MILNEWS.ca #UKR Update as of 231145UTC January 2019

• “Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 22 January 2019”
• “Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30, 21 January 2019”
• UKR MoD Public Battle Map, 22 Jan 2019
• “A summary of the situation in the area of ​​the Joint Forces operation as of 07:00 January 23, 2019” (UKR MoD, in Ukrainian)
  

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• “Ukrainian forces fire more than 50 rounds at DPR over 24 hours – JCCC” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
• “Donbas update: Ukraine reports one WIA in past day” (UKR media)
• “Kiev forces violate ceasefire four times over 24 hours” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
• “JCCC: Kiev forces fire 60 shells on DPR in 24 hours” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
• “(UKR forces) for the day fired on the territory of the LC more than 30 ammunition – People’s Militia” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
  

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• “Two of 3 Ukrainian sailors injured in Kerch Strait recover, can be transferred to Lefortovo prison – Moscow ombudsman” (UKR media)
• “Detained Ukrainian sailor faces difficulties in healing after injury, – lawyer” (UKR media)
• “Escalation in Azov Sea: EU to send mission to Mariupol in late January – journalist” (UKR media)
  

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• “Kiev has deployed US-made radar stations in the “OOS” zone – People’s Militia” (pro_RUS rebel info-machine, in Russian)
• “The commission revealed in the brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine the lack of furnaces and fuel for them” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
• “Command post exercises of the governing bodies and civil defense forces began in the LPR” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
  

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• “Russian Tugboat Rescues 12 Sailors After LNG Tankers Catch Fire Near Crimea” (independent RUS media)
  

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• “United Donbass Foundation pays RUR 258 mln (CAN $5.2 million) financial aid to the needy since March 2017” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
• “National teams of the DPR and South Korea in ice hockey will hold a friendly meeting in the Moscow region” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine, in Russian)
  

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• “Poroshenko: Ukraine unitary state, no federation possible here” (UKR media)
• Petro Poroshenko on Twitter: “To achieve our goals, we need to preserve and strengthen unity and cohesiveness. Therefore, everyone should be clear: Ukraine is a unitary state, with one state language, as it is written in the Constitution. No federations and special statuses. The only independent cathedral of Ukraine!” (in Ukrainian)
• “No federations or special statuses – Poroshenko about the unitary nature of Ukraine” (pro-UKR site)
• “Poroshenko is trying to get away from the Minsk agreements, denying the special status of Donbass – Pacechnik” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine, in Russian)
• “Ukrainian President Petr Poroshenko’s refusal to reform the government system or provide a special status to Donbass shows Kiev’s disregard for the Minsk Agreements, Donetsk People’s Republic parliamentarian, chairman of the committee on foreign policy, international relations and information policy and technology Vladislav Berdichevskiy told the Donetsk News Agency on Tuesday …” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
  

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• “Products from the DPR and LPR can be supplied to Syria through the Crimea – Aksenov” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine, in Russian)
• “OSINT expert: Allegedly “Made in Ukraine” containers in Syria aimed at discrediting Ukrainian leaders” (UKR media)
  

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• “Russia plans to send observers to presidential elections in Ukraine” (UKR media)
• “Ex-PM Tymoshenko Launches Bid For Ukrainian Presidency” (US govt funded media)

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