Ukraine
SITREP May 4nd, by Duff
DONBASS
Donetsk
was bombed all night: DPR Army on full alert
Donetsk
has undergone massive heavy artillery shelling last two nights. (3rd
and 4th of May). The shells hit the houses and destroyed the school
№58 in the Kiev region, which just was opened after reconstruction.
Донецк
бомбили всю ночь: Армия ДНР приведена
в полную готовность
http://www.politnavigator.net/doneck-bombili-vsyu-noch-armiya-dnr-privedena-v-polnuyu-gotovnost.html
In
Dokuchaevsk area Thocka-U knocked down
According
to the DPR Ministry of Defence air defense forces of the
Republic destroyed ballistic misle, most likely “point-u” in
the air on approaching Dokuchaevsk. Blast wave reached Donetsk and
Gorlovka. There is no danger for the Civilians were not endangered.
ballistic misle, most likely “point-u” destroyed in
the air on approach to Dokuchaevsk. Compression detonating an
explosion and the sound wave has come to Donetsk and Gorlovka. There
is no danger of the population.
Над
Докучаевском сбита «Точка У»
Donetsk
shelled with NATO calibres artillery
Basurin:
militias found where Ukrainian army is hiding artillery
Heavy
artillery for attack on Doneck, is dragged to Avdeevka
and placed on the firing positions along the contact line 6-8
km distance from DPR units.
Moscow
urges OSCE to act amid reports of Donetsk shelling
Kiev
confirms Contact Group’s meeting on May 6
A
meeting of the Contact Group participants with representatives of the
self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics is intended
to be held in Minsk
Ukrainian
army refusing to withdraw troops from Shirokino
Moreover,
battalion “Donbass” assigned to Shirokino additional
military units.
Earlier,
leaders of Normandy format countries noted that here is some
progress in ensuring a ceasefire and the withdrawal of heavy
weapons. In particular, president Poroshenko announced a
proposal for placing the post of the OSCE in
Shirokino, which was supported by other negotiators.
Ukraine
Azov Battalion Fighters Take Over OSCE Observation Point
The
incident took place on May 1 four kilometers north-west from the
village of Shirokino. The observation point was stationed there by
OSCE members to regularly monitor the situation in the zone of the
Ukrainian military conflict.
Transcarpathia
is waiting for “polite Hungarians.” How will decomposition of
Ukraine look like?
US
Senate, NATO Dragging Washington ‘Deeper Into Ukrainian Morass’ –
Media
The
Minsk II agreements, designed to secure peace in war-torn Ukraine,
are being “purposefully” undermined in Washington, with both
parties, as well as the NATO supreme allied commander pressuring
Obama “to wade ever deeper into the Ukrainian morass,” the Nation
warned.
US
Gives Up Russian Blockade as NATO, Russia Activate Contacts
The
US has apparently decided to stop the escalation of its relations
with Russia. NATO and Russia have activated a direct connection
between their armed forces to jointly assess the current situation,
Deutsche Wirtschafts Nachrichten reported.
POLITICAL
SENSATION – FIRTASH
Judge
Rebuffs U.S. in Rejecting Extradition of Ukraine Billionaire
In
a defeat for the United States, an Austrian judge refused Thursday to
order the extradition of Dmitri V. Firtash, a Ukrainian billionaire.
Judge
Bauer said he had concluded that the American authorities had been
after Mr. Firtash since at least 2006 and he noted that a finding of
political motivation was sufficient to reject extradition even if a
crime had occurred.
The
oligarch Firtash revealed inside story of Ukrainian politics
Oligarch
Dmitry Firtash trial in Vienna revealed some sensational secrets of
Ukrainian politics. In an effort to avoid extradition to the US,
where Firtash is charged with racketeering and other crimes,
the billionaire claims that he himself installed Poroshenko at the
presidential chair, and made Klitschko a mayor of Kiev. The main
motive was to prevent Washington to appoint its puppets Yatsenyuk and
Tymoshenko. Vienna court listened to the arguments of the oligarch:
extradition to the United States is unacceptable.
http://vz.ru/world/2015/5/1/743212.html
Ukrainian
Parliament requires Poroshenko to give an answers about
Firtash accusation
In
particular, they are interested about plot between Poroshenko,
Klitschko and Firtash against Yulia Tymoshenko. Lyashko considers
president’s silence telling: “I think that Ukrainian
society has a right to know about the conspiracy among the oligarchs.
In civilized countries presidents would be impeached! “-
complains Lyashko in his Facebook status.
