Thoughts from Kyiv on Russian regime change – 20 June 2014

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wMychailo Wynnyckyj, June 21, 2014

Yesterday, I met with a group of analysts from Europe and the US brought to Kyiv by the Public Diplomacy Division of NATO. My remarks were deliberately provocative (I voiced the idea of “regime change” in Russia as a viable NATO policy objective) because I am convinced that actual policies implemented by bureaucracies are generated as compromises between extreme positions. I presented an idea that represents an extreme in the hope that the real policy will perhaps not be as radical as my proposal, but at least will be more proactive than the status quo. A synopsis of my presentation during yesterday’s breakfast meeting follows.

The strategy of NATO, the EU, and the G-7 towards Russian aggression in Ukraine has been reactive. Almost 3 months have passed since Putin’s outrageous violation of the post-Cold War world order. The state of shock in international community diplomatic…

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Ukraine update: Incoming tanks, sanctions and EU caution

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By Dmytro Tuzov

On June 19, 25 armored vehicles crossed Ukraine’s border from Russia through the Dovzhansky checkpoint: a convoy of APCs, curtain-sided KamAZ trucks, an AA gun, and three Grad-type multiple rocket launchers. Another armored column under Russian flag moved to the village of Rubizhne from the city of Luhansk. Militant sources report that they have as many as 250 T-64 tanks. The armed insurgents have been using their websites to claim the capture of vehicles from Ukrainian army depots.

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Dmitry Tymchuk’s Military Blog: Summary – June 20, 2014

Dmitry Tymchuk, Coordinator, Information Resistance
06.20.2014
Translated and edited by Voices of Ukraine

Brothers and sisters!

information_resistance_logo_engHere’s the Summary for June 20, 2014 (for previous summary, please see Summary for June 19).

The bad news:

1. According to President Poroshenko, there will be a weeklong pause in the ATO [anti-terrorist operation].

We know that this is a very serious political step. We understand that [Ukrainian authorities] are counting on the possibility to nevertheless settle the conflict in Donbas with a minimum of casualties. We know that this decision was made after a thorough analysis of the situation, taking into account intelligence data. Also, within the past day, Ukrainian security forces conducted a very serious (and most importantly rather successful) action to block off the border.

But the border is still not “under lock.” And one can only assume that a cease-fire under these conditions is necessitated by circumstances for which we have no information as yet. I’d like to believe that the Ukrainian President knows what he is doing.

2. Yesterday, new tanks, armored personnel carriers, and “Grad” MLRS [multiple launch rocket system] broke into Ukraine from the territory of Russia.

No comment needed. Each one of these combat units represents new provocations and new combat. Today, the insurgents are in possession of at least six “Grad” systems, enough to launch a local Armageddon.

At the same time, terrorist leaders promised to turn Donbas into Stalingrad.

We have no doubt that Putin and his mongrels will lose Donbas just as badly as their spiritual mentor, Hitler, blew it in Stalingrad in 1943. But these are new rivers of the blood of our brothers.

3. The Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine has begun criminal proceedings for the illegal suspension of the procurement of body armor for the Army by the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine.

Behind the front lines wherever you look, there are oddities smacking strongly of betrayal and sabotage [in the bureaucratic offices]. Maybe it’s high time to hang those responsible [for such acts] by their privates in the town squares? It’s inhumane, but who knows, maybe the number of those willing to interfere with the ATO will be instantly diminished.

The good news:

1. Aside from problems with the border (although this one issue does eliminate many advantages, why hide that fact), ATO forces localized the point of infestation.

In fact, the terrorists are blocked in a separate area in some raions [districts] of Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts [regions].

2. A delegation of Sloviansk residents appealed to the little terrorist leader Girkin with the demand [for him] to get out of town. Girkin categorically refused.

The fact that terrorists are a headache and a bone in the throat of the civilian population in Donbas is widely known. But yesterday, people talked about it in a whisper. Today, they talk about it out loud. Although [they are] well aware that the insurgents from the “People’s Republic” can shoot them for such things.

