USAF
military transporter lands at Kiev airport
В
киевском аэропорту приземлился военный
транспортник ВВС США
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With
full confidence we can say that the United States begin a new program
of military aid to Kiev junta. Today at the airport of Kiev
(Borispol) landed military transport aircraft for the us air force
Boeing C-17 "Globemaster III". On Board that plane were
well-known U.S. Senator Carl Levin, who all recently urged the White
house to start supplying arms to Kiev and to recognize DND and LNR
terrorist organizations. While Levin is the Chairman of the Senate
armed services Committee.
That reception for Carl Levin in Kiev will be warm, you can judge by appointment of the U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Payette on Twitter. This is the record:
That reception for Carl Levin in Kiev will be warm, you can judge by appointment of the U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Payette on Twitter. This is the record:
Much
more impressive than the C-17. Welcome the Chairman of the Committee
on armed services, Senator Levin in Kiev.
The Ambassador Payette publishes pictures of a C-17 at Kiev airport.
Obviously, if in Kiev visited Carl Levin, and Yes even on a military transport U.S. air force, he definitely came not empty-handed. For obvious reasons, none of the correspondents ukrasni did not broadcast about unloading the American side. Because ukrasni I can only Express indignation at the Russian humanitarian convoy and talk about why the Trucks from Russia were half-empty. But why for the arrival of one of the Senator took a military transport aircraft, which can accommodate up to 78 tons of cargo or a company of American soldiers with equipment ukrasni not talk...
US Troops Are Heading To Ukraine
2
September, 2014
While
only 'humanitarian adviser' boots on the ground are present in Iraq
(and Syria), Reuters
reports that preparations
are under way near Ukraine's western border for a joint military
exercise this month with more than 1,000 troops from the United
States and its allies.
As Obama told reporters last week, "that a military solution to
this problem is not going to be forthcoming," it seems a little
odd 'strategically' to go ahead with the Rapid Trident exercise Sept.
16-26 as a sign of the commitment of NATO states to support non-NATO
member Ukraine, entailing the first
significant deployment of U.S. and other personnel to Ukraine since
the crisis erupted.
As fighting between the army and Russian-backed rebels rages in eastern Ukraine, preparations are under way near its western border for a joint military exercise this month with more than 1,000 troops from the United States and its allies.
The decision to go ahead with the Rapid Trident exercise Sept. 16-26 is seen as a sign of the commitment of NATO states to support non-NATO member Ukraine while stopping well short of military intervention in the conflict.
...
"At the moment, we are still planning for (the exercise) to go ahead," U.S. Navy Captain Gregory Hicks, spokesman for the U.S. Army's European Command said on Tuesday.
...
But Rapid Trident will entail the first significant deployment of U.S. and other personnel to Ukraine since the crisis erupted.
...
"It is very important to understand that a military solution to this problem is not going to be forthcoming," Obama told reporters at the White House last week.
...
The United States European Command (EUCOM) says the exercise this month will involve about 200 U.S. personnel as well as 1,100 others from Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Britain, Canada, Georgia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Poland, Romania and Spain.
Focused on peacekeeping, it will include command post drills, patrolling and dealing with improvised explosive devices
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Sounds like de-escalation to us... buy moar stocks.
Lugansk
airport completely destroyed
Drone captures scale of destruction over abandoned East Ukraine village
Ruptly's drone captured aerial images of the remnants of Stepanovka, a village in the Donetsk region, Tuesday. The village has been an epicentre of fighting between government and anti-Kiev forces since July 2014. Destroyed houses and infrastructure could be seen from above, in a village that used to contain 1500 people. According to a camera crew near the site, 99 percent of the village's inhabitants have fled, with the exception of two people who have chosen to stay on through the crisis. The village remains a hotspot for shootouts between pro and anti-Kiev forces.
Ruptly's drone captured aerial images of the remnants of Stepanovka, a village in the Donetsk region, Tuesday. The village has been an epicentre of fighting between government and anti-Kiev forces since July 2014. Destroyed houses and infrastructure could be seen from above, in a village that used to contain 1500 people. According to a camera crew near the site, 99 percent of the village's inhabitants have fled, with the exception of two people who have chosen to stay on through the crisis. The village remains a hotspot for shootouts between pro and anti-Kiev forces.
An interview with Alexey Mozgovoy, Commander of the Lugansk “Ghost” brigade. 29/08/14
2 September, 2014
Translated by Maria Razdiak
Edited by S. Naylor
Original Article here.
