Translated from Russian by Gleb Bazov
Interview with Igor Strelkov, June 25, 2015
Original: Lifenews.ru
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqzBzEJv_-E
We are able to enunciate the conditions, which, in my opinion, we are prepared to offer [to Ukrainian armed force] and, on the basis of which, we would consider agreeing to a ceasefire, followed by subsequent negotiations concerning some form of a truce.
The following are our conditions:
First, withdrawal of Ukrainian forces to a distance of at least 10 kilometres from all the cities garrisoned by the Donetsk People’s Republic [“DPR”] and the Lugansk People’s Republic [“LPR”] Militias. Accordingly, all the blockaded settlements and Militia garrisons must be unblocked.
Second, cessation of all flights over the territories controlled by DPR and LPR by any and all military aircraft – helicopters, airplanes, [whether they are] intelligence-gathering, ground attack or interceptor [aircraft], we do not care.
Third, the cessation of any and all artillery shelling, whether directed against settlements or the positions of the Militia.
It is only on the basis of these three conditions, and, in the event they are complied with, or, at the very least, taken as a basis for possible negotiations, is the Militia prepared to cease fire.
However, there have been no such offers to date from the Ukrainian military, from the Ukrainian command, who, in reality, should be [our conterparts] at any such negotiations.
Information from the Militia, June 25, 2014, 01:18
Original: Strelkov Info
During the last 40 minutes Ukrainian army actively shelled with howitzers the village of Semyonovka, near Slavyansk, and then continued with 30mm and 23mm automatic cannons.
Information from Local Residents, June 25, 2015, 1:23
Original: Strelkov Info
In Rubezhnoy strong explosions can be heard. Once again they are shelling Privolye from Krasnyanka – [so violently] that window glass is shaking. They are hitting the “Kapustin” mine in Lisichansk, using 152mm howitzers.
Information from DPR, June 24, 2014, 22:35
Original: Strelkov Info
Rustam Abdullaev, member of the Supreme Council of DPR [Donetsk People’s Republic], [explained the circumstances] of the armed confrontation in the area of the Donetsk airport:
“For the [past] two hours there was a confrontation in the area of the Donetsk airport. Three APCs and a unit of the NazGuard [National Guard] was observed, they left the territory of the airport and it is under our control. The militia suffered no casualties in the course of the skirmish. This [incident] again confirms that there is not and can never be any peace agreement between the Kiev Junta and DPR and LPR.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxEWPAIdJ8Q
Note: the video embedded above is the recording of the phone call with Rustam Abdullaev during which he provided this information. The actual statement respecting control over the airport made by him during the call was that the DPR militia controlled part of the airport, not the whole area.
Information from Media Agency AnnaNews, June 25, 2014, 11:38
Original: Strelkov Info
Today at 06:05 in the morning, Ukrainian mercenaries shelled Slavyansk. Artillery strikes continued for 40 minutes, approximately 30 shells were launched at the city. Casualties [are reported] among the civilian population, four people died.
Briefing from Igor Strelkov, June 25, 2015, 11:00
Original: Icorpus.ru
On June 24, the anti-aircraft detachment of the militia shot down a military transport helicopter MI-8 in the are of the Karachun Mount. [The helicopter] was transporting a group of high-level SBU [Security Service of Ukraine] officers and special intelligence-gathering equipment. According to the statement from the Ukrainian side, 9 servicemen of the Ukrainian forces died; however, I do not preclude the possibility that either foreign military advisors or the commanding staff of a PMC [Private Military Contractor] were present on board.
In the course of the evening and the night, artillery and mortar skirmishes continued in the areas of Slavyansk, Kramatarosk and Seversk. The artillery of the [enemy] punitive forces subjected Semyonovka, Slav-Kurortnyi, the settlement of Khimik, and the district of Artyom to shelling. Destruction resulted. In Semyonovka, the enemy once again used incendiary white phosphorus charges.
At dawn on June 25, in response to the night-time shelling, detachments of the militia conducted a mortar strike against a stronghold of the enemy located on the road from Slavyansk to Kramatorsk. The enemy suffered significant losses in manpower.
