Protests in Ukraine escalate

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Vadym Polozov was killed in action near Bakhmut, Luhansk Oblast on June 9, 2017.

Vadym was born in Trostyanets, Sumy Oblast in 1995. He was a sergeant in charge of material support in the 300th Tank Regiment, 169th Training Centre “Desna”.

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

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Volodymyr Laykov was killed during intense enemy shelling on June 7, 2017 near Zholobok, Luhansk Oblast.

32-year-old Volodymyr was born in the village of Holubovka, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. He served as senior soldier and gunner in the 93rd Separate Mechanized Brigade.
Volodymyr leaves behind his grieving parents and a sister.

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

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Ukraine celebrates dawn of visa-free EU era

Ukraine's Berlin Wall moment: thousands in central Kyiv celebrating dawn of visa-free era. The dream of a European Ukraine closer to reality



The words “back in the USSR” would only be heard in a Beatles song, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said while launching a symbolic "visa-free countdown timer" in Kyiv June 10, the president’s press service said.

“This is a final “goodbye” to the Russian empire and the words “back in the USSR” will be heard only listening to Beatles,” Poroshenko said at a ceremony held outside the presidential administration headquarters. “We will never return to the Soviet Union because we, a proud and free democratic nation, are returning to the family of European nations. And I am proud that we have succeeded,” he said.

“I am Ukrainian and I love freedom! This is what every Ukrainian feels today,” the Ukrainian president stressed, adding that Ukraine has been going to the day of the visa-free travel introduction for a long time, with its people working persistently to change the country.



It will be Lithuania which will accept the first flight with a group of Ukrainian tourists and government officials within the framework of the entry into force of the visa-free travel, according to an announcement made during a joint press conference of Petro Poroshenko and his Lithuanian counterpart Dalia Grybauskaite in Kharkiv June 9.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine explained that the visa-free regime with the European Union will be enforced according to the local time of each EU member state after midnight on June 11.

the visa-free travel for Ukrainian citizens will apply to all EU countries, except Great Britain and Ireland, and will also operate in Schengen countries outside the EU: Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland. For visa-free trips, citizens of Ukraine must be holders of biometric passports.

https://www.unian.info/politics/1968...oroshenko.html


Ukrainian citizens with biometric passports will travel to EU countries without visa for short stays of up to 90 days except for Ireland and the UK. However, visa-waiver does not grant Ukrainians the right to work in the EU countries.

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Last night the Russian-hybrid army pounded #Olhynka, a village 10 km away from the frontline in Donetsk Oblast. 12 houses damaged. The bombardment lasted 2 hours from 2 a.m., a power transformer destroyed, 140 houses de-energized. About 5, projectiles hit Grafske settlement, a dormitory for students of forestry college damaged there.
Olhynka is situated north of Vlolnovakha, south of Donetsk

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Jun10 #Luhansk rgn: Illya Kyrychenko, 29, 93rd brig was killed in action at a stronghold near #Krymske.

Illya was born on March 30, 1988 in Zhovti Vody, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. He served as a shooter and assistant gunner in the 93rd Separate Mechanized Brigade. In civilian life, he worked as a physicist. He was respected by his comrades-in-arms as a brave, educated and disciplined soldier.

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Vitaliy Zvezdohliad was killed with two other comrades on June 10 by a direct mortar near Pavlopil, Donetsk Oblast.
Vitaliy was born on August 12, 1992 in Kosenivka, Cherkasy Oblast. He served in the 59th Separate Mechanized Brigade.

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

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Past 24 hours in the war zone
Russian proxies launch 52 attacks on Ukrainian positions in Luhansk, Donetsk and Mariupol sectors.
One Ukrainian soldier killed, seven wounded.
Russia blocks all educational Ukrainian-language sites in the occupied territories.
OSCE mission reports 460 explosions in the Donbas on JUne 12

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Mykola Hayduk was killed during intense shelling near Luhanske, Donetsk Oblast on June 13, 2017.

Mykola was born December 9, 1974 in Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. He served as senior soldier in the 43rd Infantry Battalion “Patriot” of the 53rd Separate Mechanized Brigade. He was a Master of Sports in kickboxing, an activist, and headed the Association of Nikopol Combatants. He volunteered when war broke out in 2014. After returning home, he continued his volunteer work, but then enlisted again and returned to the front.

Mykola leaves behind his wife, two sons and a brother.
Вічна Пам’ять! Eternal Memory!
Герої не вмирають! Heroes Never Die!

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Federal Government Eases Restrictions On Military Mission In Ukraine



OTTAWA — The military has quietly expanded its footprint in Ukraine, with commanders being given free rein to send their troops anywhere — except where they might run into Russian forces or separatist rebels.
Canadians were required to stay in the western half of Ukraine, far from the conflict that has continued to rage over the intervening two years, leaving more than 10,000 people dead.

Those restrictions were eased when the government extended the mission for another two years in March, the mission's commander, Lt.-Col. Mark Lubiniecki, tells The Canadian Press.
While Canadian troops are still required to stay away from the border with Russia and the fighting in eastern Ukraine, Lubiniecki says the rest of the country is fair game.


Lubiniecki says that change has added flexibility to the Canadian mission, which has so far trained more than 4,000 Ukrainian troops, many of whom have since been deployed into the conflict zone.
The training mission is set to expire in 2019.

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/06..._17099746.html

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ATO Press Center: 67 attacks by Russian forces on Ukraine yesterday. 1 soldier KIA, 3 WIA

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The Ukrainian Defense Ministry has announced the death toll of the Armed Forces of Ukraine since the beginning of the war in Donbas in 2014

"As of June 16, 2017, a total of 2,696 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and 9,903 have been wounded since the beginning of Russian aggression in Ukraine," ministry speaker for Anti-Terrorist Operation issues Andriy Lysenko said at a briefing in Kyiv on Friday, June 16.

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On June 15, Sgt. Serhiy Yaremchuk, born 1977, was shot dead in a battle between the villages of Talakivka and Hnutove in Mariupol sector of Donetsk Oblast.

Serhiy lived in Kalynivka, Vinnytsia Oblast. He was enlisted as a volunteer in 2014, served under contract since 2015.

Serhiy leaves behind his wife and a daughter who live in Kalynivka.
Вічна Пам’ять! Eternal Memory!
Герої не вмирають! Heroes Never Die!

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Destruction in #Berdyanske near #Mariupol after Russian Hybrid Army shelling yesterday evening