organization:ukrainian army

On Ukraine’s front lines, U.S.-supplied equipment is falling apart - The Washington Post
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The United States has delivered more than $260 million in non-lethal military equipment to help the government of Ukraine in its fight against a Russian-backed insurgency, but some of the U.S.-supplied gear meant to protect and transport Ukrainian military forces is little more than junk.

On the outskirts of the separatist-controlled city of Donetsk, for example, one Ukrainian special forces unit is using U.S.-supplied Humvees dating from the late 1980s and early 1990s, based on serial numbers on the vehicles.

Three of the Humvees had plastic doors and windows — barely any protection at all. The tires on one of the trucks blew apart after driving only a few hundred kilometers, the result of sitting in a warehouse too long, said one mechanic.

Another infantry unit of approximately 120 men received from the Pentagon a single bulletproof vest — a type that U.S. troops stopped using in combat during the mid-2000s.

“If the Americans are going to send us equipment, don’t send us secondhand stuff,” said one Ukrainian special forces commander, who like other soldiers spoke on condition of anonymity to criticize the condition of his unit’s gear.

The obsolete equipment was identified on a tour near the front lines in eastern Ukraine with help from mechanics serving in the Ukrainian army and through interviews with front-line troops. In some cases, serial numbers were used to trace the origins of certain vehicles.

The decaying state of U.S.-supplied equipment on Ukraine’s front lines has bred distrust and lowered morale among Ukrainian troops, soldiers said. Experts said the low quality of the gear also calls into question the U.S. government’s commitment to a war that is entering its second year, with well-equipped Russian-backed separatists still firmly entrenched in Ukraine’s eastern region.

Rotten vegetables and stale bread : Ukrainian army promises probe into poor frontline conditions - watch on - uatoday.tv
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Soldiers complain they have been left to rely on volunteers and their own money to survive

Rotten vegetables, stale bread, and a sense of hopelessness surround Ukrainian soldiers stationed at a checkpoint near the south eastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol.

This is a regular dugout where soldiers from Ukraine’s National Guard along with volunteer fighters are on duty around the clock keeping a watchful eye over the strategic port city of Mariupol.

Pas vraiment nouveau, pas vraiment de changement. L’arrivée d’un deuxième hiver n’arrange pas les choses.

Mobilization wave comes up 13,000 men short
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Ukraine wound up the sixth part of its partial mobilization campaign on Aug. 17, and experts say it’s been the least successful one so far.

Starting on June 19, the two-month long mobilization drafted only 60 percent of the targeted number of men into the Ukrainian army, or 13,000 out of a planned 25,000.

The mobilization was not aimed at increasing the size of Ukraine’s army. Instead, paratroopers, tankmen and artillerymen who were called up for military service last year were to have been demobbed and replaced by fresh draftees.

Experts blamed a fall in patriotism in Ukraine for the failure of the sixth mobilization.

“By the end of the six wave (of mobilization), the government had managed to call up only 13,000 out of 25,000 people,” said Mykola Sungurovsky, Director of Military Programs at the Razumkova Center non-governmental think tank. “If the government doesn’t want to take charge of the war, there’s no use asking the people to do it instead.”

Foreign monitors come under ’targeted’ fire in Ukraine - Yahoo News
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The Organization for the Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has been at the heart of global efforts to end a 15-month conflict between Western-backed Kiev and pro-Russian insurgents that has already claimed more than 6,500 lives.

The Cold War-era peace enforcement body reports ceasefire violations and arranges periodic talks aimed at salvaging an often-ignored truce signed in February with the help of the leaders of Germany and France.

But its Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) — comprising almost 500 members who are predominantly based in the separatist east — said the number of incidents in which its teams have come under attack has grown markedly since the weekend.

“In the past days the SMM has faced three separate, targeted security incidents in certain locations in the conflict zone,” deputy mission chief Alexander Hug told reporters in Kiev.

“In response to security incidents over past days SMM is reviewing its monitoring operations in certain locations.”

On rappellera que depuis quelques jours les milices d’extrême droite mènent une offensive médiatique contre l’OSCE.

Par exemple :

OSCE mission takes biased attitude to Ukraine servicemen say
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The OSCE mission task is to monitor and report objectively on the military situation in Donbas. However, Ukrainian servicemen say the mission officers are biased in their reporting.

