Ukraine: Russo-Ukr War (June-December 2015)

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Russia's Duma suggests denouncement of #Russia-#Ukraine state border agreement http://uatoday.tv/politics/russia-s-duma-suggests-denouncement-of-russia-ukraine-state-border-agreement-449376.html … pic.twitter.com/yyAUPkLY0l

Putin Isn't Winging It http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/putin-isn-t-winging-it#.VZVrnAJsDk0.twitter …

Must read article dispelling #Putin|'s propaganda of "language oppression" in #Ukraine by @TimothyDSnyder http://www.politico.eu/article/crisis-in-ukraine-talk-shows-in-language-war/ … #Russia

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24 Russian tanks parked in a Lugansk base. How many are parked INSIDE somewhere?
https://twitter.com/finriswolf/status/616677159768342533 …

All Kurnosov's Social Media a/c's have been deleted by #Russia's FSB/GRU.
But not before a copy was archived .. pic.twitter.com/DEMHtCfWj2

Meet Eugene Kurnosov from #Russia|n GRU m/u 21208 in Togliatti. He geo-tagged himself in #Ukraine in his own SM posts pic.twitter.com/gHrRGkbyww

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Two Jews tortured by #Russia-terrorist forces in #Donbas escape to #Israel
http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Two-Jews-tortured-by-Ukraine-rebels-land-in-Israel-407750?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=socialnetwork … pic.twitter.com/0jGkJmC13l

“They were Russian...if I didn’t give them t info they were looking 4, then they would chop my head off...”
http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Two-Jews-tortured-by-Ukraine-rebels-land-in-Israel-407750 …

'Leaked' 30 page document of Ukrainian SBU about Russian agression in and against Ukraine.http://cdn3.videos.bloomberg.com/bview/documents/russian-aggression-against-ukraine.pdf …
via @mailforlen

SBU slide presented to US officials showing #MANPADS smuggled into #Ukraine by #Russia pic.twitter.com/zV3pCFWf6R

Ukraine's Language War: American historian opines on make-believe language problem
http://www.politico.eu/article/crisis-in-ukraine-talk-shows-in-language-war/

Biggest threat to militaries of the 21st century seems to be idiot soldiers who take selfies with geolocation info https://twitter.com/RobPulseNews/status/616681311764369408 …

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Unofficial sources w/ Ukr Armed Forces are dubious if militants' move out of #Shyrokyne is withdrawal or a maneuver http://www.0629.com.ua/news/877593

Malaysia leads calls for criminal action over MH17 murders http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-33375652 …

I wonder why!.. Russia's Dep Foreign Min. Gennady Gatilov says Malaysia's wish for MH17 criminal trials "not timely" + "counterproductive"

Only few militant attacks on Ukrainian army overnight
http://www.unian.info/war/1096463-only-few-militant-attacks-on-ukrainian-army-overnight.html … pic.twitter.com/FxQ6HJ5hZk

News
IR confirms my observation that new forces fr #Abkhazia arrived in #Donbas.
He calls them "special unit of the Armed Forces" w/drones.

#BreakingNews
Number of Russian attacks sharply dropped to 3(THREE) between midnight and 7am.
This is only 10% of the night before.

Russia|n forces fired at #Ukraine forces only 3 times overnight. Sector M calm, #Donetsk calm. This is great but weird.

Zero shelling incidents by militants in #Mariupol sector overnight. In the evening fired at own positions in the area http://www.mariupol.tv/news/war/mariupol/4750/nochyu_pod_mariupolem_ne_zafiksirovano_ni_odnogo_o bstrela.html …

Russia Says It Can Defy Strasbourg Court - Transitions Online http://www.tol.org/client/article/24862-russia-says-it-can-defy-strasbourg-court-hungary-woos-legion-of-emigrants.html …

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Air Force Freak @AirForceFreak74
RUAF bomber HF net noted active 0522Z. Tu-22/95/160 activity today?

Soldiers' Mothers Committee Head Sentenced in Retaliation for Publicizing Combat Deaths in Ukraine; Amnestied
http://www.interpretermag.com/russia-update-july-3-2014/#8997 …

USA opposed the decision of "DPR" to conduct local elections on October, 18 http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/3-july-usa-opposed-the-decision-of-dpr-to-conduct-local-elections …

NOTICE—Hollande and Merkel have NOT responded to this unilateral action by the Russian mercenaries—clearly in violation of Minsk 2-- their own negotiated creation.

DPR, LPR attempts to hold separate elections in Donbas on Oct 18 to have destructive consequences - Poroshenko
http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/275646.html …

Russian 31 paratrooper brigade soldiers were dressed in Ukrainian SWAT uniform when they seized Crimean parliament building @komaxidze1980

SBU seized 120 tons of food that were sent to the occupied territories pic.twitter.com/M2t9PuKIZT http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/3-july-sbu-seized-120-tons-of-food-that-were-sent-to-the …

MFA of Ukraine ✔ @MFA_Ukraine
#StopFake Fake #1:Website of #Russia'n channel Zvezda Falsifies Photo of Ukrainian Servicemen https://goo.gl/N28FXj pic.twitter.com/TOeohjqGQA

12:16 #Shyrokyne @pesekcot Arty became more frequent, far away but massively. And machine guns joined.

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Only THREE overnight shellings from 0000 to 0700 this morning and absolutely no ground attacks---down from a normal of over 80-90.

QUIET continues....................................reall y strange behavior for both Russian troops and her mercenaries. After one long year of non stop fighting. They cannot have run out of munitions?

The "calm before the storm"
or
did Kremlin finally admit to itself, the current territory is all it can get w/o open invasion ?!

Cannot believe Putin "gives in this easily"?

So maybe in fact the "calm before the storm".

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VIDEO Russians attacking Ukrainian positions in the open from residential area in #Marinka https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkZIU5rdwWI … pic.twitter.com/acWgnKJsBY

The digital cover to mask this mans face got misplaced. Anybody know who he is? Likely some Russian officer. #Marinka pic.twitter.com/qx5mZWU3gR

BreakingFootage
Russian forces in another unprovoked attack on the #Minsk line near #Marinka
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkZIU5rdwWI … pic.twitter.com/LPxn4txAUr

Ukraine was already defeating 'separatists' in 2014 until they reached Russian border. AND... Russia will use nukes. https://twitter.com/MrKovalenko/status/617022145730859008 …

Four Ukrainian soldiers wounded in Donbas conflict zone in last day
http://www.unian.info/war/1096665-four-ukrainian-soldiers-wounded-in-donbas-conflict-zone-in-last-day.html … pic.twitter.com/XTOlHNO4Qn

Russia will sell stolen Ukr ships to China. Why I am not surprised @GazetaRu
http://www.gazeta.ru/business/news/2015/07/03/n_7345233.shtml … pic.twitter.com/fzwlVTa259"

Third Project 22350 Admiral Isakov will have a diesel-turbine powerplant due to loss of intended Ukraine gas turbines pic.twitter.com/7ftHiRaOfl

Mega-trolling of the week: FB blocked the page of chief of Roscomsvyaznadzor, the ultimate site-blocking censor http://ria.ru/society/20150703/1112323078.html …

Read about #Russia'n Fakes about #Ukraine on this blog
http://www.stopfake.org/en/zvezda-falsifies-photo/ … pic.twitter.com/HTXNHQIcVH

youtube.com/watch?v=BF-7zos5bj4 … #Russians might think he's #NATO. But he's just a black guy defending his country, #Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/GkWvnYyTzo

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Only THREE overnight shellings from 0000 to 0700 this morning and absolutely no ground attacks---down from a normal of over 80-90.

QUIET continues....................................reall y strange behavior for both Russian troops and her mercenaries. After one long year of non stop fighting. They cannot have run out of munitions?

The "calm before the storm"
or
did Kremlin finally admit to itself, the current territory is all it can get w/o open invasion ?!

Cannot believe Putin "gives in this easily"?

So maybe in fact the "calm before the storm".

Will be far more attacks that yesterday's three---

OSCE Says Donetsk "Tense" But Confirms Separatist Withdrawal From Shirokino http://bit.ly/1dCT1rd

22:12 #Donetsk Northeast @Ykraino4_ka Massive booms

20:32 #Donetsk @902Albi Again they are pounding, explosions near Pisky and the airport. intense 15min ago, now softer

20:15 #Donetsk center @TUilenspiegel Distant cannonade can be heard, not clear whether shots or explosions

20:23 #Donetsk @AkaDON12 For 15min already "fireworks" betw/#Pisky and the airport, several heavier shots fr/Putilovka.

20:19 #Donetsk @relictDon "Various calibre volleys far in the northwest. #Pisky? Intense ones"

#Donetsk railway station @vladimi71543390 Grad is firing
[unconfirmed]

20:08 #Donetsk @Ykraino4_ka Heavy arms and machine guns are firing, like in the airport direction

18:16 #Dokuchaevsk @nataffka17 RUS Urals drive along Lenina St in both directions, especially active afternoon

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Appears Russia is fighting hard to not be accused of directly downing MH17--


Russia guilt of downing #MH17 suddenly beyond doubt https://twitter.com/noclador/status/617101272748003328 …

Russia threatens UN veto against Malaysia's proposed MH17 tribunal
http://uatoday.tv/geopolitics/russia-threatens-un-veto-against-malaysia-s-proposed-mh17-tribunal-449770.html … pic.twitter.com/p2GGjaMFYZ

Russia says it will veto(!) a #UN tribunal to bring the killers of #MH17 to justice.
This is a clear confession of guilt by #Putin's regime

Calls grow for UN court on MH17 despite Russian opposition http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/calls-grow-for-un-court-on-mh17-despite-russian-opposition-1.2272930#.VZd-J0mTtng.twitter … via @IrishTimesWorld

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Appears Russia is fighting hard to not be accused of directly downing MH17--


Russia guilt of downing #MH17 suddenly beyond doubt https://twitter.com/noclador/status/617101272748003328 …

Russia threatens UN veto against Malaysia's proposed MH17 tribunal
http://uatoday.tv/geopolitics/russia-threatens-un-veto-against-malaysia-s-proposed-mh17-tribunal-449770.html … pic.twitter.com/p2GGjaMFYZ

Russia says it will veto(!) a #UN tribunal to bring the killers of #MH17 to justice.
This is a clear confession of guilt by #Putin's regime

Calls grow for UN court on MH17 despite Russian opposition http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/calls-grow-for-un-court-on-mh17-despite-russian-opposition-1.2272930#.VZd-J0mTtng.twitter … via @IrishTimesWorld

Remember the Russian UN Ambassador standing in front of the UN claiming the Ukrainians had shot down MH17 and literally demanding that the UN conduct a thorough and transparent investigation AND NOW they block????

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What SWJ commenter does not assume that the mainstream western news media DOES NOT support Russia's information warfare---????

Another perfect example of a major western news media SIMPLY NOT FACT CHECKING and takes for granted what Russian propaganda places out there and simply passes it on lending a certain amount of creditability to the report so that other media outlets pick it up as well.

That is exactly how Russian propaganda works and yet western media outlets fall for it every time--OR are they part and parcel of the Russian info warfare?

.@BBCNews think Kornilov is an aid worker, yet his SM posts also show he's a #Russia|n soldier fighting in #Ukraine: pic.twitter.com/5Tb3cvgbDz

Russia deployed an 'agent' in #Ukraine who is an aid worker, reporter & a soldier combined! He also duped @BBCNews: pic.twitter.com/NfaOlRnCow

.@myroslawabrulak >@BBCNews ought 2b ashamed of themselves & apologize publicly @BBCWorld

>@myroslawabrulak Due diligence from @BBCNews?
Nope. They owe me!
@BBCWorld @BBCBreaking

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What SWJ commenter does not assume that the mainstream western news media DOES NOT support Russia's information warfare---????

Another perfect example of a major western news media SIMPLY NOT FACT CHECKING and takes for granted what Russian propaganda places out there and simply passes it on lending a certain amount of creditability to the report so that other media outlets pick it up as well.

That is exactly how Russian propaganda works and yet western media outlets fall for it every time--OR are they part and parcel of the Russian info warfare?

.@BBCNews think Kornilov is an aid worker, yet his SM posts also show he's a #Russia|n soldier fighting in #Ukraine: pic.twitter.com/5Tb3cvgbDz

Russia deployed an 'agent' in #Ukraine who is an aid worker, reporter & a soldier combined! He also duped @BBCNews: pic.twitter.com/NfaOlRnCow

.@myroslawabrulak >@BBCNews ought 2b ashamed of themselves & apologize publicly @BBCWorld

>@myroslawabrulak Due diligence from @BBCNews?
Nope. They owe me!
@BBCWorld @BBCBreaking

Another case of a major western news media being "outed" by social media and yet they wonder why they are losing readership numbers.

Want to bet they do not publish a retraction of the article???

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While the attack numbers are on the lower end of the combat scale they still actually remain high.

During the last 24 hours Pro-Russian invaders attacked positions of Ukrainian troops 37 times - ATO press center
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1026203947390411&id=820651001279041&refid=17&_ft_=top_level_post_id.1026203947390411&__tn__=%2As …


Anything above an attack number of ZERO is a direct violation of the Minsk 2 agreement.

AND still not a single comment by Obama, Hollande and Merkel???

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Russia has effectively neutralized anything NATO has put together to protect the Baltics and yet one does not hear anything about it in the States--nice to see RAND picked up on it.

NATO was so proud and happy they could respond in two days or less--BUT????

Stop Putin's Next Invasion Before It Starts, says @RANDCorporation. Advises stationing forces in Balts http://www.rand.org/blog/2015/03/stop-putins-next-invasion-before-it-starts.html …

Russian forces could overrun local defenders and the light U.S. and @NATO units currently able to respond within as few as two days."

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VIDEO: Shyrokyne in ruins. Destroyed by Russian terrorists
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk9WFj3rJQs&sns=tw … pic.twitter.com/qBXAo5LzQ4

More Russian theft of Ukrainian coal---on top of rumors they are going to sell Ukraine naval vessels taken in the Crimea to China---does anyone really think Russia belongs in the normal global business community or should it be treated as a true “rouge state”??

VIDEO #Putin "DNR" in business of "exporting" coal train from #Donbass to #Russia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okDFFcGy_pU … pic.twitter.com/bsPkyteqRR

DajeyPetros Your findings show why #Ukraine civilians suffer so much at hands of #Rus barbarian invaders. pic.twitter.com/7xvwtBtPFP

Here's a cool video of the Russian warplanes met by the Norwegian F-16s over the Baltic Sea http://wp.me/p2TYIs-8vb pic.twitter.com/6E0iELNtMG

There was a time when Russia moved towards becoming "a prosperous, democratic, leading great European power". http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/df3078c0-1f3d-11e5-ab0f-6bb9974f25d0.html …

Was Russian referendum play in Crimea the same as what Kremlin did with Mongolia? Some Chinese scholars think so

By @dzutsev: North Ossetia is rethinking its role as Russia's ‘outpost’ in the Caucasus https://www.opendemocracy.net/od-russia/valery-dzutsati/north-ossetia-is-rethinking-its-role-as-%E2%80%98outpost%E2%80%99-of-russia-in-caucasus …

Separatists in 'DNR' and 'LNR' want to introduce a new electronic payment system in both 'republics' http://dan-news.info/ekonomika/dnr-i-lnr-mogut-v-perspektive-obedinit-platezhnye-sistemy-predstavitel-crb.html …

Russian Army base at Belgorod (near Ukraine border) grown to largest size ever in June 2015 http://ukraineatwar.blogspot.nl/2015/07/russias-expanding-military-base-at.html … pic.twitter.com/FwlWqEp8Ig

Interpol puts Viktor Yanukovych on wanted list http://gu.com/p/44nqa/stw Was it the Ostrich in the interview?

Sanctions & US Natural Gas to Europe may leave #Putin full of Gas with few buyers http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/07/02/ozy-us-export-russia-gas/29580505 … /#Ukraine pic.twitter.com/2TlTaVq5qf

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@russiandefpolic: Who's Fighting in the Donbass? https://russiandefpolicy.wordpress.com/2015/07/03/whos-fighting-in-the-donbass … pic.twitter.com/cXJSt7SNgk

Who’s Fighting in the Donbass?

Posted on July 3, 2015


Various media sources late this week reported that Kyiv’s SBU sent the United States a 30-page report detailing Russia’s role in fighting in the Donbass.

The report indicates that militia fighters in the self-proclaimed Lugansk People’s Republic are led by Russian Army general-majors Oleg Tsekov, Sergey Kuzovlev, and Roman Shadrin. In the Donetsk People’s Republic, general-majors Valeriy Solodchuk and Aleksey Zavizon reportedly lead the ethnic Russian militiamen. Russian Colonel Anatoliy Barankevich is in charge of combat training.

The Ukrainian report claims 15 Russian battalion tactical groups — about 9,000 men — are fighting in eastern Ukraine. Unnamed Washington sources say this confirms what U.S. intelligence agencies believed. But, as recently as his 26 June conversation with President Obama, President Putin insisted there are no Russian troops in Luhansk or Donetsk.

Who are the Russian officers identified by name?

◾Oleg Tsekov commands the Northern Fleet’s 200th Independent Motorized Rifle Brigade — it’s a long way from eastern Ukraine, but his troops wouldn’t be easily missed like forces in the Southern MD. He once served under Southern MD Commander, General-Colonel Aleksandr Galkin.
◾Sergey Kuzovlev was, at last report, chief of staff of the Southern MD’s 58th CAA. He’s known by the call sign Tambov. He fought in both Chechen campaigns, and he commanded the 18th IMRB in Khankala before his current staff assignment.
◾Roman Shadrin is another Chechen vet, Hero of Russia, and Ural Cossack activist turned United Russia politician. He did time with the MVD VV and served with Russian “peacekeeping” forces in South Ossetia.
◾Valeriy Solodchuk commands the VDV’s 7th Air-Assault Division in Novorossiysk. He was previously chief of staff for the 98th Airborne Division and commanded its 217th Parachute Regiment.
◾Aleksey Zavizon is deputy commander of the 41st CAA in the Central MD. Prior to that, he commanded the 136th IMRB in Dagestan and the 201st MB in Tajikistan. He was also chief of staff, deputy commander for the 4th (Kantemir) Tank Division.
◾Anatoliy Barankevich served widely in the Soviet Army and fought in both Chechen wars before retiring in 2004. He went to South Ossetia, became its defense minister, and directed the defense of Tskhinvali during the August 2008 five-day war with Georgia. He fell out with South Ossetian leader Eduard Kokoity and presumably resumed his free-agent status.

It would be an understatement to say these six Russian military men have a good deal of experience — command experience, combat experience, Caucasus experience. They represent a particular subset of Russian commanders who’ve long served on the country’s borders and in its hinterlands. They seem like men with little compunction when it comes to pushing Russia’s sway outward over non-Russians.

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Footage
(Mostly destroyed) #Shyrokyne back in Ukrainian forces's hands.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk9WFj3rJQs …
#Ukraine #Donbas pic.twitter.com/Qkgir8LeWq

Early this morning in Reni (Odessa region) unknown persons opened fire outside a bar. 3 people were wounded - MIA
http://112.ua/kriminal/v-odesskoy-obl-troe-muzhchin-otkryli-ogon-vozle-bara-raneny-tri-cheloveka-mvd-242285.html …

Heavy calibre, far flyout
05:21 @Serzzze I can hear some singles for 10-15min
05:25 @nixer79 Singles, then in series

05:05 #Donetsk @nixer79 RUS arty battery in #Yakovlivka Zasyadko mine shaft area started to work, 4 tubes at least,

05:19 #Donetsk Kalinovka @Serzzze For 10min sporadic volleys in the north, several gunshots at once
05:26 Ceased

05:28 #Donetsk Kyivsky @tihankinanata Rumble was heard, now quiet
#donbasreports

05:24 @tiamat007 "#Avdeevka woke up to the massive outgoing [gunshots]"

The use of nuclear weapons by Russia is possible, but only for defensive purposes -Russian FM
http://interfax.com.ua/news/general/275910.html …

Jews fleeing the unpredictable #Putin regime in #Russia. http://obozrevatel.com/politics/27936-iz-za-nepredskazuemogo-rezhima-putina-iz-rossii-nachali-massovo-bezhat-evrei.htm … pic.twitter.com/MUQ3Pt668z

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The Russian troops recently pulled back from a town they had been fighting over for months—and the attacks dropped to three for a seven hour phase—lending some hope that Putin had come to his senses—but it was climbing again yesterday to include one ground attack so effectively killing any idea Putin indeed wants to adhere to Minsk 2.

Militants fired 37 times at Ukr forces y-day. Hottest spot was Opytne. Ukr forces repelled attack near Shchastia https://www.facebook.com/ato.news/posts/1026203947390411 …

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The Russian troops recently pulled back from a town they had been fighting over for months—and the attacks dropped to three for a seven hour phase—lending some hope that Putin had come to his senses—but it was climbing again yesterday o include one ground attack so effectively killing any idea Putin indeed wants to adhere to Minsk 2.

Militants fired 37 times at Ukr forces y-day. Hottest spot was Opytne. Ukr forces repelled attack near Shchastia https://www.facebook.com/ato.news/posts/1026203947390411 …

Since 0600 relatively and the emphasis is on relatively quiet on the eastern front.

Maybe the heat is getting to the Russian troops and her mercenaries.

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The Russian troops recently pulled back from a town they had been fighting over for months—and the attacks dropped to three for a seven hour phase—lending some hope that Putin had come to his senses—but it was climbing again yesterday to include one ground attack so effectively killing any idea Putin indeed wants to adhere to Minsk 2.

Militants fired 37 times at Ukr forces y-day. Hottest spot was Opytne. Ukr forces repelled attack near Shchastia https://www.facebook.com/ato.news/posts/1026203947390411 …

Fighting drops off AND a sudden uptick in large Russian nuclear tactical bombers and more Russian FM nuclear threats--subtle comments but still threats nevertheless.

Latitude 67N SIGINT @uascan
@uascan possible 4-6 strategic bombers/tankers active on sw net

Latitude 67N SIGINT @uascan
@uascan indeed heavy traffic on the strategic bomber net - larger move in progress?

Latitude 67N SIGINT @uascan
RUAF VHF / HF comms consistent with TU22 Backfires i Baltic Sea

Russian Air Force long-range strategic bombers (Tu-22M3) plus tanker support in the air, Baltic Sea Region #4thJuly pic.twitter.com/c5yjMdz4sk

Naval Bears!interesting via Combat Aircraft Mag. pic.twitter.com/opgg2qSRjI

The use of nuclear weapons by Russia is possible only for defensive purposes - @mfa_russia 4 Jul via Interfax https://translate.google.ie/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Finterfax.com.ua%2Fnews%2Fgeneral%2F 275910.html&edit-text= …

Also, @mfa_russia is being disingenuous: RU military doctrine (revised) allows for "de-escalation" - limited first strike.

we all know that @mfa_russia has 0 credibility and their words mean next to nothing. They'l nuke whenever it suits them.

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Fighting drops off AND a sudden uptick in large Russian nuclear tactical bombers and more Russian FM nuclear threats--subtle but still threats nevertheless.

Latitude 67N SIGINT @uascan
@uascan possible 4-6 strategic bombers/tankers active on sw net

Latitude 67N SIGINT @uascan
@uascan indeed heavy traffic on the strategic bomber net - larger move in progress?

Latitude 67N SIGINT @uascan
RUAF VHF / HF comms consistent with TU22 Backfires i Baltic Sea

Naval Bears!interesting via Combat Aircraft Mag. pic.twitter.com/opgg2qSRjI

The use of nuclear weapons by Russia is possible only for defensive purposes - @mfa_russia 4 Jul via Interfax https://translate.google.ie/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Finterfax.com.ua%2Fnews%2Fgeneral%2F 275910.html&edit-text= …

Also, @mfa_russia is being disingenuous: RU military doctrine (revised) allows for "de-escalation" - limited first strike.

we all know that @mfa_russia has 0 credibility and their words mean next to nothing. They'l nuke whenever it suits them.

What is and or has become extremely dangerous in the recent and continuing Russian nuclear statements is simply the unspoken Russian concept that many in the West seem to not want to notice--Putin has effectively eliminated MAD.

Putin will use the tactical first strike if he deems it necessary and he will use a second strike to "deescalate"--THAT is not MAD.

All former Soviet rulers lived and died by defending MAD--Putin on the other hand seems to think a small tactical "deescalation strike" will be so interpreted by the West--hate to admit it--it would lead to an immediate counter strike by the US as the US could interpret it to be the series of a first strike not a "deescalation" signal.

Why is that his thinking???--appears even the Russian General Staff feels they would openly lose in a conventional fight with NATO even if NATO has greatly disarmed over the last ten or so years.

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Footage
(Mostly destroyed) #Shyrokyne back in Ukrainian forces's hands.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk9WFj3rJQs …
#Ukraine #Donbas pic.twitter.com/Qkgir8LeWq

Early this morning in Reni (Odessa region) unknown persons opened fire outside a bar. 3 people were wounded - MIA
http://112.ua/kriminal/v-odesskoy-obl-troe-muzhchin-otkryli-ogon-vozle-bara-raneny-tri-cheloveka-mvd-242285.html …

Heavy calibre, far flyout
05:21 @Serzzze I can hear some singles for 10-15min
05:25 @nixer79 Singles, then in series

05:05 #Donetsk @nixer79 RUS arty battery in #Yakovlivka Zasyadko mine shaft area started to work, 4 tubes at least,

05:19 #Donetsk Kalinovka @Serzzze For 10min sporadic volleys in the north, several gunshots at once
05:26 Ceased

05:28 #Donetsk Kyivsky @tihankinanata Rumble was heard, now quiet
#donbasreports

05:24 @tiamat007 "#Avdeevka woke up to the massive outgoing [gunshots]"

The use of nuclear weapons by Russia is possible, but only for defensive purposes -Russian FM
http://interfax.com.ua/news/general/275910.html …

Jews fleeing the unpredictable #Putin regime in #Russia. http://obozrevatel.com/politics/27936-iz-za-nepredskazuemogo-rezhima-putina-iz-rossii-nachali-massovo-bezhat-evrei.htm … pic.twitter.com/MUQ3Pt668z

BTW--from 2300 until the 0400 timeframe heavy shellings and four major ground attacks occurred---total numbers not yet in.


NSDC of Ukraine ✔ @NSDC_ua
Map. Situation in eastern #Ukraine, July 4, 00:00 EET pic.twitter.com/YRlktZrEDP

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Russia has effectively neutralized anything NATO has put together to protect the Baltics and yet one does not hear anything about it in the States--nice to see RAND picked up on it.

NATO was so proud and happy they could respond in two days or less--BUT????

Stop Putin's Next Invasion Before It Starts, says @RANDCorporation. Advises stationing forces in Balts http://www.rand.org/blog/2015/03/stop-putins-next-invasion-before-it-starts.html …

Russian forces could overrun local defenders and the light U.S. and @NATO units currently able to respond within as few as two days."

Z. Brzezinski: "If #Putin goes into the #Baltics by invasion, #NATO would go into war. That's the point of NATO." http://m.spiegel.de/international/world/a-1041795.html#spRedirectedFrom=www&referrrer=http://m.facebook.com/ …

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http://euromaidanpress.com/2015/07/02/post-soviet-states-entered-second-anti-communist-revolutionary-period-shmelyev-says/

Post-Soviet states entered second anti-communist revolutionary period, Shmelyev says

2015/07/02 • Analysis & Opinion, Politics



The post-Soviet world is entering its own version of 1968, Aleksandr Shmelyev says, “and everything taking place in Armenia, Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, Russia and so on can be conceived as a wave of ‘secondary anti-communist revolutions,’ as attempts to put the authorities under the control of society.”

In 1968, 23 years after the end of World War II, “a new generation of Europeans who were not satisfied with the post-war level of civil rights and freedoms appeared,” the Moscow commentator says. Now, 24 years after the end of the USSR, a new generation has appeared with the same anger and the same goal.

“Despite 24 years of a divided history and anything but simple relations among the post-Soviet states, Shmelyev says, civil society encounters in them approximately one and the same set of problems.” Among these are “weakly developed democratic institutions, an appalling level of corruption, unjust laws, the absence of an independent judicial system, insane income differentiation, the treatment of the political opposition as ‘enemies,’ intolerance to minorities, and torture in the police and penal system.”

At the same time, however, he continues, over this almost quarter of a century, “under conditions of relative freedom and inclusion in the globalized world have appeared a sufficient number of citizens who disagree with such arrangements but do not have the opportunity to change them by political means.”

According to Shmelyev, “the Internet is allowing those protesting from Mensk, Kyiv, Moscow, Yerevan and so on to be in constant contact with each other, to share experiences and to support one another.” In the post-Soviet space, this is facilitated by the fact that there is as yet no real language barrier: most of these communications are in Russian.

“If one can speak about ‘a Russian spring’ in the social-political sense, then only in this context as a series of mass protests against post-communist authoritarian hybrid systems. Then analogies with ‘the Arab spring’ appear completely logical.”
Consequently, “if one can speak about ‘a Russian spring’ in the social-political sense, then only in this context as a series of mass protests against post-communist authoritarian hybrid systems. Then, analogies with ‘the Arab spring’ appear completely logical,” the Moscow commentator says.

“No one knows,” he says, how the current round of events in Yerevan will end. “In Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Ukraine, street protests grew into revolutions; in Thailand and Belarus, they were harshly suppressed… in Turkey and Russia, the brakes were applied and a reaction followed; and in Syria, things descended into a long civil war.”

But if one considers these phenomena from a global perspective and not from a conspiratorial geopolitical one, “it is almost obvious that the future of each of the post-Soviet republics lies with those who are now protesting in the streets.” They have the advantage over those in power generationally and in terms of education.

“It is almost obvious that the future of each of the post-Soviet republics lies with those who are now protesting in the streets.” They have the advantage over those in power generationally and in terms of education.
And consequently, Shmelyev says, “sooner or later, Lukashenka, Nazarbayev, Putin, Sargsyan, Aliyev, and Karimov will pass into history together with the systems they have created. The question involves only when and at what cost in victims.”

Shmelyev’s optimism comes placing events in the post-Soviet states within a broader context (there have been mass civic protests in almost 80 countries since the beginning of the global crisis in 2008) and from three characteristics the post-Soviet cases share with the others.

First of all, he says, “contemporary protests do not need leaders and organizers.” Consequently, parties and trade unions play very little role in them and “cannot take them under control.” Horizontal ties are more important for the protesters, and they are suspicious of any vertical organization.

Indeed, he continues, “the agora of modern times does not need representation; its strength is in the absence of leaders whom the powers that be can so easily intimidate, deceive, buy off or isolate.”

Second, those protesting are not supporters of any particular ideology. They may “advance some specific demands,” but “at a deeper level they are typically moved by a global dissatisfaction with the authorities whom they view as backward and out of date.”

And third, Shmelyev says, this means that “the occasion for mass civic protests in our time can be almost anything,” including what many might think are minor or marginal issues. That makes these protests “practically impossible” either to predict or prevent, and it also means there will continue to be more of them.

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http://euromaidanpress.com/2015/07/02/post-soviet-states-entered-second-anti-communist-revolutionary-period-shmelyev-says/

Post-Soviet states entered second anti-communist revolutionary period, Shmelyev says

2015/07/02 • Analysis & Opinion, Politics

As an American in Berlin--wish all the US SWJ readers a great 4th of July BUT remember that are a large number of civil societies striving today around the world to achieve what we seem to sometimes take so for granted--rule of law, good governance and a transparent government.

And regardless of Russian propaganda we are not driving that agenda--their own civil societies are.

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Another case of a major western news media being "outed" by social media and yet they wonder why they are losing readership numbers.

Want to bet they do not publish a retraction of the article???

Is @BBC aware it is accomplice to Kremlin propaganda by characterizing Russia's invasion of Ukraine as a civil war? pic.twitter.com/cDSOuOPefE

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Russian Col-Gen A. Lentsov (JCCC) wanted a DMZ east of #Mariupol to free up his forces north of the city. He got it. https://twitter.com/24todayneteng/status/617259174179774464 …

Key point is: this is NOT a Russian retreat. It IS either a Russian deception tactic or beneficial control tactic.

Yes that is predictable, they will try to attack Shyrokyne sooner or later from the Northeast

Mariupol: "Left by militants positions are seeded with mines and being raked with fire" @0629ComUa https://twitter.com/0629ComUa/status/617262511423778816 …

Russian-backed militants continue firing on Ukrainian positions
http://uatoday.tv/politics/russian-backed-militants-continue-firing-on-ukrainian-positions-450285.html … pic.twitter.com/FTzXyi3AFs

Putin's “Conservative Values Project” and his 2014 invasion of #Ukraine - products of Kremlin political technology: http://www.aspeninstitute.cz/en/article/2-2015-is-russian-politics-still-virtual/ …

Navy Commander of Russia Admiral Chirkov confirmed that Russian companies can not build engines for Russian warships. http://www.blackseanews.net/read/101845

One of many "tractor operators & miners" fighting in E.Ukraine,this one from Russian Far East https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TH5cGFaWEyc … pic.twitter.com/unoNaPfSrm

Why Russia calls a limited nuclear strike "de-escalation" - Nikolai Sokov http://thebulletin.org/why-russia-calls-limited-nuclear-strike-de-escalation … via @BulletinAtomic 13 Mar 2014

Duma speaker says it would be in neither Moscow's nor Europe's interests for Russia to leave the Council of Europe.

Why because a number of Russian politicians get assigned there each year and the benefits of being in a foreign country other than Russia and the benefits of being paid in Euros.

Heavy smoke over Donetsk http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/4-july-heavy-smoke-over-donetsk … pic.twitter.com/ytpnJbcqCw via @666_mancer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0QC2v3Dqa4 …

Andriy Lysenko: Ukrainian troops fought off militant subversive attack by Shchastya, Luhansk region
http://uacrisis.org/27910-andrij-lysenko …
Russian Spetsnaz at work again--they had been on a break for a few days--must have been a troop rotation issue.

BOOK recommendation:
Angstrom, J. & Widen, J.J. (2015) Contemporary Military Theory: The Dynamics of War. Routledge
http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415643047/ …

Or just google > us army "area control" < We also recomm: Wylie (1967) Military Strategy: A General Theory of Power Control

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Really worth reading........

http://www.rand.org/blog/2014/12/yes-russias-military-is-getting-more-aggressive.html

Yes, Russia's Military Is Getting More Aggressive

by James T. Quinlivan


On Dec. 12, a Russian military jet came dangerously close to a Scandinavian Airlines passenger plane in international airspace near southern Sweden. Reportedly, the Russian aircraft was flying without its transponder active when the Swedish military detected it. The Swedes notified civilian air traffic control, which then diverted the civilian jet. A collision was avoided.

Immediately after the December incident, the Russians denied that their aircraft was anywhere near the passenger jet. But the near miss in the skies over Scandinavia was only the latest incident in a consistent pattern of Russian provocations and “who-me?” denials. In March 2014, a Russian reconnaissance aircraft came close enough to an SAS airliner departing from Copenhagen to require the airliner—carrying more than 100 passengers—to maneuver to avoid a collision.

For years, Russian aircraft have been doing fly-bys of European neighbors, largely without much public notice. But as Russia's relations with the United States and Europe have deteriorated in recent months following Moscow's annexation of Crimea and support for the rebels in eastern Ukraine, these incidents in the skies seem to have taken on a new urgency—they may even herald a revival of Cold War-era tactics.

Moscow's aggressive behavior is intended as an intimidating display of the Kremlin's strength, and perhaps even a reminder of Russian nuclear capability. But overreaction is the wrong response: These are annoying provocations, not serious dangers to Western Europe. As such, they should remind the United States and Europe that Russia's credible nuclear threats still spring from relative weakness—not strength. A new military doctrine issued by the Kremlin last week may look aggressive toward NATO and the West, but Putin is still more bark than bite.

After a hiatus that began in 1991, Russian aircraft returned to long-distance operations in 2007 with venerable Tupolev Tu-95 “Bear” bombers flying long-distance legs toward the United States coastline, near island bases in the Pacific, even intercepting American carrier task forces at sea. Over the last year, tactical aircraft have gradually been integrated into these flights, progressing in the last few months to short-range provocations of Russia's neighbors with fighter jets and intelligence aircraft.


Over the last year, tactical aircraft have gradually been integrated into these flights, progressing in the last few months to short-range provocations of Russia's neighbors with fighter jets and intelligence aircraft.

The recent spate of incidents with Russian aircraft over the Baltic have made headlines and prompted comments from Western officials. A recent report (PDF) by the European Leadership Network documented almost 40 incidents involving Russian aircraft or ships between March and November 2014 and pointed out that they were both more frequent and involved more risk than in previous years.

These provocations show no sign of abating. In November, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced that Russia would send bombers to the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. This sounds dramatic, but it merely extends the practice of sending Bear bombers on long-range flights toward Canada and the United States. In June, for example, Russian bombers with tanker and fighter escorts appeared off Alaska, where Canadian and American fighters intercepted and escorted them. The bombers continued as far south as northern California and produced a few “nuclear-capable bombers buzz California” stories in the media. During the September NATO summit in Wales, two Bear bombers ostentatiously flew up past Iceland to Greenland toward points from which Russia would have launched cruise missiles against American targets if the Cold War ever turned hot.

That some of Russia's most provocative flights came during the NATO summit might not be a coincidence. NATO's own use of airpower demonstrated its utility as a threat and helped put Moscow on the policy course it is pursuing today. Now largely forgotten in the West, the Kosovo War in 1999, when the United States and its NATO allies bombed Serbian targets to protect ethnic Kosovars, is remembered in Russia for two things, both of which are directly relevant to understanding why Moscow is provoking its neighbors.

First, after President Boris Yeltsin warned the West not to push Russia, the United States and NATO never sought permission from the United Nations to begin bombing. The NATO campaign humiliated Moscow and contributed to Yeltsin's resignation at the end of 1999. Second, U.S. and NATO airpower waged what the Russians subsequently described as a “contactless war” in which airpower savaged Serbian military, paramilitary, and regime targets with opposing ground troops never coming into contact.

The ramifications of the Kosovo War are still being felt. When Yeltsin resigned in December 1999, he turned over power to his prime minister, Vladimir Putin. And Putin, who is famous for holding grudges, remembers both the pain and the possibilities shown in the Kosovo War as he has attempted to rebuild Russian power and its sphere of influence.


Putin, who is famous for holding grudges, remembers both the pain and the possibilities shown in the Kosovo War as he has attempted to rebuild Russian power and its sphere of influence.

In the wake of the Kosovo War, the Russian military viewed NATO as aggressive and believed the alliance could intervene in another regional conflict and wage “contactless war” against a weakened Russian military. Under the catchphrase “de-escalation of military action,” Russian military theorists developed the concept of using nuclear weapons to bring a stop to conventional fighting before complete defeat. A series of large exercises beginning with Zapad-99 in 1999 were designed around scenarios of NATO intervening with advanced military forces into local conflicts in Russia's “near abroad,” such as Belarus and Kaliningrad, the Russian enclave between Lithuania and Poland. In the exercises, the conflicts escalated into major regional wars with Russian conventional forces losing to mass air attacks with precision weapons, as had the Serbs in Kosovo.

These exercises involved long-range aircraft including the Tupolev Tu-22 “Backfire” theater-range system and the Bear simulating attacks at depth—as well as concurrent launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles and submarine-launched ballistic missiles, which flew to the Kamchatka test range. At the time of the Zapad-99 exercise, then-Defense Minister Igor Sergeyev stated that the exercise involved nuclear weapons when conventional weapons had failed. These exercises demonstrated to the West that “de-escalation of military action” by nuclear use was more than a theoretical concept.

By 2000, nuclear weapons took a greater prominence in Russia's formal military doctrine, which stated (PDF) nuclear weapons could be used in situations “critical to the national security of the Russian Federation.” New doctrine also opened the possibility of nuclear first-use. Most outside observers agreed that the many weaknesses of Russia's military, the West's conventional ability and U.S. willingness to execute “contactless war,” and the Russian regime's fragility all gave credibility to the Kremlin's threat of a nuclear response in the case of a conventional defeat.

Russia's 2008 border war with Georgia demonstrated two important new considerations for Moscow. First, reorganized Russian ground forces built around contract soldiers rather than conscripts demonstrated greater skills and overall military capability than the forces that had failed in Chechnya in the late 1990s. These units are manned at higher levels as “permanently ready forces” than the rest of Russia's military and do not depend on the mobilization of reservists or additional conscripts to deploy to operations. The experience of defeating the Georgians gave the Russian military greater confidence that they could fight and win a local war. Second, NATO showed no interest in involving itself in the Georgian war as it had in Kosovo, which signaled to the Russians that the West is not always itching for a fight.

Russia issued a new military doctrine (PDF) in 2010 that seemed to reduce the role for nuclear weapons. The doctrine retained the possibility of nuclear first-use but said Russia would consider nuclear use only in situations in which “the very existence of the state” is under threat—a higher bar than “critical for national security,” the language used in the 2000 doctrine. Nuclear deterrence only works when both sides have a clear understanding of what is being deterred. The formal change in Russia's doctrine communicated that Moscow recognized less need for rapid recourse to nuclear measures.

The new military doctrine that President Putin signed on Dec. 26 is based on a four-month effort that began in September to revise the 2010 military doctrine. The tone of the latest document is much more defensive than the previous doctrine, with a heightened concern about NATO buildups on territories contiguous to Russia, as well as evolving forms of warfare such as information warfare and ballistic missile defenses.

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James T. Quinlivan is a senior operations research analyst at the nonprofit, nonpartisan RAND Corporation.

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Really worth reading........

http://www.rand.org/blog/2014/12/yes-russias-military-is-getting-more-aggressive.html

Yes, Russia's Military Is Getting More Aggressive

by James T. Quinlivan

Russia loses second MiG-29, fourth aircraft overall in past month to accident. Are they flying too hard? http://tinyurl.com/o4z2v5d .

Two Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bombers east of Gotland - Swedish fighter aircraft QRA intercept 4 July https://translate.google.ie/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dn.se%2Fnyheter%2Fsverige%2Frys ka-bombplan-nara-gotland%2F&edit-text= … via @rlgrpch

Two Russian TU-22 spotted near Swedish Island Gotland during Almedalen political festival.

Latitude 67N SIGINT @uascan
Who else besides south baltic sea got TU22 visits today? Active units at least:
13303
74502
74703
74708
77661
77664
77665

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Really worth reading........

http://www.rand.org/blog/2014/12/yes-russias-military-is-getting-more-aggressive.html

Yes, Russia's Military Is Getting More Aggressive

by James T. Quinlivan

MORE from RAND............

Will Putin Gamble All on a Broader Ukraine Invasion? http://www.rand.org/blog/2015/05/will-putin-gamble-all-on-a-broader-ukraine-invasion.html … via @RANDCorporation 26 May 2015

Russia's New Military Doctrine: Same as the Old Doctrine, Mostly http://www.rand.org/blog/2015/01/russias-new-military-doctrine-same-as-the-old-doctrine.html … via @RANDCorporation 15 Jan 2015

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Russian GRU is not noted for making massive sudden changes to TTPs-------

Priyom.org @priyom_org

Something that never happened before today: GRU's 11:00/10/20Z 200Bd/1000Hz FSK sked turned into 11:00/12:00Z English voice (E06) sked

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Liar Putin insists there are no RUS troops in UKR. Just half a dozen RUS generals and a nine thousand "vacationers". https://twitter.com/GorseFires/status/617286795194146816 …

Militants have consolidated their positions 2 km from Shyrokyne, the settlement likely mined - ATO spox
http://112.ua/ato/boeviki-zakrepili-svoi-pozicii-v-dvuh-kilometrah-ot-shirokino-poselok-veroyatno-zaminirovan-guculyak-242312.html …

Markov: people who raise the Ukrainian flag don't really support Ukraine, they are only against Russia and the Russian soul.

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http://www.rand.org/blog/2015/04/putin-eyes-wide-shut.html

Putin: Eyes Wide Shut

by F. Stephen Larrabee


The United States is entering a period of growing competition and tension in relations with Russia. The Russia that the United States faces today is more assertive and more unpredictable—and thus, in many ways, more dangerous—than the Russia that the United States confronted during the latter part of the Cold War.

The Russian leadership after Khrushchev's ouster in 1964 was essentially cautious and conservative. They were primarily interested in maintaining the political and territorial status quo in Eastern Europe, not promoting world revolution. In areas outside Europe, especially the Third World, Moscow relied on proxies such as Cuba to advance its interests. While rhetorically Moscow continued to pay lip service to world revolution, in practice the aging apparatchiks in the Kremlin were more interested in finding ways to enhance “strategic stability” and reduce the risks of nuclear war.

