATO Soldiers”
• “Tactical special training of special forces in Carpathians” (UKR MoD)
• “Parliament amended the law “On Military Duty and Military Service” to clarify the terms of military service under the contract”  (UKR MoD, in Ukrainian)
• “Klimkin says West not ready to see either ‘freezing’ or escalation of Donbas conflict”
• “MIA Law enforcers of volunteers and staff evacuated the “Donbass Arena” after reports of a bomb” (DNR, in Russian) – ” “Yesterday in social networks has information on the collection of fans of FC” Shakhtar “at 14.00 at the stadium” Donbass Arena “. The purpose of this gathering: to express a protest against the team’s games in Lviv ….” (DNR, in Russian)
• “Interior Ministry officials LNR week seized more than 2.3 thousand. Weapons and ammunition”  (LNR, in Russian)

Oh, those Russians ….

• “Russia’s double track: Escaping the impasse on Ukraine and Syria”
• “U.S.-Russia agreement on Syria might help on Ukraine: Finnish leader”

The Info-Fight

• “The message of the mass withdrawal of national flags Donetsk People’s Republic with all the administrative buildings of the capital, distributed in social networks, is not true ….” (DNR, in Russian)

Elections

• “Ukraine Contact Group may decide to reschedule elections in self-proclaimed republics”
• “EU helps Ukraine get ready for upcoming local elections”
• “Candidates find new ways of bribing voters at local elections”

Minsk/Other Talks

• “Contact Group to talk outcome of Normandy Four summit in Minsk”
• “At Meeting Of “Normandy Four Putin Agreed To Provide OSCE With Full Access To Occupied Donbas – Klimkin”

The Humanitarian Crisis

• “Ukraine Situation Update (05/10/2015)” (World Food Programme, Logistics Cluster)
• “Ukraine: Civil unrest – Emergency appeal n° MDRUA007 operation update n° 5”  (International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies)

Other

• “Ukrainian Catholic leader demands more help from the Vatican”
• “Is Ukraine being thrown off the bus? Not really, but France and Germany are right”

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