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Liveblog Al Jazeeraquote:Tijdlijn van de ontwikkelingen in Oekrane
NOVEMBER
* Nov 21: Kiev suddenly announces suspension of trade and association talks with the EU and opts to revive economic ties with Moscow, triggering months of mass rallies in Kiev.
* Nov 30: Riot police try to break up the Kiev demonstration by force. Protest turns against Yanukovich and his government.
DECEMBER
Protests continue with crowds of up to 800,000. Some clashes with police. Opposition forms bloc called Maidan. Yanukovich and Putin meet, Putin agrees to buy $15 billion of Ukrainian debt and to slash by a third the price of Russian gas supplies to Ukraine.
JANUARY
* Jan 22: Three people die in protests in Kiev. EU threatens action over crisis. Talks between opposition, Yanukovich fail.
* Jan 23: Washington threatens sanctions over violence.
* Jan 26: Unrest spreads to pro-Yanukovich east.
FEBRUARY
Anti-government protests turn increasingly violent. At least 77 people killed in clashes between demonstrators and police.
* Feb 21: Opposition leaders sign EU-mediated peace pact with Yanukovich.
* Feb 22: Ukraine's parliament votes to remove Yanukovich, who flees. Arch-rival Yulia Tymoshenko released from jail.
* Feb 26: Ukraine appoints new government. Angry Russia puts 150,000 troops on high alert.
* Feb 27-28: Armed men seize Crimea parliament, raise Russian flag. Militia take control of two airports in Crimea.
MARCH
* March 1: Putin wins parliamentary approval to invade Ukraine, angering the White House. Russian forces fan out in Crimea.
* March 6: Crimea's leadership votes to join Russia. U.S. President Barack Obama orders sanctions on those responsible for Moscow's actions in Ukraine.
EU leaders hold emergency summit to find ways to pressure Russia to back down and accept mediation.
* March 15: Two killed in clashes between pro-Russian demonstrators and Ukrainian nationalists.
* March 16: Referendum held in Crimea, shows overwhelming support for joining the Russian Federation.
* March 21: Putin signs laws completing annexation of Crimea. The U.S. imposes sanctions on Putin's close allies, EU follows with similar measures.
* March 23: NATO says Russia has amassed a large force at Ukraine's border.
* March 24: Ukraine pulls troops from Crimea.
APRIL
* April 2: NATO suspends cooperation with Russia.
* April 7: Pro-Russia activists in eastern Ukraine proclaim the creation of the "Donetsk People's Republic".
* April 12: Separatists take control of city of Slaviansk in eastern Ukraine. Kiev prepares troops.
* April 13: One Ukrainian state security officer killed and five wounded in operation against separatists.
* April 14: Obama warns Putin in phone call that Moscow would face further costs for its actions in Ukraine.
* April 17: Pro-Russian separatists seize armored vehicles of Ukraine forces trying to recapture rebel-controlled town.
* April 18: The United States, Russia, Ukraine and the EU reach deal for illegal armed groups to disarm and end occupations of public buildings and spaces.
* April 19: Separatists say they will not sign deal until the Kiev government steps down.
* April 24: Ukraine sends in troops again to try to expel the separatists in Slaviansk, kill five rebels.
* April 25: Ukrainian forces mount full blockade of Slaviansk. Separatists detain group of international observers, say a Kiev "spy" among them.
* April 26: G7 leaders agree to impose extra sanctions on Russia over Ukraine. Yatsenyuk cuts short a Vatican trip to see Pope Francis, saying Russian warplanes violated Ukraine's airspace seven times overnight. Russia denies the claim.
* April 27: Rebels say the OSCE observers are "prisoners of war" and present them in front of the press, where they say they have not been mistreated.
* April 28: West imposes new sanctions on Moscow. Russia vows a "painful" response. Russia says troops have returned to barracks after conducting exercises on the border with Ukraine. The West says there is no sign of this pull-back. Russia assures the US it will not invade Ukraine.
* April 29: Russia accuses Washington of seeking to revive Iron Curtain policies. Putin warns sanctions could harm Western interests in Russia's lucrative energy sector, denies there are Russian forces in eastern Ukraine.
* April 30: Kiev says its armed forces are on "full combat alert" against a possible Russian invasion. Interim president Oleksandr Turchynov admits Kiev is "helpless" to prevent rebels over-running towns. Rebels storm the regional police building and town hall in Gorlivka. The International Monetary Fund approves $17-billion aid deal for the beleaguered Ukrainian economy.
MAY
* May 1: Some 300 pro-Russian militants seize prosecutor's office in Donetsk amid violent clashes with police. Conscription reintroduced for all Ukrainian men aged 18-25.
* May 2: Ukrainian commandos launch pre-dawn raid to retake Slavyansk. Rebels shoot down two helicopters and two servicemen are killed.
* May 3: Slavyansk rebels free OSCE inspectors after Kremlin envoy intervenes. Two days of mourning proclaimed over Odessa deaths. Fierce firefights around Slavyansk and nearby towns as military seeks to retake control.
* May 4: Kiev vows to expand "anti-terrorism" operations. Yatsenyuk launches probe into security forces in Odessa over the deaths.
May 5: A fresh assault begins on Slovyansk. The interior minister says more than 30 rebels are killed. Four servicemen are also killed. Russia warns Europe's peace is at risk. UN chief Ban Ki-moon offers to mediate personally as the West launches new diplomatic push.
May 6: Russia rejects a German-led move for a new peace meeting. Germany says Ukraine is on the verge of war.
May 7: In a surprise announcement, Putin calls for rebel independence referendums to be pushed back and endorses Ukraine's planned presidential election. He says Russian troops pulled back from border. The new overall toll from Ukrainian military operations stands at 14 servicemen dead.
May 8: Rebels vow to press on with referendums despite Putin's call. Russia conducts military exercises, test-fires several missiles, and says nuclear capabilities are on "constant combat alert." NATO says there is no sign of a Russian troop pull-back.
May 9: Putin flies to annexed Crimea after overseeing a display of military might in the Red Square where he paid tribute to Russia's "all-conquering patriotic force." Clashes break out in Mariupol that the interior minister says leave 21 dead.
May 10: France and Germany threaten to step up sanctions against Russia if the May 25 election is disrupted and urge Kiev to cease "offensive" operations before the vote.
May 11: "Referendums" are held in the provinces of Luhansk and Donetsk. Fighting is reported around Slovyansk as rebels try to retake TV tower.
May 12: Pro-Russia activists declare resounding victory in a twin referendum on sovereignty for eastern Ukraine. The provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk voted on Sunday to secede from Ukraine. Russian gas giant Gazprom gives Ukraine until June 3 to pay $1.6bn for natural gas. The EU ramps up sanctions on Moscow.
May 13: Seven Ukrainian soldiers killed in rebel ambush in the deadliest single loss of life for the military since the start of the uprising.
May 14: Ukraine hosts "national unity" talks based on an OSCE roadmap but rebels are not invited.
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.quote:za 07 jun 2014, 20:13
VS steunen Oekrane met 35 miljoen
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De Verenigde Staten hebben een steunpakket van 48 miljoen dollar (ruim 35 miljoen euro) toegezegd aan Oekrane. De bijdrage moet onder meer democratische hervormingen en economische ontwikkelingen in het Oost-Europese land mogelijk maken, maakte het Witte Huis zaterdag bekend.
Het steunpakket is gevormd na gesprekken tussen de Amerikaanse president Barack Obama en zijn zaterdag genstalleerde Oekraense ambtgenoot Petro Porosjenko woensdag in het Poolse Warschau
Er gaat niets boven lekker in de zon zitten in de achtertuin met een heel koud glas bier , als je al 72 jaar bent en nog gezond, laat ze maar lachen de sukkels
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Er gaat niets boven lekker in de zon zitten in de achtertuin met een heel koud glas bier , als je al 72 jaar bent en nog gezond, laat ze maar lachen de sukkels
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quote:Putin orders tightening of border control with Ukraine
MOSCOW, (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin gave an order to the Federal Security Service to strengthen protection of the country's border with Ukraine to prevent people crossing illegally, Russian news agencies reported on Saturday.
The order comes a day after Putin held talks with global leaders in France, where US President Barack Obama called on him to cease support for separatists in eastern Ukraine and stop the provision of arms and material across the border.
twitter:EuromaidanPR twitterde op zaterdag 07-06-2014 om 16:21:41 Another column of Russian armored vehicles broke through Ukrainian border, 6 APC'S, 6 KAMAZ & tank with big gun @InfoResist #Ukraine reageer retweet
Another column of Russian armored vehicles broke through Ukrainian border, 6 APC'S, 6 KAMAZ & tank with big gun @quote:twitter:paulgypteau twitterde op zaterdag 07-06-2014 om 16:42:36 Shooting in Donetsk: Maxim Petrukhin -an official of the Donetsk People's Republic close to Pushilin- shot dead, DPR says. reageer retweetSPOILEROm spoilers te kunnen lezen moet je zijn ingelogd. Je moet je daarvoor eerst gratis Registreren. Ook kun je spoilers niet lezen als je een ban hebt.quote:twitter:MrKovalenko twitterde op zaterdag 07-06-2014 om 20:00:47 Key #Donetsk pro-Russian separatist Denis Pushilin was wounded in a street fight. http://t.co/Nt2LRiTSF1 http://t.co/BdgRFy4xxB @Ukrinform reageer retweetSPOILEROm spoilers te kunnen lezen moet je zijn ingelogd. Je moet je daarvoor eerst gratis Registreren. Ook kun je spoilers niet lezen als je een ban hebt.quote:Armed group in Artemivsk in the Donetsk region reportedly fired at the car of Ukrainian army officer Volodymyr Chobotok. Chobotok surived the attack.twitter:SPOILEROm spoilers te kunnen lezen moet je zijn ingelogd. Je moet je daarvoor eerst gratis Registreren. Ook kun je spoilers niet lezen als je een ban hebt.
[ Bericht 1% gewijzigd door deelnemer op 07-06-2014 23:05:36 ]The view from nowhere.Slavianksquote:Rejecting Poroshenko, east Ukraine rebels say fight will go on
Pro-Russian separatists poured scorn on peace overtures from Ukraine's new president Petro Poroshenko on Saturday as fighting rumbled on in the east of the country.quote:http://www.kyivpost.com/c(...)loviansk-351057.html
Donetsk, June 7 (Interfax) - Three civilians were killed as Ukrainian government forces shelled the city of Sloviansk and its suburban neighborhood Cherevkivka late on Friday and early on Saturday, the headquarters of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic told Interfax.
"A howitzer round last night hit Svobody Street, which is the central street of Sloviansk. Two people who were at the place at the moment were killed and several others suffered fragmentation wounds," it said.
Another civilian was killed and 2 houses were destroyed as Cherevkivka was shelled early on Saturday, it said.
"The city's residential neighborhoods are being pounded, and therefore it's impossible to stay there. A lot of civilians have been injured," it said.
Information from the self-proclaimed republic's headquarters and local residents indicated that the Vostochny neighborhood and the village of Artem were currently being shelled from Mount Karachun, which was earlier taken up by the Ukrainian army.
Meanwhile, the chief of Kyiv-based Information Resistance group, Dmytro Tymchuk, said on Facebook on Saturday morning that two Ukrainian servicemen had been wounded during a militia attack on a checkpoint near Bylbasivka in Sloviansk district.