The Russia that the United States faces today is quite different. Under Putin, Russia has become a revisionist state. Putin believes that the European security system that emerged at the end of the Cold War is oriented against Russia and does not adequately reflect Russian interests and political ambitions. Putin believes Russia got the short end of the stick because it was weak and he is determined to undermine the post-Cold War security system in Europe and reshape it in ways that enhance Russian interests and influence.

Putin's speech at the Munich security conference in 2007 was intended to put the West on notice that Russia had its own national interests and was no longer willing to abide by the old rules of the Western game. Henceforth Russia would decide for itself which rules it would obey.

Brezhnev and company were risk-adverse. Putin is the opposite—a risk-taker. When challenged, his inclination is not to seek compromise but to double down and raise the ante, as he did in the wake of the shooting down of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 last July.

Instead of backing down, he increased the firepower and sophistication of the weapons he was supplying to the separatists in eastern Ukraine and sent several thousand well-armed and well-trained Russian regular army soldiers clandestinely into Ukraine. This bold move caught the Ukrainian government—and the West—by surprise, enabling Putin to deal a stunning blow to the Ukrainian forces, which up until that moment had been winning the war, and reverse the tide of the conflict.

The annexation of Crimea showed the same combination of boldness and readiness to take big risks. Confronted by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych's sudden ouster and the prospect that Ukraine might move swiftly and irreversibly into the Western camp, Putin annexed Crimea. The annexation caught Western leaders by surprise, leaving them flatfooted and unable to organize an effective response other than mild economic sanctions.

Indeed, Putin appears to have been surprised at the ease with which the annexation was realized. The Ukrainians put up no military resistance (they reportedly had been advised not to resist). At home the annexation was enthusiastically welcomed by the overwhelming majority of Russian citizens and resulted in a major boost in Putin's approval rating, which soared to over 85 percent.

What do these examples suggest about Putin's character and future behavior?

First, as noted, Putin is a risk-taker. He continually does the unexpected. That keeps his opponents off balance and allows Putin to control the state of play. The West, by contrast, is largely reactive, responding to moves Putin has made rather than taking the initiative and putting Putin on the defensive.

Second, Putin has likely been emboldened by the ease with which he has been able to achieve his objectives. This is likely to reinforce his belief that bold moves pay big dividends.

This suggests that rather than laying the groundwork for a negotiated settlement of the Ukrainian crisis, as many European leaders hope, the ceasefire agreed to in Minsk in February is likely to prove to be only a temporary respite before a new push on the part of the separatists, backed by Putin, to seize the port of Mariupol and establish a land bridge to Crimea that would enable Russia to more easily reinforce its forces in eastern Ukraine. This would be a bold and risky move, but Putin has shown time and again his willingness to take chances.

F. Stephen Larrabee holds the Distinguished Chair in European Security (Emeritus) at the nonprofit, nonpartisan RAND Corporation. He served on the National Security Council staff in the Carter Administration.

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http://www.unian.info/economics/1096931-kobolev-ukraine-seeking-to-investigate-gas-supplies-from-russia-to-donbas.html

Kobolev: Ukraine seeking to investigate gas supplies from Russia to Donbas

04.07.2015 | 16:16


Ukraine intends to carry out an international investigation into gas supplies from Russia to the occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, national energy company Naftogaz of Ukraine CEO Andriy Kobolev told Ukrainian TV Channel 5 on Friday night, according to the Ukrainian online newspaper Ukrainska Pravda.

"Gazprom declares that it has been supplying gas to those areas. We cannot confirm this because there is no way to check gas metering units there due to ongoing hostilities. We expected that Gazprom would have raised the issue in the Stockholm arbitration court. But they didn't," Kobolev said being quoted by Ukrainska Pravda.

"If supplies of Russian gas to the [occupied] territory have started, I think, this situation will require careful examination and perhaps specific investigative actions," he said.

"Is it legal and correct to supply gas to the organizations manifesting signs of terrorism? I think this issue will be addressed soon. We are interested in this situation being examined at international level. We have nothing to hide," he added.

As UNIAN reported earlier, Kobolev previously announced Ukraine could dispense with Russian gas, as it did last summer. He also noted that Russian gas could not be competitive without Moscow's "special discounts."

NOTICE ---indicates that Russia has not raised the issue with the Swedes even after demanding the Ukraine pay for the gas they supplied the Russian mercenaries.

We expected that Gazprom would have raised the issue in the Stockholm arbitration court. But they didn't," Kobolev said being quoted by Ukrainska Pravda.

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.@olliecarroll on East Ukraine:
"It is relatively calm but certainly not a ceasefire"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvQ3VnTIaB4&index=126&list=CLfZ4G11sf4mhqHJfNDmvSvg … pic.twitter.com/2lxL6a6kcw

Y do Russian's love Putin? It's simple, State TV doesn't report domestic news. Full BBC report http://bbc.in/1GOQox2 pic.twitter.com/tmCsos0X8V

Russian 'hybrid' forces fire a Grad-P rocket launcher somewhere in occupied-Donbas. Video 4 Jul https://youtu.be/MMNZLKCzgD8

Terrorists violate Minsk agreements keep shelling Ukrainian positions with 120 mm mortars, 122 mm guns, small arms. https://twitter.com/molodyko/status/617335797033906176 …

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BreakingFootage
Far East #RussianArmy ("DPR Battalion #Khan") training near #Telmanove.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xsu9pcN2hgI … pic.twitter.com/GUQHG5fMvM

Dutch furious as Russia blocks MH17 investigation
http://uatoday.tv/politics/july-17-marks-one-year-anniversary-of-airliner-crash-in-ukraine-447126.html …

VIDEO Village Berdianske (West of Mariupol) has been hit by Russian shelling.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I6o9vNAYDg …

WARNING >>@mkj1951<< is a well known and long-time Russian Troll messing w my timeline regularly. Block &ignore her. @raging545 @ofehr_en

Reddit AMA by ukrainian officier, who was fighting near the Donetsk Airport for 96 days during winter-spring 2015. https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraina/comments/3bq5qz/hi_reddit_im_ukrainian_officier_who_was_fighting/#csp3x85 …

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http://www.rferl.org/content/russian-generals-fighting-in-ukraine/27108296.html

Who Are The Russian Generals That Ukraine Says Are Fighting In The Donbas?

By Robert Coalson

July 03, 2015

The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) has prepared a dossier laying out evidence for what it calls "Russian aggression against Ukraine."

The report alleges there are some 9,000 Russian troops deployed in Ukraine, forming 15 battalion tactical groups. The force includes about 200 tanks, more than 500 armored fighting vehicles, and some 150 artillery systems, according to the dossier.

The SBU also identifies by name five Russian generals who it says are playing leading roles in commanding and coordinating the military forces of the separatists in eastern Ukraine.

Speaking to Bloomberg, New York University professor and specialist in Russian security services Mark Galeotti said that by "embedding their senior officers," the Russians are solidifying control over the separatist portions of Ukraine.

"Somewhere in Moscow they have made the decision this will be a long-term frozen conflict," Galeotti told Bloomberg.

Russia has consistently denied any military involvement in the conflict there.

RFE/RL takes a closer look at the six officers who have been implicated:


Major General Oleg Tsekov

Tsekov graduated from a military institute in Chelyabinsk in 1988. He then served in various parts of the Soviet Union and Mongolia.

He graduated from the Academy of the General Staff in 2011. The same year, he was appointed commander of the 200th motorized special-forces brigade of the Northern Fleet. In September 2014, the volunteer information service InformNapalm published evidence that the unit had been mobilized from Murmansk Oblast to Rostov Oblast, together with evidence that service personnel from the 200th had been identified in Ukraine.

Tsekov was promoted to major general (equivalent of a U.S. two-star general) on February 21, 2015.

The latest SBU dossier charges that Tsekov commands the so-called 2nd brigade of the separatist forces near Donetsk.

​Major General Valery Solodchuk

Born in Astrakhan, Solodchuk graduated from the paratroops institute in Ryazan in 1992. In 2012, he was named commander of the 7th guards air-assault division based in Novorossiisk. A media reference in 2014 identified Solodchuk as deputy commander of the 5th Army in the Far East.

Digital-forensic investigators have drawn attention to a soldier of the 7th guards air-assault division named Stanislav Ramensky. He posted on social media several photographs that seem to have been taken in Crimea in March 2014, when Russia annexed the peninsula from Ukraine. He also published a photograph of the medal and certificate he was given on April 14, 2014, "for the return of Crimea," which was signed by Solodchuk.

In an interview with Rossiiskaya Gazeta in March, Solodchuk was asked if the 7th guards air-assault division is a designated rapid-reaction unit within the Russian military. He answered that there are no such units and that the entire military is in a state of constant combat readiness. Asked if that meant that his unit is prepared to be ordered into battle at any moment, Solodchuk answered, "Exactly."

The SBU dossier charges that Solodchuk is the commander of so-called 1st Army Corps of Novorossia in the Donetsk area.

Major General Sergei Kuzovlev

Sergei Kuzovlev was born in 1967 and graduated from the paratroops institute in Ryazan in 1990. He also studied at the Academy of the General Staff. He was promoted to major general in February 2014. Since 2014, he has been chief of staff of the 58th Army based in Vladikavkaz.

In January, the Ukrainian SBU released an audio recording that it alleged showed Kuzovlev organizing the military forces of the self-proclaimed "Luhansk People's Republic" in eastern Ukraine. The SBU says Kuzovlev goes by the pseudonyms "Tambov" and "Ignatov."

​Major General Aleksei Zavizion

Aleskei Zavizion was born in Narva, Estonia, in 1965 and graduated from a military institute in Chelyabinsk in 1986. He served in the Far East, in Chechnya, and as commander of Russian forces in Tajikistan.

In 2009, he began studies at the Academy of the General Staff.

In March, Ukraine's SBU claimed Zavizion, using the nom de guerre Alagir, directed the shelling of Kramatorsk and Mariupol. Referring to Zavizion, SBU official Markiian Lubkivskyi wrote on Facebook that "a citizen of the Russian Federation...with the call sign Alagir is currently in Donetsk within the rotational assignment of running the Operational Headquarters since January 2015, coordinating military operations with the participation of representatives of illegal armed formations."

"Alagir is the person in charge of the deployment of artillery, mobile rocket systems, and heavy equipment," Lubkivskyi continued. "Major bloody attacks on Ukrainian cities, particularly on Kramatorsk and Mariupol, were carried out under his direct command and coordination."

Lubkivskyi also wrote that Zavizion was scheduled to be replaced by Russian Major General Andrei Gurulyov.

Major General Roman Shadrin

Roman Shadrin was born in Rostov Oblast in 1967 and graduated from a military institute in Kazan. He served in the Soviet contingent in East Germany after graduating in 1988. In 1995, he was awarded the Hero of Russia medal for his service during the first war in Chechnya. After service in Armenia and the North Caucasus, Shadrin was named deputy commander of Interior Ministry troops in the Urals region. In 2008, he served during the conflict with Georgia in the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia, after which he was promoted to major general.

In September 2013, he was elected to the Yekaterinburg City Duma from the ruling United Russia Party.

The SBU dossier says Shadrin is the so-called minister of state security for the self-proclaimed "Luhansk Peoples Republic" (LNR) in eastern Ukraine. According to a media report on July 3, Shadrin denies the allegation, saying he has only traveled to Ukraine's Donbas region "with a humanitarian mission."

The Yekaterinburg-based Novy Den news agency reported the same day that Shadrin has "repeatedly traveled to eastern Ukraine with humanitarian missions." It also noted that Shadrin resigned as chairman of the city legislature's security committee in January and quoted an unidentified source in the Yekaterinburg Duma as saying Shadrin "holds one of the top positions in the security service of the LNR."

The same source said it is not known when Shadrin will return to his duties in Yekaterinburg, but there have been no efforts to strip him of his mandate.

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It lookslike the Russians just had a collective training day off yesterday. And war is back again. https://twitter.com/loogunda/status/617227679172063232 …

Shelling reports and a few ground attack reports have not come in yet--last reports were from the 0600 timeframe..

[OUTLAW 09]

Reference the torture of Ukrainian POWs by Russian mercenaries----

Oh wow. This is actually ULTRA trolling. Because this man Sergei Zhuk or 'Moskva' tortured POWs himself:
https://twitter.com/RobPulseNews/status/606981039249104896 …

In this video Sergei Zhuk forced a POW to shoot his comrade if only there was a bullit in the pistol.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d9b_1428359155 …

Russia Cmdr. Sergei Zhuk is so deranged he forced1 #Ukraine POW to almost shoot his comrade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPjvlrttKjE … pic.twitter.com/xZFNCQb1WF

VIDEO Some Russian 'selfie' presenter showing that Strelkov NOR Motorola are, but Yarosh IS on Interpol wanted list.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=230&v=Xx2eiX4szqo …

[OUTLAW 09]

It lookslike the Russians just had a collective training day off yesterday. And war is back again. https://twitter.com/loogunda/status/617227679172063232 …

Shelling reports and a few ground attack reports have not come in yet--last reports were from the 0600 timeframe..

Going to be a long night tonight----
00:13 #Luhansk @East_lg "Again there?"
00:14 south @NataButikova Very close now, single [AA-gun] shot and some series after

23:56 #Luhansk @LUGANSKA_JUNTA AA-gun shots are heard

23:57 #Luhansk south @NataButikova Cannonade. "Did you hear? And what's it? Again hunting a UAV. Loud, close"

Maryinka @hyeva_maryinka [vk]
22:35 SA fire
23:20 Ttil now they were shooting in Sovkhoz & Novomaryinka dir'n. Now ceased

23:44 #Luhansk @LUGANSK_TODAY Explosion sounds in #Stanytsia_Luhanska direction are becoming [more intense/louder]

In Luhansk heard explosions from Stanitsa Luhanska http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/4-july-in-luhansk-heard-explosions-from-stanitsa-luhanska …

22:30 #Maryinka @666_mancer Rumble in #Novomaryinka as usually [after the sunset]

OSCE UAV recorded militant military hardware near Komsomolske. noting 9 MBTs, 4 armoured track vehicles, 28 APCs & 60 trucks

[OUTLAW 09]

As an American in Berlin who has been observing the social media side from the beginning of Maidan, through the Crimean annexation to the Russian open and blatant invasion of eastern Ukraine in August 2014 that the US wipes away as just an "incursion"----

-----it literally is painful to read an US mainstream online news media that should know better than release the following article as they are in full support of the Russian propaganda machine and yet seem oblivious to it.

This media outlet should have done their own fact checking but instead rolls over a number of arguments albeit from a different angle but still the same thought streams as the two Congressmen they referenced.

BUT better YET why did they not send one of their so called journalists to Mariupol and ask to be embedded with the Azov BN?????????

In order one might say to "check the facts on the ground" in real time and in a reality zone of the truth not fiction.

I and other social media types have completely destroyed the myth being propagated by the two Congressmen and even pointed out that a Russian lobbyist was behind their efforts--NOTICE The Daily Beast seems to have missed that simple fact.

Right now the Azov BN if in fact so "Nazi and white supremacist" then why does it enjoy such a high respect and support level in the eyes of the population of the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol???

Is The Daily Beast attempting o allude to the fact that all Ukrainians are Nazi white supremacists???

Why because they have been simply fighting and dying in the defense of the Ukraine which they have sworn allegiance to when they joined the MoI as a regular Ukrainian military unit. AND this since the earliest days of the Maidan--and they have lost many along the way in the defense of the Ukraine.

I am totally surprised that in the article which is not balanced at all --they did not attempt to even question some of what they themselves quote others on--what ever happened to US journalism with the concepts of "fair and balanced" and "due diligence"?

In some aspects--no actually the entire article reminds me in portions of the slated Russian propaganda that is streaming daily into the US and being simply passed on even in support of Russia or worse yet not even checked and passed on as the "so called truth".

If one really wants a solid understanding of Azov and the other "volunteer BNs" it is easily accomplished--just Google.

OR far better yet--if they were already in the Ukraine WHY did they not go straight to the war front and interview directly in the trenches as other reporters have done recently????????? WHAT better way to "fair and balanced".

Or better yet maybe The Daily Beast should become more active in the social media arena especially the Ukrainian media --I will be personally more than helpful if they need assistance.

Fair and balanced journalism really needs a helping hand --BUT The Daily Beast needs to fully understand Russian "informational conflict" and understand just how they have been "used" this time as have other mainstream US news media outlets.

Come on guys--what a title and yet you are not biased in your reporting and you are not slanting to Russian propaganda????

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/07/04/is-the-u-s-training-neo-nazis-in-ukraine.html

Jackboot Camp

07.04.1512:01 AM ET

Is America Training Neonazis in Ukraine?


Officially no, but no one in the U.S. government seem to know for sure.

There are no doubts about the neo-Nazi and white supremacist background of the Azov Battalion, a militia that has positioned itself at the forefront of the fight against Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. As the founder and head of the battalion Andriy Biletsky once put it, “The historic mission of our nation in this critical moment is to lead the White Races of the world in a final crusade for their survival.”

That Russian President Vladimir Putin and his propagandists exploit this fact, using it to build support for their aggression and to undermine the international effort to help Ukraine defend its independence, is undeniable. But knowing that, and wanting to resist that, does not resolve some very important questions about the basic facts.

What is the relationship of the U.S. government to these people? Is it training them? Might it arm them? Is this, like the Afghan war of the 1980s, one of those cases where we aid and abet the kind of monsters who eventually become our enemies? Concerns about that possibility have been growing on Capitol Hill.

Because of uncertainties surrounding the Azov Battalion’s role in the U.S. training initiative and worries about the possible supply of shoulder-held anti-aircraft missiles to such characters, the House unanimously adopted bipartisan amendments to H.R. 2685, the “Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 2015.” And one of them specifically blocks training of the “Ukrainian neo-Nazi paramilitary militia ‘Azov Battalion.’” Representatives John Conyers and Ted Yoho sponsored the amendment to the bill, which was passed unanimously by Congress.

This is in addition to criteria established in an amendment to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, originally sponsored by Sen. Patrick Leahy, known as “the Leahy Vetting Process.” The Leahy process consists of screening foreign forces applying for U.S. Government training and support to certify that they haven’t committed any “gross human rights violations.” If they are found to have done so, support is withheld.

But the highly problematic truth is that the U.S. currently has no real way of ensuring that members of neo-Nazi groups like the Azov Battalion are not being trained by U.S. forces, because most, if not all, have not committed a “gross human rights violation.” Even more difficult to determine is whether ex-U.S. military are training crypto-Nazis in a private capacity, and the issues speaks volumes about the complexities that have to be confronted by the United States in its efforts to help Ukraine defend itself from the Russian-supported secessionists.

In an interview with The Daily Beast, Sgt. Ivan Kharkiv of the Azov battalion talks about his battalion’s experience with U.S. trainers and U.S. volunteers quite fondly, even mentioning U.S. volunteers engineers and medics that are still currently assisting them. He also talks about the significant and active support from the Ukrainian diaspora in the U.S. As for the training they have and continue to receive from numerous foreign armed forces. Kharkiv says “We must take knowledge from all armies… We pay for our mistakes with our lives.”

Continued.....

The Ukrainian Ministry of Interior brings what one U.S. official calls a “mishmash” of troops, consisting of volunteers, members of militia battalions and official army to be trained, and the Leahy process exists to check and see if any have committed a “gross violation of human rights,” which most likely they have not—at least not yet. But much less care is given to the question of ideology. When officials are asked for details of any kind regarding how the vetting process actually functions, answers are ambiguous, details are scarce and the explanations become contradictory.

In an interview with The Daily Beast, the U.S. Army Public Affairs Officer from the 173rd Airborne Brigade training Ukrainian forces in Lviv in western Ukraine, Capt. Steven Modugno, says that no one from the Azov Battalion or Right Sector is being trained in Lviv because the embassy uses the Leahy vetting process, which is in place to make sure no one has committed any kind of gross human rights abuses. When asked about members of the Azov Battalion who have not committed gross human abuses, more specifically how they are screened out, he says, “You know that’s actually a great question. It’s one the State Department would need to answer.”

Continued.....

The Daily Beast then interviewed State Department representative, Press Officer Yarina Ferentsevych of the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine. Ferentsevych told us, “At this point, as far as we are aware, no”—that is, no members of Azov. “Whether or not some may be in the lineup, that is possible. But frankly, you know, our vetting screens for human rights violations, not for ideology. Neo-Nazis, you know, can join the U.S. army too. The battalions that are in question have been integrated as part of Ukraine’s National Guard, and so the idea is that they would be eligible for training, but in all honesty I cannot tell you if there are any on the list we train. There were not any in the first rotation as far as I am aware.”

Ferentsevych confirms that it is practically impossible to know which trainees are from which battalion, “It’s a mishmash of folks: volunteers, soldiers, war heroes, Maidan veterans—I mean I couldn’t tell you, you know, short of investigating the background of each guy.”

Continued..........

When we asked PAO Capt. Modugno whether it was possible to detect all the Azov guys who are dispersed into the national guard battalions, he told us, “I don’t know if any of them could get through.” He explained that he is not an expert on the Leahy vetting process, but, “From what I’ve seen here, I haven’t seen any extremists, I’ve seen patriots.” The acting head of Ukraine’s national guard, Mykola Balan, told The Daily Beast, “Azov hasn’t been trained by the U.S. military. Currently they are at the front line.”

Continued.....

The Azov Battalion not only answers directly to the Ministry of Interior, but it is ingrained deeply in that structure. The founder and head of Azov, Andriy Biletsky works closely with the Ukrainian Ministry of Interior and as the BBC reported last year, “The Azov Battalion was formed and armed by Ukraine’s interior ministry.”

Continued............

[OUTLAW 09]

As an American in Berlin who has been observing the social media side from the beginning of Maidan, through the Crimean annexation to the Russian open and blatant invasion of eastern Ukraine in August 2014 that the US wipes away as just an "incursion"----

-----it literally is painful to read an US mainstream online news media that should know better than release the following article as they are in full support of the Russian propaganda machine and yet seem oblivious to it.

This media outlet should have done their own fact checking but instead rolls over a number of arguments albeit from a different angle but still the same thought streams as the two Congressmen they referenced.

BUT better YET why did they not send one of their so called journalists to Mariupol and ask to be embedded with the Azov BN?????????

In order one might say to "check the facts on the ground" in real time and in a reality zone of the truth not fiction.

I and other social media types have completely destroyed the myth being propagated by the two Congressmen and even pointed out that a Russian lobbyist was behind their efforts--NOTICE The Daily Beast seems to have missed that simple fact.

Right now the Azov BN if in fact so "Nazi and white supremacist" then why does it enjoy such a high respect and support level in the eyes of the population of the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol???

Is The Daily Beast attempting o allude to the fact that all Ukrainians are Nazi white supremacists???

Why because they have been simply fighting and dying in the defense of the Ukraine which they have sworn allegiance to when they joined the MoI as a regular Ukrainian military unit. AND this since the earliest days of the Maidan--and they have lost many along the way in the defense of the Ukraine.

I am totally surprised that in the article which is not balanced at all --they did not attempt to even question some of what they themselves quote others on--what ever happened to US journalism with the concepts of "fair and balanced" and "due diligence"?

In some aspects--no actually the entire article reminds me in portions of the slated Russian propaganda that is streaming daily into the US and being simply passed on even in support of Russia or worse yet not even checked and passed on as the "so called truth".

If one really wants a solid understanding of Azov and the other "volunteer BNs" it is easily accomplished--just Google.

OR far better yet--if they were already in the Ukraine WHY did they not go straight to the war front and interview directly in the trenches as other reporters have done recently????????? WHAT better way to "fair and balanced".

Or better yet maybe The Daily Beast should become more active in the social media arena especially the Ukrainian media --I will be personally more than helpful if they need assistance.

Fair and balanced journalism really needs a helping hand --BUT The Daily Beast needs to fully understand Russian "informational conflict" and understand just how they have been "used" this time as have other mainstream US news media outlets.

Come on guys--what a title and yet you are not biased in your reporting and you are not slanting to Russian propaganda????

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/07/04/is-the-u-s-training-neo-nazis-in-ukraine.html

Jackboot Camp

07.04.1512:01 AM ET

Is America Training Neonazis in Ukraine?

Are the authors attempting in this last paragraph of the article to state openly that all members of the Ukrainian military/government ARE NAZI's as this is exactly the same Russian info war media line they use--so is in effect The Daily Beast working for the Russian info war side of the house?

As Congressman Charlie Wilson, the godfather of American support for the Afghan mujahedeen once said, looking back on the disaster that followed their “victory,” “These things happened. They were glorious and they changed the world… and then we ####ed up the endgame.” The United States’ desire to train Ukrainian troops comes from the right place—the need to stop Russian covert and overt aggression. The problem is that the Azov battalion is nuzzled so deeply into the Ukrainian government that they are nearly impossible to weed out.

[OUTLAW 09]

As an American in Berlin who has been observing the social media side from the beginning of Maidan, through the Crimean annexation to the Russian open and blatant invasion of eastern Ukraine in August 2014 that the US wipes away as just an "incursion"----

-----it literally is painful to read an US mainstream online news media that should know better than release the following article as they are in full support of the Russian propaganda machine and yet seem oblivious to it.

This media outlet should have done their own fact checking but instead rolls over a number of arguments albeit from a different angle but still the same thought streams as the two Congressmen they referenced.

BUT better YET why did they not send one of their so called journalists to Mariupol and ask to be embedded with the Azov BN?????????

In order one might say to "check the facts on the ground" in real time and in a reality zone of the truth not fiction.

I and other social media types have completely destroyed the myth being propagated by the two Congressmen and even pointed out that a Russian lobbyist was behind their efforts--NOTICE The Daily Beast seems to have missed that simple fact.

Right now the Azov BN if in fact so "Nazi and white supremacist" then why does it enjoy such a high respect and support level in the eyes of the population of the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol???

Is The Daily Beast attempting o allude to the fact that all Ukrainians are Nazi white supremacists???

Why because they have been simply fighting and dying in the defense of the Ukraine which they have sworn allegiance to when they joined the MoI as a regular Ukrainian military unit. AND this since the earliest days of the Maidan--and they have lost many along the way in the defense of the Ukraine.

I am totally surprised that in the article which is not balanced at all --they did not attempt to even question some of what they themselves quote others on--what ever happened to US journalism with the concepts of "fair and balanced" and "due diligence"?

In some aspects--no actually the entire article reminds me in portions of the slated Russian propaganda that is streaming daily into the US and being simply passed on even in support of Russia or worse yet not even checked and passed on as the "so called truth".

If one really wants a solid understanding of Azov and the other "volunteer BNs" it is easily accomplished--just Google.

OR far better yet--if they were already in the Ukraine WHY did they not go straight to the war front and interview directly in the trenches as other reporters have done recently????????? WHAT better way to "fair and balanced".

Or better yet maybe The Daily Beast should become more active in the social media arena especially the Ukrainian media --I will be personally more than helpful if they need assistance.

Fair and balanced journalism really needs a helping hand --BUT The Daily Beast needs to fully understand Russian "informational conflict" and understand just how they have been "used" this time as have other mainstream US news media outlets.

Come on guys--what a title and yet you are not biased in your reporting and you are not slanting to Russian propaganda????

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/07/04/is-the-u-s-training-neo-nazis-in-ukraine.html

Jackboot Camp

07.04.1512:01 AM ET

Is America Training Neonazis in Ukraine?

The Daily Beast should do a far better job at fact checking those they quote---spend some time and double check these two sources and who they ultimately work for info war wise????

Jack Harris, the Official Opposition Critic for Defense for the New Democratic Party of Canada raised concerns about what forces Canada could end up training. “If they’ve integrated (Azov) into the larger organization, then we will be seeking clarification from Mr. Kenney [Canadian Minister of Defense] about what is happening here,” Harris said. Retired Canadian diplomat turned consultant for the International Organization of Migration in Moscow, James Bissett has argued that it would not be possible to detect all the Azov members dispersed into the National Guard battalions. Bissett told the Ottawa Citizen, “These militias [such as Azov] are being merged with Ukraine’s military so we won’t be able to determine who we are training.”

Example--quoting a Canadian working fully for a Russian government agency the IOM which was opened in 1992 by Russia , is fully funded by Russia and is part and parcel of the Russian government makes this source "fair and balanced" AND not in the least bit biased?

A well known US professor just got fired from a major Russian university for just having "western pictures on the walls of his office--and the Russian rector's comments--"well in these times". So a Canadian expat working for a Russian agency is what "not going to walk the party line if he wants to continue working in Moscow"????

AND a rep from the opposition party in Canada is not going to take the time to "ding" the ruling Canadian political party??? WHY was there no attempt to contact the "official Canadian government"? Especially since Canada has been a major supporter of the Ukraine in a number of ways.

Come on TDB--I know you can fact check better than this--slanting is extremely easy and makes for great articles--but due diligence is something the US media use to pride itself on.

[OUTLAW 09]

AND the war just keeps grinding onward on the eastern front--YET not a single comment from Obama. Hollande, Merkel--it is almost like they simply want it to "disappear".

Especially since Hollande and Merkel were key in getting Minsk 1 and 2 done.

Shellings and ground attacks all night and into this morning.

1st Guards Tank Army "...to coordinate a military group deployed on the border with Ukraine"? http://bmpd.livejournal.com/1324525.html

Other sources (translations):
http://rushincrash.com/uncategorized/bloggers-have-learned-about-recreating-guards-tank-army-katukova/ …
http://latestnewsresource.com/en/news/bloggery-uznali-o-vossozdanii-gvardejskoj-tankovoj-armii-katukova …

Russian Ground Forces has a new armoured formation garrisoned in Moscow region: 1st Guards Tank Army (Interfax 4 Jun) pic.twitter.com/T3ZMgO0AW7

Well so much for the “so called demilitarization” and Russian pullback—did not pull back artillery.

08:12 #Maryinka @hyeva_maryinka [vk] "As for now it is quiet, the night was hot a bit"

07:45 @Shrik_E It ceased https://twitter.com/loogunda/status/617551965850062848 …

Russian artillery fire near frontline #Starohnativka / #Bila_Kamyanka (west of #Rozdolne where RU forces conc) 5 July pic.twitter.com/cLrEay6SGS

07:16 #Starohnativka @Staroignatievca They've ceased

07:32 #Dokuchaevsk & #Novotroitske @Shrik_E Small arms and artillery

06:50 #Starobesheve @hubeshevo It sounds like an artillery battle between #Starohnativka & #Rozdolne is in progress

#Starohnativka @Staroignatievca
06:16 Artillery pounds
06:40 Outgoing for sure,maybe incoming,battle intensifies,tanks joined

00:15 #Luhansk East @LuhanskJunta We also hear some large stuff. 2 times just now
@Renovatio_UA Audible, but not large one

00:13 #Luhansk VVAUSh area @NataButikova Again this large calibre[machine gun]
00:15 GerStal area @roroko1980 I can also hear

07:34 #Dokuchaevsk @shuttle1907 Shooting in the south town part, ambulance sped [there]

[OUTLAW 09]

A recent Russian ethnic development study seemed to indicate that by 2025 Muslims will be the dominate ethnic group in all of Russia--far out numbering ethnic Russians.

No wonder why IS is supporting fellow Islamists in Russia these days.

Russia's Invisible War: Crackdown on Salafi Muslims in Dagestan https://youtu.be/rfjsgSiBkZQ via @YouTube

newsru.com/russia/04jul2015/kizilurt.html … Two militants are killed in a "counter-terrorist" special op in Dagestan. 44 pounds of explosives discovered.

More Russian info war----
Russian TV misleads viewers about scale of European sympathy for Ukraine separatists http://bbc.in/1GWA1i8 pic.twitter.com/VdNLEuNbID

[OUTLAW 09]

An article well worth reading from someone knowledgeable in the field of Russia and Russian political drivers.

http://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.de/2015/07/moscow-brings-its-traditional-divide.html

Saturday, July 4, 2015

Moscow Brings Its Traditional Divide-and-Rule Approach Back to the Three Baltic Countries

Paul Goble


Staunton, July 4 – A call by some Duma members for the Russian government to review and declare illegal the Soviet government’s recognition of Baltic independence in September 1991 has attracted widespread attention and concern as an indication of Moscow’s intentions but ultimately ridicule as otherwise meaningless grandstanding.

But there are other straws in the wind which suggest some in the Russian government are laying the groundwork for a more aggressive stance against the Baltic states, and two of them which have appeared this week, while they have received little notice internationally, may ultimately be a more important signal of the Kremlin’s plans.

That is because they reflect the longstanding Russian tactic of “divide-and-rule,” which in this case means the playing up of differences or even the creation of differences where they do not exist among the three Baltic countries in order to make it more difficult for these three NATO members to cooperate with each other and with the Western alliance as well.

The first involves a Latvian activist of the Association Against Nazism, a group that has often followed Moscow’s line. Janis Kruzinis has launched a petition campaign on the manabalss.lv portal to seek “’the return of the territory of Palanga” from Lithuania (ru.delfi.lt/news/live/latviec-sobiraet-podpisi-za-vozvraschenie-palangi-latvii.d?id=68404500).

Kruzinis says that such a return would resolve “a historical dispute about the sea border between Latvia and Lithuania and return Palanga kray which historically was the territory of Latvia.” Latvia would benefit, he continues, because there are supposedly oil deposits in the region and because of new jobs for Latvians in the restored Latvian region.

He wants the Latvian parliament seek the help of the EU to review the agreement about the borders between Latvia and Lithuania. According to him, Latvia handed over Palanga kray to Lithuania in 1921 because “Lithuania did not have an outlet to the Baltic Sea.” But in 1923, Lithuania obtained Klaipeda kray which gave it one but did not return Palanga to Riga’s control.
In a little over two weeks, slightly more than 10,000 people have signed Kruzinis’ petition, although it is unclear what this will lead to except for the possibility of sparking tensions between Latvians and Lithuanians, something Moscow would be certain to exploit in the event of a crisis.

The second case is more curious but equally disturbing. It comes from the pen of Dimitry Klensky, notorious for his pro-Russian and anti-Estonian writings and activism. In “an appeal compatriots,” the activist notes that five pro-Russian activists were arrested in Riga at the end of June but that Russians in Estonia have failed to react (iarex.ru/articles/51867.html).

“The Union of Organizations of Russian Compatriots of Estonia and the Coordinating Council of Russian Compatriots of Estonia have remained silent. Social and cultural organizations and rights activists have as well, including the Russian School in Estonia, the Pushkin Institute, the Russian Academic Society of Estonia, the Assembly of National Minorities of Estonia, the local Russian press and intelligentsia,” Klensky says.

Moreover, he continues, “Russian-speaking and Russian social-political activists, representatives of political parties which consider themselves to be on the left, the Social Democrats and the Centrists have said nothing as well.” And the major Russian websites in Estonia have ignored what is going on in Riga.

“This creates the impression,” he continues, “that in Estonia, the local Security Police has already successfully dealt with the suppression of any dissent” much as their predecessors did in pre-war Estonia, albeit with more modern methods, including “easily falsified electronic elections” and buying off ethnic Russians with grants and high pay.

“Silence in such conditions,” Klensky says, “means approval of the existing situation when democratic institutions have become decorations in the form of democracy. The silence of the Russian and Russian-language population, almost a third of the population of the country, speaks to its moral-ethnic repression” by “an ethnocratic state.”

Klensky, of course, is not open to the possibility that the Baltic countries have treated the ethnic Russians sufficiently well that the overwhelming majority of them are loyal citizens even if they identify with Russian culture. But unfortunately, he is not the only one of whom that is true, and Moscow seems set to launch a new effort on the basis of its own misconception.

[OUTLAW 09]

I would personally suggest to this author that he simply take the time to Google---"Putin wants a new Yalta" and then read ehat is available in the open source world and THEN ask himself a simple question''Is what I am writing suggesting here actually what Putin wants from the West"---if the answer is yes then the author has it all wrong in the following article.

After that THEN he should Google "what are Putin's three geo political goals that he wants and has voiced since 2002".

THEN he should ask himself---is the new Russian UW strategy just the "means to achieve these three geo political goals as defined by the current Russian political warfare?

But to refresh the author--they are;

1. discredit and destroy NATO as a military force to be reckoned with in Europe thus allowing Russian military hegemony over European

2. discredit and damage the EU as a political and economic force in Europe allowing Russian political and economical hegemony

3. disconnect the US from Europe thus replacing the US military/political and economic influence in Europe by Russia

So in view of all of the above and in full view that sanctions and "diplomacy" have basically failed in deterring Russian expansionism using language as the doctrine---WHAT is this article states that it eill counter what Putin wants as defined above??

Actually Dtente Plus is a simple rehash of what Putin really wants--"a new Yalta" where Russia has a "zone of privileged control".

Notice Russia does not talk about "sphere of influence"--AND they had deliberately not defined "what a zone of privileged control actually means".

For Putin that is a zone from Portugal to the far eastern Russian--all under Russian hegemony.

THE author absolutely does not go into this and WHY should he as then his whole thesis for the article would be null and void.

I would and the author does not argue the point---WE the US have absolutely no strategy so I am amazed he is talking about one that failed????

The selected two paras from the article go to the heart of what many pundits in the US simply refuse to accept---Russia has a strategy--it is the destruction of "neo-liberalism" as represented by the US and the replacement of the US by Russia as the European hegemon.

AND if talking and sanctions are not getting Putin's attention then it is time to use other means to indicate he has crossed a fine line in Europe.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/07/05/america-s-losing-russia-strategy.html?via=desktop&source=twitter

Reset
07.05.1512:01 AM ET

Americas Losing Russia Strategy

Leslie H. Gelb

Confronting Putin isnt enough to restore peace on Russias borders. Whats needed is Dtente Plus.


Continued......................


The aim of a new diplomatic strategyI like to call it Dtente Plusis to explore seriously whether Russia is prepared to work with the U.S. in Europe and elsewhere to solve or mitigate genuine common problems based on genuine shared or overlapping interests. Dtente Plus, which I have elaborated fully in the current issue of The National Interest magazine, has to proceed from the commonsensical judgment that Russia does have legitimate interests that should not be ignored, and that Russia remains a great power in many parts of the world, if no longer a superpower.

Russia has been helpful to the U.S. in the Iran nuclear negotiations and probably carries more clout in these talks than Washingtons other partners. Moscow also has been very helpful in fighting international terrorism, where the Russians have significant capabilities. Indeed they are probably more worried about the rise of Islamic terrorism in the Middle East than is the U.S., because they see a direct and profound connection between these Sunni jihadis and Muslim extremists in the North Caucuses. These shared fears provide a shared interest, say, in working with President Bashar al-Assad of Syria against ISIS. And its not bad at all to be close enough to Moscow to play it off against China, and of course, vice versa.

None of this, however, solves the matters of Ukraine and the Baltic States. These situations are very dangerous and made much more so by Russias new and threatening rhetoric and modernized nuclear capabilities. It should make Westerners worry, really worry, when Moscow refers to using nuclear weapons as a de-escalatory measure. This kind of talk makes use of nuclear weapons sound too easy. Simply put, the West should not want to test Moscows underlying intentions here, nor provoke Moscow into testing Americas interests.

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I would personally suggest to this author that he simply take the time to Google---"Putin wants a new Yalta" and then read ehat is available in the open source world and THEN ask himself a simple question''Is what I am writing suggesting here actually what Putin wants from the West"---if the answer is yes then the author has it all wrong in the following article.

After that THEN he should Google "what are Putin's three geo political goals that he wants and has voiced since 2002".

THEN he should ask himself---is the new Russian UW strategy just the "means to achieve these three geo political goals as defined by the current Russian political warfare?

But to refresh the author--they are;

1. discredit and destroy NATO as a military force to be reckoned with in Europe thus allowing Russian military hegemony over European

2. discredit and damage the EU as a political and economic force in Europe allowing Russian political and economical hegemony

3. disconnect the US from Europe thus replacing the US military/political and economic influence in Europe by Russia

So in view of all of the above and in full view that sanctions and "diplomacy" have basically failed in deterring Russian expansionism using language as the doctrine---WHAT is this article states that it eill counter what Putin wants as defined above??

Actually Detente Plus is a simple rehash of what Putin really wants--"a new Yalta" where Russia has a "zone of privileged control".

Notice Russia does not talk about "sphere of influence"--AND they had deliberately not defined "what a zone of privileged control actually means".

For Putin that is a zone from Portugal to the far eastern Russian--all under Russian hegemony.

THE author absolutely does not go into this and WHY should he as then his whole thesis for the article would be null and void.

I would and the author does not argue the point---WE the US have absolutely no strategy so I am amazed he is talking about one that failed????

The selected two paras from the article go to the heart of what many pundits in the US simply refuse to accept---Russia has a strategy--it is the destruction of "neo-liberalism" as represented by the US and the replacement of the US by Russia as the European hegemon.

AND if talking and sanctions are not getting Putin's attention then it is time to use other means to indicate he has crossed a fine line in Europe.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/07/05/america-s-losing-russia-strategy.html?via=desktop&source=twitter

Reset
07.05.1512:01 AM ET

Americas Losing Russia Strategy

Leslie H. Gelb

Confronting Putin isnt enough to restore peace on Russias borders. Whats needed is Dtente Plus.


Continued......................

I would argue the author does not get it--and has swallowed hook, line and sinker the Russian myth--"we need the Russians help in Syria, Iran and with IS". Russian propaganda has been singing that "myth" now since the Crimea annexation and that this author did not mention that is in itself interesting. It is the Russian way of signaling "leave us alone in the Ukraine and we will assist you" thus we can get back to business as usual.

Am mildly surprised the author does not recognize that since the US has no real Russian strategy the US has in fact taken a hit to it's image and some in Europe simply are now starting to believe the US does not stand behind anything it says, does and or signs.

Syria--Russian has supported Assad with literally billions in weapons and supplied everything he has needed to keep bombing his own civilian population and YET Russia has resisted calls to stop the weapons and allow humanitarian aid into the country. Even this week Russia openly called the West out for not supporting Assad and stated they would continue to support him which would I assume mean still shipping weapons.

Right now Assad is on the verge of losing power as the Syrian rebels have basically been defeating his army and attacking IS massively over the last year--Russia is on the losing side SO exactly why do we need their help?????

Iran---Russia has been doing weapons deals and oil/food deals behind our backs for years as well continuing to do nuclear power plant deals--it has been the tough sanctions that has brought Iran to the table NOT Russian assistance.

IS---right now if one is seriously looking at IS threats--IS is a direct threat to Russia as by 2025 the ethnic majority of Russians will be Muslims not ethnic Russians and IS has declared literally war on Russia in her southern republics and Russia is fighting right now a massive hidden anti Islamic war in Dagestan.

Russia needs our help not vice versa so why are we allowing Russia to dictate the terms of the relationship??

So with that mind why is the article by this author helpful???? It is not ---as it does not provide any form of answers as it misses completely Russian geo political intent.

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OSCE_SMM: Ukrainian side and "DPR" failed to agree on plan of demilitarization for #Shyrokyne

http://www.mariupol.tv/news/war/mariupol/4787/ukraina_i_boeviki_ne_dogovorils_o_demilitarizacii_ shirokino_obse.html … via @Mariupol_TV

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As an American in Berlin who has been observing the social media side from the beginning of Maidan, through the Crimean annexation to the Russian open and blatant invasion of eastern Ukraine in August 2014 that the US wipes away as just an "incursion"----

-----it literally is painful to read an US mainstream online news media that should know better than release the following article as they are in full support of the Russian propaganda machine and yet seem oblivious to it.

This media outlet should have done their own fact checking but instead rolls over a number of arguments albeit from a different angle but still the same thought streams as the two Congressmen they referenced.

BUT better YET why did they not send one of their so called journalists to Mariupol and ask to be embedded with the Azov BN?????????

In order one might say to "check the facts on the ground" in real time and in a reality zone of the truth not fiction.

I and other social media types have completely destroyed the myth being propagated by the two Congressmen and even pointed out that a Russian lobbyist was behind their efforts--NOTICE The Daily Beast seems to have missed that simple fact.

Right now the Azov BN if in fact so "Nazi and white supremacist" then why does it enjoy such a high respect and support level in the eyes of the population of the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol???

Is The Daily Beast attempting o allude to the fact that all Ukrainians are Nazi white supremacists???

Why because they have been simply fighting and dying in the defense of the Ukraine which they have sworn allegiance to when they joined the MoI as a regular Ukrainian military unit. AND this since the earliest days of the Maidan--and they have lost many along the way in the defense of the Ukraine.

I am totally surprised that in the article which is not balanced at all --they did not attempt to even question some of what they themselves quote others on--what ever happened to US journalism with the concepts of "fair and balanced" and "due diligence"?

In some aspects--no actually the entire article reminds me in portions of the slated Russian propaganda that is streaming daily into the US and being simply passed on even in support of Russia or worse yet not even checked and passed on as the "so called truth".

If one really wants a solid understanding of Azov and the other "volunteer BNs" it is easily accomplished--just Google.

