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Nazi Claus, Lvov.
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ATO NEWS: Illegal armed formations completed 10 attacks - Міністерство оборони України
Sunday, January 4, DONBAS — According to the ATO press center, the situation in the region is still tense. In the past night the illegal armed formations have completed 10 provocations near: Donetsk airport, Nikishyno, Novyi Aydar, Bogdanivka, Orlovske, Gnutove.

In spite of provocations, Ukrainian servicemen control the situation and complete the scheduled activities.

Sunday, January 4, MYKOLAYV – Servicemen of the Detached Airborne Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine returned home having accomplished tasks assigned in the Eastern Ukraine for a long time.
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Ukrainian Right Sector batallion volunteers man a position on January 3, 2015 near the eastern Ukrainian village of Pisky, in the northeastern Donetsk region. AFP PHOTO / VASILY MAXIMOV
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A photograph showing a Russian BMP-97 armored car – a type of vehicle used only by the Russian armed forces – has been shown by the Bellingcat investigation group to have almost certainly been taken in Luhansk.
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TASS Russia News Agency
ODESSA, Ukraine, January 4 /TASS/. A tank wagon with petroleum products exploded at the Peresyp railway station near Odessa on Saturday in what was classified as a terrorist act. “The explosion took place as a result of the detonation of an explosive device. All the materials of the case will be sent to the Ukraine Security Service department of the Odessa region,” Anastasiya Yakubenko, the acing press service chief of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry told a Ukrainian television channel “112” on Saturday.


Ukrainian soldiers guard checkpoints near militant-held areas in Luhansk region - watch on - uatoday.tv
Fears of a terror attack have led the military to bolster checks in and out of Ukraine's two eastern

Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council has set up seven corridors to closely monitor traffic entering and exiting the insurgent zone and has also blocked all other routes of entry and exit.

Military donates winter clothes to Ukraine - PRAGUE POST | The Voice of Prague

The Czech Defense Ministry has donated Ukraine more than 10,000 pieces of clothing, mainly for winter, which it needs no longer according to an agreement of Dec. 30, the ministry says on its web pages.
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Pro-Russian rebels, cossacks from the 1st Cossack Regiment, guard a checkpoint decorated by Russian national and Don Cossacks flags, just outside in Pervomaisk, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014.
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A resident Lvov refused to shake hand with the "president" Poroshenko.
 
Russian-backed militants attack Ukrainian forces 10 times overnight : UNIAN news
04.01.2015
Russian-backed militants in Ukraine’s Donbas conflict zone attacked Ukrainian military positions 10 times overnight, the press service of the Ukrainian government’s Anti-Terrorist Operation reported on Sunday.
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The press service said the attacks were carried out using a variety of weapons, including multiple rocket launcher systems.

"Using small arms and rocket-propelled grenades, the militants twice attacked our defenders at Donetsk airport, and attacked three times the village Nikishin,” the press service said.

“Near Noviy Aydar the terrorists used anti-tank guided missiles."

The militants also opened fire with artillery near the settlements of Bogdanovka and Orlovskoe, the press service said. The outskirts of the village of Hnutova were also hit by a barrage of Grad rockets.

The ATO press service said situation in the Donbas conflict zone has not changed significantly. The Ukrainian authorities say the Russian-backed militants who have seized control of parts of Ukraine’s Luhansk and Donestk regions have stepped up their attacks on Ukrainian forces since the New Year.

Ukraine unilaterally declared a ceasefire in the Donbas conflict zone on December 9, but the militants have continued to attacked Ukrainian forces. However, the intensity and frequency of the militants’ attack had begun to fall before New Year.


Kadyrov confirms readiness to travel to Donbas, if need be - Interfax

January 04, 2015 19:45
Kadyrov confirms readiness to travel to Donbas, if need be
GROZNY. Jan 4 (Interfax) - Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has said he will fulfill any order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief and if need be, is ready to travel to Donbas.

"I never make populist declarations. I repeat once again that if it is necessary for Russia, I will fulfill any order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armed Forces Vladimir Putin. And I would advise those whom it concerns, whether it is in Donbas or elsewhere, to take my words very seriously," he said in an interview with Interfax.