In the course of the night from June 24-25, detachments of the Kramatorsk battalion and of the Konstantinovka company attacked checkpoints of the enemy at Ulyanovka and Oktyabrskoe, which were moved by the enemy toward [Kramatorsk and Konstantinovka] after the declaration of the so-called “ceasefire.” [These detachments] also fired upon the enemy group that was trying to penetrate our positions. As a result of these confrontations, several soldiers of the enemy were wounded; no losses on our side.
Statement from the Command of the DPR Militia, June 25, 2014, 11:05
Original: Icorpus.ru
The command of the DPR [Donetsk People’s republic] Militia states that it is no inclined calmly to watch the continued concentration of the punitive forces [of the enemy] on the positions intended for starting an assault.
The Militia reserves the right to ignore the so-called “ceasefire” and conduct strikes against the enemy wherever it may be convienient.
The command of the DPR Militia considers the following conditions to be precedent to any ceasefire negotiations:
Immediate removal of blockades [around] all cities and all other settlements where militia units may be based, in conjunction with a relocation of all detachments of the Ukrainian armed forces and all other militarized units to a distance of not less than 10 kilometres away.
Relocation of all mechanized armoured units and detachments to the rear.
Cessation of any flights of military aviation, including drones, over the territory controlled by the DPR and the LPR [Lugansk People’s Republic] Militias.
Immediate removal, pursuant to separate agreements, of all garrisons and military bases located on the territory of DPR and LPR.
Only if the above-noted preliminary conditions are complied with will the DPR Militia agree to terminate military activity at the front and in the enemy rear and to commence with the Ukrainian armed forces and all other militarized formations negotiations with respect to continuation of ceasefire and exchange of POWs [prisoners of war] and detainees.
The command of the DPR Militia expresses hope that the command of the Ukrainian armed forces and all other militarized formations is keenly aware of the impossibility of a military victory over the insurgent people of Donbass and of the need for real steps to be taken to stop further bloodshed.
If our proposals are adopted as the base [of discussion], the command of the DPR Militia is prepared to consider counter-offers.
Briefing from Igor Strelkov, June 25, 2015, 12:31
Original: Strelkov Info
In the course of the night, skirmishes, including with the use of artillery fire, continued in the vicinity of Slavyansk. The enemy continued concentrating forces on its foothold near the village of Krivaya Luka, from which the entire population has been evicted.
In the area of Kramatorsk and Konstantinovka, detachments of the Militia attacked the advance checkpoints of the punitive forces, which moved forward on armoured vehicles, in the vicinity of Oktyabrskoye and Ulyanovka. The detachments also repelled an attempts by the intelligence-gathering group [of the enemy] to penetrate into Konstantinovka. The enemy suffered casualties.
At dawn, the stronghold of the enemy located on the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk highway was subjected to a combined strike, using artillery, mortars and AGS [Note 1: AGS-17 “Plamya” (216P) automatic grenade launcher]. Concentrations of infantry and light armoured vehicles of the enemy were noted at the checkpoint. The enemy, which was located in a crowded fashion in a small area, suffered significant losses in manpower. Two separate fires were visually observed [at the location].
At 11:00, positions of the enemy near the Kombikormoviy checkpoint were attacked with mortars and small arms.
On their part, the Ukies answered with howitzer and mortar fire from Karachun Mount and their other positions. At this time, there are ongoing skirmishes across-the-board.
The weather is unsuitable for flying, after yesterday’s rain the ground is moist, and the movement of wheeled vehicles is limited other than on paved roads.
It is possible that, in addition to 9 Ukrainian military officers, a group of foreign military advisors or PMC [Private Military Corporation] commanders was present in the helicopter that our fighters shot down yesterday. This information has not been verified, and I cannot vouch for its authenticity.
Note 1: The AGS-17 “Plamya” (216P) is a heavy infantry support weapon designed to operate from a tripod or it can be mounted on an installation or vehicle. The AGS-17 fires 30 mm grenades in either direct or indirect fire to provide suppressive and lethal fire support against soft skinned or fortification targets. See Wikipedia and RuWiki.
