Crisis in Oekra�ne #101 De bevrijding van Oost-Oekraine

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Tijdlijn van de ontwikkelingen in Oekra�ne
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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lennutrajektoor twitterde op maandag 07-07-2014 om 15:36:14 #Konstantinovka is purged. #Ukraine flag is waving on city hall. #Ukraine #ATO http://t.co/wf2bJr5xmG reageer retweet

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lennutrajektoor twitterde op maandag 07-07-2014 om 19:12:24 #Tymchuk #Semenovoka is completely cleansed. #ATO made filtration there. #Ukraine reageer retweet

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lennutrajektoor twitterde op maandag 07-07-2014 om 19:40:18 On July 3-4 terrorists in #Slaviansk had 18 tanks, around 30 BMP-APC-BRDM-BMDs, 12 AA guns. ALL tanks were lost. 1 remained. Didn't make it. reageer retweet

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lennutrajektoor twitterde op maandag 07-07-2014 om 19:43:14 700 #Girkin aka #Strelok men made to #Donetsk. 300 stayed in #Horlivka, some went to #Luhansk-#Krasnodon direction. #Ukraine #ATO reageer retweet

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lennutrajektoor twitterde op maandag 07-07-2014 om 19:51:43 Terrorists fled #Slaviansk in 2 columns, 1 over fields & rear guard. Rear guard & over fields where smashed to bits. #Ukraine #ATO reageer retweet

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lennutrajektoor twitterde op maandag 07-07-2014 om 19:53:33 The main fleeing column was left intact, although #ATO 2 Su planes did follow them to #Horlivka. #Ukraine reageer retweet

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lennutrajektoor twitterde op maandag 07-07-2014 om 20:02:02 Battalion "#Vostok" has almost non existing chain of command. In #Donetsk beside 700 #Girkin's men 1200 #Vostok ones + Russian Orthodox Army reageer retweet

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lennutrajektoor twitterde op maandag 07-07-2014 om 20:06:53 #ATO air forces made air raids in #Horlivka on #Bezler aka #Bez unit camps, ammo depot. Had significant losses, ammo depot gone. #Ukraine reageer retweet

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lennutrajektoor twitterde op maandag 07-07-2014 om 20:05:40 #Torez-#Snizhne units have been hit seriously, in bad shapes,also w no armour now.The #Horlivka units have been too seriously hit, lost ammo reageer retweet

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lennutrajektoor twitterde op maandag 07-07-2014 om 20:10:54 On June 6 fr #Russian Orthodox Army all mercenary snipers left saying won't obey to idiots & salary is shit. #Ukraine #ATO reageer retweet

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lennutrajektoor twitterde op maandag 07-07-2014 om 20:12:46 On June 6 terrorists tried to seize #Donetsk airport. Unskilled ROA & #Vostok. Lost many, 1 tank, lorry truck w AA gun. Tank was fr #Snizhne reageer retweet

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tuumapomm twitterde op maandag 07-07-2014 om 19:45:34 @lennutrajektoor tactical retreat my ass reageer retweet

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Op dinsdag 8 juli 2014 09:24 schreef Solstice1 het volgende:
Die lennutrajektoor is pro-Oekra�ne gok ik?

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lennutrajektoor twitterde op dinsdag 08-07-2014 om 07:48:47 #Tymchuk Last night #ATO executed well planned plan & liberated town #Konstantinovka. It's under full ATO ctrl. #Ukraine reageer retweet

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EuromaidanPR twitterde op maandag 07-07-2014 om 21:15:46 Give up #Crimea ? From the owner of @KyivPost WTF!!! How #Ukraine Can Begin to Move Forward http://t.co/MosN7noHWm via @HuffPostUK |EMPR reageer retweet

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EuromaidanPR twitterde op maandag 07-07-2014 om 22:00:11 National Security Defense Council: the border on #Ukrainian side is fully controlled by the army, border guards http://t.co/lzMMrXb9Lw |EMPR reageer retweet

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EuromaidanPR twitterde op dinsdag 08-07-2014 om 08:44:33 No losses on #ATO side last night. Checkpoints near Illinka, Marynivka, Dyakove, Dolzhansky bcp under fire, #Tymchuk FB |EMPR reageer retweet

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EuromaidanPR twitterde op dinsdag 08-07-2014 om 09:18:47 8 border guards injured as a result of shelling in Kolesnykivka, #Lugansk region https://t.co/A41wTfMVii |EMPR http://t.co/uZw8hZaopO reageer retweet

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EuromaidanPR twitterde op dinsdag 08-07-2014 om 08:22:43 Today attack on the City Council of #Artemovsk battalion Artemovsk no casualties http://t.co/K37ZlGrqs1 |EMPR #Ukraine reageer retweet

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maxseddon twitterde op maandag 07-07-2014 om 20:13:10 Madcap MP Oleh Lyashko made the Slavyansk city council chair write a resignation statement "to the Ukrainian people." http://t.co/tK37Uq0oYF reageer retweet

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op maandag 07-07-2014 om 23:10:21 This is why, I refuse extremist politicians to be part of the ATO in eastern #Ukraine!https://t.co/wUN600usmQ Oleh Lyashko play warlord... reageer retweet

Radical party leader Oleh Lyasho forces Sloviansk city coun

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RutheniaRus twitterde op dinsdag 08-07-2014 om 11:18:57 99% arms/ammo terrorists left in #Slavyank taken from #Ukrainian Army's depot in Crimea. GRAD, Т-64B from 18 and 205 brigades #Russia - NSDC reageer retweet

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RutheniaRus twitterde op dinsdag 08-07-2014 om 12:03:52 Several explosions of railway in Yasynuvata, 30 min from #Donetsk yesterday 21.30. #Ukrainehttp://t.co/cpBbFjCRWi http://t.co/xp8DL62S1z reageer retweet

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op dinsdag 08-07-2014 om 15:25:39 #BreakingWhat?! Petro #Poroshenko is preparing a plan, which will be "an unpleasant surprise for the terrorists". - NSDC spox reageer retweet

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President Poroshenko approves Donbas liberation plan

KYIV, July 8 /Ukrinform/.

"The President of Ukraine, Supreme Commander-in-Chief Petro Poroshenko very thoroughly approved a plan that fully provides all phases of the liberation of our land from those people who are destabilizing the situation out there," Koval said.

He noted that there are also plans to liberate Donetsk and Luhansk.

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Medvedchuk won't be present at tripartite talks anymore

KYIV, July 8 /Ukrinform/.

Viktor Medvedchuk will no longer attend the negotiations of the so-called tripartite contact group to resolve the situation in eastern Ukraine, a source close to the negotiation process told Ukrinform on Tuesday.

According to the source, ex-president Leonid Kuchma will continue to participate in the negotiations.
A reminder that Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council (NSDC) Andriy Parubiy called Medvedchuk a criminal who in recent years has helped terrorists. Putin's godfather, in turn, demanded a meeting of the NSDC and that Parubiy refute his remarks.

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Avakov: Power supply restored in Sloviansk

KYIV, July 8 /Ukrinform/.

"Power supply of part of Sloviansk started at 15.00," he said, adding that water will appear there in three days after the resumption of power supply as it is due to the peculiarities of the process. Since we have a situation with mining, we are moving very carefully," Avakov said.

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Lithuania ratifies AA with Ukraine

KYIV, July 8 /Ukrinform/.

The Lithuanian parliament at its meeting on Tuesday ratified the association agreements between Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova and the European Union.

The first EU country to ratify the Association Agreement between the EU and these three countries became Romania. The ratification took place on July 2. The same day, Moldova ratified its agreement with the EU.

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myroslavapetsa twitterde op dinsdag 08-07-2014 om 13:51:14 #Ukraine's Justice Ministry wants Communist Party, which MPs backed separatism in the East and #Crimea, banned. reageer retweet

Луганск 24. Пресс-конференция Главы ЛН� В.Болотова. 8 июля 2014

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vsyo twitterde op dinsdag 08-07-2014 om 17:50:26 @MiddleEast_BRK A Ukrainain commander in Donetsk is arrested for transferring a large weapons arsenal to rebels http://t.co/tOVzoat46T reageer retweet

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Poroshenko Calls for UK and Italy to Join 'Normandy Four' Group

Commenting on President Poroshenko's discussions with the Italian foreign minister, Federica Mogherini, the Ukrainian president's press service said:

"The president praised the efforts of Germany and France, which allowed the formation of the so-called "Normandy four" [Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France] with the participation of Russia. Still, according to him, the international influence could be much stronger if Italy and Britain joined France and Germany."

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Two More Lenin Statues Fall Overnight

Two statues of Lenin were toppled last night in Ukraine.

One of the statues was torn down in the village of Chervona Sloboda in the northern Sumy region.
Interfax-Ukraine reports that the Ukrainian Communist Party has confirmed the removal of the statue and is pursuing criminal charges:

"Law enforcers have established that vandals damaged the monument by having it pulled down from the pedestal by a tractor and a tow," the statement said.

Another statue was torn down in the town of Bilozerka in the southern Kherson region. Tired of waiting for the authorities' decision, Ukrainian activists came to Bilozerka and dismantled the monument to Lenin by themselves. The police did not interfere with the will of the people.

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Op dinsdag 8 juli 2014 22:15 schreef Papierversnipperaar het volgende:
Worden de trollen ook niet meer door Rusland gesteund?

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There is a plan ... under which we will be able to liberate these towns (Donetsk and Luhansk). We are not publicising details of this plan. It should be a nasty surprise for the terrorists.

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We have a population in the town now of more than 900,000 people minus those who have left. It's impossible to evacuate them and there is nowhere for them to go. Their security must be guaranteed via negotiations at all levels.

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Frankly speaking, we didn't believe them when we got phone calls saying they were leaving Slaviansk. I hope Strelkov did not come here in order to go away. There will not be one single commander here ... because if Mr Strelkov suddenly chooses to leave Donetsk, with the aim of preserving the lives of the people of Donetsk and the lives of the volunteers, then we will not follow his order.

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lennutrajektoor twitterde op dinsdag 08-07-2014 om 00:26:02 Video: July 7, #Luhansk, #RUS terrorists in the city centre shell w GRAD. #Ukraine https://t.co/YRWdk3gDMn reageer retweet

Луганск Обстрел с Града

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Lugansk militia seize Grad multiple rocket launcher system

LUGANSK, July 07. /ITAR-TASS/.

People’s militia in the eastern Ukrainian city of Lugansk have managed to seize one of the three Grad multiple rocket launcher systems used to pound the city on Monday, eyewitnesses say, noting that these are early reports.

