Saturday 2 August 2014

Kiev fakes it - again

Wrong time, altered images’: Moscow slams Kiev’s MH17 satellite data
Satellite images Kiev published as ‘proof’ it didn’t deploy anti-aircraft batteries around the MH17 crash site carry altered time-stamps and are from days after the MH17 tragedy, the Russian Defense Ministry has revealed.


RT,
1 August, 2014




The satellite image on the left was provided by the Russian Defense Ministry on 14 July, 2014. On the right is the image that Kiev claims were taken by its satellites on July 16, 2014. Image from mil.ru
The satellite image on the left was provided by the Russian Defense Ministry on 14 July, 2014. On the right is the image that Kiev claims were taken by its satellites on July 16, 2014. Image from mil.ru

The images, which Kiev claims were taken by its satellites at the same time as those taken by Russian satellites, are neither Ukrainian nor authentic, according to Moscow's statement.
The Defense Ministry said the images were apparently made by an American KeyHole reconnaissance satellite, because the two Ukrainian satellites currently in orbit, Sich-1 and Sich-2, were not positioned over the part of Ukraine’s Donetsk Region shown in the pictures.
Moscow claims weather and lighting conditions in the images were not possible at the dates and times Ukraine claims they were made, the Russian ministry said.
At least one of the images published by Ukraine shows signs of being altered by an image editor, the statement added.


The ministry also criticized images published by Kiev to back its allegations that Russia smuggled heavy weapons over the border and shelled Ukrainian army positions.
The images lack proper time stamps and coordinates, while Kiev didn’t bother to explain why it believes that whatever vehicles are shown in them are Russian, the statement said.
It’s the latest ‘masterpiece’ in the Ukrainian exercise in conspiracy theories, an attempt to divert responsibility,” the ministry said.
It can take a deserved place next to other allegations against Russia voiced by Kiev that claimed that Russia was responsible for masterminding the Maidan protest and the tragedy in Odessa.”
Apparently that’s why the real owners of those photos are hesitating to publish them under their own name, since it would derail the myth of the omniscience of their space reconnaissance,” the Russian ministry said.
Image from mil.ru
Image from mil.ru


A comparison of satellite images published by Russia and Ukraine as presented by Kiev in an attempt to dispute the authenticity of Moscow’s photos. The shadows are cast in different directions in the two images, proving that they could not have been almost at the same time two days apart, as indicated by the time stamps.
Image from mil.ru
Image from mil.ru


The weather is also clearly different, with the Russian image showing a cloudy day, while the image presented by Kiev shows a clear day - showing that the images could not have been taken less than an hour apart, as claimed by the time stamps. The Russian military say the actual weather conditions at the time can be easily double-checked by independent sources.

Image from mil.ru
Image from mil.ru

In another comparison with the images used by Ukraine, it was purposely degraded in quality in order to point out some irregularities. No such irregularities are present in the original image, the Russian military said.

Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 crashed in Ukraine’s Donetsk Region, which is engulfed by armed hostilities between Ukrainian troops and local militias. The plane was apparently shot down by a missile, although neither the type of missile nor who shot it has yet been properly established. 

As a troubled investigation into the tragedy, which claimed almost 300 lives, is underway, Kiev and some Western countries were quick to say that the militias and Russia were culpable for the deed. Kiev said it had no capabilities to take down the plane.


The Russian Defense Ministry published satellite images and radar data, saying that evidence proved that Ukraine had both ground-based anti-aircraft batteries and military aircraft capable of firing an air-to-air missile deployed in the region on the day of the MH17 shoot-down. 

Some days later Kiev published its own set of images, claiming that those released by Russia were false.


Putin tells Obama sanctions ‘counter-productive,’ both agree dialogue required


RT,
1 August, 2014


In a phone call with Barack Obama, Vladimir Putin has said that imposing sanctions on Russia is counterproductive and affects international stability. The two presidents agreed that the current situation is not in the interests of their countries.