Infromation from Igor Strelkov, June 25, 2014, 14:21
Original: Icorpus.ru
http://vk.com/strelkov_info?w=wall-57424472_4186
Today, an enemy group in the area of Krivaya Luka was subjected to strikes both from the direction of Seversk (by the “Lisa” unit of the battalion of A. Mozgovoi) and from the direction of Nikolayevka (by the Nikolayevka company composed of the personnel of the Slavyansk garrison). A store of ammunition located on one of the heights occupied by the enemy detonated as a result of these mortar strikes, and 3 separate fires could be observed. The infantry and the equipment of the enemy, which were concentrated on starting positions for an assault, and therefore were not entrenched, suffered large losses.
There is [now] electricity in Slavyansk, but not in all districts. Almost everywhere, there is no water. We have foodstuffs for now, and even in excess, but distribution is failing. We are conducting an accounting of stocks and will be introducing food cards.
Information from Locations, June 25, 2014
Original: Strelkov Info
As usual, the outskirts of Slavyansk were shelled last night. Lisichansk was also subjected to nighttime shelling. All is calm in Donetsk, there were no cannons and suchlike yesterday, there was a skirmish – no need to overstate things.
In Slavyansk, another day of “truce” a-la Poroshenko began with artillery strikes. There are killed and wounded among the civilian population. A gas pipeline was damaged. Explosions were heard all day in the Slavyansk area.
An explosive device detonated in Antratsit, in a civilian district near Pharmacy No. 68. A 10-month-old child was badly wounded and later passed away in the hospital.
In addition to the railway line Debaltsevo-Uglegorsk, the following rail lines were blown up yesterday: Gorlovka-Pantelimonovka, Novobakhmutovka-Gorlkovka and Karavannaya.
Statement from the DPR PM, Alexander Borodai, June 25, 2014, 18:50
Original: Strelkov Info
DPR Prime Minister, Alexander Borodai, confirmed to journalists that DPR is in possession of tanks and howitzers:
“Yes, the Militia now has tanks, a fairly substantial number of them. The Ukrainian side is rich with tanks. The armoured vehicles were obtained by the Militia fighters as war trophies.
Other than tanks, the Militia fighters have also secured other heavy weapon trophies, such as, for instance, howitzer.
Latest Hourly Briefings from Locations
Original: Strelkov Info
Ukie forces have based artillery systems (which appear to be “Acacias”) and tanks in Varvarovka (near Rubezhnoye), at the abandoned cannery and at the tractor brigade depot. They are placing tents.
17:55 (MSK) – In the area of the Kombikormoviy an intense battle is ongoing. In the course of the day, maneuver-centric battles took place across the entire theater of operations.
19:25 (MSK) – Howitzer fire is coming from the direction of Ostavki; explosions are heard near Brusino.
19:35 (MSK) – Gunfire is heard in the area of the southern side of Krasniy Liman.
19:50 (MSK) – Four Hummers have left from the side of Borovenkova, headed to Karachun Mount.
20:20 (MSK) – Mercenaries with a strong accent at the Ukie checkpoint near the third Bylbasovka on the way to Cherkasskoye. Fairly polite.
In the area of Kombikormoviy, at the Ukie checkpoint, they are harassing people, shooting their legs, those who are driving out [of the area] they call marauders, rob them of their things. They tried to seize the car of one of the passerby – only the screams of the female passengers scared the Nazi bastards away.
20:45 (MSK) – On the southern side of Krasniy Liman artillery shelling continues.
21:00 (MSK) – Several strong explosions and shooting with an AP-30 [Note 1: AP-30 “Plamya-A” (9A800) aircraft(helicopter)-based grenade launcher] heard near Nikolayevka.
21:20 (MSK) – Sounds of a propeller aircraft heard in the area of Krasniy Liman, heading toward Yampol. In the village of Vasilyevka (Yasinovatskiy region), one of the “Motor” cooperative’s buildings is burning. Fire was not caused by military activity.
Note 1: AP-30 “Plamya-A” (9A800) aircraft-based grenade launcher, an evolution of AGS-17 “Plamya” (216P) intended to be installed on aircraft, specifically – helicopters. See Aviaros.Narod.Ru.