He also said a government military convoy had come under fire from militia fighters. "No one was hurt among the [troops in the convoy], who returned fire," he wrote on Facebook. He mentioned no casualties among the attackers.Residents of Slovyanks, in Ukraine's eastern region, take water to drink from a city fountain.quote:Poroshenkos Promises of Safety and Peace Ring Hollow in Eastern Ukraine
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Sloviansk, has become an increasingly difficult area for journalists operate in.
Both the pro-Russian forces and the Ukrainian military operating in the city have sought to limit press access in the area as part of a jostle to win what is seen as an informational war.
The result is an underreported humanitarian crisis.
Surrounded on all sides by the Ukrainian army, civilians trapped inside the city are subject to heavy daily shelling from both mortars and heavy artillery. The assaults appear increasingly indiscriminate with shells now often landing in areas with a dense civilian population.
More than 15,000 people are now thought to have fled Sloviansk, which has a population of just less than 130,000 many to nearby salt lake resort Sveta Gorsk.
But despite the efforts of non-governmental organizations, a lack of information and governmental support for those seeking to leave means many more remain inside the city too poor, too afraid or simply unwilling to leave behind a whole lifetime.
For those who have stayed, daily life is a constant and growing struggle.
Water supplies have been cut off to almost all areas of the city in some places for at least four days after shelling damaged water pipelines. On Friday, the city was plunged into darkness after the Ukrainian army took out the electricity hub supplying the city in Nikolaevka.
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Food is also becoming scarce, as supplies are increasingly difficult to get inside the city. Only one local shop in Mashchermet remains open. Its shelves are nearing empty, but people are no longer waiting to buy what remains, instead they are increasingly dependent on what they can get from the land.
We have nearly no money left, said Nelli as she chops homegrown onions from the allotment in her kitchen. Bread prices have risen by thirty percent, so we do what we can.
Many have stopped receiving wages as nearly all factories, shops and offices in the city are now closed. Pensions, benefits and payment to state employees, such as teachers and doctors, have also stopped after Kiev ceased making payments last month amid claims the money was being used to fund terrorism.
A father hugs his daughter as she prepares to board a bus to leave the fighting area in Slovyansk.
[ Bericht 15% gewijzigd door deelnemer op 08-06-2014 20:55:27 ]The view from nowhere.quote:http://live.aljazeera.com/Event/Ukraine_liveblog/117917518
US Vice President Joe Biden's visit to support Ukraine's fragile democracy came soon after his youngest son was hired by a private Ukrainian company that promotes energy independence from Moscow.
Yet that company leases natural gas fields in the breakaway Russian-backed state of Crimea and is owned by a former government minister with ties to Ukraine's ousted pro-Russian president.
The hiring of Hunter Biden, 44, by Burisma Holdings Limited in April was approved by the company's owner, a former senior minister and political ally of Viktor Yanukovich, the exiled Ukrainian president.The view from nowhere.Het Oekraiense leger voert luchtaanval uit een basis van de separatisten in Dubrava, Lugansk.
[ Bericht 0% gewijzigd door deelnemer op 08-06-2014 13:35:25 ]The view from nowhere.De rebellen
ANNA News rapporteert dagelijkse over de situatie in Oost-Oekraine, nu met Engelse ondertiteling.Het interview met Igor Strelkov in het Russischtwitter:gbazov twitterde op zaterdag 07-06-2014 om 19:20:18 #NOVOROSSIYA #UKRAINEWords why #Russia must intervene are "Humanitarian Catastrophe"#Strelkov Makes The Point @ http://t.co/QfkJBtVBO0 reageer retweet
Een Engelse vertaling van Igor Strelkov's laatste interview
.twitter:EuromaidanPR twitterde op zondag 08-06-2014 om 18:42:36 WANTED: #Russian citizen #GRU Spetsnaz Officer #Girkin @zerohedge https://t.co/kCqP9BbFCw http://t.co/8tOhREg1nI @Bubble__Popper | EMPR News reageer retweettwitter:gbazov twitterde op zondag 08-06-2014 om 04:26:58 #NOVOROSSIYA - #Bolotov states that there're no longer any military detachments in #Lugansk under #Ukraine's control. http://t.co/TvbdLUOx6k reageer retweet
[ Bericht 1% gewijzigd door deelnemer op 08-06-2014 19:52:45 ]The view from nowhere.twitter:gbazov twitterde op zondag 08-06-2014 om 01:02:49 #NOVOROSSIYA #BREAKING - Significant explosions observed in #Lugansk airport. via @slavyansk2014s https://t.co/ntANWj0ZJ4 reageer retweet
http://live.aljazeera.com/Event/Ukraine_liveblog/117925661
Pro-Russian rebels fighting Ukraine's Western-backed government have launched attacks on Luhansk International Airport in the east of the country, a military source said on Sunday.
The assaults, which took place on Saturday evening and Sunday morning in the immediate wake of the inauguration of Ukraine's new President Petro Poroshenko, did not result in any injuries among the defenders, he said.
"It was clear the rebels were trying to destroy the building which controls the power supply to the airport," said the source, one of the Ukrainian paratroopers guarding the airport, talking to AFP by telephone.
The soldier, who identified himself only as Sergiy said:When approached by AFP, a spokesman for the "Luhansk People's Republic" could not confirm the assaults on the airport, which has been closed for the past month because of the instability in the region.quote:It's the first time we have had an attack of this kind. Up till now, we've only had a few skirmishes.
[ Bericht 42% gewijzigd door deelnemer op 08-06-2014 19:49:54 ]The view from nowhere.Slaviansktwitter:gbazov twitterde op zondag 08-06-2014 om 01:54:35 #SLAVYANSK #BREAKING - #Ukraine bombarding with use of #GRAD ag. #Semyonovka, #Vostochniy, #Artem - Civs in shelters, NAF responding with mortars. reageer retweettwitter:gbazov twitterde op zondag 08-06-2014 om 04:09:48 #NOVOROSSIYA #NOW - #NAF Militia reported to have attacked #Ukraine checkpoints in #KrasniyLiman @ #Slavyansk. Fighting ongoing. reageer retweettwitter:StateOfUkraine twitterde op zondag 08-06-2014 om 14:08:14 There are many injured with gunshot&shrapnel wounds in #Slavyansk, ambulances are working risking being shot by RU/proRU http://t.co/eDeynckPhM reageer retweettwitter:StateOfUkraine twitterde op zondag 08-06-2014 om 14:20:05 Press-officer ATO: It's one of the most active shelling in city, RU/pro-RU militants hysterically trying to escape from dense ATO blockade. reageer retweettwitter:StateOfUkraine twitterde op zondag 08-06-2014 om 15:38:10 #Slovyansk, there are a lot of destruction and fires: shell set fire to building Kupechesky dom (Merchant's house) http://t.co/39WD4niuHn reageer retweettwitter:StateOfUkraine twitterde op zondag 08-06-2014 om 15:43:03 Another shell hit apartment house - 150 meters from #Slovyansk City Council occupied by Russian/pro-Russian militants http://t.co/z7578EDERm reageer retweet
[ Bericht 5% gewijzigd door deelnemer op 08-06-2014 19:51:20 ]The view from nowhere.Russian terrorists preparing another stronghold in Donetsk Oblast
During the night of June 7, a convoy of six armored personnel carriers, six KAMAZ trucks, and an artillery tank crossed the Russian-Ukrainian border, reports ZN.UA, June 8, citing the commander of the Azov special battalion Yaroslav Honchar. The KAMAZ went to the city of Torez and the armored vehicles are in the city of Snizhne, where a new center of resistance to Ukrainian troops is being formed.
The militants are preparing Snizhne (Donetsk Oblast) as a stronghold, Honchar wrote on Facebook, Sunday, June 8.
“Fortification work is continuing for the second day now. On the roofs are positioned the MANPADS and snipers (on the former border complex, including Furshet and Lenin stores and other buildings). They are digging trenches between checkpoints. Skela machine guns and 120 mm self-propelled mortar carriers are being placed around the city,” he wrote.
Honchar added that “during the night 2 to 3 convoys with 4 KAMAZ of those that arrived yesterday went to the village of Novaya Nadezhda in the Russian Federation where they took some 100 people on board.”
“According to preliminary information, the 100 individuals are military personnel of the Russian Federation. Accompanied by two of our traitors, those 4 KAMAZ with Russian special forces came back to Snizhne. Their assignment is sabotage,” he concluded.twitter:StateOfUkraine twitterde op zondag 08-06-2014 om 13:36:57 Video of reported earlier Chechens/Ossetians entered #Snizhne #Ukraine (near border with #Russia) https://t.co/YbHeQ2Zu4Y reageer retweetThe view from nowhere.
Ukrainian President Petr Poroshenko said that the fighting in eastern Ukraine must be stopped this coming week.
"We must ensure ceasefire this week," Poroshenko told the trilateral contact group for implementing the peace plan for eastern Ukraine in Kiev on Sunday.
"The situation where people die each day and Ukraine is paying such a high price, is unacceptable," the Ukrainian president said.
"Therefore, first, the work of the Ukrainian state border must be restored in order to guarantee security for all Ukrainian citizen living in Donbass, irrespective of their political preferences," Poroshenko said, Interfax reports.
The presidential press service told Interfax that the meeting was attended by Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Pavel Klimkin, the OSCE secretary general's special envoy Heidi Tagliavini and Russian Ambassador to Ukraine Mikhail Zurabov.
Poroshenko said that the parties must work to implement the agreements reached in Normandy in talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
He also proposed holding the group's meetings on a daily basis in order to assess what has been done and to coordinate further moves to implement the peace plan for eastern Ukraine.
Reports said earlier that Poroshenko unveiled his plan for the peaceful settlement of the conflict in eastern Ukraine in France on June 6.The view from nowhere.Pauze:quote:"Oekrane kondigt bestand af"
Toegevoegd: zondag 8 jun 2014, 19:45
De Oekraense president Porosjenko heeft voor het oosten van het land een eenzijdig staakt-het-vuren afgekondigd, meldt het Russische persbureau Interfax. "We moeten deze week de wapens neerleggen", zou het Oekraense staatshoofd hebben verklaard.
Porosjenko is gisteren in Kiev genstalleerd als nieuwe president. Hij liet bij die plechtigheid weten op korte termijn naar het onrustige Oost-Oekrane te willen afreizen.
Daar treedt het regeringsleger hard op tegen pro-Russische separatisten die de macht in enkele steden hebben overgenomen. De opstandelingen streven naar onafhankelijkheid of aansluiting bij Rusland.
Grenstroepen
Volgens Interfax heeft Porosjenko verklaard dat de grenswachten in Oost-Oekrane allereerst weer aan de slag moeten "om de veiligheid van de burgers in die regio, ongeacht hun politieke voorkeur, te garanderen". De grenzen met Rusland worden slecht bewaakt, waardoor Russische strijders zich makkelijk bij de separatisten kunnen voegen.
Vrijdag heeft Porosjenko kort gesproken met de Russische president Poetin tijdens de D-day-herdenking in Normandi. Daar zouden de twee zijn overeengekomen dat een staakt-het-vuren de eerste voorwaarde is voor overleg en de-escalatie van het conflict.Say what?How is the Ukraine crisis affecting Central Asia?
When Moscow threw its weight behind the 2008 war against Georgia under the pretext of protecting the self-proclaimed Republic of South Ossetia, some commentators thought that Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili had simply miscalculated and made the wrong move.
