Protests in Ukraine escalate

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Humanitarian Ambulances Arriving from Canada

Ten ambulances are to be given by The “Ukraine Appeal”, a Canadian national Humanitarian initiative in support of Ukraine (it is realized by major Ukrainian Organizations in Canada under the leadership of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress), to the Kharkiv Region hospitals.


The first five of them will arrive in late November according to the recent agreement with the Kharkiv Regional State Administration.


“These specialized cars are mobile clinics with the most modern equipment. The medical crews working at them will be provided with proper training. Moreover, the Canadian partners assume these ambulances maintenance and spare parts supply”, said a Deputy Chair of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration Mr Mykhailo Cherniak.



http://kharkivobserver.com/?p=3280

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Kerry Diotte
MP Edmonton Griesbach

Today (Nov. 4), I had the honour to begin the debate in the House of Commons on my Private Member’s Bill, Bill C-306 – the Crimean Tatar Deportation (“Sürgünlik”) Memorial Day Act.

This Act would recognize the mass deportations of Crimean Tatars in 1944 by the Soviet regime as genocide and establish May 18 as a day of commemoration.

In 2015, the Parliament of Ukraine officially recognized the deportations of 1944 as genocide and called on other countries to join them in recognizing this atrocity.

Canada has long-been a defender of human rights and the rule of law.
This Bill is also important today because we cannot separate the deportations of 1944 and Russia’s theft of Crimea from Ukraine seventy years later.
As a loyal friend to Ukraine, now is the time to respond to the call.

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27-year-old Oleksandr Otsabera was killed during a reconnaissance mission near Toretsk (Donetsk Oblast) on November 11. Oleksandr was a junior sergeant serving in the 95th Landing and Assault Brigade.

He was born on July 23, 1989 in the village of Hurivtsi, Koziatyn district, Vinnytsya Oblast. He graduated from the local school, started working, and married his longtime girlfriend Anna; they had two children. And then the war began...

Вічна Память! Eternal Memory!
Герої не вмирають! Heroes Never Die!

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2h2 hours ago House hit, 1 civilian killed in #Bryanka

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Another soldier in his prime…

39-year-old Andriy Podlipniuk (call sign “Mamai”) was killed on November 11. 2016 near Debaltseve during a heavy mortar attack. He served with the 54th Mechanized Brigade.

Andriy was born December 19, 1976 in Mykolayiv, where he grew up, finished school, and went on to study engineering and mechanics at the Agricultural University. He ran a small business in the village of Slyvyne. And then the war started….

Вічна Память! Eternal Memory!
Герої не вмирають! Heroes Never Die!

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November 13, 1708 is a sad day in the history of Ukraine. Cossack Ivan Mazepa was Hetman [Head of State] over the capital of Baturyn, a historic town in Chernihiv Oblast. Baturyn, with its 40 churches, 2 colleges, and 20,000 inhabitants, was sacked, torched & totally razed to the ground by the Russian army. Many people were burned alive in churches with locked doors to prevent escape; the governor of the town was "broken on the wheel" [form of torture/execution].

Russia's Tsar Peter I never forgave Hetman Mazepa for supporting Sweden in its war with the Russian Empire and for Ukraine’s independence. The population of the city in 1708 was 20,000. By 1726 the city was a ghost town. Peter I did not stop there, but accelerated violence towards Ukraine, stifling its language & culture and usurping the ancient name of Kyivan Rus. In 1721, Peter I renamed his territory from “Muscovy” to “Russia” and proclaimed himself “Emperor of all the Russias (Rus)”.


In June of 1993, the Ukrainian government declared Baturyn the centre of a national site of Ukrainian history and culture. In August, 2002, a government program was approved to restore Baturyn to its former glory. On January22, 2009, Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko officially opened the Hetmans' Capital Monumental complex with the newly renovated Razumovsky Palace.

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Canadian Army ‏@CanadianArmy Nov 11 Ottawa, Ontario Ex #MAPLEARCH 16 participants gathered at the International Peacekeeping and Security Center in Yavoriv, Ukraine for #RemembranceDay

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Pro-Moscow Igor Dodon claims Moldova's presidency

Pro-Russian candidate Igor Dodon says he has won the second round of Moldova's presidential election.With almost all the ballots counted, Mr Dodon, who wants to restore close ties with Russia, has 55% of the vote. His rival, pro-European candidate Maia Sandu, is far behind with 45%.
The national vote marks the first direct presidential election in Moldova for 20 years.
Since 1996 presidents of Moldova have been chosen by parliament.
The election was seen as a battle between those supporting closer ties with Russia and those wanting integration with the European Union.
Speaking shortly after the closure of polling stations on Sunday, Mr Dodon called on Ms Sandu to preserve public order and abstain from protests.