OR far better yet--if they were already in the Ukraine WHY did they not go straight to the war front and interview directly in the trenches as other reporters have done recently????????? WHAT better way to "fair and balanced".

Or better yet maybe The Daily Beast should become more active in the social media arena especially the Ukrainian media --I will be personally more than helpful if they need assistance.

Fair and balanced journalism really needs a helping hand --BUT The Daily Beast needs to fully understand Russian "informational conflict" and understand just how they have been "used" this time as have other mainstream US news media outlets.

Come on guys--what a title and yet you are not biased in your reporting and you are not slanting to Russian propaganda????

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/07/04/is-the-u-s-training-neo-nazis-in-ukraine.html

Jackboot Camp

07.04.1512:01 AM ET

Is America Training Neonazis in Ukraine?

If the author had really wanted to shake some trees in the US--just why is it that the author seems to have forgotten that there are eight different Russian neo Nazi groups fighting in the Donbass AND why has he not reported on the Russian neo Nazi/ultra nationalist meeting held recently in St. Petersburg?

There were also reps from the various European neo right/ultra nationalists groups as well and two from the US white supremacist group the Charleston killer got his motivation from.

Why is that???

And if he had done is home work he would have known this as well.

Better slap an embargo in Germany then, most of its towns have "Naziish" symbols as their coat of arms pic.twitter.com/ZqIIn4fWIi


Social media has published reams of photos, FB pages, videos and interviews on Russian Nazi's and Nazi groups who are currently fighting in eastern ukraine--YET not a single comment by the author of just how is that Russian neo Nazi's are fighting "so called Ukrainian neo Nazi's " who conducted a junta in Kyiv---??

"Nazi's fighting Nazi's in Central Europe"--now that is a title.

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REALITYCHECK
"In our forces, 90% are Russians, and the rest are citizens of Donetsk."
- A.Negrebetskikh;deputy commander of the DPR army

BreakingNews
5 Ukrainian troops KIA
10 WIA
in Russian attacks across the #Minsk demarcation line yesterday.

Novorossiya" Kamaz and Ural w/ "DPR" plates.
Support vehicles not yet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPo6KNIRDSs …
pic.twitter.com/6XYWDjiVI4

Crimean nightclub owner says it's a big mystery why there are no customers this year. Is it really a mystery? pic.twitter.com/Eek8UOtuMN

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Sigh............................what can one say about Russian propaganda these days?

Another perfect example of Russian propaganda 4Ds—dismiss, distract, distort, dismay designed to create the 2Ds—distrust and doubt.

http://sputniknews.com/russia/20150705/1024224498.html

Dutch Draft MH17 Crash Report ‘Inconclusive’ - Russian Aviation Official

Russia

12:54 05.07.2015

A Russian aviation official said a draft Dutch report into last year's crash of Malaysian Airlines flight 17 in eastern Ukraine "raises more questions than it gives answers."

MH17 International Tribunal Would Be Untimely, Counterproductive – Moscow


The Dutch Safety Board has made the draft available to representatives of Malaysia, Ukraine, the US, Russia, Britain, Australia and the Netherlands.

Oleg Storchevoi, a deputy chief of Rosaviatsiya, said Thursday the agency had complaints regarding both the technical data and the arguments in the report, according to Russian news agencies. He gave no further details.

Russia insists that the Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 was shot down by either a Ukrainian BUK surface-to-air missile or a rocket fired by a Ukrainian Air Force jet.

The Netherlands has said that it wants to set up an international tribunal to prosecute those suspected of having shot down flight MH17.

Russia opposed the idea with Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov calling the plan "untimely and counterproductive."

Without Russia’s cooperation at the UN Security Council, the chances of holding such a tribunal look fairly slim.

[OUTLAW 09]

Sigh............................what can one say about Russian propaganda these days?

Another perfect example of Russian propaganda 4Ds—dismiss, distract, distort, dismay designed to create the 2Ds—distrust and doubt.

http://sputniknews.com/russia/20150705/1024224498.html

Dutch Draft MH17 Crash Report ‘Inconclusive’ - Russian Aviation Official

Russia

12:54 05.07.2015

A Russian aviation official said a draft Dutch report into last year's crash of Malaysian Airlines flight 17 in eastern Ukraine "raises more questions than it gives answers."

MH17 International Tribunal Would Be Untimely, Counterproductive – Moscow

All 6 propaganda Ds in one press release--not easy but Sputnik makes it possible.

[OUTLAW 09]

Latitude 67N SIGINT @uascan
Some RuAF VHF conms activity in baltic sea. IL20?

Some interesting facts and stats on Russian state TV news and how it has changed during the Ukraine crisis http://www.bbc.co.uk/monitoring/how-russian-tv-changed-during-ukraine-crisis …

Footage
Russian Army "Battalion Diesel" tank training in occupied #Donbas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MG9untUOL5Y …
pic.twitter.com/vPfrl2zBlL

Russian mercenary returning from Ukraine: "70% of fighters in Donbass are Russians. Locals are not serious fighters." http://karelnovosti.ru/society/dobrovolec-iz-karelii-rasskazal-kak-voeval-na-donbasse-s-nacistami/ …

RF logic emerges > @Amb_Yakovenko: After agreement with Iran no justification for US missile shield in Europe pic.twitter.com/oiwjBrW85N”

Seems Russian ambassador forgot the Iranian long range missile developments—wonder why????
WHICH BTW did not fall under the nuclear negotiations and still be sanctioned.

Haven't seen a Russian tank in Ukraine video for at least 50 mins. So here's a fresh one, 5 Jul https://youtu.be/MG9untUOL5Y?t=1s …

[OUTLAW 09]

As an American in Berlin who has been observing the social media side from the beginning of Maidan, through the Crimean annexation to the Russian open and blatant invasion of eastern Ukraine in August 2014 that the US wipes away as just an "incursion"----

-----it literally is painful to read an US mainstream online news media that should know better than release the following article as they are in full support of the Russian propaganda machine and yet seem oblivious to it.

This media outlet should have done their own fact checking but instead rolls over a number of arguments albeit from a different angle but still the same thought streams as the two Congressmen they referenced.

BUT better YET why did they not send one of their so called journalists to Mariupol and ask to be embedded with the Azov BN?????????

In order one might say to "check the facts on the ground" in real time and in a reality zone of the truth not fiction.

I and other social media types have completely destroyed the myth being propagated by the two Congressmen and even pointed out that a Russian lobbyist was behind their efforts--NOTICE The Daily Beast seems to have missed that simple fact.

Right now the Azov BN if in fact so "Nazi and white supremacist" then why does it enjoy such a high respect and support level in the eyes of the population of the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol???

Is The Daily Beast attempting o allude to the fact that all Ukrainians are Nazi white supremacists???

Why because they have been simply fighting and dying in the defense of the Ukraine which they have sworn allegiance to when they joined the MoI as a regular Ukrainian military unit. AND this since the earliest days of the Maidan--and they have lost many along the way in the defense of the Ukraine.

I am totally surprised that in the article which is not balanced at all --they did not attempt to even question some of what they themselves quote others on--what ever happened to US journalism with the concepts of "fair and balanced" and "due diligence"?

In some aspects--no actually the entire article reminds me in portions of the slated Russian propaganda that is streaming daily into the US and being simply passed on even in support of Russia or worse yet not even checked and passed on as the "so called truth".

If one really wants a solid understanding of Azov and the other "volunteer BNs" it is easily accomplished--just Google.

OR far better yet--if they were already in the Ukraine WHY did they not go straight to the war front and interview directly in the trenches as other reporters have done recently????????? WHAT better way to "fair and balanced".

Or better yet maybe The Daily Beast should become more active in the social media arena especially the Ukrainian media --I will be personally more than helpful if they need assistance.

Fair and balanced journalism really needs a helping hand --BUT The Daily Beast needs to fully understand Russian "informational conflict" and understand just how they have been "used" this time as have other mainstream US news media outlets.

Come on guys--what a title and yet you are not biased in your reporting and you are not slanting to Russian propaganda????

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/07/04/is-the-u-s-training-neo-nazis-in-ukraine.html

Jackboot Camp

07.04.1512:01 AM ET

Is America Training Neonazis in Ukraine?

Had thought Gelb was "channeling"--the question was for who?????

Had assumed it was for the WH as they are the supposedly the greatest "soft power negotiators"????? Who at least in the Ukraine have not achieved a single point and have struggled badly with Iran.


John Schindler @20committee

Wonder who in the WH Les Gelb cleared this piece with http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/07/05/america-s-losing-russia-strategy.html …

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Slow-motion footage of GWP's alleged car at the #Russia base in #Ukraine
https://youtu.be/BfudOH96vq4

OSCE to patrol Sakhanka as fears it may become the new Shyrokyne - Hug
http://112.ua/ato/missiya-obse-budet-patrulirovat-sahanku-hug-242467.html …

No Lentsov, but plenty of Russian Armed Forces staff officers (JCCC reps) in #Shyrokyne 5 Jul http://uatoday.tv/politics/osce-allowed-in-town-near-mariupol-450582.html … pic.twitter.com/jxp6d4YjV6

Russia sees antidote to color revolutions in limiting info access to control public opinion. http://regnum.ru/news/1939714.html … pic.twitter.com/f13DHdxTSF

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https://russiandefpolicy.wordpress.com/2015/07/05/ten-new-chemical-defense-regiments/

Who’s Fighting in the Donbass?

Ten “New” Chemical Defense Regiments

Posted on July 5, 2015


In late June, Mil.ru provided comments by the Deputy Chief of Radiological, Chemical, and Biological Defense (RKhBZ) Troops, General-Major Igor Klimov. He said:

“Development of the troops of RKhB defense is currently directed at supporting conditions for an adequate response to all possible threats — radiological, chemical, and biological.”

The RKhBZ Troops are capable of completing missions for the Armed Forces and the state as a whole, according to him.

But Klimov added:

“One should note that just in 2014 alone ten regiments of RKhBZ were formed in the composition of combined arms armies.”

At the same time, the TO&E structure of the four independent RKhBZ brigades of the military districts was “optimized.” That means, of course, reduced, cut, slashed, etc.

Klimov added:


“In 2016-2020, the composition and TO&E of formations, military units and organizations of the RKhBZ Troops will improve with the goal of guaranteeing fulfillment of RKhBZ missions for Armed Forces groupings in armed conflicts and local wars, eliminating the effects of emergency situations, and conducting research in the applied sciences (chemistry, biology, biochemistry, genetics, biotechnology).”

Mil.ru also noted that RKhBZ formations, units, and organizations will undergo a transition to new org-shtat structures as they receive new types of weapons and equipment.

The ten “new” regiments look like this:
◾Western MD — one each in Nizhegorod and Leningrad Oblasts. The one in Leningrad is on the site of what has been an RKhBZ storage base.
◾Southern MD — one each in Sevastopol, Ingushetia, and Volgograd. Sevastopol reportedly is the 4th Independent RKhBZ Regiment.
◾Central MD — one each in Samara and Altay Kray.
◾Eastern MD — one each in Buryatia, Chita, and Amur Oblast. The one in Chita has been a storage base.

The shift from brigades is creating regiments that aren’t really “new.” It’s a reshuffling of existing RKhBZ units to integrate them into Russia’s combined arms armies. They will be army- rather than MD-level assets.

The “new regiments” are rather sparse. Most press indicates they will have about 300-600 personnel and 100-200 pieces of equipment each. In Soviet times, a combined arms army had several RKhBZ battalions including recon, protection, decon, flamethrower, and smoke.

Perhaps RKhBZ is returning to army-level control because of the growing role of thermobaric rocket launchers like the TOS-1A in Russia’s fire support plans.

[OUTLAW 09]

https://russiandefpolicy.wordpress.com/2015/07/05/ten-new-chemical-defense-regiments/

Who’s Fighting in the Donbass?

Ten “New” Chemical Defense Regiments

Posted on July 5, 2015

We have already seen the TOS-1 and 1A being used at the tactical fire support level against the Ukrainian Army before major offensives.

[OUTLAW 09]

Russian #propaganda: deputy PM #Rogozin on NATO drills in #Odesa: "Germans return to [WWII] honour sites" https://twitter.com/zvezdanews/status/617725280807972864 …

1 yr ago, a bizarre #propaganda #fake about "crucified boy" was birthed by #Russia #RussiaLies
http://www.examiner.com/list/russia-s-top-100-lies-about-ukraine … pic.twitter.com/oVnv2ACTAT

[OUTLAW 09]

I would personally suggest to this author that he simply take the time to Google---"Putin wants a new Yalta" and then read ehat is available in the open source world and THEN ask himself a simple question''Is what I am writing suggesting here actually what Putin wants from the West"---if the answer is yes then the author has it all wrong in the following article.

After that THEN he should Google "what are Putin's three geo political goals that he wants and has voiced since 2002".

THEN he should ask himself---is the new Russian UW strategy just the "means to achieve these three geo political goals as defined by the current Russian political warfare?

But to refresh the author--they are;

1. discredit and destroy NATO as a military force to be reckoned with in Europe thus allowing Russian military hegemony over European

2. discredit and damage the EU as a political and economic force in Europe allowing Russian political and economical hegemony

3. disconnect the US from Europe thus replacing the US military/political and economic influence in Europe by Russia

So in view of all of the above and in full view that sanctions and "diplomacy" have basically failed in deterring Russian expansionism using language as the doctrine---WHAT is this article states that it eill counter what Putin wants as defined above??

Actually Dtente Plus is a simple rehash of what Putin really wants--"a new Yalta" where Russia has a "zone of privileged control".

Notice Russia does not talk about "sphere of influence"--AND they had deliberately not defined "what a zone of privileged control actually means".

For Putin that is a zone from Portugal to the far eastern Russian--all under Russian hegemony.

THE author absolutely does not go into this and WHY should he as then his whole thesis for the article would be null and void.

I would and the author does not argue the point---WE the US have absolutely no strategy so I am amazed he is talking about one that failed????

The selected two paras from the article go to the heart of what many pundits in the US simply refuse to accept---Russia has a strategy--it is the destruction of "neo-liberalism" as represented by the US and the replacement of the US by Russia as the European hegemon.

AND if talking and sanctions are not getting Putin's attention then it is time to use other means to indicate he has crossed a fine line in Europe.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/07/05/america-s-losing-russia-strategy.html?via=desktop&source=twitter

Reset
07.05.1512:01 AM ET

Americas Losing Russia Strategy

Leslie H. Gelb

Confronting Putin isnt enough to restore peace on Russias borders. Whats needed is Dtente Plus.


Continued......................

If Gelb is in fact "channeling" for the WH--would then suggest both take the time to check this social media open source analysis on Russian Nazi's in eastern Ukraine.

http://ukraineatwar.blogspot.nl/2015/06/nazis-are-core-of-russias-hybrid-army.html

[OUTLAW 09]

Horlivka @BylByleva "UKR forces captured the part of #Zaytseve called #Bakhmutka" http://www.06242.com.ua/article/879315 pic.twitter.com/MDpaH6wdoM

@BylByleva [not to be confused w/#Bakhmutka road in #Luhansk region! yes, we have too many identical names in #Donbas]

German friend traveling in the Caucasus, meets Russian tourists who say "we know that Poroshenko pays Arab mercs [to fight for Ukraine]"

[OUTLAW 09]

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/russia-accuses-poland-of-starting-monument-war/525058.html

Russia Accuses Poland of Starting 'Monument War'

The Moscow Times

Jul. 05 2015 19:47

Last edited 19:48

Vadim Tyshkevich


This is not the first time the destruction of a historic monument in a former Soviet country has elicited resentment from Russian officials.

Russia's Foreign Ministry accused Poland of starting what it described as a "war on monuments," after the latter dismantled a monument to camaraderie between Polish and Red Army soldiers in the small Western town of Nowa Sol.

"We are outraged over the actions of the authorities of Nowa Sol, who received Warsaw's blessing, but [dismantled the monument] without consulting with Russia," said a statement released by the ministry on Saturday.

Ministry officials claimed the June 30 demolition violated a 1994 agreement between the two countries concerning war victims' memorials and burial places.

"The 'war on monuments,' which Poland has initiated, is fraught with the most negative consequences, for which its initiators will bear full responsibility," the statement concluded.

According to news site Meduza.io, Nowa Sol authorities plan to erect a monument to "heroes who fought for Poland" in the demolished monument's place. Nowa Sol mayor Wadim Tyszkiewicz wrote on his Facebook page on June 30 that the Soviet monument had been "huge, disgusting and always dirty," Meduza reported Saturday.

This is not the first time the destruction of a historic monument in a former Soviet country has elicited resentment from Russian officials.

There was a tremendous outcry in 2007 when Tallinn's Soviet Bronze Soldier monument was relocated from the center of the Estonian capital to a military cemetery.

The Federation Council, the upper house of Russian parliament, implored President Vladimir Putin at the time to end diplomatic relations with Estonia, and the State Duma, the lower chamber, demanded the imposition of economic and political sanctions against the country.

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http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/525061.html

Russia Must Focus Less on Ukraine, More on IS (Op-Ed)

By Natalia Antonova

Jul. 05 2015 20:04
Last edited 20:05


Mainstream discourse in Russia these days is overwhelmingly dominated by Ukraine. Ukraine this. Ukraine that. Look, a Russian rock star waved a Ukrainian flag on stage — let's burn her at the stake or at least strip her of her citizenship.

Ukrainian politicians, even boring, non-nationalist ones, are spoken of in tones of horror and disgust usually reserved for pedophiles and people who post animal abuse videos on the Internet.

Almost every Russian seems to have a story about how they have a wonderful Ukrainian friend/ex-classmate/third cousin on their dad's side whom they sadly can't talk to anymore, because — and here a dramatic pause is usually warranted — "they're all crazy over there now."

That's just what's happening on the surface, of course.

Even the sincerest supporter of Russia's loud denials of military involvement in Ukraine's east will probably agree that vast Russian intelligence resources have been engaged by the Ukraine crisis.

Spies, strategists, public thinkers and private advisers — how many useful people on the Russian side are currently devoting vast amounts of energy to Ukraine? The number is disturbing to consider due to the possibility that they're all wasting their time on the wrong problem.

The real problem is the Islamic State.

Now, I realize that it's become fashionable to point out that the threat of the IS is "overstated." The IS is so fond of gory spectacle that a lot of people take a glance in their direction and assume that they're just compensating for military weaknesses — forgetting what a powerful tool violent propaganda in itself can be.

A sizable social media presence also makes the IS threat seem unbelievable at times. We're used to thinking of Islamic extremists as mysterious beings hiding in caves — not as people who get constantly retweeted into our feeds.

Perhaps so-called "Bloody Friday" on June 26, which saw deadly IS attacks take place in France, Tunisia and Kuwait can serve as a reminder that a terrorist who uses Twitter hashtags is still a terrorist.

Meanwhile, some countries are more vulnerable to the IS than others. Terror cells are scary enough — but Russia, for example, has its own political and geographic realities to think about. The North Caucasus region, already home to a number of extremists, is Russia's soft underbelly, a place where Moscow's influence has regularly been in flux.

The news that former al-Qaida militants in the North Caucasus have pledged allegiance to the IS was greeted with the usual complacency in Russia. "Oh, there's another message from crazy people pledging to slaughter us all — must be Tuesday," the weary nation says before switching the channel.

Yet it was exactly complacency over the IS that allowed the group so many unexpected military victories. And the North Caucasus, used to a steady diet of violence, is a fertile breeding ground for exactly the kind of apocalyptic message the IS brings.

That's besides reports that Muslims from Central Asia are radicalizing at alarming rates. There are millions of Central Asian migrants in Russia. Overall, they are an underpaid, exploited and alienated group. These are exactly the people the IS preys on by offering them a twisted kind of glory, as opposed to a life spent working thankless jobs for miniscule wages.

Since the annexation of Crimea and the onset of sanctions, both Russian foreign and domestic policy have been infused with a sense of exaggerated bravado and pointed anti-Western rhetoric.

In this atmosphere, Ukraine is the ideal "proxy enemy" — easy to demonize, but not nearly as imposing as the U.S., which is, polls show, considered to be the "ultimate enemy."

Russia can't really hurt the U.S., but in using Ukraine as a whipping boy it can hurt U.S. interests. It's also a great short-term tool for mobilizing society against an outside threat.

Admitting that Russia now shares with the West a particularly prolific and ruthless enemy — the IS, its sympathizers, and potential recruits — is an uncomfortable task. A common ground doesn't fit with the anti-Western narrative as neatly.

It also means toning down the bravado as far as Russia is concerned, which would go against the image of mighty Moscow, first rescuing Crimea from its Ukrainian captors and now ready to take on the world.

Russians can certainly point the finger at destructive U.S. misadventures in the Middle East as having given rise to the IS in the first place, but that can't and won't make the IS go away.

Titanic metaphors are appropriate here. Thomas Hardy was criticizing general human vanity when he wrote "And as the smart ship grew / In stature, grace, and hue, / In shadowy silent distance grew the Iceberg too" — but these lines are just as appropriate for geopolitics.

So Russia puffs its chest out in the direction of Ukraine while the extremist cancer continues to grow — and where it could all end up is getting scary to contemplate.

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Apparently Putin's spetsnaz liquidating another group of pro-russian cossacks in Sverdlovs'k Luhans'k Region pic.twitter.com/lnaxxHN07N

Russia's GRU are purging #Sverdlovsk of Cossacks led by renegade Alex Haydeya, who fled to RU & was captured by FSB pic.twitter.com/G1Gu7uA0Ts

Gaydeya callsign "Wagner" fled to Russia &was arrested by FSB. Plotinsky was after him in UA
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fuapress.info%2Fuk%2Fnews%2Fshow%2F8 4569&edit-text= … pic.twitter.com/BjWxmDfQCl

No such thing as a simple selfie: Digital Investigators Try To Disperse Fog Of War In Ukraine. http://www.rferl.org/content/digital-investigators-disperse-fog-of-war-ukraine/27106623.html … pic.twitter.com/Dmb1IWuXHw

Today (00:00-20:00) militants more than 30 times attacked Positions of Ukrainian troops - ATO press center
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1027299750614164&id=820651001279041&refid=17&_ft_=top_level_post_id.1027299750614164&__tn__=%2As …

There's a new Russian general on the block - a tank specialist. But with #greekreferendum dominating, we will have to tell you later.

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Critical if in fact true--the core question is "who killed him"--Russia, Ukrainian SF or the Ukrainian guerrilla group "Shadows". OR disgruntled Russian mercenaries??


UA military press office - RU Chief of Naval Intelligence was killed in occupied Novoazovsk, no details provided pic.twitter.com/GZhWYY7bLd

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On the day @mfa_russia called Russia "fastest growing economy", Bloomberg called it 2nd worst economy. http://www.kp.ru/go/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-01/these-10-economies-will-be-the-world-s-worst-performers-by-the-end-of-2015?cmpid=twtr1 …

Footage
Troops under the flag of the #Russian Don Cossacks become part of the "#LPR" army.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB9UyssVLdE … pic.twitter.com/rVG0nqkhJc

youtube.com/watch?v=MG9untUOL5Y … #Russia goes green. On #Ukraine. Anybody heard from #Greenpeace lately? #PutinAtWar pic.twitter.com/IYEkSoJRkC

Footage
Russian invaders' unprovoked BMP-1 attack on the Ukr line of defense in #Pisky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi7gY53MGxI … pic.twitter.com/XzvH7DfslR

Sputkin News @SputkinNews
TASS's special project: "Which Western Leaders Opposed Russia Sanctions? Our quiz: can you spot the Western Leader? pic.twitter.com/KOLCNPuIqk

Sputnik ✔ @SputnikInt
LIVE: Panos Kammenos thanks Russia for support, hopes to be allies with Moscow http://sptnkne.ws/yyP pic.twitter.com/adQnfLOCdB

VIDEO In #Slovyansk Volunteers/#Ukraine soldiers prepare defensive positions/Trenches https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L-3n2ypfPw … pic.twitter.com/gzODt6RgU9

If you wonder what's happening in #Greece, consider the @b0ltai revelations on Tsirpas, Siriza and Kammenos (MoD) connections with #Dugin.

Lt-Gen Aleksandr Romanchuk seen with OSCE SMM Alexander Hug in Shyrokyne 4 July 2015 https://youtu.be/XiAuGm8STGA

Ukraine has a new Russian Army commander to deal with at JCCC: Lieutenant-General Aleksandr Romanchuk

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First reported shellings for the day have just come in--will be interesting to see if it is rather quiet or it picks up towards midnight.

First sounds of shellings heard since thursday from central #Donetsk

BREAKING: Explosions in Dzerzhynsk http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/5-july-explosions-in-dzerzhynsk …

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OSCE PA President Kanerva: RU actions twrds UA have broken the principles of the Helsinki Final Act pic.twitter.com/AKKJGq2bpq

From 6pm till midnight militants fired at Ukr forces 20 times, decreased number of attacks after midnight till 6am https://www.facebook.com/ato.news/posts/1027531240591015 …

Russian Court convicts rights activist who probed Russian soldiers’ deaths in Ukraine :: http://khpg.org http://khpg.org/en/index.php?id=1435864629 …

Pictures
Semen Semenchenko is in destroyed #Shyrokyne after the Russian withdrawal.
pix via him pic.twitter.com/osJ7CTYgxL

ATO Headquarters: situation in Donbas stable
http://www.unian.info/war/1097180-ato-headquarters-situation-in-donbas-stable.html … pic.twitter.com/scF2PzmWYP

News
"Russian mercenaries are increasingly firing in the direction of their own positions" before contact group meeting.
- ATO command

ATO press center: Rus proxies increasingly fire at own positions to blame it on Ukr troops ahead of #Minsk mtng tmw https://www.facebook.com/ato.news/posts/1027531240591015 …

Militants drone is shot down by #Ukraine troops near #Mariupol. http://novosti.dn.ua/details/254163/
pic.twitter.com/7msiH0bPTz

DNR/LNR militia blocking the captives swap for over 1,5 month - ATO spox.
Violation of Minsk2 accord.

Echelon of Russian military equipment in Krasny Sulin, Rostov region http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/6-july-echelon-of-russian-military-equipment-in-red-son-rostov … #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/UCw0O4urAO via @BuTaJIu4eK

VERY thorough analysis of Russian tanks in Ukraine. @JulianRoepcke perhaps of interest to you... https://twitter.com/askai707/status/617978537354641408 …

Oh heck!!!
Seems the Russian army ran out of T-72B to send to #Ukraine.
July 3rd pic shows troops w/ #ancient T-72A !! pic.twitter.com/7zaXZdJGPe

Ukraine soldier of 28th Mech. Brigade in coma as result of DNR tortures: skin cut, legs&hands broken, liver cut. https://twitter.com/odessa048ua/status/617946227817230336 …

Russian Army Reporter Graham Phillips says Russian Army didn't shoot down #MH17. Pay cheques clearly talk. https://twitter.com/EliotHiggins/status/617994183224262656 …

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From the strange world of cyber warfare--a legal spyware company selling into the black market and then denying it was selling to the black market got caught at it.


Over 400GB of files and e-mails from the Italian spyware manufacturers Hacking Team have been dumped online http://www.csoonline.com/article/2943968/data-breach/hacking-team-hacked-attackers-claim-400gb-in-dumped-data.html …

HackingTeam hard at work tracking down the person who hacked their site: pic.twitter.com/JQ9V9ZuKjD

Hacking Team never sold to Sudan? Here's the instructions for the 480,000 Euro wire transfer. cc @hackingteam pic.twitter.com/JqexHpvb3s

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From the strange world of cyber warfare--a legal spyware company selling into the black market and then denying it was selling to the black market got caught at it.


Over 400GB of files and e-mails from the Italian spyware manufacturers Hacking Team have been dumped online http://www.csoonline.com/article/2943968/data-breach/hacking-team-hacked-attackers-claim-400gb-in-dumped-data.html …

HackingTeam hard at work tracking down the person who hacked their site: pic.twitter.com/JQ9V9ZuKjD

Hacking Team never sold to Sudan? Here's the instructions for the 480,000 Euro wire transfer. cc @hackingteam pic.twitter.com/JqexHpvb3s

And the plot just thickens and thickens........

Now #HackingTeam member @christian_pozzi's twitter a/c has been deleted.
https://twitter.com/EliotHiggins/status/617979548500664322 …

Cached twitter page: http://web.archive.org/web/20150706084906/https:/twitter.com/christian_pozzi … pic.twitter.com/hovwTMbj2E

Russia & Sudan r marked "Not officially supported" #HackingTeam clients, not 'active' or 'expired' as they should be pic.twitter.com/Arj0VgVDLq

hackingteam privacycommission asked FCCU to investigate it in 2014 http://belsec.skynetblogs.be/archive/2014/07/30/privacycommissie-vraagt-gerecht-onderzoek-te-openen-naar-8245750.html …

hackingteam mobile interception server in Belgium http://belsec.skynetblogs.be/archive/2014/06/25/hackingteam-mobilephone-commercial-spyfirm-has-an-intercept-8222160.html … and this is the source https://securelist.com/blog/mobile/63693/hackingteam-2-0-the-story-goes-mobile/ …

hackingteam the official 2015 client list http://pastebin.com/MP8zpQ26

[Dishonesty]

Oh heck!!!
Seems the Russian army ran out of T-72B to send to #Ukraine.
July 3rd pic shows troops w/ #ancient T-72A !! pic.twitter.com/7zaXZdJGPe

No,it is Oldest basic variats T-72,without TPD-K1 sight with integrated laser range finder&902B smoke grenade launchers at the turret front.
Really manufactured before 1980...

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Oh heck!!!
Seems the Russian army ran out of T-72B to send to #Ukraine.
July 3rd pic shows troops w/ #ancient T-72A !! pic.twitter.com/7zaXZdJGPe

No,it is Oldest basic variats T-72,without TPD-K1 sight with integrated laser range finder&902B smoke grenade launchers at the turret front.
Really manufactured before 1980...

Dishonesty--thanks---BLUF--it is unusual to see this model now coming into eastern Ukraine--ACTUALLY this model was to have been destroyed under the OSCE disarmament agreements but Russia did not evidently destroy them as we can see.

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And the plot just thickens and thickens........

Now #HackingTeam member @christian_pozzi's twitter a/c has been deleted.
https://twitter.com/EliotHiggins/status/617979548500664322 …

Cached twitter page: http://web.archive.org/web/20150706084906/https:/twitter.com/christian_pozzi … pic.twitter.com/hovwTMbj2E

Russia & Sudan r marked "Not officially supported" #HackingTeam clients, not 'active' or 'expired' as they should be pic.twitter.com/Arj0VgVDLq

hackingteam privacycommission asked FCCU to investigate it in 2014 http://belsec.skynetblogs.be/archive/2014/07/30/privacycommissie-vraagt-gerecht-onderzoek-te-openen-naar-8245750.html …

hackingteam mobile interception server in Belgium http://belsec.skynetblogs.be/archive/2014/06/25/hackingteam-mobilephone-commercial-spyfirm-has-an-intercept-8222160.html … and this is the source https://securelist.com/blog/mobile/63693/hackingteam-2-0-the-story-goes-mobile/ …

hackingteam the official 2015 client list http://pastebin.com/MP8zpQ26

Hacking Team Breach Shows A Global Spying Firm Run Amok http://www.wired.com/2015/07/hacking-team-breach-shows-global-spying-firm-run-amok/ … via @WIRED

privacy #hackingteam Detekt is Python tool, Volatility and Winpmem to scan the memory of a running Windows system
https://github.com/botherder/detekt …

Hacker who hit FinFisher last year claims responsibility for Hacking Team hack. http://motherboard.vice.com/read/hacker-claims-responsibility-for-the-hit-on-hacking-team … pic.twitter.com/J994xO7He0

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We suspect Lt-Gen Aleksandr Romanchuk (JCCC HQ, Soledar) was only recently appointed Deputy Commander of Southern Military District (SMD)...

First Vyaznikov, then Lentsov, now Romanchuk: new Russian general at JCCC is tank warfare specialist. https://twitter.com/search?q=gorsefires%20Romanchuk&src=typd …

Maneuvers of #Russia|n mercenaries in "LNR Army corps". Note Russian uniform https://www.facebook.com/butusov.yuriy?fref=ts … pic.twitter.com/QiUBvRHZXn

LNR Leader Plotnitsky Announces Elections For November 1. http://www.interpretermag.com/ukraine-live-day-504-despite-shirokino-withdrawal-attacks-spread-near-mariupol/#9023 …

30.07.2014: M4, #Russia, later Ukraine (via @5urpher) https://instagram.com/p/rFENlDwXTm/ Video: https://instagram.com/p/rFFt34QXWU/ pic.twitter.com/HE5Ndujfcy

30.Oktober 2014: Rail transport of painted over T-72 in #Russia "Немного по воюют и вернутся" https://instagram.com/p/uxuKB3OTjT pic.twitter.com/2Gokx7GIRp

Russia's Defense Ministry Su-24M crashed, 2 pilots killed in Khabarovsk area, due to engine failure.
RUS Air force's 5th crash in 1 month.

Lugansk: 300 fresh harvest hand (Cossacks) from Russia, came to the regiment Dremova. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqxpJulC3VM&feature=youtu.be … ������ pic.twitter.com/1qeOBZShRf

Interesting. Separatist TV report 300 "Cossack" soldiers recruited to Dryomov's ranks (Stakhanov). Sign of N push? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqxpJulC3VM …

don't say we didn't knew a new Russian offensive is in the making #Mariupol http://maskerpaleis.skynetblogs.be/archive/2015/07/06/ukraine-don-t-say-we-didn-t-knew-a-new-russian-offensive-is-8467097.html …

Heavy Shelling, Including Grads, Reported In North Of Donetsk. http://www.interpretermag.com/ukraine-live-day-504-despite-shirokino-withdrawal-attacks-spread-near-mariupol/#9025 …

Russia demands that #Ukraine pay for the costs of secret flights transporting Yanukovych' stolen riches to Russia. �� http://m.gazeta.ru/social/2015/07/06/6867873.shtml …

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Critical if in fact true--the core question is "who killed him"--Russia, Ukrainian SF or the Ukrainian guerrilla group "Shadows". OR disgruntled Russian mercenaries??


UA military press office - RU Chief of Naval Intelligence was killed in occupied Novoazovsk, no details provided pic.twitter.com/GZhWYY7bLd

http://www.interpretermag.com/ukraine-live-day-504-despite-shirokino-withdrawal-attacks-spread-near-mariupol/#9027

Was A Russian Naval Intelligence Commander Assassinated In Novoazovsk?

15:47 (GMT)


Two Ukrainian news site, Obozrevatel and 0629.com.ua, report that a Russian military commander was killed in Novoazovsk on July 3. However the identity of the individual killed and the circumstances of their death are unclear.

According to both sources, the officer killed was the chief of staff of Russian naval intelligence.

However both reports also cite a post by Russian blogger Oleg Yarchuk, who claims that the deceased was the chief of staff of a unit, suggesting someone of far lower significance than the head of an entire military department.

Yarchuk claimed that the officer was the head of the Delfin special group, a combined special intelligence detachment formed of personnel from both the Northern and Pacific fleets,

A special forces diving group called Delfin (dolphin) is described in this Russian Wikipedia article as existing during the days of the Soviet Union. However, beyond Yarchuk's repeated mentions of a current unit under that name, we have not found any evidence that it still exists.

The blog post stated that the officer was reportedly killed by a sniper while training in the waters off occupied Novoazovsk, around 35 kilometres east of Mariupol.

Yaroslav Chepurnoy, a Ukrainian military press officer, did tell Obozrevatel that the officer, (whom they describe as chief of staff of the Russian naval intelligence) was indeed killed in Novoazovsk. However he did not comment on the circumstances of the death, nor did he comment on whether any Ukrainian units had been involved.

The press office of the Azov regiment told 0629 that they had not carried out the killing, but stated that they did not comment on other units' operations.

However, while these reports have been widely repeated by Ukrainian and sympathetic foreign media, no mention of the incident can be found in Russian or pro-separatist media as of now.

-- Pierre Vaux

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Ongoing fighting at #Bohdanivka near #Mariupol: #ATO Headquarters.

This former Texas resident has been fighting for the Russian mercenaries in the Donbass and been used in a number of their propaganda videos.

Gee... 'Texas' turns out to be a convicted US drugs smuggler. His real name: Russel Bentley. Explains a lot... https://twitter.com/RobPulseNews/status/618068234647019520 …

Texas" met w/ Gerry Adams - alleged to have been IRA & army council member
See bottom left: pic.twitter.com/uvb5YzM2W3 https://twitter.com/666_mancer/status/618091062507253760 …

Slovak Intelligence: Russian Spies Increase Activities in EU, NATO http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/natosource/slovak-intelligence-russian-spies-increase-activities-in-eu-nato …

SBU Alpha Team raids judicial office and home and the results were good, 800,000 USD
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=849439605132808&set=a.593704647372973.1073741830.100002003280271&type=1&theater … pic.twitter.com/3Gds5LJhxa

Fifth crash of a Russian military aircraft in a month. Seems all the posturing takes equipment to its limits http://novosti.dn.ua/details/254239/

Another day another downed #Russian military jet. This time entire Su-24 fleet is grounded
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/russia-grounds-2nd-fighter-jet-fleet-amid-string-of-catastrophes/525155.html … pic.twitter.com/6uLjqWRLsw

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Pierre Crom @PierreCrom
Houses near the airport of #Donetsk not only damaged by artillery shellings but also continually looted

BREAKING Grenade blasted in #Mariupol. 2 WIA. Details soon

Sniper of militants wounded a teenager in the Luhansk region pic.twitter.com/l527RYvnn5 http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/6-july-sniper-of-militants-have-wounded-a-teenager-in-the …

NATO intelligence confirms that Russia is supplying to militants heavy weapons and soldiers pic.twitter.com/cIjIHwNsFI http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/6-july-nato-intelligence-confirms-that-russia-is-supplying …

Black smoke in Zolote http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/6-july-black-smoke-in-zolote …

youtube.com/watch?v=sS0OmwRua8Q … Cool serials, huh? #Russian tank drills in #Luhansk. Go hard or go home! pic.twitter.com/dygfqS0bS8

Ukrainian air defense forces down enemy drone over Sea of Azov
http://www.unian.info/war/1097610-ukrainian-air-defense-forces-down-enemy-drone-over-sea-of-azov.html … pic.twitter.com/qlfcbj6pOZ

VIDEO SBU found an underwater cache of anti-tank mines in #Dnepropetrovsk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9hJILySxCc …

VIDEO Russians shelling #Hranitne. #Prelude
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xJ_6e-l5n8 … pic.twitter.com/IKaVMr5f9I

Separatists admit to OSCE to be in possession of "sophisticated equipment for jamming UAVs" http://www.osce.org/ukraine-smm/170456?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=oscelatestnews …

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And the plot just thickens and thickens........

Now #HackingTeam member @christian_pozzi's twitter a/c has been deleted.
https://twitter.com/EliotHiggins/status/617979548500664322 …

Cached twitter page: http://web.archive.org/web/20150706084906/https:/twitter.com/christian_pozzi … pic.twitter.com/hovwTMbj2E

Russia & Sudan r marked "Not officially supported" #HackingTeam clients, not 'active' or 'expired' as they should be pic.twitter.com/Arj0VgVDLq

hackingteam privacycommission asked FCCU to investigate it in 2014 http://belsec.skynetblogs.be/archive/2014/07/30/privacycommissie-vraagt-gerecht-onderzoek-te-openen-naar-8245750.html …

hackingteam mobile interception server in Belgium http://belsec.skynetblogs.be/archive/2014/06/25/hackingteam-mobilephone-commercial-spyfirm-has-an-intercept-8222160.html … and this is the source https://securelist.com/blog/mobile/63693/hackingteam-2-0-the-story-goes-mobile/ …

hackingteam the official 2015 client list http://pastebin.com/MP8zpQ26

Leaked Documents Suggest Hacking Team Sold Tech To Sanctioned Russian Conglomerate http://www.buzzfeed.com/josephbernstein/leaked-documents-suggest-hacking-team-sold-controversial-sur?utm_term=.ro1WX7YrL#.pn6NLBKw1 … pic.twitter.com/wXyp1zfrLn

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CEPA @cepa
@CEPA releases new Intelligence Brief: "Is Mariupol Next?" http://goo.gl/VJ6AYt pic.twitter.com/LOyMHzjzw0

Appears Russia has a problem with the past.

Voice of America ✔ @VOANews
With new internet ban, #Russia blocks access to nearly 20 years worth of web pages - http://bit.ly/1LO7a2Q pic.twitter.com/wIxS2lPsmB

Russian military analyst Alexander Golts on the increasingly authoritarian tendencies of Russian law and justice. https://twitter.com/MoscowTimes/status/618104956315389952 …

youtube.com/watch?v=er8mjhC88zM … Meet #Russia's LTG Romanchuk(JCCC). Speaks PERFECT Ukrainian. Special ops material. #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/p9EDf22tW9

Russia has Reached Its Own Very Different ‘End of History’ and West has Failed to Recognize
http://www.interpretermag.com/russia-has-reached-its-own-very-different-end-of-history-and-west-has-failed-to-recognize-this-pavlova-says/ … pic.twitter.com/6dzaOdqSJt

Russia's latest propaganda #fake
Hoax letter attributed to @SenatorDurbin aims to disrupt #Ukraine
http://abc7chicago.com/832079/

Russia court ruled for #Ukraine to pay for 2014 flights bringing Russian weapons to suppress Euromaidan in #Kyiv
http://www.pravda.com.ua/rus/news/2015/07/6/7073626/ …

Ukraine holding the line in Shyrokyne, new defenses in Mariupol make invasion unlikely http://dailysign.al/1H5t5gr @nolanwpeterson @DailySignal

No end to Russian protectionism against Ukraine: Imports down by 2/3. Now general quotas. Where is EU & WTO or US? http://www.vedomosti.ru/newsline/top/economics/news/2015/07/07/599518-kiev-raskritikoval-rossiiskuyu-initsiativu-o-vvedenii-kvot-na-ukrainskii-import …

Russia|n Su-34 bombers use Garmin GPS Navigation. American. For tourists.TT @TimurKhorev
Ukraine pic.twitter.com/bruR4CzfZl

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NOTICE the absolute silence coming out of Obama, Hollande and especially Merkel concerning the constant shellings and ground attacks.

There has not been a single statement condemning the constant Russian violations of Minsk 2--seems the longer the attacks go on they are becoming "business as usual" for the West and apparently the killing and wounding of Ukrainian soldiers defending their own sovereignty IS NOT a concern for Western leaders.

The war reporting from the eastern front seems to be strictly twitter, YouTube and FB/VK social media driven--first ever open source war of the 21st century.

Ah... the life of a western intel analyst--not much to do other than confirm or deny---even the videos and photos are being delivered free.

Militants fire tank shells and mortars on Ukrainian army in Donetsk region overnight
http://www.unian.info/politics/1097695-militants-fire-tank-shells-and-mortars-on-ukrainian-army-in-donetsk-region-overnight.html … pic.twitter.com/qzNbcSnS9B

Rus-backed militants fired at Ukr forces 26times from 6pm till midnight. 7flights of UAVs in Luhansk, #Mariupol area https://www.facebook.com/ato.news/posts/1028153290528810 …

Jul06 19:15 #Donetsk @HeleneHelene5 Again loud volleys are heard from the north

20:13 #Donetsk @Ykraino4_ka Toward evening artillery sounds are becoming louder
@gray_dove and havier

20:39 #Lysychansk @lis_ukrop Right now black smoke plume rised [in #Zolote dir'n], probably mortaring

20:14 #Donetsk @Don_Riccio "Internal militants squabbles? Volleys in Oleksandrivka dir'n, landings closer to Cargill plant"

21:09 #Kirovsk @AngelMorbit One can hear it also in Kirovsk

21:07 #Stakhanov @samotniyvovk Something [arty] flies away from us for a long time till now https://twitter.com/loogunda/status/618304807376416769 …

23:23 #Donetsk @PVB40 [fb] Sounds like a tank started to work, 4th heavy volley was heard by now in Shakhtarska St fr/the NW

00:02 #Komsomolske @lukliketramp Small arms fire in the western part
@RabindrantTagor Nothing serious, 2 short bursts

00:08 #Komsomolske @RabindrantTagor RUS became active and drive someplace, tow/Starobesheve, small Ural/Kamaz kolumn by sound

00:46 #Horlivka @DobryShubin Has someone heard a loud show just now as a couple hours ago?
@tgorlovka We have. Single?
- yes

00:49 #Horlivka @sau152mm Mortar rounds for 1/2hr in Gagarina mine
@DobryShubin I can't hear them

23:09 #Horlivka @DobryShubin Boom in the center
@sau152mm Why did I not hear?