Russia's annexation of the Crimean Peninsula, by contrast, fuelled quite an outrage across the world. It also provoked growing uneasiness over the Kremlin's geopolitical ambitions in the former Soviet republics, sending shock waves throughout the Eurasian region, where President Vladimir Putin's seeming grand plan to create an exclusive "sphere of influence" for Russia has come under the spotlight once again.
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While the Kremlin has justified its actions in Ukraine, saying that it wants to to protect "threatened" Russian minorities there; Turkmenistan also has Russian minorities.
However, Turkmenistan enjoys multi-billion deals in natural gas supply with China. Beijing's presence is a decisive factor in Putins reluctance to meddle in the gas-rich country.
The Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov's personal relationship with state-owned China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) grabbed the world's attention in 2013 when the Chinese giant hired American singer Jennifer Lopez to perform on the Turkmen leader's birthday in the capital Ashgabat.
The Ukrainian crisis has sparked a reassessment of the regional dynamics by political elites in Central Asia, in view of Russias encroachments on its former Soviet backyard. Uzbekistan has been particularly worried about what the recent developments in Ukraine would mean for its own border disputes.
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At the same venue, Kazakh President Nazarbayev upped the ante on issues of regional security and development by proposing the creation of an Organisation for Security and Development in Asia, the Asian alternative to the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
Such declarations may offer a glimpse into Central Asias future dynamics, as leaders appear to develop a common understanding of current regional political realities in light of the changes emanating from the conflict in Ukraine.
If Russia has a master plan to restore its empire, its advancement ahead - easy as it may appear in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan - may be met with serious hostility from some Central Asian leaders.
[ Bericht 10% gewijzigd door deelnemer op 09-06-2014 12:32:31 ]The view from nowhere.Ukraine: Human Rights Watch Letter to Acting President Turchynov and President-Elect Poroshenko
Dear Sirs,
I am writing to raise issues relating to the conduct of military operations in southeastern Ukraine in light of the growing number of credible reports regarding Ukrainian forces’ use of mortars and other weapons in and around populated areas, and the recent intensifying of hostilities between Ukrainian forces and armed insurgent groups.
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Human Rights Watch recognizes that the actions of the insurgents violate Ukrainian law and that the Ukrainian government is entitled to carry out law enforcement and military operations to counter the armed insurrection. We also recognize that the actions of the insurgents, operating in a populated residential area, setting up road blocks in residential areas, and moving in, around, or near to hospital grounds may endanger residents, patients, and healthcare workers at such facilities.
Nevertheless, criminal conduct by the insurgents does not relieve the Ukrainian forces of their obligations to act in accordance with international law in the conduct of their law enforcement and military operations. This is particularly the case with respect to use of lethal force. In Ukraine the obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), such as those which protect the right to life (article 2), bodily integrity (article 3), and liberty and security (article 5), as well as the inviolability of the home (article 8), remain in force during all law enforcement and military operations.
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In so far as the ongoing hostilities are governed by international humanitarian law, the government also has obligations never to direct attacks at civilians or civilian objects or to engage in indiscriminate attacks, to distinguish at all times between civilian objects and military objectives, and to adhere strictly to the principle of proportionality insofar as attacks that may cause incidental loss of civilian life, injury to civilians, or damage to civilian objects, in excess of the concrete and direct military advantage anticipated, are prohibited. Under international humanitarian law the insurgents are bound by the same obligations, and under human rights standards, all parties must take all feasible measures to avoid, and in any event to minimize, incidental loss of civilian life, injury to civilians, and damage to civilian objects.
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We urge you to review all ongoing operations in Semyonovka, Sloviansk, and elsewhere to ensure that in carrying out counter-insurgency operations, Ukrainian forces are fully aware of all their obligations under international law and that the use of lethal force that may result in the death or injury of civilians or may cause unjustified harm to civilian property and infrastructure is strictly justified under international law.
Sincerely,
Hugh Williamson
Director
Europe and Central Asia Division
Human Rights WatchThe view from nowhere.Are the Cossacks Fleeing Slavyansk?
The Russian Cossacks who came to help their fellow Russians in southeastern Ukraine have been fleeing the shelling of Slavyansk, Igor Strelkov (Girkin), the commander of the self-proclaimed "Donetsk People's Republic" was quoted as saying in a blog said to be his, donbass.ua reported
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Strelkov has been quoted on social media recently as complaining about the failure to get more weapons and reinforcements from the Kremlin.
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The Cossacks are portrayed as volunteers who rallied to the cause of Donbass separatism on their own. But it is helpful to recall that Putin passed a law in 2005 recognizing the 600,000 Cossacks as an armed formation and officially authorizing them to guard Russia's borders, support law and order and even fight terrorism. He also decreed that they be funded from the state budget.The view from nowhere.twitter:EuromaidanPR twitterde op maandag 09-06-2014 om 09:42:17 Last night border guards repelled terrorists' attack on Izvarine BCP in #Luhansk region. http://t.co/0H2I165DMz |EMPR http://t.co/jYW5vhXuyr reageer retweetDonbas Battalion Commander: Now, separatists will take as much as we allow them to taketwitter:EuromaidanPR twitterde op maandag 09-06-2014 om 10:09:27 Exercises of #Donbas battalion in Novi Petrivsti prior to leaving for mission to S.-E. #Ukraine: http://t.co/BXBWw7n31B |EMPR Video reageer retweettwitter:EuromaidanPR twitterde op maandag 09-06-2014 om 11:21:28 Locals spotted unidentified APCs in Khriaschevate not far from #Lugansk airport. http://t.co/9wWnAFLwdt |EMPR http://t.co/RjpEUyusrk reageer retweet
[ Bericht 3% gewijzigd door deelnemer op 09-06-2014 19:14:18 ]The view from nowhere.Russia would react to NATO build-up near borders: minister
(Reuters) - Russia would consider any further expansion of NATO forces near its borders a "demonstration of hostile intentions" and would take political and military measures to ensure its own security, a senior diplomat was quoted on Monday as saying.Titov said.quote:It would be hard to see additional deployment of substantial NATO military forces in central-eastern Europe, even if on a rotational basis, as anything else but a direct violation of provisions of the 1997 Founding Act on relations between Russia and NATO.
We will be forced to undertake all necessary political and military measures to reliably safeguard our security.The view from nowhere.lol die Poetin is echt zo hypocriet als wat. Hij heeft het zelf veroorzaakt dat de NAVO meer troepen in dat gebied actief wil hebben.Ukraine sees 'understanding' with Russia on peace moves
(Reuters) - Ukraine said on Monday it had reached a "mutual understanding" with Moscow on parts of a plan proposed by President Petro Poroshenko for ending violence in the east of the country.
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The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said in a brief statement in Kiev that Russian and Ukrainian representatives had met three times in the past two days to discuss Poroshenko's plan to end an insurrection by pro-Russian separatists in the east.
"As a result of the work, the sides reached a mutual understanding on key stages of the implementation of the plan and on a list of priorities which will contribute to a de-escalation of the situation in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine," it said.The view from nowhere.Strijders uit diverse plekken van Europa voegen zich bij het Azov Battalion, fascistische paramilitairen die ingezet worden tegen de pro-Russen in het oosten. Het battalion wordt geleid door de SNA, extreem rechtse nationaalsocialisten waaronder de Right Sector.
Say what?dit zijn de Russen die over tien jaar tegen Poetin vechtenquote:Op dinsdag 10 juni 2014 00:51 schreef UpsideDown het volgende:
Strijders uit diverse plekken van Europa voegen zich bij het Azov Battalion, fascistische paramilitairen die ingezet worden tegen de pro-Russen in het oosten. Het battalion wordt geleid door de SNA, extreem rechtse nationaalsocialisten waaronder de Right Sector.Er gaat niets boven lekker in de zon zitten in de achtertuin met een heel koud glas bier , als je al 72 jaar bent en nog gezond, laat ze maar lachen de sukkels
http://www.ncpn.nl/manifest/2014/06/moskou.htm
Poetin: weigering van Westen om in dialoog te treden zal leiden tot het NAVO-lidmaatschap van OekraneBron: RIA Novosti, 23 mei, 2014. Vertaald uit het Engels: Ardengo Persijn.quote:Redactie buitenland
De Russische president Vladimir Poetin zei op vrijdag 21 mei jl., dat Rusland vreest dat de weigering van het Westen om tot een dialoog met Rusland te komen over Oekrane, ertoe zal kunnen leiden dat Kiev de NAVO wordt binnengeloodst en de Verenigde Staten installaties voor hun raketschild in dat land zullen plaatsen.
Poetin zei: "De staatsgreep (in Oekrane) heeft plaatsgevonden en ze willen niet met ons praten. Waarmee moeten we dan rekening houden? De volgende stap zal zijn dat Oekrane lid wordt van de NAVO. Ze vragen nooit aan ons wat we daarvan vinden, en ze zijn niet genteresseerd in een dialoog met ons. Dat zijn we de afgelopen 20 jaar wel al gewoon geworden. Ze zeggen: "Geen dialoog, het is niet jullie zaak, jullie hebben daar geen belang bij".
Op het jaarlijks Internationaal Economisch Forum in St. Petersburg, waar officile delegaties uit 62 landen en ceo's van 146 belangrijke multinationale ondernemingen vertegenwoordigd waren, maakte Poetin de volgende opmerking: "Morgen zou Oekrane lid van de NAVO kunnen zijn, en overmorgen kunnen er installaties voor het raketschild geplaatst zijn."
De Europese Unie, de Verenigde Staten en de NAVO weigerden om afgevaardigden naar dit Forum te sturen. De Russische diplomatiek vertegenwoordiger bij de NAVO, Alexander Grushko, zei afgelopen maandag dat Moskou eerder aangedrongen had op een onmiddellijke bijeenkomst van de NAVO-Rusland Raad vanwege de ernstige verslechtering van de crisissituatie in Oekrane.
Het bondgenootschap stelde toen voor om op 27 mei een bijeenkomst van ambassadeurs te beleggen, maar Moskou verzocht om deze top uit te stellen. Op 1 april jl. stopte de NAVO alle praktische samenwerking met Rusland betreffende Oekrane, alleen werd er nog contact gehouden op ambassadeursniveau of daarboven. De ministers van Buitenlandse Zaken van de NAVO-lidstaten willen de relaties met Moskou op hun volgende bijeenkomst in juni opnieuw bekijken.
Al eerder beschuldigde Poetin de westerse landen ervan de ongrondwettelijke coup in Oekrane te steunen, juist op een moment dat Moskou een oproep deed om via dialoog te zoeken naar een oplossing voor de crisis in dat land. De oproep kwam op een moment van gespannen relaties tussen Rusland en de landen van de Europese Unie nadat die samen met de Verenigde Staten sancties oplegden aan Russische vertegenwoordigers wegens beweerde aanwakkering van de crisis in Oekrane.
In Oekrane had op 21 februari net een machtswisseling plaatsgevonden die veel weg had van een militaire staatsgreep, na maandenlange confrontaties tussen de Russisch georinteerde autoriteiten en aanhangers van aansluiting bij de EU. Het Oekraens parlement zette president Viktor Janoekovitsj af,veranderde de grondwet en schreef vervroegde presidentsverkiezingen uit voor 25 mei.
