Brothers in Arms: Two Kiev Officials Defect to Fight for Lugansk
Two
brothers claiming to have worked for the Ukrainian state apparatus,
one of them for the foreign intelligence service, and the other for
the Foreign Ministry, held a press conference in Lugansk on Monday
after switching sides to fight for the fledgling Lugansk People's
Republic, Russia's RIA Novosti reports
16 June, 2015
Alexei
Miroshnichenko and Yuri Miroshnichenko, the former stating that he
had worked in the Foreign Intelligence Service and the latter
that he had worked in Ukraine's embassy in France, declared
their unwillingness to continue working for Kiev, saying
that they could no longer tolerate what was happening to their
country.
"We
decided to return to our hometown," the brothers
stated. "We made the decision voluntarily; we were not compelled
to do so. We can no longer put up with what is happening
in Ukraine. Traitors, fascists, various intelligence agents have
taken up the reins of the country, and are leading it
to ruin."
Alexei
explained that for him, "the turning point was [finding
out] that the people of Donetsk and Lugansk are being
deliberately exterminated. They [Kiev authorities] do not pay
attention to how many children will die. No one could have
thought that such a thing could happen to our country. This is a
clear policy of genocide against the people of Donbass.
I consider this to be morally unacceptable, and I am not the
only one."
The
alleged former intelligence officer told reporters that the brothers
did not transmit any intelligence-related data to LPR
authorities.
Commenting
on who is responsible for what they call genocide, the
brothers noted that "the crimes against civilians are being
committed mainly by representatives of the territorial
battalions. This includes Aidar, Azov and Tornado. Innocent people
are summarily shot, demeaned, and have their property taken
from them. Women are raped en masse, including minors. There
have been instances reported of conscripts who fled the
battlefield being shot. Local branches of the 'Nova Poshta' [a
Ukrainian delivery service] are crammed with property stolen
from civilians."
Claiming
to have witnessed some of the carnage with his own
eyes, Alexei commented on the battalions' anarchic, completely
unregulated behavior, noting that he personally had to avoid
being hit by Aidar battalion vehicles three times, and on one
occasion was forced into a game of chicken with one
of their jeeps.
The
believed former intelligence officer added that under foreign
guidance, the Ukrainian Foreign Intelligence Service has worked to
"develop all sorts of reports for media consumption
aimed at compromising Russia, blaming the tragedy that occurred
in Ukraine on the Russian Federation. There was only one
theme –that Russia is to blame for everything. The whole
service was devoted to working in this direction –toward
compromising the Russian side. We did not have any real hard data,
but worked to ensure that in the informational sphere,
Russia was displayed as the culprit."
The
brothers warned that the Ukrainian Armed Forces is presently
consolidating their positions, preparing for an offensive, and
deliberately provoking Lugansk and Donetsk militia to return
fire, in order to blame them for violating the truce.
The
brothers also alleged that the Ukrainian army is being supported
by mercenaries from Europe and elsewhere. "Most
frequently I met people from Poland, Lithuania and Romania; they
are fighting on the Ukrainian side for the money; very few
of them came here with some ideas in their heads,"
Alexei noted.
The
brothers also revealed that the Ukrainian Armed Forces leadership has
deliberately understated its losses over the past year
of fighting with Donbass militia, stating that in the
Ilovaisk pincer, where the army claimed publically to have lost
over 100 personnel, the actual figures were at least 2,600,
and that at Debaltseve, the true losses were between 6,000-7,000
killed, and not the 210-260 killed or missing claimed by the
Ukrainian Defense Ministry.
Ukraine
has yet to confirm or deny whether the Miroshnichenko brothers
have served for the Ukrainian state apparatus
Ukraine SITREP June 16th, by Raskolnikova
16
March, 2015
1
) In Minsk began meeting of the contact group on Ukraine
The
contact group on conflict settlement in the South-East of Ukraine
began the discussion of the work of thematic subgroups, meetings of
which were held in Minsk
“Meetings
of sub-working groups were completed. The contact group had begun to
discuss the results of their work”, — said the Agency
interlocutor.