00:45 @DobryShubin And now? The same shot

00:35 #Donetsk center @TUilenspiegel Distant cannonade still in progress

00:14 #Luhansk @LuhanskJunta I often reported on vehicles movement via 50_let_Oktyabrya. For abt 3weeks nothing moves tow/#Stanytsia_Luhanka

00:22 #Starobesheve @Ukr_Che It's fr/#Rozdolne, passed #Komsomolske, Starobesheve. Destination Styla or Donetsk

00:10 #Starobesheve @hubeshevo Via #Starobesheve a howitzers column moved

Horlivka
01:10 @tgorlovka Our reader report on tank shelling in Gagarina

01:56 Now ceased

02:11 Started over

01:55 #Horlivka @ahab7822 Sounds like they ceased

01:17 #Horlivka @DobryShubin From my balcony I can hear the battle in the west, Gagarina? Heavy MG, shooting, arty, mortars

01:19 #Horlivka @ahab7822 Approx in #Novhorodske-#Shyroka_Balka direction, to be more accurate

01:10 #Horlivka @ahab7822 "Orcs play tricks again"

01:14 One can see from Stroitel flashes in the west

04:55 #Starobesheve @hubeshevo Heavy impacts on #Telmanove area

04:46 #Stakhanov @samotniyvovk [tank column] didn't arrive in Stakhanov, but also hasn't left it [passed aside the town]

04:45 #Stakhanov @samotniyvovk Constant roar for 15 min, hard to understand their [tanks] destination

04:43 #Stakhanov @samotniyvovk Again a long tank column at the same time as yday but in other direction

04:40 #Shyrokyne @pesekcot They seem to be ceased

04:30 #Luhansk @LUGANSKA_JUNTA Single dull volleys are audible

04:30 #Mariupol @EmMemvm Very loud volleys are heard from the northeast of Mariupol and its outskirts

04:29 #Shyrokyne @pesekcot SPG fire at us, at lest 3 tubes

04:35 #Mariupol @ukrmarik Volleys can be heard in Mariupol

06:43 #Luhansk @cbvf777 There's a direct way [from Russia] Krasnodon-#Mykolayivka
https://twitter.com/loogunda/status/618309161022001152 …

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CEPA @cepa
@CEPA releases new Intelligence Brief: "Is Mariupol Next?" http://goo.gl/VJ6AYt pic.twitter.com/LOyMHzjzw0

Appears Russia has a problem with the past.

Voice of America ✔ @VOANews
With new internet ban, #Russia blocks access to nearly 20 years worth of web pages - http://bit.ly/1LO7a2Q pic.twitter.com/wIxS2lPsmB

Russian military analyst Alexander Golts on the increasingly authoritarian tendencies of Russian law and justice. https://twitter.com/MoscowTimes/status/618104956315389952 …

youtube.com/watch?v=er8mjhC88zM … Meet #Russia's LTG Romanchuk(JCCC). Speaks PERFECT Ukrainian. Special ops material. #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/p9EDf22tW9

Russia has Reached Its Own Very Different ‘End of History’ and West has Failed to Recognize
http://www.interpretermag.com/russia-has-reached-its-own-very-different-end-of-history-and-west-has-failed-to-recognize-this-pavlova-says/ … pic.twitter.com/6dzaOdqSJt

Russia's latest propaganda #fake
Hoax letter attributed to @SenatorDurbin aims to disrupt #Ukraine
http://abc7chicago.com/832079/

Russia court ruled for #Ukraine to pay for 2014 flights bringing Russian weapons to suppress Euromaidan in #Kyiv
http://www.pravda.com.ua/rus/news/2015/07/6/7073626/ …

Ukraine holding the line in Shyrokyne, new defenses in Mariupol make invasion unlikely http://dailysign.al/1H5t5gr @nolanwpeterson @DailySignal

No end to Russian protectionism against Ukraine: Imports down by 2/3. Now general quotas. Where is EU & WTO or US? http://www.vedomosti.ru/newsline/top/economics/news/2015/07/07/599518-kiev-raskritikoval-rossiiskuyu-initsiativu-o-vvedenii-kvot-na-ukrainskii-import …

Russia|n Su-34 bombers use Garmin GPS Navigation. American. For tourists.TT @TimurKhorev
Ukraine pic.twitter.com/bruR4CzfZl

Reference the "fake" Durbin letter.

Senator Durbin's office says this letter, supposedly proving US interference in Ukraine politics, is fake @Reuters https://twitter.com/ABC7Chicago/status/618198752302501888 …

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From the strange world of cyber warfare--a legal spyware company selling into the black market and then denying it was selling to the black market got caught at it.


Over 400GB of files and e-mails from the Italian spyware manufacturers Hacking Team have been dumped online http://www.csoonline.com/article/2943968/data-breach/hacking-team-hacked-attackers-claim-400gb-in-dumped-data.html …

HackingTeam hard at work tracking down the person who hacked their site: pic.twitter.com/JQ9V9ZuKjD

Hacking Team never sold to Sudan? Here's the instructions for the 480,000 Euro wire transfer. cc @hackingteam pic.twitter.com/JqexHpvb3s

Wow. #HackingTeam "backdoored" their own product to let them do arbitrary SQL, itself vulnerable to #SQLinjection pic.twitter.com/qyPKANMbLH

.@privacyint paper: #HackingTeam 'wares assoc w/ attacks on political dissidents, journos & human rights defenders: https://www.privacyinternational.org/sites/default/files/Briefing%20for%20the%20Italian%20Government%20on%2 0Hacking%20Team%27s%20surveillance%20exports.pdf …

Our overview of network analysis and #HackingTeam software: http://www.crworkinggroup.com/blog/files/hackingteam.html …

FBI bought #HackingTeam spyware http://interc.pt/1ChHpWi HT sold software to plant child porn files. FBI arrested #MattDeHart for child porn.

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Appears that Putin and his FM have been lying all along about the "so called junta" throwing out the former Ukrainian President now wanted by Interpol.

Seems in their own haste to collect money from the Ukraine they lifted a veil of secrecy in the fact that the "so called deposed President was forced to flee by a coup".

SO how can one be "forced out by a junta" WHEN you are already using a Russian military aircraft to move all of your personal property--SEEMS he was already planning on leaving??????

Secondly--am surprised they admitted to transporting so call defensive supplies to the Ukrainian Berkut--confirms direct Russian interference in the Maidan.

http://www.unian.info/politics/1097647-secret-flight-of-yanukovich-officials-to-russia-during-maidan.html

Secret flight of Yanukovich officials to Russia during Maidan

07.07.2015 | 08:35



AN-26 military cargo aircraft, owned by Ukraine’s Ministry of the Interior, made a secret flight to Russia amid carnage on the Maidan in early 2014, according to gazeta.ru.

Russian aviation structures won the court case against Ukrainian Ministry of the Interior (precisely, its department of internal military forces) regarding debts for services provided to the AN-26 military cargo aircraft that had gone on a secret flight to Russia amid the Revolution of Dignity.

According to the Russian newspaper, the AN-26 aircraft made two secret flights in February 2014, one of which could carry to Russia the property of the entourage of Viktor Yanukovych, while the flight back might have brought to Kyiv non-lethal weapons to be used by the Berkut special police forces against the protesters.

"Senior officials used the military aircraft for the salvation of their families and property," said a source in the Russian Air Traffic Management (ATM) state corporation. According to the newspaper’s interlocutor from the circles close to the aviation services, the AN-26 aircraft was loaded with furniture, paintings, and jewelry when flying to Russia.

According to the sources in Russia’s security structures, the plane carried no cargo to Russia, but took back rubber bullets, stun grenades and equipment for the Ukrainian Berkut special police forces .

NOTE: They went empty to Russia but returned filled--in the previous paras they talk about personal property being shipped out--appears the FSB cannot get their stories correct.

Legal proceedings over the "classified" flight began on October 2, 2014. The ATM, subordinate to the Russian aviation corporation, which provides air navigation services and safety, filed a suit to the Moscow Arbitration Court with a demand to charge a fee for providing air traffic services over Russian territory to an aircraft owned by military unit No 2269 (Aviation unit of the Ministry of the Interior of Ukraine, located in the city of Alexandria, Kirovohrad region).

The claim states that an agreement on air navigation services was signed in September 2010 between the defendant and Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency. According to this agreement, the ATM has provided air navigation services to the AN-26 aircraft belonging to military unit No 2269 in February 2014, on its route to one of the Russian airfields and back.

The journalists asked ATM Deputy Director for International Cooperation and Protocol Nikolay Ivashov to comment on the issue, but the official refused, saying that all the information about the flight is classified.

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Appears that Putin and his FM have been lying all along about the "so called junta" throwing out the former Ukrainian President now wanted by Interpol.

Seems in their own haste to collect money from the Ukraine they lifted a veil of secrecy in the fact that the "so called deposed President was forced to flee by a coup".

SO how can one be "forced out by a junta" WHEN you are already using a Russian military aircraft to move all of your personal property--SEEMS he was already planning on leaving??????

Secondly--am surprised they admitted to transporting so call defensive supplies to the Ukrainian Berkut--confirms direct Russian interference in the Maidan.

http://www.unian.info/politics/1097647-secret-flight-of-yanukovich-officials-to-russia-during-maidan.html

Secret flight of Yanukovich officials to Russia during Maidan

07.07.2015 | 08:35

If the flight has been declared "secret" by the Russians and yet they want payment for the flights--seems as if they will have a hard time with collecting until they indicate just why the flights were requested, by whom and to where????? Would you pay the bill unless those questions are answered and the Ukrainians have already stated--take it the Swedish Arbitration Court.

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ATO Staff: Militants attack Ukrainian army more than 180 times over last four days
http://www.unian.info/politics/1097751-ato-staff-militants-attack-ukrainian-army-more-than-180-times-over-last-four-days.html … pic.twitter.com/EYtZKUv3Lk

Appears as if either the Ukrainian guerrilla group "Shadows" and or the Ukrainian SF was at work--this was a critical attack route bridge for their armored units.

10:42 #Donetsk region @BylByleva Bridge betw/#Vasylivka & #Rozdolne was blown up - it hasn't collapsed, but pylons are damaged

@BylByleva Bridge coordinates: 47.609299, 38.023120, it is on the way between occupied #Donetsk and #Novoazovsk

Russian Spetsnaz teams work in groups of up to 14 depending on mission set.

Militant group of 10-15 made an offensive attempt at Ukr forces in M sector near Bohdanivka /Telmanove area, repelled http://www.0629.com.ua/news/880993

Spetsnaz activities have been sparse the last week or so—interesting to see them again in the offensive.

Second reported Spetsnaz attacks—appears they are being used to exploit weak defensive points and or attempt beak through.

Militant groups tried to break thru into the rear of Ukr forces near Shchastia,
Stanytsia Luhanska, were pushed back https://www.facebook.com/dmitry.tymchuk/posts/719711374824187 …

Russians still attack critical Ukrainian infrastructure.
Overnight into Jul07 heating plant in #Schastya was mortared from #Vesela_Hora" @lradar_official http://lugradar.net/2015/07/80825

First POW exchange by the mercenaries in over two months total violation of Minsk 2.
Prisoner exchange: Injured Ukrainian soldier will be handed over by the terrorists in Donets. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJBAVSX-Xz8 … pic.twitter.com/SqVvIfoEKe

NSDC of Ukraine ✔ @NSDC_ua
Map. Situation in eastern #Ukraine, July 7, 00:00 EET pic.twitter.com/IdqUl5661K

Militants increasingly firing on their own positions
http://www.unian.info/war/1097768-militants-increasingly-firing-on-their-own-positions.html … pic.twitter.com/OAxC5NUw5s

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A development to watch--has gone numbers wise long past what is necessary to "normally" secure an international border.

Maps shows how Russia steadily increases its assimetrically large military presence near Baltic states http://fb.me/zioaJrio

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Notice the well positioning of the Russian propaganda even in the IBT—the headline alludes to the German Government as a whole but the comments come from a German single MP on a business visit in the RF—especially interesting is the mentioned fact that 80% of the machine tools for producing the Russian aircraft are mainly German SO how are they avoiding the sanctions???

Siemens has also be caught shipping turbines for electrical plants to the Crimea in full violation of the sanctions YET they argue “hey we shipped them to Russia proper what they then do is not our concern—BUT is it they concern if they directly and fully know exactly where those turbines will end up??

http://www.ibtimes.com/germany-wants-russian-sanctions-lifted-safeguard-economy-continue-trade-relationship-1997080

Germany Wants Russian Sanctions Lifted To Safeguard Economy And Continue Trade Relationship With Moscow

By Christopher Harress @Charress c.harress@ibtimes.com

on July 06 2015 5:22 PM EDT


The Minsk II ceasefire must be respected by both Russia and Ukraine if sanctions against Moscow are to be lifted, said a German lawmaker on Monday, according to Tass, a pro-Russian news site. While Germany has been a leader in imposing sanctions against Russia for its annexation of Crimea and involvement in the eastern Ukraine conflict, Berlin has been concerned about the knock-on effect of sanctions on its $105 billion bilateral trade with Russia, which has steadily decreased as sanctions and the falling price of oil take a toll on the Russian economy.

"We in Germany would like the political foundation for the sanctions to go as soon as possible and the sanctions themselves become a thing of the past. But it is clear that for the sanctions to be lifted, the Minsk Accords need to be implemented," said Bernhard Kaster, chairman of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany faction in the Bundestag -- a legislative body in Germany -- and head of the Russia-Germany parliamentary group, told journalists in Novosibirsk, Russia.

Kaster said sanctions were still the best way to solve international disputes and to counter violence, as seen in the contested region of Donbas in eastern Ukraine. He, along with a trade delegation from the German parliament, visited the Chkalov Aircraft Factory in Novosibirsk -- which uses German-based manufacturers in the production of its Sukhoi super jet -- and met Russian counterparts to discuss trade between the two countries.

"We are going through troubled political times, exactly the times when talks should be maintained. This manufacturer works in close contact with German producers," Kaster said.

According to Sergey Smirnov, director of the Chkalov Aircraft Factory, 80 percent of the machines and other equipment used in the production process are made in Germany.

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Russian forces continue attacks on Ukrainian positions. http://liveuamap.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKr6M8acx50&feature=youtu.be … pic.twitter.com/hByLuwIlne

NSDC of Ukraine ✔ @NSDC_ua
SBU uncovered arms cache in Lysychansk. Seized 10 kg of TNT, F-1 and RGD-5 grenades pic.twitter.com/H00de64hxR

NSDC of Ukraine ✔ @NSDC_ua
Ukrainian operatives detained three militants in Kharkiv region. Their leader fought in Battle for Donetsk airport pic.twitter.com/HM6XUbjA43

Two Ukrainian servicemen hurt in shootings with militants on Krymske village http://24today.net/open/463995 pic.twitter.com/yRjhd24hm7

NSDC of Ukraine ✔ @NSDC_ua
Col. Lysenko: Ukrainian counter-intelligence detained 1 militant informer in Donetsk region.

NSDC of Ukraine ✔ @NSDC_ua
“DPR” self-declared “minister of defense” admitted they are jamming @OSCE_SMM UAVs with sophisticated military equipment

NSDC of Ukraine ✔ @NSDC_ua
Ukrainian servicemen spotted 4 flights of militant UAVs. Intense RU activity in Crimea: 8 UAVs at admin line with Kherson region

NSDC of Ukraine ✔ @NSDC_ua
Mariupol sector: Ukrainian troops clashed with militants near Bohdanivka village; brief mortar attack near Novotroyitske

NSDC of Ukraine ✔ @NSDC_ua
Donetsk sector: Fighting by Avdiivka, Maryinka; two armed provocations near Lozove, other two at Fenolna-Yasinuvata railway hub

NSDC of Ukraine ✔ @NSDC_ua
Luhansk sector: Militants targeted Zolote & Shchastya, damaging 2 power cabin, turbine room of Luhansk power station

NSDC of Ukraine ✔ @NSDC_ua
Russia-backed militants decreased intensity of attacks. Lowest number of heavy arms use in last two months.

ATO Spokesperson: 37 enemy fire assaults over the day. Around 90% of them – with small arms.

#Analysis #Map
Russian observation position on #Shyrokyne in 4 km East "The Rock" guesthouse.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6J3-jjic-M … pic.twitter.com/hHKMIheU09

ATO" representative: Militants shelled #Pavlopol from mortars and tanks. pic.twitter.com/PfZv8qY767

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Wow. #HackingTeam "backdoored" their own product to let them do arbitrary SQL, itself vulnerable to #SQLinjection pic.twitter.com/qyPKANMbLH

.@privacyint paper: #HackingTeam 'wares assoc w/ attacks on political dissidents, journos & human rights defenders: https://www.privacyinternational.org/sites/default/files/Briefing%20for%20the%20Italian%20Government%20on%2 0Hacking%20Team%27s%20surveillance%20exports.pdf …

Our overview of network analysis and #HackingTeam software: http://www.crworkinggroup.com/blog/files/hackingteam.html …

FBI bought #HackingTeam spyware http://interc.pt/1ChHpWi HT sold software to plant child porn files. FBI arrested #MattDeHart for child porn.


hackingTeam everything you want to know about exploits, security problems and their products is here http://ht.transparencytoolkit.org/KnowledgeBase

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Ukraine Socialist Party chief, ex-Minister MFA (!) posted forged letter of US Sen Dick Durbin
http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/critics-of-ukraines-government-get-propaganda-mileage-out-of-hoax-letter-392857.html … pic.twitter.com/KMGm3afMxQ

Locals in militant-occupied Vuhlehirsk unhappy with 'authorities', plan protest
http://www.unian.info/society/1097999-locals-in-militant-occupied-vuhlehirsk-unhappy-with-authorities-plan-protest.html … pic.twitter.com/LNjhwphayD

@LUGANSK_TODAY
#Kremlin hybrid soldiers: 3405 km from Khanty-Mansi, #Russia to Popasna, #Ukraine. Read at http://lugansk-news.com/kremlin-hybrid-soldiers-3405-km-from-khanty-mansi-russia-to-popasna-ukraine/ … pic.twitter.com/H5zzSzsxFC

Kyiv Post ✔ @KyivPost
Author: Putin to blame for MH17 shootdown over #Ukraine, but will escape punishment
http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/author-putin-to-blame-for-mh17-shootdown-but-dutch-oil-interests-will-thwart-any-prosecution-392865.html … pic.twitter.com/bYj6ZO20Hy

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AND Facebook is not political and does not resist Russia when asked for help—another great example of American business in support to Putin.

So just how much Russian black money was invested into FB??

Onlinemagazin @OnlineMagazin
#Facebook has blocked the site of the #Azov Regiment without notice. pic.twitter.com/xcJfYfvW4n

This FB page was never questioned before and at no time has Azov violated a single admin requirement--AND with no notice.

FB has been at the least extremely pro Russian friendly since the Crimea and as repeatedly blocked countless Ukrainian accounts simply because they were critical of Russian actions inside their country.

I guess one can call Facebook's action--"American democracy at work".

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One has to love "COTS dual use products"--Garmin guiding Russian SU-34s.

At least it is an admission that Russian GPS is worthless for military use.

Spetsnaz even uses a navigation app for their smartphones. Hate to see the accuracy of their ICBMs????

RU fighter jets use Garmin commercial GPS. No wonder Kremlin adopter nuclear threats in its Maskirovka rhetoric pic.twitter.com/vZn45UcPAs

Cargo turnover of #Crimea ports down by 82% in 2014 to 2013. The real price of takeover: http://www.odin.tc/mbnew/read.asp?articleID=600 … pic.twitter.com/XB23fmJq0N

Putin’s War on #Ukraine Is More Important Than #Greek Debt via @Newsweek http://www.newsweek.com/putins-war-ukraine-more-important-greek-debt-350505 …

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Not exactly sure what the current problems with and or between the Russian mercenaries are--they seem to be intent on shelling themsleves--no exact reasoning for that.

This is another report of "self shelling".

Militants shelled towns they control: Telmanove, Svobodne. A child was killed, power and gas cut off https://www.facebook.com/mariupol.oborona/posts/647509228719347 …

AND they are not even blaming the Ukrainians for shelling them as is usually the case.

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http://www.interpretermag.com/ukraine-live-day-505-russian-investigative-committee-increases-the-charges-against-savchenko-to-murder/#9039

Separatist Envoys To Minsk Propose Further Demilitarisation And Weapons Withdrawals

16:11 (GMT)


Denis Pushilin and Vyacheslav Deynego, representatives for the self-declared Donetsk and Lugansk People's republics at the Minsk peace talks, have given an interview to Russia's state-owned TASS news agency.

In the interview, Pushilin said that, depending on the outcome of the DNR's withdrawal from Shirokino, east of Mariupol, the separatists may propose the demilitarisation of other "hot spots" along the front line.

The Interpreter translates:

"If there is a positive result, if we achieve it, then we can consider a number of other 'hot spots,'" said Pushilin, noting that there is talk of several settlements in the Donetsk and Gorlovka areas. Among them, he named Marinka and Krasnogorovka.

At the same time, the DNR envoy stressed that the self-proclaimed republic expects the demilitarisation of settlements controlled by Kiev, in particular, Avdeyevka."

The balancing of Avdeyevka against Marinka and Krasnogorovka is odd here, as all three are Ukrainian-held settlements.

Pushilin continued:

"It's important for us to see mirror actions by Kiev. So far, we're seeing unconstructive actions by Kiev, pillaging."

While Russian-backed fighters have withdrawn from Shirokino, Ukrainian troops remain in their original positions in the village, claiming that vacating the settlement would leave Mariupol exposed to attacks from the heights to the east.

Withdrawal from Marinka or Avdeyevka would leave Ukrainian supply lines both to the south-west and north-east of Donetsk exposed. Furthermore, the faith of the Russian side in the Minsk negotiations has been shown to be of highly questionable value following the assault and capture of Debaltsevo in February, after the second Minsk agreement was signed.

Pushilin and Deynego also said that members of the Contact Group were discussing the introduction of further requirements for the withdrawal of weaponry from the front line.

This would affect mortars with a calibre of less than 100 mm, tanks and anti-tank weapons.

Deynego suggested that tanks be withdrawn at least 15 kilometres from the front line.

Pushilin said that the withdrawal of 82 mm mortars would be especially important as, he claimed, Ukrainian forces routinely conducted attacks with larger mortars (already due to be withdrawn in accordance with Minsk II) and lied that they were using 82 mm ones.

Of course, the Minsk II withdrawal demands have had little effect, with Russian-backed forces routinely using prohibited weapons including Grad rockets, 122 mm howitzers, 152 mm artillery and 120 mm mortars.

Ukraine has also returned heavy weaponry to the front line near Marinka after Russian-backed forces assaulted the Donetsk suburb on June 3.

-- Pierre Vaux

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Latitude 67N SIGINT @uascan
More RuAF VHF comms consistent with SU27 fighters in Baltic Sea

This is an important Russian troop transfer to the Ukrainian border area as Russia has built several bases inside the Ukraine that are typically for armored units.

Russian 6th Tank Brigade Transferred to the Ukrainian border @en_informnapalm https://en.informnapalm.org/a-unit-of-the-6th-tank-brigade-transferred-to-rostov-oblast/ … #OSINT #tanks pic.twitter.com/lGlr4t0hAO

http://www.unian.info/war/1098102-ato-press-center-reports-about-escalation-in-donbas-on-tuesday.html

ATO press center reports about escalation in Donbas on Tuesday

07.07.2015 | 20:28


The situation in the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) zone in eastern Ukraine escalated during the day on Tuesday, the ATO press center wrote on Facebook.

Twenty-nine attacks on the ATO forces were registered as of 18:00 Kyiv time on that day, the press center said.

"Pro-Russian gangsters have blatantly been shelling the positions of the defenders of Ukraine, using 152mm-caliber artillery systems and 120mm-caliber mortars," the press center wrote.

In particular, militants fired from 120mm-caliber mortars on the ATO forces near the villages of Novhorodske and Pavlopil in Donetsk region.

"Ukrainian troops near the village of Hranitne were also under enemy 152mm artillery fire," the press center said.

"As soon as the Trilateral Contact Group for the settlement of the situation in Donbas began their meeting in Minsk today, "the illegal armed groups, as if following someone's order, started firing from 120mm mortars on the ATO positions." In particular, under fire were the villages of Novhorodske, Luhanske, Opytne, and Vodiane.

Militants also used small arms to shell the towns of Maryinka and Zolote, the villages of Pisky (near the destroyed Donetsk airport), Mayorske, Stanytsia Luhanska, and Lozove.

Two enemy drones were spotted in Luhansk region on Tuesday.

At the same time, the ATO press center assures that the situation in eastern Ukraine remains under control of the Ukrainian forces.

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Russian army training on unmarked BMPs near Matveev Kurgan, 25km from Ukraine border: https://archive.is/CPJRO pic.twitter.com/am99nIVxIw

More weapons and ammo. Russia will send 3 supply convoys to Occupied part of Donbas http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/7-july-russia-will-send-3-supply-convoys-to-occupied-part …

Three soldiers were wounded by a mine explosion near Shchastya http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/7-july-three-soldiers-were-wounded-by-a-mine-explosion-near … #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/7LxMWGogYk via @HromadskeTV

@el_roosevelt @bellingcat The same T-72B in Sambek, Rostov Oblast.
https://twitter.com/5urpher/status/613458621930864640 …

Curious looking number plate on this Russian (hybrid) army Kamaz: https://archive.is/OAj8y in #Donetsk pic.twitter.com/UkM94XGnyO

Situation in Donbas deteriorated. Hranitne shelled from artillery - ATO press center http://en.censor.net.ua/n342923 prin @censor_net

OSCE SMM confirms Lt-Gen Romanchuk has replaced Col-Gen Lentsov as head of Russian Federation Forces side to JCCC http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/7-july-osce-smm-confirms-ltgen-romanchuk-has-replaced-colgen …

Right sector" denies that they didn't let OSCE observers in Avdeevka http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/7-july-right-sector-denies-that-they-didnt-let-osce-observers …

SBU has arrested the spotter of fire of militants in Severodonetsk http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/7-july-sbu-has-arrested-the-spotter-of-fire-of-militants …

MTLBs & BMPs delivered by rail to Matveev Kurgan (RU) today (25km from #Ukraine border): https://instagram.com/p/41agKyFR23/ pic.twitter.com/a1yNNWO3OP

"We were promised money. But we were not paid and even food was of great rarity": Russian terrorist http://en.censor.net.ua/n342893 prin @censor_net

Reference the shot down of MH17-----
In this new interview the Chairman of the DNR Andrei Purgin says he's sure a Buk shot down #MH17 http://nieuws.tpo.nl/2015/07/07/rebellenleider-oost-oekraine-het-mh17-onderzoek-deugt-niet/ …

He is definitely not on the same sheet of Russian music that just yesterday claimed it was an Ukrainian fighter that shot down MH17.

Videos from Kuzminsky firing range: T-80U & painted over 2S3 Akatsiya https://instagram.com/p/4tHJ3osta2/ https://instagram.com/p/3OoPvgstRs/ pic.twitter.com/Eudw0YN90N

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More on either an Ukrainian SF and or the guerrilla group "Shadows" interdiction of a crtical bridge for Russian armor units.

Strategically Important Bridge Supplying Russian-Backed Forces Damaged By Blast pic.twitter.com/UDAL3YNzrs http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/7-july-strategically-important-bridge-supplying-russianbacked …

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Shellings are now starting------

Volleys of artillery in Donetsk http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/7-july-volleys-of-artillery-in-donetsk …

Shelling in Horlivka http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/7-july-shelling-in-horlivka …

OSCE continued to observe ceasefire violations at & around Donetsk airport yesterday. Recorded Over 60 explosions http://www.osce.org/ukraine-smm/170596 …

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Not exactly sure what the current problems with and or between the Russian mercenaries are--they seem to be intent on shelling themsleves--no exact reasoning for that.

This is another report of "self shelling".

Militants shelled towns they control: Telmanove, Svobodne. A child was killed, power and gas cut off https://www.facebook.com/mariupol.oborona/posts/647509228719347 …


http://www.unian.info/war/1097768-militants-increasingly-firing-on-their-own-positions.html

Militants increasingly firing on their own positions

07.07.2015 | 11:53


Russian-terrorist forces have been increasingly applying the tactics of firing on their own positions in order to discredit the Ukrainian military, the press officer of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Dmytro Hutsuliak said at a briefing in Kyiv on Tuesday, according to an UNIAN correspondent.

"The command of the ATO forces said that the Russian-terrorist troops were firing in the direction of their own positions more often. The main goal of these attacks is to discredit the Ukrainian military and accuse them of violating the ceasefire," he said.

According to Hutsuliak, the militants constantly provoke Ukrainian troops to return fire. However, the Ukrainian soldiers effectively suppress the firing points of the Russian-terrorist gangs with machine guns and grenade launchers.

"The ATO command says that the Ukrainian military strictly observe the Minsk agreements and fire on the militants only in case of a direct threat to the life of Ukrainian soldiers or civilians in Donbas. At the same time, the Ukrainian armed forces only use the allowed weapons," the press officer said.

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IF this is in fact correct THEN is an interesting turniong point regardless of whether the fighting is still occurring.

Russia attempted to get the Ukraine to pay for the electricity and natural gas they were shipping to the mercenaries and the Ukraine refused and argued that they are not bound by any legal contract to pay and for Russia if they wanted to they could take it to the Swedish Court--WHICH russia did not do.

This Russian tactic had been successful in their Georgian enclave so they assumed it would work again.

I have stated here a number of times that while Russia want a "frozen conflict" it was appearing more and more than in fact the Ukraine was "freezing Russia into a serious problem"--how to extract itself from the eastern Ukraine without a serious loss of even more money which has been estimated to be costing Russia 30 to 40M USDs per day to support the mercenaries.

In addition today there was a report from the Russian Finance Ministry indicating that out of the 500 banks in Russia 300 might have to be shut down due to bank failures and only 100 will remain---Russia is having some serious unannounced financial issues that some analysts stated would be occurring in the 3rd quater--this decision on the electricity can mean that this is in fact.

If one also looks at the apparent battlefiled failures by the newly from Russian regulars trained mercenary forces and that virtual no new territory has been captured since Feb. even the early battlefield successes have not been repeated.


http://news.yahoo.com/russia-cuts-off-power-supplies-ukraine-rebels-kiev-155519945.html

Russia cuts off power supplies to Ukraine rebels: Kiev

AFP By Dmitry Zaks

1 hour ago


Kiev (AFP) - Kiev said Tuesday that Russia had cut off electricity to Ukraine's rebel-run regions in what appears to be another sign that Moscow is losing interest in plans to splinter its neighbour.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has gone through an extended spell without peppering his speeches with mentions of a "New Russia" (Novorossiya) made up of Ukrainian lands that were once under tsarist control.

The veteran Kremlin leader had fervently promoted the project while the separatists were gaining ground along Ukraine's eastern industrial heartland toward the end of last year.

But Ukrainian insurgents who claimed to be in charge of re-creating a part of the old Russian empire have in recent weeks complained of a sudden lack of interest from the Kremlin and a dire shortage of funds.

Ukraine's Energy Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn said Tuesday that energy-rich Russia had recently also stopped supplying electricity to the militia-run regions of Lugansk and Donetsk because bills were not being paid.

"We held fairly productive negotiations with the Russians," Interfax-Ukraine quoted Demchyshyn as telling an energy ministry meeting.

"We have been able to switch off four lines that ran from Russia to territories outside our control."

The energy minister said the cables supplied an allowance of $15 million (14 million euros) of power a month.
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"That money was not being paid," Demchyshyn said.

There was no immediate response to his comments from either Moscow or the rebels themselves.

- Chronic shortages -

Their 15-month revolt against Kiev's new pro-Western position saw the rebels carve out a region about the size of Wales that is home to 3.5 million people and shares a 500-kilometre (300-mile) border with Russia.

But much of the region remains a ghost of its proud image as the economic driving engine of the former Soviet Union's second-largest state.

Most of the coalmines and steel mills have been either shuttered or cannot operate because of chronic shortages of electricity.

Kiev policy hawks such as Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk have also pushed through a raft of measures designed to erect a punitive "economic blockade" of rebel-run territory.

Yatsenyuk ordered Ukraine's power suppliers to halt all deliveries to the separatists on May 1.

Natural gas flows from the rest of Ukraine to the east have also been significantly lowered.

Russia had earlier promised to make up for the shortage by building extensions and branches to existing gas pipelines.

It remains unclear where those plans stand today. Kiev officials believe the fighters may be smuggling in small supplies of gas through hastily-erected -- and considerably smaller -- pipes that cross parts of the Ukrainian-Russian border under their control

Demchyshyn's comments came ahead of a new round of negotiations Tuesday in the Belarussian capital Minsk aimed at ending a conflict that has claimed more than 6,500 lives. Efforts to stop the fighting seem locked in stalemate.

The EU-mediated meeting will see Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko's personal envoy speak to the Moscow-appointed negotiator in the presence of separatist representatives who are not formally part of the talks.

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IF this is in fact correct THEN is an interesting turniong point regardless of whether the fighting is still occurring.

Russia attempted to get the Ukraine to pay for the electricity and natural gas they were shipping to the mercenaries and the Ukraine refused and argued that they are not bound by any legal contract to pay and for Russia if they wanted to they could take it to the Swedish Court--WHICH russia did not do.

This Russian tactic had been successful in their Georgian enclave so they assumed it would work again.

I have stated here a number of times that while Russia want a "frozen conflict" it was appearing more and more than in fact the Ukraine was "freezing Russia into a serious problem"--how to extract itself from the eastern Ukraine without a serious loss of even more money which has been estimated to be costing Russia 30 to 40M USDs per day to support the mercenaries.

In addition today there was a report from the Russian Finance Ministry indicating that out of the 500 banks in Russia 300 might have to be shut down due to bank failures and only 100 will remain---Russia is having some serious unannounced financial issues that some analysts stated would be occurring in the 3rd quater--this decision on the electricity can mean that this is in fact.

If one also looks at the apparent battlefiled failures by the newly from Russian regulars trained mercenary forces and that virtual no new territory has been captured since Feb. even the early battlefield successes have not been repeated.


http://news.yahoo.com/russia-cuts-off-power-supplies-ukraine-rebels-kiev-155519945.html

Russia cuts off power supplies to Ukraine rebels: Kiev

AFP By Dmitry Zaks

1 hour ago

This is the first real indicator that the tipping point has been reached in the Russian non linear war against the Ukraine.

I had posted on the previous Ukraine war thread a recent military analysis on Putin's non linear warfare where the author indicated that the longest the Russians could maintain the military pressure was roughly one year.

Meaning they had one year to be successful or their adventure would be a failure.

The Russians openly entered eastern Ukraine with ten of their "lost" soldiers being captured in August 2014 so we are close to the first full year.

Then this today and it is the first indicator next to several military indicators that the Russian non linear warfare may in fact be failing.

I had previously indicated that there were four major single points of failure and now all four have been reached-----yes the fighting might go on for awhile but Putin's eastern Ukraine adventure is over--and I do think he knows it.

He has reached a point where if he wants to expand the Donbass region he will have to go the full invasion route--and he knows then the sanctions response will be massive and it will hurt.

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This is the first real indicator that the tipping point has been reached in the Russian non linear war against the Ukraine.

I had posted on the previous Ukraine war thread a recent military analysis on Putin's non linear warfare where the author indicated that the longest the Russians could maintain the military pressure was roughly one year.

Meaning they had one year to be successful or their adventure would be a failure.

The Russians openly entered eastern Ukraine with ten of their "lost" soldiers being captured in August 2014 so we are close to the first full year.

Then this today and it is the first indicator next to several military indicators that the Russian non linear warfare may in fact be failing.

I had previously indicated that there were four major single points of failure and now all four have been reached-----yes the fighting might go on for awhile but Putin's eastern Ukraine adventure is over--and I do think he knows it.

He has reached a point where if he wants to expand the Donbass region he will have to go the full invasion route--and he knows then the sanctions response will be massive and it will hurt.

Appears AFP was positioning a story that had half truths--the question is for who?


Ukraine Negotiates With Russia To Restructure Electricity Delivery For Separatist 'Republics'

19:34 (GMT)

AFP is reporting that Russia has cut electricity to Donetsk and Lugansk, territories controlled by the Russian-backed separatists:


Ukraine's Energy Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn said Tuesday that energy-rich Russia had recently also stopped supplying electricity to the militia-run regions of Lugansk and Donetsk because bills were not being paid.

"We held fairly productive negotiations with the Russians," Interfax-Ukraine quoted Demchyshyn as telling an energy ministry meeting.

"We have been able to switch off four lines that ran from Russia to territories outside our control."

The energy minister said the cables supplied an allowance of $15 million (14 million euros) of power a month.

"That money was not being paid," Demchyshyn said.

The framing in the AFP article, however, leaves out an important detail -- the Ukrainian government is technically supposed to be paying this bill, and they have refused. This is just one of the disagreements between Russia and Ukraine which are being negotiated in the current round of talks about the price of natural gas sold to Ukraine. In an article published on June 15, Interfax explained the issue:

"There are flows from the Russian Federation to the uncontrolled territories. We see them and we know about them, but they are not taken into account in payments. Russia has been warned that we are not taking these five lines into account and Ukraine will not pay for this electricity," [Yuriy Kasich, acting director at Ukrenergo, the Ukrainian national energy company] said.

The Luhansk thermal power plant has been operating separately from the national power grid in mainland Ukraine since last year and power flows between Starobesheve and Zuyevska thermal power plants and Ukraine's national power grid have been minimal, Kasich also said.

In addition, on May 7, 2015 the Ukrainian Cabinet determined that LEO and DonetskOblEnergo, based in the uncontrolled anti-terrorist operation (ATO) zone, should buy electricity directly from local producers and supply to local consumers without the state company Energorynok. Sale and purchase of electricity between mainland Ukraine and the uncontrolled ATO zone is banned. Only payments for net power flows are allowed. The government has also banned electricity imports through the rebel-held part of Donbas.

This latest development is progress in the negotiations. Vladimir Demchishin, Ukraine's minister of power and the coal industry, told Interfax that he has successfully negotiated with Russia to have Moscow stop supplying electricity to areas of Donetsk and Lugansk region which are not under Ukrainian control (translated by The Interpreter:

"We held fairly successful negotiations with the Russians; we managed to shut off 4 lines which had been running from the Russian side to the zone not controlled by us, and they had been supplying power monthly for 300 million hryvnias. And those bills are not being paid at the present time," he said at an expanded meeting of his ministry in Kiev today.

According to Demchishin, a new plan of work with these territories, approved early by a decision of the Cabinet of Ministers, involves payment for overflows only, and enables saving about 800 million hryvnias per month.

Demchishin noted that along with taking into account other measures, this enabled the increase of the level of payment for electric power from 85% in the first quarter to almost 100% in the second.

"We expect that we will be able to maintain this level until the end of the year and that we will manage to buy both nuclear fuel and coal, he said.

This does not mean that these areas will have no electricity, however. It does mean that Russia has accepted the fact that Ukraine will no longer pay for electricity in the Donbass. If the territories controlled by the Russian-backed fighters want power, they will have to either generate it themselves or Moscow will have to pay for it. Either way there have yet to be reports of widespread power outages, beyond the (already terrible) status quo.

As such, the AFP article has misinterpreted a key aspect of this issue -- the electricity is not necessarily being cut, as much as Russia and Ukraine now both agree that Ukraine won't pay for it (they were refusing to do so anyway). AFP also used this article to echo a claim that this was another sign that Russia was cutting support for the separatists. That is not clear at all. In fact, there is no sign that Russian troops or armor in Ukraine have pulled back. The situation remains tense, fighting continues, and the conflict appears to be no closer to a resolution.


-- James Miller, Catherine A. Fitzpatrick

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Russia demands payment for secret shipment of weapons against Maidan :: http://khpg.org http://khpg.org/index.php?id=1436278200 …

MP Timchuk has published data on the number of the Russian forces in Ukr and on the border pic.twitter.com/8qu92ULN00 http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/7-july-mp-timchuk-has-published-fresh-data-on-the-number …

youtube.com/watch?v=ZwQ1hGIFbxo … #Russian journo obsessed w/ 'UkroNazis' calls #Ukraine's prez...by his putative #Jewish name pic.twitter.com/UlxIb18Z2A

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Canada bows to @WhiteHouse pressure to not arm #Ukraine
@EuromaidanPress @EuromaidanPR @pmharper @TedOpitz
http://youtu.be/8xSSRJkQcRo

Last night militant attacks intensified. Between 18:00-00:00 they shelled UKR positions 40 times - ATO press center

Attacks Across Front Line In Donetsk Region Last Night And This Morning. http://www.interpretermag.com/ukraine-live-day-506-1-ukrainian-soldier-killed-3-wounded-in-attack-on-banks-of-seversky-donets-river/#9045 …

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1028563140487825&id=820651001279041&refid=17&_ft_=top_level_post_id.1028563140487825&__tn__=%2As …

One day they say: Slavyansk and Kramatorsk belong to "DPR", the other they they say they will retreat. War criminals can't be trusted...

DPR" says it will withdraw from Marinka, Krasnogorovka and Gorlovka if Ukraine does same from Adviika and Shyrokynohttp://novosti.dn.ua/details/254354/

07:55 #Mariupol @sex_Dombas [UKR serviceman]: We were informed that all units must leave positions in #Shyrokyne.

BRK
Russian forces attacked an Ukr KAMAZ truck over the Seversky Donets with heavy machine guns & RPGs.
1 KIA
3 WIA
pic.twitter.com/TT87VBXdVI

VIDEO #Russia "AID" soldiers in #Ukraine hiding & covering faces - but forgot the flag https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zj3pW55yVQ … #Putin pic.twitter.com/iU5kH6FsDM

NSDC of Ukraine ✔ @NSDC_ua
Ukrainian volunteers presented military engineers with radio, navigators, optic tubes and thermal cameras pic.twitter.com/6RyFGHLw22

NSDC of Ukraine ✔ @NSDC_ua
SBU detained Russian mercenary who fought for “LPR” unit of so-called “Russian Cossacks”

NSDC of Ukraine ✔ @NSDC_ua
Ukrainian troops & emergency services help to repair railways damaged from militant shelling pic.twitter.com/0foe4sQS64

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CEPA @cepa
@CEPA releases new Intelligence Brief: "Is Mariupol Next?" http://goo.gl/VJ6AYt pic.twitter.com/LOyMHzjzw0

Appears Russia has a problem with the past.

Voice of America ✔ @VOANews
With new internet ban, #Russia blocks access to nearly 20 years worth of web pages - http://bit.ly/1LO7a2Q pic.twitter.com/wIxS2lPsmB

Russian military analyst Alexander Golts on the increasingly authoritarian tendencies of Russian law and justice. https://twitter.com/MoscowTimes/status/618104956315389952 …

youtube.com/watch?v=er8mjhC88zM … Meet #Russia's LTG Romanchuk(JCCC). Speaks PERFECT Ukrainian. Special ops material. #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/p9EDf22tW9

Russia has Reached Its Own Very Different ‘End of History’ and West has Failed to Recognize
http://www.interpretermag.com/russia-has-reached-its-own-very-different-end-of-history-and-west-has-failed-to-recognize-this-pavlova-says/ … pic.twitter.com/6dzaOdqSJt

Russia's latest propaganda #fake
Hoax letter attributed to @SenatorDurbin aims to disrupt #Ukraine
http://abc7chicago.com/832079/

Russia court ruled for #Ukraine to pay for 2014 flights bringing Russian weapons to suppress Euromaidan in #Kyiv
http://www.pravda.com.ua/rus/news/2015/07/6/7073626/ …

Ukraine holding the line in Shyrokyne, new defenses in Mariupol make invasion unlikely http://dailysign.al/1H5t5gr @nolanwpeterson @DailySignal

No end to Russian protectionism against Ukraine: Imports down by 2/3. Now general quotas. Where is EU & WTO or US? http://www.vedomosti.ru/newsline/top/economics/news/2015/07/07/599518-kiev-raskritikoval-rossiiskuyu-initsiativu-o-vvedenii-kvot-na-ukrainskii-import …

Russia|n Su-34 bombers use Garmin GPS Navigation. American. For tourists.TT @TimurKhorev
Ukraine pic.twitter.com/bruR4CzfZl

Reference the "fake' Durbin letter--perfect example of just how Russian disinformation--ie fake propaganda works.

Hoax #Durbin letter was disseminated by Yanukovych clerk Ina Kirsch @we_in_brussels, Brussels resident. pic.twitter.com/0qWreh94NB

"No fake?" - "It fits Sen. Durlin letters in past" - says Kirsch who immediately tries to mask herself as Cherry. pic.twitter.com/LMhTBUmPQS

Kirsch is director of Yanukovych laundry in Brussels
http://www.modernukraine.eu/contact-details/ …
and Ukraine "expert" at @WienerZeitung pic.twitter.com/Py21Hmsz5N

Hoax Sen Durbin letter's promoter and "Ukraine expert" in EU - Ina Kirsch - supports anti-US emotions in Germany. pic.twitter.com/24SyODHdD1

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From the strange world of cyber warfare--a legal spyware company selling into the black market and then denying it was selling to the black market got caught at it.