The launcher “only slightly damaged”, was moved to a city neighbourhood and “militiamen are painting over Ukrainian military marking” an Itar-Tass source has said. There have been no comments from the people’s militia headquarters as of yet.

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Op dinsdag 8 juli 2014 22:50 schreef Linkse_Boomknuffelaar het volgende:

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Het is weer duidelijk dat de multinationale graaiers achter deze contra-revolutie zitten, want Lenin moet het ontgelden.

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As a result of a large amount of evidence regarding illegal activities and illegal actions on the part of the Communist Party, I have made the decision, signed and sent it to the District Administrative Court regarding the liquidation of the Communist Party

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Op dinsdag 8 juli 2014 23:44 schreef LelijKnap het volgende:
Deelnemer, waarvandaan jouw interesse in Oekraine en afwezigheid in de Irak, Syrie en Israel-Palestijn topics?

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StateOfUkraine twitterde op dinsdag 08-07-2014 om 20:33:44 A female Ukrainian pilot taken prisoner by (pro) RU fighters has been handed over to #Russia and put in prison there http://t.co/ZLtJBWx0QR reageer retweet

Допрос Надежды Савченко, снайпера причастной к убийству российских журналистов

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StateOfUkraine twitterde op dinsdag 08-07-2014 om 17:25:14 1 of basements where (pro)RU kept hostages and prisoners in #Slavyansk, #Ukraine. #SimonOstrovsky may know this place http://t.co/B196ZOnjXm reageer retweet

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45Zoroastro twitterde op dinsdag 08-07-2014 om 20:55:15 #Novorossiya #DNR announces death of journalist Oksana Shkoda http://t.co/8MEF5uH2fD http://t.co/uAG67EOq1d via @gbazov #Ukraine reageer retweet

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Death correspondent Oksana Skoda in Slavyansk

The journalist Oksana Skoda died when departure militias from Slavyansk, said the militia Donetsk National Republic.

"According to the data received from Slavyansk Disappeared Journalist Oksana Skoda died ", - said in the video, posted by the channel Anna News."

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According to the source, they went out just before the entrance to the city of the Ukrainian army. However, their convoy was attacked by Ukrainian law-enforcers.

Слова Стрелкова � оссии и ополчение 08.07.2014

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Igor Strelkov, a Russian from Moscow who is now the main rebel commander in the city, appeared to be disappointed at the number of volunteers coming forward for the rebels.

He told local rebel TV station that from July volunteers would be offered a monthly pay of 5,000-8,000 hryvnia ($430 to $690) to fight.

"Maybe this will help those people who are hesitating to find the strength in themselves and join the ranks," he said.

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lennutrajektoor twitterde op dinsdag 08-07-2014 om 23:15:24 Tomorrow #ATO soldier gets first salary, 1600 UAH. It's �100. (No joke) reageer retweet

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lennutrajektoor twitterde op woensdag 09-07-2014 om 20:42:52 #Girkin aka #Strelok promised to pay its mercenaries 5000 - 8000 UAH per month. #Ukraine #ATO reageer retweet

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op woensdag 09-07-2014 om 00:05:20 Another video of the Russian invaders #Grad rocket attack vs. Ukrainian villages near #Luhansk on Monday. https://t.co/XhZtAA1urP #Ukraine reageer retweet

Луганск 07.07.14. Стрельба из Града. Фашисты уничтожают мирных жителей

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Ukrainian military firing rocket system BM-21 "Grad" on mine residents.

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Op woensdag 9 juli 2014 10:19 schreef Woestijnvos het volgende:

Ukraine Recaptures Sloviansk: Russian Roulette (Dispatch 54)

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Op woensdag 9 juli 2014 10:32 schreef SadPanda het volgende:

Poroshenko targets Lugansk and Donetsk - 'No unilateral ceasefire'

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paulgypteau twitterde op woensdag 09-07-2014 om 10:00:07 A pro-Russian rebel from the Vostok Battalion manning a checkpoint in #Donetsk http://t.co/hCSQcWPl7N reageer retweet

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Op woensdag 9 juli 2014 01:17 schreef deelnemer het volgende:
De rebellen

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No defensive measures are taken yet. The city is currently prepared for defense at the level Sloviansk was ready two months ago. So, defensive reinforcements can stop armored personnel carriers and some kind of national guards and interior troops. The city can defend itself from armored columns of the enemy with major difficulties. But we are taking urgent measures so that Donetsk will be ready for battle.

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Sloviansk and Kramatorsk suffered an attack on militia’s positions and even city quarters, plants and industrial enterprises. There were neither roadblocks nor even checkpoints, however, artillery guns were pounding them constantly and massively.

They wanted to destroy the infrastructure as strongly as possible. Leave people jobless, without residence and all other belongings. To resolve the task of forcing people to flee, leave them without means of living even after combat actions are over. I believe that incumbent Ukrainian top state and military officials will not stop to do the same with Donetsk

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We cannot fight at half-strength. We cannot hope that somehow with small forces and with small means someone will be able to protect the republic. Serious mobilization measures are needed.

Unfortunately, resources for this, primarily weapons and ammunition were not prepared. There are none of them now. However, we would be able to arm, outfit and train several thousand volunteers, just slightly in the least. For a brief period of time. I believe that 80 thousand people would be enough to stop Ukrainian army.

Everything is still bad in our rear. We will be fighting and will stop them, but it will be very difficult to win in defense without more active participation of local residents of Donbass [the main Ukrainian coalmining region].

Starting from this month militias will be paid quite serious sums in local conditions from five to eight thousand hryvnias (from 15 to 23.5 thousand rubles) and we plan to introduce this pay from July. May be this will help people who hesitate now, cannot decide to join the ranks of militia. So, we will be creating a contract army.

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No weapons brought across Russian-Ukrainian border during conflict

ROSTOV-ON-DON, July 9./ITAR-TASS/.

Since the beginning of the conflict, Russian border guards have detected no cases of transfer of arms, ammunition and military equipment across the border," a spokesman for the Border Guard Department of the Russian Federal Security Service, Leonid Smyk, told reporters on Wednesday.

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Foreign media reports shown damaged Russian border-crossing point to Ukraine

Foreign media representatives arrived in the Rostov Region in southern Russia on an initiative of the association of foreign correspondents accredited in Moscow to clarify the situation in regions bordering Ukraine.

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The example of Crimea - a region that did not recognize the authorities imposed during a coup in Ukraine in February and seceded from the country to accede to Russia in March - apparently inspired residents of Ukraine’s Southeast, who supported the country’s federalization. The residents started massive protests and formed militias.

The Donetsk and Luhansk regions bordering Russia held referendums on May 11, in which most voters supported independence from Ukraine. South Ossetia has recognized the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic. No other countries have followed suit so far.

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EuromaidanPR twitterde op woensdag 09-07-2014 om 16:37:04 Mykola #Bondar, the Ataman of #Ukraine Cossacks army called to #Yarema,SBU Head to stop policy against #Maidan |EMPR http://t.co/elUh4Jt63K reageer retweet

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Prosecutor general says force an option when restoring order in Kyiv center

Ukraine's Prosecutor General Vitaliy Yarema has said he does not rule out the use of force if the residents of the tent camp on Independence Square and activists who remain in administrative buildings in the center of Kyiv offer armed resistance to law enforcement agencies during their eviction from the occupied territories.

Yarema said that according to latest reports, 19 government buildings remained captured in Kyiv.

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Klitschko against dispersal of Maidan by force

Kyiv Mayor and Head of Kyiv City State Administration Vitali Klitschko reiterated that he is against the dispersal of remaining Maidan activists by force.

"The dispersal of the Maidan using force would be an emergency measure. I'm not contemplating this and have never contemplated it," he told the journalists on Wednesday.

As earlier reported, Ukraine's Prosecutor General Vitaliy Yarema has said he does not rule out the use of force if the residents of the tent camp on Independence Square and activists who remain in administrative buildings in the center of Kyiv offer armed resistance to law enforcement agencies during their eviction from the occupied buildings.

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Separatists Using Tanks and Grad Rockets in Airport Attack

Over the course of the day, militants have been mounting a massive assault on Lugansk airport, which is under the control of Ukrainian security forces.

This was reported to Ukrainska Pravda by one of the soldiers at the airport.

"A massive attack is under way," he said.

"The afternoon brought shelling from two tanks and mortars. This was at 1 pm and 3 pm on Tuesday," said the source in the ATO to Ukrainska Pravda.

"There was a report that 2 BM-21 Grad launchers were on the move," said the source.

Meanwhile, Ukrainska Pravda's source at the airport, when asked if the militants were using Grad launchers against them as of 17:20 [14:20 GMT], replied:

"They're using everything. There is no air support."

As of 17:30, it was revealed that the Ukrainian air force had struck the militants.

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Ukraine’s army concentrate troops, hardware north of Luhansk

LUHANSK, July 09. /ITAR-TASS/.

The press service of the self-proclaimed People’s Republic of Luhansk (PRL) said on Wednesday:

"Ukraine’s army is pulling troops and hardware to the city of Luhansk,

About 150 armored vehicles, including armored personnel carriers, tanks and self-propelled mounts, as well as six Grad multiple rocket launchers, have been concentrated to the north of Luhansk, .

LPR army destroyed “one armored personnel carrier and three trucks supposedly delivering weapons” over the past 24 hours. The aggressor has lost about 50 men killed and wounded.

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Two militants' Grad rocket launchers destroyed by ATO forces

KYIV, July 9 /Ukrinform/.

Near the village of Dmytrivka on July 9 the Ukrainian military destroyed two Grad multiple rocket launchers, belonging to militants, spokesman for the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) Vladyslav Selezniov wrote on his Facebook page on Wednesday.

"At 11.55 near the village of Dmytrivka the compounded battery of 2S3 [152.4 mm self-propelled artillery system “Akatsiya” - ed.] of a mechanized brigade made an aimed artillery strike on particular rebel positions. As a result of the effective action two BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launchers of the militants were destroyed," he said.

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Two killed, six wounded as Ukraine’s military shells east Ukraine’s Luhansk

LUHANSK, July 09./ITAR-TASS/.

At least two people were killed and six others wounded as Ukraine’s military shelled east Ukraine’s embattled Luhansk, the press office of the city’s council said on Wednesday. The Ukrainian military fired a total of 13 artillery shells, damaging buildings and infrastructure facilities in the cities, the press office said.