“The
meeting will hear reports from focal points from OSCE sub-groups on
security and on humanitarian and political issues,” wrote Olifer on
his page Facebook
2) Military
events in NovoRussia for 15.06.15 (Russian)
3) Military
events in NovoRussia for 16.06.15 (Russian)
4) Avakov
appointed chief of the Crimean militia”
The
Department of MIA of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea
will operate in Odessa and Kherson
“I
form a new project, the essence of which is quite unusual — we
formed the office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea taking into
account the special features that this administration will lie in
connection with the ongoing occupation by Russia”, — said Avakov.
5) Every
day the number of Ukrainians is reduced to 650 people
According
to the state statistics Committee of Ukraine, for April, the
population decreased by 19 400 people
The
number of inhabitants of Ukraine on may 1 of the current year
amounted to 42 854 106.
The
state notes that on may 1, 2010 the population was $ 43.5 million
(the data are already excluding the Crimea and the area of the
so-called special operation in the Donbass)
6) Ukrainian
Foreign Ministry Expresses Protest Over Russian PM’s Crimea Visit
7) UN
Role in Ukraine Unlikely Due to Divisions in UNSC – Chief of Staff
8)Residents
of Donbas appeal to the World (VIDEO + English Subtitles)
9) Expert:
the peace is pushing Ukraine into Russia’s embrace
Deputy
of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Anton Gerashchenko said that Russia
had allegedly developed plans to capture the left-Bank Ukraine
“Putin
has absolutely devastating weapon against the junta is the peace. She
(the junta) is no longer able to hold on, because people see what all
has come to. So why do we need this war and why we left-Bank Ukraine,
if the peace in our embrace will throw all of Ukraine, even the
Western,” says Zhilin.
10) In
Kyiv region somebody was shooting at the children with a shotgun
Children
of 8-12 years were fired for bathing near the residence of one
“oligarch”
“They
conducted aimed fire. One got shot in the ass, the other two
(including the son) miraculously survived, bullets flew near the neck
and chest. Children in shock, parents in horror, until the police
wrote the paper,” wrote the woman.
“Given
the possible oligarchical owner, we are afraid that the man who shot
the children will be left without punishment. In the future our
children will always be under the gun, and tired oligarch at any time
may order his guards to fire on children?” — sums up the mother
of one of the affected children.
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and the Apocalyptic Risk of Propagandized Ignorance
12) Saakashvili:
Ukraine Will Return to Pre-Maidan GDP Level…IN 20 YEARS
13) Energizer
Bunny Saakashvili Has Already Promised Odessans Heaven on Earth
14) Fights
In Donbass 15.06.2015 (English)
15) Fights
In Donbass 16.06.2015 (English)
16) My
Plan for Peace in Ukraine
17) Dnepropetrovsk
demands resignation of Poroshenko (VIDEO)
Activists
of the public movement “Civil patrol Dnepropetrovsk” held a
protest March along one of the Central streets of the city, blocking
traffic
“Destructive
politics of Poroshenko threw back the development of Ukraine’s 20
years ago. This was said even by Saakashvili. Who will compensate our
young generation the lost time and opportunities? We demand the
resignation of the President,” said one of the organizers of the
March Yevgeny Palamarchuk.
18) Poroshenko
Calls Russia’s $3 Billion Loan A ‘Bribe’
19) McCain:
Not Arming Ukraine ‘One of the Most Shameful Chapters in American
History’. Really?
20) Patience
of Ukrainians will burst in a year
Two
thirds of Ukrainians believe that the situation in the country is
going in the wrong direction
No
wonder about the future of the country to the expectations of the
people of Ukraine were not very bright. Every fifth sure that the
country has never been able to overcome the existing problems, 41%
said that if it happens, it happens only in the long run. And only a
quarter of respondents hope that the situation will improve in the
next few years.
21) If
You’ll Believe Russia Is the Aggressor in Ukraine You’ll Believe
Anything
22) Ukrainian
military firing artillery against the rebels p>
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