Over 400GB of files and e-mails from the Italian spyware manufacturers Hacking Team have been dumped online http://www.csoonline.com/article/2943968/data-breach/hacking-team-hacked-attackers-claim-400gb-in-dumped-data.html …

HackingTeam hard at work tracking down the person who hacked their site: pic.twitter.com/JQ9V9ZuKjD

Hacking Team never sold to Sudan? Here's the instructions for the 480,000 Euro wire transfer. cc @hackingteam pic.twitter.com/JqexHpvb3s


hackingteam violated European Union sanctions by contracting with a Russian intelligence firm linked http://www.buzzfeed.com/josephbernstein/leaked-documents-suggest-hacking-team-sold-controversial-sur#.gkVqQ8G0m …

hackingteam Selling “dual-use” technology to Russian military clients is banned under EU Ukraine-related sanctions,
http://www.buzzfeed.com/josephbernstein/leaked-documents-suggest-hacking-team-sold-controversial-sur#.fgPojx1oJ …

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IMO they just want Ukraine to retreat from Shyrokyne and thus hold a carrot in front of the donkey to get it done. pic.twitter.com/Y6Vc1J4VvP

Russian 'anti-fascist' Strelkov aka Girkin: Key MH17 Crash Suspect Linked to Massacre of 3,000 #Muslims
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/igor-strelkov-key-mh17-crash-suspect-linked-massacre-3000-bosnian-muslims-1992-1458304 … pic.twitter.com/I7LNsODLPZ

Russia: "The creation of a court to investigate the MH17 downing is unacceptable, illogical and useless" http://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-international-20284490-rusia-crearea-unui-tribunal-privind-doborarea-zborului-mh17-inacceptabila-ilogica-inutila.htm …

Jul 7 - #Tymchuk: 12'000 Russian troops amassed at Ukraine's border.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=719789468149711&set=a.211188579009805.47448.100003559926167&type=1&permPage=1 … pic.twitter.com/fZvAXL7NIy

An ex-DNR official now in Russia and a current commander in Donetsk both told me this wk: "Our forces are hugely outnumbered by #Ukraine's."

Bridge over Siverskiy Donets near Shchastya is controlled by Ukraine from 2 ends + 50 meters. https://www.google.com/maps/place/48%C2%B043'49.2%22N+39%C2%B015'23.1%22E/@48.730146,39.257283,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1s119496233!2e1!3e10!6s%2F%2Fsto rage.googleapis.com%2Fstatic.panoramio.com%2Fphoto s%2Fsmall%2F119496233.jpg!7i4216!8i2648!4m2!3m1!1s 0x0:0x0 … pic.twitter.com/2nSymeaLBm

Shellings have started early today………
12:46 #Donetsk East @JRijJyY08AkRzL8 "I can hear volleys, like tanks and arty"

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Ukroboronprom: 4,000 armored vehicles supplied to armed forces over past year http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/ukroboronprom-4000-armored-vehicles-supplied-to-armed-forces-over-past-year-392963.html …

Aerial reconnaissance of Dnipro-1 filmed another proof of Russian army presence in Ukraine VIDEO http://en.censor.net.ua/n343008

These pro-#Russia guys took #Strelkov's 'fool or moron' comment so personally I had to quell the rebellion. pic.twitter.com/IJSjTjgClk

SBU detains moderator of 500 anti-Ukrainian groups in social networks
http://www.unian.info/society/1098594-sbu-detains-moderator-of-500-anti-ukrainian-groups-in-social-networks.html … pic.twitter.com/IY2i3XpNkW

Pro-#Russia troll playbook: #Ukraine is Nazi, fascist, anti-Semitic & is run by #Jews! Yes, Jews are the real Nazis! pic.twitter.com/5U4VNMqLh7

Other Hotspots today - Opytne, Mariinka, Avdiivka, Krymske, Stanytsia Luhanska & Trehizbenka – ATO

7am this morning militants fired on Bakhchovyk with 152mm artillery. This afternoon bombarded Pisky with heavy artillery – ATO

Today (as of 18:00) militants more than 20 times shelled UKR positions. Used Mortars, artillery, RPGs - ATO
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1028869087123897&id=820651001279041&refid=17&_ft_=top_level_post_id.1028869087123897&__tn__=%2As …

Oleksandr Motuzyanyk: Ukrainian special services detain Russian mercenary and “LPR” militant group member
http://uacrisis.org/28198-oleksandr-motuzyanik-12 …

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http://www.unian.info/war/1098553-dpr-leader-withdrawal-from-shyrokyne-serves-as-trap-for-ukrainian-troops.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=DTN+Ukraine:

DPR leader: withdrawal from Shyrokyne serves as trap for Ukrainian troops

08.07.2015 | 18:21


Leader of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) militant organization Oleksandr Zakharchenko claims that the village of Shyrokyne, which is located near the Ukrainian-controlled city of Mariupol, serves as a trap for Ukrainian troops now, after DPR militants withdrew to nearby fortified positions, according to Mariupol local news portal 0629.ua.

Asked about whether there were fears that the territory of Shyrokyne would become a bridgehead for Ukrainian armed forces after the withdrawal of the DPR troops, Zakharchenko said that it is now a trap rather than a bridgehead, 0629.ua reported referring to his interview with the separatist-controlled media outlet PRT.

"The terrain in Shyrokyne is lowland, where there are two dominating heights. One side of the village is controlled by Ukraine, the other one is under our control. We withdrew to a commanding point. Therefore, this can serve as a trap [for Ukrainian troops] rather than a bridgehead. There are no fears, as the terrain is sophisticated from one side, the positions are well-prepared, so these 1.5 kilometers play no tactical role but politically they are decisive," Zakharchenko said.

Thus, the portal wrote, Zakharchenko confirmed that the withdrawal of the DPR troops from Shyrokyne to the nearby dominating heights had been a political move pending the Minsk meeting on the settlement of the Ukrainian crisis on July 7.

As UNIAN reported earlier, Russian-backed militants withdrew from the village of Shyrokyne early in July. The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine confirmed their withdrawal.

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Appears that Gazprom is out of money.

Russia short of cash? "Turkmenistan says Russia's Gazprom has not paid for any gas this year." http://reut.rs/1MeMmzJ via @ReutersUK

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Appears that Gazprom is out of money.

Russia short of cash? "Turkmenistan says Russia's Gazprom has not paid for any gas this year." http://reut.rs/1MeMmzJ via @ReutersUK

BREAKING: ROMANIAN PROSECUTORS SEIZE 2 BILLION EUROS FROM LUKOIL ASSETS FOR MONEY LAUNDERING http://anticoruptie.hotnews.ro/stiri-anticoruptie-20285737-sechestru-2-miliarde-euro-pus-procurori-conturile-lukoil.htm … pic.twitter.com/AZ1uL5HgiT

THE SEIZURE INCLUDES AMOUNTS IN DIFFEENT ACCOUNTS IN UK AND NETHERLANDS, AS WELL AS SHARES OWNED IN ROMANIAN REFINERIES

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Russia inserts Lt-Gen Romanchuk into JCCC, Ukraine - Romanchuk is Deputy Commander of Southern Military District (HQ Rostov-on-Don)

Russian Spetsnaz units of Southern Military District conducted training operation in urban warfare. Mariupol? https://twitter.com/mod_russia/status/618841437086588928 …

Russia forgot to warn its citizens that going to #Ukraine as selfie-taking soldiers is also deadly.
@RJisTrouble4U pic.twitter.com/ssxfJZIKZN

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http://www.interpretermag.com/putin-has-barricaded-himself-in-the-dead-end-he-has-created-illarionov-says/

Putin has Barricaded Himself in the Dead End He has Created,’ Illarionov Says

Paul Goble

July 8, 2015


Staunton, July 5 – “Putin has finally decided” to block all of the ways out from “the dead end into which he has driven himself and Russia,” Andrey Illarionov says, prompting the West to oppose him more vigorously, creating a disaster for Russia, and setting the stage for the ultimate restoration of Ukrainian control over the Donbas and Crimea.

The Kremlin leader’s use of nuclear blackmail led the leaders of Germany and France to sign the Minsk accords, the Russian commentator says, but his repeated use of the same tactic has forced the West to adopt a confrontational strategy given the dangers Putin’s policy entails.

Putin continues to try to present this situation as “a dead end into which he supposedly has been driven,” Illarionov continues. But “in fact, it was not the West that drove him into this corner but he himself. More than that, he continues in this direction ever further and deeper,” while carefully “barricading” Russia from any of the ways out he might have pursued.

Given that Russia has nuclear weapons and a 700,000-man army, the commentator says, that alone “forces millions of people throughout the entire world to be afraid” of what the Kremlin may do next.

“That is the tragedy of the present situation,” Illarionov says, “because hundreds of millions of people directly depend on Putin. Their lives, health and well-being really depend on the decisions of one man. But the problem is that in the contemporary world, ordinary citizens, the expert community and the leaders of the Western countries don’t know how to respond.”

As a result, “the only way out of this situation” is likely to be “a continuation of the confrontation” which has plunged the world into a Cold War and a situation which “could take on other hotter forms.” And that reality, Illarionov says, is “not susceptible to easy and simple predictions.”

That in turn means that “this war will have various stages. But at its end, Ukraine will regain control over the occupied territories,” the commentator says, adding that he is “very much concerned that for Russia this will not be the only geopolitical consequences of the end of this confrontation.”

Illarionov analyzes Putin from the perspective of someone who has consistently opposed the Kremlin leader’s actions in Ukraine. But what is truly frightening is some who have supported Putin look at the same situation he does and conclude that Putin must get out of the current impasse by going over to the offensive.

One such writer, Aleksey Anpilogov, in an article in Aleksandr Prokhanov’s Zavtra, pointedly asks “Is it possible to win a war while sitting in a fortress? Even if this fortress covers a sixth of the earth’s surface, has 146 million residents, and whose ancestors have left it a powerful arsenal of conventional and nuclear arms?”

The greatest theoreticians of war, he continues, say otherwise. They argue that “wars have always been won exclusively by attacks,” and those who adopt a defensive position typically create a situation in which “the army and people sitting in a fortress lose their opportunities for action day by day, exhaust their resources and demoralize their soldiers.”

The conflict between Russia and the West “isn’t going to disappear. War and the siege of the fortress will be extended just as Alarich’s barbarians continued the siege of Rome even after various ‘armistices’ and declarations about ‘eternal friendship.’” At the end of it, “the thousand-year Rome” was overwhelmed by the barbarians marching through its streets.

One wants to believe, Anpilogov continues, that “the Russian elite understands this and doesn’t have any illusions regarding the iron curtain of the West” which may take on many forms but which will never be eliminated as long as the two are locked in confrontation.

“Russia has no friends in Kyiv. But both the West and Russia have interests there which must be achieved. The interest of Russia is in the lifting of the blockade from its fortress – but unfortunately for this to happen, one must attack.” Acting as if Russia can simply sit in its fortress and wait is no way to win a war, he concludes.

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New footage of Russian Army base in Lugansk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOYuRvRWWow …

How Russian Lobbyists Are Manipulating American Perceptions of the Ukraine Conflict" http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/how-russian-lobbyists-are-manipulating-american-perceptions-of-the-ukraine-conflict/ …

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Cyber warfare in real time--eye opener


holy crap, America getting cyber-attacked big time right now, real-time map over here

http://map.norsecorp.com/

most attacks out of #ChinaJ


Jonathan Schanzer
‏@JSchanzer Try not to think of it so much as a cyber attack, but rather an effort to degrade and ultimately defeat our economic power.

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AND Russia “threatens again”-----------Reference Moldavia and Transnistria

http://tass.ru/en/russia/807074

Moscow: Transformation of Dniester peacekeeping operation to provoke new armed conflict

Russia
July 08, 21:51 UTC+3


The fact that not a single peacekeeper has died since the operation started proves that it has been effective, Sergey Gubarev, ambassador at large of the Russian Foreign Ministry, told TASS

Russia says concerned by stagnation of talks on Transdniestria peace process

MOSCOW, July 8 /TASS/. The transformation of a peacekeeping operation in Moldova’s unrecognized Dniester region may radically aggravate the situation and provoke a new armed conflict, Sergey Gubarev, ambassador at large of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said in an interview with TASS on Wednesday.

"In their official speeches Moldovan leaders (and not only them) are constantly calling for the transformation of the peacekeeping operation in the Dniester Republic into a multinational police mission despite the fact that the presidents of Moldova, the Dniester region and Russia highly appreciated its stabilizing role in a joint declaration signed in Moscow on March 18, 2009," Gubarev, who represents Russia at a permanent conference held as part of negotiations for the Dniester settlement, said.

According to him, the peacekeeping operation made it possible to establish effective control over the Security zone straight from start and prevent incidents from growing dramatically uncontrollable. "The fact that not a single peacekeeper has died since the operation started proves that it has been effective," Gubarev added.

"The transformation of the peacekeeping operation in the Security zone may spur the sides to new armed confrontation. If this is the result sought by the ‘transformation’ advocates, then they will bear full responsibility for the emergence of a new trouble spot," Gubarev stressed.

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Watch our whole @Channel4 film #FromRussiaWithCash exposing London's dirty secret here. http://www.channel4.com/programmes/from-russia-with-cash/on-demand/60105-001 …

Online museum of Russian invasion of Ukraine features section on #Russia|n Neo-nazis
http://euromaidanpress.com/2015/07/08/online-museum-of-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-features-section-on-russian-neo-nazis/ … pic.twitter.com/qtDXH6sKmW

Drone filmed militants equipment on the outskirts of Luhansk http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/9-july-drone-captures-militant-military-equipment-on-the … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOYuRvRWWow …

Ukraine UAV / drone shot at by #Russia-backed forces July 2
Geolocation SE #Luhansk
https://www.google.com.ua/maps/place/48%C2%B032'14.3%22N+39%C2%B021'22.2%22E/@48.5376721,39.356906,1213m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=ru …
pic.twitter.com/VDJBNx0P6L

Soon we will present high-res photos from some of our drone's flights http://www.peoplesproject.com/en/first-peoples-uav-complex/ …

Patriot battery on the Turkish-Syrian border was hacked.
Could turn worse than Russian Bukhttp://europe.newsweek.com/german-missiles-hacked-by-foreign-source-329980 … pic.twitter.com/lkfSqKNRA9

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According to Lavrov annexation of Crimea is done deal now. Next thing he'll come up with: MH17 is closed issue too. https://twitter.com/uatodaytv/status/619087069743325184 …

Want to know more about scale of corrupt £ in property? Read our report http://bit.ly/1LXdpCs #fromrussiawithcash pic.twitter.com/ztWxvgvoOq

Fresh infographics!
"#Russia & Russia-backed Militants Do Not Abide by the Minsk Agreements"
http://bit.ly/minsk-violation pic.twitter.com/XKwWyF7Hmh


My assessment today is that Russia presents the greatest threat to our national security" - Gen Dunford, Obama's next Joint Chiefs chairman

ATO: There's over 8000 RU troops in Donbas, equipped with 512 armoured vehicles, 147 arty guns, 190 tanks & 83 MLRS

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1029596313717841&id=820651001279041&refid=17&_ft_=top_level_post_id.1029596313717841&__tn__=%2As …

Russian Army BAZ-6403 Tank Transporter at Luhansk base 6/6/15 http://www.military-today.com/trucks/baz_6403.htm … @Aero_Dnipro1 @RobPulseNews pic.twitter.com/idOIt3MTMY

Dnipro-1" photo from 6 June 2015 shows many Russian army trucks at Luhansk have white aerial identification markings pic.twitter.com/VxjcZWtRKj

Will The OSCE’s ‘Water Truce’ Keep The Peace? http://bit.ly/1HhTTfS pic.twitter.com/QQneM9lNXG

Regiment "Dnipro-1" on the front line. From Pisky to Mariupol, fighting for freedom of Ukraine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n881smGIziE&sns=tw … pic.twitter.com/FsEUIPz546

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http://www.ecfr.eu/article/commentary_berlin_and_the_minsk_trap#.VZ5zj5pq2NI. twitter

Berlin and the Minsk trap

Commentary
Gustav Gressel

03rd July, 2015


When the implementation agreement on the September ceasefire was signed in Minsk on February 11th (later referred to as Minsk II agreement), there was an enormous amount to scepticism about the real effect and feasibility of the agreement. It was seen, at best, as the start of a difficult process towards peace, not as a perfect solution nor as a definitive end to the Russian-Ukrainian war.

German negotiators and politicians too were sceptical. The key points of the agreement were only vaguely defined, giving huge scope for interpretation, and ideas about how to implement them differed considerably amongst the parties. On top of this, many of the issues addressed in Minsk II were and are incredibly difficult to implement and have long-term consequences for the conflict: the special status for the Donbas, the amnesty law, the local elections, resuming social transfers to the separatist areas, and proposed constitutional reform in Ukraine.

But such considerations were seen as less important than securing an immediate end to the fighting. And the strict conditionality built into the treaty was designed to do that. Russia would only get benefits for the Donbas if the ceasefire lasted, heavy weapons were withdrawn, and the Russian Army left the Donbas. Eliminating foreign military presence justified the heavy burdens on Ukraine to finance and somehow legalise the strange constructs in the Donbas.

Almost five months on since Minsk II was agreed, it is clear that none of the early conditions have been met. While fighting did indeed slow down after the fall of Debalcevo, fighting is now on the increase again. Most of the ceasefire violations are caused by the Russian side and heavy weapons have not been withdrawn. Larger battles like the battle for Marinka are marked by the appearance of regular Russian armoured formations.

The OSCE is not capable of monitoring the ceasefire. Above all, it has no mandate and no capability to enforce it. In Eastern Ukraine, OSCE observers are allowed to drive only along roads in company with “separatist authorities” during the day. All routes have to be announced 24 hours in advance and woods, factories, barns, industrial storage facilities are never inspected at all.

Nevertheless, since May 2015 German foreign minister Steinmeier has been urging the Ukrainian government to proceed with the implementation of their parts of the Minsk II agreement, despite the worsening situation on the front. EU Commissioner Hahn, responsible for the European neighbourhood, was even more explicit, calling on Ukraine to proceed with the later points of the Minsk agreement without waiting for Russia to comply with any of the previous points.

Such statements are against the entire rationale behind the agreement. Concessions and benefits to Russia's puppet states were designed as a reward for de-escalation and withdrawal. If such a plan had been implemented, Ukraine and Europe would have been given financial responsibility for the Donbas while Putin would be relieved of any responsibility for the war.

Why has the logic and the conditionality of the Minsk agreement been abandoned? Many observers confused the pause in the fighting in March/April 2015, to allow Russia to rotate troops in the Donbas, with a ceasefire. Public opinion and the European press started hailing the agreement as “the” political solution to the conflict – which it wasn't. And in time, politicians came to believe this myth too. And finally there was no Plan B if the actions of Minsk II were not implemented. That left European politicians, including those in Berlin, reliant on a dogmatic implementation of an agreement that no longer fit the situation. And from Russia’s side, Putin has practically lost interest in the agreement, as he begins to realise that his interpretation of Minsk II (making Brussels and Kyiv pay for the Donbas and using “federalisation” to paralyse Ukraine domestically) is off the cards.

For the moment, Greece absorbs the attention of European and German decision makers. But there is unfinished business on bringing peace to Ukraine and the Minsk framework is approaching a dead end. Europe faces a difficult choice: put more pressure on Moscow to comply with Minsk II, or quickly come up a plan B, possibly including a separation force.

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Reference the former Texas resident fighting with the Russian mercenaries----

In full flow "Texas" lets slip that "the Russian army [in Ukraine] is strong & getting stronger every day"
[21:42] https://youtu.be/2gOJEx7hPJQ?t=21m33s …

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New photo evidence of Russian Armed Forces armoured vehicles used in Donbas war. http://en.censor.net.ua/photo_news/342948/new_evidence_of_armored_vehicles_of_russian_armed_ forces_use_in_donbas_war_appeared_photos … v @censor_net pic.twitter.com/M3SH1kxLCO

Near Mariupol today, specialists found and defused explosives planted by saboteurs
http://www.mariupol.tv/news/events/mariupol/4865/v_mariupole_sluzhebnaya_sobaka_obnaruzhila_podarok _ot_diversantov_video.html … pic.twitter.com/wEpjk8qL0Y
NOTE: typical mission set for Spetsnaz--the two captured Sptensaz were also on a recon and mine laying mission when they were counter ambushed.

OSCE_SMM UAV sees concentrations of Russian tanks North & East of #Mariupol on 8 July http://www.osce.org/ukraine-smm/171516 … pic.twitter.com/X9fYPqdmD0

Shelling of Stanytsia Luhanska by Russian-separatist forces leaves streets without gas, power, policewoman wounded http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/shelling-of-stanytsia-luhanska-by-russian-separatist-forces-leaves-streets-without-gas-power-policewoman-wounded-393045.html …

OSCE_SMM: "JCCC tried to negotiate several ceasefires... one of them was considered by the JCCC to be successful and lasted for 10 minutes"

OSCE: parties to Donbas conflict continue fortifying defensive positions
http://www.unian.info/war/1099084-osce-parties-to-donbas-conflict-continue-fortifying-defensive-positions.html … pic.twitter.com/L3djLupiEh

DNR authorities replaced mayor Rozsypne for showing compassion to bereaved flight #MH17 'without asking permission". pic.twitter.com/adfz203Ktc

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Russian army base, outskirts of Luhansk (@ARMY_SOS 8 Jul) Aerial ID markings #PutinAtWar https://youtu.be/NOYuRvRWWow pic.twitter.com/jh4iJmhyvW

Russian armor transports: Ekaterinburg 26 May (Photo 1-2) Rostov region-19 June (Photo 3-4)
pic.twitter.com/nSDHgX5fES
via @GirkinGirkin

Presumably a Gorlovka warehouse with RPG ammo
pic.twitter.com/gWobWIJJkk
via @appvar1

PRIVAT, #Ukraine's largest bank sued #Russia in the Hague for damages from #Crimea occupation
http://www.epravda.com.ua/rus/news/2015/07/8/549817/ … pic.twitter.com/qM29FhfB73

They asking for damages totaling 1.2B USDs--Russia is claiming they will not accept the European ruling much as they did with Yukos. Which opens them up to physical seizures which they cannot legally resist.

Russia's LNR claim training tanks are trophies. Is the new(?) matching no.'d driver headgear a trophy too?
@catfitz pic.twitter.com/03cCbMIGCh

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3 drones shot down above Luhansk region by Air Def troops #Ukraine Armed Forces yday at 21:25 to 23:00 local time https://twitter.com/Legioner_sniper/status/619364082932666368 …

Last night (18:00-00:00) militants attacked positions of Ukrainian troops about 40 times - ATO press center
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1029931367017669&id=820651001279041&refid=17&_ft_=top_level_post_id.1029931367017669&__tn__=%2As …

YGTBK Russians copying Nazi propaganda posters for use in Donbas. https://twitter.com/BirgerJohnsen/status/619377439010123776 …

Russia appears to be copying Nazi propaganda posters in its war in #Ukraine - @aavst
pic.twitter.com/vV0g8lRBpa

Pictures
Also "Battalion #CCCP Bryanka" in #Luhansk region seems to have found a nice local shop with BTR-80 & stuff. pic.twitter.com/7VyRFJnBUL

Russia keeps exploring bottoms of human conscience:"#MH17 tribunal is inappropriate,beyond a reasonable"
http://ria.ru/mh17/20150710/1123977420.html …

Russia refuses to recognize PrivatBank lawsuit on Crimea
http://www.unian.info/economics/1099155-russia-refuses-to-recognize-privatbank-lawsuit-on-crimea.html … pic.twitter.com/XyE2dKDpPf

Spetsnaz led attack----
As a result of battle with DRG near Stanytsia Luhanska, 1 #Ukraine soldier killed, 1 wounded yesterday evening
http://moskal.in.ua/index.php?categoty=news&news_id=1879 …

Two Ukrainian soldiers killed, ten wounded in conflict zone in last day
http://www.unian.info/war/1099290-two-ukrainian-soldiers-killed-ten-wounded-in-conflict-zone-in-last-day.html … pic.twitter.com/rUSxaoXJd0

Detecting the enemy will now be a cinch for the 25th Airborne Brigade http://www.peoplesproject.com/en/reports/thermal-weapon-scope-for-25th-airborne-brigade/ … pic.twitter.com/8e7E1JwvCf

During the last day militants fired on Berezove checkpoint. 2 enemy drones were recorded - State Border Service
http://dpsu.gov.ua/ua/about/news/news_7842.htm …

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Shellings and ground attacks began early yesterday evening and have continued into the noon time frame today--some areas were hit over a period of several hours--it has been an amazing amount of artillery and mortars shells fired by Russian troops and her mercenaries over the last four weeks.

They are slowly working their way back up to the 150 tons per day ranges that were achieved in Feb 2015.


Jul09 21:46 #Pisky @amdh2012 #Pisky is under tank, 82mm, 120mm mortar fire for few hours already

12:59 #Svitlodarsk @hu_svetlodarsk Impacts on the town, multiple ignitions

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http://euromaidanpress.com/2015/01/24/ex-terrorist-leader-referendum-in-crimea-was-a-farce/

Ex-terrorist leader: “Referendum in Crimea was a farce”

2015/01/24 • Russia

Article by: Jaroslav Jay


Igor Girkin, ex-minister of defense of the so-called Donetsk Republic, who fled Donetsk in August of 2014, when Ukrainian forces began their suppression of terrorist forces, has now become a peculiar kind of self-whistle blower. Recently, sitting in a studio of the “Polit-Ring” debate TV show featured by something called NeuroMirTV, Girkin has openly described some of the schemes which were implemented during the illegal referendum in Crimea in the spring of 2014, which was later used as the excuse by Russia for the annexation of the peninsula.

As his opponent is passionately describing how Crimean outfits of the Ukrainian army and the police were, in his opinion, in all ways supporting of “people’s desire to reunite with Russia”, Girking quietly laughs, and retorts:

“Have you actually been to Crimea during the referendum? Well, I have. I have been there since February the 21th. What you are describing here is absolute rubbish. There were no policemen who supported our side at that time. The only law-enforcement subdivision that has joined our ranks back then was the Berkut.

The rest of the law-enforcement agencies remained under control of Ukrainian Ministry of Internal, and kept carrying out the MIA’s orders. Yes, sometimes they were sabotaging these orders, but all in all they were under Ukrainian control. I haven’t seen any support from official governmental representatives in Simferopol.

Our troops had to force the deputies into the Oblast Council hall so that these representatives would vote in favor of our initiatives. I know this because I have been at the time commandeering one of such militant teams and I’ve seen it all from the inside. We had absolutely no support from the people, not to mention the army. The Ukrainian army units remained loyal to Kyiv as they were. Furthermore, most of the army remained that way. The only thing that made what we have accomplished in Crimea possible was the presence of Russian army.”

Girkin’s militant façade is pretty much gone today, as if the ex-terrorist is trying to distance himself from responsibility for his crimes. His Cossack style wavy hair has become neatly trimmed; his camouflage is now replaced with cozy Mr. Rogers cardigan.

Though outspoken about the atrocities he caused, of which he seems to be nevertheless proud, an ex-rebel prefers to maintain somewhat neutral towards the war today, though bitter about, as he puts it, the lack of Russian support in the East of Ukraine.

Whether this is his way of agitating for further Russian invasion or simply a covert lie to avoid awkward questions about his rushed departure from Donetsk in the end of August 2014 is hard to tell. What is undeniable though is that Girking is not too keen about returning to his “rebellion” activities in Ukraine. Perhaps it is time for his comrades to follow their leader’s example. After all, he is still alive and in one piece.

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VIDEO: Aftermath in Shyrokyne after militants retreated
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KeSL9-y3VM&sns=tw …
pic.twitter.com/eZrz4J8CNJ

ATO spox: SBU detained smuggler to militant-controlled areas & seized large batch of expired food pic.twitter.com/jVbOCbD7HO

What were ten Ukrainians doing in Rostov region (centre of military action against Ukraine)? https://twitter.com/Liveuamap/status/619459054876950528 …

Did Putin's security services write this @DerSPIEGEL oped completely, or just send them the main points?: http://m.spiegel.de/international/germany/a-1042573.html#spRedirectedFrom=www&referrrer= …

On June 30th Vrubivka, Ukraine was shelled with GRAD. OSCE was there, but did not include it in a public report. https://twitter.com/LUGANSK_TODAY/status/618749307819270144 …

This was the previously reported Spetsnaz raid---
@LUGANSK_TODAY
Terrorists got 10 km deep in #Ukraine controlled territory and killed Ukrainian soldier http://lugansk-news.com/terrorists-got-on-ukraine-controlled-territory-crossing-demarcation-line-and-killed-ukrainian-soldier/ … pic.twitter.com/xRr3zQmoHd

CRITICAL MAP depicting Russian shellings and armor movements in the south of the eastern front.
Lots of shelling and more sightings of armour deployments in the south... http://www.interpretermag.com/ukraine-live-day-508-sentsov-and-kolchenko-to-be-detained-for-another-6-months/#9065 … pic.twitter.com/MrJRS4WzDY

Russian Foreign Minister lying again and again about NATO actions----
Lavrov accuses #NATO of breaching Founding Act. Again. (Sigh.) Inaccuracy doesn't improve with repetition. See http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_111767.htm?#cl301 …

Russia prepares possible mobilization in the front line regions in August. Putin plans to invade Ukraine? - Sotnik pic.twitter.com/RSL34sIOQZ

'A Sober Look at Russian Military Trends' by Stephen Blank http://www.interpretermag.com/a-sober-look-at-russian-military-trends/ … via @Interpreter_Mag 9 Jul

Stephen Blank: "Russia remains a formidable military force that is aggressively deployed. But it is not invincible or all-powerful."

BREAKING: #Russian plane violates #Estonian airspace http://goo.gl/xXrisl pic.twitter.com/vwnPJJlARs

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OSCE DRONE SPOTTED MORE THEN 160 RUSSIAN MILITARY VEHICLES NEAR MARIUPOL!!! https://twitter.com/NSDC_ua/status/619441812848156672 …

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Notice the French and the Germans want the Ukraine to basically give up the Crimea and eastern Ukraine without the Russian fulfilling a single point of the Minsk 2 agreement.

WHAT about the "so called ceasefire"?????


Merkel and Hollande pressing on President @Porosheko regarding Ukraine Constitution, SPECIAL status of Donbas, unilateral withdrawal.


At 20:00 tonight local residents reported Avdiivka was being heavily shelled.
http://112.ua/ato/mestnyy-zhiteli-soobshhayut-ob-obstrelah-avdeevki-244019.html …

OSCE records over 300 cases of shelling near Donetsk airport on Thursday
http://www.unian.info/war/1099558-osce-records-over-300-cases-of-shelling-near-donetsk-airport-on-thursday.html … pic.twitter.com/t0DuIrpv9C

Unconfirmed Report of Munition Depot Explosion in Gorlovka, 13 Dead; Conflicts Between Separatists & Russian Advisers http://bit.ly/1NUIPa3

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Russian Neo-Nazi Paramilitary Group, Rusich, To Withdraw - Freezing Of Conflict Or A Feint? http://www.interpretermag.com/ukraine-live-day-508-sentsov-and-kolchenko-to-be-detained-for-another-6-months/#9072 … pic.twitter.com/NbjLgzjqIF

On Simferopol-Yalta Highway Russian forces lost a tank https://www.facebook.com/andreysimfer/videos/vb.100000691475454/1009617239071316/?type=2&theater … pic.twitter.com/gWwPRooPRq

Rail transport of military equipment in Tyumen, RU https://instagram.com/p/48fLSwIu1l/ Geo: https://www.google.de/maps/uv?hl=de&pb=!1s0x43bbe1798781c31f:0xd3a5ba3265adbfaa!2m5!2m 2!1i80!2i80!3m1!2i100!3m1!7e1!4shttp://www.panoramio.com/photo/93812542!5z0YLRjtC80LXQvdGMINCy0L7QutC30LDQuyAtIEd vb2dsZS1TdWNoZQ&sa=X&ei=uhagVbmvI6n-ygOa04WADw&ved=0CJoBEKIqMA4 … pic.twitter.com/I8QOdC7jTi

Vid of painted over vehicles from the rail transp. in Kazan, RU: https://instagram.com/p/49RuvjHbXI/ Bckp: http://streamable.com/6ojf pic.twitter.com/hudgUz2eDs

Rail transport of painted over military equipment near Kazan, RU https://instagram.com/p/49EWL-vBrU/ Geo: https://www.google.com/maps/place/55%C2%B049'26.4%22N+48%C2%B051'22.3%22E/@55.8181045,48.8643351,367m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en … pic.twitter.com/4N4FDfsYJG

Russian subversive group #Riazan operates in #Donetsk oblast, http://empr.media/video/conflict-zone/russian-subversive-group-riazan-operates-in-donetsk-oblast-of-ukraine … pic.twitter.com/ltgQGjogHT

Putin blames #Ukraine for failing ceasefire http://uatoday.tv/politics/putin-blames-ukraine-for-failing-ceasefire-454110.html … pic.twitter.com/enx4J2rcLr

RU BM-30 near Ukraine, close to striking distance of Kalmius river: https://archive.is/Xm9FP https://www.google.de/maps/@47.401442,39.2340301,1035m/data=!3m1!1e3 … pic.twitter.com/rGdelG2pT8

Bottom left is ZS-82 Loudspeaker vehicle based on BRDM-2 used for delivering psyops, propaganda. See http://www.military-vehicle-photos.com/picture/number4024.asp …

and http://www.military-vehicle-photos.com/picture/number5474.asp … and http://codinomeinformante.blogspot.ie/2014/04/russia-utilizara-veiculo-de-propaganda.html … pic.twitter.com/pY8iJP6UrE

Footage
Fighting at #Donetsk #airport.
Area & terminal buildings held by "Battalion Somalia"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZTIrCO3vAc … pic.twitter.com/rIHtG8m5T5

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Notice the French and the Germans want the Ukraine to basically give up the Crimea and eastern Ukraine without the Russian fulfilling a single point of the Minsk 2 agreement.

WHAT about the "so called ceasefire"?????


Merkel and Hollande pressing on President @Porosheko regarding Ukraine Constitution, SPECIAL status of Donbas, unilateral withdrawal.


At 20:00 tonight local residents reported Avdiivka was being heavily shelled.
http://112.ua/ato/mestnyy-zhiteli-soobshhayut-ob-obstrelah-avdeevki-244019.html …

OSCE records over 300 cases of shelling near Donetsk airport on Thursday
http://www.unian.info/war/1099558-osce-records-over-300-cases-of-shelling-near-donetsk-airport-on-thursday.html … pic.twitter.com/t0DuIrpv9C

Unconfirmed Report of Munition Depot Explosion in Gorlovka, 13 Dead; Conflicts Between Separatists & Russian Advisers http://bit.ly/1NUIPa3

Seems that Hollande and Merkel appear to not have paid attention to the recent intelligence report handed to the US by the Ukrainians.

http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/russian-command-control-structure-in-donbas-outlined-in-ukraine-report-393111.html

Continued.........


European media downplays the Kremlin’s role in Ukraine's war
US politicians do not know the actual scale of Russian aggression – Levus

Commenting on the six Russian commanders allegedly in charge of Kremlin-separatist forces that are mentioned in the report, Levus said some of them were active generals. Others are formally retired but de facto still report to Russia’s defense minister, since they have not been stripped of their military rank and are on standby for duty, he said.

There is also a Russian general supervising separatist troops who is not mentioned in the presentation published by Bloomberg – Alexander Lentsov, Levus said. Lentsov is a member of the Joint Center for Control and Coordination (JCCC), a group of Russian and Ukrainian officers that monitors the implementation of the Feb. 12 Minsk ceasefire deal.

Levus accused Lentsov of using the information on Ukrainian positions he obtained during meetings with Ukrainian generals to help Russian-separatist forces during the battle of Debaltseve in January and February. Lentsov was not available for comment.

“Oleksandr Razmaznin, a Ukrainian general and member of the JCCC, says that the JCCC binds the Ukrainian army hand and foot and transfers intelligence data to militants,” Levus said.

There is also a Russian general supervising separatist troops who is not mentioned in the presentation published by Bloomberg – Alexander Lentsov, Levus said. Lentsov is a member of the Joint Center for Control and Coordination (JCCC), a group of Russian and Ukrainian officers that monitors the implementation of the Feb. 12 Minsk ceasefire deal.

Levus accused Lentsov of using the information on Ukrainian positions he obtained during meetings with Ukrainian generals to help Russian-separatist forces during the battle of Debaltseve in January and February. Lentsov was not available for comment.

“Oleksandr Razmaznin, a Ukrainian general and member of the JCCC, says that the JCCC binds the Ukrainian army hand and foot and transfers intelligence data to militants,” Levus said.

Outlining the “structure of Russian occupation,” Levus said the about 9,000 Russian regular troops in Donbas were separated into battalion-sized tactical units attached to several sectors.

These units consist entirely of Russian servicemen. During military action, they may change their uniforms and disguise themselves as separatists, Levus said.

Apart from Russian regular army troops, “each separatist brigade has a Russian instructor as its chief of staff, or a deputy commander who de facto makes all tactical decisions during military action,” he said.

In each separatist brigade, there is also a unit of Russian regular troops enforcing discipline and obedience to the Russian General Staff’s orders, Levus said. Such units are used to train separatists and purge their ranks of disloyal elements.

Levus compared such Russian units to the “barrier troops” used by the Soviet Union to shoot retreating soldiers during World War II, as well as to the Bolshevik commissars, who made sure troops toed the party line.

While separatist troops are used more often as “cannon fodder” on the frontline, Russian regular troops are mostly used for artillery support, the operation of armored vehicles and sabotage operations, Levus said.

The Russian army’s headquarters moves around the Donbas depending on the location of current hotspots, according to Levus. For instance, during the siege of Debaltseve, it was transferred to the north of Donetsk, he said.

Over the past two months, Russia has moved in a large amount of Russian intelligence equipment and more drones to Ukraine, which proves that it is gearing up for an expansion of the frontline, Levus said. He said he thought the next escalation might come this fall.

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Notice the French and the Germans want the Ukraine to basically give up the Crimea and eastern Ukraine without the Russian fulfilling a single point of the Minsk 2 agreement.

WHAT about the "so called ceasefire"?????


Merkel and Hollande pressing on President @Porosheko regarding Ukraine Constitution, SPECIAL status of Donbas, unilateral withdrawal.


At 20:00 tonight local residents reported Avdiivka was being heavily shelled.
http://112.ua/ato/mestnyy-zhiteli-soobshhayut-ob-obstrelah-avdeevki-244019.html …

OSCE records over 300 cases of shelling near Donetsk airport on Thursday
http://www.unian.info/war/1099558-osce-records-over-300-cases-of-shelling-near-donetsk-airport-on-thursday.html … pic.twitter.com/t0DuIrpv9C

Unconfirmed Report of Munition Depot Explosion in Gorlovka, 13 Dead; Conflicts Between Separatists & Russian Advisers http://bit.ly/1NUIPa3

This is what is not being understood by both --no actually all three Obama, Hollande, Merkel--IF you cannot get a true ceasefire in place to stop all shooting THEN political solutions are simply a "façade" in order for them to "get back to business"--meaning economic business especially between Germany and Russia where right now a number of large German companies are breaking the sanctions while they still do business with Russia.

http://maidantranslations.com/2015/07/11/dmitry-tymchuk-military-update-7-10-freesavchenko/

Dimitry Tymchuk: Military update 7.10

Posted on July 11, 2015 by chervonaruta
07.10.2015

Translated and edited by Voices of Ukraine


Operational data from Information Resistance:

Russian-terrorist troops in Donbas continue shelling the positions of Ukrainian troops and settlements, actively using “forbidden” weapons systems – cannon artillery (122- and 152-mm in caliber), reactive artillery (MLRS), armored vehicles, and 120-mm mortars.

During the past 24 hours, insurgents actively fired at the advanced positions of the ATO forces in the western direction using the “harassing mode” of warfare practically throughout the entire section from Mar’inka to Avdiivka and areas north of it (including Kirove and Shumy). Terrorists used small arms, AGS-17 automatic grenade launchers, 82- and 120-mm mortars, ZU-23-2 mobile anti-aircraft autocannons, SPG-9 mounted grenade launchers. Opytne, Avdiivka and Pisky were fired at the most (insurgents also used 122-mm artillery in these areas).

During the last 24 hours, insurgents repeatedly opened heavy fire on the advanced positions of Ukrainian troops in the vicinity of Berezove, Stepne, Yasne, and Novotroitske with 120-mm mortars. Also, terrorists actively shelled the positions of the ATO forces in these areas from the vicinity of Olenivka and Dokuchajevsk with 122-mm artillery. It is noted that the enemy is simultaneously increasing the strength and frequency of fire strike impact on the positions of ATO forces in these and neighboring areas.

Thus, in the vicinity of Hranitne, insurgents carried out a powerful fire strike from 122-mm MLRS BM-21 “Grad” (at least six MLRS units were used). Near Novohryhorivka, terrorists used 152-mm cannon artillery; several tanks carried out adjusted fire from regular 125-mm weapons from firing positions set up and camouflaged earlier in different locations in this area. The settlement of Olhynka and the positions of Ukrainian troops in the area were fired at from 120-mm mortars.

The concentration of a terrorist strike “brigade” – the size of three battalions with a significant number of armored vehicles (38 tanks alone) and artillery (24 units of cannon artillery, up to 12 MLRS systems) was observed along the Mospyne – Starobesheve – Komsomolske line. The transfer of weapons to this “brigade” continues. At the same time, three reinforced “mechanized infantry battalions” operate in the area south of Donetsk (on the Syhnalne – Telmanove stretch) (predominantly active along the Olenivka – Dokuchajevsk line and the vicinity of Hranitne) using artillery and armored vehicles.

Kyivskyi District of Donetsk, “Sarepta” neighborhood, after shelling. Source.

At the moment, it is difficult to say whether such a concentration of Russian-terrorist forces is [purely] symbolic and is used to mislead the ATO forces, or the enemy is in fact preparing for an attack to the south of Donetsk, in the direction of Volnovakha. In any case, analysts from the IR group indicate that the ATO forces must be ready for enemy activities in the following directions: the Telmanove – Volnovakha highway, the Donetsk – Mariupol highway, the area from Novomykhailivka to Chermalyk, Mykolayivka, and Hranitne – predominantly on the stretch south of Donetsk.

During the past 24 hours in the vicinity of the Svitlodarsk springboard (the Luhanske – Myronivskyi area), insurgents carried out active fire strikes from small arms, 82-mm mortars, and AGS-17. Terrorist provocations with infantry weapons continue in the area of Popasna, Katerynivka, Zolote, Novotoshkivske, Krymske, Shchastya, and Stanytsia Luhanska. In most instances, insurgents are employing the old tactics: under cover of mortar fire (or in advance, in secret) at a range of effective fire, 1–2 groups of insurgents advance, or rarely 2-3 groups (usually – up to 30, rarely up to 50 people), into the “vegetation” in the “neutral zone” where they equip the firing positions. They are followed by open fire (including sniper [fire]) onto the ATO forces’ advanced positions and strongholds. At the same time, infiltration attempts by enemy sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the rear of the Ukrainian troops are observed under cover of these insurgent infantry groups. As a rule, after the ATO forces’ retaliatory fire, the enemy moves back to their starting line.

The movement of transport and military equipment convoys in both directions is being observed in the border areas, including the occupied territories (Sukhodilsk, Krasnodon, Sverdlovsk). In the last 24 hours, 12 armored vehicles and artillery moved through Sverdlovsk, three 2S9 “Nona-S” and four 122-mm 2S1 “Gvozdika” self-propelled howitzers, six BMD-2 IFVs were transferred to Donbas from the Russian Federation.

WHAT is extremely interesting was right after the shot down of MH17--IT was the German BND (their CIA) that attempted to actually drum beat the Russian mantra --it was the Ukrainians that shot down MH17 and then when their CIA was called out by social media open source analysts even the German CIA super quietly never said another word.

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Notice the French and the Germans want the Ukraine to basically give up the Crimea and eastern Ukraine without the Russian fulfilling a single point of the Minsk 2 agreement.

WHAT about the "so called ceasefire"?????


Merkel and Hollande pressing on President @Porosheko regarding Ukraine Constitution, SPECIAL status of Donbas, unilateral withdrawal.


