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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.
Shooting in Donetsk: Maxim Petrukhin -an official of the Donetsk People's Republic close to Pushilin- shot dead, DPR says. 
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There are many injured with gunshot&shrapnel wounds in 
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