Statement from Igor Strelkov, June 25, 2013, 17:30
Regarding the Proposed “Medal for Military Valour”
Original: Icorpus.ru
Comrades!
We have a request:
As you know by now, we have been awarding Crosses of St. George. The only difference between these Crosses and the original Cross of St. George version used during the First World War is an engraving and its position [on the Cross]. As of this time, we have created granted approximately 30 of these awards (including several – posthumously), Crosses have been issued to a dozen of award holders.
However, the Cross of St. George is our highest form of recognition at this time. The personalized knives and pistols are also important, but we need another award of a lower rank than the Cross of St. George (which is issued for services rendered in connection with performing tasks directly on the field of battle), but which would permit us to reward [other] military achievements, including those not associated with an extremely high risk to life.
Simply speaking, we consider it necessary to institute an award of a Medal “For Military Valour,” taking, as a starting example, an appropriate USSR medal. Russian Federation does not have claims on this type of award (there is already an approximate equivalent – the Suvorov Medal). With a few changes in design, a medal like that would suit us well.
I propose that there take place a competition for the layout of the specified medal, to be conducted with a quick turnaround deadline. And, once a layout is confirmed, several hundred of these medals (to begin with) would need to be manufactured.
My gratitude, in advance, for all the proposals! I ask that the moderators [of Icorpus.ru] create a separate forum for this discussion.
With respect,
Igor
What I believe may emerge if the current circumstances persist would look more like another “Israel” in Europe. A de-facto divided state, with a semi-cloaked racist regime
ruling with complete support from the West, despite horrific use of military hardware against a civilian population. And on the other side a subjugated populace, made up of
a “lower class” of people who will be “encouraged” to leave over time to go back to Russia where they “came” from.
Do I believe this will happen? No. I don’t. Does the European public want to see the Middle-East brought to “Middle-Eastern-Europe?” I don’t believe so.
Nor do I believe the people want a NATO forced world war, fought once again in Europe.
Can the U.S. and the E.U. maintain the facade of power, and esp. financial power. The entire western system is beginning to show serious cracks,
and considering it’s weight…
Things may seem cruel to watch and sit on the sidelines. That it happens all over the world and not just in Ukraine is cruel as well.
Have faith. I didn’t know if I’d live long enough to see the collapse of the “Empire” but I believe it’s actually happening before our eyes.
From Anglo-Zionist run Canada.
As a lesser medal a round medallion of St. Vladimir, shown armed with sword outtretched, protecting with one hand a Church and with the other a city or perhaps a village home.
The medal would be called a St. Vladimir’s medal and would be given for feats of arms on the battlefield protecting the people, towns, Churches, and culture of Novo-Rus. The words “St. Vladimir” would curve around the top and the words “Protector Novo Rus” around the bottom.
The Medallion would be hung from a red and blue ribbon.
I hope someone could submit this concept. I have no idea how to do so and could not begin to describe it in Russian. I do not need credit for the concept.
How about a Joan of Arc Medal?
Meanwhile, Russians just won “Battle of the Brains”, taking 1st and 2nd place in Programming World Championship…yeah, they are “subhumans”, all right… Ukrainians are nowhere to be found…or any Westerners for that matter.
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The 122 teams that competed in the World Finals emerged from local and regional ICPC competitions held this past fall. Initially, selection took place from a field of more than 300,000 students in computing disciplines worldwide. A record number of students advanced to the regional level, as 32,043 contestants from 2,286 universities in 94 countries on six continents competed at more than 300 sites, all with the goal of earning one of the coveted 122 invitations to the finals.
In a test of teamwork, speed and skill, the contest challenged students to solve the most computer programming problems in the least amount of time. Demonstrating the elite talent of its team members, St. Petersburg State University successfully solved seven problems in five hours. The World Champions return home with “The World’s Smartest Trophy,” as well as awards and offers of employment or internships with IBM and other leaders of the IT industry.
Moscow State University, Peking University and National Taiwan University finished the competition in second, third and fourth places, all earning the coveted gold medals. The regional champions are New York University (North America Region); St. Petersburg State University (Europe Region); Alexandria University – Faculty of Engineering (Africa and the Middle East Region); Instituto Militar de Engenharia (Latin America Region); Peking University (Asia Region); and University of New South Wales (South Pacific Region).
