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Dmitry Tymchuk’s Military Blog: Summary – June 25, 2014

Posted on June 25, 2014 by tilamuse

Dmitry Tymchuk, Coordinator, Information Resistance
06.25.2014
Translated and edited by Voices of Ukraine

Brothers and sisters!

Here’s the Summary for June 25, 2014 (for previous summary, please see Summary for June 24).

The bad news:

1. The “truce” continues unilaterally. Terrorists fire at ATO forces’ positions, undermine railroads, and capture new administrative buildings.

Peaceful civilians are being killed. Including children. Today, doctors reported that one of the shrapnel fragments went straight into the heart of a 10-month-old baby slain by terrorists on June 24 in the city of Anthracite [Luhansk Oblast].

I don’t know what type of a beast shoots at a children’s playground from a grenade launcher. How is it even possible? One word: nonhumans.

2. Strange things are happening at the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine [GPU]. The reduction of the GPU size, announced by the agency head, is definitely a positive. But then immediately thereafter a strange rotation on the position of Deputy Attorney General took place: Mykola Golomsha was replaced by the former Kyiv prosecutor Mykola Herasymiuk.

Against the latter’s candidacy, let me remind you, were “Right Sector.” As in, this gentleman worked for the prosecutor’s office when Yanukovych was in power and falsified criminal cases against Maidan participants.

I’m not saying that “Right Sector” is the truth of last resort. But once such serious allegations were made, it would be nice to conduct a thorough investigation and put the record straight about the identity of Herasymiuk. And don’t appoint him for such a high position on the quiet.

3. Proceeding from prosecutor’s cases on to military affairs.

We received information that some generals, who showed particular zeal at the collapse of the Army under Yanukovych, now gradually test the waters for a return to a military office.

In this regard, we tried to find out the fate of an interesting document. Namely, the results of an investigation conducted by the Ministry of Defense in April of this year, regarding the disintegration of the Armed Forces. To our knowledge, this document contains the names of specific generals and admirals, the guilty parties, I’m not afraid to use this word, in the tragedy. These materials were handed over to the Prosecutor General’s Office, and since then nothing could be heard about them.

We were unable to find the end of the investigation–the GPU is in chaos because of the new appointments. But we are waiting for the Attorney General Vitaliy Yarema to shed some light. Firstly, the homeland should know the faces of its “heroes.” And secondly, we cannot allow these “strategists” back into the Defense Ministry and the General Staff. No matter how badly they want it.

The good news:

1. The [Ukrainian] Cabinet of Ministers decided on the engineering and technical arrangement of the state border with Russia. There will be no Great Wall of China, but trenches, barbed wire and surveillance for sure.

Let the Kremlin moan and cry that Kyiv cannot conduct a demarcation unilaterally. It is clear for everyone (except the Russians themselves), that any neighbor of Russia can feel relaxed only by cutting themselves off from Putin with a high fence.

And behind this fence it is desirable to have a pack of evil dogs (that is the border control guards and the army). For Putin’s unwelcome messengers not only to remain without pants, but without something more valuable.

Because we “became friends” with Russia once. Now we have to disentangle ourselves.

2. In the EU, a new body is being created–a support group in Ukraine which will include European officials and diplomats. The group’s goal is to coordinate EU institutions on issues related to Ukraine.

The creation of such a body to work with a country that is not an EU member is unprecedented. Let’s hope that this is not only a beautiful step but a truly qualitatively new format of work between Brussels and Kyiv.

3. The SBU [Security Service of Ukraine] detained terrorists who were preparing sabotage and terrorist attacks in Dnipropetrovsk, and dreamed of a “Dnipropetrovsk People’s Republic,” which would work closely with the “LNR” and “DNR” [Luhansk- and Donetsk People’s Republics].

At long last, the dream of the failed “presidents” and “prime ministers” of the “People’s Republic” to work closely with the dregs of society will finally come true. However, it’ll be behind bars. Here, they can expect a fascinating and magnificent inauguration process near the prison bucket [toilet]. As their spiritual father Himmler was fond of saying, “Jedem das Seine,” to each what he deserves…

Source: Dmitry Tymchuk FB

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DIGESTS AND ANALYTICS: Chronicles of June 24, 2014

Posted on June 25, 2014 by real7772013

06.24.2014
Translated and edited by Voices of Ukraine

In Ukraine:
● Medvedchuk came out as an accomplice of the terrorists from the DNR and LNR [Donetsk- and Luhansk People’s Republics] at the talks in Donetsk with participation by representatives of Russia and the OSCE.
● The National Bank of Ukraine [NBU] lowered the Hryvnia rate on June 24 by 1.4 kopecks to 11.89 UAH/$.
● The NBU payment system resumed its work in the eastern Oblasts [regions].
● A Ukrainian high-speed train, produced by Kriukov Car Building Works, started its run between Kyiv and Lviv.

