Crisis in Oekra�ne #119 De bevrijding van Oost-Oekraine

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Op zaterdag 23 augustus 2014 16:28 schreef UpsideDown het volgende:
Waarom staakt het Oekra�nse leger de strijd in het oosten niet, dit gaan ze toch niet winnen.

Onnodig veel doden en gewonden, iedereen oppert een wapenstilstand, economie stort in, annexatie is bovendien onwaarschijnlijk.

Ik niet begrijpen.

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Op zaterdag 23 augustus 2014 16:10 schreef JimmyJames het volgende:
Dat opperde Ian Bremmer ook al in een interview in de VK vandaag. Wellicht is dat de beste oplossing ipv te gokken dat een regelrechte invasie door Poetin bluf zal blijven.

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Op zaterdag 23 augustus 2014 16:55 schreef deelnemer het volgende:
Putin's KamAZ trucks loaded with loot from Ukrainian defense plants

KYIV, August 23 /Ukrinform/. Russian KamAZ trucks that invaded the territory of Ukraine under the guise of a "humanitarian convoy," are loaded with loot of Ukrainian defense plants.

Spokesman of the NSDC Information-Analytical Center Andriy Lysenko told a briefing on Saturday.
"According to current information, the trucks that enter the territory under the guise of humanitarian convoys, are loaded by Russians with equipment of the production association Topaz, which produces the most advanced radars such as Kolchuga and equipment of the Luhansk plant ,producing ammunition for small arms," Lysenko said.

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Op zaterdag 23 augustus 2014 16:28 schreef UpsideDown het volgende:
Waarom staakt het Oekra�nse leger de strijd in het oosten niet, dit gaan ze toch niet winnen.

Onnodig veel doden en gewonden, iedereen oppert een wapenstilstand, economie stort in, annexatie is bovendien onwaarschijnlijk.

Ik niet begrijpen.

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expres_ua twitterde op zaterdag 23-08-2014 om 17:54:25 Один удар сил АТО знищив сотні найманців і скупчення зброї ворогаhttp://t.co/hLDNe0i2Xe reageer retweet

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Op zaterdag 23 augustus 2014 19:38 schreef .Exe het volgende:
Ukrainian artillery destroyed big group of Russian militants near Roven'ky

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expres_ua twitterde op zaterdag 23-08-2014 om 17:54:25 Один удар сил АТО знищив сотні найманців і скупчення зброї ворогаhttp://t.co/hLDNe0i2Xe reageer retweet

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In Lugansk region near the settlement Rovenky intelligence forces ATO was found a large base of Russian fighters and a significant accumulation of heavy machinery enemy. Told Adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Zoryak Shkiriak on his page on Facebook. "Thanks to the precise impact forces firing ATO destroyed 40 armored vehicles, three SAM" Arrow 10 "and up to 500 Russian mercenaries, most of whom are likely to crew members," - said in a statement, RBC-Ukraine.

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As the press-center of the ATU, the Russian "convoy" came with the purpose of export of industrial equipment from Ukraine.

"In the area of ​​Thorez with 16.08.2004, it was revealed in white trucks, which was confirmed by space exploration. These vehicles, under the guise of a "humanitarian mission" are taken from one of the branches of the plant, Motor Sich, which produces components for the engines of helicopters, equipment, which is produced only in Ukraine. Such a theft taking place in other cities, is now under the control of the DNI.

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ICRC twitterde op zaterdag 23-08-2014 om 20:50:22 Our team in #Lugansk says shelling of residential areas continues, endangers the lives of civilians #Ukraine http://t.co/SjPXKMjIrv reageer retweet

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ICRC twitterde op zaterdag 23-08-2014 om 20:55:06 In #Lugansk food and medicine are in short supply, access to clean water is difficult. It is urgent to improve the situation. #Ukraine reageer retweet

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Ukraine: Lugansk population in dire need
23-08-2014 News Release

Geneva / Kiev / Moscow (ICRC) – Staff from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) report intermittent shelling of residential areas in Lugansk. This action endangers the lives of civilians, including humanitarian workers.

"Telephone lines and other communications facilities in Lugansk are not working,” said Laurent Corbaz, ICRC head of operations for Europe and Central Asia. “So getting information from our team, which has been there for several days, is a complicated matter. Clearly, people living there need help. Food and medicine are in short supply, and access to clean water is very difficult. It is urgent to improve the situation.”

To the extent security conditions allow, the ICRC is striving to assess the needs and is doing everything possible to boost its operations in Lugansk and other parts of eastern Ukraine. Many there have been without news of loved ones for weeks now, and finding a way to put people back in touch is another priority for the ICRC.

The organization continues discussions with the representatives of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People’s Republic about rapidly delivering aid donated by the Ukrainian authorities for the neediest in and around Lugansk. This is possible only if assurances of safe passage are respected by the parties to the conflict.

The local authorities started distributing aid received from Russia on 22 August. Despite continuous talks with all sides, the ICRC was unable to secure sufficient guarantees for safe passage and therefore could not accompany the convoy that delivered the aid. The organization is using its operational expertise to advise local authorities in drawing up distribution plans.

Parties to the conflict must ensure that this aid reaches those most in need in an impartial manner. At the same time, the armed violence in the city is raising serious concerns about people’s ability to gather safely at distribution points.

The ICRC strongly urges all sides to refrain from using inherently indiscriminate weapons, i.e. those whose use makes it impossible to distinguish between civilians and civilian objects on the one hand, and military objectives on the other. It reminds the parties to the conflict that attacks must not be directed against civilians or civilian objects, such as homes, schools and medical facilities and vehicles, or against any other objects indispensable to the survival of the civilian population, such as food-storage and drinking-water installations. Likewise, each party to the conflict is obliged by the law of war to avoid, to the extent feasible, locating military objectives inside or near densely populated areas.

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Poroshenko Eyes Banning Symbols of ‘Self-Proclaimed Entities’ in Ukraine

KIEV, August 23 (RIA Novosti) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has tasked the Cabinet of Ministers to work out a bill of state regulation and banning the use of the symbols of “self-proclaimed entities,” the press service of the Ukrainian president said.

“Ukraine’s cabinet of Ministers [has been] tasked to elaborate legislative restrictions on the use of symbols of totalitarian and other non-democratic regimes, banning the use of symbols of quasi-governmental entities, terrorist, separatist organizations,” the president’s order states.

Moreover, Poroshenko ordered to think of the ways to popularize and defend official national symbols of Ukraine.

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Op zaterdag 23 augustus 2014 23:09 schreef Igen het volgende:

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Dat filmpje is al van maanden geleden

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uatodaytv twitterde op zaterdag 23-08-2014 om 23:07:03 We have launched! http://t.co/jweJfSL5cm reageer retweet

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Op zaterdag 23 augustus 2014 22:30 schreef J.B. het volgende:
Dat plan wat Merkel en Poetin zogezegd aan het maken waren om Rusland de Krim te geven en daarmee te vrede te bewerkstelligen blijkt op fictie gebaseerd te zijn, Merkel heeft vandaag duidelijk te kennen geven dat de Krim bij Oekra�ne hoort.