They explain this by the fact that there are many Russian observers on its staff. 

Says speaker of the Pravy Sector Corps Andry Sharashkin, “The OSCE mission in Ukraine has discredited itself as independent observers. There is a lot of evidence that it is staffed by numerous former and present FSB officers who relay information and positions of the Ukrainian army to the rebels.”

 “When OSCE observers come to our positions we know for sure there won’t be any shelling. We can walk about without bullet-proof jackets and helmets. As soon as they leave, the shelling comes,” says Mykola Tyhonov, officer of the 93rd Brigade.

Russian former leader of Ukraine rebels warns of ’big war’ | Reuters
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“To be honest, I expect that the Minsk 2 agreements will not be observed, in the same manner as the Minsk 1 agreements were not,” Borodai said in an interview this week in a Moscow restaurant surrounded by former rebel commanders.

“And at the end of the day the Ukrainian army will launch an offensive. This is a very probable development ... I am not sure that it will end without a big war, as Russia cannot tolerate this sore on its borders forever.”

Étant donné que la partie politique des accords est à l’arrêt complet (on ne négocie pas avec des terroristes et pas de régionalisation tant qu’on ne contrôle pas les régions séparatistes) la seule évolution envisageable si la situation ne reste pas gelée est une reprise des combats.

Ukraine : les « rebelles » se tirent dessus rien que pour embêter les Ukrainiens…

Rebels open fire on Donetsk to discredit Ukraine army
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In the morning of Apr. 4, Russian and rebel troopers shelled Donetsk and put the blame on the Ukrainian army, the army spokesman wrote in Facebook today.

At 10.40, the rebels deployed a mortar unit in the area of the local cement plant which made several mortar shots at Donetsk.
At 11.55, one tank and 3 APCs opened fire on Donetsk from Staromykhajliovka.

 “The purpose of the enemy was to discredit Ukraine army, accuse it of breaking the ceasefire and torpedo the peace process in Donbas," the official wrote.

Right Sector negotiates joining Ukrainian Army as independent division under Yarosh command
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The volunteer battalion Right Sector is ready to join the Ukrainian Army as a separate division under the command of Right Sector leader Dmytro Yarosh.

Vieille question de l’#amalgame…

On rappellera qu’en dehors d’être le leader et le fondateur de Secteur Droit, D. Iaroch est député à l’Assemblée, élu dans une circonscription de Dnipropetrovsk dont l’ancien gouverneur était le principal financier des milices.

Don’t send weapons to Ukraine, top Russian Kremlin critic says - The Washington Post
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As Washington debates whether to send lethal weaponry to the Ukrainian army, one of the Kremlin’s biggest critics, Alexei Navalny, says it would be a mistake.

His opposition to the U.S. proposal, expressed in a wide-ranging interview in his spartan Moscow office, highlights a dilemma for the small fraction of Russians who still sympathize with the United States after a wave of anti-Americanism. They face new dangers after the Feb. 27 assassination of Boris Nemtsov, who along with Navalny was one of the most charismatic leaders of the movement.

Arming Ukraine would be an attempt to dissuade Russia from sending soldiers into Ukraine’s east, where a battle with pro-Russian rebels is smoldering. But many Kremlin critics risk even more pressure over Western ties if their compatriots start getting killed by U.S. weaponry. They are already labeled as fifth-columnists. Few Russians can bring themselves to support the suggestion even as they criticize U.S. policy for not doing enough to halt Putin.

BBC News - Ukraine crisis : British trainers assist Ukrainian military
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British military personnel have begun training members of the Ukrainian army fighting pro-Russian rebels, the BBC has learned.

The 35 trainers are working in the southern city of Mykolaiv and will spend about two months in the country.

They will be training forces engaged in battles in eastern Ukraine in medicine and defensive tactics, and supplying non-lethal equipment.

The deal was announced by Prime Minister David Cameron last month.

It is the first time a Western nation has conducted a long-term military training programme in Ukraine since its war against pro-Russian rebels began last year.

Les deux brèves du jour du Ministère de la défense ukrainien.
À lire dans l’ordre qu’on veut…

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Ukrainian army to grow to 250,000 within month - defense minister
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The Ukrainian Armed Forces will grow to 250,000 men within a month, Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak said.