At 20:00 tonight local residents reported Avdiivka was being heavily shelled.
http://112.ua/ato/mestnyy-zhiteli-soobshhayut-ob-obstrelah-avdeevki-244019.html …

OSCE records over 300 cases of shelling near Donetsk airport on Thursday
http://www.unian.info/war/1099558-osce-records-over-300-cases-of-shelling-near-donetsk-airport-on-thursday.html … pic.twitter.com/t0DuIrpv9C

Unconfirmed Report of Munition Depot Explosion in Gorlovka, 13 Dead; Conflicts Between Separatists & Russian Advisers http://bit.ly/1NUIPa3

Obama, Hollande and Merkel all know this is a key point in Minsk 2 THAT has been fully violated by both Russia and her mercenaries---

Presidential envoy: 245 Ukrainian POWs still in militant captivity in Donbashttp://www.unian.info/war/1099561-presidential-envoy-245-ukrainian-pows-still-in-militant-captivity-in-donbas.html … pic.twitter.com/VefO7q6WuX

Until there is a true ceasefire and a true exchange of POWs the Ukraine cannot and will not accede to Merkel's demands to move to a political solution.

REMEMBER it was both Hollande and Merkel that have been responsible to a large degree for this mess called Minsk 2--AND they fact that they blocked EU and NATO entrance for the Ukraine repeatedly since 2005.

NOTICE too that both have not said a single critique of Russia on this latest round of heavy shellings and ground attacks AND both said nothing about the attack on Debaltseve even when they knew the attacks were ongoing--not a single word then and now.

Wonder why that is???

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RussianArmy&proxies in #Donetsk practice "tank breakthrough through fortified enemy line"...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33kQyBoqPbw … pic.twitter.com/4rCbN9QoJR

Geolocating MH17 Crash Videos with Checkdesk via @bellingcat https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2015/07/11/geolocating-mh17-crash-videos-with-checkdesk/ … pic.twitter.com/58NqDOo6sY

MH17: Clearer picture on the cause, says Najib - Channel NewsAsia http://bit.ly/1KWmYBi

Biletsky: Demilitarizing #Shirokine means surrendering #Mariupol to Putin ... https://www.facebook.com/ukrcrusade/posts/1607121869563759 …

Yesterday—proRussian supporters attempted a rally in Odessa.
Pro-#Russian meeting was dispersed by the #Ukrainian patriots in #Odessa pic.twitter.com/mRB9DsPBFl

Russian soldiers prosecuted for refusing to fight in Ukraine - a surprising investigation by Kremlin-friendly outlet http://www.gazeta.ru/politics/2015/07/10_a_7633125.shtml …

Several Russian contract soldiers desert rather than fight in #Ukraine, face prison time. (in Russian) http://www.gazeta.ru/politics/2015/07/10_a_7633125.shtml …

160+ Russian military vehicles near Mariupol makes retreating from #Shyrokyne a mousetrap: hoping Ukraine takes the bait and then smash them

Russia|ns fired at #Ukraine forces 50 times in the last day. Increasingly target residential civilian areas. https://www.facebook.com/ato.news/posts/1030448390299300 …

Military provocations prove Putin is playing with fire http://edition.cnn.com/2015/07/10/opinions/ghitis-putin-playing-with-fire/index.html …

Ukraine Unveiled the New Armored Amphibious Assault Ship "Centaur" Design http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2892 … pic.twitter.com/SjD86q9R8d

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Russian disinformation propaganda at work----

Sanctions against Russia are both ineffective and self-defeating" http://nationalinterest.org/feature/the-self-defeating-russia-sanctions-13267 … Who is Scott Semet?

Scott Semet makes impassioned plea that SWIFT not expel RUS, so putative expuls'n must B important 2 Kremlin. Kremlin troll!

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Appears the Russian FM still does not really know how to read and understand the NATO Founding Act which they themselves have violated a total of 21 times since Crimea.

Comment by the Foreign Ministry’s Information and Press Department on Poland’s statements concerning NATO building up its military presence in that country

1381-10-07-2015


Some Polish officials have made statements as of late regarding their country intending to cling further to a policy enhancing the armed presence of NATO and some of its member states, particularly the United States. These officials also call for revising the allegedly outdated Russia-NATO Founding Act of 1997.

Importantly, these statements are made while NATO military activity near the Russian border has reached unprecedented scope, as it is. Building up military tensions on NATO’s so-called “Eastern flank” is a clear goal toward which Poland and some other NATO countries are working consistently. However triumphant their reporting of the developments might be, this activity undermines regional security instead of strengthening it, as we have stressed on a number of occasions.

The Russia-NATO Founding Act formalises NATO commitments preventing the “additional permanent stationing of substantial combat forces” on the territory of new bloc members. We regard calls to revise the act as revealing a desire to make irreversible the bellicose NATO policy toward Russia.

Such moves have tremendous destructive potential and threaten negative consequences to the entire existing security system in Europe.

July 10, 2015

[OUTLAW 09]

Appears the Russian FM still does not really know how to read and understand the NATO Founding Act which they themselves have violated a total of 21 times since Crimea.

Comment by the Foreign Ministry’s Information and Press Department on Poland’s statements concerning NATO building up its military presence in that country

1381-10-07-2015

Appears that Russia knows about the NATO Founding Act BUT absolutely nothing about the Minsk 2 Agreement they also signed and CLAIM to want to fulfill.

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Can any SWJ commenter explain to me just why we have Congressmen that seem to be pro Russian and or pro Fasicst?

In Russia they call this group the "sixth column"--but they really mean liberals and or democrats--not fascists..

A New Group Is Bringing A Far-Right Hungarian MP To Congress
#Putin-fan Dana Rohrabacher will meet with the MP. http://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/a-new-group-is-bringing-a-far-right-hungarian-mp-to-congress?utm_term=.rlVGk6JkJ …

First he is pro Putin and now pro fascist-----

[OUTLAW 09]

Russian disinformation propaganda at work----

Sanctions against Russia are both ineffective and self-defeating" http://nationalinterest.org/feature/the-self-defeating-russia-sanctions-13267 … Who is Scott Semet?

Scott Semet makes impassioned plea that SWIFT not expel RUS, so putative expuls'n must B important 2 Kremlin. Kremlin troll!

A lot of same "logic" as this NYT op-ed from March, "Why Sanctions on Russia Will Backfire" (Samuel Charap & Bernard Sucher)

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Just a sampling of an "average shelling day on the eastern front".

Jul08 #Molodohvardiysk @KpaxianUKR "LNR flags are disappeared fr/tech school and fire dep, no info on police precinct, raion flag in the Sq"

16:48 #Donetsk @xuilolala Volley? No way! Something like ammo depot has been detonated

16:48 #Donetsk Kalininsky @vladicvp "Volley. Something massive - poor cat fell fr/window sill, then jumped back"

16:33 #Donetsk @Dusya60000018 "What has boomed that [loud] in the center?"

16:35 Proletarsky: Something rumbled once

16:33 #Donetsk @levzeja Something boomed

16:33 #Donetsk @Super__Olezhka "What a volley!"

Donetsk @Serzzze [fb]
15:15 OTsKB: Volleys

15:20 Yunost: heavy artillery [heard]

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Russian Spetsnaz on the move again after a short break in their operations tempo.

Russian Spetsnaz attempt to break through demarcation line.
Mariupol sector: militants fired 4 times at #Shyrokyne, Ukr stopped breakthru attempt of subv group near Talakivka http://www.0629.com.ua/news/886049

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Video of smoke rising from Mukacheve, #Ukraine, automatic weapon fire audible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FNf-9jkxA0 … via @MaximEristavi

Russia|n fascist #Dugin is alleged to have gathered intelligence on the French military:
http://www.interpretermag.com/russian-fascist-aleksandr-dugin-gathering-intelligence-on-the-french-military/ …

Russian fascist Alexandr Dugin calls for #Russia's troops to be sent to #Ukraine at a Moscow rally, Aug 2014 pic.twitter.com/8h18LrFcNq

Russia trying to whip up anti-NATO sentiment among Russian-speakers in Baltics: http://m.ria.ru/radio_brief/20150710/1124715838.html …

Sloviansk torture, killings, execution orders and still no proper investigation
http://khpg.org/index.php?id=1436470164 …
pic.twitter.com/shdpP8tzbZ

Russian invaders' hiding from #OSCE tactics getting more and more sophisticated ... pic.twitter.com/aL8irVHVVk

Russia’s top 140 lies about Ukraine
http://www.examiner.com/list/russia-s-top-140-lies-about-ukraine … pic.twitter.com/8FPduMYpOd

Russians in #Kirovsk to provide (Novo)#Russian "Battalion Ghost" with drones & other equipm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsfR6kZyrc4 … pic.twitter.com/Qg4VVxQ8Z4

VIDEO: Pro-Russia fighters in Marinka, #Ukraine engage in sniper battles with Ukrainian troops across no man's land.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxAu6K8C5og …

Footage
Rus Army "Battalion Khan" trains to infiltrate Ukrainian #Minsk demarcation line CPs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZygcQFJ5eh4 … pic.twitter.com/Y5Uk2Qd1A9

Ukrainian troops near Zelenopillya burnt to the ground by Russian Grads year ago
http://www.unian.info/war/1099656-ukrainian-troops-near-zelenopillya-burnt-to-the-ground-by-russian-grads-year-ago.html … pic.twitter.com/mIEP8ScEVI

Ukrainian gangs just as strong as Russian gagns are-----
Ukraine, gangsta's paradise.
Insane footage.
Here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FNf-9jkxA0 …
Here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAYxg983RIM …
#mukacheve pic.twitter.com/PYPq3pHK89

Many so-called journalists are in fact Russian intelligence plants or other provocateurs" #russianpropoganda
https://euobserver.com/foreign/129582

Ukrainian side to the JCCC say they stopped Armed provocations by the terrorists near Shyrokyne yesterday
http://m.0629.com.ua/news/886297

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Reference MH17 shot down-------

Russian UNSC Ambassador Churkin: "International tribunal on MH17 is inappropriate. The crash is not as serious a matter as the Yugoslav war" http://ria.ru/mh17/20150710/1123977420.html …

Next week on Bellingcat, a look at social media posts made on July 17th that provide more evidence of what happened

We'll also be exploring the question of whether the Russian MoD's July 21st #MH17 press conference was their "Colin Powell Moment"

We'll also be publishing a detailed analysis of who controlled the Zaroschshenskoe launch site proposed by Russia's Buk manufacturer #MH17

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Notice the French and the Germans want the Ukraine to basically give up the Crimea and eastern Ukraine without the Russian fulfilling a single point of the Minsk 2 agreement.

WHAT about the "so called ceasefire"?????


Merkel and Hollande pressing on President @Porosheko regarding Ukraine Constitution, SPECIAL status of Donbas, unilateral withdrawal.


At 20:00 tonight local residents reported Avdiivka was being heavily shelled.
http://112.ua/ato/mestnyy-zhiteli-soobshhayut-ob-obstrelah-avdeevki-244019.html …

OSCE records over 300 cases of shelling near Donetsk airport on Thursday
http://www.unian.info/war/1099558-osce-records-over-300-cases-of-shelling-near-donetsk-airport-on-thursday.html … pic.twitter.com/t0DuIrpv9C

Unconfirmed Report of Munition Depot Explosion in Gorlovka, 13 Dead; Conflicts Between Separatists & Russian Advisers http://bit.ly/1NUIPa3

Saturday, July 11, 2015

Minsk 2 Documents Undermine Ukrainian Sovereignty, Illarionov Says

Paul Goble


Staunton, July 11 – Speaking in Kremenchug this week, Andrey Illarionov said that Ukraine should continue to negotiate in its quest for peace but that it should reject the documents known as Minsk-2 because “the essence of this document is that the Ukrainian authorities are rejecting their sovereignty over the Ukrainian-Russian border.”

Moreover, the Russian analyst said, “the sooner it does this, the better it will be” for Ukraine (telegraf.in.ua/yandex/2015/07/07/andrey-illarionov-ob-iyulskom-defolte-i-potere-suvereniteta-ukrainy_10046522.html).

Some do not understand that this is what the Minsk-2 documents do because they couch this retreat in other words, he says. That is, they make Ukraine’s sovereignty in that region “dependent on the conduct in the east of Ukraine of local elections according to rules which must be agreed upon with representatives of ‘special regions of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts,’” a euphemism for the Moscow-backed LNR and DNR.

Moreover, Illarionov continues, Minsk-2 requires that the Constitution of Ukraine b changed so that “the domestic and foreign policy of Ukraine will become a hostage of the decisions taken by separatists in the DNR and LNR” and by implication of those in Moscow who are supporting them.

Both those provisions represent a direct threat to Ukraine’s sovereignty, he says. While not all the details are filled in, Minsk-2 uses terms like “autonomy” in ways that will permit “the legalization” of the illegal forces in eastern Ukraine, a step that will “seriously influence the resolution of such issues” as Ukraine’s joining the European Union of NATO.

Illarionov pointed out that what this means is that Minsk-2 is “a document about the liquidation of the sovereignty of Ukraine,” and he added that immediately after it was signed, he and Andrey Piontkovsky drew that conclusion but “not everyone in the Ukrainian authorities agreed with our assessments.”

Among those who were upset by their analysis was Ukraine’s presidential administration, he says, but he said he had “no comment” in response to a question as to why President Petro Poroshenko nonetheless signed the Minsk-2 agreements.

Illarionov worked for many years for Putin.

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Dozens Of Russian Troops 'Flee Unit, Fearing #Ukraine Deployment'
http://defnews.ly/1IRxQPf via @defense_news pic.twitter.com/OnMMsvSPXN

This video shows Russian cross-border attack on #Zelenopole one year ago. It was prelude to #MH17 attack.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vROcIMtpNBU …

It is FIRST recorded crossing-border attack of Russians. Later Google Earth confirmed that.
http://ukraineatwar.blogspot.nl/2015/01/google-earth-shows-russians-crossed.html … pic.twitter.com/ctUQes5oFx

Exactly one year ago Russia attacked Ukrainian camp at #Zelenopole ACROSS THE BORDER
http://ukraineatwar.blogspot.nl/2014/07/drama-near-zelenopole-entire-ukrainian.html … pic.twitter.com/lQ6DedLV4l

August 2014 some of the first regular #Russia|n armed forces troops, weapons crossed #Ukraine's border
https://twitter.com/RobPulseNews/status/501400933793017856 …

Russian armed forces DPR unit "Khan" mortar training 5 Jul, occupied Donetsk #PutinAtWar http://gvozd.su/?p=8684 pic.twitter.com/IpxYAODWhr

New Cossacks recrutes were sworn in in the frontline town Pervomaisk in Luhansk People's Republic… https://instagram.com/p/5AGdxZNVu4/

Russian armed forces (LPR armoured units) held exercises in occupied Luhansk, Ukraine 10 Jul via LieNews https://youtu.be/JqVSUjNrT3k

Russian soldiers face 10 years of prison for refusing to fight in #Ukraine
http://khpg.org/index.php?id=1436617897 … pic.twitter.com/E8IN9q6vuO

On Saturday (0:00-18:00) Russia-led terrorists shelled #Ukraine's forces 20 times, incl. with restricted by Minsk-2 heavy artillery.

Novorossiya" reporters the first who arrived at shooting in West Ukrainian city of Mukacheve https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGMCUibuHDE …
So was the shoot out between Right Sector and a local pro Russian gang leader---a false flag attack????

Crimean #Tatar volunteer battalion #Crimea is to become part of UA Armed Forces, to incl 1000 Crimeans on contract service http://ru.krymr.com/content/news/27120826.html …

Islamic Battalions, Stocked With #Chechens, Aid #Ukraine in War With #Russia http://nyti.ms/1KKc3L6 pic.twitter.com/RN4ngofkq4

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Right Sector on Mukacheve: Local gangsters, police revenge for blocked smuggling
http://www.unian.info/politics/1099684-right-sector-on-mukacheve-local-gangsters-police-revenge-for-blocked-smuggling.html … pic.twitter.com/6V1FPKyArQ

https://ukrainefocus.wordpress.com/2015/07/11/russia-in-ukraine-the-viking-battalion/

Russia in Ukraine – The “Viking Battalion”

July 11, 2015


Over the past couple of months a battalion of the Russian/DPR forces has come to my attention. This battalion is called the “Viking Battalion”. The main reason they came to my attention was because it was revealed via social media (twitter) that they had been carrying out fairly large exercises in Ukraine. One thing that caught my eye when seeing the album on VK from an exercise was the amount of equipment they had which included multiple tanks and APCs. Due to the amount of military equipment they have it clearly points towards Russia supplying this hardware. As a result of this I wanted to look through their VK page to see if there was any evidence to point towards members of the Russian Armed Forces being involved in the battalion. Thankfully after several hours looking through their VK page I was able to find picture evidence of both the Vityaz Spetsnaz (604th Red Banner Special Purpose Center of the Interior Ministry) and the Russian Naval Infantry (Marines). Within this blog post I am going to write about who and what the Vityaz and the Marines are and go on to present the evidence I found of the Russian Armed Forces involved in the “Viking Battalion”.

The Vityaz was a special force unit (Spetsnaz) apart of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) until it was later merged into a single unit with Rus (Spetsnaz) in 2008 to form 604th Red Banner Special Purpose Center of the Interior Ministry which is under direct command of the Independent Operational Purpose Division (ODON). ODON is in control of rapid deployment of internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The Vityaz are battle hardened and have been involved in plenty of Russia’s “affairs”. This includes the East Prigorodyn conflict, the Russian consitutinal crisis in which Vityaz was involved in indiscriminately gunning down anti-Yeltsin protestors and onlookers at the Ostankino TV center, the Chechen Wars where they were involved in assaults on Argun and Gudermes, and also said to be involved in the Samaski Massacre where over 250 people were brutally killed and the Kizlyar-Pervomayskoye and Moscow theater hostage crisis. So it is clear that the Vityaz knows what they are doing and have plenty of experience in doing it. Now it is time to look at the evidence which suggests that Vityaz are involved in the “Viking Battalion”.

As stated before I have been able to find picture evidence to suggest that members of Vityaz are involved in the “Viking Battalion” which means that they are in Ukraine. I was able to come across several pictures which shows both patches and berets of Vityaz. The first piece of evidence I will put forward:

As you can see in the above picture it shows a man wearing a Vityaz beret which is clearly shown and illustrated in the picture. The beret features a Vityaz pin on the side as well as a Vityaz cockade on the front. Furthermore you can also see his exact beret on the bottom right corner which clearly shows what I have mentioned above. It it also worth pointing out that I have seen the same man wearing the Vityaz patch which features in the next picture that will be shown. Vityaz patches:

The picture above clearly shows multiple men wearing the Vityaz patch. The man getting out of the car is also the same man wearing the red beret in the first picture. You may also be able to notice that the man in this picture wearing the black Vityaz patch also features in the first picture which suggests that they are closely connected and play an important part in the “Viking Battalion”.

As well as Vityaz being involved in the “Viking Battalion” there is also evidence of Russian Naval Infantry (Russian Marines). The marines are a premier unit within the Russian Armed Forces where they are generally trained for combat operations in amphibious landings, as well as defending naval bases, important parts of the coast and coastal facilities. Also the marines are used ‘as shock troops that carry out limited attacks and commando-style raids before the arrival of more conventional ground forces’ which would all come into use in Ukraine. It has become evident that in this conflict there has been multiple pieces of evidence suggesting that Russian Marines have been involved in several key battles in Ukraine which includes Donetsk Airport, Debaltseve and many others. However the main focus of this blog post is evidence of Russian Armed Forces within the “Viking Battalion”.

Working alongside Vityaz in the “Viking Battalion” are Russian Marines. Just like finding evidence regarding the Vityaz I was also able to find evidence of Russian Marines while going through the “Viking Battalion” VK page which offers plenty of pictorial evidence. The first picture includes two people in the “Viking Battalion” who are wearing a Russian Marines black beret as seen here:

As you can see in the picture above both members of the “Viking Battalion” are wearing the black beret of the Russian Marines with one of the members wearing the blue and white marine shirt underneath their camo. The next picture also features one of the men in the first:

As you can see in this annotated image it features a member of the “Viking Battalion” wearing a cap that has the Russian Marine emblem instead of the black beret he was wearing in the first picture. Also it is worth point out that the camo pattern of the cap he is wearing is know as SURPAT which is commonly used by Russian special forces which includes Spetsnaz, Russian Marines etc.

In conclusion, it has become evident that as a result of the pictorial evidence that was collected via the “Viking Battalion” VK page that there is elements of Vityaz Spetsnaz and Russian Marines that appear to be at least leading the battalion which makes sense as the “Viking Battalion” has a large amount of Russian equipment which includes multiple tanks and APCs that Russia wouldn’t want to go to waste so they make sure that they are in the “right” and experienced hands of the Vityaz Spetsnaz and Russian Marines.

For information regarding Russian Armed Forces within Ukraine in general it is worth checking out this Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) report: http://cdn3.videos.bloomberg.com/bview/documents/russian-aggression-against-ukraine.pdf

“Viking Battalion” VK page: https://vk.com/public93369497
“Viking Battalion” military exercise album: https://vk.com/album-93369497_215938433

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Dozens Of Russian Troops 'Flee Unit, Fearing #Ukraine Deployment'
http://defnews.ly/1IRxQPf via @defense_news pic.twitter.com/OnMMsvSPXN

This video shows Russian cross-border attack on #Zelenopole one year ago. It was prelude to #MH17 attack.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vROcIMtpNBU …

It is FIRST recorded crossing-border attack of Russians. Later Google Earth confirmed that.
http://ukraineatwar.blogspot.nl/2015/01/google-earth-shows-russians-crossed.html … pic.twitter.com/ctUQes5oFx

Exactly one year ago Russia attacked Ukrainian camp at #Zelenopole ACROSS THE BORDER
http://ukraineatwar.blogspot.nl/2014/07/drama-near-zelenopole-entire-ukrainian.html … pic.twitter.com/lQ6DedLV4l

August 2014 some of the first regular #Russia|n armed forces troops, weapons crossed #Ukraine's border
https://twitter.com/RobPulseNews/status/501400933793017856 …

Russian armed forces DPR unit "Khan" mortar training 5 Jul, occupied Donetsk #PutinAtWar http://gvozd.su/?p=8684 pic.twitter.com/IpxYAODWhr

New Cossacks recrutes were sworn in in the frontline town Pervomaisk in Luhansk People's Republic… https://instagram.com/p/5AGdxZNVu4/

Russian armed forces (LPR armoured units) held exercises in occupied Luhansk, Ukraine 10 Jul via LieNews https://youtu.be/JqVSUjNrT3k

Russian soldiers face 10 years of prison for refusing to fight in #Ukraine
http://khpg.org/index.php?id=1436617897 … pic.twitter.com/E8IN9q6vuO

On Saturday (0:00-18:00) Russia-led terrorists shelled #Ukraine's forces 20 times, incl. with restricted by Minsk-2 heavy artillery.

Novorossiya" reporters the first who arrived at shooting in West Ukrainian city of Mukacheve https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGMCUibuHDE …
So was the shoot out between Right Sector and a local pro Russian gang leader---a false flag attack????

Crimean #Tatar volunteer battalion #Crimea is to become part of UA Armed Forces, to incl 1000 Crimeans on contract service http://ru.krymr.com/content/news/27120826.html …

Islamic Battalions, Stocked With #Chechens, Aid #Ukraine in War With #Russia http://nyti.ms/1KKc3L6 pic.twitter.com/RN4ngofkq4

Reference Mukachevo--------


New on shooting in #Mukachevo: A pro-Russian politician Lanio controls cigarettes smuggling, so patriotic forces wanted to stop activities

MP Anton Gerashchenko put Right Sector members outside #Mukacheve in touch w/ SBU's anti-terror center at RS request https://www.facebook.com/anton.gerashchenko.7/posts/886151798138335 …

Pictures
The Ukrainian National Guard arrived in #Mukachevo to prevent further Right Sector attacks.
#Ukraine pic.twitter.com/usW0zVYJCN

VIDEO seems to show attack in #Mukacheve.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=71&v=vGMCUibuHDE …
via @RutheniaRus

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youtube.com/watch?v=bk35cODEpoU … Invade Thy Neighbor&Show 0 Repentance is the name of this church. pic.twitter.com/ozfzkf1X6G

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Eastern front is deep in the shellings and ground attacks again tonight-----

A guy living in Donetsk for 4 years said shelling increase in last 3 days here. For 2-3 months, was pretty quiet. Sounds heavy right now

Avdeevka is under shelling from #Donetsk.

Traditional ongoing night shelling from #Donetsk.

Shyrokine shelling by militia"s tanks, machine guns, snipers resumed: VIDEO
http://podrobnosti.tv/2046445-shirokino-prodolzhajut-obstrelivat-tanki-i-snajpery.html …

After week of relative calm, fighting intensifies in #Donetsk, 617 ceasefire violations observed in the area #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/rcJ0NGide9

Consistent shelling for at least an hour and a half here in #Donetsk

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In the never-ending sequence of Russian-Army-In-Ukraine Training Videos, this time a large-scale artillery training
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqVSUjNrT3k …

youtube.com/watch?v=k0VejIuisIs … Remember what #Russia Today did in #Zakarpattia last summer? pic.twitter.com/LMSCPGeSZW

09.07.15 #Luhansk oblast, #Bryanka
"USSR Bryanka" terrorists' base
https://youtu.be/G9FrAySptnI
HD: http://img.ly/CcUR pic.twitter.com/TYF7abJI1E

youtube.com/watch?v=dkQc4JXkIxw … #Mukacheve gunfight. Mafia-ridden region in W. #Ukraine that #Russia seeks to destabilize. pic.twitter.com/Iwy3kNADHo

In their statement Right Sector blame #Mukacheve incident on Zakarpattia-native notorious MP Mykhailo Lanio https://www.facebook.com/partyrightsector/photos/a.611212672331812.1073741828.610642055722207/787383171381427/?type=1 …

Installation of “border" signs in #Georgian villages leaves important pipeline under #Russia's control http://agenda.ge/news/38844/eng via @agenda_ge

Part of @BP's Baku-Supsa oil pipeline ends up on Russian-occupied territory after Russians move occupation line by another kilometer today

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Notice the French and the Germans want the Ukraine to basically give up the Crimea and eastern Ukraine without the Russian fulfilling a single point of the Minsk 2 agreement.

WHAT about the "so called ceasefire"?????


Merkel and Hollande pressing on President @Porosheko regarding Ukraine Constitution, SPECIAL status of Donbas, unilateral withdrawal.


At 20:00 tonight local residents reported Avdiivka was being heavily shelled.
http://112.ua/ato/mestnyy-zhiteli-soobshhayut-ob-obstrelah-avdeevki-244019.html …

OSCE records over 300 cases of shelling near Donetsk airport on Thursday
http://www.unian.info/war/1099558-osce-records-over-300-cases-of-shelling-near-donetsk-airport-on-thursday.html … pic.twitter.com/t0DuIrpv9C

Unconfirmed Report of Munition Depot Explosion in Gorlovka, 13 Dead; Conflicts Between Separatists & Russian Advisers http://bit.ly/1NUIPa3

While Germany wants Ukraine to 'unilaterally keep Minsk', Russia is conducting large scale exercizes on UA territory pic.twitter.com/SJGHjttxTh

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How is it that Merkel and Hollande truly believe the Ukraine MUST give up everything to Russian demands when in fact Russia has failed to even implement one point in the Minsk 2 agreement the same agreement Hollande and Merkel created.

At least the Ukraine is attempting to implement and has in fact implemented a number of point YET the shellings and ground attacks just keep on coming AND Hollande and Merkel want what.......?????

Morning shelling in Donetsk http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/12-july-morning-shelling-in-donetsk … #Ukraine via @666_mancer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gEqldioGls …

ATO press center: Since 02:17 to 02:25 #Popasna residential areas from the dir'n of #Pervomaysk were pounded w/152mm http://podrobnosti.ua/2046493-bliz-avdeevki-boeviki-poshli-na-proryv.html …

Last night---
Howitzers heard in Donetsk every 35-40 seconds http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/12-july-howitzers-heard-in-donetsk-every-3540-seconds …

03:13 #Donetsk @AlfaNubovsky "Don't say volleys again, or that was just a lost single?"

03:10 #Stakhanov @samotniyvovk "There were 50 gunshots as usually and they went away to sleep"

03:01 #Donetsk @GrateHohol Quiet for now

02:15 #Popasna @GirkinGirkin "Rumble, impacts on Kapura area?"

02:20 #Stakhanov @samotniyvovk D-30 are working loudly, bright flashes and projectile fly sound. More than 30 shots for now

02:15 #Stakhanov @samotniyvovk Now artillery shells strongly from us

02:21 I think fr/Lomuvatka or Almazna

02:12 #Donetsk Kalininsky @AlfaNubovsky [Multiple] outgoing w/small pauses, like SPG


02:00 #Avdeevka @owl_ok Coking plant is under shelling again

01:55, 01:57 #Makeevka @I_______II____I Again outgoing from Makeevka

01:54 #Donetsk Proletarsky @DoneckiiPatriot Volleys again

01:19 #Avdeevka @avdey_avdey Quiet for 15 min, or almost quiet

01:02 #Makeevka @Palchakkk The 2nd series of 7 single volleys

01:13 Series #3

01:02 #Makeevka @Palchakkk The 2nd series of 7 single volleys

01:13 Series #3

00:59 #Donetsk @CatBoobon Series of volleys, maybe 5 shots, not loud ones

00:55 @Pcix_pcix They shell Avdeevka from at least 3 positions around - Yasynuvata, Makeevka, Donetsk.

00:53 #Horlivka @vladicvp "Outgoing Grad from Horlivka?"

00:45 #Yasynuvata @GirkinGirkin #Grad start towards Skotovata was visible

00:43 #Donetsk @PVB40 [fb] "The 2nd episode started"

00:43 #Horlivka @annetfray "What was that massive?"

00:27 #Makeevka @I_______II____I Full outgoing #Grad load

00:42 #Avdeevka @JuZolyshkaLia Grad sounds can be heard, cannonade, car alarms are going off

00:41 #Horlivka Stroitel @ahab7822 Rumble

00:49 Series. Maybe incoming Grad. Didn't see anything [just heard]

00:40 #Donetsk @CatBoobon It seems to be ceased. At least in the center

00:34 #Avdeevka @vetafevralskaya Electricity down. UKR started to fire in reply

00:25 #Makeevka Bazhanova @GirkinGirkin Heavy cannon volleys can be heard, not tanks, namely large bore cannons

00:29 #Avdeevka @rechnikato Shelling has been started over, #Lastochkyne is also under fire

00:26 #Donetsk Putilovka, Frunze settlement @vladicvp They counted 18 impacts for now

00:23 #Donetsk Proletarsky @levzeja Distant volleys, the light's blinking

00:13 #Donetsk @PVB40 [fb] Outgoing fr/Ilyicha direction, fly over us northward/north-westward, no explosions heard

00:16 #Luhansk @LUGANSKA_JUNTA "AA-guns again?"

00:15 #Donetsk #Spartak @vladicvp After heavy impacts small arms fire started

23:55 #Avdeevka @alex2015112 Impactson residential areas

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Reference the hacked Italian software company claiming to be selling legal network analysis tools has been working the dark side for awhile and got caught out by a hacker themselves.

HackingTeam
@hackingteam

Developing effective, easy-to-use offensive technology to support the operations of the worldwide law enforcement and intelligence…

hackingteam and why did the french company cofrexport need such a solution @lemondefr pic.twitter.com/NoORrcC5S4

hackingteam these are the sales in the US pic.twitter.com/7j5k16X70V

hackingteam canadians are smarter pic.twitter.com/B4Mn2sLlqA

hackingteam katie (DEA) installed a system in Columbia and was going to install more around the world pic.twitter.com/QfiB9yldv6

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Reference the shoot out yesterday between Ukrainian criminals and a volunteer BN.

RIGHT SECTOR TROOPS
"We drove up to a patrol post and I was given the phone by an unknown man, he told me I had 40 seconds to surrender"

"When we were leaving, one of our guys was hit and there were cars blocking the road."

"We threw a smoke grenade to be able to leave the area. We started to get into our vehicles and then they opened fire."

"When we left the complex, two jeeps pulled up with automatic weapons and people with no markings."

"He said we would not succeed because he had the backing of Medvedchuk (Putin Ally).

"Layno started to tell us that the contraband is his business, Zakarpattya is under his control."

"We went to meeting with Layno at his sports complex. He greeted us with 100 titushki with automatic weapons."

Right Sector troops near #Mukacheve make video to tell their story
http://tsn.ua/ukrayina/z-yavilosya-videozvernennya-biyciv-pravogo-sektora-yaki-brali-uchast-u-perestrilci-v-mukachevi-454530.html …

How is it that patriots die and are smeared by the government by criminal trafficking syndicate in Zakarpattya gets government protection?

Government wants to take down Right Sector after they took control of border and stopped Layno's contraband traffiking business

Mission accomplished. Poroshenko supporters are completely blinded by systemic discreditation of Ukrainian volunteer battalions

The real revolution in Ukraine is just beginning; Maidan showed people their strength but changed nothing.
But please, keep Saakashvili.

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AND Russia just keeps on stealing Ukrainian factories and yet Hollande and Merkel apply pressure with the Ukraine to give in to all Russian demands----ever wonder why.....???


Russian terrorists dismantled a plant in #Horlivka

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Reference the hacked Italian software company claiming to be selling legal network analysis tools has been working the dark side for awhile and got caught out by a hacker themselves.

HackingTeam
@hackingteam

Developing effective, easy-to-use offensive technology to support the operations of the worldwide law enforcement and intelligence…

hackingteam and why did the french company cofrexport need such a solution @lemondefr pic.twitter.com/NoORrcC5S4

hackingteam these are the sales in the US pic.twitter.com/7j5k16X70V

hackingteam canadians are smarter pic.twitter.com/B4Mn2sLlqA

hackingteam katie (DEA) installed a system in Columbia and was going to install more around the world pic.twitter.com/QfiB9yldv6

More from the dark side of the Internet: Amazing what turns up in a 400G hack download.

hackingteam this is an android exploit for the EDN network pic.twitter.com/nut2vb4eYa

hackingteam uses now SSL everyway against evesdropping pic.twitter.com/4LboCBNGG6

hacingteam had a new exploit delivery network at @stablehost and this one has many domainnames pic.twitter.com/awJCSn3NmS

hackteam this is an exploit delivery server in germany with 23media https://www.robtex.com/en/advisory/ip/185/72/246/46/ …

hackingteam this is one exploit server at linode in US https://www.robtex.com/route/173.230.128.0-20.html … pic.twitter.com/NV4EwHhwrd

hackingteam this is an exploit server in Germany with 1and1 with BGP fuzzing https://www.robtex.com/route/217.160.0.0-16.html … pic.twitter.com/cFNri7aqWp

hackingteam this an exploit server with digital ocean located
Russia hired in Netherlands https://www.robtex.com/en/advisory/ip/188/166/5/201/ … pic.twitter.com/h0QFZOHSRE

hackteam this is an exploit server in Switzerland Rackone @rackone https://www.robtex.com/en/advisory/ip/62/196/145/56/ … pic.twitter.com/gHFwtz0c1u

hackingteam this is a first list of exploit distribution servers pic.twitter.com/lc1qGfM0NP

hackingteam I have also learned that blocking all traffic to Russia and China except point to point was cheap and very effective

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Here comes the next round of shellings –basically this is a ammo relief and fuel convoy hidden in plain sight and called by Russia ---a humanitarian aid convoy which they never allow anyone to check.

Russia Sent New Illegal Humanitarian Convoy To The Occupied Donbass http://ukraineunderattack.org/en/22799-russia-sent-new-illegal-humanitarian-convoy-to-the-occupied-donbass.html …

AND after the “aid” is delivered then start the heavy shellings. At the height of the Feb shellings Russian troops and her mercenaries were firing 150 tons of munitions daily.

Meanwhile in #Russian-occupied #Donetsk, shelling occurs once again in the north of the city.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXlKJSb8TfA … pic.twitter.com/VVR2VU0a4E

inforesist.org/v-sportivnyx-shtanax-i-s-avtomatom-reuters-opublikoval-unikalnye-kadry-iz-mukachevo/?_utl_t=fb … #Donetsk/#Odesa-style gunman alongside cops.So deja-vu.#Mukacheve pic.twitter.com/0I1BD8s14L

Russian soldiers told @Novayagazeta about "DPR" basecamp in Rostov region http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/12-july-deserters-from-russian-army-told-novayagazeta-about … pic.twitter.com/HgHsd5ov19 via @ReggaeMortis1

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Reference the hacked Italian software company claiming to be selling legal network analysis tools has been working the dark side for awhile and got caught out by a hacker themselves.

HackingTeam
@hackingteam

Developing effective, easy-to-use offensive technology to support the operations of the worldwide law enforcement and intelligence…

hackingteam and why did the french company cofrexport need such a solution @lemondefr pic.twitter.com/NoORrcC5S4

hackingteam these are the sales in the US pic.twitter.com/7j5k16X70V

hackingteam canadians are smarter pic.twitter.com/B4Mn2sLlqA

hackingteam katie (DEA) installed a system in Columbia and was going to install more around the world pic.twitter.com/QfiB9yldv6

hackingteam and then what happens when an infector gets compromised and everything has to be dismantled --- nasty pic.twitter.com/zB4PqpJdYa

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Reference the shoot out yesterday between Ukrainian criminals and a volunteer BN.

RIGHT SECTOR TROOPS
"We drove up to a patrol post and I was given the phone by an unknown man, he told me I had 40 seconds to surrender"

"When we were leaving, one of our guys was hit and there were cars blocking the road."

"We threw a smoke grenade to be able to leave the area. We started to get into our vehicles and then they opened fire."

"When we left the complex, two jeeps pulled up with automatic weapons and people with no markings."

"He said we would not succeed because he had the backing of Medvedchuk (Putin Ally).

"Layno started to tell us that the contraband is his business, Zakarpattya is under his control."

"We went to meeting with Layno at his sports complex. He greeted us with 100 titushki with automatic weapons."

Right Sector troops near #Mukacheve make video to tell their story
http://tsn.ua/ukrayina/z-yavilosya-videozvernennya-biyciv-pravogo-sektora-yaki-brali-uchast-u-perestrilci-v-mukachevi-454530.html …

How is it that patriots die and are smeared by the government by criminal trafficking syndicate in Zakarpattya gets government protection?

Government wants to take down Right Sector after they took control of border and stopped Layno's contraband traffiking business

Mission accomplished. Poroshenko supporters are completely blinded by systemic discreditation of Ukrainian volunteer battalions

The real revolution in Ukraine is just beginning; Maidan showed people their strength but changed nothing.
But please, keep Saakashvili.

In every part of Ukraine criminals with guns &corrupt police may get upper hand if they get enough (Russian) support https://twitter.com/MaximEristavi/status/620188625364344833 …

Mukachevo is the place from where all human-trafficking is coordinated.
@antoine_sans pic.twitter.com/Qqiz13tDKm

Why is #Mukacheve a major smuggling and trafficking transit point ?
- 50 km from Slovakia
- 40 km from Hungary
- 60 km from Romania

Finally a good version on Youtube of this revealing documentary. https://twitter.com/thorstenbenner/status/620181189131923456 …

Lanyo says: "Smuggling is being controlled by governor &"Komitet Gosbesopasnosti" (!) - the name of KGB #Mukacheve pic.twitter.com/7ZqKSMZwYn

Smuggling of tobacco: one truck average net profit is 470,000 EURO, with 3 to 5 trucks dispatched weekly. #Mukacheve https://twitter.com/uamuzik/status/620247581252288514 …

In case you are not aware...."Zakarpattya is integral part of Novorossia". https://twitter.com/HetmanAndrij/status/620243088708104192 …

Interesting that Russia constantly attacks the RS as being ultra nationalist ie Nazi but they in fact actually support indirectly Russian positions concerning the Ukraine.

Ukrainians risk losing visa free regime w/ EU post-Mukachevo? Right Sector leader never wanted Ukraine join EU, NATO http://youtu.be/ec-DiatIzs0

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Gazeta.ru breaks ranks with Kremlin, reports 100's of RU soldiers convicted of desertership for not going to Ukraine http://www.gazeta.ru/politics/2015/07/10_a_7633125.shtml …

If those Russian forces in Ukraine are volunteers- why do they face charges if they refuse to "volunteer" ? http://www.dw.com/en/reports-russian-troops-leave-unit-fearing-ukraine-deployment/a-18579331 …

Edward Lucas ✔ @edwardlucas
excellent roundup of Russian troll tactics http://kioski.yle.fi/omat/troll-piece-2-english …

Two Ukrainian troops killed in action, five wounded in conflict zone in last day http://uatoday.tv/politics/two-ukrainian-troops-killed-in-action-five-wounded-in-ato-in-last-day-454713.html … pic.twitter.com/8ZKiNBEqsn

ATO: Information on the alleged shelling of Donetsk by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, using artillery is FALSE. http://ukraineunderattack.org/en/22866-ato-staff-disproved-information-on-shelling-donetsk-by-ukrainian-military.html …

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Notice the extreme silence on the part of the OSCE, the US, NATO and the EU especially Merkel and Hollande.

Russia silently expands its occupation in #Georgia for 2 more kilometers.
Tbilisi asks the world not be silent
http://agenda.ge/news/38872/eng

Tbilisi asks for “proper reaction” from global community as Russia occupies more Georgian soil

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Notice the extreme silence on the part of the OSCE, the US, NATO and the EU especially Merkel and Hollande.

Russia silently expands its occupation in #Georgia for 2 more kilometers.
Tbilisi asks the world not be silent
http://agenda.ge/news/38872/eng

Tbilisi asks for “proper reaction” from global community as Russia occupies more Georgian soil

The Russians are pulling the same drill in the Ukraine--fighting, taking more territory and then suddenly claiming a new agreement and ceasefire--only to repeat the process--ALL the while taking ever more territory.

This move in Georgia buts them in control of a major oil pipeline system which is and have never been part and parcel of the "ceasefire" they signed in Georgia.

BUT will the West say anything????--seriously doubt it.

And one wonders why Putin just keeps on--absolutely no one steps up and seriously threatens to stop him and until that happens he will continue moving forward--just as he is in the Ukraine.

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http://ukraineunderattack.org/en/22848-residents-of-occupied-antratsyt-town-held-rally-against-lpr.html

Residents Of Occupied Antratsyt Town Held Rally Against “LPR”

12.07 13:12


Militants’ activities in the occupied territories increasingly irritate local people.

This was reported today, on 12 July, by the ATO Spokesperson Col. Andrii Lysenko at a daily briefing in Kyiv

In Antratsyt town (Luhansk region), many residents are extremely unhappy with the occupation administration of the so-called “LPR”.

“Popular anger is caused by a shortage of food, medicine and money, as well as high crime rates. Local residents who dared to take part in the protest were immediately dispersed by the groups of bandits, “- as reported by Lysenko.

As previously stated, the Donbass militants intensified repressions in response to the demonstrations of civilians.

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In every part of Ukraine criminals with guns &corrupt police may get upper hand if they get enough (Russian) support https://twitter.com/MaximEristavi/status/620188625364344833 …

Mukachevo is the place from where all human-trafficking is coordinated.
@antoine_sans pic.twitter.com/Qqiz13tDKm

Why is #Mukacheve a major smuggling and trafficking transit point ?
- 50 km from Slovakia
- 40 km from Hungary
- 60 km from Romania

Finally a good version on Youtube of this revealing documentary. https://twitter.com/thorstenbenner/status/620181189131923456 …

Lanyo says: "Smuggling is being controlled by governor &"Komitet Gosbesopasnosti" (!) - the name of KGB #Mukacheve pic.twitter.com/7ZqKSMZwYn

Smuggling of tobacco: one truck average net profit is 470,000 EURO, with 3 to 5 trucks dispatched weekly. #Mukacheve https://twitter.com/uamuzik/status/620247581252288514 …

In case you are not aware...."Zakarpattya is integral part of Novorossia". https://twitter.com/HetmanAndrij/status/620243088708104192 …

Interesting that Russia constantly attacks the RS as being ultra nationalist ie Nazi but they in fact actually support indirectly Russian positions concerning the Ukraine.

