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January 27: Russian government is focusing on internal holdings, including 400 billion dollars, but they only exist on paper

January 27 – 9 Ukrainian military were killed and 30 injured in the ATO area in the last 24 hours, – informed the NSDC spokesman Andriy Lysenko. January 27 – Armed Forces of Ukraine have conducted a special operation, which resulted in destroyed military aircraft and combat helicopters of Russian terrorists in Ukraine, stated acting head of the press center of the General Staff Vladyslav Seleznyov. January 27 – Russian government is focusing on internal holdings, including 400 billion dollars, but they only exist on paper, – said former Deputy Energy Minister of Russia Vladimir Milov in his interview for “Ekonomichna Pravda”. “Holdings exist only on paper. Frankly, the issue here is not even what will happen to the economy. The issue is how the society will respond, because people have gotten used to constant growth in the last 15 years. Society was “lulled” by people who managed the economy and ensured the growth, – said Milov. January 27 – Russia will not establish any limits in response to a possible shutdown of SWIFT system – Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. They must be afraid. January 27 – Soldiers of the 60th Army of the 1st Ukrainian Front liberated Concentration camp “Auschwitz”, – said Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski during a ceremony marking 70th anniversary of the liberation. January 27 – At approximately 5:45 pm Russian terrorists shelled the city of Luhansk, which they have control over. The Russians terrorize even those areas that are under their control. January 27 – City councilors of Mariupol (Donetsk oblast) have unanimously condemned Russian aggression and recognized “People’s Republic of Donetsk” and “People’s Republic of Luhansk” as terrorist organizations. Disappointment and fear in Ukraine Hardline talk in Russia Save the new Ukraine P.S.: Please spread this appeal as much as possible.

byTaras Voznyak

28/01/2015

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By [email protected] (Тарас Возняк)

January 27 – 9 Ukrainian military were killed and 30 injured in the ATO area in the last 24 hours, – informed the NSDC spokesman Andriy Lysenko.

January 27 – Armed Forces of Ukraine have conducted a special operation, which resulted in destroyed military aircraft and combat helicopters of Russian terrorists in Ukraine, stated acting head of the press center of the General Staff Vladyslav Seleznyov.

January 27 – Russian government is focusing on internal holdings, including 400 billion dollars, but they only exist on paper, – said former Deputy Energy Minister of Russia Vladimir Milov in his interview for “Ekonomichna Pravda”. “Holdings exist only on paper. Frankly, the issue here is not even what will happen to the economy. The issue is how the society will respond, because people have gotten used to constant growth in the last 15 years. Society was “lulled” by people who managed the economy and ensured the growth, – said Milov.

January 27 – Russia will not establish any limits in response to a possible shutdown of SWIFT system – Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. They must be afraid.

January 27 – Soldiers of the 60th Army of the 1st Ukrainian Front liberated Concentration camp “Auschwitz”, – said Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski during a ceremony marking 70th anniversary of the liberation.

January 27 – At approximately 5:45 pm Russian terrorists shelled the city of Luhansk, which they have control over. The Russians terrorize even those areas that are under their control.

January 27 – City councilors of Mariupol (Donetsk oblast) have unanimously condemned Russian aggression and recognized “People’s Republic of Donetsk” and “People’s Republic of Luhansk” as terrorist organizations.

Disappointment and fear in Ukraine

Hardline talk in Russia

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February 26: 75 military from the UK will be deployed to Ukraine in the upcoming weeks to train Ukrainian military

February 25 – 75 military from the UK will be deployed to Ukraine in the upcoming weeks to train Ukrainian military, – saidPrime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron.

February 25 – Canada could send military instructors to train in Ukraine, reports thestar.com citing Canada's Minister of Defence Jason Kenney. The Minister also mentioned that the the US and the UK have already made similar decisions.

February 25 – In Donetsk, Ukrainian partisans of the group named "Tini" ("Shadows") who are fighting in the occupied areas, have blew up a military warehouse of the militants.

February 25 – European Commission proposes to discuss the possibility of separate accounting for Russian gas supplied to "Naftogaz of Ukraine" (Ukraine) and to occupied Donbas. Russian "Gazprom" would like to supply gas directly to Donbas and to force Ukraine to pay for it – this is what business Russian style looks like.

February 25 – Moscow City Court decided to leave Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko in custody until May 13th (Savchenko was abducted from Ukraine). She has been on hunger strike for 75 days. Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko made a speech during the trial in Moscow. "Deceitful bastards from the Investigative Committee are keeping me here illegally and are forcing me to starve", – she said.

February 25 – Ukrainian hryvnia has slightly strengthened after its dramatic decrease in value on Monday-Tuesday. The Government and the National Bank have limited the purchase of foreign currency and introduced a number of restrictions that eased the "currency rush". National Bank Chairman and Finance Minister have held a press conference and described the steps that will be taken. The Ministry of Finance does not intend to review the average exchange rate of hryvnia (21.7 UAH to 1 USD), which was used to prepare the amendments to 2015 state budget.

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