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Defense Ministry says demobilization starts in Ukraine
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Some 35,300 servicemen are eligible for the demobilization underway in Ukraine, according to the Defense Ministry.

Ukrainian army has no intention of fully withdrawing weapons from Donbas - Lysenko
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Ukrainian army units in Donbas will not fully withdraw heavy weapons as there is no indication that the militants have done the same, Andriy Lysenko, a representative of the headquarters for the military operation in eastern Ukraine, said.

Petit à petit la trêve s’affaiblit.

On rappellera que, par ailleurs, les deux parties n’autorisent pas l’accès des observateurs de l’OSCE à certains endroits sensibles. Les séparatistes certes, largement repris dans la presse, mais aussi les gouvernementaux.

Intégralité du passage concerné dans le rapport de la Mission Spéciale en Ukraine de l’OSCE pour le 9 mars au soir

Latest from the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 18:00hrs (Kyiv time), 9 March 2015 | OSCE
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Restrictions on SMM access and freedom of movement:

The SMM is restrained in fulfilling its monitoring functions by restrictions imposed by third parties and security considerations, including the lack of information on whereabouts of landmines.

The security situation in Donbas is fluid and unpredictable and the cease-fire does not hold everywhere. For this reason, the SMM requires security guarantees from “DPR” and “LPR” which are not always provided. Where such guarantees are limited to escorted movements, and escorts are not provided for all planned patrols or are delayed, this also represents a restriction of SMM freedom of movement.

In particular during the reporting period:

–The SMM was stopped at a “DPR” checkpoint located 1.2km north of the village of Komsomolske. The “DPR” personnel informed the SMM that the SMM was not allowed to visit the area and that access to the village was denied. The SMM asked further about its freedom of movement to monitor “DPR”-controlled areas of the Donetsk region, but “DPR” personnel informed that authorization from the “DPR” “MoD” was needed to allow the patrol to proceed. The “DPR” member said because of the presence of “DPR” military, access to the area was restricted.

– En route to government-controlled Volnovakha (47km south-west of Donetsk) the SMM was stopped at the Ukrainian Armed Forces checkpoint in the eastern outskirts of Volnovakha. The soldiers requested to know the nationalities of the SMM patrol denying its passage. The SMM contacted the JCCC in Volnovakha, which sent a Ukrainian Armed Forces colonel to the checkpoint to assist the SMM. After 55 minutes, the SMM was able to cross the checkpoint.

–At a checkpoint near Zhovten about 5km north of the border with the Russian Federation, “LPR” “border guards” said that the SMM is not permitted in the “border zone” without special permission.

–In the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel did not allow the SMM to visit a weapons storage site.

Exclusive Interview : Russia expert David Satter on arming Ukraine - read on - uatoday.tv
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Do you think Ukraine’s armed forces would be capable of deploying high-tech weaponry without long-term training or the presence of international military instructors?

I don’t know to what degree the Ukrainian army is technically capable of handling the kind of weaponry they seek, or what steps would be required to train them. Presumably it is possible to provide training in the United States or elsewhere outside of Ukraine, in order to minimize Western involvement. This is one of the details which must be considered very carefully – to what extent Western countries want their nationals involved in the conflict zone. Presumably there are weapons which the Ukrainian army is already perfectly capable of handling or of learning to handle. My view is that the issue of training or trainers would not prove decisive in determining policy.

J’adore les #experts de ce calibre (c’est vraiment le cas de le dire !)

N’empêche, il FAUT armer l’Ukraine. Ah, et aussi faire (un peu) attention…

OSCE observers confirm removal of anti-tank cannons in Luhansk area
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Observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) have confirmed the complete removal of MT-12 anti-tank cannons from the contact line towards Luhansk, the Ukrainian army press center said on March 4.

Comme ne le précise pas cette brève (intégralement citée), il s’agit d’armes « séparatistes ».

Help ! World wakes up slowly on need to stop Putin
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Slowly, the West is realizing that Ukraine needs help to prevail in Russia’s war against the nation. Several countries are now sending military personnel to train the Ukrainian army. While not weapons, better training is also a crucial element of warfare.

The total number of trainers will be 75. They will work in western Ukraine, far from the war zone in the eastern Donbas. The first group of British trainers is expected in Kyiv to meet with military authorities in the next week, Colonel Andriy Ordynovych, deputy head of the department for international cooperation at General Staff, told the Kyiv Post.