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Of all the countries in the world, I’d bet on Russia now.
Crossvader, I hate to break it to you but the ACM contest is meaningless: the University of Bangladesh as well as Kiev University came out on top of MIT (the premier technology university in the world). If you compare the number patents, innovations, new technologies etc developed out of MIT, MIT dwarfs the combined contribution of the top 10 winners in the contest you listed. Hell, even New York U is above MIT, which is as uncorrelated as the others. For the record, I am not an alumni of MIT.
I think it’s insulting to Russians to even try to prove that Russians are not only NOT subhuman but that Russians have exhibited brilliance in most human endeavors. A brilliance that often inspires jealousy. In fact, it’s wrong to dignify the moronic hate spewing out of the spunk filled mouth of that hairy little under-developed hominid, Yatsenuk, with any kind of attempts to follow thru with his kind of reasoning. It’s akin to responding to the shrieking of a gay chimpanzee at a zoo overjoyed at see a dumbly-smirking Joe Biden enter his cage: Would you shriek back at the Chimp’s level? Or would you silently laugh at the impending spectacle?
The sh-t/Yulia-Tymochenko is starting the hit the fan:
People across Ukraine are finding out that they can’t get to their meager savings because the banks are running out of money.
Also, over $20Billion in capital has left Ukraine since the start of this bungled coup (cocked-up by air-heads [Nuland] in the State Dept). Most of the money has been transferred to Russian banks by ordinary Ukrainians (now we know why the alleged capital flight from Russia had such a small impact – all the inflows pouring in from worried citizens of Ukraine offset any outflows).
http://voicesevas.ru/2082-bankovskaya-sfera-ukrainy-huzhe-tolko-v-afrike.html
Ahh! Timing! The vise tightens. Keep stalling Putin:
….let the Western Ukrainians not get distracted with rallying against a Russian invasion and let them, instead, start focusing on their shrinking bank-accounts and their unpaid sons being shipped off to die in East.
Bonsoir Saker,
Selon la démonstration faite ici par Xavier Moreau (who btw lives in Russia) et les considérations finales tirées de la Voix de la Russie, Poutine aurait déjà gagné.
http://www.egaliteetreconciliation.fr/Xavier-Moreau-sur-la-situation-en-Ukraine-26269.html
The interview focusses on the division between the newly elected president striving to impose his command; and some power, mostly military, which are still under the rule of Svoboda and Privy Sector. According to Moreau the global perspective is rather to favor Russia, which will benefit of a positive outcome in terms of politics, economic and global prestige and influence. The signature of the European treatty by Kiev is to be taken cautiausly, no major economic impact to follow but the move will help neutralise the radicals. For that matter the defeat of the State Department (US) and of the radicals they support is kind of written on the wall.
My sense is that Putin is already succeeding at dividing the opposition in the Ukraine (the Porochencko factor) and at dividing the would be «European front» against him (the rise of the Austria model !)
GV
I do not understand where this “Low class” Russian and superior west Ukrainian come from. Don’t they pretty much same people? What make Ukrainian feel so superior? I do not remember seeing any significant contributions to the world of art, literature, and science. All I see is a nation that has live its last 20 some years under generosity of RF. Now a failed nation of pan handling, a nation who direct its angry youth to bring death and destruction to its own country and country man. They should ashamed of themselves.
What does this mean?
“20:20 (MSK) – Mercenaries with a strong accent at the Ukie checkpoint near the third Bylbasovka on the way to Cherkasskoye. Fairly polite.”
Polite foreign mercenaries? Who interacted with them to assess their politeness? What kind of accent?