Sinds maart, toen het vroegere Oekraens schiereiland De Krim zich weer bij Rusland voegde, breidden in de zuid-oostelijke regio's van Oekrane, met voornamelijk Russischtalige bevolking, de antiregeringsprotesten zich uit. Eerder deze maand verklaarden de regio's Donetsk en Luhansk zich autonoom. De nieuwe interim-autoriteiten in Oekrane, die gesteund worden door radicale ultranationalistische groepen, begonnen half april met de uitvoering van speciale acties om de protesten neer te slaan, dit heeft inmiddels geresulteerd in vele tientallen doden en gewonden.
Moskou zal reageren als de Verenigde Staten het Europese raketschild versneld gaan invoerenBron: RIA Novosti, 23 mei 2014, vertaald uit het Engels: Ardengo Persijn.quote:Redactie buitenland
Op vrijdag 21 mei jl. zei de Russische viceminister van Buitenlandse Zaken, Sergei Ryabkov, dat Moskou hoopt dat Washington zal begrijpen dat Rusland zich gedwongen zal voelen om te reageren als de Verenigde Staten zullen overgaan tot een versnelde invoering van het raketschild in Europa.
Ryabkov zei: "Als er werkelijk andere plannen gemaakt worden betreffende het Europese Gefaseerde Invoeringsplan van het raketschild, en het opgeschaald wordt naar de fase waarin al daadwerkelijk het beton wordt gestort, betreuren we dat zeer, want we kunnen niet onverschillig blijven toekijken als er pogingen worden gedaan om de nationale aanwezige bereidheid voor Russische strategische nucleaire terughoudendheid negatief te benvloeden.
Eind vorige maand nam de marine van de Verenigde Staten voor het eerst een geavanceerde versie van een antiraketsysteem in gebruik als onderdeel van haar raketschild, en daarmee is de tweede fase ingeluid voor het plan van Washington voor de oprichting van het Europese raketschild.
Het raketschild in Europa, waarvan de NAVO en de Verenigde Staten beweren dat het bedoeld is om bedreigingen van Noord Korea en Iran af te slaan, is al gedurende vele jaren een bijzondere bron van wrijving in de betrekkingen tussen de Verenigde Staten en Rusland.
Op de NAVO-top in Lissabon van 2010 zijn Rusland en de NAVO formeel overeengekomen om op dit onderwerp samen te werken. Maar de besprekingen mislukten, vooral vanwege de Russische eisen dat er wettelijke garanties moeten komen dat het systeem niet gericht is op haar strategische nucleaire verdediging.http://live.aljazeera.com/Event/Ukraine_liveblog/118028172
Eight hours of talks between Russia, Ukraine and the EU have ended without a deal on resolving a natural gas pricing row between Moscow and Kiev, raising the risk of supply disruption to the EU member states.
Russia has threatened to cut off gas supplies to Ukraine early on Tuesday as the talks were cut-off, with possible knock-on effects for EU supplies, over Ukraine's failure to pay its gas bill.
A European Commission spokeswoman and Prodan said talks could resume either at 9pm on Tuesday or at 9am on Wednesday in Brussels, the Reuters news agency said.The view from nowhere.Vorige week heeft de grenscontrole aan de rand van de stad Lugansk 2 dagen standgehouden bij aanvallen door rebellen. Daarna hebben ze zich overgegeven. Zij zeggen geen enkele steun van Kiev te hebben gehad.twitter:StateOfUkraine twitterde op dinsdag 10-06-2014 om 09:44:27 Luhansk border guards who were under assault for 2 days said #Ukraine's Defense Minister abandoned them/lied about it http://t.co/XrBuFmPQOs reageer retweettwitter:StateOfUkraine twitterde op dinsdag 10-06-2014 om 10:08:11 Poroshenko orders the creation of humanitarian corridors in east #Ukraine for civilians to flee war zone. Conflict may soon intensify. reageer retweetquote:Two children die from fragmentation wounds in Sloviansk - Donetsk region administration
A boy and a girl died presumably from fragmentation wounds in the city of Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, on Tuesday, June 10 Donetsk region administration spokesman Illia Suzdalev has said.
[ Bericht 5% gewijzigd door deelnemer op 10-06-2014 14:54:42 ]The view from nowhere.Ukraine says repulses separatist mortar attacks
KIEV (Reuters) - Pro-Russian separatists attacked Ukrainian military checkpoints and other strategic points in eastern Ukraine overnight but they were beaten off with only minor casualties on the Ukrainian side, a government forces spokesman said on Tuesday.
In a three-hour battle near the airport of Kramatorsk, rebels attacked the army with mortars but government forces returned fire, destroying their position and killing 40 "mercenaries", said the spokesman, Vladyslav Seleznyov. This figure could not be independently confirmed and there was no immediate word from the side of the separatists.
In Slaviansk, just north of Kramatorsk, two Ukrainian soldiers were wounded when rebels, who control the city, attacked an army position on the perimeter using grenade-launchers.
In Luhansk, on the border with Russia, separatist fighters opened fire on the airport and nearby Ukrainian army positions. "The attack of the (separatist) fighters was repelled by special force units. There are no losses on the Ukrainian side," said Seleznyov.
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Ukraine said on Monday it had reached a "mutual understanding" with Russia on parts of a peace plan proposed by Poroshenko, though it gave no details and Moscow made no direct comment on the issue.
However, the overnight clashes demonstrated the continuing high tensions in the hot spots of eastern Ukraine.
In a separate initiative, Poroshenko ordered security chiefs to establish a "safety corridor" to help civilians caught up in the fighting to leave the area if they wished, his press service said on Tuesday.
Poroshenko also told the government to organize medical assistance to civilians in areas at risk and to send in mobile units to deliver drinking water, food and medical supplies.
Kramatorsk vannacht
Een zware machine fabriek in puin.quote:No ordes to end anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine
The anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine is currently continuing, spokesman for the anti-terrorist operation Vladyslav Selezniov has said.
[ Bericht 10% gewijzigd door deelnemer op 10-06-2014 14:56:16 ]The view from nowhere.Oekrainse militairen zijn gisteren krijgsgevangen gemaakt door de rebellen.twitter:twitter:twitter:EuromaidanPR twitterde op dinsdag 10-06-2014 om 13:52:32 Dolzhansky border crossing point is officially closed. De-facto militants on Ukr side "operate" bcp with Rus border guards, #Tymchuk FB |EMPR reageer retweet
[ Bericht 0% gewijzigd door deelnemer op 10-06-2014 19:18:50 ]The view from nowhere.Footage of the aftermath of the battle in Semyonovka (kleine voorstad van Slaviansk):quote:Ukraine's President Pledges Peace While Shelling the East
On Sunday, at a three-way meeting of Ukrainian, Russian, and European representatives in Kiev, Poroshenko called for a halt to the hostilities. “We must ensure a ceasefire this week,” he told the group. “The situation where people die each day and Ukraine is paying such a high price is unacceptable,” he added.
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But the president’s unwillingness to sit down at the negotiating table with leaders of the pro-Russian forces may prove a sticking point in turning the talk of peace into a practical reality.
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On June 5, the town of Krasnyi Lyman, a 16-mile drive from Sloviansk, was cleaned of rebels and brought back under Ukrainian army control. The shelling hit a local hospital and several houses. Around half a dozen shot up and burnt out cars were abandoned in the streets as Ukrainian soldiers rolled in on APCs to reclaim the territory.
[ Bericht 0% gewijzigd door deelnemer op 11-06-2014 02:07:53 ]The view from nowhere.grapjasquote:
lol die Poetin is echt zo hypocriet als wat. Hij heeft het zelf veroorzaakt dat de NAVO meer troepen in dat gebied actief wil hebben.ja NAVO moet wel , je weet niet wat hij van plan is.quote:
lol die Poetin is echt zo hypocriet als wat. Hij heeft het zelf veroorzaakt dat de NAVO meer troepen in dat gebied actief wil hebben.
Letland , Litauwen Estland Polen?Er gaat niets boven lekker in de zon zitten in de achtertuin met een heel koud glas bier , als je al 72 jaar bent en nog gezond, laat ze maar lachen de sukkelsNee de overname van crimea en de troepenopbouw aan de grens van Oekrane voor lange tijd hebben totaal geen invloed gehad op dit besluit.quote:
Civilians take cover, flee Slaviansk as shells land
After a week of intensified shelling by government forces, windows of buildings on the outskirts of the city have been blown out, fires have gutted stores and the hulks of damaged Soviet-era cars lie abandoned in the road.
A few stores are still operating in the leafy town center, where the muffled sound of mortar fire drifts in from areas around the city edges, but life has been transformed even there.
A few days ago, residents were showing defiance by carrying on their lives as best they could. Now only a handful of people dare to walk in the open near the city hall, barricaded by sandbags and fenced off by the rebels. Others have fled.
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The transformation of Slaviansk in the past week is a result of the two-pronged policy being pursued by President Petro Poroshenko, the pro-Western leader elected last month and sworn in on Saturday with a pledge to end the insurrection.
Although he has started talks with Russia on a peace plan he has drawn up, he has also ordered Ukraine's armed forces to step up their "Anti-Terrorist Operation" to win back control of towns and cities held by rebels seeking unification with Russia.
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Residents estimate a third of the population of Slaviansk has fled hardships such as cuts in electricity and water supply.
Journalists enter and leave through an army checkpoint, at which there is a steady trickle of cars ferrying out residents, mainly women and children with their belongings and food.
Men were barred from leaving, turned back at a checkpoint by the Ukrainian army, fearing they could join rebel forces elsewhere. "We all tried to leave together last week, but the Ukrainian military wouldn't let me pass. They said I might be a terrorist," said a 34-year-old market trader who gave his name only as Alexei and had hoped to leave with his two daughters.The view from nowhere.quote:Crimean prosecutor Natalia Poklonskaya will sit on the jury of the Five Stars song competition
The Crimean prosecutor who became an Internet sensation in March is expanding her career into showbiz, serving as a judge for Russia's answer to the Eurovision pop contest, media reported.The view from nowhere.Twee kopstukken van de rebellen worden worden juridisch vervolgd.quote:No Public Breakthrough at Ministers' Talks on Ukraine Crisis
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - The highest-level visit of European Union diplomats to Russia since the Ukraine crisis erupted produced no public breakthroughs, as Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov continued to send mixed signals of accommodation and confrontation over the continuing separatist violence in eastern Ukraine.Corruptie bestrijding.quote:Prosecutor General suspects DPR leaders of setting up terrorist organization, coup attempt
The head of the Supreme Council of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), Denys Pushylin, and DPR prime minister Oleksandr Borodai are suspected of having committed a number of crimes, Ukraine's Acting Prosecutor General Oleh Makhnitsky said on June 10.quote:Lviv governor resigns
Head of Lviv Regional State Administration Iryna Sekh has submitted her resignation letter, the administration's press service told Interfax-Ukraine
Sekh Iryna Ihorivna
But while Mrs. Sekh deals with the natural resources of the country in terms of their protection, her closest relatives contact with the Ukrainian nature in a very different aspect. Enterprises, which they own, cut wood in protected areas of the Carpathians and send it to export.
[ Bericht 12% gewijzigd door deelnemer op 11-06-2014 02:04:26 ]The view from nowhere.quote:People’s mayor of Sloviansk dismissed and arrested — source
SLOVIANSK, June 10. /ITAR-TASS/. People’s mayor of the east-Ukrainian city of Sloviansk Vyacheslav Ponomaryov (Ponomarev) has been dismissed from his post and arrested, a representative of self-defense forces confirmed to ITAR-TASS on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, head of the presidium of the Supreme Council of self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) Denis Pushilin commented that to date, he could neither confirm nor dismiss these reports.