Трасса Донецк - Мариуполь Украинская армия готовится освободить Донецк от террористов ДН� . 09.07

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op woensdag 09-07-2014 om 15:53:18 Reports say the Ukr. army had to shoot in the air as some people in #Mariupol were outraged by the passage of up to 100 Ukr army vehicles. reageer retweet

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op woensdag 09-07-2014 om 15:55:11 Some people cheered and waved the passing troops, some showed their fists, others even jumped on the streets and insulted the soldiers. reageer retweet

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op woensdag 09-07-2014 om 23:26:21 Another video from this evening shows endless Ukr. army convoy "30 km from #Donetsk city". https://t.co/u8vCQzBS7d #Ukraine reageer retweet

Большая колонна военной техники в 30 км от Донецка. Окружение террористов ДН� . 09.07.2014

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HarrietSalem twitterde op woensdag 09-07-2014 om 22:19:08 As sun sets on #Donetsk #Ukraine forces advance. Multiple rocket launchers & T84 tanks now 15km south of city http://t.co/MNWs4iR9nZ reageer retweet

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Op woensdag 9 juli 2014 21:25 schreef UpsideDown het volgende:

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op woensdag 09-07-2014 om 11:08:36 Nadiya Savchenko fought with the National Guard #Battalion_Aidar in #Luhansk and was taken #POW on June, 18th. http://t.co/cKPnNZuMrC reageer retweet

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ReutersWorld twitterde op woensdag 09-07-2014 om 22:03:57 #BREAKING: European Union governments add 11 new names to Ukraine sanctions list: diplomat reageer retweet

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EU Sanctions 9 Separatists And 2 Russians Over Ukraine Crisis

The European Union agreed to add 11 new names on Wednesday to the list of persons targeted with asset freezes and travel bans over the Ukraine crisis and the sanctions are likely to take effect on Saturday, an EU diplomat said on Wednesday.

"The list consists mainly of Ukrainian separatists; there may be one or two Russians there as well," the diplomat said after a meeting of EU ambassadors that addressed the issue.

Rebels Retreat To Donetsk: Russian Roulette (Dispatch 55)

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lennutrajektoor twitterde op dinsdag 08-07-2014 om 23:10:20 From all fr #Slaviansk fled terrorists only 40 was killed. reageer retweet

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op woensdag 09-07-2014 om 11:49:20 #BreakingFootage Ukrainian terrorist leader Pavel Gubarev greets new volunteers from #Moscow. via @NikolayHort http://t.co/NqXCZcoWT0 reageer retweet

Павел Губарев - встреча российских добровольцев.

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 08:26:51 #Breaking Rus militants switch to guerrilla tactics in #Donbas. Two mine, one mortar, one small arms attack kill 3 Ukr troops, injure 12. reageer retweet

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StateOfUkraine twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 06:22:43 Tymchuk: very tense situation in Donbas #Ukraine. (pro) RU forces are laying mines which killed 2 UA servicemen, wounded 11 & blew up 2 APCs reageer retweet

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MorbidYoung twitterde op woensdag 09-07-2014 om 22:50:31 Girkin gave #Donetsk mayor Lukyanchenko 24h 2 decide wich side he's joining. Or he's taking oath 2 DPR or moving 2 cellar @lennutrajektoor reageer retweet

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StateOfUkraine twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 02:21:24 DNR press serv: there's an armed standoff between 2 (pro) RU groups: Battalion Vostok & Strelkov's men in E. #Ukraine http://t.co/CmV8hBbSK0 reageer retweet

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lennutrajektoor twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 09:15:13 Rumour has it battalion "#Vostok" asked #Girkin aka #Strelok to F himself & left #Donetsk to #Makeevka. Who going Girkin to lead now? #ATO reageer retweet

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StateOfUkraine twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 08:07:43 Reports of Russian paramilitaries planning to land dozens of boats along #Ukraine's coast on the Sea of Azov/Mariupol to launch attacks reageer retweet

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DMITRY TYMCHUK: Russian tactical groups near Chernihiv and Kharkiv

According to Information Resistance operational data, in the past 24 hours two tactical battalion groups were deployed to border districts of Russia near the border with Ukraine in addition to Russian troops already deployed there.

One of them is towards the direction of Chernihiv [a city 2 hours away from Kyiv by car], another is in a direction towards Kharkiv [close to Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts].

Earlier, according to our data, a convoy of military equipment arrived in Kursk Oblast (Russia). Some of the equipment bears the symbols of the Russian “peacekeeping forces.” The convoy was registered at a distance of about 25 km from the state border with Ukraine in the direction of Glukhiv (Sumy Oblast, Ukraine).

According to preliminary data, the convoy is formed from units of the 15th Separate Guards Motorized Brigade of the Central Military District [CMD] of the Armed Forces of Russia. This brigade was involved in a random inspection of the CMD troops in late June and rehearsed undertaking a peacekeeping operation.

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lennutrajektoor twitterde op woensdag 09-07-2014 om 19:05:14 Map of #ATO as of July 9. http://t.co/TA0gWsdM1O reageer retweet

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 09:23:13 #TollUpdate 30 Ukrainian troops were killed and injured in Russian militant attacks during the last 24 hours. This figure includes 3 KIA. reageer retweet

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EuromaidanPR twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 09:17:49 Terrorists fired at Dovzhansky BCP with mortars, used snipers. 5military injured, #Tymchuk https://t.co/yDjgwcnzA5 |EMPR reageer retweet

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 09:47:03 Heavy Ukrainian army equipment on a train near the northern Ukr city of #Sumy, close to Russia's #Kursk oblast. http://t.co/NEdQT8oD8R reageer retweet

Состав новых танков с города Сумы 10.07.2014

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 10:34:43 #BreakingNews The Ukrainian army seems trying to recapture #Severodonetsk in #Luhansk obl.Heavy fighting and fires.https://t.co/rCgeASc13Q reageer retweet

Северодонецк: Утро 10.07.2014

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RutheniaRus twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 11:35:28 Amid multiple railway explosions, SBU detained a group of terrorists going to blow up #Zaporizhya HPP. http://t.co/U3ZKGT6DNC reageer retweet

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op woensdag 09-07-2014 om 07:50:24 #BreakingFootage Ukr. intelligence arrests another terrorist unit with Russian high tech bombs in #Zaporozhye obl.https://t.co/p5KuQxLUDX reageer retweet

Запорожье. Сотрудники СБУ задержали диверсантов со взрывчаткой 08/07/14.

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EuromaidanPR twitterde op woensdag 09-07-2014 om 15:49:04 #Poroshenko Signed a Law Criminalizing the Financing of Separatism http://t.co/aBndg8HRHq |EMPR #Ukraine #stopputin reageer retweet

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EuromaidanPR twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 00:24:52 Ppl in #Sloviansk came to the central square w their phones b/c there is no electricity in many districts @Sloviansk http://t.co/EW9rpG61RZ reageer retweet

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EuromaidanPR twitterde op woensdag 09-07-2014 om 21:56:39 Terrorists seized #Donetsk police surveillance center- technically advanced, collects data from city's web cams http://t.co/MrKjsODF8f |EMPR reageer retweet

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EuromaidanPR twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 02:27:50 BREAKING #Terrorists seized #Donetsk Police Center of rapid response @Dbnmjr | EMPR #Ukraine #russiainvadesukraine reageer retweet

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lennutrajektoor twitterde op woensdag 09-07-2014 om 21:38:31 On July 9 to #Luhansk arrived 350 fresh #RUS terrorists & 12 trucks w munition. No surrender so far on sight. #Ukraine #ATO reageer retweet

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op woensdag 09-07-2014 om 23:12:45 #FIRSTFOOTAGE of Russian invaders' #BM21 #Grad system in #Luhansk city!https://t.co/rDRNgyhgY9Going for the airport http://t.co/0iUx1JY3zw reageer retweet

Ukraine: Rocket-launcher equipped Lugansk People's Republic forces close to Kiev-controlled airport

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EuromaidanPR twitterde op woensdag 09-07-2014 om 23:35:27 After battle in #Luhansk airport, 3 KAMAZs arrived to the local morgue&many wounded #terrorists came to the hospital https://t.co/xdXfsNmmxX reageer retweet

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EuromaidanPR twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 03:47:46 #Terrorists began shoot at #Luhansk airport from #Grad at 4am again | EMPR #Ukraine reageer retweet

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Op woensdag 9 juli 2014 19:33 schreef deelnemer het volgende:

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Op donderdag 10 juli 2014 11:00 schreef deelnemer het volgende:

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 10:34:43 #BreakingNews The Ukrainian army seems trying to recapture #Severodonetsk in #Luhansk obl.Heavy fighting and fires.https://t.co/rCgeASc13Q reageer retweet

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 11:26:20 #BreakingFootage Damage after shelling in Syeverodonets'k today.https://t.co/rnhEyCUI80https://t.co/E228Q0PAQc http://t.co/mBR9LM09Ng reageer retweet

Северодонецк Последствия минометного обстрела города террористами ЛН� . (1) 10.07.2014

Северодонецк Последствия минометного обстрела города террористами ЛН� . (2) 10.07.2014

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Op donderdag 10 juli 2014 11:00 schreef deelnemer het volgende:

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 09:23:13 #TollUpdate 30 Ukrainian troops were killed and injured in Russian militant attacks during the last 24 hours. This figure includes 3 KIA. reageer retweet

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A Ural truck came under machinegun fire near the town of Muratove, Luhansk region, at around midnight, the report said. "The truck was ambushed. One serviceman was killed and three were injured," the press service reported.

It came under fire from an AGS-17 grenade launcher and automatic weapons at a roadblock in the Luhansk region after midnight. A militant was taken prisoner. The servicemen did not suffer any casualties.

The Ukrainian infantry engaged in a shootout with the militia near Siversk, Donetsk region, at about 1 a.m. Two mortar crews were destroyed. Two servicemen were wounded, and a tank was damaged, the press center said.

It confirmed that a BTR-80 infantry fighting vehicle was blown up near Chervona Zoria. Two servicemen died and six were wounded.

Mortar and automatic gunfire was opened on the town of Dolzhansky from the village of Biriukove on Wednesday night. "Seven servicemen were wounded. Two of them are in a serious condition. Four of the injured are border guards," the press center said.

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A BTR-80 of the ATO forces was blown up by a landmine near the village of Chervonaya Zarya (in the Donetsk region). 5 members of the security forces were injured.

In this same area a BMP-2 was blown up by another landmine. The ammunition inside the the combat vehicle was detonated. 2 servicemen were killed, 6 wounded.

