- More of the latest from Ukraine here and here
- ATO map, 2 Oct 14 (National Security and defense Council of Ukraine)
- ATO map, 1 Oct 14: English – Russian (dragon-first-1.livejournal.com, pro-separatist)
- “UA military continue battle for Donetsk airport, 4 attempts to storm were repelled already” (National Security and defense Council of Ukraine, via @NSDC_ua Twitter feed)
- “NSDC: One serviceman killed, 18 wounded in eastern Ukraine in past 24 hours” (Interfax-Ukraine)
- “134 police officers, National Guard soldiers killed, 628 injured in combat zone – Avakov” (Interfax-Ukraine)
- “In Kiev, said goodbye to the dead zone ATO unknown defenders of the Motherland — Today, October 1, Kiev residents said goodbye to the dead zone in the counterterrorist operation unknown defender. 56 unidentified soldiers buried with military honors at Kushuhumskomu town cemetery ….” (Ministry of Defence, in Ukrainian)
- “Russia’s Investigative Committee has launched a criminal case against Ukraine’s defense minister and the head of the country’s General Staff, committee spokesman Vladimir Markin said Thursday. “Russia’s Investigative Committee has launched a criminal case against Ukrainian Defense Minister Valeriy Heletei, Ukrainian Chief of General Staff Viktor Muzhenko, Commander of the 25th Brigade of Ukraine’s Armed Forces Oleh Mykasa, as well as other so far unidentified individuals among commanders of the 93rd Brigade and a number of highly-ranked officials from Ukraine’s military leadership,” Markin said ….” (RIA Novosti)
- “Kyiv establishes charitable fund to raise funds for ATO fighters” (Interfax-Ukraine)
- “Odessa Citizens are Digging Trenches together with Marines — Citizens of Odessa decided to help troopers of Southern Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to dig trenches around the city. The call to come and help troopers appeared on Tuesday in “Grazhdanskiy Manifest” Facebook community ….” (burkonews.info, pro-Ukrainian)
- “Women are making camouflage nets for armored personnel carriers in Dnepropetrovsk. Teachers, business women, housewives are gathering on weekends to make protection for the army with their own hands. The nets which are about 5 meters wide and 11 meters long should correspond to the autumn landscape ….” (burkonews.info, pro-Ukrainian)
- “Providing military winter clothing – a primary task for the National Guard Logistics Ukraine — To date, the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine provided funding in the amount of UAH 97 million (CDN $ 8.3 million) to provide National Guard troops Ukraine winter uniforms. Command of the National Guard of Ukraine is doing everything necessary to time to order and prepare a sufficient number of sets of clothing for soldiers ….” (National Guard, in Ukrainian)
- “Identification of unidentified dead bodies in the area ATO will be at the expense of the state — During the period of the antiterrorist operation by the Internal Affairs registered over a thousand reports of detection of unidentified bodies. This was the first deputy chief of the Main Investigation Department of Interior Ministry of Ukraine Oleksandr Vakulenko ….” (Ministry of Internal Affairs, in Ukrainian)
- “October will be marked by voluntary surrender of weapons – MIA — From 1 st to 31 th October 2014 the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine held monthly voluntary surrender of weapons, ammunition, explosives and special tools. Citizens will be able to again voluntarily surrender to the police weapons stored in them in violation of applicable laws. According to part. 3. 263 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (illegal handling of weapons, ammunition or explosives) similar initiative on the part of the citizen provides his release from criminal responsibility ….” (Ministry of Internal Affairs, in Ukrainian)
- “All points of the Ukrainian president’s peace plan, including local elections in certain districts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions on December 7 and strict control by the OSCE mission over the border with Russia, must be fulfilled. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said this in a joint statement to the press after a meeting with Austrian Federal Chancellor Werner Faymann on Wednesday, a Ukrinform correspondent reported ….” (ukrinform.ua)
- “Yatseniuk expects approval of Ukraine’s new military doctrine” (Interfax-Ukraine)
- “German Chancellor urges Russian president to use influence over Ukraine rebels” (European Commission news aggregator)
- “No Ukraine Contact Group meeting as Ukraine refuses to attend — Russian lawmaker — Rada Speaker Oleksandr Turchynov informed PACE leaders that neither he nor the Ukranian delegation would attend, citing an election campaign underway in Ukraine as a formal pretext ….” (ITAR-TASS)
- “The PACE Election Monitoring Mission will arrive in Kiev on October 7 in the pre-election period to assess preparations for early parliamentary elections scheduled for October 26, the PACE press service said on Thursday ….” (ITAR-TASS)
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