Poland is also considering sending its military instructors to Ukraine, Bogusław Pacek, retired general and adviser to the Polish Defense Ministry, wrote on Twitter on Feb. 25. Pacek said that the Polish military instructors will most probably be sent to Yavoriv and Desna training centers and provide training on reconnaissance systems, but the final decision on number and activities will be made in March.
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Chris Donnelly, a British defense, security and foreign affairs specialist and former special adviser to four secretary generals of NATO, admits that Ukraine needs to have its General Staff trained. Its commanders are frequently accused of cowardice, incompetence and mismanagement, resulting in needless deaths in the field and loss of gear.

Donnelly believes that generals would benefit from the UK training. The duration, however, will depend on “how successful the initiative proves to be," Donnelly says.

Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron delivers a speech to business leaders at a UK Investment Summit at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, south Wales, on Nov. 21. (AFP)

Butkevicius, the former Lithuanian defense minister, says: “Ukrainian commanders should learn effective management of the operations, otherwise the army will suffer great losses. The biggest challenge for the Ukrainian army and something it should definitely learn from Western colleagues – is battle management. It would be a surprise for your enemy."

Excellent ! si les généraux ukrainiens devenaient bons, ça serait une vraie surprise pour leurs opposants…

But skeptics argue that arming Ukraine is dangerous because the weapons might end up in separatist hands. It nearly happened with two American radar systems delivered in the fall. The U.S. in November reported that it would supply 20 radar systems that are capable of determining the origin of fire, and targeting response fire.

After the Ukrainian soldiers’ exit from Debaltseve in Donetsk Oblast earlier this month, Russia-backed separatists posted a video on YouTube that featured U.S.-made equipment marked with the letters AN/TPQ, which refers to their modification, according to Ukrainian journalist Yuriy Butusov.

The parliament’s military committee held an inquiry into the incident, and learned that of two radar systems in Debaltseve, one was destroyed by enemy fire, and the other was blown up on purpose as the Ukrainian troops left their position.

“The separatists captured only the repair kits," Vladislav Seleznyov, spokesman of General Staff, said.

Vu au Palais des Expositions de Kiev : les matériels que vous pouvez financer pour aider l’armée gouvernementale.

Army supplies showcased at exhibition
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Army fundraising volunteers held an exhibition showcasing the types of supplies they provide to the Ukrainian army.

The one-day exhibition opened on Jan. 31 in Expo Plaza (2B Saliutna St.) in Kyiv. It showcased the newest types of bulletproof vests, unmanned aerial vehicles, military clothing, and field rations.

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Qui joue à quoi ? l’OSCE ? l’Ukraine ?

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OSCE not confirming Human Rights Watch reports about Ukrainian army using cluster bombs
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The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Special Monitoring Mission (OSCE SMM) has not confirmed the allegations by representatives from Human Rights Watch about the Ukrainian military using cluster bombs in Donbas region.

message2, 4/12/14 à 22h30
OSCE SMM denies disagreeing with Human Rights Watch over use of cluster bombs in Donbas
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The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Special Monitoring Mission (OSCE SMM) has denied dismissing the allegation by the Human Rights Watch organization about the Ukrainian military using cluster bombs in Donbas, and said the statement by SMM spokesman Michael Bociurkiw was translated incorrectly.

Dzerjinsk, contrôlée (jusqu’à quand ?) par les forces ukrainiennes dans l’incertitude et la peur. Même pour le pro-Ukraine Kyiv Post, une bonne partie de la population soutient « les insurgés ». Le maire, indéboulonnable, a été « loyal à tous les régimes depuis 1998 »…

Fear reigns on both sides in Donetsk Oblast’s Dzerzhinsk
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Controlled by Ukrainian forces, but hoping for the return of Kremlin-backed insurgents, residents of Novgorodskoye live in an atmosphere of fear.

Pro-Russian residents of this Donetsk Oblast suburb of Dzerzhinsk are afraid to speak out because of the Ukrainian army walking the streets here. Pro-Ukrainian locals fear retribution from their neighbors and insurgents if they recapture the city of 40,000 people that the Kremlin-backed forces controlled between May and July.

This paralyzing limbo is partly due to local authorities, who failed to take an explicitly pro-Ukrainian position, and a city government that is still dominated by pro-Russian Party of Regions representatives.