In addition, terrorists carried out a mortar attack on the Dolzhansky border checkpoint. Militant snipers also attacked security forces. 5 servicemen were wounded.

A convoy of ATO forces was ambushed. 1 serviceman killed, 3 wounded.

Overnight, 5 ATO checkpoints at various points in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions were fired on. One security officer was injured.

The terrorists fired on ATO positions near the village of Metalist, close to Lugansk, with their BM-21 Grad MLRS. All of their rockets missed the positions. There were no casualties.

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 14:28:49 #BRK The Ukr health ministry says 1870 civilians were either killed or wounded in the war vs.Russian invaders so far.(479 killed, 1392 inj) reageer retweet

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 14:31:31 #BreakingNews 100 police men from #Poltava in central #Ukraine are taking over public security in #Kramatorsk as local pol can't be trusted. reageer retweet

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 14:32:11 (Former) #Kramatorsk police men will be fired or relocated to central and western Ukrainian cities after individual investigations. reageer retweet

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 14:45:33 #BREAKINGNEWS Russian invaders in #Donetsk start major attack on the city's airport. Large troop movements: https://t.co/YwWSgC83x6 reageer retweet

Донецк: огромная колонна ополченцев пошла в сторону Аэропорта 10.07.2014

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 14:47:23 #BreakingFootage Militant BMP convoy in #Donetsk city heads towards the airport. https://t.co/segrAsslQF #Ukraine http://t.co/3zIxKqnXtW reageer retweet

10.07.14 Донецк, техника ДН�

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 14:49:49 #BREAKING Major Russian troop movement confirmed in #Donetsk city!!https://t.co/gYmlKjUhS8 http://t.co/kTsEZdJlOl reageer retweet

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StateOfUkraine twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 15:29:12 #Donetsk, convoy of military vehicles with Ossetian flags is heading to airport https://t.co/J1Y6Jf45J4 reageer retweet

10.07.14 Донецк, колонна техники

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 15:04:00 #Breaking The #Donetsk city council asks residents in the vicinity of the airport to not leave their flats and avoid the windows. #FIGHTING! reageer retweet

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lennutrajektoor twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 12:24:14 In fear of encirclement terrorists left #Siversk. reageer retweet

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 14:20:22 #BREAKINGNEWS UKRAINIAN TROOPS LIBERATED #SEVERSK in #DONETSK OBLAST. Several BM-21 destroyed, Russian invaders killed or fleeing reageer retweet

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 14:21:40 The town is of strategic impoartance as now #Lysychansk and #Severodonetsk are in hitting range. reageer retweet

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RutheniaRus twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 12:44:37 #Severodonetsk: Russian TV arrived in 5 min after 82mm mortar shelling, ppl send it away.RT @krishtopa @s84ua http://t.co/F9jfQDRmy6 reageer retweet

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djp3tros twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 14:12:00 Seversk is freed. Some terrorists better run home now or surrender, or they will be cut off. http://t.co/taRfUVsGQO reageer retweet

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 15:27:15 #BREAKING It looks like the entire mine in #Rovensky, #Donetsk oblast, blew up for some reason!!https://t.co/gWpygILXl0 reageer retweet

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 16:04:36 Residents call it an "air strike" that destroyed "mine 71" in #Rovenky. https://t.co/oSDPQlnnjr reageer retweet

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lennutrajektoor twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 19:02:06 #ATO July 10, #Rovenki, levelling #RUS terrorists' AA gun positions on top of quarry hills w serious air bombs. https://t.co/hfNJLx4rNb reageer retweet

Город � овеньки:взрыв за 71 Шахтой 10.07.2014

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The Airstrikes Against Coal Mine No. 21 (Pokrovka)

Host: Understood. What happened to day at the Coal Mine No. 21 at Pokrovka?

Igor Strelkov: A Su-25 aircraft attacked and fired eight rockets at what they thought to be the positions of one of our detachments. But it missed.

Host: Are there wounded, killed?

Igor Strelkov: No, there were no casualties. I told you, it missed.

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 14:26:22 Meanwhile heavy fighting goes on in #Karlivka, the last militant-held town west of #Donetsk. If it's taken,Donetsk airport will be free too. reageer retweet

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 15:40:06 #BREAKINGNEWS THE UKRAINIAN ARMY TOOK #KARLIVKA AND IS NOW ONLY 20 KM FROM #DONETSK CITY reageer retweet

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HarrietSalem twitterde op woensdag 09-07-2014 om 19:16:52 #Ukraine troops mass 20km south of #Donetsk. Convoy of 100+ vehicles inc. tanks, artillery, & multi launch systems http://t.co/LzmVcZFE2R reageer retweet

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StateOfUkraine twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 15:46:19 Donetsk Republic PM: We have to evacuate. #Russia should be ready to accept several hundreds of thousands of refugees http://t.co/h1cJ5R8Lv9 reageer retweet

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Separatist Leaders Prepare To Evacuate Parts of Donetsk

RIA Novosti, a Russian state-operated news agency, has posted a story that says separatist leaders are preparing to evacuate parts of Donetsk in advance of the predicted Ukrainian military assault on the city (translated by The Interpreter):

DPR authorities were preparing a partial evacuation of "some districts of Donetsk," DPR Prime Mnister Aleksandr Boroday said at a briefing.

"We were forced to do this. Russia must prepare for several hundred thousand refugees. They practically all want to go to the Russian Federation," said Boroday.

According to him, the evacuation will be voluntary and it can begin in a few days.

Earlier Kiev authorities said that they would encircle Donetsk.

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Op woensdag 9 juli 2014 21:25 schreef UpsideDown het volgende:

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Court upholds arrest of Ukraine's Savchenko charged over reporters deaths

VORONEZH, July 10. /ITAR-TASS/.

Ukrainian citizen Nadezhda Savchenko charged with complicity in murder of reporters of the Russian state television and radio broadcasting company (VGTRK) will remain under arrest until August 30.

The Voronezh regional court upheld the ruling to hold her in custody, rejecting her defense's appeal, according to the court's spokesperson Lada Petina.

The hearing at the regional court was held on Thursday behind closed doors with no journalists allowed. Savchenko was held in an investigation detention center in the city of Voronezh, with video communication established with the court.

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Ukraine woman pilot Savchenko in middle of media war

"Ukraine's GI Jane" and "national hero", or a "Killing machine in a skirt"?

There are two starkly opposing views of the female Ukrainian air force pilot current being held in Russia, in what has become another battle in the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian media war.

This latest information clash - played out mainly on social media as well as mainstream, pro-Kremlin media in Russia - typifies the way the conflict is being fought through opposing media narratives.

In the middle of it all is fashion designer-turned-air force helicopter pilot Nadiya Savchenko, 33.

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RutheniaRus twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 14:26:54 #Putin, #Merkel and #Hollande call for soonest ceasefire resumption and Contact Group meeting - says Kremlin. #Ukraine reageer retweet

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German, French Leaders Call Putin Over Ukraine

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande have urged Russia to use its influence on rebels in eastern Ukraine so that a meeting on a possible cease-fire can take place as soon as possible.

Merkel's spokesman said she and Hollande called President Vladimir Putin on Thursday morning.

Steffen Seibert said the German and French leaders stressed that the "contact group" made up of representatives of Ukraine, Russia and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe should meet as soon as possible with representatives of pro-Russian rebels, and "Russia should use its means of influence" to ensure that.

Seibert said all three agreed that a cease-fire and avoiding further civilian victims should be a top priority.

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Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin:

We certainly will not hold any negotiations on the conditions for the existence of Crimea. Crimea was Ukrainian and Crimea will be Ukrainian ...

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OSCE Permanent Council won't meet over Ukraine Klimkin

Ukraine doesn't believe that an unscheduled meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council initiated by Russia to discuss the humanitarian situation in Ukraine is possible, Foreign Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin has said.

"[There will be] no meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council," the minister said at a briefing on Thursday.

He said that none of the OSCE members backed a resolution proposed by Russia, and they won't consider it.

On July 8, Russia called on the OSCE to conduct an unscheduled meeting of the Permanent Council due to what it said was the continued worsening of the humanitarian situation in Ukraine. Russia's draft resolution contains demands that Ukraine stop military actions and withdraw forces from the eastern part of the country, as well as to establish humanitarian corridors to the counter-terror operation area.

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PM Yatseniuk vows most extensive privatization in Ukraine

KYIV, July 10 /Ukrinform/.

Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk promises to announce the most ambitious privatization in the history of Ukraine.

He said this at the All-Ukrainian Agricultural Forum in Kyiv on Thursday.

According to Yatseniuk, next week the government will consider a draft law on the list of objects that are not subject to privatization. "We will declare the most extensive privatization for all 20 years," he said.

The prime minister said that the Ukrspyrt company should be privatized, as well as other state-owned companies, "which are a subject of corruption rather than development of Ukraine."

We certainly will not hold any negotiations on the conditions for the existence of Crimea. Crimea was Ukrainian and Crimea will be Ukrainian ...

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Kyiv prosecutor demands protesters immediately vacate Maidan

KYIV, July 10 /Ukrinform/.

"I asked the chief of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry's main office in Kyiv, Yuriy Moroz, and city mayor Vitali Klitschko to immediately take effective steps to unblock the captured government buildings and roads in the center of Kyiv. The personal safety and protection of human rights and freedoms should be ensured," Yuldashev said.

He said that the criminal situation on the Maidan was "extremely tense."

"Since the beginning of April this year, the Pechersky district department of police has registered four cases of fatal bodily injury caused to citizens, as well as more than ten armed attacks. Since February 20, more than 158 criminal proceedings have been registered in the center of Kyiv regarding violations of public order related to harming the life and health of citizens and the commission of grave and especially grave crimes," the prosecutor said.

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EuromaidanPR twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 17:44:23 #Terrorists blew up a bridge near #Sloviansk, #Donetsk oblast @PeterShuklinov http://t.co/1YxUTgrLXe | EMPR #Ukraine reageer retweet

Сводка новостей Новороссии 07 июля 2014 /Summary of Novorossia News 07.07.2014

Сводка новостей Новороссии (ДН� ,ЛН� ) 08 июля 2014 / Summary of Novorossia News

Сводка новостей Новороссии (ДН� ,ЛН� ) 09 июля 2014 / Summary of Novorossia News

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18+ ЛН� .Луганск. Снарядом разорвало женщину. Эксклюзив / LPR. Lugansk 18+

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478 civilians killed, 1,392 injured in eastern Ukraine Health Ministry

As many as 478 civilians have been killed and 1,392 more injured in the area of the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) in eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian Health Ministry has reported.