According to sources in DPR’s government, the leadership of the republic had not made such a decision and at present, “communication with Sloviansk is poor, and the reports about the arrest may be a provocation”.quote:Strelkov sacks Slovyansk people's mayor Ponomariov
Vyacheslav Ponomaryov has been removed from the office of the "people's mayor" of Slovyansk, the defense minister for the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, Igor Strelkov, announced on June 10.quote:Sloviansk's 'People’s Mayor' Rumored to Be Detained By Own Forces in Ukraine
This morning, news agency ITAR-TASS reported that an unnamed member of the pro-Russia self-defense forces had said that Ponomaryov had been “dismissed from his post and arrested.”
In response to the report the fledgling rebel republic’s first deputy prime minister, Andrei Purgin, spoke with Interfax Ukraine on the rumors.
"I do not rule out that, under martial-law conditions, Igor Strelkov (the DPR defense minister based in Sloviansk) may have made a decision on some staff reshuffling, not least on the replacement of the people's mayor of Sloviansk,” Purgin said. “However, the leaders of the republic in Donetsk have yet to be notified of this decision."
Later in the day, another statement had been issued by the DPR denying the arrest.
"The information about Vyacheslav's arrest is a lie. At this moment he is at a meeting," the DPR spokesperson told Interfax.
But on Tuesday evening Ponomaryovs spokesperson Stella Khorosheva told VICE News that she was still been unable to make contact with him, and that he was last seen at 10PM on Monday night.
While she did not dismiss that he may be busy, she also said that his absence is shocking myself and the DPR. We don't know where he is.quote:Strelkov: Sloviansk 'people's mayor' Ponomarev dismissed
The "people's mayor of Sloviansk," Vyacheslav Ponomarev, has been dismissed, the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic's defense minister, Ihor Strelkov, said on Facebook on Tuesday.
"The so-called people's mayor Ponomarev has been dismissed for engaging in activities incompatible with the goals and tasks of the civil administration. I cannot provide further details for now," he writes.
Earlier on Tuesday, the press service of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic denied reports about Ponomarev's arrest.
Some media said on Tuesday morning that Ponomarev had been dismissed as "people's mayor" of Sloviansk. Reports about his arrest, citing a representative of local unlawful armed groups, emerged later.
[ Bericht 3% gewijzigd door deelnemer op 11-06-2014 00:51:49 ]The view from nowhere.Het provoceren, het verschuiven van de NATO grenzen richting Rusland, het bouwen van een raketschild tegen rusland en het inmengen in de binnenlandse politiek van Oekrane om een pro-russische president weg te krijgen en een pro-NATO/EU president te krijgen... dat heeft allemaal geen invloed gehad denk je?quote:
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Nee de overname van crimea en de troepenopbouw aan de grens van Oekrane voor lange tijd hebben totaal geen invloed gehad op dit besluit.Schijnbaar vertaald ViceNews heel selectief als je bepaalde mensen moet geloven. Ben benieuwd wat er van waar is, jammer genoeg versta ik zelf helemaal niks van de talen daar.quote:natuurlijk heeft dat ook invloed gehad, beide machtsblokken reageren op elkaar. Het westen speelt het alleen wat geniepiger en annexeert niet hele gebieden maar zet er EU gezinde mensen voor in de plaats.quote:
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Het provoceren, het verschuiven van de NATO grenzen richting Rusland, het bouwen van een raketschild tegen rusland en het inmengen in de binnenlandse politiek van Oekrane om een pro-russische president weg te krijgen en een pro-NATO/EU president te krijgen... dat heeft allemaal geen invloed gehad denk je?
En ja het heeft zelf mijn voorkeur dat dit geweld zo snel mogelijk stopt en dat die gebieden gewoon bij Oekrane blijven maar dan moet natuurlijk wel de rechten van de minderheden worden gerespecteerd. De separatisten die daar ernstig geweld hebben gebruikt moeten uiteraard terechtstaan.Ik versta het ook nietquote:
Schijnbaar vertaald ViceNews heel selectief als je bepaalde mensen moet geloven. Ben benieuwd wat er van waar is, jammer genoeg versta ik zelf helemaal niks van de talen daar.
Rapportages zijn sowieso geen goed medium als je objectiviteit nastreeft. Het maakt uit wie je interviewt. Zo kunnen RT en Vice News compleet andere impressies geven van dezelfde situatie. Als je daarop uit bent dan is het knullig om te sjoemelen met de vertaling.
In de laatste video rapporteert Vice News over zaken die voor RT koren op hun molen is. Het westerse kamp heeft er geen belang bij, om aandacht te besteden aan het geweld waarmee de ATO gepaard gaat en de slachtoffers. Maar dat doet Vice News wel en dat siert ze.
Dat de Dolzhansky grenspost in handen is van de rebellen is een feit:Dat de grens op plekken gewoon open is, lijkt mij onbetwistbaar. Dat Rusland van zijn kant de grenzen niet sluit voor de rebellen is ook evident. Rebellen komen met zwaar materieel de grens over (bijvoorbeeld het materieel waarmee ze de Oekrainse grensposten aanvallen), maar dat leidt nooit tot strijd met de Russen.twitter:EuromaidanPR twitterde op dinsdag 10-06-2014 om 13:52:32 Dolzhansky border crossing point is officially closed. De-facto militants on Ukr side "operate" bcp with Rus border guards, #Tymchuk FB |EMPR reageer retweet
Dat er nog steeds beschietingen plaatsvinden, en deze geintensiveerd zijn, is ook een feit. Interfax Ukraine meldt:
No ordes to end anti terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine
De overheid probeert terrein te veroveren op de rebellen. De plaatsen waarin de rebellen zich hebben verschansd beginnen steeds meer te lijken op een oorloggebied, waarin het gewone leven van burgers onmogelijk wordt.The view from nowhere.Het drie partijen overleg (trialoog) mbt tot het vredesplan boekt weinig voortgang.twitter:GermanyinUSA twitterde op dinsdag 10-06-2014 om 21:22:04 Amb #Wittig: #Trialogue of FM’s #Steinmeier, @SikorskiRadek + #Lavrov in St Peterburg on #Ukraine crisis today http://t.co/21y5kWglKg reageer retweettwitter:GermanyinUSA twitterde op dinsdag 10-06-2014 om 21:44:43 FM #Steinmeier after #Trialogue: We are not facing pol. solution in #Ukraine crisis, but escalation has given way to changed atmosphere. 1/2 reageer retweetOok het overleg over de gasprijs heeft nog niet geleid tot een overeenkomst..twitter:GermanyinUSA twitterde op dinsdag 10-06-2014 om 21:44:59 FM #Steinmeier cont'd: #Ukraine+#Russia must control common borders to stop flow of weapons+militants. 2/2 #Trialogue http://t.co/3hgbSnKS28 reageer retweetquote:http://live.aljazeera.com/Event/Ukraine_liveblog/118100331
Ukraine has rejected a proposal by Moscow for what would amount to a $100 reduction in the price Kiev pays for Russian natural gas, Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said.
Briefing his cabinet on talks on the pricing dispute with Moscow, he said Ukraine was holding out for changes in state gas company Naftogaz's contract with Russian producer Gazprom
and said it should pay the market price for gas.
Russia has floated the idea of scrapping its export duty for gas exports to Ukraine - $100 per 1,000 cubic metres, introduced after Moscow annexed Crimea - to reduce the price.The view from nowhere.Als ze toch bezig zijn.... dat ze de Russen dan Transnistri geven en de rest van Moldaviē weer teruggeven aan Roemeni.Een raketschild is een bescherming. Die massale nucleaire aanvalstraining van putin is een hele andere orde van wangedrag.quote:
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Het provoceren, het verschuiven van de NATO grenzen richting Rusland, het bouwen van een raketschild tegen rusland en het inmengen in de binnenlandse politiek van Oekrane om een pro-russische president weg te krijgen en een pro-NATO/EU president te krijgen... dat heeft allemaal geen invloed gehad denk je?Exponentile deflatie van Bitcoin maakt arme mensen nog veel sneller armer dan het grote probleem van inflatie. Gematigde burning van Ethereum is de gulden middenweg.De grenzen van de NAVO ook
[ Bericht 5% gewijzigd door #ANONIEM op 11-06-2014 12:50:04 ]Pro-Russian Patrols Have Replaced Police As Enforcers of Law In Donetsk
While in places like Slavyansk the Russian-backed separatists may be in control, the situation in Donetsk, Ukraine's fifth largest city with a population of over one million, is far more complicated.
While the city is technically in the hands of Ukrainian authorities, parts of it are controlled by the separatists, and as a result there is a palpable power vacuum in parts of the city.
AFP reports that pro-Russian citizens have organized patrols, a make-shift law enforcement that lacks the kind of accountability and training that one would hope to see in a city this large.twitter:paulgypteau twitterde op maandag 09-06-2014 om 18:46:38 In #Donetsk, pro-Russian patrols keep order at night - our story is here http://t.co/YLrnbl16Oo #AFP reageer retweetThe view from nowhere.The Yanukovych Leaks - The Mission To Save The Ousted President's Dirty History
In the last few months a lot of stories have been lost amid the world-shattering headlines of revolution, regime change, the deaths of civilians, the intervention of outside powers, a Russian invasion, the annexation of Crimea, and the growing war in the east.
One of those stories is the documents that were recovered by Ukrainian journalists and citizens, documents that were dumped into the river by Ukraine's fleeing president, Victor Yanukovych. Those journalists and citizens sent divers into the water to rescue the documents -- more than 25,000 of them -- then they separated them, dried them, sorted them... and read them.
The true impact of their efforts is just beginning to be felt, as the secrets of the outgoing administration, secrets that Yanukovych wanted to destroy. The "Yanukovych Leaks" contain evidence of widespread government fraud, the scale of which is just starting to be understood.
The view from nowhere.een raketschild is net zo goed een offensief wapen als je het gebruikt om je aanvallende troepen en legerbassisen te verdedigen.quote:Op woensdag 11 juni 2014 12:15 schreef firefly3 het volgende:
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Een raketschild is een bescherming. Die massale nucleaire aanvalstraining van putin is een hele andere orde van wangedrag.oke wat vond je dan van het feit dat de VS transportschepen met kernkoppen naar Cuba blokkeerde, terwijl dat land zich vrijwillig aangesloten had bij het bondgenootschap Sovjet-Unie?quote:
De grenzen van de NAVO ook
Oekrane heeft gewoon niks te willen hierin.Toverwoord.quote:
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een raketschild is net zo goed een offensief wapen als je het gebruikt om je aanvallende troepen en legerbassisen te verdedigen.
Rusland wil gewoon de mogelijkheid behouden om half Europa uit te moorden. En jij vind dat kennelijk prima, andere mensen in Europa om begrijpelijke redenen wat minder.A clear plastic table and chairs are seen in a soundproof vault built into the heart of Kiev's tax ministry. Officials say that a massive tax fraud overseen by senior members of the previous government squeezed billions of dollars out of their country's budget — and that some of the corrupt deals may have been struck inside the supersecure vault.
Tax cheats siphoned billions from Ukraine
As Ukraine’s tax chief tells it, the billion-dollar theft was planned at a see-through plastic table in a vault of soundproof steel.
The table and six matching transparent chairs sit in a secret chamber on an upper story of the tax ministry in Kiev. It was the epicenter, he and other tax officials say, of a massive fraud suspected of squeezing 130 billion hryvnias ($11 billion) from Kiev’s coffers over the past three years — an amount equal to more than half a year’s tax revenue for the entire country.