A separatist underground has become a problem for many cities in Ukrainian-controlled areas of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. Russian Orthodox priests lambast Ukraine in their sermons, and teachers whisper in children’s ears at schools.

Many people who support the insurgents stay quiet, but look forward to welcoming them back, according to a local volunteer who helps the army here. She spoke to the Kyiv Post on the condition of anonymity because of fear of retribution. The Russian-backed forces will take retribution on volunteers and pro-Ukrainian residents if they regain power, the volunteer said.

Pro-Russian sentiment dominates Dzerzhinsk because it is a small impoverished mining city without a highly educated population, the volunteer said.

Poltorak: Ukrainian army 80 percent ready for winter
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Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak says the army is almost ready for winter.

#Maréchal_Le_Bœuf !

Pyatt says US advisors soon to come to Ukraine to help reform army
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A group of U.S. advisors will arrive in Ukraine to help modernize the Ukrainian army, U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt has said in an interview with the Day newspaper.

Reporting on the Front Lines in Ukraine - NYTimes.com
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On Tuesday, we drove in this fashion through a narrow corridor more than 70 miles long (and of unclear width) that was recently vacated by the Ukrainian Army, which left empty checkpoints and blown up military vehicles behind, as we moved south from Donetsk to the Azov Sea shore to cover reports of Russian or pro-Russian soldiers crossing the border from Russia to attack a town there.
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Now, we’re focusing on the counteroffensive staged from across the Russian border that started over weekend. The Ukrainian retreat could bring pro-Russian forces to the outskirts of the city of Mariupol soon.

The city is packed with refugees from elsewhere in eastern Ukraine and an important steel industry center. With both sides putting out a good deal of misleading information, it’s important to observe events firsthand, and we might relocate south to cover this development.

À force de l’annoncer, il semblerait bien que l’intervention russe — et la retraite ukrainienne — se précise et semble viser une ligne Donetsk-Novoazovsk.

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US Department of State : Russia directing counteroffensive in Donbas
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U.S. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki says that Russia is directing a counteroffensive in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, Voice of America reported in the early hours of Thursday, Aug. 28.

Defense minister says Ukrainian army will follow Swiss model
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Ukraine’s army will follow the Swiss model, Ukrainian Defense Minister Valeriy Heletei said.

intégralité de l’article… ainsi illustré :

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#Armée_de_milice

Après tout, les derniers combats de l’armée suisse ont eu lieu dans le cadre d’une guerre civile…

Pour les divers ressortissants ou résidents en #CH ici présents.

La Russie accuse l’Ukraine qui accuse la Russie qui à son tour accuse l’Ukraine

Mais les “rebelles” comme ils disent ont bien des tanks, et je suis pas sur qu’ils les ont trouvé sur Ebay.

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Ukraine accuses Russia of letting rebels bring in tanks

Ukraine accused Russia on Thursday of allowing separatist rebels to bring three tanks and other military vehicles across the border into the east of the country to fight the Ukrainian army. Evidence that Russia is sending in weapons or assisting the rebels militarily would implicate Moscow in the uprising against Kiev’s pro-Western leaders, making a mockery of its denials that it has played a role in weeks of fighting.

Reuters - ▻http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/12/us-ukraine-crisis-tanks-idUSKBN0EN1KS20140612 <▻http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/12/us-ukraine-crisis-tanks-idUSKBN0EN1KS20140612>


Russia piles pressure on new Ukraine leader

Russia accused Ukraine’s new leader on 12 June of failing to follow through on his vow to end two months of separatist bloodshed and demanded a probe into claims that his forces used banned bombs against civilians. Moscow’s latest diplomatic offensive came a day after the two neighbours failed to make calm a furious row over gas prices that could see both Ukraine and parts of Europe cut off from Russian supplies next week.

AFP - ▻http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/140612/russia-piles-pressure-new-ukraine-leader <▻http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/140612/russia-piles-pressure-new-ukraine-leader>


Russia wants UN action to stop violence in Ukraine

Russia has introduced a UN Security Council resolution that urges an immediate end to all violence in Ukraine and the launching of a national dialogue involving all political forces and regions. The draft resolution, circulated to council members on 12 June, calls on all parties to immediately implement a “road map” to peace put forward by the OSCE. The draft expresses deep concern at the intensification of hostilities and killing of civilians in eastern Ukraine, where government forces have battled pro-Russian rebels for two months. Russia’s UN Ambassador said this draft supersedes a 2 June draft. Neither reaffirms Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, a key Western demand following Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula.