"I can say that 1,392 people, including 104 women and 14 children, have been injured," Deputy Health Minister Vasyl Lazoryshynets said at a press conference in Kyiv on Thursday.

"478 were killed. They include 30 women and seven children. These are civilians," he added.

According to the ministry, 279 people are undergoing treatment in medical institutions.

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lennutrajektoor twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 18:41:23 In #Krasnoarmiesk region btln "#Vostok" has taken position to prevent reinforcements fr #Karlivka sent to #Donetsk airport by #ATO. reageer retweet

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 18:06:34 The Ukrainian air force says it killed more than 50 militants during air raids in #Izvarino, Luhansk oblast and #Karlivka, Donetsk oblast. reageer retweet

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lennutrajektoor twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 18:35:56 In #Donetsk #ATO air force is doing new air raids. #Ukraine #ATO reageer retweet

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 18:21:39 #BreakingReport 4 Ukr soldiers were killed in another guerilla (mine) attack by Rus militants on an Ukr BMP near the Dolzhansky border point. reageer retweet

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Ukraine boosts gas stocks at underground storage facilities by 115 mln cubic meters in first week of July

Ukraine boosts gas stocks at underground storage facilities by 115 mln cubic meters in first week of July

According to tentative data of public joint-stock company Ukrtransgaz, the operator of the Ukrainian gas transport system, while as of July 1 there were 14.371 billion cubic meters of natural gas at underground storage facilities, as of July 8, 2014 stocks had grown by 0.8%, to 14.486 billion cubic meters.

As reported, Ukraine even after the stoppage of natural gas supplies by Russia continued boosting gas stocks at its underground storage facilities, boosting them by 334.6 million cubic meters.

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Ukraine targets 30% cut in gas consumption - Energy Ministry

Ukraine has set the goal of reducing natural gas consumption 30%, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Yuriy Prodan told Interfax-Ukraine.

"We will now enact measures to reduce consumption, depending on how much we receive [in imports from the EU]. The goal is to reduce consumption 30%," he said.

Ukraine plans to import as much gas as it can from the EU, Prodan said.

"The capacity [for gas imports from the EU] totals about 15 billion cubic meters a year. Taking a half year, that is 7.5 billion cubic meters. That includes the volumes that will pass through Slovakia from September 1," he said.

Naftogaz Ukrainy, acting on instructions from Prodan, has restricted gas supplies to two combined heat and power plants in Kyiv and two in Kharkiv.

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 21:43:02 Ukrainian troops build up positions near #Donetsk city. https://t.co/MJYyu18M3q Long siege more likely than quick storm, I would say. reageer retweet

Українські вояки беруть у кільце Донецьк

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 21:48:55 #BreakingFootage Russian militants build a real #frontline near #Donetsk https://t.co/jKiAh2VHfK #Ukraine http://t.co/p3et4O5x9D reageer retweet

Бойовики у Донецьку: бронетехніка і блокпости

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 22:05:58 #BREAKINGVIDEO #Battalion_Vostok attacks #Donetsk airport with all kinds of #Russian-sponsored weapons. https://t.co/c4BQFsHZaD #Ukraine reageer retweet

Батальон "Восток" провел разведку боем в районе аэропорта Донецка

Ополченцы - бой у аэропорта Донецка 10.07.2014

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 21:41:26 #BreakingFootage Heavy fighting at #Donetsk #airport tonight. https://t.co/KSzxyJ3oLo Video description says, airport is "stormed". reageer retweet

10.07.14 Штурм аэропорта в Донецке

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Op donderdag 10 juli 2014 22:01 schreef SadPanda het volgende:

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Hij wou echter wel samen werken:
Members of Bandera's Ukrainian nationalist movement thought that they had found a new powerful ally in Nazi Germany to aid them in their struggle against the Soviet Union.

En het belangrijkste: hij was een antisemiet, walgelijk dus om hem een nationale held te willen maken.

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RutheniaRus twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 11:23:37 #Lugansk, Terrorists kidnapped CEO City Football Federation and son RT @norestfor reageer retweet

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 13:04:40 #BreakingNews Fighting started north of #Luhansk. https://t.co/6zMYGlfVqm Sirens in the city yelling, smoke nearby. #Ukraine reageer retweet

Сирена, самолет и ужас в Луганске. 10 июля 2014

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 21:52:42 #BreakingFootage Heavy Ukrainian artillery barrage at Russian militant positions north of #Luhansk. https://t.co/jh2gzULtS3 reageer retweet

Ukraine: Lugansk sees heavy shelling in Kiev 'anti-terror' operation

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 23:18:36 #BreakingNews Russian invaders blew up 2 more railway bridges tonight. Both leading from Ukr-reseized #Seversk into #Donetsk oblast. reageer retweet

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 22:58:43 #BREAKINGNEWS The Ukrainian army recaptured #Chervonopartyzansk border crossing in #Luhansk oblast tonight. reageer retweet

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 22:59:27 The crossing lies on the Ukrainian side of #Gukovo town in #Russia. reageer retweet

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NorthResistance twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 19:11:13 Foreign Ministry expressed “its strong protest” over #Ukraine shelling of #Russia’s #Gukovo boarder checkpoint.Pls stop talk n start act! reageer retweet

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ChristopherJM twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 23:16:04 #Strelkov signed for execution of 3 men by firing squad - 1 for looting, 2 for kidnapping - in #Sloviansk http://t.co/sxmjNMT5Hk @mashable reageer retweet

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maxseddon twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 23:00:02 Strelkov's order to execute Alexei Pichko for stealing two shirts and one pair of pants: http://t.co/Yw1TSDYpaL http://t.co/N1c9x8fVSC reageer retweet

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Documents Show Rebel Justice In East Ukraine Was Bureaucratic, Swift, And Merciless

The militia executed local residents for petty crimes under a decree dating from World War II. Transcripts were left behind by rebels.

SLOVYANSK, Ukraine — The men with guns came for Alexei Pichko in mid-afternoon, before the usual evening barrage of shells flew over this decrepit suburb of dilapidated shacks and half-burnt houses. When his mother went to look for him at the rebel headquarters in the security services building, they told her he was under arrest, but alive and well.

One month later, the men who took him have fled their stronghold in this sleepy east Ukrainian town, unable to sustain the Ukrainian army’s barrage of mortar fire, and retreated to Donetsk, the provincial capital. The building where he was held captive is now half-destroyed, lined with mulch and detritus. The only evidence of what has happened to him is on files found lying on the floor, coated in a thick film of dust, signed and stamped by the separatists’ feared commander.

“By order of the military-field tribunal of the [Donetsk People’s Republic] militia on 17.06.2014,” it reads, “I hereby proclaim that Aleksey Borisovich Pichko, resident of the city of Slovyansk, is sentenced for looting to an exceptional measure of punishment — execution by firing squad — on the basis of the Decree of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR “on martial law” from June 22nd, 1941.”

“The sentence has been carried out.”

[...]

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Klimkin: Last talks on east Ukraine held without Medvedchuk

KYIV, July 10 /Ukrinform/.

The last trilateral meeting of the contact group involving Ukraine, Russia and the OSCE on the settlement of the conflict in the Donbas has been held without Ukrainian Choice movement leader Viktor Medvedchuk.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said at a briefing in Kyiv on Thursday.

"[Medvedchuk] did not participate in the latest round of talks, however, he helped with the contacts," the Ukrainska Pravda online newspaper quoted Klimkin as saying.

The minister recalled that Medvedchuk does not represent Ukraine in the negotiations, but did not rule out his participation and "the participation of other mediators" in future meetings.

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US ready to finance restoration of Donbas

KYIV, July 11 /Ukrinform/.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, during a phone conversation with U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden, had discussed international efforts on the implementation of his peace plan in the Donbas and the restoration of infrastructure in the areas that were freed by the Ukrainian Armed Forces from terrorists, the presidential press service has reported.

Poroshenko noted that today the Ukrainian authorities pay great attention to the restoration of proper living conditions in the liberated towns, in particular, on ensuring water and electricity supply, television and radio broadcasting, which were destroyed or significantly damaged by militants.

He noted that the revival of civilian life in the Donbas is a priority for Ukraine, given what residents had to endure during terrorist invasion on Ukrainian settlements.

Biden, in turn, expressed his admiration for the self-restraint and actions of Ukraine and reiterated continued support from the United States. Biden said that the United States was ready to consider financing projects to rebuild infrastructure in the Donbas, following the example of the German initiative for residents of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk.

Biden also said that the United States stands ready to make efforts to expand support for Ukraine from international financial institutions.

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Sloviansk residents still in full information isolation - Lutkovska

KYIV, July 10 /Ukrinform/.

Sloviansk residents remain in information isolation and do not know what is really happening in the country, Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Valeria Lutkovska told a press briefing on Thursday.

"There is another problem for Sloviansk residents - they are in complete information vacuum. In fact, the square in front of the city council building is the only place where they can find some information," Lutkovska said.

The ombudsperson noted that the majority of citizens do not even know that during the time when they were ruled by separatists laws have been passed in the state and other steps have been taken for their protection and liberation. She also noted that now the locals due to absence of electricity and as a result - access to TV and radio - do not understand what is happening in Donbas.

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Ukraine's Poroshenko tells Biden that ceasefire offers rebuffed

(Reuters) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko told U.S. Vice President Joe Biden that Russia and Ukrainian separatists had refused multiple proposals by Kiev for venues to negotiate a ceasefire, the White House said on Thursday.

The two discussed the situation in eastern Ukraine in a phone call.

"The Vice President told President Poroshenko that the United States was discussing with its partners in the international community the need to hold Russia accountable for its continued support for the separatists," the White House said.

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Crimeas prosecutor says Kiev kills its people instead of protecting

SIMFEROPOL, July 10. /ITAR-TASS/.

Laws do not work in Ukraine and the authorities are killing people instead of protecting them, Crimeas Prosecutor Natalia Poklonskaya said on Thursday while visiting a refugee camp for Ukrainians in the village of Opushki near Crimeas capital Simferopol.

Asked about a possibility of forced migrants to assert their rights in Ukraine, the prosecutor replied with emotion: Look what is going on in Ukraine! What is the law there and who are the authorities protecting? A bunch of people who gathered together and dictate their conditions to the others and God knows what they are about?