By the way, there are leaflets currently distributed in Luhansk, in which city residents are also asking terrorists and subversives to leave the city, and not hide behind civilians.

Let this voice sound louder. Both the Ukrainian government and Ukrainian society, and Donbas residents in particular are dreaming only about peace. Only the terrorists and their masters in the Kremlin are craving bloodshed. The world should know about this.

3. While regaining control over the border in the vicinity of ​​”Dolzhanskiy” [checkpoint], security forces cut terrorist groups, which ruled the roost there, off from the checkpoint. Among the insurgents were Russian mercenaries who opened mortar fire. During the skirmish, a Russian customs official was wounded.

Moscow immediately went into action. Gentlemen from the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation immediately arrived at the “Dolzhanskiy” [checkpoint], “for inspection and recording evidence of shelling of the Russian territory.” I feel there will be a lot of snot and stink [on the matter].

For starters, what would be valuable for these uncles to explain is why on earth was there a Russian customs officer there, if the Ukrainian border crossing checkpoint was closed, and Russia was supposed to close on its [side of the border]?

But since these kids decided to play in close cooperation with terrorists, let them disentangle this mess. If Russian customs officers, border guards, and the military continue to die from weapons Putin throws by the ton to the insurgents–I don’t see a tragedy in it. They have no one else to blame…

Source: Dmitry Tymchuk FB 

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Anton Shekhovtsov: Die Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs – rechte pro-russische Lobbyisten und Händler mit Täuschungen

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Quelle: Anton Shekovtsovs Blog, 20.6.2014 (Übersetzung aus dem Englischen)

Ich schrieb bereits in früheren Artikeln, dass Putins Russland mit europäischen rechtsextremen Parteien kooperiert. Einer der Gründe dafür ist, dass diese Parteien den russischen politischen und wirtschaftlichen Eliten helfen, sich ökonomisch, politisch und sozial in den Westen einzuschleichen, und dass für diese Eliten weniger der Rassismus und Ultra-Konservativismus der Rechtsextremen im Vordergrund steht, als deren Korrumpierbarkeit.

Betrachten wir einmal das Beispiel des verstorbenen Jörg Haider. Für einige war er der langjährige Führer der rechtspopulistischen Freiheitlichen Partei Österreichs (FPÖ) und später der Vorsitzende des Bündnis Zukunft Österreich. Aber für zwei reiche russische Geschäftsleute, Artjom Bikov und Aleksey Bobrov war Haider ein korrupter Gouverneur von Kärnten, dem sie 900.000 € zahlen konnten, damit er ihnen bei der Einbürgerung “helfen” würde. Stellen Sie sich das vor: der Anführer einer österreichischen Anti-Einwanderungs-Partei nahm Bestechungsgelder an, um den Erwerb der Staatsbürgerschaft von Nicht-Österreichern zu erleichtern. 

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Repair work on the “Seversky Donetsk–Donbas” water channel

 By Vladislav Seleznev, ATO Spokesperson
06.20.2014 18:30 Ukraine
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According to sources, today the “Water of Donbas” repair team who restored the water supply on the Seversk Donets–Donbas route was shelled again. Employees were fired at with a grenade-launcher. This is not the first attempt to restore the water supply, which was damaged by insurgents firing mortars. But time after time, groups of sabotage and intelligence fighters do not allow company employees to perform their defined scope of work.

This restricts the flow of water to the users. All other regulations, and repair of the water supply system are made, so if it were not for the shooting, at the end of the day the pumping station could pump water. But this is not an isolated case. Yes, today a delegation of Sloviansk residents appealed to Igor Girkin with the demand that he leave the city along with his henchmen, to protect people from danger. But in return they received only a refusal. This once again demonstrates the true attitudes of insurgents towards the peaceful populace. There exists a wide gulf between the declarations of insurgents and their actions. 

Source: Vladislav Seleznev FB

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