???
susano
Observer,
OMG. That would be hysterical if it weren’t so serious. Otoh, anyone seen our revised numbers for Q1? Uh…
Anonymous 03:11,
You can thank the Austro-Hungarian Empire for a large part of Western Ukrainian ultra-nationalist ideology. When Austria ended up with Galicia in the first Partition of Poland in 1772, she continued with the Catholicizing that had happened under Polish rule and did her best to turn the residents against Russia, despite their essentially Russian roots. There were all sorts of ethnic-identity efforts, all aimed at not-being-Russian, and by the beginning of the 20th century they’d pretty much coalesced into an anti-Russian Ukrainian label (earlier the people had tried out Rusyn, Ruthenian, etc.). Then came Communism, particularly Stalin, and then Hitler, but all that time various Ukrainian nationalists had continued hating Russia. Stepan Bandera worked for Hitler (Google him; no time here but his group was VICIOUS to Jews, Poles, etc.) and then MI5. More important perhaps, his deputy Yaroslav Stetsko ended up in North America and he, his wife and their movement ended up being deliberately courted (!) by the Republican Party — to which they gave large donations as well as large numbers of votes. Ronald Reagan actually said to them he shared their dream! (Of. Hate.) They now have most Democrats in their pockets also, so the hatred is well-supported. Most ironically, perhaps, their thugs were — and presumably still are — trained in Poland.
And yes, everyone anywhere who has had a hand in this horror show should be thoroughly ashamed of themselves — presumably not one of them is capable of even that small sign of humanity.
@ susano
Re “polite foreign mercenaries” – you pose a very good question, to which I have no answer. Perhaps the translation is somewhat flawed. Possibly, the better translations would have been:
“Fairly correct.” – as in, not lawless.
Regards,
Gleb
Anon 3:11
The irrational superiority complex of the Galacians is similar to that seen among the borderlands Scots and borderlands English and Scots-Irish. Despite being utterly impoverished and having no one among their people who ever accomplished anything greater than starting a brawl, despite living in filth, squalor and ignorance, all of that did not stop them from being the most arrogant and proud people to ever come arrive on the shores of the US, a haughtiness and tightly wound pride of honor they have kept to this day. Being a people found in similar geopolitical circumstances to the Galacians, I am sure there is a good sociological explanation of this pehnomenon.
America is Wrongly Blaming Russia for what they are Engineered in Ukraine with a Coup, and which is a matter for Ukraine.
Nazi Mafia America and Much of the European Union who are also a Nazi Mafia has a long track record of Strongly Craving what is Evil, and we saw this with Iraq and Ukraine, and Serbia, along with their Many other Victims of their Totally Depraved Evil Characters.
What this means is that America will find any excuse and even invent Lies if they want to place Sanctions on someone, and Innocence has nothing to do with their Vile Nazi thought processes.
Russia cannot control events in another Country after America caused the troubles, even as America cannot control the events in Iraq even after 11 years.
What this means is that Russia cannot control what are matters for Ukraine.
The Coup raised the Main Issue to amend the Constitution to have All Ukrainian Politicians, Election Candidates, and Appointed Officials sign a Statement of Integrity, and Public Accountability, as the Main Issue, and after that there are some other Constitution Amendments that Must be the subject of Negotiations.
That Statement would say: While I Deny All such Accusations regarding myself, I must Admit that it Could Be Possible that Some Politicians and Some Journalists in my Country, Could have been Bribed with Money, and they Volunteered to be Secretly Filmed murdering someone, or with having sex with a child, and they are now Traitors and Fifth Columnists against their Own People, because they do not want to go to jail.
This is a Perfectly Reasonable request, which is Vital to Demonstrate Trust that the Junta’s in Ukraine will have Negotiations that are Genuine.
The Ukrainian Junta is Totally Unreasonable if it does not accept this Reasonable request.
If the Statement of Integrity is not signed, then it will Prove that the Federation of Donetsk and Lugansk have a Legitimate Right to Independence, and then More Countries can recognize the Federation of Donetsk and Lugansk as an Independent Country.
There are Many People who KNOW that it is in Fact VITAL and NON NEGOTIABLE that this Statement of Integrity and Public Accountability be signed in Ukraine, because 2 World Wars would have been avoided, and WW 3 will be avoided if All European Politicians had been Accountable to their People, and this should be signed as soon as Practicable in Ukraine, the Overwhelming Majority of Ukrainians along with an Overwhelming Majority of People of the Federation of Donetsk and Lugansk DEMAND THIS, Yes, they DEMAND Public Accountable and Integrity from to whom it has been Entrusted.