Traveling around Moscow, Alexey Mozgovoy has painted over the Ukrainian flag on the number plates of his car with the flag of the People’s Republic of Lugansk. The traffic police constantly pulled the strange car over and, with obvious surprise, studied the man clad in a full field camouflage, sensing danger. In the centre of the idle capital, among the glamourous boutiques and expensive restaurants he seemed alien, like a wild lynx at a competition among the groomed cats. Once recognition set in, the policemen would ask for an autograph and would wish him to make it to Kiev. Talking to Mozgovoy, one understands: he’ll make it. He is a man who “only now started living”.
Q: Alexey Borisovich, what is the current situation at the front?
A: I would say it is not easy. Difficult in the sense that we have no front line as such, like during those wars we’ve seen in history. It’s more like guerrilla warfare. Either we are at their rear, or they are at our rear. Surrounding large enemy groups happens in these days. The parts of the Ukrainian army, which were sent to unblock the “south caldron”, got surrounded together with the other military units, which managed to seep north from the caldron.
Q: Did you manage to clear any residential areas, in the last few days?
A: All those freed, which were mentioned in reports, are part of the Donetsk region. In Lugansk, we also occupied a few residential areas, but we were unable to hold them. We don’t have the people, to man the garrisons.
Q: Does the military action continue?
A: The war does not stop, not even for a single day. And the high level meeting in Minsk did not alter this fact in any way.
Q: How many people are under your command?
A: A thousand. Today I command the “Ghost” brigade. But, initially, I was creating the Lugansk Militia, from the very first day. This is why, I’m often named the leader of the People’s Militia, even though I’m only a commander of a brigade.
Q: Why is the brigade called that?
A: Because the “comrade” Ukies often claim that they have destroyed us. Even though, during the whole stretch of the military activity, our losses amount to 40 dead. Initially, “Ghost” was a platoon, which began to take shape before the seizure of buildings in Lugansk in April. Then the platoon became the basis for a battalion. This was the first time the Ukrainian media announced that they’d destroyed us, during an aviation raid on the “Yaseny” base, where our training camp was set up. They wrote about the destruction of a “major Russian terrorist group”. We had only one injured.
Q: In reality, are there any Russian in the brigade? What king of people serve there?
A: Local Militia. Labourers. We have Russians, and not only Russians. We have Bulgarians, Slovaks, the Germans should be arriving soon…
Q: Germans?
A: Yes, volunteers; anti-fascists. People are coming from Europe now. A whole military company of European and Russian volunteers.
Q: What is the “Ghost” brigade?
A: It was the first Militia unit created in Novorossia. From the very beginning, we worked closely with Igor Ivanovich Strelkov, where I aided him with personnel. The guys trained in our camp, before heading out to Slavyansk. They are still fighting, valiantly. There is a Semenovskaya company, those are our men. Do you remember the Semenovka events? They proved themselves worthy.Q:
The Semenvskaja company is still fighting?
A:
Yes.
Q:
Do you have any information about the possible mercenaries, fighting
for Kiev?
A:
Of course. We’ve seen them in action. We’ve seen first-hand some
black men in Lisichansk. Since when do the blacks serve in the
Ukrainian army? Other units have identified mercenaries and their
documents.
Q:
Did you capture any mercenaries?
A:
We do not have an objective to capture prisoners. Our objective is to
free the territory of Novorossia from the enemy forces.
Q:
So, you don’t take prisoners?
A:
No. Why?
Q:
Well, for exchange…
A:
In order to engage into an exchange, we must make contact. But, I
cannot find – on the other side – any people with whom a contact
is possible.
Q:
Bezler managed to exchange Olga Kulygina for the prisoners. If he
didn’t, she might have been killed.
A:
Any of us might be killed, including right now. Is that not so?
Q:
What are the reasons of the resignation of the Head of the Lugansk
Republic, Valeriy Bolotov?
A:
I am more interested in the reasons of his initial appointment.
Q:
How am I to understand that? Weren’t the two of you friends?
A:
We are acquainted, no more. I had an initial, negative, reaction to
the seizing of the administrative buildings, which took place on the
6th April. Lugansk SBU (Security Service of Ukraine) was seized, if
you can remember. That day I was in Antratsit, meeting with the
locals; when I returned, the SBU was already seized. But, taking into
account that the building had been left unguarded, it was not a
seizing, but a submission. Come, take whatever you want. And for some
reason, the empty, unmanned, government security building was full of
weapons. I view this a planned operation of the Security Service.
Q:
To get everyone in one place? To capture them?
A:
Why capture? There is a better use. And that’s how it worked out.
The building filled with people who were capable of decisive actions.