That was his response to the request to comment on his statement made last December that he is ready to travel to Donbas as a volunteer.

"I never say what I won't do or what I cannot do," Kadyrov stressed.
 
Ukrainians, like their Slavic brothers in Russia were victims of Nazi anti-Slavic campaign in WWII. To see them adorning the Nazi symbol today is so unreal & conflicting. Surely the lessons of the past is forgotton too fast!
 
Zeman led comparison marsh supporters Bandera flights with the Nazis under Hitler
In Ukraine, where 1 January held a torchlight procession nationalists, there is something bad, said in an interview to the radio station, the head of the Czech Republic milo? Zeman.

" With Ukraine's something wrong. January 1, organized marches in honor Stepan Bandera, which, incidentally, is similar to Reinhard Heydrich (Acting Reichsprotektor occupied by Nazi Germany Czech lands - Ed.) , "said Zeman.

in Kiev January 1, passed torchlight procession in honor of the 106th anniversary of the birth of the head of the Organization of Ukrainian nationalists Stepan Bandera.

All this, According to Zeman, " was organized exactly the same as the marches were organized by the Nazis during the years of Nazi Germany."

" I repeat, this happened on 1 January 2015. Well, I myself said that Ukraine is something bad. But something bad and With the European Union, which have not raised any protest against this action, " he noticed Zeman.
The head of the Czech Republic led comparison parade in Kiev flights in Hitlers Germany
 
Militants in Donbas begin preparing air defense positions, says Tymchuk : UNIAN news
5th Jan 2015

"It is reported that Strela-10M air defense complexes (six pieces of equipment) have been deployed in the area,” Tymchuk wrote.

“The division is staffed by Russian air defense experts."

In addition, according to Information Resistance, the militants are concentrating manpower and equipment in the area of Pervomaisk and close to Novotashkovka. The transfer of forces and equipment is being carried out in secret, military equipment is sent in small batches, and the militants are also moving in small groups.

"In the area of Bakhmutskaya highway a company-strong tactical group of Russian Airborne Troops staffed with contract servicemen disguised as a so-called ‘militia’ has been observed,” Tymchuk said.



Tymchuk: Chechen police arrive in Donbas to support militants : UNIAN news
"In fact, the unit is staffed by police officers of Chechnya who signed a pledge to Chechen Interior Minister Ruslan Alkhanov during a show at a stadium in Grozny at the end of December last year testifying that they are "ready to fulfill any order of the supreme commander, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev and the Head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov to protect the interests of the Russian Federation, anywhere in the world,” Tymchuk wrote.

According to Information Resistance, the unit of "Kadyrovtsi" (literally "followers of Kadyrov") is equipped with heavy infantry weapons and around 10 armored vehicles.



New blast hits Odesa as terror threat rises - watch on - uatoday.tv

An explosion hit Odesa late on Sunday night near a Ukrainian military support center.

The blast took place at about 10:30 pm and police, who were on the scene within minutes, said there were no injuries or deaths, but there was substantial damage to a building which is being used as a coordination center for Ukrainian soldiers heading to the front line.

Odesa has been hit with a series of explosions over the past month where the regional chief police there reported that during the past few weeks, "five terrorist attacks hit the city, with one claiming a human life". Ukraine has sent in the national guard to provide extra security.

Ukraine has begun tightening control of transport in and out of the eastern Ukrainian regions that are currently occupied by Russian-backed insurgents as the threat of terror attacks rises Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council has set up seven corridors to closely monitor traffic entering and exiting the insurgent zone and has also blocked all other routes of entry and exit.

The decision to set up transport corridors in eastern Ukraine comes in response to terror threats and a series of explosions in Ukrainian cities including Odesa, Kharkiv, Kherson and Kyiv.

Last week, Ukraine suspended its train service into and out of Russian-occupied Crimea citing security concerns. As Russia currently controls the Crimean peninsula, Ukraine is worried Moscow could utilise the train network to send Russian troops into Ukraine.

Head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Filaret has provided humanitarian aid to the soldiers of the 101st Brigade of Ukraine's Armed Forces. This brigade is now serving near Debaltseve, a city in the Donetsk region, which was recaptured by Ukraine's army back in July.