Which law regulates murder of ordinary citizens? the CrimeaInform quoted Poklonskaya as saying. Who has given them a right to murder? The law does not work in Ukraine, there is none there.

The people who came here and are now enjoying protection of Russian law and Russia testify to this fact, she said.

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Operations are in full swing, Ukrainian military forces are digging trenches quickly. If separate firing points slightly deepened in the ground and imbedded with bags of sand were located at these places earlier, now these are full-scale trenches stretching in long lines at 100-200 metres one after another. No less than four lines of trenches are seen from Chongar deeply in Ukrainian territory. On their positions around five veiled infantry armoured vehicles, armoured assault vehicles and no less than two tanks T-64 are noticed. This is seen on a narrow neck of land running deep from checkpoint Chongar in the direction of railway stations Sivash and Novoalekseevka. Meanwhile, the very railway station Sivash was turned in a stronghold, its building was reinforced with bags of sand, the adjacent territory is also prepared for defense.

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Op vrijdag 11 juli 2014 00:50 schreef deelnemer het volgende:

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 22:58:43 #BREAKINGNEWS The Ukrainian army recaptured #Chervonopartyzansk border crossing in #Luhansk oblast tonight. reageer retweet

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 22:59:27 The crossing lies on the Ukrainian side of #Gukovo town in #Russia. reageer retweet

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The checkpoints Donetsk, Gukovo and Novoshakhtinsk are not functioning since yesterday. The customs staff was evacuated from all the three checkpoints, and the border guard department officers are staying there.

If anybody decides to cross the border in this situation, the border guards will let people pass.

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A bus trafficking miners of Donbass fuel and energy companys Chervonopartizanskaya coalmine to their workplace came under mortar and artillery gun fire at around 5.40pm local time (6.40pm Moscow time) on Thursday, July 10. The companys personnel offers condolences to families of those killed.

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Four have been killed, 16 wounded, and two seriously injured minersare in intensive care.

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Ukrainian govt forces retake Izvaryne border checkpoint, Kyiv says

Ukrainian troops have seized control over the border checkpoint in Izvaryne, Luhansk region, the press center of the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) has reported.

The troops completed the task of restoring and unblocking the Ukrainian border and taking the border checkpoints in Chervonopartyzansk and Izvaryne, the ATO press center reported on Friday.

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EuromaidanPR twitterde op donderdag 10-07-2014 om 21:45:21 #Russian border guard engineering units set up barbered wire along the border near Graniv, #Kharkiv region http://t.co/f9o2SM2xeF |EMPR reageer retweet

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Speech by Foreign Minister Carl Bildt at the Atlantic Council

But let’s be clear about one thing: this is a crisis initiated and driven by Russia in every single respect.

By starting its large-scale trade and economic pressure on Ukraine.

By more or less forcing then President Yanukovych to turn around and refuse to sign the EU agreement that he had negotiated and endorsed.

By then encouraging him to use violence to suppress the large Maidan demonstrations that erupted as a result.

By invading, occupying and annexing Crimea as President Yanukovych, for reasons that are still not entirely clear, abandoned the February 21 agreement, his presidency and his country.

By having the Federation Council approve authorisation for invading all of Ukraine, and then massing forces along its borders.

By launching a massive information and propaganda war not only against Ukraine’s European aspirations, but also to fuel fears and encourage divisions inside the country.

And by encouraging and supporting an armed insurrection to fracture the country, obviously aiming at the setting up of a Novorossiya semi-state in its eastern and southern parts.

This was and is a destabilising strategy of an order we have not seen in our part of the world for a long time.

The consequences of this succeeding would be profound. Certainly for Ukraine, but obviously well beyond that.

[...]

Russia must understand that we will never recognise the annexation of Crimea, and that it will burden our relationship for as long as it lasts.

And Russia must accept that Ukraine, like the other countries of the Eastern Partnership, truly has the right to continue on its democratic path and to choose its own European direction.

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Lukashenko blames Ukrainian crisis on crooked politicians

Minsk/Vitebsk - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has blamed the Ukrainian crisis on crooked politicians who disrupted the nation's unity.

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EuromaidanPR twitterde op vrijdag 11-07-2014 om 00:10:42 #Mykolayvka, #Donetsk oblast...after #terrorists - photo report @HromadskeTVО http://t.co/PY6RMpZxSx http://t.co/2PtyR4zBG8 | EMPR #Ukraine reageer retweet

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EuromaidanPR twitterde op vrijdag 11-07-2014 om 13:18:54 BREAKING 30 #Ukrainian soldiers killed&more than 100wounded in #Zelenopillya, #Luhansk oblast -to be confirmed https://t.co/ohOphmCFdv (2/2) reageer retweet

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djp3tros twitterde op vrijdag 11-07-2014 om 12:41:16 Drama near Zelenopole: entire Ukrainian convoy destroyed? 50 killed 100 wounded? http://t.co/XlOTiGgYP3 http://t.co/DprmIDMbBG reageer retweet

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lennutrajektoor twitterde op vrijdag 11-07-2014 om 12:46:14 It's true&cnfrmd by eyewitness. 1st battalion 79th regiment is basically gone. 50 KIA, 150WIA https://t.co/9ZkbknLkKq http://t.co/VdO1i7cvsg reageer retweet

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lennutrajektoor twitterde op vrijdag 11-07-2014 om 13:24:39 1st brigade 79th regiment camp was scouted by UAVs & shelled after, which all came fr #RUS side. This is 1st incident DIRECTLY by #RUS army. reageer retweet

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lennutrajektoor twitterde op vrijdag 11-07-2014 om 13:39:02 24th brigade is right now under GRAD shelling. 30 remained alive, 50 KIA, over 100 WIA.No reinforcement.Last tank hit http://t.co/KqWbvxeGVf reageer retweet

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lennutrajektoor twitterde op vrijdag 11-07-2014 om 13:50:52 Remains of 1st brigade 79th regiment. #Ukraine #ATO http://t.co/aoZNMunHXw reageer retweet

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EuromaidanPR twitterde op vrijdag 11-07-2014 om 13:54:27 Video of road bridge explosion between #Horlyvka & #Dzerzhynsk, #Donetsk oblast http://t.co/qbynIcL2kq |EMPR #Ukraine http://t.co/HJOwaAW2eE reageer retweet

Терракты батальона Матейченко

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EuromaidanPR twitterde op vrijdag 11-07-2014 om 09:37:51 #Donetsk airport, #Dovzhansky BCP under terrorists' mortar attack at night. No losses on #ATO side, Tymchuk https://t.co/d4ixBMpfkk |EMPR reageer retweet

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EuromaidanPR twitterde op vrijdag 11-07-2014 om 09:18:30 Terrorists send letters with threats to 15 #Ukrainian journalists, Dmytro #Tymchuk listed first http://t.co/OFPsixZP3g |EMPR reageer retweet

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Op vrijdag 11 juli 2014 14:33 schreef Frutsel het volgende:
ja ja... seperatisten...

seperatisten my ass...

gewoon Russen...

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lennutrajektoor twitterde op vrijdag 11-07-2014 om 14:36:54 Just in: Update came regarding GRAD shelling. It might have come as from #RUS, also as inside from #Luhansk region. Developing. #Ukraine. reageer retweet

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lennutrajektoor twitterde op vrijdag 11-07-2014 om 14:50:52 Right now the GRAD incident is investigated as possible GRAD shelling inside #Luhansk region w reconnaissance done w long range UAV drone. reageer retweet

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lennutrajektoor twitterde op vrijdag 11-07-2014 om 12:26:27 It's confirmed, #RUS tanks T-72s has been spotted in #Luhansk. 2 by #ATO scouts. By night will be 5 in total. #Ukraine reageer retweet

11 июля Утро Краснодон занят силами ЛН�

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lennutrajektoor twitterde op vrijdag 11-07-2014 om 14:57:42 Per #Tymchuk report the shelling came fr close location of #RUS border. So it's unclear was it #RUS terrorists or #RUS regular army. reageer retweet

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We are not holding a forced mobilization. We are counting on volunteers Over the past week, over a thousand volunteers have enlisted in our army.

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At least 30 servicemen killed in Grad shelling in Donetsk region - advisor to interior minister

About 30 servicemen are thought to have been killed in a shelling by militants using Grad multiple rocket launchers of the units of the Ukrainian anti-terrorist operation (ATO) forces near the village of Zelenopillia, Sverdlovsk district, Donetsk region, early on July 11, an advisor to the Ukrainian interior minister, Zorian Shkiriak, has said.

"According to publicly available information, up to 30 [that have been killed]. There might be more victims, because these bloody bastards again meanly shelled [the positions of the ATO forces] with Grad systems, and the destruction there is significant," he said at a briefing in Kyiv on Friday.

Shkiriak said that the response of Ukrainian law enforcers would be rapid and "any questions after another bloody terrorist attack regarding our attitude to those who took up arms against the Ukrainian people, Armed Forces and National Guard soldiers will be clear and understandable."

"They will be punished, either eliminated or captured, and they will answer according to the laws of Ukraine," he said.

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30 Ukrainian Soldiers Killed In Rocket Attack Near Russian Border

Militia shelled a column of Ukrainian forces on Friday from a GRAD emplacement on the outskirts of the village of Zelenopolye in Lugansk Region, and about 30 [Ukrainian] soldiers may have been killed, RIA Novosti was told by the DPR headquarters; the Ukrainian Interior Ministry has confirmed these numbers.

"According to our information, the 24th Motorized Brigade of Lviv fell under fire. The exact number of those who have been killed is not known; the count may be two to three dozen. The column was destroyed," a representative of the militia's h
eadquarters told RIA Novosti.

Zoryan Shkiryak, advisor to the head of the Interior Ministry, confirmed that 30 troops had died, according to a report from the TV channel 112 Ukraina. "For now, we have just this information -- 30 killed. I concede that there will be more mortalities in the end," he said.

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Igor Strelkov: Military Briefing

Speaking briefly, the enemy is moving on to a systematic siege of Donetsk and of the entire Donetsk-Makeevka urban agglomeration. Attempting to close the encirclement on all sides.

To the north, the enemy is advancing in the direction of Lisichansk. Yesterday, our forces left the city of Seversk in response to the direct danger of being encircled. The detachments of the Militia have moved on to positions atop the strategic heights between Seversk and Lisichansk. Our advance positions in this region are spread along the Popasnoye-Gorlovka-Dzerzhinsk line, terminating in Donetsk.