Ukrainians risk losing visa free regime w/ EU post-Mukachevo? Right Sector leader never wanted Ukraine join EU, NATO http://youtu.be/ec-DiatIzs0

Right Sector fought against DNR fighters in Mukacheve yesterday. http://vk.com/id123959274?w=wall123959274_2824 …

Right Sector killed this DNR fighter & another injured yesterday in Mukacheve . Poroshenko called them "civilians" pic.twitter.com/QP0gKzI7wN

Terrorist from #DNR killed in battle with the #RightSector soldiers in #Mukachevo yesterday https://www.facebook.com/ukrcrusade/posts/1607685079507438 … pic.twitter.com/uzCvmU7kvh

This is not Donetsk-2014. This is #Mukacheve yestreday: Police collaborates with bandits who control smuggling. pic.twitter.com/uo17f5u3tM

Right sector" is ready to throw 19 battalions on Bankova and police station pic.twitter.com/2BoWUdGWpE http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/12-july-right-sector-is-ready-to-throw-19-battalions-on-bankova …

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Sensational - Russian soldiers admit that DPR militants were stationed next to their base in #Russia
@ReggaeMortis1 pic.twitter.com/F7U8V3iNLW

UKRAINE CONFLICT STILL BEING BRANDED 'CIVIL WAR' BY SOME
International media outlets like the BBC which continue... http://fb.me/6ID0eZy1t

Fresh delivery to Pokrovskoye, RU: tanks & self-prop. howitzers https://instagram.com/p/5Cr5bZzBN2/ Geo: https://www.google.com/maps/@47.4061933,38.917492,385m/data=!3m1!1e3 … pic.twitter.com/3xJZL8zn4T

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Right Sector fought against DNR fighters in Mukacheve yesterday. http://vk.com/id123959274?w=wall123959274_2824 …

Right Sector killed this DNR fighter & another injured yesterday in Mukacheve . Poroshenko called them "civilians" pic.twitter.com/QP0gKzI7wN

Terrorist from #DNR killed in battle with the #RightSector soldiers in #Mukachevo yesterday https://www.facebook.com/ukrcrusade/posts/1607685079507438 … pic.twitter.com/uzCvmU7kvh

This is not Donetsk-2014. This is #Mukacheve yestreday: Police collaborates with bandits who control smuggling. pic.twitter.com/uo17f5u3tM

Right sector" is ready to throw 19 battalions on Bankova and police station pic.twitter.com/2BoWUdGWpE http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/12-july-right-sector-is-ready-to-throw-19-battalions-on-bankova …


Rational article about #Mukacheve #Mukachevo: A wide angled lens look at the “Mukachevo incident” http://www.odessatalk.com/2015/07/a-wide-angled-lens-look-at-the-mukachevo-incident/ … via @OdessaBlogger

Such mafia-police fusions persist in #Ukraine... and so far the new government has done nothing to destroy them. https://twitter.com/SpilnoTVEnglish/status/620274457597374464 …

THIS IS ESCALATING:

"Right sector" left the ATO area – commander pic.twitter.com/fdliINcUOI http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/12-july-right-sector-left-the-ato-area--commander …

RS has been holding a key defense line and if they are pulling out then this is a serious issue.

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https://russiandefpolicy.wordpress.com/2015/07/10/fifth-generation-reconnaissance-man/

Defense Regiments

Fifth Generation Reconnaissance Man

Posted on July 10, 2015


Last week KZ ran a piece titled “Fifth Generation Reconnaissance Man.” Easy to overlook, it turned out to be about the Black Sea Fleet’s new 127th Independent Reconnaissance Brigade based in Sevastopol, Crimea.

The article informs us that the brigade was formed after last year’s invasion. It has the latest and greatest in weapons and equipment, including mobile EW and ELINT systems and Orlan and Leyer UAVs. But its men, the article says, are the main thing.

The new brigade is 100 percent contract-manned, according to the article, but it is less than clear on the point. Is it fully manned and all personnel are contractees or is it less than 100 percent manned but men on-hand are all contractees? The article offers no other information on the brigade’s TO&E.

KZ notes that the commander and sub-unit commanders have combat experience and medals. Colonel Aleksandr Beglyakov commands the 127th. But there’s precious little about him. What looks like a fragment of an Odnoklassniki profile appears below.

Beglyakov’s Odnoklassniki Profile?

If it’s him, he’s young at 37, but not exceptionally so for a Russian O-6. He attended the Novosibirsk Higher Military Command School — cradle of Russian Army reconnaissance men. He’s completed his mid-career school — VUNTs SV “Combined Arms Academy of the Russian Federation Armed Forces.”

The brigade’s recon men appear to be organized into groups like GRU Spetsnaz. At least one sergeant came from an independent Spetsnaz regiment in Stavropol. He says we are the “most polite” of all “polite people.” We come quietly, fulfill our mission, and leave quietly, according to him.

The KZ author describes another soldier as a “fifth generation reconnaissance man” — physically strong, equally skilled with weapons and modern digital systems.

This article brings us to the independent reconnaissance brigade, the ORBr — what it is, its origin, and what its future will be.

The first modern Russian Army ORBr, the 100th Independent Reconnaissance Brigade, is based in Mozdok. It was formed in 2009 under former defense minister Serdyukov and was branded “experimental.” There have been reports it would disband, but it apparently hasn’t.

One apparently knowledgeable observer shared this description:

“The 100th Experimental Independent Reconnaissance Brigade (Mozdok, North Ossetia) was formed in the summer of 2009 on the basis of the 85th Independent Spetsnaz Detachment [ooSpN] of the 10th Independent Spetsnaz Brigade:”

“command, air-assault battalion, reconnaissance battalion (two reconnaissance companies + a tank company), SP howitzer battalion, SpN detachment, UAV detachment, anti-aircraft missile-artillery battalion, EW company (expanding into an independent ELINT battalion), engineer company, maintenance company, material-technical support company, medical company, in the future its own helicopter regiment.”

“A mixed squadron transferred into the brigade from Budennovsk. The helicopter sub-unit carries out missions for the ground formation and is operationally subordinate to it. The squadron provides cover for the brigade’s armored columns, transports supplies, and conducts all types of reconnaissance.”

“The brigade’s command was formed on 1 December 2009.”

It’s a very interesting and unique brigade by Russian Army standards. It has surprisingly robust combined arms firepower to go along with its reconnaissance and intelligence capabilities.

ORBr roots extend to Soviet times. But it was different then. The 25th ORBr in Mongolia had three reconnaissance battalions, a “deep reconnaissance” (SpN??) battalion, and fewer technical intelligence systems. Its helo squadron had 20 Mi-8s and an Mi-2 for the brigade commander. Soviet forces in Mongolia also included the 20th ORBr. Most Russians who served in or comment on these formations are pretty adamant that they reported to the GRU.

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Same MSTA in Russia and then in Ukraine, 2014. https://twitter.com/pharaon01/status/620284697134936064 …

RT's Illuminati correspondent "reveals" the great American conspiracy that secretly runs the world and ruins Russia http://wapo.st/1fqx5la

Militants plant explosives in village near #Mariupol before retreat #Ukraine http://uatoday.tv/news/militants-plant-explosives-in-village-near-mariupol-before-retreat-454761.html

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Heavy incoming shelling in Pisky http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/12-july-heavy-incoming-shelling-in-pisky- …

Russian barrack collapses at Airborne Troops Training Center #242 in Omsk. Preliminary reports indicate 22 men under ruins. https://twitter.com/netovetz/status/620298501730271232 …

Airborne troops barracks collapsed in Omsk, At least 1 dead http://russia.liveuamap.com/en/2015/12-july-airborne-troops-barracks-collapsed-in-omsk-at-least … #Russia pic.twitter.com/edjona0Osu via @fhntv29

One soldier has died in the collapse of the Airborne Troops (VDV) training center in Omsk.

Russian Armed Forces LPR tank unit training in occupied Luhansk, Ukraine 12 Jul https://youtu.be/mc8GgvjJ7FQ?t=12s …

Pro-Russia militants left Skyrokyne but their sniper still aims at TV crew, village laced w/ landmines & boobytraps. https://twitter.com/24todayneteng/status/620275675199578112 …

Today militants attacked UKR positions in Pisky, Opytne, Avdiivka, Stanitsa Lugansk, Luhanske and Majors′k - ATO
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1031211176889688&id=820651001279041&refid=17&_ft_=top_level_post_id.1031211176889688&__tn__=%2As …

This evening, Russian Armed Forces via DPR/LPR commands' spox step up the false blame against Ukraine for disrupting Minsk Agreement. 12 Jul

Russian Armed Forces DPR tank unit "Diesel" at training ground in occupied Donetsk, Ukraine 12 Jul https://youtu.be/L6AnMRt85ys

Ekaterinburg - Rostov, July 9, #Russia sending military reinforcement to #Ukraine https://twitter.com/GirkinGirkin/status/620149566659260416 …

Fresh Russian cannon fodder arrived on Ukrainian-Russian border to be departed to Donbas https://twitter.com/GirkinGirkin/status/620294193924210688 …
Каменск-Шахтинский, раисия, 12 июл
прибыли "свежие" путенские орки
pic.twitter.com/YK0zUov9An

Ukraine's snipers - the deadliest men in the country's hybrid war with Russia http://uatoday.tv/politics/ukrainian-snipers-who-are-the-country-rsquo-s-deadliest-soldiers-447001.html … pic.twitter.com/E8evWDlt9P

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Rational article about #Mukacheve #Mukachevo: A wide angled lens look at the “Mukachevo incident” http://www.odessatalk.com/2015/07/a-wide-angled-lens-look-at-the-mukachevo-incident/ … via @OdessaBlogger

Such mafia-police fusions persist in #Ukraine... and so far the new government has done nothing to destroy them. https://twitter.com/SpilnoTVEnglish/status/620274457597374464 …

THIS IS ESCALATING:

"Right sector" left the ATO area – commander pic.twitter.com/fdliINcUOI http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/12-july-right-sector-left-the-ato-area--commander …

RS has been holding a key defense line and if they are pulling out then this is a serious issue.


Azov asks Right Sector to give up weapons to Mariupol authorities where investigators can safely interrogate them. https://twitter.com/pavelsheremet/status/620299538910326785 …

If Poroshenko uses force against Right Sector in #Mukacheve without punishing criminal local officials he risks triggering an armed uprising

The #Government will fall if they will give us an order to shoot the #RightSector soldiers - commander of the #NationalGuard of #Ukraine

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Poroshenko: NATO intelligence reports a record number of Russian troops at the Ukrainian-Russian border
http://112.ua/politika/poroshenko-razvedka-nato-soobshhaet-o-rekordnom-chisle-voysk-rf-u-ukrainsko-rossiyskoy-granicy-244355.html …

DPR in #Horlivka and Enakievo spreading rumor that #Ukraine National Guard is leaving it's positions, ordered to prepare attack

BREAKING: Shooting in Horlivka http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/12-july-shooting-in-horlivka …

Another #fake of #Russia's #propaganda debunked. They are obsessed with organs.
https://www.facebook.com/RussiaLies pic.twitter.com/zgO74XJtgN

In a month #Ukraine rapidly increased quantity of troops in the #ATO zone & at border with Russia from 50K to to 64K - President @Poroshenko

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Numerous heavy shellings have been ongoing since early evening--field reports have just started coming in.

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This is a very thorough independent Russian media report of the shot down of MH17 by Russian troops and mercenaries---absolutely no initial pushback by even Russian trolls.

Novaya Gazeta with the most thorough account of the #MH17 tragedy to date, including how the BUK ended up in Ukraine http://www.novayagazeta.ru/inquests/69181.html …

Novaya: "On night of July 16th, BUK was brought to Snezhnoe by codename Gurza, whom LNR sources refer to as officer of RU's secret services"

At 12:15 on July 17th, Novaya's own correspondent saw the BUK w/ 4 missiles moving through Snzehnoe with "non-local looking staff"

Novaya: "BUK followed the crooked route Krasnodon - Pervomaysk - Krasny Luch. This is the route of contraband, left untouched by shelling"

Novaya: the "LNR officer" who negotiated and imported the BUK is currently under house arrest in St. Petersburg on unrelated fraud charges"

Novaya, citing LNR sources:"the BUK was imported on July 14th via Krasnodon's border crossing, moving only at night"

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It looks like Trolls are releasing nonsense about killed DNR-fighter in #Mukacheve, just to... troll! https://twitter.com/UkraineFocus/status/620316537350520832 …

#News
Russian forces in #Donbas re-intensified their attacks overnight.
40 ceasefire violation between 6pm and midnight.
Arty, mortars used.

OSCE: Militants massing military hardware near Mariupol
http://www.unian.info/war/1099932-osce-militants-massing-military-hardware-near-mariupol.html … pic.twitter.com/VwJtS8QLFs

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Heavy incoming shelling in Pisky http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/12-july-heavy-incoming-shelling-in-pisky- …

Russian barrack collapses at Airborne Troops Training Center #242 in Omsk. Preliminary reports indicate 22 men under ruins. https://twitter.com/netovetz/status/620298501730271232 …

Airborne troops barracks collapsed in Omsk, At least 1 dead http://russia.liveuamap.com/en/2015/12-july-airborne-troops-barracks-collapsed-in-omsk-at-least … #Russia pic.twitter.com/edjona0Osu via @fhntv29

One soldier has died in the collapse of the Airborne Troops (VDV) training center in Omsk.

Russian Armed Forces LPR tank unit training in occupied Luhansk, Ukraine 12 Jul https://youtu.be/mc8GgvjJ7FQ?t=12s …

Pro-Russia militants left Skyrokyne but their sniper still aims at TV crew, village laced w/ landmines & boobytraps. https://twitter.com/24todayneteng/status/620275675199578112 …

Today militants attacked UKR positions in Pisky, Opytne, Avdiivka, Stanitsa Lugansk, Luhanske and Majors′k - ATO
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1031211176889688&id=820651001279041&refid=17&_ft_=top_level_post_id.1031211176889688&__tn__=%2As …

This evening, Russian Armed Forces via DPR/LPR commands' spox step up the false blame against Ukraine for disrupting Minsk Agreement. 12 Jul

Russian Armed Forces DPR tank unit "Diesel" at training ground in occupied Donetsk, Ukraine 12 Jul https://youtu.be/L6AnMRt85ys

Ekaterinburg - Rostov, July 9, #Russia sending military reinforcement to #Ukraine https://twitter.com/GirkinGirkin/status/620149566659260416 …

Fresh Russian cannon fodder arrived on Ukrainian-Russian border to be departed to Donbas https://twitter.com/GirkinGirkin/status/620294193924210688 …
Каменск-Шахтинский, раисия, 12 июл
прибыли "свежие" путенские орки
pic.twitter.com/YK0zUov9An

Ukraine's snipers - the deadliest men in the country's hybrid war with Russia http://uatoday.tv/politics/ukrainian-snipers-who-are-the-country-rsquo-s-deadliest-soldiers-447001.html … pic.twitter.com/E8evWDlt9P

Reference the collapsed Russian airborne barracks in Omsk------

At Least 12 Russians Killed After Barracks Collapse http://www.rferl.org/content/casualties-omsk-barrack-collapse-soldiers/27124134.html …

Update: @rianovosti has new totals in Omsk VDV bldg collapse: 18 dead, 37 rescued, 5 missing http://www.interpretermag.com/russia-update-july-13-2015/#9080 … pic.twitter.com/EkuqEvz44J

Photo of collapsed barracks--
pic.twitter.com/lFgXZrIzue

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Information warfare is always a two way street---seems Russia tends to forget that these days.


Isis launches Russian-language propaganda channel http://trib.al/9E0v1os

Obama and his inner circle always allude to the US needing to work with Russia and in reality it is the direct opposite--Russia needs urgent US assistance in beating off IS.

BUT we the US seem to be unable to turn this into a positive way of maneuvering Russia in the Ukraine--it seems directly the opposite--Russia plays Obama with the myth that the US needs Russian assistance in Iran and Syria thus leave him alone in the Ukraine.

Why is that?????

[mirhond]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTQ2ogDKYHo#t=300

Ukr. 17th tank brig. 2nd bat. tankmen record an adress to the president and say they are going to ignore any orders from commanders untill they get demob.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTQ2ogDKYHo#t=300

Ukr. 17th tank brig. 2nd bat. tankmen record an adress to the president and say they are going to ignore any orders from commanders untill they get demob.

seriously comrade mirhond--Russian aircraft are falling out of the skies at an alarming rate over 5 in three weeks and 23 Russian airborne troops are crushed in their shoddy built barracks and another 35 seriously injured by the same shoddy construction--have you got anything new?????

AND Spetsnaz is being beaten by those draftee school teachers in the Ukrainian Army every time they try to cross the demarcation lines---so again anything new????

Otherwise you provide nothing but propaganda narratives using the 6Ds ---nothing more nothing less.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTQ2ogDKYHo#t=300

Ukr. 17th tank brig. 2nd bat. tankmen record an adress to the president and say they are going to ignore any orders from commanders untill they get demob.

Russian aircraft falling out of the skies due to high ops tempo and poor maintenance AND YET NATO is flying the Baltic Air Patrol 24 X 7 X 365 and have YET to lose a single aircraft and there are 15 different AFs flying multiple different fighters including even Russian Mig 29s.

So comrade mirhond care to comment on why that is?

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Appears that Putin's own personal spokesperson does not even know what is going on in his own court system?????????


http://tass.ru/en/russia/808120

Kremlin unaware of reports of alleged desertion of Rostov contractors

How can that be????

TASS

Russia

July 13, 13:30 UTC+3


Russian presidential spokesman commented on media reports of Russian contract servicemen deserting of fear to be sent to Ukraine's war-torn Donbas

MOSCOW, July 13. /TASS/. The Kremlin is unaware of the media reports about the alleged desertion of contract soldiers in Rostov. Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov thus commented on the Gazeta.ru report, according to which these service members fearing deployment to Ukraine's war-torn Donbas region who had fled their units, could now face trial.

"I have not seen, unfortunately, and have not read this publication," Peskov said. "I am unaware of this and cannot tell you whether the president is aware of the issue, I just don’t know." "But this is a question that should rather be addressed to the Defense Ministry. After all, the army has its statute. We all served in the army and we know what it is all about," he said.

Initially the number of "contractors" refusing to go to the Ukraine to fight were five but that number has now climbed to well into the low hundreds.

Based on their pay not being paid as promised, to their own government denying they are even in the army when captured, to burials in unknown graves in the Ukraine--I would not go as well.

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Average shelling evening and early morning by Russian troops and her mercenaries on the eastern front------and it is still ongoing.


Krasnohotivka, Solnechna 5, Jul13 shelling aftermath, @666_mancer more images http://vk.com/wall-2072089_121821 … pic.twitter.com/Gc6YSKT9Zn

01:36am #Horlivka @DobryShubin Last week traditional night battle in #Skotovata-#Krasniy_Partyzan
12:58 Quiet fr/4am

01:31am #Horlivka @DobryShubin Even heavier, closer and more frequent

23:19 #Avdeevka @rechnikato They wrote, 40sec betw/volley&explosion

23:18 #Kirovsk @kish_fish Sounds like incoming
23:23 @AngelMorbit That is it

23:18 #Luhansk @esorrrose 5min ago [RUS] shot off somewhere [w/arty]
23:22 And again
23:16 #Luhansk @BanderaLife There was a short cannonade heard in city center and south, direction - VVAUSh?

23:05 #Avdeevka @rechnikato Alarm siren at the plant

23:02 #Avdeevka @rechnikato Impacts near the [coking] plant, maybe on plant

22:59 #Kirovsk @kish_fish Very far shooting can be heard
23:01 That was small arms, now something heavier

@GirkinGirkin
22:45 #Yasynuvata: rumble
22:55 #Avdeevka: Coking plant is being shelled again

Jul12 22:42 #Makeevka @VasyaMakeevskiy 2-cannons artillery volleys in Grigoriev ettles area

Russian #Grad attack on Ukrainian village 10 km from the front.
Not mentioned in @OSCE_SMM in daily report because:.. pic.twitter.com/nPi392ci6D

BECAUSE and it is a strange concept--because no civilians were targeted????

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More examples of Russian "fake news" and propaganda using the 6Ds.

FAKE: Russian medias lie about a possibility of placement #NATO military base near #Odessa in Ochakov

'False' Taran dismissal tweet is still (12:05 BST) top of @rnbo_gov_ua - assume account is still compromised pic.twitter.com/wbZhv7Uwh4

More Russian propaganda from Putin’s personal spokesperson—and he is to be what “trusted”????

And he releases the statement via the Russian propaganda outlet media TASS??

Peskov: Russia has evidence of crimes committed by army of Ukraine http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/13-july-peskov-russia-has-evidence-of-crimes-committed-by … Ukraine via @tass_agency

NOTICE he says nothing about Russian crimes committed by Russian troops and her mercenaries.

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Massive disconnect between the White House, the DoS and the JCoS who is paid for his opinion.

This is the weakest President and NSC in the last 50 or so years.


U.S. Must Come To Its Senses About Russia

Polina Tikhonova

July 12, 2015 07:10:29 PM


Apparently, Secretary of State John Kerry “doesn’t agree” with Marine Gen Joseph Dunford’s opinion that Russia poses an ‘existential threat’ to the U.S. national interests, a senior department official said Friday.

During his appointment hearing to become the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen Dunford told members of the Senate Armed Services Committee that if they “want to talk about a nation that could pose an existential threat to the United States, I’d have to point to Russia. And if you look at their behavior, it’s nothing short of alarming.”

As it became later known, the General’s opinion is not in line with John Kerry’s opinion. State Department spokesman Mark Toner said that the Secretary of State “doesn’t agree with the assessment that Russia is an existential threat to the United States, nor China, quite frankly.”

However, Toner acknowledged the fact that Dunford is “expected to provide his views, his assessment on which nations or entities pose a threat to the United States. And that’s his job.”

Putin’s erratic policy vs. Obama’s weak policy

Apparently, Mr Kerry seems to forget the kind of strategy Russian President Vladimir Putin follows. Putin’s strategy is sudden and irrational. And the proof of that is his decision to order Russian troops to take over Crimea in 2014 as well as his ongoing efforts to tear apart Ukraine with the help of Russian troops in eastern Ukraine.

This kind of erratic policy raises certain concerns as well as poses direct threats not only to the neighboring states but also to Europe as a whole. It is also worrisome that the remarks by Mr Toner might serve as a ‘confirmation’ for the Russians that the White House still sticks to the ‘soft’ diplomatic strategy in handling Russian threats. And while the strategy is widely called as too ‘weak’, this kind of ‘confirmation’ might encourage Putin to not change the direction and keep threatening the U.S. as well as the entire Europe with its nuclear weapons.

Mr Kerry also seems to forget Russia’s plans to add 40 intercontinental ballistic missiles to its nuclear arsenal, which Vladimir Putin announced at the opening ceremony of Russia’s military ‘Disneyland’ almost a month ago.

Mr Kerry himself then said it was concerning and could force Russia and the West return to the international hostility of the “Cold War.” He also added that this kind of announcements from “the leader of a powerful country” are not acceptable.

Moscow and Washington are still cooperating on global issues

Confirming Kerry’s position on not considering Russia as an ‘existential threat’, Toner told reporters that U.S. officials have been “very frank” with the Kremlin on areas on which both sides disagree, including “calling out Russia for its involvement in eastern Ukraine in terms of troops, in terms of command and control, in terms of heavy equipment.”

“Where I think I tried to specify the difference is the word ‘existential,’” Toner said. “You know, certainly we have disagreements with Russia and its activities along or within the region, but we don't view it as an existential threat.”

What is also important to keep in mind is Kerry’s unexpected visit to Sochi in May this year. In his first visit to Russia since May 2013, Kerry held a meeting with Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov, which lasted four hours.

Both sides then noted that despite the ongoing differences between Moscow and Washington, the two countries manage to successfully cooperate on many issues, including destruction of chemical weapons in Syria and settling the matter of Iranian nuclear program.

It must also be noted that it was the U.S. who suggested to hold the talks in Sochi. After the talks, Mr Kerry warned the Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko against resuming military operations in eastern Ukraine. Also, Mr Kerry did not mention neither the Crimean question nor new sanctions against Russia even though they were later imposed by the European Union and the U.S.

Will the Americans elect the leader to calm Putin down?

What is interesting is that Kerry and Lavrov recently held another meeting. The meeting that took place in Vienna on June 30 was organized by the requests from both the U.S. President Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin. It was then reported that the two sides were discussing ways to coordinate their efforts in order to fight ISIS.

Therefore, it seems that the U.S. is not currently interested in discussing Russia’s rather aggressive actions and statements, including the ones about the possibility of resorting to nuclear weapons, and is mostly focused on ISIS. However, it is a rather a questionable choice to consider the threat coming from ISIS more important than the one coming from the Kremlin.

The world is more consolidated on ending the phenomenon of ISIS than it is on suppressing Russia’s aggression. And while it would be reasonable to say that the phenomenon of ISIS is doomed to be wiped off at some point, the phenomenon of Putin’s imperial ambitions does not seem to know the limits. Putin’s appetite constantly grows and will not be satiated with Crimea and Ukraine alone.

However, the Obama administration is not particularly concerned over Putin’s growing appetite, which raises the question: during the presidential election of 2016, will the Americans elect the leader that is able to calm Mr Putin down?

U.S. general warns Russia not to create crisis

Meanwhile, US Army Chief of Staff General Ray Odierno says that the U.S. is prepared for any possible conflict against Russia and warns Putin not to “create a crisis.”

“We hope that the Russians wouldn’t (create a crisis), but we always must be prepared,” the general told the Wall Street Journal.

The general also said that Washington is considering to build up its presence in the eastern European countries by stationing tanks and other heavy equipment as well as troops in the region.

Gen Odierno also said the U.S. would station its heavy military equipment in Germany, and extra tanks and Bradley Fighting Vehicles in the Baltic states.

“It would allow us to reinforce quickly, if we had to reinforce NATO,” he said.

Earlier in June, Pentagon announced about its plans to station 250 tanks and other armored vehicles in Poland, Romania and Bulgaria.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTQ2ogDKYHo#t=300

Ukr. 17th tank brig. 2nd bat. tankmen record an adress to the president and say they are going to ignore any orders from commanders untill they get demob.

No more hiding ...
Interview with Russian invader in occupied Donbas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmQU3h6dlxA …
pic.twitter.com/ZiSKQxOxf3

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No more hiding ...
Interview with Russian invader in occupied Donbas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmQU3h6dlxA …
pic.twitter.com/ZiSKQxOxf3

Ammo depot with 40 GRAD missiles found near #Aslanove, #Mariupol area http://www.0629.com.ua/news/887545

Two soldiers of the 93rd Brigade were wounded during militant attacks on Pisky last night
http://112.ua/ato/v-peskah-nochyu-raneniya-poluchili-dva-boyca-93-y-brigady-karpatskaya-sech-244526.html … pic.twitter.com/CoFGxb0YiP

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While Germany wants Ukraine to 'unilaterally keep Minsk', Russia is conducting large scale exercizes on UA territory pic.twitter.com/SJGHjttxTh

Poroshenko: Ukraine is sovereign state, neither East nor West can demand Constitutional change http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/277472.html … pic.twitter.com/dsq9n1N89b

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Reference the shoot out yesterday between Ukrainian criminals and a volunteer BN.

RIGHT SECTOR TROOPS
"We drove up to a patrol post and I was given the phone by an unknown man, he told me I had 40 seconds to surrender"

"When we were leaving, one of our guys was hit and there were cars blocking the road."

"We threw a smoke grenade to be able to leave the area. We started to get into our vehicles and then they opened fire."

"When we left the complex, two jeeps pulled up with automatic weapons and people with no markings."

"He said we would not succeed because he had the backing of Medvedchuk (Putin Ally).

"Layno started to tell us that the contraband is his business, Zakarpattya is under his control."

"We went to meeting with Layno at his sports complex. He greeted us with 100 titushki with automatic weapons."

Right Sector troops near #Mukacheve make video to tell their story
http://tsn.ua/ukrayina/z-yavilosya-videozvernennya-biyciv-pravogo-sektora-yaki-brali-uchast-u-perestrilci-v-mukachevi-454530.html …

How is it that patriots die and are smeared by the government by criminal trafficking syndicate in Zakarpattya gets government protection?

Government wants to take down Right Sector after they took control of border and stopped Layno's contraband traffiking business

Mission accomplished. Poroshenko supporters are completely blinded by systemic discreditation of Ukrainian volunteer battalions

The real revolution in Ukraine is just beginning; Maidan showed people their strength but changed nothing.
But please, keep Saakashvili.

Appears that the Right Sector explanation of he events from yesterday might in fact be far more correct that from the corrupt local police who work for the Ukrainian MIA and have not been removed from office.

Leonid Ragozin @leonidragozin
Ukraine's Zakarpattya region governor Vasil Gubal: The distribution of revenues from smuggling should proceed in accordance with the law

SINCE when are smuggling and human trafficking revenues anything any government wants on their books---just what kind of statement is this????

VIDEO clearly showing that there was shooting BEFORE the RS warning shot when they got blocked. Police omitted this.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSMZahFNhiY …

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Appears that the Right Sector explanation of he events from yesterday might in fact be far more correct that from the corrupt local police who work for the Ukrainian MIA and have not been removed from office.

Leonid Ragozin @leonidragozin
Ukraine's Zakarpattya region governor Vasil Gubal: The distribution of revenues from smuggling should proceed in accordance with the law

SINCE when are smuggling and human trafficking revenues anything any government wants on their books---just what kind of statement is this????

VIDEO clearly showing that there was shooting BEFORE the RS warning shot when they got blocked. Police omitted this.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSMZahFNhiY …

Russian propaganda naturally jumping into the fray--------

youtube.com/watch?v=KhQo68bpoHQ … #Russia can't wait for a #Zakarpattia Ppl's Republic. Any surprise? #Mukacheve #RightSector pic.twitter.com/Mpe8XzH4n3

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https://meduza.io/en/news/2015/07/13/bank-accounts-of-russian-state-news-agency-closed-in-the-uk

Bank accounts of Russian state news agency closed in the UK
11:10

13 July 2015

RIA Novosti


Barclays representatives have told RIA Novosti that the bank account of the Russian state news agency Rossiya Segodnya has been closed.

The bank did not explain why this was done, but a source familiar with the incident said that the British treasury had included head of Rossiya Segondya Dmitry Kiselyov in a sanctions list, which may have caused financial restrictions for the news agency.

The Rossiya Segodnya office in the UK said that they have not received any official notice of the account closure. Dmitry Kiselyov announced: “This is censorship, direct obstruction of journalist work.”

“What freedom of the press and what democracy are we talking about if Great Britain does not allow one of the world’s largest news agencies to work in the country?” said Kiselyov.

“The account is closed… the bank will send the relevant notice,” a bank representative told RIA Novosti.

The state-funded news agency Rossiya Segodnya was founded on December 9, 2013 following a decree signed by President Vladimir Putin. The name of the news agency translates to “Russia Today,” but is not to be confused with the news channel Russia Today (launched in 2005, and now called RT). Rossiya Segodnya has headquarters in Moscow and operates from many international offices worldwide.

Dmitry Kiselyov, the head of the news agency, has been included in EU sanctions lists for Russia’s involvement in the crisis in Ukraine. He has also been sanctioned by Switzerland, Canada and Ukraine.

In June, Rossiya Segodnya bank accounts were frozen in France and in Belgium in connection with a settlement regarding Yukos shareholders. The Yukos shareholders have been trying to get Russia to pay them compensation in accordance with a Hague Arbitration Court ruling.

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12:29 #Donetsk @Ss_donetchina What has boomed that much in the center? Even car alarms went off
Not center, just reached us

Excellent by @LaurinaviciusM on links between FSB/GRU and ISIS https://www.academia.edu/11302740/Do_traces_of_KGB_FSB_and_GRU_lead_to_Islamic_State …

U.S. businesses are preparing to supply $1 billion of farming machinery to Ukraine @WSJ

More Russian “fake news ie just pure propaganda”
Russian state-run Sputnik news service reports that ISIS beheading videos were staged by John McCain in a TV studio. http://fr.sputniknews.com/international/20150711/1016963919.html …

Transcarpathian Avengers! Mass actions in support of the #RightSector all around #Ukraine http://ukrainiancrusade.blogspot.com/2015/07/glory-to-transcarpathian-avengers-mass.html … pic.twitter.com/xZjrIxWEIg

The General staff: Fake about Taran is an attempt to destabilize the situation in the Donbass pic.twitter.com/gRJIL0KZVo http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/13-july-the-general-staff-fake-about-taran-is-an-attempt …

@LUGANSK_TODAY
Great example of #OSINT that explains how to link together multiple websites managed by #Russian propaganda machine https://twitter.com/runetecho/status/620575628543201280 …

A must-read, where @LawrenceA_UK goes down the rabbit hole of pro-Kremlin "news sites" linked to the troll farms

RuNet Echo @runetecho
Open-Source Information Reveals Pro-Kremlin Web Campaign http://globalvoicesonline.org/2015/07/13/open-source-information-reveals-pro-kremlin-web-campaign/ … New investigation by @LawrenceA_UK. pic.twitter.com/bj170c8ED5


IskanderM live-fire missile drills to be held in southern Russia in July pic.twitter.com/AU07mKtJTB http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/13-july-iskanderm-livefire-missile-drills-to-be-held-in-southern …

Lysenko: Hotspots: power& water supply damaged in Stanytsia Luhanska &amp; 152mm artillery shelling of Popasna http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/13-july-col-andriy-lysenko-luhansk-sector--hotspots-powerwater …

Minor with Kalashnikov, trained by Russian invaders 'Battalion Vostok', had "no plans to fight at all"...
#LiarGraham pic.twitter.com/PlT1Zn7V8B

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Appears that the Right Sector explanation of he events from yesterday might in fact be far more correct that from the corrupt local police who work for the Ukrainian MIA and have not been removed from office.

Leonid Ragozin @leonidragozin
Ukraine's Zakarpattya region governor Vasil Gubal: The distribution of revenues from smuggling should proceed in accordance with the law

SINCE when are smuggling and human trafficking revenues anything any government wants on their books---just what kind of statement is this????

VIDEO clearly showing that there was shooting BEFORE the RS warning shot when they got blocked. Police omitted this.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSMZahFNhiY …

Appears that after the dust settled and the government figured out what happened yesterday--corruption at the core of Right Sectors challenge to the local crime boss and his oligarch.

PM @Yatsenyuk_AP: fired entire customs branch in Zakarpatska reg, officers from other regions to temp replace. Police to investigate abuses

This area was the center of human trafficking and smuggling--smuggling alone was earning 1.5M to 2M USDs per week or 6-10M USDs per month for the local crime boss and his oligarch supporter.

Do the math--for a year it would have been 72M to 120M USDs per year--so who would not fight over that piece of the pie??

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Reference the shot down of MH17-----

Zaroshchens’ke Launch Site: Claims and Reality – Confirms the site was under separatists control https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2015/07/13/zaroshchenske-launch-site-claims-and-reality-a-bellingcat-investigation/ …

.@novaya_gazeta's MH17 round up: launcher from Russia, rockets poss. from Ukraine, mistaken for a Ukrainian AN-26. http://www.novayagazeta.ru/inquests/69181.html …

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Kharkiv Armor Repair Plant has now delivered eight T-80s for Ukrainian Armed Forces. https://twitter.com/DefenceU/status/620606700027052032 …

Russian armed forces DPR artillery unit "Kalmius" 2S1 Gvozdika SPGs in occupied Donetsk (video 13 Jul) https://youtu.be/6mRYLkl3bK0?t=3m41s …

74th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade — Proof of Russian Presence in Donbas: https://en.informnapalm.org/74th-russian-separate-motorized-rifle-brigade-in-russian-presence-donbas/ … @en_informnapalm pic.twitter.com/vPGRVvG8km

Russian Su-25SM ground-attack aircraft and air defence exercises, Stavropol region (Southern MD) RU MoD 13 Jul http://function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12045315@egNews …

Russia Jamming Technology Poses Challenge for NATO, US Officials Say. by @julianbarnes http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/natosource/russia-jamming-technology-poses-challenge-for-nato-u-s-officials-say … pic.twitter.com/kgxtNp8nin

US Gen. Michael Tarsa: "It can be a challenge to communicate securely on a tactical level" http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/natosource/russia-jamming-technology-poses-challenge-for-nato-u-s-officials-say … pic.twitter.com/YoKjHjx3LR

Today (as of 6pm) militants more than 40 times attacked UKR positions. Used heavy artillery, mortar, GRAD MLRS - ATO
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1031767320167407&id=820651001279041&refid=17&_ft_=top_level_post_id.1031767320167407&__tn__=%2As …

Putin’s Persecution of the Crimean Tatars: Chapter and Verse http://bit.ly/1dWb5wK pic.twitter.com/aGGO6BtLi5

There's currently 20 tactical groups of the RU Armed forces in Donbas. Another 56 located near the border - Turchynov
http://ua.interfax.com.ua/news/general/277521.html …

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Russian Dep Defense Min Anatoly Antonov concerned about test of US nuclear bomb V61-12 in Nevada 1 Jul. RU MoD 13 Jul http://function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12045319@egNews …

That Russia can constantly attempt to threaten Europe and the Us with tactical nuclear weapons and practice actual nuclear attacks scenarios and then they “panic” when the US does in fact conduct a legal test under the INF.

http://sputniknews.com/military/20150713/1024563619.html#ixzz3fmzkscmg

Russia Considers US Nuclear Bomb Test 'Open Provocation'

Military & Intelligence
17:58 13.07.2015(updated 18:57 13.07.2015)


Russia is concerned that US' recent nuclear bomb test may be carried out to examine the possibility of using the B61-12 nuclear bomb with NATO fighter-bombers stationed in Europe.

US Military Successfully Test Nuclear Gravity Bomb
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — On July 1, the US National Nuclear Security Administration and the US Air Force conducted a flight test of an inactive B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb in Nevada.

The United States' recent nuclear bomb test is a provocation, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov said Monday.

"The actions of the US side in the current situation are openly provocative, and are contrary to Washington's stated desire for complete nuclear disarmament," Antonov told reporters.

"In particular, the test was carried out using a F-15E fighter-bomber. This leads to believe that the test was carried out in order to examine the possibility of using the B61-12 nuclear bomb with NATO fighter-bombers stationed in Europe," the deputy minister said.

US to Upgrade Nuclear Arsenal as Long as Atomic Weapons Exist

Head of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation David Krieger told Sputnik on Sunday that the very fact that the United States had conducted a bomb test signified that the country disregarded the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) aimed at preventing the spread of nuclear weaponry.

The United States uses tales about the imaginary "Russian threat" to increase NATO’s military potential near Russian borders and to justify upgrading of its nuclear arsenal, Anatoly Antonov said.

"They [the tests] confirmed the US intention to maintain deployed nuclear weapons in Europe that can reach Russian territory, and to maximize their combat effectiveness. We see this as an evidence of a persistent reluctance of the United States to reconsider the participation of non-nuclear NATO members in the joint nuclear missions that are in direct conflict with the obligations taken under the NPT [the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons]."

"Under the guise of the infamous and fictitious threat from the Russian side, the United States are not only building up its military capacity and the presence of NATO near the western borders of the Russian Federation, but also are modernizing its nuclear arsenal," Antonov added.

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Russian Dep Defense Min Anatoly Antonov concerned about test of US nuclear bomb V61-12 in Nevada 1 Jul. RU MoD 13 Jul http://function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12045319@egNews …

That Russia can constantly attempt to threaten Europe and the Us with tactical nuclear weapons and practice actual nuclear attacks scenarios and then they “panic” when the US does in fact conduct a legal test under the INF.

http://sputniknews.com/military/20150713/1024563619.html#ixzz3fmzkscmg

Russia Considers US Nuclear Bomb Test 'Open Provocation'

Military & Intelligence
17:58 13.07.2015(updated 18:57 13.07.2015)

Why is it when Russia threatens the use of nuclear weapons--it is just part of a snap exercise BUT when someone else does it is a "provocation".

Typical Orwellian "doublespeak".

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Appears that after the dust settled and the government figured out what happened yesterday--corruption at the core of Right Sectors challenge to the local crime boss and his oligarch.

PM @Yatsenyuk_AP: fired entire customs branch in Zakarpatska reg, officers from other regions to temp replace. Police to investigate abuses

This area was the center of human trafficking and smuggling--smuggling alone was earning 1.5M to 2M USDs per week or 6-10M USDs per month for the local crime boss and his oligarch supporter.

Do the math--for a year it would have been 72M to 120M USDs per year--so who would not fight over that piece of the pie??

This story is just getting more and more interesting-------

Caught lying, cops go OK, he's not a cop. He's...a 'hunter.' A concerned Novorussian? #Ukraine #Mukacheve #Мукачево pic.twitter.com/8BTqWW3uU3

youtube.com/watch?v=DYUzEKALp7g … The boy #RightSector took hostage. Another fishy police video, another meme-athon. pic.twitter.com/6DYNYmxlnE


Right Sector Deny Child Hostage-Taking Claims

16:26 (GMT)


Ukrainska Pravda reports that Andiy Tarasenko, one of Pravyi Sektor's leaders, has written on his Facebook page that claims made earlier today by the Ukrainian Interior Ministry (MVD) that two Pravyi Sector fighters had briefly taken a six-year-old boy hostage during the stand-off in Mukachevo are false.

Tarasenko said that the reports were "fake" and mocked the coverage of the situation:

"Get ready. Soon they will be in the mountains raping women and animals, and carrying grandmothers on their backs to shield themselves from bullets."

Later, Pravyi Sektor put out a statement on their website, calling the claims "lies and defamation":

"Pravyi Sektor state that these reports are part of an open war against our military-political movement with the aim of destroying the warriors who are taking the smuggling corridor in Zakarpattia seriously."

Pravyi Sector said that the use of the subject of child-abduction mirrored Russian media propaganda claims that Ukrainian soldiers had crucified a child in Slavyansk.

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Waiting to see if any western mainstream media takes the time to translate this Russia media article on the shot down of MH17.

A very well done Russian independent investigation into the shot down with some surprising new points--all seriously pointing to Russian involvement.

Some really amazing reporting on the #MH17 tragedy inside today's issue of @novayagazeta.
http://www.novayagazeta.ru/inquests/69181.html … pic.twitter.com/pNGHEQ1SPp

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Waiting to see if any western mainstream media takes the time to translate this Russia media article on the shot down of MH17.

A very well done Russian independent investigation into the shot down with some surprising new points--all seriously pointing to Russian involvement.

Some really amazing reporting on the #MH17 tragedy inside today's issue of @novayagazeta.
http://www.novayagazeta.ru/inquests/69181.html … pic.twitter.com/pNGHEQ1SPp

NOTICE anything about western mainstream media???

Ukrainian soldiers killed during phony "ceasefire" - media silence. RF barracks collapse —articles galore!

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Waiting to see if any western mainstream media takes the time to translate this Russia media article on the shot down of MH17.

A very well done Russian independent investigation into the shot down with some surprising new points--all seriously pointing to Russian involvement.

Some really amazing reporting on the #MH17 tragedy inside today's issue of @novayagazeta.
http://www.novayagazeta.ru/inquests/69181.html … pic.twitter.com/pNGHEQ1SPp

NOTICE anything about western mainstream media???

Ukrainian soldiers killed wounded during phony "ceasefire" - media silence. RF barracks collapse —articles galore!

That shoddy barracks gets more media attention than VDV killed in Ukraine. Go figure

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Amazing investigation work by @LawrenceA_UK on pro-Putin websites

http://globalvoicesonline.org/2015/07/13/ope

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http://www.themoscowtimes.com/opinion/article/war-in-ukraine-ruined-russian-military-reform/525556.html

War in Ukraine Ruined Russian Military Reform

By Alexander Golts

Jul. 13 2015 20:20

Last edited 20:20


I have stated several times before in this column that Moscow's secret war in eastern and southern Ukraine is having a devastating impact on Russia's armed forces. It not only throws into question the results of the successful military reforms that former Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov carried out in 2008-2011, but it is doing so much more quickly than I would have imagined possible. The site Gazeta.ru published a sensational investigation reporting that dozens of soldiers from the 33rd Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade stationed in Maikop left their military unit last fall and now stand accused of desertion. The contract soldiers claim they had to leave the Kadamovsky training area due to inhuman living conditions and pressure from superiors to go serve as volunteers in the self-proclaimed Luhansk and Donetsk people's republics in Ukraine. As expected, the Russian military command vehemently denied everything. However, even official data indicates that the Maikop Garrison Court convicted 62 soldiers in the first half of 2015 on charges of "leaving their units without permission," but convicted only about half that number, 35, on the same charges in the four years between 2010 to 2014. What could have caused such a surge in desertions? It is also worth noting that the 33rd Brigade was formed in 2005 by presidential decree and was intended to become an elite mountain unit.

All of the soldiers under investigation were contract personnel, not conscripts. They had made a conscious decision to pursue that line of work. One of those named in the Gazeta.ru report had fairly recently completed his mandatory term of service as a conscript before signing his contract, while another had served as a seaman for seven years aboard the nuclear-powered cruiser "Peter the Great." In other words, they had a good idea of what to expect from the Russian army. And then suddenly, they were faced with something quite unexpected.

The soldiers of the 33rd Brigade were sent to the training area in fall of last year, at the time when leaders signed the first Minsk agreement. Meanwhile, troops that had taken part in summer battles near Ilovaisk and Mariupol in Ukraine were given time to recover from their tour of duty and it became apparent that there was nobody to replace them. Serdyukov's military reforms created only a limited number of elite units. They were trained to achieve rapid victory on the battlefield, but were never intended to stand for an entire year at the Russian-Ukrainian border.