And all of them just sat there, all that time. Many had nervous
breakdowns, sitting ducks, waiting for the threatened, looming
assault. The people were in constant strain.
Q:
I get that. In Donetsk, we spent every April night, waiting for an
attack. Sudden calls, at 4 o’clock in the morning: “It about to
start!” The journalists ran to the regional administration, but
everything was completely calm. After a few sleepless nights, we
stopped reacting to the “signals”.
A:
Plus the civil population was pulled in from the region, standing
like a “live-shield”. Nothing constructive happened during that
whole period, no movement forward… After seizing the SBU and
apprehending a vast amount of weapons, the whole region could have
been taken under control within two weeks, at most. All branches of
government, all the administrative buildings should have been
occupied by the LPR (Lugansk People’s Republic) activists. Because,
the Ukrainian military forces were nowhere near Lugansk at the time.
There was a single column of armoured vehicles, near the Olihovaya
station; it could have been dismantled with bare hands. When I
announced, on the 7th of April, that it is necessary to leave 100
people on guard at the SSU, and to send 300 people to seize the
Regional Administration and 300 more to the Ministry of Internal
Affairs, I was accused of provocation. They should have not waited in
a sealed building, waiting for the wind to change. They should have
acted. They could have taken control of the whole region. But, they
did nothing. Those who prepared the building to be “seized”,
wanted a different outcome. The outcome that happened.
Q:
Where is Bolotov now?
A:
I don’t have a clue.
Q When did you last see Strelkov?
A:
Three or four weeks ago, before his resignation. And, I hope, he’ll
return soon to his post, because there is no one else who can replace
him.
Q:
Who do you take orders from, now?
A:
The people of Novorossia. I was always against the creation of the
two separate “duchies” – The LPR and the DPR.
Q:
Who should have it been done?
A:
Novorossia is made from the two regions and the whole of the
south-east. One government, one parliament, one leader. That’s how
it should be.
Q:
Does Russia aid you?
A:
Of course. They send us the humanitarian aid, mostly. We don’t
really need anything more from Russia. Because, certain circles are
waiting for Russia to get involved into the whole affair. To stain
Russia with the blood, poured by Kiev. I don’t want that. Russia is
my second home.
Q:
Are you worried that Russia might “surrender” Novorossia? What
will happen if Putin reaches an agreement with Poroshenko?
A:
Considering that I oppose the intervention of Moscow, I don’t
really anticipate it. And Russia can’t “surrender” anyone. This
is our internal affair, the affair of the citizens of Novorossia. If
we don’t want anyone to “surrender” us, no one will be able to.
None of Poroshenko’s agreements will influence the decision of
Novorossian population to physically destroy him. He will answer to
the victims of our land.
Q:
Moscow can prevent Russian volunteers from crossing over the border.
A:
Can Moscow prevent the volunteers from Europe, from America?
Currently, the whole world is against us. Even if the borders are
shut, we won’t be left without volunteers. If there is a will,
there is a way.
Q:
We heard a lot about the counterattack plans. Is this possible?
A:
A counterattack is not possible for three reasons:
1.
Not enough man power. In order to carry out a counterattack, reserves
are necessary. We have no reserves.
2.The
quantity and quality of the weaponry at our disposal is lacking.
3.The
fact that there are enemy units in our rear. Currently, the combat
field is like a chessboard. Until we can clean up the rear, we can’t
go forward. This is what we are doing right now.
Q:
And afterwards?
A:
We are marching straight to Kiev.
Q:
Kiev?
A:
Where else?
Q:
You need more support, from other Ukrainian regions. Two is not
enough.
A:
Who said that they aren’t supporting us? Militias are currently
forming in a few other regions. One region has four thousand men. And
as soon as we destroy the enemy at the rear, we’ll march forward,
joined by the more and more people along the way.
Q:
Your target is Kiev?
A:
Our target – is to free Ukraine from oligopoly and from the
sold-out officials. Maybe it is time to stop slaving for those whose
personal budget is a multiple of the government budget? It’s time
to share.
Q:
But, that was the desire of the people who stood at Maidan. I don’t
understand the conflict.
A:
Neither do I. Those who fight against us, fight for the interests of
the oligarchs. I would take pleasure from a conversation with the
privates, the officers, the civilians, who stood at Maidan. Our
interests and theirs are the same: we want to be free. Why are we
fighting? From the days of the Teutonic knights, the West was warned:
you shouldn’t touch the Slavs. If you come with a sword, you’ll
die from a sword. That’s why they passed their Teutonic sword to
the Slavs. Forced the Slavs to march against each other. Our
objective is to explain to our brothers that we are same, and our aim
is one.