В
Верховной Раде от Порошенко требуют
дать ответ на обвинения Фирташа
INTERNATIONAL
Kiev
Should Grant Autonomy to Donbass – Italian FM
Ukraine
needs to grant a broad autonomy status to its eastern Donbass region
and speed up pressing economic and constitutional reforms, Italian
foreign minister Paolo Gentiloni said on Sunday.
Italian
Official Says Anti-Russian Sanctions May Be Lifted,Ukraine Protests
Ukraine’s
Embassy in Rome has sent an official request to the Italian Foreign
Ministry for comment on a recent statement by an official from the
Italian Ministry of Economy and Finances about Italy possibly lifting
anti-Russian sanctions in the near future, Ukrainian newspaper
Evropeyskaya Pravda reported, citing a diplomatic source.
‘Italy
can’t afford to close doors to Russia’ – Italian Foreign
Minister
Russian
Foreign Ministry: Austria Interested in an Early Normalization of
Relations with Russia
Austria
is opposed to the long confrontation with Russia and increasing
sanctions pressure. The statement was made by the Russian
Foreign Ministry, in connection with the forthcoming May 4-5 visit to
Moscow by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Austria, Sebastian
Kurz.
First
Polish astronaut Hermaszewski about OUN-UPA becoming Ukrainian hero’s
The
first Polish cosmonaut/astronaut Miroslav Hermaszewski is shocked by
recognition of OUN-UPA as “fighters for Ukraine’s independence”.
During the Volyn massacre 18 members of his family were brutally
killed .
–
During World War II,
his father Roman Hermaszewski was one of the leaders of the Polish
self-defense of the village Lipniki (Kostopil county now Bereznovsky
district Rivne region).
In
March 1943, units of the UPA (Ukrainian Insurgent Army) and
unorganized thugs from neighboring Ukrainian villages burnt the
village, killing part of the Polish population. That is when was
killed the family of the future astronaut, his grandfather got seven
stabbing bayonet blows to the chest. In August 1943, a neighbor of
the family, a Ukrainian nationalist, killed his father.
Russia
Slams Polish President’s Remarks on Victory Day Parade in Moscow
Polish
President Bronislaw Komorowski said on Sunday that the upcoming
Victory Day parade in Moscow on May 9 is a “demonstration of force”
and an example of an “unstable world.” According to him, the Red
Square once again will become a “tank square.”
First
deputy head of the International Committee of the lower chamber of
the Russian parliament Leonid Kalashnikov said that Russian tanks had
liberated Poland during World War II when commenting on Komorowski’s
remarks.
If
not for the tanks mentioned by the president of Poland, Poland would
not exist now on the world map. I must remind you that, according to
the Nazi plans, Poland was supposed to be a territory that Germany
was preparing for the resettlement of the German population. Others
were supposed to be expelled and destroyed. And only due to Russian
tanks they [Poland] gained their freedom and sovereignty
Chinese
and Russian Navies to Hold Joint Drills in Mediterranean
The
Chinese Navy will hold joint exercises with Russia in the
Mediterranean in May, China’s Defense Ministry said Thursday, a
further indication of the closer ties between the two countries and
of the navy’s increasing ambitions.
“The
Chinese fleet has never made any exercises in the Mediterranean, and
moreover, this is with Russia,” said Shi Yinhong, a professor of
international relations at Renmin University in Beijing.
“The
two countries want to show they have escalated their strategic
partnership.”
Russia
to expand aviation patrol mission to Gulf of Mexico
Russia
plans to expand its air patrol missions of long-range aircrafts to
cover the Gulf of Mexico, the country’s defense minister, Sergey
Shoigu, says He added that military training will include flights
along the Russian border and the Arctic Ocean.
US
had crossed all conceivable lines
Shoygu
at Moscow Conference on International Security 2015
США
перешли все мыслимые черты – Шойгу
more
translations from the conference:
Russia’s
deputy PM surprised over absence of Progress failed launch versions
Russian
Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Thursday that the
absence of versions of the failed launch of the Progress M-27M cargo
spacecraft is strange.
http://tass.ru/en/russia/792652
DEMOCRACY
US
Prisons House More Inmates Than Stalin’s Gulags
“Mass
incarceration on a scale almost unexampled in human history is a
fundamental fact of our country today,” writes the New Yorker’s
Adam Gopnik. “Over all, there are now more people under
‘correctional supervision’ in America – more than 6 million –
than were in the Gulag Archipelago under Stalin at its height.”
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