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Poroshenko - Fighting in the east 'must end this week'
He was speaking at talks involving an envoy from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and Russia's ambassador to Ukraine
"We must stop the gunfire this week," Mr Poroshenko said in a statement, a day after his inauguration in Kiev.
"For me, every day that people die, every day that Ukraine pays such a high price is unacceptable."
He stressed that it was vital to "restore the Ukrainian border so that the safety of each Ukrainian citizen is guaranteed".
The president's comments came after the meeting with the special envoy from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Heidi Tagliavini, and the Russian ambassador to Kiev, Mikhail Zurabov.
Mr Poroshenko also suggested to hold daily meetings of the so-called trilateral "contact group" to try to achieve a peaceful settlement in the eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
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Meanwhile, fighting continued in Sloviansk on Sunday.
Gunfire was also reported in the town of Torez, with reports in Ukraine's media suggesting there were casualties.
Pro-Russian gunmen are continuing to hold a number of government buildings in the east, despite the ongoing "counter-terror operation" by Ukrainian government troops.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27757851
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The new president tears up as he joins in the singing of the national anthem.
(the 'men' in uniform are so young!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kbvghkW17A
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Obolon is Ukraine! At one of the residential districts in Kyiv, activists painted a gigantic Ukrainian on the banks of the Dnipro river. It’s said that they spent 500 liters of paint to do this masterpiece.
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June 12, 2014
Ukrainian minister: 3 tanks cross from Russia
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Ukraine’s interior minister says that three tanks have crossed into Ukrainian territory from Russia and were attacked by his country’s forces.The Interfax news agency quoted Arsen Avakov as saying that a “column” with armoured vehicles crossed from Russia through border control points controlled by pro-Russian separatists near the Dyakove village in eastern Ukraine.
Avakov said that “part of this column has been destroyed” by Ukrainian forces.
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Poroshenko ready to talk peace if militants lay down arms
Ukraine's new president signalled on Wednesday he would be ready to hold talks with opponents in eastern Ukraine if pro-Russian separatists waging an insurgency there agreed to lay down their weapons.
Poroshenko, trying to act swiftly after being sworn in as president on Saturday, was quoted by his press office as telling the governor of the Donetsk region of east Ukraine that he would not rule out holding "roundtable" talks with "different parties."
"We do not need negotiations for the sake of negotiations. Our peace plan must become the basis for further de-escalation of the conflict," a statement on the president's website quoted Poroshenko as saying at a meeting with Governor Serhiy Taruta.
He added: "Terrorists must lay down their weapons."
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine...arms-1.2672959
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June 13
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Mariupol
Over the past day, anti-terrorist operation (ATO) forces have killed more than 150 terrorists in the zone of the ATO, said a LigaBusinessInform source in the ATO.
According to the source, the terrorists were killed in operations in the areas bordering on Russia, near the town of Snizhne in Donetsk Oblast and in other towns in Eastern Ukraine. “The operation continues. Liberation of the occupied territories is going according to plan. Morale of the soldiers is high,” the source said.
As a reminder, earlier the Ministry of Defense reported that Ukrainian special troops destroyed 12 military vehicles. The Defense Ministry also reported that over the past day, the terrorist side lost more than 40 militants who were transporting large quantities of weapons and ammunition of Russian origin.
More than 30 terrorists were detained today during the ATO in Mariupol, Donetsk Oblast. A terrorist-occupied building in the center of town was liberated. The of Ukraine was raised over the town council building, replacing the People’s Republic of Donetsk (DNR) .
The ATO in Mariupol will be completed today. Mariupol is surrounded by checkpoints; the terrorists will not be able to return to the town. A LIGABusinessInform correspondent asked Interior Ministry advisor Anton Gerashchenko whether Mariupol, now freed from terrorists, will ever fall back into terrorist hands. Gerashchenko replied that such a situation will not happen again.
According to police operative data, the detainees seized weapons and ammunition. “These persons have been transferred to the investigative division of the Security Service of Ukraine and the Ministry of Internal Affairs,” concluded the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
https://euromaidanpr.wordpress.com/2014/06/13/ato-forces-have-killed-more-than-150-terrorists-over-the-last-day/
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine...upol-1.2674375
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ATO Forces Destroyed Two Battle Tanks and Three APCs, Special Forces Have Casualties
During combat clashes on June 13, four Ukrainian special forces servicemen were killed in action and 31 wounded.
There were a number of combat clashes between terrorists and ATO forces in the area of anti-terrorism operation (ATO) last night, Dmitry Tymchuk, the head of the Center for Military-Political Studies, stated on his Facebook page. He states that Ukrainian special forces destroyed two battle tanks which arrived earlier at the disposal of pro-Russian terrorists. ATO forces have also destroyed three armored personnel carriers, two trucks transporting terrorists and weapon, two vehicles mounted with heavy machine guns Degtyariov-Shpagin (DSHK).
“Three convoys invaded from Russia were blocked and seized by ATO forces captured in the areas bordering on Russia. Seized vehicles were carrying ammunition and weapons for terrorists,” – noted Dmitry Tymchuk.