Both Obama and Putin has emphasized the importance of an "immediate and sustained ceasefire" in eastern Ukraine, but at the same time noted that "significant differences" remained between Moscow and Washington over Ukraine, a Kremlin statement said.

Besides Ukraine, the two leaders touched upon the recent rounds of sanctions imposed on Russia by the US.

The Russian head of state described the line of increased Washington's sanctions as counterproductive, causing serious damage to bilateral cooperation and international stability as a whole,” the Kremlin’s statement, posted on its official webpage, said.

The White House also released a statement following the phone call, saying that President Obama expressed “deep concerns” to President Putin about Russia's “increased support for separatists in eastern Ukraine.”

Mortar shelling causes fire at a gas station in Shakhtyorsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine. (RIA Novosti / Andrey Stenin) Mortar shelling causes fire at a gas station in Shakhtyorsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine. (RIA Novosti / Andrey Stenin)

"[Barack Obama] reinforced his preference for a diplomatic solution to the crisis in Ukraine," the White House said in its statement on the conversation.

The two leaders agreed to keep open their channels of communication.

Friday’s phone conversation, initiated by the Americans, has been the first personal contact between the two leaders since mid-July. The previous occasion was on July 17, the day when Malaysian Airlines’ flight MH17 crashed over eastern Ukraine.

The US and the EU have extended sanctions targeting Russia’s financial and energy sectors. Earlier this week, Washington added new names to its list of sanctioned Russia-affiliated entities, including Russian Agriculture Bank and VTB, the second-largest bank in the country. Sberbank was left untouched by the US sanctions. It was, however, targeted by the EU restrictions as European officials imposed sectoral sanctions on five Russian banks July 31. Along with Sberbank, the European sanctions hit VTB Bank, Gazprombank, Vnesheconombank (VEB) and Russian Agriculture Bank (Rosselkhozbank).

Earlier, EU officials added 15 more people and 18 firms to the sanctions list over the Ukraine crisis.


Meanwhile, the US has promised to give $8 million to Ukraine to strengthen its porous border, the White House has stated, after Vice President Joe Biden spoke with Ukrainian leader Petro Poroshenko on the phone. The aid will include high-tech equipment, vehicles and small boats. Ukraine had failed to seal off its border with Russia throughout this year’s political conflict, with the country’s leaders claiming the manpower and weapons smuggled in from Russia have been a key factor in the continuing uprising.


"Panikhida" by Vera Narishkin



Panikhida - A Panikhida is a memorial service which is a liturgical solemn service for the repose of the departed, in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
Dedicated to all those killed in Eastern Ukraine (Novorossiya): Children, women, old people, men, militia and soldiers.

On July 2nd 2014, Ukrainian planes attacked the village Lugansk Cossack village and village Kondrashovka. 

The city of Lugansk also was attacked with mortars and by Ukrainian soldiers.
On May 2nd 2014, 114 people were killed by Pravy Sektor in the House of Trade Unions, Odessa. They were shot, burnt to death, and a near-term pregnant woman was raped and strangled.






Unsubstantiated reports of rebellion in Transcarpathia



Елена сообщает: восстание в закарпатье...все дороги перекрыты. поезда останавливают...взяты под охрану стратегические объекты восставшими... русины поднялись с оружием…. Передвижение между селами через блок-посты только при наличие на них людей, которые лично знают человека… эпицентр сопротивления Мукачево… жители Закарпатья отказываются служить в армии укропии и требуют автономии, принятой еще в 1991 году. Информация уже появилась на радио.....звоните знакомым и получайте информацию из первых рук… да здравствует республика Подкарпатская Русь !!!



Elena says: rebellion in Transcarpathia...all the roads are blocked. trains stop...taken under protection of strategic objects rebels... Rusyns rose with weapons ... the Movement between villages through checkpoints only in the presence of people who personally know the person... the epicenter of resistance Mukachevo... the inhabitants of Transcarpathia refuse to serve in the army okraji and demand autonomy, adopted in 1991. Information has already appeared on the radio.....call friends and get information first hand... long live the Republic of Subcarpathian Rus !!!


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