Dmitry Tymchuk’s Military Blog: Summary – July 30, 2014

February 17 – Cabinet of Ministers states about the destruction of 20% of the economic potential of Ukraine as a result of the conflict in Donbas. Relevant data are presented in the report on the losses and damage suffered by Ukraine from Russian aggression, named as "The Black Book of Kremlin." On the whole, the war, carried out by Putin against Ukraine, has by today destroyed almost 20% of our current economic potential, including the approximate revenue and money flow. In particular, the budget did not receive close to 23 milliard UAH due to the occupation of Donbas and Crimea. The fighters destroyed 1.4 thousand of objects of railroad infra-structure and 1.5 thousand kilometers of automobile roads. There have been more than 9,000 living quarters destroyed. The overall amount of destruction amounts to 1 milliard UAH. According to previous calculations, Ukraine, due to the Russian aggression will not annually receive close to 3% GDP from agricultural entities.

February 17 – Canada is imposing sanctions against top Russian oil firm NK Rosneft OAO and the head of conglomerate Rostec, among others, in response to the actions of Russian-backed militants in Ukraine

February 17 – The United Nations Security Council called on all parties in eastern Ukraine to stop fighting and implement a European-brokered peace deal as an almost three-day-old ceasefire rapidly began to unravel.

February 17 – In a phone call with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has demanded a "tough reaction" from the West against Russia over the broken ceasefire. The truce began at midnight on Feb. 15.

February 17 – Kyiv has confirmed that pro-Russian separatists have seized parts of Debaltseve from government troops, and said fighting was continuing in the eastern Ukrainian town despite a cease-fire deal agreed last week in Minsk. Russian President Vladimir Putin said pro-Moscow rebels should allow Ukranian government forces safe passage out of the encircled eastern town of Debaltseve but Kyiv should not prevent its troops from giving up their weapons.

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March 8 – 1 Ukrainian military was killed and 3 were injured in the last 24 hours in the ATO area, – informed NSDC spokesman Andriy Lysenko.

March 8 – Official Kyiv is ready to communicate with the representatives of Donbas – with those, who will be elected as a result of legitimate elections, but not with the warlords, – said Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine Vadym Prystayko: "At this point in time, there is a need to unite Ukraine, which is torn to pieces by our neighbours and thus we are ready to meet the needs and take into account the opinions of local people in these regions. But we cannot and will not talk to the warlords".

March 8 – During the night of March 8th, the intensity of provocative attacks by the militants decreased, but they violated "silence regime" 6 times, – informs ATO's press-centre. The enemy is using aerial reconnaissance – over the last 24 hours air defence forces have recorded the activity of 6 remotely piloted aircraft.

March 8 – "Since the annexation, Putin's most important objective was to create a giant military base in Crimea, not a gambling zone, where in addition to the fleet, there is strategic aviation, air defence, space forces, coastal missiles and nuclear weapons", – writes a journalist and human rights activist Andriy Klimenko (Crimea). According to him approximately 100 thousand troops will start serving at the peninsula over the next two years and there "should not be any disloyal residents – e.g. Crimean Tatars, journalists, community activists – all those who do not want to receive Russian passports and want to keep Ukrainian one. This will continue, unfortunately".

March 8 – Armed Forces of Ukraine have completed the fourth stage of withdrawal of heavy weapons from the combat contact line in Donbas according to Minsk agreements, – informed NSDC spokesman Andriy Lysenko: "We have completed the fourth stage of withdrawal of heavy weapons from the contact line. Earlier we withdrew 100-mm anti-tank guns – "Rapira" and "Ruta", MLRS "Grad" and "Uragan".

March 8 – In Luhansk Region during the period of carrying on of fighting activities, during the shelling of residential areas, eight churches of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which do not belong to the Moscow Patriarchate, were harmed "Ruined churches with destroyed altars and icons – a visible affirmation of what kind of "Orthodox World" the Russians and their mercenaries in Donbas are fighting for," Head of the Luhansk Region State Administration. Henadiy Moskal.

March 8 – Russia poses a serious threat to the safety of Europe and the European Union should continue a decisive policy of counteraction in regards to Kremlin.

This is presented in the article of the Head of the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Margot Valstrem, published in the newspaper Svenska Dagbladet. "We saw how Russia, without any hesitation, sent advanced armed force units across the border in order to support the separatists, who with weapons attempted to fight with the Ukrainian forces and increase their control over the territory of Ukraine," notes the Minister.

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Le 20 mars – Le pont sur le fleuve Siversky Donets (à Stanytsia Louhanska) a été complètement detruit à la suite d'une explosion pendant les combats entre militaires ukrainiens et separatistes. Les terroristes russes ont à plusieurs reprises essayé de traverser le pont pour atteindre les régions de Louhansk contrôlées par l'armee ukrainienne.

Le 20 mars – Bloomberg rapporte que les États-Unis et les alliés européens excluent la possibilité de déconnecter la Russie du système de paiement international SWIFT. Cela risque de provoquer trop de pertes importantes.

Le 20 mars – Pendant la nuit, des inconnus ont tiré avec des Kalachnikovs sur le Bureau de recrutement d'Akimovsky dans la région de Zaporijia.

Le 20 mars – Dans la région de Saratov (Fédération de Russie), le Bureau du FSB russe a interrogé une jeune fille de 14 ans, élève à l'école No.32 de Saratovsk qui avait assisté à un rassemblement pour la Crimée et la Russie et qui portait des rubans de couleur du drapeau ukrainien.

Le 20 mars – Le problème d'eau pour irriguer les terres agricoles en Crimée n'est toujours pas résolu. C'est l'Ukraine qui livrait l'eau à la péninsule avant l'occupation russe.

Le 20 mars – Vira Savtchenko, la sœur de la pilote ukrainienne Nadia Savtchenko a écrit sur sa page Facebook que l'état de sa soeur se détériore et que les autorités ont l'intention de la transférer à l'hôpital.

Le 20 mars – "Les soldats ukrainiens participeront à 237 exercises militaires en partenariat avec l'OTAN." a déclaré le représentant de l'Administration de la coopération militaire de l'état-major des Forces armées de l'Ukraine, Borys Kremenetsky.

Un an après l'annexion de la péninsule ukrainienne par la Russie, la traque aux voix dissidentes se poursuit.

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