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January 4: Militants in Donetsk have again announced curfew restrictions

Maidan Community Sector, Lviv: Dear friends! January 4 – No Ukrainian military have died, three were wounded in the ATO area in last 24 hours, said deputy NSDC spokesman Volodymyr Polevyi. January 4 – Militants in Donetsk have again announced curfew restrictions (these were cancelled for new year holidays). The residents have been warned to carry a passport with them at all times and not to walk the streets of Donetsk after 10 pm. January 4 – Situation in the ATO area (Donetsk direction) has significantly deteriorated during the day – illegal armed groups have carried out 22 attacks on Ukrainian military positions. January 4 – Someone has tried to set fire to the office of Kherson Charity Foundation “Zakhyst” (community organization supporting the army). The incident is one in a series of attacks on charities and organizations of volunteers supporting Ukrainian Armed Forces in many cities of Ukraine. January 4 – There was an explosion at the Coordination center for ATO soldiers in Odesa undermined. According to preliminary information, nobody has died or was wounded. Russian terrorists are trying to expand their activities across Ukraine. January 4 – An absolute majority of citizens of Ukraine (88.3%) oppose the unification of their region to Russia; only 3.1% of respondents support this idea. This is verified by the results of a sociologigal research which was conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology. The degree of patriotism decreases moving from West to East, if one examines the situation by regions: West (94.0%), Central (98.1%),South (93.3%), East (81.5%). Overall, Kherson and Halychyna scored “zero”. Its answer to Nikita Makhalkov was also provided by the “eternally Russian” city of Odesa – 0.0%. Analagous figures were elicited by the question whether the citizens would want their region to separate from Ukraine, but to remain independent and not to unite with Russia. Only 2.6% want the independence of their region. The reasearch “Thoughts and opinions of the residents of Ukraine: December 2014” was conducted at the request of ZN.UA Kyiv International Institute of Sociology on December 4-19, 2014. P.S.: Please spread this appeal as much as possible.

byTaras Voznyak

05/01/2015

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By [email protected] (Тарас Возняк)

Maidan Community Sector, Lviv: Dear friends!

January 4 – No Ukrainian military have died, three were wounded in the ATO area in last 24 hours, said deputy NSDC spokesman Volodymyr Polevyi.

January 4 – Militants in Donetsk have again announced curfew restrictions (these were cancelled for new year holidays). The residents have been warned to carry a passport with them at all times and not to walk the streets of Donetsk after 10 pm.

January 4 – Situation in the ATO area (Donetsk direction) has significantly deteriorated during the day – illegal armed groups have carried out 22 attacks on Ukrainian military positions.

January 4 – Someone has tried to set fire to the office of Kherson Charity Foundation “Zakhyst” (community organization supporting the army). The incident is one in a series of attacks on charities and organizations of volunteers supporting Ukrainian Armed Forces in many cities of Ukraine.

January 4 – There was an explosion at the Coordination center for ATO soldiers in Odesa undermined. According to preliminary information, nobody has died or was wounded. Russian terrorists are trying to expand their activities across Ukraine.

January 4 – An absolute majority of citizens of Ukraine (88.3%) oppose the unification of their region to Russia; only 3.1% of respondents support this idea.

This is verified by the results of a sociologigal research which was conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology.

The degree of patriotism decreases moving from West to East, if one examines the situation by regions: West (94.0%), Central (98.1%),South (93.3%), East (81.5%). Overall, Kherson and Halychyna scored “zero”. Its answer to Nikita Makhalkov was also provided by the “eternally Russian” city of Odesa – 0.0%.

Analagous figures were elicited by the question whether the citizens would want their region to separate from Ukraine, but to remain independent and not to unite with Russia. Only 2.6% want the independence of their region.

The reasearch “Thoughts and opinions of the residents of Ukraine: December 2014” was conducted at the request of ZN.UA Kyiv International Institute of Sociology on

December 4-19, 2014.

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January 8: Up to 7.5 thousand Russian soldiers are located in Donbas at any given moment

Maidan Community Sector, Lviv: Dear friends!

January 8 – Eleventh "humanitarian aid convoy" has the border with Ukraine from Russia avoiding proper control, – informed NSDC spokesman Andriy Lysenko. They are again transporting weapons to Ukraine and dead bodies to Russia.

January 8 – Up to 7.5 thousand Russian soldiers are located in Donbas at any given moment; they are constantly rotated, – said Ukraine's Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak.

January 8 – The Head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov believes that Mikhail Khodorkovsky (who is Jewish and a Russian opposition member) has declared himself to be an "enemy of all Muslims of the world" and his personal enemy.

January 8 – Donetsk airport and its surroundings were the sites of the most intense fighting within ATO area, – informs ATO press center. The militants opened fire 16 times and shelled Ukrainian positions using mortars and artillery, including "Grad" rocket launchers.

January 8 – Former leader of Donetsk militants Igor Strielkov (Hirkin) has urged Russia not to "bury its head in the sand" and recognize that it is at war with Ukraine.

January 8 – A special monitoring mission of OSCE in a report, published on the evening of January 6 notes the deterioration of the situation in Donbas. According to the information provided by OSCE, during the 24-hour period from January 4 to January 5, there were recoded 69 violations of the cease fire regime. 32 of these were observed to be from the side of the Ukrainian army, whereas 37 were from the side of the separatists. The most intensive fighting took place at Donetsk Airport, at the southern entrance to the village of Pisky and in the village itself. Also shots happened in the region of the residential areas of Nikishyn, Chornukhyne and Debaltse – in the villages of Ridkodub, Kam'ianka, and Horodyshche.

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