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Pro-Russia rebels challenge Ukraine government to ultimate tank showdown to end conflict | Daily Mail Online
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Ukraine’s pro-Russian rebels have challenged the government to a tank biathlon in a ‘clash of the titans’ event to end the ongoing conflict.

In a challenge reminiscent of gladiator battles or the Siege of Troy, the rebels have suggested the two sides pit their strongest champions against each other in a one-to-one tank battle.

But the Ukraine government have dismissed the challenge as ‘the height of madness’.

‘We call on your champions to compete in a tank biathlon,’ said Major Petr Ruchov, commander of the 1st tank battalion with the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic.

He continued, in an official rebel press release: ‘According to tradition in ancient times, if the outcome of battle was difficult or uncertain, a duel between the strongest soldiers was appointed.
‘This second year of confrontation…can reasonably be regarded as such a situation.’
The DPR announced this week its intention to hold its first-ever tank biathlon contest for local militias and self-defence forces from the neighbouring Lugansk republic, reported news agency Novorossia.
It suggested that the outcome of the event should settle the ongoing Ukrainian conflict once and for all.

À l’occasion de la finale du biathlon des tanks aux Jeux militaires internationaux organisés par la Russie qui opposera aujourd’hui la Russie, la Chine, l’Inde et le Kazakhstan.

Ukraine government, militants reach agreement to withdraw tanks from frontline
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The office of the chief Ukrainian representative in the Contact Group confirmed that a Ukrainian initiative for the mutual withdrawal of tanks from the frontline was raised during a Skype conference on Wednesday between the Contact Group and representatives of some districts in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts.

(intégralité de la brève)

Voilà une bonne nouvelle : sur le terrain, on se parle et on se met d’accord pour un retrait !

La guerre des FOU (Factions Oligarchiques Ukrainiennes), questions :
• où va-t-on ?
• comment rassurer les soutiens internationaux ?
par exemple en ne fouillant pas trop dans les comptes du passé…

Billionaire tycoon Igor Kolomoisky on a dangerous collision course with Ukraine government - Business Insider
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Yet there are concerns that the government is heading for an ill-advised stand-off with one of its wealthiest and most strategically important allies.

The question that nobody seems quite sure of is what happens now.

Despite owning only 42% of UkrTransNafta, Kolomoisky became accustomed to the de facto running of its business operations. However, as the Financial Times reported, a new law passed by parliament effectively gave back control of the company to the state, which owns 50% plus one share. The new law lowers the numbers of shareholders required to be present for a vote at a meeting, a move that is widely seen as damaging to the interests of Kolomoisky’s Privat Group.

In interviews on Ukrainian TV, supporters of Kolomoisky accused the president of launching a politically motivated attack on him. Meanwhile, the governor called for past privatisation of state assets to be reviewed in a move that is likely to anger his fellow oligarchs and one that could be interpreted as a challenge to the state.

The idea of a standoff between powerful factions within the Ukrainian state — especially those with their own private armies — will hardly reassure international backers who are being asked to stump up additional funds for the beleaguered country. Yet imposing state control over its portfolio of assets is also likely to be key if it is to implement the economic reforms demanded by the IMF.

Already there are signs that Kiev is willing to compromise, with Kolomoisky announcing that the new company chairman would not be carrying out any investigations of its finances. That, however, may simply be a temporary lull in a spat that threatens to pit powerful business interests against the reform agenda of the government.

Avec quelques précisions sur la milice privée de Kolomoisky, le bataillon Dnipro. Pour l’instant, faire une descente armée au siège de la société nationale des oléoducs ne prête pas à conséquence pour son auteur.

#tout_va_bien

Georgia premier complains fugitive former Georgian politicians get jobs in Ukraine government
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Georgia’s prime minister has complained that former Georgian politicians who are allegedly on Interpol’s wanted list have been getting “cushy” jobs in the Ukrainian government.

#Ukraine refugee convoy hit by rockets, says military

Many people died when rockets and mortars hit vehicles moving refugees from the #Luhansk area of eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian military says.

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#réfugiés #asile #migration

Ukraine government tries to defuse tension with Russia, pledges it won’t join NATO - The Washington Post
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KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s new pro-Western government voiced restraint Tuesday in the face of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s moves to officially annex Crimea, pledging that Ukraine would not join NATO and would take steps to improve ties with Moscow.

#Russie #Otan

Attempts of EU, far-right opposition to set up Ukraine government collapse - World Socialist Web Site

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Attempts of EU, far-right opposition to set up Ukraine government collapse

By Alex Lantier
26 February 2014

Attempts to set up a government by the Western-backed Ukrainian opposition forces that seized power in Saturday’s fascist putsch have collapsed amid rising demands for social attacks on the working class from Washington and the European Union (EU), and military tensions with Russia.

#ukraine