It is Understandable that Given these Undeniable and Irrefutable Facts, that Many People think that the Penalty for Refusal to Publicly sign the Statement of Integrity and Public Accountability Must be Death, but it would be better if they signed it Voluntarily and Willingly and Eagerly, and Not grudgingly Nor under compulsion, because this would be Not contribute to Trust, because it Always is a matter of Trust.
There are People who say: If you do not Give us Public Accountability and Integrity or Give, then you want to Give us Death, and if your wish is to give us death, then Death MUST be the Only Penalty for the Traitors to Public Accountable and Integrity in Government, because we All know that the Lack of Public Accountability and Integrity has already caused 2 World Wars, and Therefore, this Statement of Public Accountability and Integrity should be signed as soon as Practicable.
The People of the World are Closely Watching how America and their Anti Democratic Evil Nazi Puppets want to pursue their Evil Agenda for the People of Europe.
This blog is good for providing some hard news except during the long period when americans are sleeping. There’s no source to turn to for constant news except twitter where there is only 1 interesting tweet for every 2000 related to Ukraine (most tweets are rubbish).
The big news at the moment, 7 crates were dropped by a plane and landed between the rebel and Ukr checkpoints outside the Kramatorsk airport.
Both sides are fighting hard to get those crates.
The Battle of the 7 Crates is getting no attention now and won’t be told for another 36 hours, which is how long most stories take to get out of the region in any language.
Maybe someone in the comments can discuss the 7 Crates (Kramatorsk) Battle faster than 36 hours from now.
The absence of news marks this conflict. It’s also puzzling why all 3 airports, Lugansk, Kramatorsk and Donetsk, are still controlled by NG when they are surrounded and outnumbered.
Did Germany tell Russia that the rebel capture of an airport would trigger sanctions?
Or are the rebels deliberately not capturing an airport because that might warn a Ukr nationalist in the west not to go east out of self preservation?
If the second reason above is true, that means Russia wants more Ukr nationalists to head to the eastern front.
Reason 1 says the Russians are losing out of fear of sanctions.
Reason 2 says the Russians are winning but don’t want anyone to know, both out of fear of sanctions but also because they want anyone who would fight pro-russians under any conditions, to come and learn first hand why that might not be such a good idea (thus helping Poroshenko to improve relations with Russia without being assassinated by a hothead a few months from now).
Capturing an airport in D or L might cause some patriots to decide they’d rather hold back to defend Kharkov or Zaporozhe.
Other than those two reasons above, I can’t see (militarily) why all 3 airports are still just surrounded.
Or is it really because the rebels are so weak militarily?
Crossvader, with respect to the ACM programming competition, it is not true that the Ukrainians are nowhere to be found.
http://icpc.baylor.edu/worldfinals/results
The Taras Shevchenko Kiev National University is tied for 13th place, along with 5 other universities.
What is absolutely amazing is the dismal performance of Western universities: only 7 of the top 44 universities (4 or more questions solved, out of 12 possible), with the best being New York University, tied for 13th.
Overwhelmingly East European, CIS, East Asian universities did well.
My apologies in advance for what may be a stupid question, but what would be the strategic significance if the Ukraine were to join NATO?
The Ukrainians fight like Israelis. Good at killing a few mothers and little children, and like shit when they have to face armed and willing resistance of any kind.
Anon 14:40 re: NATO
NATO has been surrounding Russia with bases for decades. NATO is basically the US. The goal of US is global hegemony- maintaining it’s role as the sole world superpower. This necessarily entails weakening Russia economically, politically, and militarily, and by putting as many bases as close as possible to Russia, this gives NATO a military advantage. Possibly the goal is the ability to hypothetically “win” a nuclear war, though this is a contested point. The US and EU want to pull as many former Soviet countries into their economic and military sphere. Control of the massive energy supplies of central Asia is probably the single most important driving factor behind Eurasian foreign policy strategy. The US wanting to control the world in every conceivable way is the ultimate factor in the overall equation. That’s it in a very, very small nutshell.
I think that it is obvious that America and some European Countries do not like Russia, and so they Cannot and Must Not be Trusted.