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Canadian Army ‏@CanadianArmy Nov 13 #MAPLEARCH 16 Participants began their day under a cover of snow at the International Peacekeeping and Security Center in Yavoriv, Ukraine

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Twelve unnamed Ukrainian soldiers buried in Dnipro

Twelve unidentified Ukrainian soldiers who were killed in the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) zone in eastern Ukraine were buried in Krasnopilske Cemetery in the city of Dnipro on Friday, November 11.

Representatives of Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration, members of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the clergy, civil volunteers and local residents attended the funeral, the administration's press service told UNIAN.

Since the beginning of the ATO early in April 2014, a total of 281 unidentified soldiers have been buried in Dnipro. Data of their DNA samples has been included in the DNA registry. Following DNA testing of soldiers' relatives, 157 of the buried as unnamed have been identified

Identification of other unknown soldiers is under way along with the search for their relatives.





http://www.unian.info/war/1619902-tw...ro-photos.html

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Last respect was paid to killed soldier Oleksandr Boiko in Kyiv

Oleksandr Boiko was killed in the battle with the militants' sabotage unit near the village of Pavlopil on Nov. 9.

He was born in Kyiv in 1973, served as a sailor in the 501st Battalion of the 36th separate brigade of marines named after Kostiantyn Olshanskyi.

Two children were left without father.

May the memory of this defender of Ukraine live forever!

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Ukrainian soldier Oleh Yurdyha killed in enemy shelling near Donetsk.

Serviceman of the 24th Brigade 40 year old fighter Oleh Yurdyha was killed in a combat zone in eastern Ukraine Nov. 10. He received fatal shrapnel wounds as a result of the enemy shelling.

Oleh Yurdyha was born in Yaktoriv village in Zolochiv district of the Lviv region on June 24, 1976. He has been fighting almost from the very beginning of the war. He was discharged in the summer of 2015 but continued serving under the contract. Oleh Yurdyha served in the 24th Danylo Halytskyi's "Iron" Mechanized Brigade. He was survived by a wife and two children. May the hero forever be remembered and honored

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On November 15, the village of Narkevychi, Khmelnytsky Oblast quietly said goodbye to 29-year-old Oleh Suprykin. Oleh was killed on November 11, 2016 in Stanytsia Luhanska (Luhansk Oblast).
Oleh Suprykin was born in the village of Zelena, Khmelnytsky Oblast on September 11, 1987.

He lived in the village of Narkevychi. After completing school in 2003, he entered the Volochynsky Vocational College. He worked in construction and maintenance crews.
Oleh was drafted in 2009-2010, and served in the 302th Artillery Regiment, based in Kharkiv . He was mobilized again in 2015 and served in the 14th Mechanized Brigade.

Вічна Пам’ять! Eternal memory!
Герої не вмирають! Heroes Never Die!

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Platoon commander Serhiy Khodorovsky died of shrapnel wounds in Avdiyivka industrial zone on November 17, 2016. He leaves behind his wife, elderly mother and a son.
Serhiy was 36 years old. He joined the army in 1998, served in Iraq, was one of the lucky soldiers to survive Ilovaisk in the summer of 2014, and from spring of 2015 fought in the 72nd Mechanized Brigade. He was a brave soldier, an experienced commander, and a trustworthy friend. Sadly, war does not pick and choose….

Вічна Пам’ять! Eternal memory!
Герої не вмирають! Heroes Never Die!

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25-year-old Artem Shynkovenko was buried in Severodonetsk, Luhansk Oblast on November 15, 2016. He was killed near Krasnohorivka, Donetsk Oblast on November 12. Artem served in the 92nd mechanized Brigade.

Artem was born in Russia on December 24, 1990. He moved to Ukraine and settled first in Borivsk and later in Severodonetsk (Luhansk Oblast) where he met his girlfriend; they married and had a son, Yelizar.
In May 2016, Artem enlisted in the Armed Forces and was deployed to the front. He defended his Homeland for the sake of his son, who Artem loved more than anything in the world,

Вічна Пам’ять! Eternal memory!
Герої не вмирають! Heroes Never Die!