Deputy Tax Minister Ihor Bilous, the country’s new tax boss, says his predecessor was in on the scam, helping to organize a wide network of phantom firms in return for a cut of the cash. The criminals, he says, operated with impunity.
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According to officials and insiders, here’s how it worked: A business pretended to buy goods or services from the phantom firm. Instead of delivering on the deal, the fake company secretly returned the money in cash, reducing the real company’s tax liability in return for a cut of the money.
Getting in on the scam slashed tax bills dramatically. One home appliance importer used phantom partners to whittle its tax obligations down to $85,000 a month, according to ministry figures. Once it dropped the tactic, its payments jumped tenfold.
Those behind the phantom firms stood to make huge amounts of money. One tax document reviewed by the AP showed that a Kiev company purporting to be a trading firm drew in $190,000 in sales per month — with only a single employee on a monthly salary of $110.
A businessman with nearly two decades’ experience in Ukraine told the AP about his own involvement in the scheme. He said $300,000 he owed in tax was instead split between his companies and the various phantom firms he dealt with. He said businesses signed up because of high taxes and erratic enforcement of the law. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he feared prosecution.
Phantom companies have long been a problem in Ukraine, which ranks 144th out of 177 in Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index. Exorcising them is a key challenge faced by the newly elected administration of Petro Poroshenko, who was sworn in Saturday as Ukrainian president.
Bilous is proposing a series of legal changes to fight corruption, and some 30 investigations are under way. But skeptics say the new government is not doing enough to end fraud.The view from nowhere.Separatists Reportedly Block National Guard Troops At Lugansk Airport
ITAR-TASS reports that separatists have confronted Ukrainian National Guard troops at the Lugansk International Airport:The strength of the rebel assault is unknown, but another Russian media report suggests that 2000 National Guard troops are surrounded and they have been unable to break out of the airport:quote:The self-defense forces of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic on Tuesday blocked Ukraine’s National Guard units stationed at the Luhansk international airport, the republic’s spokesperson Vladimir Inogorodsky told ITAR-TASS.
“We confirm this information. Negotiations are currently underway,” Inogorodsky said refusing to comment on conditions put up by the parties.
The Luhansk International Airport stopped dispatching and receiving passenger and charter flights on June 3 because of the need to repair the runway, Vasily Tatarinov, the hub’s Director General, said.Yesterday Ukrainian forces reported that the power and water lines to the airport had been cut, but there's little indication from pro-government sources of the scale of that rebel attack.quote:According to RIA Novosti, about two thousand servicemen of the National Guard and a large number of armored vehicles are staying on the territory of the airport. [Head of the Lugansk People's Republic, Valery Bolotov] noted that the militiamen were ready to let their opponents leave the airport only in case they laid down their arms.
"If they lay down arms, we will give them an opportunity to leave without weapons," said Bolotov.The view from nowhere.Neem bijvoorbeeld de Yom Kippur Oorlog, waarin Egypte met zijn stationaire anti-lucht verdedigings-systemen op eigen grondgebied zeer succesvol hun aanvalsleger tegen de luchtmacht van Israel verdedigde.quote:
Ministerie van defensie. Mooi toverwoord, wat is de laatste keer dat wij verdedigd moesten worden?Neehee, het verdedigings-systeem was toch tegen Iran gericht, omdat zij half Europa uit wilden moorden?quote:Rusland wil gewoon de mogelijkheid behouden om half Europa uit te moorden. En jij vind dat kennelijk prima, andere mensen in Europa om begrijpelijke redenen wat minder.quote:Health Minister: At least 210, including 14 children, killed during anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine
The bodies of 210 people, including 14 children, have been delivered to morgues in eastern Ukraine over the period of the anti-terrorist operation ongoing there, Ukrainian Health Minister Oleh Musiy said.
"The overall number of those killed is 210 people over the period of the anti-terrorist operation. These are those delivered to morgues," Musiy told journalists in Kyiv on Wednesday.
"Fourteen children, that is, those younger than 18, have been killed over the time of the antiterrorist operation," he said.
The bodies of 50 people were delivered to morgues in Luhansk and Donetsk regions on Tuesday alone, he said.quote:Donbas militants release 14 Ukrainian officers captured in Horlivka
Eight officers from the Ukrainian Interior Ministry and six border guards, who were held captive, have been released in the town of Horlivka, according to the 112 Ukraine channel.
[ Bericht 0% gewijzigd door deelnemer op 11-06-2014 17:57:35 ]The view from nowhere.Ukraine’s Presence in CIS, EU Free Trade Zones Possible
MOSCOW, June 11 (RIA Novosti) - It is possible to try to combine Ukraine's presence in the free trade zones of both the CIS and EU, Russian Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukayev said.
"I think we must always look for opportunities. Politics is the art of the possible. Yes, we should try to combine the logic of Ukraine's presence in the CIS free trade zone and its possible participation in a free trade zone with the European Union," Ulyukayev told journalists Wednesday.
"This is a great challenge and I would like to warn everyone against certain levity," the Russian minister added.
He recalled that the issue has a legal side - more than 400 agreements binding Ukraine with the CIS, "40 of which are of vital importance."
"We cannot pretend that these agreements do not exist or that they can be violated because the violation of agreements is a risk. And politicians should not assume this responsibility," the minister pointed out.
Ulyukayev also noted that all parties must "search for solutions" and negotiate to make balanced decisions. It takes time and patience, he added.
The political part of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement was signed in March and it is now expected that the economic part will be signed, which includes Ukraine's entry into the EU free trade zone. Both Kiev and Brussels announced their intention to sign an agreement before June 27.
Russian Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukayev said that if the economic agreement between the EU and Ukraine is signed, Russia will have to protect its market from uncontrolled imports.The view from nowhere.Border Village of Dmitrovka Occupied by Separatists
Novosti Donbassa reports that the small town of Dmitrovka, near the border with Russia in the Donetsk region, is now under the control of separatist fighters. They report (translated by The Interpreter):quote:Militants from the Donetsk People's Republic control the Russo-Ukrainian border in Dmitrovka in the Shakhtersk district. The post office has been seized. Militants are using residential homes as their quarters and are demanding land maps (land registry data) from the local management, says the regional state administration's press service. According to the 2001 census, the population of Dmitrovka is 3,370.The view from nowhere.Omdat de Cubacrisis ontstond doordat de Sovjetunie kernraketten op een dusdanige positie positioneerde dat ze ongehinderd Amerikaanse doelen konden bestoken. Dat diende geen defensief belang terwijl de Oost-Europese landen zich juist aansluiten bij de NAVO om zich te verdedigen tegen Rusland. Daarbij liggen er, bij mijn weten, ook geen Amerikaanse kernwapens opgeslagen. Je vergelijkt dus appels met peren.quote:
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oke wat vond je dan van het feit dat de VS transportschepen met kernkoppen naar Cuba blokkeerde, terwijl dat land zich vrijwillig aangesloten had bij het bondgenootschap Sovjet-Unie?
Oekrane heeft gewoon niks te willen hierin.
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Neem bijvoorbeeld de Yom Kippur Oorlog, waarin Egypte met zijn stationaire anti-lucht verdedigings-systemen op eigen grondgebied zeer succesvol hun aanvalsleger tegen de luchtmacht van Israel verdedigde.
Ministerie van defensie. Mooi toverwoord, wat is de laatste keer dat wij verdedigd moesten worden?Klopt, maar dat sluit niet uit dat het ook Russische raketten tegen kan houden. Anders was Rusland niet zo op z'n pikkie getrapt.quote:[..]
Neehee, het verdedigings-systeem was toch tegen Iran gericht, omdat zij half Europa uit wilden moorden?Gisterentwitter:StateOfUkraine twitterde op dinsdag 10-06-2014 om 17:46:22 One more border crossing this time in Izvaryne #Luhansk is under ambush and #Ukraine's govt refuses or is unable to help its border guards reageer retweettwitter:StateOfUkraine twitterde op dinsdag 10-06-2014 om 23:22:36 Location of already cleared cities in #Donetsk region shows that ATO apparently aims to squeeze RU/pro-RU from Donetsk to #Lugansk region. reageer retweetVandaagtwitter:StateOfUkraine twitterde op dinsdag 10-06-2014 om 23:30:28 Donetsk region, cities Marinka and Kurakhovo have been cleared from RU/pro-RU. There is info that #Donetsk is next target of #Ukraine forces reageer retweettwitter:StateOfUkraine twitterde op woensdag 11-06-2014 om 08:54:14 Source: Any control #Ukraine had over #Luhansk is rapidly deteriorating (might be bigger problem than #Donetsk) but the govt is mum about it reageer retweettwitter:StateOfUkraine twitterde op woensdag 11-06-2014 om 14:48:59 ~200 armed men came to #Lisichansk, #Lugansk region, #Ukraine from #Russia and one of the states of Central Asia (probably #Kazakhstan). reageer retweettwitter:StateOfUkraine twitterde op woensdag 11-06-2014 om 15:11:17 #Lisichansk law enforcement: ~200 RU/pro-RU fighters from #Kazakhstan and #Russia who just entered city, now occupied Prosecutor's Office. reageer retweetThe view from nowhere.Rusland onder druk van EU bereid gasprijzen Oekrane te verlagen
In Brussel hebben de onderhandelingen over gas tussen het Russische Gazprom en Oekrane een beslissend stadium bereikt. Rusland is nu bereid om de prijs die het Oekrane rekent te verlagen van 485 dollar naar 350 380 dollar per duizend kubieke meter aardgas.
Bij de besprekingen in Brussel onder begeleiding van de Europese Unie heeft het staatsenergiebedrijf Gazprom zijn Oekraense debiteur Naftogaz bovendien zes dagen uitstel van betaling gegeven. Een bijzonder gebaar aangezien Gazprom eerder de prijs nagenoeg verdubbelde en vooruitbetaling eiste. Om de onderhandelingen een kans te geven, heeft topman Aleksej Miller van Gazprom het ultimatum nu uitgesteld tot aanstaande maandagochtend.
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Zondag besloot de regering van Bulgarije om de bouw van de gaspijplijn South Stream stil te leggen omdat de aanbesteding en de exploitatie ervan in strijd zijn met de Europese mededingingsregels. South Stream is een consortium dat door Gazprom wordt gedomineerd en als strategisch doel heeft de gastoevoer naar Zuidoost-Europa straks buiten Oekrane om te regelen.
In Bulgarije heerst al twee jaar maatschappelijk protest tegen de corruptie in het land en de beslissing om de aanleg van South Stream tijdelijk te staken, leidde daar nu tot een politieke crisis. South Stream wordt gezien als een voorbeeld van die corruptie. De leider van de regerende Bulgaarse Socialistische Partij kondigde gisteren vervroegde verkiezingen aan.The view from nowhere.iddquote:
De grenzen van de NAVO ookExponentile deflatie van Bitcoin maakt arme mensen nog veel sneller armer dan het grote probleem van inflatie. Gematigde burning van Ethereum is de gulden middenweg.Als rusland ook een schild heeft, is het toch ook goed??quote:
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een raketschild is net zo goed een offensief wapen als je het gebruikt om je aanvallende troepen en legerbassisen te verdedigen.Exponentile deflatie van Bitcoin maakt arme mensen nog veel sneller armer dan het grote probleem van inflatie. Gematigde burning van Ethereum is de gulden middenweg.internationale wateren.quote:
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oke wat vond je dan van het feit dat de VS transportschepen met kernkoppen naar Cuba blokkeerde, terwijl dat land zich vrijwillig aangesloten had bij het bondgenootschap Sovjet-Unie?