I do not care what Anyone Really Thinks on this matter or what they Really Lie on this matter, and I would Much More Prefer to be wrongly accused of being crazy rather than risk being dead, and People can their Own opinions, but I think that Russia should sink the French Mistral warships at night in a Secret and Deep part of the Ocean.
There is a News Article on Pravda which is Titled: NATO will attack Russia in 2 years to fight for Crimea at http://english.pravda.ru/russia/politics/26-06-2014/127902-nato_russia_crimea-0/ .
I think that it is possible that France or America will place nuclear bombs in a secret lead lined compartment of those warships, and Geiger counters will not be able to detect them, and if they are detected then they could be booby trapped, and they will always be under the control of America, and America or France will Confess to that.
Either the French Navy, or the bottom of the ocean, are the best places for those foreign built Trojan Horse warships.
I do not have to provide any evidence, because if a Person buys an automobile, then he is at Liberty to put it in a river if that is what he wants to do, because it is Private Property, and it is his Business, and Others should respect that, and Not question it.
Those who 100 years ago said that they had no evidence that mobile phones will be invented, did not need evidence, and neither do others.
It does sound different things to different People, even as the thought of WW 2 sounded crazy and impossible immediately after WW 1, and which we All Know was supposed to be the war to end All wars.
People once said that those who would even suggest that WW 2 was possible were Insane, or Stupid, or Liars, but it is the Assessment of Many Experts that Euro-America wants Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia for WW 3.
This shows that those who are trying to Prevent WW 3, will also have to endure some ridicule, but we know that it may be possible to Prevent WW 3, because we have the Internet these days to provide News to People.
We know that lead blocks radiation, but there could have been research on Alloys of Metals, or even New Synthetic Non Metallic Materials that block radiation better than lead.
This is my Genuine opinion, Regardless of what Others Say or Think of me, and it is Regardless of whether I am Insane or whether I am Sane, or whether I am Incorrect or whether I am Correct, but what I am sure of is that I am Sane, and that some are Evil, while some are Gullible.
I have said that I would handle this matter, and Others can take or leave it, but that is how I would handle that matter.
France can buy them for half price, or the French Navy could buy at least one of them, and Russia will sink at least one at night in a deep and secret part of the Black Sea, or any deep and secret part of any Ocean.
However, if Russia does not receive a Sufficient Discount, to be able to give them to France as a sign of Friendship, then it should sink ALL of those French Mistral warships at night in a Deep and Secret part of the Ocean.
We should all ignore America’s Fake Objections to France selling those warships to Russia, and if the French Navy does not want them, then Russia should sink those ships, or they will sink the World.
A committee should be set up to find a Diplomatic way for Russia and France to find any mutually beneficial way to resolve this matter Secretly and Discreetly, but I think that the World should know Russia’s contribution to Prevent WW 3.
The important thing is that those French Mistral warships must never reach any Russian port of Any Significance, and they can roam any Sea or Ocean, until they are sunk.
This is my Genuinely Held Opinion based on the long established Fact, that you simply Cannot and Most Importantly Must Not trust Anglo-America, France, and their other Puppets in the World.
I realized that I should have written that America and France will Not Confess to putting nuclear bombs in a secret lead lined compartment of those French Mistral warships for the Obvious Reasons, and so the next sentence is how it should be written.
I think that it is possible that France or America will place nuclear bombs in a secret lead lined compartment of those warships, and Geiger counters will not be able to detect them, and if they are detected then they could be booby trapped, and they will always be under the control of America, and America or France will Not Confess to that for the Obvious Reasons.
There are Many People who think that American Voters and European Union Voters Must Not Vote for any Political Party that will not sign up to the Statement of Integrity and Public Accountability in Government, because they love their families, and they do Not want to die in WW 3.
People in America and the European Union should send that Statement of Integrity and Public Accountability in Government to their Elected Representatives and Appointed Officials.
They should do this Anonymously to be Certain where they Stand on Integrity and Public Accountability in Government, and All Americans and All the People in the European Union including the Elected Representatives and the Appointed Officials KNOW that the Guilty do not want Integrity and Public Accountability in Government.
it good :)