Kyiv:
● The court returned Kyiv Guest Yard to the territorial community.

Theater of war:
● Poroshenko doesn’t exclude early termination of the ceasefire.
● A Ukrainian helicopter was shot down by MANPADS near Sloviansk. All nine people on board were killed.
● Around Sloviansk, terrorists resumed attacks on Ukrainian military checkpoints.
● The UN confirms a growth in the number of internally displaced persons [IDP’s]from eastern Ukraine, whose number exceeded 46,000 people.
● In Crimea, Russian security services raided the territory of the Islamic school (madrassa) near Simferopol.
● Ukrainian Foreign Ministry declares that the peace process in eastern Ukraine is undermined by Russian insurgents.
● The LNR and DNR decided to create a Union of People’s Republics.
● In Crimea, the occupation authorities decided to remove all road signs in Ukrainian and English.

In the world:
● Russia will protect the rights of the Russian-speaking population in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced during a meeting with Austrian President Heinz Fischer.
● The U.S. State Department issued a statement on its website, which claims that Russia supports insurgents in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts of Ukraine with heavy machinery.
● Thorbjørn Jagland has been re-elected as the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
● The Czech Republic simplified work visas for foreigners.
● The Council of the European Union has made Albania eligible for membership in the organization.
● As part of Putin’s visit to Austria, Gazprom and OMV, Austrian oil and gas company, signed a Shareholder’s Agreement for South Stream.
● The French High Court allowed medical euthanasia.

Source: Digests and Analytics FB, Digests and Analytics

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In Volyn journalists created a “Walk of Peace ” and plan to plant an orchard

Posted on June 25, 2014 by chervonaruta

By Kanal 5
06.06.2014, 10:27
Translated and edited by Voices of Ukraine

On the eve of the Day of Journalists and the Day of Publishers, a joint action took place of journalists and local officials who planted trees and named them a “Walk of Peace.” This was reported in the June 4 Volyn Regional State Administration.

“On the occasion of the holiday for media workers, publishers, booksellers and government officials, trees were planted near the Lutsk Jurisprudential Lyceum of Heavy Physical Training,” – reported the Volyn Regional State Administration.

RSA Chapter Gregory Buchanan said that the “measure was meant to unite the Volyn media people, publishers, booksellers, all masters of words and demonstrate throughout Ukraine that we are–one people.”

“Let this Walk of Peace be a symbol of political tolerance, uniting East and West Ukraine, the desire of our people for peace and tranquility in the state. I hope that these trees will bring comfort and peace. We plant them with the dream of peace in our land, which has already suffered many losses,” – he stressed.

Participants in the action expressed the hope that such an action will become traditional and proposed to put in an orchard next year.

Source: Kanal 5

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DMITRY TYMCHUK: Negotiations With Terrorists

Posted on June 25, 2014 by chervonaruta

Dmitry Tymchuk, Coordinator, Information Resistance
06.25.2014, DTFB
Translated and edited by Voices of Ukraine

Some citizen Alexei Karjakin, who is called the “Chairman of the Parliament” of the terrorist organization “LNR” [Luhansk People’s Republic] said that the organization has canceled all military operations in compliance with the ceasefire agreement until June 27, 2014.

If you believe this, given the nonstop attacks in Luhansk (and Donetsk) area, we come to the following conclusions:

1. “LNR” does not have any influence in the environment of terrorist groups operating in Donbas. “Cancelling military operations” by the “LPR” does not affect the activity of terrorists since “LNR” has nothing to do with them.

That is, the “LNR” is a gang of crooks that benefits from chaos and uses rampant banditry in the region that is initiated by Russia with the purpose of portraying some kind of an “independent state formation.” Accordingly, by giving themselves the titles of “Prime Minister,” “Chairman of the Parliament,” “Defense Minister,” etc.

2. Under these conditions, any negotiation process with the “LNR” and “DNR” [Donetsk People’s Republic] is meaningless, since these are only two of the dozens of disparate groups of terrorists. Which are united by only one thing–financial and other assistance from Moscow, which is trying by all means to keep destabilizing the situation in Donbas.

3. We must recognize that we are not dealing with any single terrorist movement, united by a common idea, and having a single center of decision-making and management. We are dealing with a set of terrorist groups, each of whom pursues its own selfish goals.

Searching for the possibility of a peaceful dialogue with these groups is useless–we don’t propose, for example, for serial killers and maniacs to sit behind a negotiating table and seek consensus. With them there can be one conversation in the form of an ultimatum: surrender to justice or destruction.