Oekrane heeft gewoon niks te willen hierin.Exponentile deflatie van Bitcoin maakt arme mensen nog veel sneller armer dan het grote probleem van inflatie. Gematigde burning van Ethereum is de gulden middenweg.Luhansk People’s Republic asks Russia to recognize its independence
LUHANSK, June 11. /ITAR-TASS/.
The self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR) has addressed Russia and another 14 states asking to recognize its independence.says the statement signed by LPR Supreme Council Chair Alexei Karyakin.quote:The LPR Supreme Council, municipal, regional congresses of people’s deputies, public unions are addressing the Russian Federation and asking it to make a decision on recognizing the independence of LPR as a sovereign independent state
Similar addresses were also sent to Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, China, Serbia, Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua.The view from nowhere.Zolang de rebellen en Kiev het niet eens zijn over de status van Donbass is er alleen een militaire oplossing mogelijk.quote:Russia tells US that Kiev must stop operation in east Ukraine
Lavrov "underscored the need for the swiftest halt by Kiev of its military operation in the southeast, agreement on terms of a ceasefire, a solution to acute humanitarian issues and ... real national dialogue on Ukraine's future structure." [Reuters]quote:Donetsk People's Republic is ready to have negotiations with Ukraine, but only with Russia's mediation, Denis Pushilin, chairman of the Supreme Council of the Donetsk People's Republic, said.
Pushilin said the southeastern regions of Ukraine are interested in issues such as
- the creation of a humanitarian corridor,
- exchange of POWs, and
- "withdrawal of illegal armed groups from the territory of Donbas."
"These should be the first issues to be tackled," he said. Pushilin said he believes now would be the right time to bring a Russian peacekeeping contingent to the southeastern regions.
Responding to a question from Interfax on whether the Donetsk People's Republic can change its mind about its independence, Pushilin said:
"There is no point talking about some united Ukraine after this many deaths and destroyed lives in Donetsk, Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, and other cities of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, after the horrific events in Odessa."quote:Poroshenko doesn't rule out roundtable in Donetsk involving parties to conflict
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has not ruled out the holding of the roundtable in Donetsk involving various parties to the conflict, who support his peace plan.
[ Bericht 3% gewijzigd door deelnemer op 12-06-2014 09:52:08 ]The view from nowhere.25,000 Displaced East Ukrainians Take Refuge in Soviet-Era Resort Town
At least 25,000 displaced east Ukrainians have taken refuge in the Svyatogorsk, which normally has a population of less than 5,000.
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"We were living day-by-day" Irina told VICE News. "Shelling would start at 4AM. We had [rebel] sniper positions on our building we chased them away...we don't know who is bombing who anymore.
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As the military have tightened their circle on the rebel-held city, the campaign of shelling has caused serious damage to residential areas on the outskirts the city, including Andreevka, Artyema, Cherevkovka and Semenovka, turning them into near ghost towns.
Explosions have also wrecked parts of the city center. Today, shop and homeowners picked through the wreckage to retrieve what they could of their properties.
There are only pensioners that cant escape and corpses left there [in these areas] now, Irinas husband, Andrey Vorobyev told VICE News.
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Trying to get out was terrible, there are a lot of checkpoints, she told VICE News. Now I need a place to live and work. My office was closed after being hit by a shellI dont have any money to live. I need a house and a job.
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Red Cross, and other international aid organizations, said they have been unable to access the Sloviansk and surrounding area as neither of the warring sides can offer a guarantee of their workers safety.
The rebels detained 11 Red Cross representatives earlier this month in Donetsk. After several days, they were released.
The difficulty of accessing Sloviansk means that precise figures on the numbers of deaths and injuries are unknown.The view from nowhere.Een oud artikel uit 2012
Ukraine’s energy business ‘optimized for corruption’
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Regulation and pricing are left deliberately murky in order to benefit private interests.
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In fact, if you were to design an energy system that is optimized for corruption, it might look very much like Ukraine’s.
You would start with a wholly state-owned monopoly that is not accountable to anyone except the head of the country who appoints the management of this company. It would operate non-transparently without being held accountable by shareholders (who might demand legal rights as owners) or capital markets since its chronic indebtedness is periodically repaid by the state treasury.
Domestic production would be priced artificially low, ostensibly for social welfare reasons, leading to a large grey market in gas supply that is allocated by privileged access rather than by price. Low gas prices suppress domestic production and energy efficiency improvement, thereby necessitating the import of large volumes of gas which coincidentally is controlled by the same state monopoly or its chosen middleman company.
The opaque middleman is frequently paid handsomely in kind, rather than in cash, which allows him to re-export the gas or to resell to high-value domestic customers, leaving the state company with the import debt and social obligations.
Similarly Ukraine has eroded its major advantages as a major oil and gas transit country between Russia/Central Asia and European markets from its geographic location and Soviet legacy pipeline infrastructure.
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The root causes of Ukraines energy insecurity are well known to all, as are their remedies
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This means the end of rent seeking in this sector that leaks billions of dollars per year; transparent and fair rules of the game for investors in the sector that do not favor special and politically-connected interests; and above all energy pricing reform...The view from nowhere.
twitter:StateOfUkraine twitterde op donderdag 12-06-2014 om 09:16:53 Witnesses are reporting that Russian tanks have entered Snizhne #Ukraine (#Donetsk region, border with #Russia). We're getting more info. reageer retweettwitter:StateOfUkraine twitterde op donderdag 12-06-2014 om 09:31:56 From preliminary reports/radio chatter it appears that #Russia may be launching a full-scale invasion of #Ukraine. We're still getting info reageer retweetquote:Op donderdag 12 juni 2014 09:39 schreef theNull het volgende:
twitter:StateOfUkraine twitterde op donderdag 12-06-2014 om 09:16:53 Witnesses are reporting that Russian tanks have entered Snizhne #Ukraine (#Donetsk region, border with #Russia). We're getting more info. reageer retweettwitter:StateOfUkraine twitterde op donderdag 12-06-2014 om 09:31:56 From preliminary reports/radio chatter it appears that #Russia may be launching a full-scale invasion of #Ukraine. We're still getting info reageer retweettwitter:twitter:RutheniaRus twitterde op donderdag 12-06-2014 om 00:52:32 One more #MedvedevSelfie from the beloved Crimea with its growing demand @djp3tros @JerryPopowicz http://t.co/MSCFvsT7Fh reageer retweetThe view from nowhere.twitter:EuromaidanPR twitterde op donderdag 12-06-2014 om 10:08:17 Picket by Border Guard HQ in #Kyiv demands resignation of Head Lytvyn, claims border defense ineffective. unain |EMPR http://t.co/iONh869Exp reageer retweetThe view from nowhere.Na de Krim kan Oekrane Donbass ook wel op zijn buik schrijven, dat krijgen ze nooit meer in handen. Het duurt allemaal veel te lang en een oplossing is nog niet in zicht, ondertussen versterken pro-Russen gewoon hun posities.Say what?Het is inderdaad vrij hopeloos.quote:
Na de Krim kan Oekrane Donbass ook wel op zijn buik schrijven, dat krijgen ze nooit meer in handen. Het duurt allemaal veel te lang en een oplossing is nog niet in zicht, ondertussen versterken pro-Russen gewoon hun posities.
Het is inmiddels een echte guerilla oorlog. Je kunt de rebellen niet aanpakken zonder alle steden plat te schieten, met alle humanitaire bezwaren (burgers die daartussen zitten of op de vlucht slaan).
De grens naar Rusland ligt open en in Rusland vinden ze dat prima. Hun diplomatiek insteek lijkt telkens openingen te bieden, maar dat berust allemaal op woordspelletjes (over wie je een terrorist noemt etc). Het is diep schijnheilig en Lavrov is volgens mij daarin kampioen.
Je kunt niet met de rebellen onderhandelen, omdat ze claimen dat de Oekraines overheid de terroristen zijn op het terrein van hun Volksrepubliek.
Al met al tekent dit de internationale diplomatiek. Dat is blijkbaar een werkterrein voor hufters, want normale mensen worden daar ziek van.
[ Bericht 1% gewijzigd door deelnemer op 12-06-2014 11:08:23 ]The view from nowhere.Ipv het conflict te laten door etteren, streeft het diplomatieke overleg nu al naar een herstel van het normale alledaagse leven. Daarbij zal Donbass moeten worden opgegeven.quote:
Na de Krim kan Oekrane Donbass ook wel op zijn buik schrijven.
In het licht van dit brutale machtsspel is Rusland niet meer te beschouwen als een betrouwbaar land.
[ Bericht 0% gewijzigd door deelnemer op 12-06-2014 11:31:48 ]The view from nowhere.Dat sowieso niet. Ik ben wel benieuwd wat Rusland gaat doen, als Donbass niet meer bij Oekrane hoort, zijn ze hun invloed in Oekrane grotendeels kwijt. Als Donbass een autonome republiek binnen Oekrane zou worden, wat Rusland graag ziet gebeuren, hebben ze die invloed nog wel. Ik denk niet dat de Russen staan te springen om Donbass te annexeren, het heeft geen grote strategische of economische waarde.quote:
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Ipv het conflict te laten door etteren, streeft het diplomatieke overleg nu al naar een herstel van het normale alledaagse leven. Daarbij zal Donbass moeten worden opgegeven.
In het ligt van dit brutale machtsspel is Rusland niet meer te beschouwen als een betrouwbaar land.
Ik vermoed dat ze Kiev en de pro-Russen binnenkort aan de tafel proberen te krijgen, als de onderhandelingspositie van de pro-Russen dermate sterk genoeg is geworden. Pas als het gebied volledig onder controle is van de pro-Russen, kunnen ze eisen stellen en vergaande autonomie verkrijgen.Say what?Dat is een mogelijkheid. Maar dat is niet om de bevolking in Donbass tegemoet te komen in hun wens hun eigenheid en taal te koesteren. Donbass was al, en blijft daarmee, een 5 colonne in Oekraine, die dmv corruptie uitsluit dat Oekraine als natie van de grond komt. In West Oekraine zijn mensen dat totaal zat. Een voortzetting van de machtsspelletjes in Donbass leidt in het westen mogelijk ook tot een afscheidingsbeweging. In denk daarom dat Oekraine zelf Donbass beter kan afstoten.quote:
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Dat sowieso niet. Ik ben wel benieuwd wat Rusland gaat doen, als Donbass niet meer bij Oekrane hoort, zijn ze hun invloed in Oekrane grotendeels kwijt. Als Donbass een autonome republiek binnen Oekrane zou worden, wat Rusland graag ziet gebeuren, hebben ze die invloed nog wel. Ik denk niet dat de Russen staan te springen om Donbass te annexeren, het heeft geen grote strategische of economische waarde.