Q:
Are you planning to assault Kiev?
A:
Why not? For some reason they are allowed to assault Lugansk,
Donetsk. How is Kiev better than those cities?
Q:
And after Kiev? Further west?
A:
It depends. If the soldiers on the other side will finally realise
that they are fighting themselves, the war could be over tomorrow.
Q:
You stand against the oligarchs. But the local oligarchs – Ahmetov,
Efimov – do they have influence on the events within Lugansk and
Donetsk?
A:
The representatives of the Regional Party have not always been a
particularly good influence. When our struggle first started, many
screamed: “Bring back Yanukovych!” Not under any circumstances.
Not Yanukovych, not Efimov, not Ahmetov, not a single representative
of the Regional Party, of the Communist Party, of “Svoboda”, of
“Batkivshina” – should be allowed anywhere near the governments
of Ukraine and Novorossia.
Q:
How do you view Oleg Tsarev? It appears Moscow would like to see him
in charge of Novorossia.
A:
The wishes of Moscow and the wishes of Novorossia – they are
slightly different things. The leader of Novorossia should be chosen
by the citizens of Novorossia. As a human being I am fine with him.
But to the fact that he is a representative of the party of regions,
I am negative.
Q:
Did the Ukrainian army utilise “Tochka-U” (SS-21 Scarab) against
you?
A:
Yes. Most recently a city called Rovenki, in the Lugansk region, was
fired at with “Tochka-U”.
Q:
Why did this idea come into being – the creation of Novorossia,
separate from Ukraine?
A:
I, like many people in Novorossia, cannot live with the ideology
which the West has forced upon Kiev. I cannot understand same-sex
marriages; juvenile justice; when the parents are not allowed to
bring up their children. They have already torn us from our roots.
And now, they are forbidding us to be ourselves.
Q:
And where are your roots? What is your nationality?
A:
My nationality is human.
Q:
Who are you ancestors? Just out of curiosity…
A:
My ancestors are the Don Kazaks. I was born in Ukraine, in a village
called Nizhhyaya Duvanka, in the Svatovsk area, Lugansk region.
Q:
Do you have a military education, background?
A:
Seven years in service in the Ukrainian army. Two years compulsory,
five on contract.
Q:
What did you do after the army?
A:
You can say that before these events, I did nothing at all. Only now,
I have started living.
'Thank army on your knees': Rada MP muzzled after criticizing E.Ukraine shelling
RT,
2
September, 2014
The
Ukrainian parliament speaker has told a female MP she must “get to
her knees” after she criticized the “criminal” shelling of
peaceful cities in the east. It was accompanied by accusations of
“Russian propaganda” and switching off her microphone.
fter
she’d asked for a moment of silence to honor the memory of those
who have been killed in Donbass, Elena Bondarenko of the Regions
Party gave a scathing review of her government, which “separates
people into Ukrainians and non-Ukrainians.”
However,
as she delivered her speech, alleging the new Ukrainian
government’s “criminal” behavior
in“sending its army to bomb
peaceful cities” and “depriving
children of the right to education,” cries
were heard from some of the louder opponents of the MP’s position.
Then,
former acting president and chairman of the Rada, Aleksandr
Turchinov, asked for the microphone to be turned off, amid a stream
of insults from Bondarenko’s opponents.
Turchinov
then joined the abuse. After stating that anti-government views
were “Russian propaganda,”he
proceeded to sternly tell her off in a defense of the Ukrainian
army, “which protects all of us – even you,” he
told her, before telling Bondaernko she would do well to “get
down on your knees” in
front of the military.
Seconds
later, cries of support and protest turned into a now-traditional
Ukrainian Rada row, with curses and verbal abuse being exchanged
among members.
An
outburst followed from the radical, Oleg Lyashko, who suggested that
such views should be followed by immediate expulsion and the label
of “traitor.”
“Traitors
must be shot on the frontlines,” he
said, finishing his tirade with “Glory
to Ukraine!”
At
the end of August, a new estimate by the Office of the UN High
Commissioner on Human Rights said that at least 2,593
people have been killed in eastern Ukraine since the start of
Kiev’s military operation against anti-government forces started in
mid-April.
Meanwhile,
an investigation by Human Rights Watch has placed the blame for the
rapid rise of the civilian death toll in and around Lugansk, where
the survey took place, on Kiev’s “indiscriminate
shelling”
of settlements.
This
assessment took place just as the UNHCR’s envoy placed the total
number of displaced persons, as a result of Kiev’s assault in
eastern Ukraine, at one million, with around 814,000 of them seeking
shelter in Russia.
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