The soldiers will receive the aid before January, 7, when Orthodox Ukrainians celebrate Christmas.

The Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate has already sent 5 tons of food, clothes and medicine to Ukraine's army over the last year. Patriarch Filaret has also instituted an award "for self-sacrifice and love for Ukraine".

Filaret, Head of Ukrainian Orthodox Church: "We will award people, who love Ukraine and are ready to give their lives for Ukraine. Those people, who sacrifice everything to help our soldiers in Donbas, will also receive medals."

Soldiers, clergy and donors will be awarded with these medals. Some 100 Ukrainians are already set to receive the award.
 
Meanwhile milions of dollars are being delivered in bags again in Ukraine by usual suspects.Question is for what?New maidan?To get rid of Porky?Or start something again in neo-nazi heartland of Lvov?
And since Ukraine is well-known for the habit of stealing gas during winter Gazprom is closely watching volumes coming through pipeline passing Ukraine.And will act right away if Ukraine steal gas once again.
 
An explosion in Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odessa in the middle of the night ripped through a building that reportedly housed a volunteer organization collecting donations for the country's armed forces fighting pro-Russian separatists in the east.
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A series of explosions qualified as terrorist attacks strikes a number of strategic Ukrainian cities, overshadowing the winter holidays.

The latest in a series of explosion took place in Odesa, home to 1 million residents, on the night of Jan. 4. An explosion happened at a doorstep of the office of the local EuroMaidan coordination center, that has been lately engaged in raising donations for Ukrainian soldiers fighting in the east of the country.

No one was injured. Police classified the attack as an act of terrorism and started an investigation.

In the past five months, Odesa has seen at least seven blasts. Three of them happened in December and targeted pro-government and volunteer organizations helping army, and a store of patriotic souvenirs. Two explosions hit a railroad track and a bar, leaving three injured. Finally, on Jan. 3, an explosion took place at the Odesa-Peresyp railway station. The blast targeted freight tanks carrying petroleum products. Police qualified it as a terrorist attack.

A bomb that hit the EuroMaidan center on Jan. 4 has destroyed the main door of the center, damaged office blinds and shattered the windows in the apartment blocks nearby. Police says an unknown man threw a bomb at the doorstep around 10:45 p.m. local time.

International internet campaign to support jailed Ukrainian pilot - read on - uatoday.tv
Jan. 5, 2015

Dozens of Ukrainian military personnel held illegally in Russian prisons
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An international internet campaign began on 5 January to raise awareness about the plight of Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, who is currently imprisoned in Russia after having been abducted in east Ukraine in summer 2014.

Campaign organizers are calling on internet users to post information about Nadezhda Savchenko in different languages using the hashtag #FreeSavchenko.

33-year-old Ukrainian military pilot Savchenko was captured in June in east Ukraine by Kremlin-backed insurgents, who smuggled her across the border before handing her over to the Russian authorities, who charged her with involvement in the killing of two Russian journalists in the east Ukraine war zone.

22 days ago Savchenko declared a hunger strike after Russian jail officials refused to let a doctor treat her for an ear infection.

Savchenko was elected in absentia to the Ukrainian parliament in the country's October elections. However, on 22 December a Moscow court ruled that the imprisoned Ukrainian pilot did not qualify for immunity despite being an MP.

Russian President Vladimir Putin denies that Savchenko and more than 30 additional Ukrainian servicemen currently being held in Russian jails are prisoners of war.

Ukraine's Security Council confirms 1,000 Ukrainians being treated in Russian hospitals - watch on - uatoday.tv
Jan. 5, 2015

Council denies claims that the Ukrainians are captured soldiers

Some 1,000 Ukrainians are currently in Russian hospitals - that information came first from Russian Human Rights activist Elena Vasilyeva and has now been confirmed by Ukraine's Security and Defence Council.

But the Council denies Vasilyeva's conjecture that the Ukrainians are captured soldiers, saying instead only that those in Russian hospitals have been fighting alongside Russian-backed insurgents in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

The Council says it has not received any confirmation from Russian officials that Ukrainians with gunshot wounds are being treated in Russia. Notification between the two nations is customary in such cases.
 

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