This morning, obstinate fighting resumed in the Karlovka area. The enemy attempted to attack using tank and infantry units. The attack was repelled. Two tanks were destroyed. The infantry attack was repelled. Thereafter, and until present, an artillery battle between the two sides has been continuing in the area. Reinforcements, which should repel the enemy’s attack, have been sent to the location. Unfortunately, we also have sustained losses there.

The front lines continue from Karlovka along the western outskirts, along the suburban settlements of Donetsk. From there, along the southern outskirts of Donetsk, all the way to Ilovais’k. From there, along the line to Shakhtars’k-Torez-Snezhnoye.

The major hostilities on the southern front have concentrated in the areas of the Saur Mogila [strategic height] and the villages of Dmitrovka and Stepanovka, where uninterrupted positional battles and exchanges of artillery strikes continue.

Today, at 14:00, our special purpose [spetsnaz] unit, supported with artillery, attacked the enemy positions in the area of the [Donetsk] airport. Our units were not tasked with taking control of the airport. Nevertheless, our side inflicted serious manpower losses on the enemy. There were no losses on our part.

Overall, the situation remains tense. However, the Militia is prepared to defend Donetsk and the entire Donetsk urban agglomeration firmly and steadfastly. We expect to be able to retain key positions around the city and will not allow the enemy inside city or permit Donetsk to be encircled from the East or the Northeast.

In this regard, we are absolutely certain that assistance will be furnished by the units of Alexander Mozogovoi, who is formally a part of the LPR [Lugansk People’s Republic] army, but has been acting in operational subordination to our headquarters. Moreover, we [ourselves] have the necessary reserves to parry the enemy’s strikes. We were able to free up these reserves by withdrawing from Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, Druzhkovka and Konstantinovka. Unfortunately, there was no other manner in which we could have freed up these resources.

I am prepared to answer your question to the extent I am able and to the extent I am permitted to do so by the demands of military secrecy.

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Vladimir Atjunfeev, New Vice-Premier of DPR

Ladies and gentlemen, briefly about myself. My name is Vladimir Yuryevich, born in 1951. I am Russian and a citizen of the Russian Federation.

My primary education is in law. As well, I am a graduate of the Academy of Government Administration of the President of the Russian Federation, in the National Security Department. I hold a PhD in Political Science and teach as a professor at the Academy of Military Science.

My entire adult life and service I have devoted to fighting national-fascism in Latvia, in Moldova, and, now, in Ukraine (as well as in Georgia). I have been granted state awards by the Soviet Union, Transnistria, Russia, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia. I say this not to boast, but simply to identify the functional points of my competency and the basis of my influence.

I was invited by the leadership of the Donetsk People’s Republic to facilitate the creation of law-enforcement structures, because the national-fascists of Ukraine, which have unleashed, under the leadership of the Kiev government, a war against the people of the South-East, have, in perpetrating these hostilities, substantially destabilized and undermined the functionality of these structures.

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Kateryna_Kruk twitterde op vrijdag 11-07-2014 om 12:46:03 citizenship of "leaders"of #Donetsk PPl's rep.:Strelkov(russia),Boroday(russia),Antyufeyev(transdnistria).No locals,no Ukrainians. reageer retweet

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StateOfUkraine twitterde op vrijdag 11-07-2014 om 16:05:48 Tymchuk & ATO press service: #Ukraine ATO loses for last 24 hours: 23 killed (19 soldiers, 4 border guards), 93 received various injuries. reageer retweet

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lennutrajektoor twitterde op vrijdag 11-07-2014 om 16:58:18 Just in: #ATO air force doing raids on forests nearby the airfield in #Luhansk to get rid of #RUS terrorists there. #Ukraine reageer retweet

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The population of Donbass requires truthful information about Ukraine. We cannot allow the distortion of facts in informing people about the course of events in Lugansk and Donetsk regions.

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ChristopherJM twitterde op vrijdag 11-07-2014 om 17:23:21 Explosion reportedly rips through #Donetsk mall. One reported injured, says @HromadskeTV http://t.co/LLYOKHxc9x http://t.co/G1lmbGrCni reageer retweet

ДН� . Донецк. Взрыв на 2 этаже ЦУМа. 11.07.2014 / DPR. Donetsk

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Op vrijdag 11 juli 2014 19:12 schreef UpsideDown het volgende:
Verharding in de strijd:

[..]

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Merkel asks Ukraine to keep sense of proportion against separatists

(Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in a phone call late on Thursday to keep a sense of proportion in his actions against separatists and to protect civilians, a German government spokesman said on Friday.

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Op vrijdag 11 juli 2014 14:12 schreef deelnemer het volgende:

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Op donderdag 10 juli 2014 21:20 schreef deelnemer het volgende:

as of July 1 there were 14.371 billion cubic meters of natural gas at underground storage facilities

The capacity [for gas imports from the EU] totals about 15 billion cubic meters a year. Taking a half year, that is 7.5 billion cubic meters.

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http://www.kyivpost.com/c(...)-302-bcm-355704.html

The Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers is expecting natural gas consumption in the period from August 2014 to March 2015 to reach 30.23 billion cubic meters (bcm).

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lennutrajektoor twitterde op vrijdag 11-07-2014 om 21:02:32 Map of #ATO as of July 11. http://t.co/KWSLCEqJvy reageer retweet

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lennutrajektoor twitterde op vrijdag 11-07-2014 om 17:42:54 On July 11 #ATO column @ Aleksandrovka was attacked. 1 KIA 2 WIA. #Donetsk #Ukraine reageer retweet

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lennutrajektoor twitterde op vrijdag 11-07-2014 om 20:42:22 Cmndr of btln "#Donbas" after #Bezler war hogs attacked CP in Artemevsk we retaliated. 7 killed, 11 wounded.We 2 WIA http://t.co/RqtQljvUZd reageer retweet

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Ukrainian air forces destroy separatists' base near Krasnodon

Ukrainian aviation has destroyed a base of illegal armed formations set up in a mine near Krasnodon in Luhansk region, the press center of the anti-terrorist operation operating in Kyiv said.

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Dzerzhynsk under heavy artillery fire

The city of Dzerzhynsk is under heavy artillery fire, a statement posted on the temporary Web site of Donetsk Regional State Administration said.

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lennutrajektoor twitterde op vrijdag 11-07-2014 om 23:40:55 Video: July 11, #Luhansk, #ATO forces in airfield & terrorists exchange shells. #Ukraine https://t.co/KARN8pwNRk reageer retweet

Ворожу техніку ЗНИЩЕНО!!!

Сводка Новостей Новороссии (ДН� ,ЛН� ) 11 июля 2014

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Op zaterdag 12 juli 2014 10:00 schreef Shokirbek85 het volgende:
Het kan nu gedownload worden voor de geinteresseerden in het conflict.

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StateOfUkraine twitterde op zaterdag 12-07-2014 om 07:02:24 Tymchuk: latest UA casualties in #Luhansk #Ukraine as a result of Grad rocket/mortar fire & land mines include 3 servicemen KIA & 23 WIA reageer retweet

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StateOfUkraine twitterde op zaterdag 12-07-2014 om 07:32:22 Military analyst Tymchuk believes that #Ukraine's govt is exaggerating casualties on the (pro) Russian side https://t.co/7PsXCl24x6 reageer retweet

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Ukrainian aircraft eliminated nearly 1,000 terrorists on July 11 - Selezniov

KYIV, July 12 /Ukrinform/.

On Friday, July 11, Ukrainian Armed Forces aircraft launched five air strikes against the strongholds of illegal armed groups, mortar and firing positions, bases and camps of militants and eliminated more than 1,000 terrorists, anti-terrorist operation (ATO) spokesman Vladyslav Selezniov has reported on his Facebook page.

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Ukraine loses seven servicemen over last 24 hours

KYIV, July 12 /Ukrinform/.

"The losses for the last 24 hours - seven servicemen killed, 33 wounded," the press center said.

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lennutrajektoor twitterde op zaterdag 12-07-2014 om 13:28:29 #Tymchuk In #Metalist fr terrorists mortar shelling on #ATO CP 1 KIA, 4 WIA. reageer retweet

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Canada imposes sanctions against 14 more people over Ukraine

The extended sanctions list of the Canadian government includes members of the so-called "governments" of the self-proclaimed "people's republics," Fedir Berezin and Ihor Plotnytsky, as well as head of the so-called Union of Orthodox Citizens of Novorossiya Valeriy Kaur.

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EU names rebel leaders in Ukraine hit with sanctions

(Reuters) - The European Union targeted Ukrainian separatist leader Aleksandr Borodai and 10 other rebels with travel bans and asset freezes on Saturday, avoiding fresh sanctions on Russian business to avoid antagonizing its main energy supplier.

The European Union said Borodai was "responsible for the separatist 'governmental' activities of the so-called 'government of the Donetsk People's Republic'," referring to the city where the military is fighting pro-Russian separatists.

Others on the EU list include Alexander Khodakovsky, a defector from the Ukrainian state security service who now commands rebels, and Nikolay Kozitsyn, identified by the EU as another rebel commander.

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Grad launchers again firing from Russian border

KYIV, July 12 /Ukrinform/.

Units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the State Border Service came under artillery fire with BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launchers from the Russian border at 00.28 on Saturday, July 12, the press office of the State Border Service of Ukraine has reported.

BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launchers


Missiles were launched at the units that were performing tasks as part of the anti-terrorist operation near Zelenopillia, Diakove, Biriukove, and Izvaryne. Ukrainian Armed Forces artillery opened fire in response.

"On the instruction of the defense minister, attack aircraft patrolling Ukraine's airspace were scrambled* and are ready to repel possible attacks," reads the statement.

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The closer we get to resolving the issue, the stronger the attempts to destroy all this will be. So I think that the coming weeks will be crucially significant from the viewpoint of
- the president's diplomatic work,
- continuing the counter-terrorism operation and
- changing the perception in society, including in Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

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Luhansk city council: Three civilians killed in Luhansk overnight

Three civilians have been killed in Luhansk on Friday, the press service of the City Council reported on Saturday.

"Ambulances were called 160 times over the past 24 hours, 28 of the cases involved gunshot wounds and injuries sustained in fighting. Three deaths of civilians have been ascertained," the report says.

At 13:40 on Friday, it was reported that a shell hit a residential house at 24 Kirova Street, and an elderly woman was killed.

The Regional Military Registration Office and the Regional Cancer Center were shelled on Friday. "Eleven people were injured," the press service said.

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Military spokesperson: Ukrainian security forces taking Donetsk, Luhansk suburbs under control

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The Ukrainian security forces have taken full control of most of the populated areas near Luhansk and are installing new roadblocks near Donetsk.