AP - ▻http://news.yahoo.com/russia-wants-un-action-stop-violence-ukraine-163548147.html <▻http://news.yahoo.com/russia-wants-un-action-stop-violence-ukraine-163548147.html>

Reuters - ▻http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/12/us-ukraine-crisis-russia-un-idUSKBN0EN16S20140612 <▻http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/12/us-ukraine-crisis-russia-un-idUSKBN0EN16S20140612>


Russia accuses Ukraine of using banned weapons

Russia accused Ukraine on 12 June of using “prohibited weapons” during its attempts to seize back control of the separatist stronghold city of Slavyansk, charges denied by Kiev. The Russian foreign ministry’s human rights ombudsman’s comments came shortly after Moscow state media reported the use of incendiary bombs by Kiev’s forces in the blockaded eastern city. “Ukrainian defence forces and nationalists are using prohibited weapons against Slavyansk civilians, firing on refugees and killing children,” the Russian ombudsman tweeted.

AFP - ▻http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe/Russia-accuses-Ukraine-of-using-banned-weapons/articleshow/36443237.cms <▻http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe/Russia-accuses-Ukraine-of-using-banned-weapons/articleshow/36443237.cms>

#russie #ukraine

Civilians take cover, flee Ukrainian city as shells land | Europe | Worldbulletin News
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On the day of Poroshenko’s inauguration on Saturday, organisers of a relief operation say more than 100 women and children left the city in minibuses to take refuge in Soviet-era recreational camps in a region farther to the west.
Men were barred from leaving, turned back at a checkpoint by the Ukrainian army, fearing they could join rebel forces elsewhere.
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The organisers of the evacuation convoy said they had reached an agreement with Kiev forces not to shell Slaviansk until they had left the city. As soon as the minibuses pulled away explosions in the distance began again.

The New York-based rights watchdog Human Rights Watch has urged the Ukrainian government to review its operation in Slaviansk and the neighbouring village of Semyonevka, saying it has an obligation not to attack civilians or civilian objects.

Vladislav Seleznyov, a spokesman for the military operation in eastern Ukraine, has accused the rebels of shelling civilian positions.

Pour les séparatistes, ils retournaient à l’aéroport récupérer les corps, pour les antiséparatistes, il s’agissait d’attaques.

Separatist leader says six insurgents killed in attempt to collect bodies at Donetsk airport ; military says they attacked
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Alexander Borodai, the self-proclaimed prime minister of the self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic, claims that six separatist fighters were killed in the early morning hours on May 31 in an attempt to evacuate the bodies of comrades shot dead in a battle for the Donetsk airport on May 26.

“We tried to collect the bodies from the airport territory, but the Ukrainian army fired at the militiamen and an ambulance, killing six. The bodies of those killed are still there,” Interfax-Ukraine reported Borodai as saying.

His remarks contradict those of the Ukrainian military, which said that armed separatists had launched two fresh assaults on servicemen guarding the airport territory.

“There were two attempts to storm the Donetsk airport, at 5 [a.m.] and 7 o’clock in the morning. Illegal paramilitary forces attempted to seize the airport, but both attempts were repelled by paratroopers who are part of the counterterrorist forces,” military press officer Oleksiy Dmytrashkovsky told Interfax-Ukraine.

No Ukrainian servicemen sustained injuries during the attacks at the airport, Dmytrashkovsky said.

Ukraine’s Push East Falters as Militants Seize Army Vehicles - NYTimes.com
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SLOVYANSK, Ukraine — A highly publicized Ukrainian Army operation to retake control of Slovyansk and other eastern cities from pro-Russia insurgents appeared to falter badly on Wednesday, with one column of armored vehicles abandoned to militant separatists and another ground to a halt by unarmed protesters blocking its path.

UKRAINE. La déroute de Kiev face aux séparatistes pro-russes - Le Nouvel Observateur
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Des militaires ukrainiens ont déposé leurs armes devant des groupes séparatistes pro-russes. Ces derniers ont capturés six blindés.