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/jV...LbG4XkNNYXAHlw
http://euromaidanpr.wordpress.com/20...ve-casualties/
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Russian terrorists used two "Grad" launchers, hit civilians.
Terrorist convoy made of two armored personnel carriers, two systems "Grad" and a few jeeps entered Mertsalo this morning and fired at a power station, petrol station. This is reported by users of social networking, writing in News of Donbass.
From this area, both units fired several rounds toward Dobropillya.
Aiming at the Ukrainian Army checkpoint in the outskirts of the city towards Svyatohorivky, they fired a few volleys and adjusting the firing hit the vegetable company "Perspectives" where a woman has been severely injured.
Another volley hit a commercial area killing a security guard.
ATO forces attacked the location of the firing and are now waiting for army engineers since of the 40 rockets a Grad can fire, 14 were not used, and one that does not work, hit a barn after launch.
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Russia Sent Tanks to Separatists in Ukraine, U.S. Says
WASHINGTON — The State Department confirmed on Friday that Russia had sent tanks and other heavy weapons to separatists in Ukraine.
A column of three T-64 tanks, several BM-21 “Grad” multiple rocket launchers, and other military vehicles crossed the border near the Ukrainian town of Snizhne, State Department officials said. Reports and images of the weapons circulated on Thursday, but there were conflicting claims about where they had come from.
“This is unacceptable,” said Marie Harf, a State Department spokeswoman. “A failure by Russia to de-escalate this situation will lead to additional costs.”
A Western official said that intelligence about the movement of the tanks and other weapons into Ukraine had been shared on Friday with NATO allies. Secretary of State John Kerry complained earlier this week about the flow of Russian arms to separatists in Ukraine in a phone call to Sergey V. Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister.
The T-64 is an obsolescent tank no longer in active use by Russian forces, but it is still kept in storage in southwest Russia.
“Russia will claim these tanks were taken from Ukrainian forces, but no Ukrainian tank units have been operating in that area,” the State Department said Friday afternoon. “We are confident that these tanks came from Russia.”
“We also have information that Russia has accumulated multiple rocket launchers at this same deployment site in southwest Russia, and these rocket launchers also recently departed,” it added. “Internet video has shown what we believe to be these same rocket launchers traveling through Luhansk.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/14/wo...=13240517&_r=0
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Ukrainian military plane with at least 49 aboard shot down
(CNN) -- A Ukrainian military plane with at least 49 passengers was shot down overnight Friday, a source said, making it the latest and likely one of the bloodiest single events in that nation's current period of turmoil.
The Ilyushin-76 military transport plane went down while approaching an airport in the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk, a source with the Ukrainian Anti-Terror Operation of the Ukrainian military forces told CNN.
The incident came hours after Ukraine's Kiev-based government -- which is trying to regain control of the country's restive south and east -- deemed successful an operation targeting pro-Russian separatists in the city of Mariupol.
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/06/13/wo...x.html?c=world
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The plane was carrying troops and military equipment and was about to land at the city's airport.
It is thought to be the biggest loss of life suffered by government forces in a single incident since Kiev began an operation to try to defeat the insurgency in east Ukraine.
Military spokesman Vladislav Seleznov said "preliminary information" suggested all 49 military personnel on board the aircraft - nine flight crew and 40 troops - were killed.
He added that the investigation was just beginning into how the separatists brought down the plane, but initial reports indicated that three "Stinger-like" missiles were used.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27845313
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President declares day of mourning for Ukraine’s military
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko expresses deep condolences to the families of dead Ukrainian soldiers and Ukrainian border guards, who died on June 14 during the counterterrorist operations.
"On Sunday I declare a day of mourning for our military men. It is a great loss not only for the families of victims, but also for the whole country. Ukraine is in sorrow but we strongly continue the struggle for peace", – Petro Poroshenko stressed.
"All those who are involved in the cynical terrorist attack of this scale must be punished. Ukraine needs peace. But terrorists will receive an adequate response", - the Head of State said.
The President instructed to convene a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council.
The President of Ukraine also instructed the Cabinet of Ministers to provide assistance to the families of victims.
http://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/30514.html
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Bomb found near Ukrainian president's office
(Reuters) - Ukrainian presidential bodyguards have disposed of a powerful explosive device discovered near President Petro Poroshenko's headquarters, a security source said on Saturday.
"The device was found during the night near the gate where presidential cars go in. It was a container with five grenades and a kilogram of metal nuts," said the source, who declined to be identified. "It was a really powerful device."
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Viche (community meeting) happening at Maidan now. Rada elections, displaced persons, ATO - some of the issues in focus. Priests commemorate those who gave their lives for Ukraine.
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Day of Mourning in Ukraine -
The crowd in Kiev observed a moment of silence at noon local time (5 a.m. ET).
"We bow our heads to the heroes who lost their lives for the sake of their country, to prevent the war from coming into the house of each of us," Prime-Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said.
"They lost their lives because they defended men and women, children and the elderly who found themselves in a situation facing a threat to be killed by invaders and sponsored by subhumans," he said. "First, we will commemorate the heroes by wiping out those who killed them and then by cleaning our land from the evil."
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/06/15/wo...sis/?hpt=hp_t1