[...]

The press service of the Donbas fuel and energy company reported that mines hit the Maryinsky power grid district in the early hours of July 12.

"The power grid district building and the switchboard have been damaged, and cable routes and relay towers have been destroyed. The power grid district personnel has not been harmed and has been evacuated," Donetskoblenergo reported.

A new working station for the operator is being prepared now outside the combat area.

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EuromaidanPR twitterde op zaterdag 12-07-2014 om 12:41:09 Many #Donetsk citizens left the city and moved to #Mariupol (south-east #Ukraine) http://t.co/9N2lKNbwJV | EMPR News #Ukraine reageer retweet

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StateOfUkraine twitterde op zaterdag 12-07-2014 om 14:53:40 #Lugansk rep: 2 military columns from #Russia crossed border. Nobody trying to hide anymore: tanks are under Russian flags inc. latest T-90. reageer retweet

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EuromaidanPR twitterde op zaterdag 12-07-2014 om 04:49:27 #Russian vehicles crossing border w #Ukraine from #Rostov area through Popovka,Severny,Belenke http://t.co/ma91tkn2ub http://t.co/7mnzzkvaTi reageer retweet

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op zaterdag 12-07-2014 om 13:28:45 #BREAKINGREPORT Russian armed forces T-90 tanks entered the Ukrainian city of #Sukhodilsk in #Luhansk oblast last night.Will try to confirm. reageer retweet

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op zaterdag 12-07-2014 om 13:33:49 #BREAKINGREPORTS The Russian regular army invades #Ukraine since last night. Sight locations:Trying to confirm! http://t.co/FcbXD0VyaJ reageer retweet

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lennutrajektoor twitterde op zaterdag 12-07-2014 om 12:34:34 Video: #Donetsk, #Marinka district, residential houses, July 12 , after #RUS terrorists shelling. #Ukraine #ATO https://t.co/tLxfujG8F3 reageer retweet

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op zaterdag 12-07-2014 om 13:24:48 #Footage claims to show Ukr. army artillery damage to residential buildings in the #Donetsk suburb of #Marinka. https://t.co/z0lFWERSxs reageer retweet

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op zaterdag 12-07-2014 om 13:25:31 #Marinka is in the outskirts of #Donetsk and just 8 km from the city center. reageer retweet

Марьинка последствия обстрела 12.07

Донецк, Марьинка. Последствия массированного артобстрела 12/07/14.

ДН� . Марьинка. Последствия жестокого обстрела жилых районов / DPR. Mar'inka

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op zaterdag 12-07-2014 om 13:42:33 #BreakingNews #Donetsk public transport to #Marinka stopped as for fighting in the suburb. reageer retweet

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Al Jazeera Ukraine liveblog



At least four civilians were killed in Donetsk by artillery fire that damaged several apartment buildings overnight.

Four buildings were on fire in Maryinka, a western suburb of Donetsk after being hit by mortar fire.

It was unclear who fired the mortars, but there is a rebel base about 100 metres away which may have been targeted by the Ukrainian military.

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Op zaterdag 12 juli 2014 16:14 schreef deelnemer het volgende:
Een hoop berichten maar weinig bewijs.

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StateOfUkraine twitterde op zaterdag 12-07-2014 om 08:12:11 #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine is increasingly overt. Huge column of RU fighters + mercenaries + RU armor in #Donetsk http://t.co/v75flMO8Cj reageer retweet

10 07 2014 Подразделение ополчения Восток

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SimonOstrovsky twitterde op vrijdag 11-07-2014 om 21:27:03 Strelkov/Girkin, commander of Separatists in #Ukraine, says he was an FSB col. until 2013 (video Rus) http://t.co/zmi3hv5yi2 reageer retweet

Игорь Стрелков о себе

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lennutrajektoor twitterde op zaterdag 12-07-2014 om 19:36:44 @ 19:00 #RUS army opened fire on UA unit in #Hremyach village, Chernihivs'ka oblast. They targeted the bridge over #Sudost river w army CP. reageer retweet

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lennutrajektoor twitterde op zaterdag 12-07-2014 om 19:37:37 Here is the FB post on actual & confirmed by #RUS shooting on #Ukraine army unit on bridge. https://t.co/zuuyvmJrXE reageer retweet

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StateOfUkraine twitterde op zaterdag 12-07-2014 om 19:35:02 #Ukraine's National Security Council confirms reports from the field that the Russian army entered #Luhansk #Ukraine http://t.co/sDCSKANo8Y reageer retweet

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StateOfUkraine twitterde op zaterdag 12-07-2014 om 19:29:10 Wounded Ukr soldier: Ukr units trying to close border with #Russia are surrounded by regular Russian army & (pro) RU fighters. We need help. reageer retweet

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Op zaterdag 12 juli 2014 18:03 schreef deelnemer het volgende:

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SimonOstrovsky twitterde op vrijdag 11-07-2014 om 21:27:03 Strelkov/Girkin, commander of Separatists in #Ukraine, says he was an FSB col. until 2013 (video Rus) http://t.co/zmi3hv5yi2 reageer retweet

Игорь Стрелков о себе

Press Conference Borodai and Strelkov in Donetsk 10 Jul 2014-Part I

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Op zaterdag 12 juli 2014 18:03 schreef deelnemer het volgende:
Mocht het zover zijn dan zal het wel snel duidelijk worden. Ik sla dit soort berichten over totdat ze onmiskenbaar zijn.

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op zaterdag 12-07-2014 om 19:30:55 #BREAKINGNEWS UKRAINE: WE ARE INVADED BY THE RUSSIAN ARMY Russian Federation armed forces create corridor inside #Luhansk oblast!!! reageer retweet

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op zaterdag 12-07-2014 om 19:34:34 #Russia started the official #invasion of #Ukraine - all Ukrainian media confirming, the #NSDC announced the news. http://t.co/SsMYL1hSDQ reageer retweet

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Op zaterdag 12 juli 2014 19:55 schreef deelnemer het volgende:
Schermutseling aan de grens tussen Oekrainse en Russische militairen

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op zaterdag 12-07-2014 om 20:45:13 #BREAKINGREPORTS Russian army forces attack Hrem'yach, the first Ukrainian town behind the border!!! If true, #invasion_towards_Kiev began. reageer retweet

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ZhidoBandera twitterde op zaterdag 12-07-2014 om 20:47:52 @MiddleEast_BRK Easy..just 2 small mortar explosions, even unclear by whose fault https://t.co/4p0bOzWQeT reageer retweet

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op zaterdag 12-07-2014 om 20:50:07 As far as I understand it, there were several mortar impacts from the Russian side, but no invasion of the area. reageer retweet

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op zaterdag 12-07-2014 om 21:08:07 Another report says, it was a grenade accident. reageer retweet

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Op zaterdag 12 juli 2014 20:28 schreef deelnemer het volgende:

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Inmiddels is er ook een video van de persconferentie met ondertiteling (van Borodai and Strelkov in Donetsk 10 Jul 2014)

Press Conference Borodai and Strelkov in Donetsk 10 Jul 2014-Part I

Press Conference Borodai and Strelkov in Donetsk 10 Jul 2014-Part II

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Covert operation

An operation that is so planned and executed as to conceal the identity of or permit plausible denial by the sponsor. A covert operation differs from a clandestine operation in that emphasis is placed on concealment of identity of sponsor rather than on concealment of the operation. See also clandestine operation; overt operation.

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Op zondag 13 juli 2014 00:52 schreef deelnemer het volgende:
Dit is voldoende bewijs dat de operatie in Donbass wordt aangestuurd door Russen.

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Op woensdag 2 juli 2014 16:11 schreef Autodefensa het volgende:
Igor Strelkov – Moscow agent or military romantic?

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Rather, he may be part of the Greater Russian vision that permeates some sections of the Russian establishment, from political scientist Aleksandr Dugin to Vasily Yakemenko, and harkens back to earlier luminaries such as Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Strelkov appears to live in a different era, but his playing of romantic roles has become confused with political reality. Eventually, this quiet and eccentric fanatic may represent little more than a pawn in a much broader power game, but for the Ukrainian Government he represents a difficult opponent who is unlikely to surrender, with or without support from the Russian military and its Commander-in-Chief.

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Op zondag 13 juli 2014 12:21 schreef Igen het volgende:

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Zoals ik het lees (Wikipedia) is het net andersom en was de nationalistische romantiek juist een reactie op de veroveringen van Napoleon, die al gauw geen verlichte bevrijding maar eerder een Franse overheersing bleken in te houden. Wat dat betreft vind ik de classificatie als romanticus geen diskwalificatie.

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Op zondag 13 juli 2014 12:21 schreef Igen het volgende:

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Zoals ik het lees (Wikipedia) is het net andersom en was de nationalistische romantiek juist een reactie op de veroveringen van Napoleon, die al gauw geen verlichte bevrijding maar eerder een Franse overheersing bleken in te houden. Wat dat betreft vind ik de classificatie als romanticus geen diskwalificatie.

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Op zondag 13 juli 2014 13:51 schreef Woestijnvos het volgende:
Dit betekent dat er een gevaarlijke escalatie gaande is aan de grens

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op zondag 13-07-2014 om 12:44:08 #BreakingNews (Pro-)#Russian troops killed and wounded 37 Ukrainian soldiers yesterday with 7 #KIA and 30 #WIA. - NSDC reageer retweet

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myroslavapetsa twitterde op zondag 13-07-2014 om 11:02:36 2 Privat Bank offices blown up in #Odessa overnight. Privat Bank owner is #Putin's personal enemy & #Dnipropetrovsk governor Ihor #Kolomoysky reageer retweet

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EuromaidanPR twitterde op zondag 13-07-2014 om 12:55:49 Explosion in 2 Privatbank offices occurred overnight in #Odesa on Krasnoslobodska, Yadova str/ No one hurt http://t.co/GkyHDQ6G3R |EMPR reageer retweet

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MiddleEast_BRK twitterde op zondag 13-07-2014 om 16:29:49 Russian militant positions in southern #Luhansk city are shelled by the Ukr. army.https://t.co/BI4WRLnJs6#Ukraine reageer retweet

Обстрел Юга Луганска 13.07.2014

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lennutrajektoor twitterde op zondag 13-07-2014 om 19:49:30 #Tymchuk #ATO made 2 air raids on enemy units @ #Izvaryne BGCP. Also attacked by air #Kadyrovs' positions in #Lisinchansk NG premises. reageer retweet