Ik vermoed dat ze Kiev en de pro-Russen binnenkort aan de tafel proberen te krijgen, als de onderhandelingspositie van de pro-Russen dermate sterk genoeg is geworden. Pas als het gebied volledig onder controle is van de pro-Russen, kunnen ze eisen stellen en vergaande autonomie verkrijgen.The view from nowhere.quote:twitter:StateOfUkraine twitterde op donderdag 12-06-2014 om 09:16:53 Witnesses are reporting that Russian tanks have entered Snizhne #Ukraine (#Donetsk region, border with #Russia). We're getting more info. reageer retweettwitter:StateOfUkraine twitterde op donderdag 12-06-2014 om 09:31:56 From preliminary reports/radio chatter it appears that #Russia may be launching a full-scale invasion of #Ukraine. We're still getting info reageer retweettwitter:StateOfUkraine twitterde op donderdag 12-06-2014 om 10:32:56 Source: #Russia sending fighters to E. #Ukraine = an invasion = old news. What's new is the increased # of fighters and advanced weapons. reageer retweetThe view from nowhere.en over een paar jaar komen er ineens "spontane" protesten in Odessa en trekt Rusland het gebied door naar Moldavi enzovoorts. En het westen kijkt er naar en vind het wel prima zo lang ze maar goedkoop gas krijgen.Are Separatist Forces Using Tanks in the East?
The T-72 is still in regular service in Russia but has been withdrawn from duties in Ukraine. There are however T-72s in storage as reserves in Ukraine. We do not know yet whether, if these videos were recorded today, these tanks were taken from Ukrainian storage sites (as recently seen with the theft and restoration of PTS-2 amphibious vehicles in Lugansk) or brought over the now porous border from Russia.
Interior Minister Avakov Says T-72 Tanks Entered Ukraine From Russia Last Night
Avakov reportedly said (translated by The Interpreter):quote:Last night, three T-72 tanks crossed the Ukrainian state border from the Russian side. One tank is in the village of Snezhnoye. Two other tanks have moved out of the town. These tanks were intercepted by Ukrainian troops in the vicinity of Snezhnoye. A battle is under way.
[ Bericht 22% gewijzigd door deelnemer op 12-06-2014 15:10:23 ]The view from nowhere.Gisteren.
Rebellen beschieten de Nationale Garde op het vliegveld van Lugansk als wraak voor Sloviansk.
The view from nowhere.twitter:lennutrajektoor twitterde op donderdag 12-06-2014 om 18:46:29 Battalion "#Azov" showing to new #Mariupol people's mayor what THEY think of it. Not gonna happen. #Ukraine http://t.co/K7z7LWCnTW reageer retweet
Armed Men Abduct 'People's Mayor' in Mariupol
Eyewitnesses told 0629 that the incident took place at the intersection of Prospekt Metallurgov and Karl Liebknecht Street.
They described four armed men in camouflage getting out of a Ford and a Mitsubishi, stopping a black and white Honda, and dragging out the driver and lying them down on the tarmac. The driver and passenger of the Honda were placed in a car and driven off. The Honda itself was also taken.
[ Bericht 29% gewijzigd door deelnemer op 12-06-2014 19:59:41 ]The view from nowhere.Zou het niet om Oekranse tanks kunnen gaan die als stonden gestationeerd in die regio en nu in bedrijf zijn gebracht?quote:'Rusland laat tanks Oekrane binnen gaan'
Oekrane beschuldigde Rusland er donderdag van dat het toe heeft gestaan dat drie tanks en andere militaire voertuigen de grens zijn overgestoken in het oosten van Oekrane.
De beschuldiging werd gedaan door de minister van Binnenlandse Zaken, Arsen Avakov.
De voertuigen worden ingezet om pro-Russische separatisten te helpen. Rusland heeft nog niet op de aantijging gereageerd. Ooggetuigen zeggen bij de grens in oost-Oekrane drie tanks te hebben gezien.Say what?Counter-Terrorism Center op SBU gemplementeerde maatregelen vreedzame bevolking.twitter:StateOfUkraine twitterde op donderdag 12-06-2014 om 14:57:51 Security Service of #Ukraine creates corridor for civilians who wants to move from area of anti-terrorist operation. http://t.co/HjWU0RRXXm reageer retweet
Om te zorgen voor de noodzakelijke voorwaarden voor de burgers , die gaan uit het gebied van ATO, ATO manager belast met:
1. Identificeer wegversperringen, die zal worden gedaan door middel van een zo veilig mogelijke verplaatsing van de burgerbevolking uit de omgeving van ATO.
2. Op basis van de beschikbare krachten en middelen om hun drinkwater en medicijnen te garanderen voor het geven van eerste hulp de burgerbevolking, die een verlangen om het gebied te dragen ATO vertrekken uitgedrukt.
3. Wijs verantwoordelijke personen van het personeel dat wordt gelegd op bepaalde controlepunten om de rechtmatigheid, continuteit en effectiviteit van maatregelen om het verkeer van personen en goederen te controleren door middel van de juiste checkpoints zorgen.
4. Door de beschikking van de verspreiding van informatie onder de burgerbevolking op het creren van redding gang en procedure voor toegangscontrole controleposten organiseren faciliteiten.
5. Zorgen voor uitvoering van een nauwere controle maatregelen op bepaalde checkpoints om te voorkomen dat het gebruik ervan voor de afscheidingsbeweging uit de omgeving van ATO.The view from nowhere.Transnistri wilde zich allang aansluiten bij Rusland. Prima op zich. Kan de rest weer bij Roemeni.quote:
en over een paar jaar komen er ineens "spontane" protesten in Odessa en trekt Rusland het gebied door naar Moldavi enzovoorts. En het westen kijkt er naar en vind het wel prima zo lang ze maar goedkoop gas krijgen.Tanks rijden van Snizhne via Torez naar Donetsk.In Torez (Donesk oblast)twitter:EuromaidanPR twitterde op donderdag 12-06-2014 om 20:35:53 Shootout in #Torez is going on right now & column of weapons are crossing #Makervka, #Donetsk oblast http://t.co/NyJBNOjQeb | EMPR News reageer retweettwitter:MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op donderdag 12-06-2014 om 20:56:07 "The way of the tanks"#Snizhne-#Torez-#Makiyivka-(#Donetsk tonight) http://t.co/imNnH786Nh reageer retweetIn Makeevka (25 km buiten Donetsk)twitter:Kateryna_Kruk twitterde op donderdag 12-06-2014 om 21:08:33 Shooting in #Torez, tanks with #russia n flags in center of #Makiivka, via @ukrpravda_news reageer retweet
[ Bericht 5% gewijzigd door deelnemer op 12-06-2014 21:48:53 ]The view from nowhere.Tweede aanslag op Denis Pushilintwitter:HarrietSalem twitterde op donderdag 12-06-2014 om 21:17:14 Very large explosion in #Donetsk city centre, reportedly near the Donbas Palace Hotel #Ukraine. reageer retweettwitter:HarrietSalem twitterde op donderdag 12-06-2014 om 21:21:29 Very large explosion in vicinity of #Donetsk admin building. Now automatic gunfire and more explosions that sound like mortars. #Ukraine reageer retweettwitter:EuromaidanPR twitterde op donderdag 12-06-2014 om 21:24:47 Locals in #Donetsk report the fire started near the entrance to ODA (city administration building) @sima_ua #Ukraine #DOnbas reageer retweettwitter:EuromaidanPR twitterde op donderdag 12-06-2014 om 21:37:53 After a shootout near captured #Donetsk city admin, 1 of DNRs ministers car was blown up https://t.co/H9xMVLivjN http://t.co/zgTL6AwyFk reageer retweettwitter:lennutrajektoor twitterde op donderdag 12-06-2014 om 21:38:54 OK, this just in - #Donetsk Wannabe leader Pushilin minivan was blown up. Guard wounded, some bystanders. #Ukraine reageer retweettwitter:Steiner1776 twitterde op donderdag 12-06-2014 om 21:49:07 #Donetsk Minivan of #DNR Chairman Denis Pushilin exploded. He was not inside yet 4 ppl wounded one serious via @dnrpress #Ukraine reageer retweettwitter:
[ Bericht 5% gewijzigd door deelnemer op 12-06-2014 22:09:02 ]The view from nowhere.twitter:lennutrajektoor twitterde op donderdag 12-06-2014 om 21:54:14 Today 79th aeromobile brigade got into ambush @ #Slaviansk. 2 KIA, 21 WIA. Heavy battle. Can't say is it over or ongoing. #ATO #Ukraine reageer retweetThe view from nowhere.Separatist Tanks? 'I Recommend Everyone Calm Down'twitter:
Ukrainian military analyst Konstantin Mashovets, of the military and political research center in Kiev, has posted an analysis of the citing of these now infamous "tanks" on his Facebook page. We have translated his statements below:quote:So, about those goddamn tanks (which, to be honest, have managed to really get under my skin today)...
Let me explain...
- There is NO military significance to this tank raid out of only three trophy T-64s in Donetsk, it's purely an information action (you can debate about the specific goals)
- Only a barking mad military commander would let these tanks go "into the abyss" where the likelihood of their destruction by aviation or ground anti-tank means would be HIGH, the calculation was on completely different notions.. .
- For "effective destruction of the group of Ukrainian forces" (as several nervous, unstable personages have hinted to me here) these 3 T-64s even accompanied by the 2 Kamazos with the ZU-23-2 and the bands of separatists...to put it mildly is INSUFFICIENT.
- The arrival into the ATO zone of these "boxes" essentially changes NOTHING.The view from nowhere.Het lijkt me inderdaad eerder een kwestie van seperatisten die met Russische vlaggen en gestolen tanks paraderen i.p.v. een actie van het Kremlin. Als Putin actie onderneemt dan gaat dat een grote actie worden en geen kleine inval met 3 tanks.Ukrainian forces surround rebel-held port city
(Reuters) - Ukrainian forces surrounded the strategic rebel-held port city of Mariupol on Friday in a dawn attack launched as part of a broader military operation to reclaim control of eastern Ukraine.
The rebel forces said five of their fighters had been killed in the battle for Mariupol, Ukraine's largest Azov Sea port.
Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said on Facebook:He said National Guard and Interior Ministry units were involved, as well as special armed forces.quote:The operation began at 4.50 a.m. (0150 GMT). It's proceeding according to plan and has been successful. All key strongholds held by the terrorists are being brought under control. The area where the operation is being carried out in the center of Mariupol has been cordoned off.
One National Guard field commander said the rebels had destroyed an armored personnel carrier during the fighting. Another said four members of the National Guard had been wounded in the fighting but none had been killed.
Four Ukrainian troops injured as anti-terrorist operation moves to Mariupol
Timothy Ash, an analyst at Standard Bank in London, wrote on June 13 that This fresh outbreak of violence is a step back for Mariupol, which is home to some of billionaire Rinat Akhmetovs Metinvest plants. It had appeared to have been stabilised after miners/steelworkers had launched joint patrols with police to get rid of bandits.
[ Bericht 11% gewijzigd door deelnemer op 13-06-2014 12:21:18 ]The view from nowhere.Pushilin says one blast victim is his aide, another is security guard
Pushilin's car was blown up near the Donetsk regional administration building on Thursday. He was not in the car at the explosion moment. Three people died in the incident as of Friday morning.
Denys Pushilin has disclosed details of the attempt made on his life on Thursday night:This is the second incident of the sort in June. A car of Pushilin's aide Maksym Petrukhin, was put under gunfire in Donetsk on June 7. Petrukhin died. Pushilin said the murder was political and he saw it as an attempt on his own life.quote:The car explosion killed two persons, one of them was my aide and the other was a security guard. The driver and people who were passing by got injured. I know that a third person has died, too. We have yet to identify him. My aide died from lethal injuries this morning on the operating tableThe view from nowhere.
Shooting in Donetsk: Maxim Petrukhin -an official of the Donetsk People's Republic close to Pushilin- shot dead, DPR says. 
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