Protests in Ukraine escalate

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In Russian, "Укроп" (ukrop) means dill (as in the herb). It became a derogatory slang term in the war-torn eastern Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts of Ukraine used by separatists to indicate Ukrainian soldiers and volunteer fighters. Ukrainians took ownership of the term as a patriotic label and soon not only the name, but the image of dill weed, became a popular part of the Ukrainian fight to maintain the integrity of their borders.


A Ukrainian rock group Haydamaky wrote a song "Ukrop" that has become a hugely popular success.

The song sings of children, parents, and the elderly amidst war-torn surroundings hoping for peace with incredible dedication and resilience. The chorus to this song can be translated as:


You are Ukrop, I am Ukrop,
Ukraine is the land of Ukrops.
Ukrops are strewn across the field
Fighting for freedom and liberty

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^ As the Ukrainian folk instrument, bandura, has been called "the voice of Ukraine," is it only fitting that talented individuals of the Bandura at Bobriwka workshop arranged this song to be played on bandura so our kids could play it in honor of the fight for freedom happening now in Ukraine.

Video taken June 26, 2015 at Bobriwka in the Berkshires of Connecticut. Ukrop was arranged for Bandura and choir by Mykola Deychakiwsky.

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Euromaidan PR ‏@EuromaidanPR 58m58 minutes ago

Freedom Concert: U.S. Army Europe Soldiers’ Chorus performs on #Kyiv's Mushlia open air stage w/ Ukr Prez Orchestra

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Nadia #Savchenko's mother Maria attends July4 reception in #Kyiv. U.S. Amb @Geo ffPyatt: next year Nadia will be w/ us

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Euromaidan PR ‏@EuromaidanPR 4h4 hours ago Militants fired 37 times at Ukr forces y-day. Hottest spot was Opytne. Ukr forces repelled attack near Shchastia

1 #Ukrainian serviceman was killed in action in the last day, 2 got wounded in action - #ATO daily report

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Euromaidan PR ‏@EuromaidanPR 6h6 hours ago

This is #Kyiv, #CrimeaisUkraine #CrimeanTatars

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So sad....

Euromaidan PR ‏@EuromaidanPR 1h1 hour ago

Group of Ukr servicemen tripped a mine in #Luhansk region. 5 KIA - 2 of #Aidar, 3 of 24th brigade - Aidar serviceman

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Euromaidan PR ‏@EuromaidanPR 5h5 hours ago

5 July is the day of #Ukraine's Navy.



Day of the #Ukrainian Naval Forces marked in #Odesa at flagship frigate "Hetman Sahaidachny"

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Euromaidan PR ‏@EuromaidanPR 5h5 hours ago

Explosion occurred in #Mariupol's Skhidny district /3 Kyivska str/ at 00:29. 2 persons got wounded, were hospitalized

3h3 hours ago
Police says blast in #Mariupol at night was caused by a grenade that exploded. 2 persons are in hospital
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3 #Ukrainian servicemen were wounded in action, no lethal casualties in the last day in #ATO zone

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5h5 hours ago
#Shyrokyne is controlled by Ukr troops

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A newly-made mural of Serhiy Nihoyan overlooks the Square of the Heaven's Hundred in Kyiv.


Serhiy, an ethnic Armenian, was the first protester to die during the Euromaidan revolution, shot dead on January 22 (2014) by the Berkut police. Now his portrait serves as a reminder of the responsibility Ukrainians carry in building a new country.

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Islamic Battalions, Stocked With Chechens, Aid Ukraine in War With Rebels

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/08/wo...T.nav=top-news

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Today #Odessa paid last tribute to its soldier Aleks Stadnichenko KIA 3.07 by mortar shelling

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Euromaidan PR ‏@EuromaidanPR 7h7 hours ago

One KIA, three soldiers WIA by an explosion near Shchastya

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The "Coyotes" return safely from active service in the Donetsk Area ATO, to the home base in Rivne


Слава Україні! Героям слава!

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In prison, Nadiya Savchenko makes origami art for Moscow children. #FreeSavchenko


By Vira and Nadiya Savchenko 07.07.2015

Translated and edited by Voices of Ukraine

Nadiya Savchenko's sister Vira visited Nadiya on July 2nd and, although she waited all day to go in and see her sister, they did not let her in, but lawyers Ilya Novikov and Gennady Semenovich Breskalenko brought out these origami paper dolls to show her which Nadiya made by hand for some Moscow children.

Vira wrote:
“I have no words, although today they did not let me meet with Nadiya, this raised my mood, a puppet theater, made with her own hands, for children from Moscow that write to her … I just can not stop smiling))) it’s so pretty! Nadya will always find something to occupy her hands when they ‘block her legs’







Vira also posted a photo of Ukraine’s Consul of Moscow, Gennady Semenovich Breskalenko, holding one of the paper toys Nadiya made, a poodle-like dog with a #1 gold medal around it’s neck, and she wrote:


“And this is the best Ukrainian Consul in the world)) Gennady Semenovich Breskalenko, who is always courageously storming the walls of all the prisons in Moscow where our guys are kept…”



http://maidantranslations.com/2015/0...freesavchenko/