At that time, Russian commanders faced a critical shortage of fresh troops to continue the hybrid war in the Donbass. (Later, in the winter, they brought in a tank battalion stationed in Buryatia to achieve victory near Debaltseve.) However, the soldiers of the 33rd Brigade were clearly not eager to fight in Ukraine. At that point, commanders reverted to the tactics they had used a decade earlier when they received orders to persuade conscripts to sign up as professional contract soldiers, whether by hook or by crook. They achieved that by creating unbearable conditions for the men and presenting contract service as a means of deliverance. In the same way, according to the soldiers of the 33rd Brigade, commanders made life difficult for the soldiers at the Kadamovsky training area by forcing them to sleep on boards and depriving them of adequate food and water, with the result that they suffered from frequent colds. At the same time, various officers showed up offering them the moon in the Donbass: the impossible sum of 8,000 rubles ($142) per day in pay and the status of war veterans upon their return to Russia.

However, other men already serving as contract soldiers dissuaded them, explaining that if anything were to happen to them while fighting in Ukraine, army brass would write them off retroactively or declare them deserters who had been killed by land mines while running away, according to Gazeta.ru.

If this story is true, it spells the end of Russia's progressive military reforms. The problem is not just that after leaders promised to make military service more humane they once again relegated soldiers to the status of slaves, but that they are now denigrating adult military professionals in addition to 18-year-old conscripts — that is, the very people who represent the only hope of modernizing and improving this country's armed forces. And those men found no other way to address their concerns than to flee because they did not believe they could achieve justice in Russia. After such an experience, is it realistic to expect them to give their lives for a country that has treated them so shamelessly?

The strength of any army lies in the faith the men have in their commander. But in this case, the soldiers firmly believed that their commanders were lying to them about unheard-of salaries in the Donbass and treating them as cannon fodder. These lies started one year ago when leaders began almost officially alleging that Russian soldiers would first request a formal leave of absence before going to fight in Ukraine. That blatant lie was designed to relieve commanders of all responsibility for the lives of their subordinates. However, only the willingness to assume such responsibility forms the basis of military discipline and soldiers' readiness to carry out orders.

The worst part is that similar outrages probably plague all of Russia's armed forces. That will only reduce the number of people wanting to sign on as professional soldiers. And that means the president will eventually decide to go back to the concept of a mass mobilization army. In the end, what difference would that make, if professional soldiers and conscripts alike are treated as little more than slaves?

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTQ2ogDKYHo#t=300

Ukr. 17th tank brig. 2nd bat. tankmen record an adress to the president and say they are going to ignore any orders from commanders untill they get demob.

Russia Lost 5 Aircraft Last Month, Linked to Too Many Exercises and Lack of Qualified Pilots http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/natosource/russia-lost-5-aircraft-last-month-linked-to-too-many-exercises-and-lack-of-qualified-pilots … pic.twitter.com/diBtD0kbp1

Russia has grounded 3 fleet of aircraft due to crashes; Su-24, Mig-29, & Tu-95. http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/natosource/russia-lost-5-aircraft-last-month-linked-to-too-many-exercises-and-lack-of-qualified-pilots … pic.twitter.com/ESd3euow1D

Russian source close to MoD: "There are less pilots [in Russia] than there are aircraft" http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/natosource/russia-lost-5-aircraft-last-month-linked-to-too-many-exercises-and-lack-of-qualified-pilots … pic.twitter.com/zMxAtRXFqf

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Shellings started far earlier today--going to be a very long night and early morning......... Hope Hollande and Merkel not to mention Obama are paying attention to who exactly is violating Minsk 2.

Battle in Pisky http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/13-july-battle-in-pisky …

Militants continue to intentionally destroy Avdeevka Coke plant - General Taran
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1031782660165873&id=820651001279041&refid=17&_ft_=top_level_post_id.1031782660165873&__tn__=%2As … pic.twitter.com/BnGBzwJ0nC

16:38 #Horlivka Stroitel @ahab7822 "They've decided to shell without waiting for the nightfall"

16:07 #Kirovsk @kish_fish Again no rest for [Donetsky?] settlement, outgoing

18:40 #Shakhtarsk @Helgi__UA 11 covered brand-new Ural trucks, a bus and an esort car fr/#Donetsk direction eastwards

Turchynov commented on demilitarization of Shyrokyne:"We are not going to leave strategic positions" http://en.censor.net.ua/n343666

16:41 #Horlivka @tgorlovka They shell in #Shyroka_Balka direction
@LeeZernoganja "Shell a bit, any time at least once an hr"

16:49 #Horlivka @Julia_Twinkle Again it's becoming unquiet, sporadic volleys are heard

19:12 #Donetsk @PVB40 [fb]Tekstilschik: 4 Ural trucks w/D-30 fr/Petrovka direction

19:09 #Donetsk Oktyabrsky @donetskye Intense small arms battle, machine guns and GLs have joined

17:05 #Horlivka @ahab7822 Southwest: flashes were visible in fields

17:34 Also incoming in Shyroka_Balka area

17:52 Quiet

Militants continue shelling Ukrainian troops positions.The tensest situation is at Donetsk direction http://en.censor.net.ua/n343626

19:45 #Donetsk @manirtal Now also small arms fire from #Spartak and like AGL bursts, also single tank shots fr/Putilovka

19:17 #Donetsk @manirtal Battle started in #Pisky. Intense small arms fire and sometimes freq heavy singles fr/Oktyabrsky

19:18 #Donetsk @relictDon Separate volleys can be heard in #Pisky direction

20:37 #Lysychansk @lis_ukrop [A massive explosion] was audible in Lysychansk

#Donetsk Putilovka @idinmor
19:31 Seldom bomb landings behind the airport

20:57 Airport becomes noisy, still not that serious

20:37 #Lysychansk @lis_ukrop [A massive explosion] was audible in Lysychansk

21:16 #Donetsk Machinery plant @PVB40 [fb] Distant volleys in the north, it is becoming louder

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Russia says it has destroyed 90% of its chemical weapons stockpiles. Only 4000 tons to go. http://tvrain.ru/news/rossija_unichtozhila_90_svoego_himicheskogo_oruzhi ja-390873/ …

Russia carries out shooting of “Tor M2U” in Astrakhan region
https://defencerussia.wordpress.com/2015/07/13/motorized-infantry-of-eastern-military-district-successfully-carried-out-the-shooting-of-tor-m2u-in-astrakhan-region/ … pic.twitter.com/3G6YEJxKlk

Battle launch of Iskander-M to be held in Southern Russia in July
https://defencerussia.wordpress.com/2015/07/13/battle-launch-of-iskander-m-to-be-held-in-southern-russia-in-july/ … pic.twitter.com/WJt0phzYXc

Finland confirms 6th Russian airspace violation in just over a year | Yle Uutiset | yle.fi http://yle.fi/uutiset/8143705

US Missile Destroyer Visits Latvia, Gets 'Buzzed' By Surveillance Plane http://www.ibtimes.com/amid-russian-military-activity-us-missile-destroyer-visits-latvia-gets-buzzed-2005435#.VaQKguPrDNA.twitter …

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Russian Dep Defense Min Anatoly Antonov concerned about test of US nuclear bomb V61-12 in Nevada 1 Jul. RU MoD 13 Jul http://function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12045319@egNews …

That Russia can constantly attempt to threaten Europe and the Us with tactical nuclear weapons and practice actual nuclear attacks scenarios and then they “panic” when the US does in fact conduct a legal test under the INF.

http://sputniknews.com/military/20150713/1024563619.html#ixzz3fmzkscmg

Russia Considers US Nuclear Bomb Test 'Open Provocation'

Military & Intelligence
17:58 13.07.2015(updated 18:57 13.07.2015)


BREAKING: RUSSIA STATES THAT US AND NATO ARE PREPARING A NUCLEAR ATTACK ON RUSSIAN TERRITORY http://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-international-20296189-rusia-condamna-test-militar-efectuat-sua-denuntand-pregatirea-unui-presupus-atac-atomic.htm …

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This story is just getting more and more interesting-------

Caught lying, cops go OK, he's not a cop. He's...a 'hunter.' A concerned Novorussian? #Ukraine #Mukacheve #Мукачево pic.twitter.com/8BTqWW3uU3

youtube.com/watch?v=DYUzEKALp7g … The boy #RightSector took hostage. Another fishy police video, another meme-athon. pic.twitter.com/6DYNYmxlnE


Right Sector Deny Child Hostage-Taking Claims

16:26 (GMT)

Reference child hostage taking by RS.

Information on the #RightSector took hostage 6year old boy was refuted by the Governor of #Transcarpathia. #Mukacheve pic.twitter.com/GOAmq1iZrF


In Moscow's Shadows

13/7/2015

Right Sector and Wrong Directions in Ukraine

by Mark Galeotti



MukachevoThe unfolding story of Mukachevo (Mukacheve) is in many ways both a tragic consequence for Ukraine’s recent trajectory and also grounds for potential optimism.

The tragedy is that while post-Maidan Ukraine was never the neo-fascist construct believed of Pervy Kanal TV (and a note to the trolls: don’t conflate the Maidan with the Poroshenko regime; the one toppled Yanukovych, the other was subsequently elected), there is no escaping the crucial role played by various ultra-nationalists that, yes, did include fascists. Subsequently, in the name of responding to the Russian-orchestrated rebellion in the Donbas, and also because it did not dare challenge this fraction given its lack of connection with its own security forces, the government granted them considerable autonomy and has continued to do so.

This is an understandable, classic but dangerous move: militias breed warlordism, and there’s quite enough of that already within the Ukrainian system, but usually more subtle, visible in the undue authority local oligarchs and political strongmen have over the police and other apparatus of the state. With structures like the Azov Battalion – now Regiment – and Right Sector (Pravy Sektor), this is overt. More to the point, not only are they armed but unlike the business and political magnates, they have no integral sources of wealth. In other words they depend on funding by the state, and their own “living off the land.”

This, of course, leads to warlordism’s usual consorts, banditry and extortion.

In many ways, two models have emerged. Azov is objectionable in many ways, not least their use of the neo-Nazi Wolfsangel (“Wolf’s Hook”) logo, but they have, as Alexander Clarkson has noted, taken the route of cooperating with the government and becoming incorporated into the official military/security structures. It does not mean that they have lost all autonomy – one Ukrainian I spoke to said that the secret is that the high command “only gives them orders they know they’ll obey,” a kind of “don’t ask, don’t refuse” style of command – but does reflect a desire to be “insiders.”

Conversely, Pravy Sektor has from the first been a more confrontational and ambitious force, reflecting its genesis as a political-muscle group rather than simply a combat unit. It has rejected efforts to bring it into the unified command structure. It also has emerged as more closely associated with criminal activities such as racketeering and smuggling: I honestly don’t know if this is because of a “policy” from the top (which could be as basic as allowing people to “do business on the side”) or simply reflecting a lack of control. Either way, this seems to have reached its depressingly logical conclusion in Mukachevo.

According to Pravy Sektor, they were just meeting with a local parliamentarian to discuss membership privileges at a local gym when they were set upon by corrupt police officers and forced to defend themselves. That could be true—corruption is sadly endemic within Ukrainian law enforcement. But…

(a) quite why, far away from the war zone, it took four jeeps of heavily-armed PS militiamen, one truck mounting a heavy machinegun, to go and talk gym privileges; and

(b) that presupposes that corrupt cops felt up to shaking down some twenty rifle-toting militiamen.

I am afraid that Ukrainian cops really haven’t struck me as that hard, and PS militiamen really haven’t struck me as that gregarious. Thus, it’s difficult not to be inclined towards the alternative thesis, that this was a struggle over the illegal cigarette business in the area, a very lucrative gig, I’d add considering the smuggling routes into nearby Poland and Slovakia.

Either way, even if one accepts Pravy Sektor’s take, the question is what they did next. Make their case, hand themselves over to the proper authorities and trust in the political and legal process? No, of course not: we have an armed standoff and threats against Kiev.

So, now what? A regime in Kiev that, for all Poroshenko’s apparent delight in photo ops in camo, has shown itself very (and perhaps understandably) timid in dealing with the ultra-right, is now faced with a stark dilemma. But also an opportunity. If they back down, then they can expect PS to push further, and other actors also to take advantage of this dangerous precedent. Morale within the police, hardly that high (despite the advent in Kiev of shiny new recruits in shiny new uniforms and driving shiny new Toyotas), is going to take a further hit.

On the other hand, if the government can face down this threat – even perhaps by using Azov as the “acceptable face of ultranationalism” – then it can show not only that it has resolve but more to the point that the constitutional order in the new Ukraine has meaning. There must be arrests, and then there must be a clearly free and fair trial. No fudges, no politically-decreed judgments: this has to work the way the law says.

Done right, this could held demonstrate that the new Kiev is both strong and lawful. Done badly, it’s just another slide into corruption and political impotence. The stakes are high.

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Donetsk 21:35
Ruscists shooting w something heavy again, but not fr Putilovka, smwh near the edge or airport runway https://twitter.com/nixer79/status/620664381311987712 …

Not So Ready for the Motherland ===> 2015: Russian military convictions for desertion up by 1700% !!!! http://www.bild.de/politik/ausland/russland/russische-soldaten-desertieren-41757708.bild.html …

youtube.com/watch?v=qoAdGUqgSk8 … More drills in #Russia-held #Donbas.ZakarpattiaPpl'sRepublic+offensive=double whammy.#Ukraine pic.twitter.com/XxmUKKdsYR

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Reference Moldavia----

Russia withdraws credit, Bankruptcy Looms For Moldova http://onforb.es/1M0lp5F via @forbes

Rogozin threatens Moldova on the union with Romania
http://www.voceabasarabiei.net/site/article/3580 …

US, Poland, Romania, and Georgia hold military drills in Moldova https://shar.es/1sXEbC

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Challenge for SWJ---can anyone give a short explanation to the following.....

The Ukraine needs a total of 50B USD in order to clear their budget issues, have massively and verifiably completed the legal laws needed for major reforms on just about everything, has lost 20% of their economy due to Russian invasion, has lost the Crimea, and has over 700 Russians tanks on their territory AND Greece has received over 300B USD and another 82B, has not completed a single major reform demanded by the EU/IMF in FIVE years

AND yet no one seems to want to help the Ukraine in raising the first 25B USD where even the US said they will help.

So I am open for any explanation of this problem that makes sense other than the one the US/EU simply does not want to confront an aggressor nation.

The same for the constant massive shellings and ground attacks--HAS anyone heard and or seen the same level political activity the West has used in the Greece crisis for the Ukrainian crisis?????????????

AT some point one wonders if there or any major western politicians willing to make a stand against Russia----actually it has been exceptionally quiet around Obama, Hollande, and Merkel.

Donetsk 7:47AM
Continuous morning volleys https://twitter.com/BylByleva/status/620817048373972992 …

07:34 #Horlivka @DobryShubin Southwest: loud outgoing shelling. West: multiple frequent [ones]

07:15 #Donetsk @GirkinGirkin A boom, "what was it?"

00:04 #Luhansk @LuhanskJunta Heating station was shelled again, no electricity in Luhansk since 21:30

23:35 #Avdeevka @fingerw80 About 15min there were several volleys sounded like responses, now quiet

23:31 #Avdeevka @owl_ok It looks like we are being shelled fr/#Yasynuvata, landings in pit area according to call-over

23:24 #Avdeevka @fingerw80 Double salvos,looks like the same pattern as on Saturday fr/the same positions, 18-20 hits for now

22:30 #Donetsk @vladicvp Airport has been shelled fr/Putilovka for about 20min

23:24 #Makeevka @Palchakkk Also bright flashes in #Yasynuvata coking plant area

23:31 @VasyaMakeevskiy Ceased

23:19 #Makeevka @megamegalex 2 tubes like 122mm
@VasyaMakeevskiy yes, at least 2 howitzers

23:17 #Makeevka @VasyaMakeevskiy Arty salvos in Donetsk bypass road - Lesnoy settlement direction

23:02 #Makeevka @Palchakkk Mortar rounds fr/#Hryhorivka

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Reference child hostage taking by RS.

Information on the #RightSector took hostage 6year old boy was refuted by the Governor of #Transcarpathia. #Mukacheve pic.twitter.com/GOAmq1iZrF


In Moscow's Shadows

13/7/2015

Right Sector and Wrong Directions in Ukraine

by Mark Galeotti

VIDEO Abandoned Right Sector cars in #Mukacheve. Note the bullet holes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aup2ZP1FIYQ …

More 'hunters that accidentally happened to be around' helping #Mukacheve Police. pic.twitter.com/EdcmQMh2uw

Mukacheve police says these 'officers' did not have time to change cloths. #1 yday. #2 today. For TWO DAYS now! Lol. pic.twitter.com/QGbD6FcFq1

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Donetsk: Exploded Range Rover is car of secretary of head of DNR pic.twitter.com/Iry3DjJp9Z http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/14-july-donetsk-exploded-range-rover-is-car-of-secretary …

Female aide to separatist leader Sakharchenko reportedly injured in #Donetsk car bomb today http://www.novorosinform.org/news/id/32551 https://twitter.com/novostidnua/status/620869902589558785 …

Question is just how does she afford a new Land Rover on her miner and truck driver salary?????

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NSDC of Ukraine ✔ @NSDC_ua
Donetsk sector: Tensions resumed by Horlivka. More attacks eastwards from Kostiantynivka-Yasynuvata railroad.

NSDC of Ukraine ✔ @NSDC_ua
Ukrainian border guards spotted 12 militant UAVs. One more Russian UAV registered in Zaporizhia region

NSDC of Ukraine ✔ @NSDC_ua
Ukrainian Armed Forces did not incur any lethal casualties; five were wounded in action in the last 24 hours

NSDC of Ukraine ✔ @NSDC_ua
Other hotspots in Donetsk sector: incessant fighting from Avdiivka to Maryinka

NSDC of Ukraine ✔ @NSDC_ua
Mariupol sector: ceasefire holds. Only two brief provocations in Shyrokyne

It suits Russian Army staff (incl Romanchuk at JCCC) to keep #Shyrokyne quiet, so they can conc N flank of #Mariupol

NSDC of Ukraine ✔ @NSDC_ua
Militants used 120mm mortars, tanks, artillery targeting area from Novhorodske to Verkhnyotoretske

NSDC of Ukraine ✔ @NSDC_ua
Luhansk sector: Epicenter of conflict in Krymske, Shchastya, Popasna. Russia-backed militants used mortars, small arms, IFV
.
NSDC of Ukraine ✔ @NSDC_ua
Situation on frontline escalates. Number of ceasefire violations grows & more cases of heavy weapons use.

NSDC of Ukraine ✔ @NSDC_ua
Situation on frontline escalates. Number of ceasefire violations grows & more cases of heavy weapons use.

NSDC of Ukraine ✔ @NSDC_ua
SBU detained three Sumy residents who attempted to organize arms dealing network

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Another Russian Strategic Bomber Plane Crashes In Far East http://www.rferl.org/content/russian-bomber-crashes-far-east/27126469.html …

All Tu-95s now in Russian service are the Tu-95MS variant, built in the 1980s and 1990s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-95


Sixth air crash in one month-----

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http://www.ndc.nato.int/news/current_news.php?icode=830
NOTE: there is a .pdf tied to this link

Friday 10 July 2015

Research Paper 117:

"Russia's 2014 Military Doctrine and beyond: threat perceptions, capabilities and ambitions", by Polina Sinovets and Bettina Renz.


In this latest paper by the NATO Defense College, two experts on Russia deconstruct Russia’s December 2014 military doctrine and ask a key question: To what extent does this new doctrine add anything substantially new to the understanding of contemporary Russian politics? Although on the surface the 2014 doctrine does not differ significantly from its previous versions, the devil is in the details—and the details in this case are not very reassuring. The main theme of the doctrine is rivalry with the West, which Moscow politely calls “equitable cooperation” whilst avoiding the word “partnership.”
The doctrine was written to influence two audiences: internal and external.

The 2014 doctrine, in comparison to its predecessor, stands out for emphasizing domestic threats to national security. Such threats include destabilisation of the political situation, including terrorist activities as well as outside political influence on Russia’s population.

For foreign audiences the message also appears to be quite clear. Changes made since the 2010 version explain Russia’s vital concerns vis-a-vis its neighbourhood, which are discussed under both headings of military dangers and military threats. The implication of the latter is to show potential adversaries, including NATO, that intervention in Russia’s neighbourhood could, in certain circumstances, be interpreted by Russia as a casus belli. Overall, the 2014 doctrine gives an impression of deja-vu, and harks back to the great power doctrines of the past. In the manner of the Monroe doctrine, it sends Western powers the message that Russia’s neighbourhood should be regarded as its sphere of influence, which Moscow is ready to defend, if necessary by all means. The implicit concern in the doctrine over the threat to Kremlin-friendly regimes in neighbouring states is like a modern version of the Brezhnev doctrine, where direct military intervention is camouflaged by hybrid war-type activity.

The successful use of hybrid tactics in Crimea and to an extent in eastern Ukraine has been the Kremlin’s most successful military endeavour in the past two decades for those states that Russia considers to be a part of its sphere of vital interests, this is a major concern, especially since those outside of the NATO alliance do not have the capacity to stand up against such approaches alone. Improving conventional capabilities and strong nuclear posture will only exacerbate such fears, as they deter any powerful actor or nation from interfering in conflicts in Russia’s neighbourhood.

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BreakingNews
Ukrainian state border guards detected a Russian drone over Zaporiz'ka oblast on Monday.
pic.twitter.com/WOdcEa1lMZ

Ukraine army ready for any scenario amid escalation in Donbas http://www.unian.info/war/1100445-donbas-seeing-escalation-ukraine-army-ready-for-any-scenario.html …

British citizen Graham Phillips exposed as a tool of #Russia's FSB
My new piece: http://goo.gl/Kt7qJS
pic.twitter.com/6zs2lEa0dC

EVERYTHING you EVER wanted to know about Graham Phillips and his ties to the Russian FSB.
http://ukrainewarlog.blogspot.com/p/british-citixen-and-kremlin-reporter.html … pic.twitter.com/gxu0EmDU0V

28.09.14 in Chelyabinsk, RU: https://instagram.com/p/tfTU5gkyoh/ Remeber: a lot can fit into Russian humanitarian raid convoys pic.twitter.com/PWpQiplbwU

Buryats Are Noticed Near Ilovaisk: https://en.informnapalm.org/buryats-are-noticed-near-ilovaisk/ … pic.twitter.com/jDLtgTHC6k

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This web page at ht.transparencytoolkit.org has been reported as an attack page and has been blocked based on your security preferences.
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hackingteam a library of stuff about your unique fingerprint on the web http://ht.transparencytoolkit.org/rcs-dev%5Cshare/HOME/Naga/httpX/Identification/ …

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hackingteam a library of stuff about your unique fingerprint on the web http://ht.transparencytoolkit.org/rcs-dev%5Cshare/HOME/Naga/httpX/Identification/ …

David--on mine it stopped after the cloud---this link was provided by a specialist in the hacking defense side that has been working with MS on the files taken and posted by a hacker who hacked last week the Italian company The Hacking Team.

Everything he has posted and that has been plenty (400G) and I have kept up with his postings and his links has not been infected --if fact one of his postings led Adobe to immediately issue a sudden new security patch for Flash Player which I highly suggest patching as it was being used as a very easy backdoor and Adobe knew nothing about the security problem.

Again patch Adobe Flash Player ASAP.

Will review the cloud report but it seems the server dealing with requests to see the materials is simply overloaded and timing out as the entire white and black sides are reviewing his postings.

I use a hyped up version from Karpesky Internet 2014/2015 not available to normal humans and it is not signaling anything--but will check it again as they tend to pickup anything--maybe because they are Russian.

UPDATE: my trace route query made it through the cloud as this server sits in a cloud--made it to the page handling the entire listings of tools and cleanly opened the various tool sets--not a single warning by KS and no rootkits are installed.

If one is concerned due to the individual security warnings then wave off--I am checking now each piece of software tools and will list them.

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David--on mine it stopped after the cloud---this link was provided by a specialist in the hacking defense side that has been working with MS on the files taken and posted by a hacker who hacked last week the Italian company The Hacking Team.

Everything he has posted and that has been plenty (400G) and I have kept up with his postings and his links has not been infected --if fact one of his postings led Adobe to immediately issue a sudden new security patch for Flash Player which I highly suggest patching as it was being used as a very easy backdoor and Adobe knew nothing about the security problem.

Again patch Adobe Flash Player ASAP.

Will review the cloud report but it seems the server dealing with requests to see the materials is simply overloaded and timing out as the entire white and black sides are reviewing his postings.

I use a hyped up version from Karpesky Internet 2014/2015 not available to normal humans and it is not signaling anything--but will check it again as they tend to pickup anything--maybe because they are Russian.

UPDATE: my trace route query made it through the cloud as this server sits in a cloud--made it to the page handling the entire listings of tools and cleanly opened the various tool sets--not a single warning by KS and no rootkits are installed.

If one is concerned due to the individual security warnings then wave off--I am checking now each piece of software tools and will list them.

Root directory taken off the linked server:

Index of /rcs-dev\share/HOME/Naga/httpX/Identification/

../
BrowserSpy.dk.webloc 06-Jul-2015 05:02 244
Cross-browser fingerprinting test 2.0.webloc 06-Jul-2015 05:02 256
Evercookie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.w..> 06-Jul-2015 05:02 262
Flash Cookies and Privacy II- Now with HTML5 an..> 06-Jul-2015 05:02 281
HTTP cookie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia...> 06-Jul-2015 05:02 263
Hovav Shacham- Pixel Perfect.webloc 06-Jul-2015 05:02 269
Meet the Online Tracking Device That is Virtual..> 06-Jul-2015 05:02 326
Panopticlick.webloc 06-Jul-2015 05:02 252
SSRN-id1898390.pdf 06-Jul-2015 05:45 1770045
The Web never forgets- Persistent tracking mech..> 06-Jul-2015 05:43 118
Valve-fingerprintjs · GitHub.webloc 06-Jul-2015 05:43 261
authentication - Is browser fingerprinting a vi..> 06-Jul-2015 05:02 365
browser-uniqueness.pdf 06-Jul-2015 05:02 428501
evercookie - virtually irrevocable persistent c..> 06-Jul-2015 05:02 249
evercookie ruby.webloc 06-Jul-2015 05:02
ghostwords-chameleon · GitHub.webloc 06-Jul-2015 05:02 262


The number associated with each line is the file size.

06 Jul is when it was posted to the server by the analyst doing the work.

As one can see there is always a finger print of your usage on the web and it is tractable by a number of different ways.

AND it is not always the NSA that is doing it.

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hackingteam a library of stuff about your unique fingerprint on the web http://ht.transparencytoolkit.org/rcs-dev%5Cshare/HOME/Naga/httpX/Identification/ …

For those that understand the white and black side of the internet--this is the blogger who has been working the 400G hacked file from Italian software company "The Hacking Team" that was selling illegal spy software to just about anyone and anywhere.

https://twitter.com/mailforlen?original_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fukraineat war.blogspot.com%2F&tw_i=620906735595847680&tw_p=embeddedtimeline&tw_w=467271264835346432

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Basically the entire line of contact was shelled with small arms, mortars, tanks & artillery.(Map shows some towns) pic.twitter.com/FY2UXtqL3P

BreakingNews
Russian forces conducted 80 attacks on the Ukr. line of defense and peaceful settlements yesterday, using all kinds of arms.

The SBU found an impressive stash of weapons, ammo an explosives near #Shchastya http://inforesist.org/v-rajone-provedeniya-ato-sbu-obnaruzhila-ogromnyj-arsenal-oruzhiya/?_utl_t=tw …

Scary: Russian nuclear bomber TU-95 Bear crashed, seven crew members presumed dead.These things fly all around Europe http://ria.ru/incidents/20150714/1127545427.html …

Shellings are starting early today-----
Donetsk 15:53
Kalininsky ds - hearing powerful salvos https://twitter.com/vladimi71543390/status/620939083259486208 …

Putin aide Surkov reportedly in #Donetsk today, possibly to swap DNR head Zakharchenko with someone more subservient. http://m.62.ua/news/888503

Briton Graham Phillips Transformed from 'Sex Blogger' to Decorated Kremlin Information Soldier
http://goo.gl/Kt7qJS pic.twitter.com/eAkrgNQwMT

Analysis #Map
The Russian front in #Spartak, north of #Donetsk city.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWCpEBmCsbw …
Same "aid" by the way. pic.twitter.com/wJktOlDjN0

“Joker” reveals the Volvo truck that carried the BUK missile system for MH17: https://en.informnapalm.org/joker-reveals-the-volvo-truck-that-carried-the-buk-missile-system-for-mh17/ … pic.twitter.com/LKTwVH1DXJ

Russia ‘a Failed State’ Because It Doesn’t Enforce Its Own Laws, Shtepa Says http://bit.ly/1dYlGY9 pic.twitter.com/OZnB4OcZje

With the suspects still on the run, Slovak police boost security after shootout in #Mukachevo. Coop w/ UA excellent. http://spectator.sme.sk/c/20058817/slovak-police-boost-security-after-deadly-shootout-in-mukachevo.html …

SBU find grenades and rifles in Mukacheve http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/14-july-sbu-find-grenades-and-rifles-in-mukacheve …

SBU has detained a saboteur who was involved in the train bombings in Odesa pic.twitter.com/h49lC6ee7j http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/14-july-sbu-has-detained-a-saboteur-who-was-involved-in-the …

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Donetsk - a hellish shelling from Lenin (S) and Kalinin (E) districts https://twitter.com/OldHistoric/status/620987376693833729 …

Heavy shelling audible around #Donetsk and #Horlivka

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AND there is no disconnect between the US senior military leadership and the White House and DoS that disagrees with them??????


From Foreign Policy----

More Pentagon Generals Line up to Proclaim Russia ‘Existential’ Threat to U.S.

By Paul McLeary
July 14, 2015 - 12:58 pm

More Pentagon Generals Line up to Proclaim Russia ‘Existential’ Threat to U.S.


The two generals nominated to sit atop the Defense Department’s hierarchy agree: President Vladimir Putin’s Russia is the greatest threat facing the United States today.

U.S. Air Force Gen. Paul Selva – President Barack Obama’s pick to be the next vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff – told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday that he “would put the threats to this nation in the following order: Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, and all of the organizations that have grown around ideology that was articulated by al Qaeda,” offering the same list delivered last week by Obama’s nominee to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford.

During his own July 9 confirmation hearing before the same committee, Dunford called Moscow’s recent behavior in the Ukraine and in eastern Europe “nothing short of alarming,” adding that “Russia presents the greatest threat to our national security” and “could pose an existential threat to the United States.”

Prodded by Sen. John McCain on why he would place terrorist groups dead last on his list, Selva simply said that they just don’t threaten Americans at home. “Right now [the Islamic State] does not present a clear and present threat to our homeland and to our nation,” he said.

Russia, on the other hand, takes the first prize because its military might presents an “existential threat to this country should they choose to be,” Selva said.

Speaking on the day that the P5+1 group of nations and Iran reached an agreement to halt Tehran’s nuclear program for at least a decade, Selva also said that the sanctions relief and the opening up of over $100 billion in frozen Iranian assets would give the country more resources to fund terrorist groups like Hezbollah, “if it chooses to do so.”

Without getting into detail, he added that the United States needs to “have a range of available options with which to respond” to threats from Iran, should they arise.

In his opening statement, McCain actually flipped Dunford and Selva’s list on its head, saying that the list of national security challenges is led by “the rampage of ISIL’s terrorist army, Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons and support for its destabilizing proxies, revisionist Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and China’s continued military build-up and aggressive behavior towards its neighbors.”

Seated next to Selva during his testimony was Air Force Gen. Darren McDew, who has been tapped to lead U.S. Transportation Command. His take was also slightly different, holding that cyberattacks should rank first in any threat list, since a coordinated attack could bring the transportation infrastructure across the country to a halt.

McDew’s assessment is more in line with comments made by James R. Clapper, director of national intelligence, during his own congressional testimony in February, where he maintained that cyberattacks against the nation’s infrastructure were the biggest threat to the country.

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Massive ongoing shellings and ground attacks all along the demarcation line.

I could list the current 65 reports BUT I will simply state the heavy shellings started extremely early--at 1400 and are still ongoing.

By 1800 over 50 attacks had been registered and that is an indication that it will be a long rough night and early morning on the eastern front lines.

Shelling pace and reporting is picking up.

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VIDEO: Restoration of Ukrainian T-80 tanks. Now ready to send to the front http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAVT5wi6aMk&sns=tw … pic.twitter.com/ey3Jv0i1Ai

#News Another 50 Russian attacks in #Ukraine between midnight and 18:30 local time. #Tanks, 120 mm #mortars and 152 mm #artillery used.

Huge arms cache discovered near Shchastia, - Security Service. VIDEO+PHOTOS http://en.censor.net.ua/n343841 prin @censor_net

Surkov arrived in #Donetsk again it seems..last time #Mariinka attack followed: https://twitter.com/loogunda/status/621001122413723648 …
so something is on..removal of Zakharchenko? Or planning attacks/offensive/provocations? We will see soon i guess

Looks like Russia supplying troops, ammunition to attack Ukraine at unilaterally demilitarized #Shyroikne, #Mariupol https://twitter.com/loogunda/status/620997447125483520 …

In #Odessa_UA , detained manufacturer bombs used for terrorist attacks (PHOTOS) http://ukraine-english-news.forumotion.com/t523-ukraine-crisis-news-in-brief-tuesday-14-july-ukrainian-sources#2258 …
Retweeted by Viktoria

10 military trucks with #Russian soldiers age 20-22 armed with AK guns in #Lugansk today. Read http://lugansk-news.com/10-military-trucks-with-russian-army-soldiers-spotted-in-lugansk-today/ … pic.twitter.com/CIqgfhmULt

Head of RU's FDA: "Foreign services behind mass drug poisonings in RU. US & UK labs import maidan-inducing drugs" http://paperpaper.ru/papernews/2015/07/14/fskn-ivanov/ …

Analysis #Map Another Russian frontline verification in #Spartak, N of #Donetsk. https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=31&v=HCQDEfySo9s … pic.twitter.com/KL8OByjRg1

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More on the shot down of MH17--referencing the Volvo long hauler that transported the BUK

New video shows Volvo truck FH-13 used for transporting the BUK that shot down #MH17. Read at https://en.informnapalm.org/joker-reveals-the-volvo-truck-that-carried-the-buk-missile-system-for-mh17/ … pic.twitter.com/TBuXKy48tW

UNCROPPED VIDEO of MH17 BUK that drove to it's launch location south of Snizhne July 17th 2014 http://youtu.be/iE7wEhvYFos pic.twitter.com/Kzb01m7aTb

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Seems the losing of 2B USDs got the attention of a Russian CEO.

BREAKING: LUKOIL'S CEO ASKS FOR A MEETING WITH ROMANIAN PRESIDENT AFTER 2 BLN EUROS OF THE COMP ASSESTS WERE BLOCKED http://economie.hotnews.ro/stiri-companii-20298220-seful-lukoil-rusia-scrie-lui-klaus-iohannis-pentru-cere-intalnire-care-fie-discutate-problemele-sensibile-ale-activitatii-curente.htm …

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Massive ongoing shellings and ground attacks all along the demarcation line.

I could list the current 65 reports BUT I will simply state the heavy shellings started extremely early--at 1400 and are still ongoing.

By 1800 over 50 attacks had been registered and that is an indication that it will be a long rough night and early morning on the eastern front lines.

Shelling pace and reporting is picking up.

Reporting is heavy and the shellings are getting worse at the moment---

Ongoing shelling from #Donetsk. Time to translate. Dear ruscists, please shell less, I don't have that much time to translate all reports :)

Militants continue to pull heavy weapons to the line of demarcation. Also spread disinfo to escalate situation - JCCC http://112.ua/ato/boeviki-styagivayut-tyazheloe-vooruzhenie-k-linii-razgranicheniya-sckk-244921.html …

Russian terrorists opened fire on Ukrainian military from Gorlovka. There's a tough battle. https://twitter.com/StopTerror2015/status/621018117184090112 …

Ground attacks in progress----

19:42 #Donetsk @AlfaNubovsky "As I understand, entire Donetsk can hear how damn 'liberators' pound in N/NW directions"

19:47 #Horlivka @sau152mm Batlle in the western part for 2hrs already, 3rd hr started

VIDEO Aircraft Poss #Ukraine UAV was shot down over #Luhansk/#Lugansk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj4kT6SAvQw … pic.twitter.com/WDmFM5Uo7z

Militants continue to pull heavy weapons to the line of demarcation. Also spread disinfo to escalate situation - JCCC http://112.ua/ato/boeviki-styagivayut-tyazheloe-vooruzhenie-k-linii-razgranicheniya-sckk-244921.html …

20:00 #Dzerzhynsk @blessmaster And even louder in Yuzhna mine direction 20:04 Sounds like a serious battle,lots of small arms

Pause, but in translation, not in shelling :(

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So is now Russia bailing out of the Council of Europe which they joined in 1996.

Members of the CoE are bound to accept the ECHR--notice they claim other EU countries ignor the ECHR--BUT in fact they do not as they are members of the CoE as well.

Russia is trying desparately to get out from under the 50B USD Yukos ruling--what they do not realize is that the Courts in the EU and the US accept the legal rulings of the ECHR and thus seizures will continue to go forward. AND the Ukraine is getting ready to file a demand for over 300B USD for damages in Crimea and eastern Ukraine which would wipe out the Russian foreign currency reserves.

AND this is on top opf the 245B USD dispute in the Swedish Court which some say the Ukraine will win over Gazprom on top of the Gazprom anti trust suit which is ongoing in the 80B USD EU Anti-Trust Division charges.

http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world/russia-says-it-can-override-european-rights-court-rulings/article/438363#ixzz3ftWgovmn

Russia says it can override European rights court rulings

By Anna Smolchenko, Olga Rotenberg (AFP)


Russia declared Tuesday its laws take precedence over decisions by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), a claim lawyers said could let Moscow snub Europe's top rights tribunal.

The Constitutional Court ruling comes amid Russia's increasing isolation from the West over the Ukraine crisis, with the opposition warning Moscow will now be able to selectively uphold international law.

Lawyers also said the ruling could provide Russia with an excuse not to implement a 2014 decision by the Strasbourg-based court to award shareholders of the now-defunct oil company Yukos 1.9 billion euros ($2.09 billion) in compensation.

"Russia's participation in the international agreement does not signify rejection of state sovereignty," said the ruling by Constitutional Court chairman Valery Zorkin.

"The Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and the ECHR's legal positions based on it cannot annul the precedence of the Constitution."

If any determination by Europe's top human rights court, which upholds the European Convention on Human Rights, is found to be in violation of Russian law, Moscow should not follow that ruling "to the letter," according to the decision.

Zorkin argued the ruling was in line with the practice of top courts of European Union members such as Germany, Italy, Austria and Britain.

It came after lawmakers questioned whether Russia needed to comply with all ECHR decisions.

One of the lawmakers, Alexander Tarnavsky, said the Yukos case was one of the reasons for turning to the Constitutional Court.

"When we began examining all the legal practices in this case, it turned out that a number of decisions by the European Court of Human Rights were not being implemented on the European continent," he said on radio.

The justice ministry reacted swiftly to the ruling, saying its future actions over the Yukos case would be in compliance with the Constitutional Court's position.

Russian officials have long argued that the current practice of giving precedence to international law over Russian legislation goes against the country's interests.

President Vladimir Putin's spokesman said the Constitutional Court's ruling was final.

"This is a decision that cannot be appealed, as far as I understand," said spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

Russia joined the Council of Europe in 1996.

Since then, the European Court has been flooded with cases from Russia, with activists accusing the country of violating the European Convention on Human Rights.

-'Elastic law'-

Russia's opposition condemned the ruling, and some lawmakers cautioned against retreating from international law.

"The Constitutional Court paved the way for the selective application of international law in Russia," leader of the Yabloko liberal party Sergei Mitrokhin said on Twitter.

"It will now be as elastic as our laws."


Stalin is quoted to have said at a secret Communist Central Committe meeting in late 1936--we will sign any agreement that benefits the Soviet Union and then ignor them later if they no longer benefit the SU.

SO can any country in the 21st century "trust" anything the now Russia says and or agrees to?????

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‘Vacation Photos’ by Marine of the 61st Brigade, Russian Northern Fleet in Ukraine:

https://en.informnapalm.org/from-severomorsk-to-donbas-vacation-photos-by-marine-of-the-61st-brigade-russian-northern-fleet-in-ukraine/ … pic.twitter.com/1oXX67OvD2

Car bombing of Zakharchenko's secretary in #Donetsk today seems to have sparked renewed shelling, loudest in 10 days, say locals

VIDEO New #Russia(n) military convoy enter #Krasnodon #Luhansk/#Lugansk this evening https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fodm96Prdb0 … #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/dzwbuhiDUi

All photos with Nazi salute have been removed from https://vk.com/id205292010?z=albums205292010 …. Looks like ordinary picknic now. pic.twitter.com/FeNXsjqg1H

Problem for the FSB--the photos were stored and are available to compare.

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Reporting is heavy and the shellings are getting worse at the moment---

Ongoing shelling from #Donetsk. Time to translate. Dear ruscists, please shell less, I don't have that much time to translate all reports :)

Militants continue to pull heavy weapons to the line of demarcation. Also spread disinfo to escalate situation - JCCC http://112.ua/ato/boeviki-styagivayut-tyazheloe-vooruzhenie-k-linii-razgranicheniya-sckk-244921.html …

Russian terrorists opened fire on Ukrainian military from Gorlovka. There's a tough battle. https://twitter.com/StopTerror2015/status/621018117184090112 …

Ground attacks in progress----

19:42 #Donetsk @AlfaNubovsky "As I understand, entire Donetsk can hear how damn 'liberators' pound in N/NW directions"

19:47 #Horlivka @sau152mm Batlle in the western part for 2hrs already, 3rd hr started

VIDEO Aircraft Poss #Ukraine UAV was shot down over #Luhansk/#Lugansk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj4kT6SAvQw … pic.twitter.com/WDmFM5Uo7z

Militants continue to pull heavy weapons to the line of demarcation. Also spread disinfo to escalate situation - JCCC http://112.ua/ato/boeviki-styagivayut-tyazheloe-vooruzhenie-k-linii-razgranicheniya-sckk-244921.html …

20:00 #Dzerzhynsk @blessmaster And even louder in Yuzhna mine direction 20:04 Sounds like a serious battle,lots of small arms

Pause, but in translation, not in shelling :(


20:10 #Dzerzhynsk @blessmaster UKR artillry joined [the battle] and battle sounds faded at once

VIDEO Shelling Explosions #Horlivka/#Gorlovka #Donetsk this evening https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlDD4nCIYzA … pic.twitter.com/osonQt7Xhk

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Moscow aid to "local tractor drivers" ... from #Buryatia in #Makeevka.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jp0DEKMIh8 …
pic.twitter.com/CdpWxLTk7u

Footage
Sound of heavy shelling in Russian-occupied #Donetsk tonight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CuTZrGDNno …

Footage
Sound of heavy shelling Russian-occupied #Horlivka today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNSH7_OMaPw …

21:38 #Donetsk @jackson_villi Indeed Surkov was here [=more shelling, like Maryinka offensive after his previous visit]

Russian forces DPR unit T-72's May-June 2015 with white lozenge aerial ID marks http://vk.com/wall-62474637?q=%23%D0%91%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%82 %D0%B5%D1%85%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0&w=wall-62474637_153596%2Fall … pic.twitter.com/dp6h0k8P0l

Painted over 2S1 Gvozdika at RU hybrid army base in Krasnyi Luch at https://www.google.de/maps/@48.1370328,38.9202024,355m/data=!3m1!1e3 … https://archive.is/E4wmd pic.twitter.com/oWoSbV03nP

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20:10 #Dzerzhynsk @blessmaster UKR artillry joined [the battle] and battle sounds faded at once

VIDEO Shelling Explosions #Horlivka/#Gorlovka #Donetsk this evening https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlDD4nCIYzA … pic.twitter.com/osonQt7Xhk

After a short lull in most front line areas--shellings have resumed.

Attacks will probably run in the 80/90s by tomorrow morning.

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Let’s see Obama is to busy with his “legacy” to care what Russia does—but wait his NSC has been stating they need Russia for Iran and Syria so does it mean they are exchanging the Ukraine to appease Russia—AND Hollande and Merkel who are the drivers of Minsk 2—where are they these days????

Example—has anyone heard out of DC, Paris and or Berlin the words “Russia is in complete violation of Minsk 2 and does plan on implementing any point in it—no one does not.


@Guderian_Xaba Since around 6AM #Avdiivka and #Staroignatievka are under artillery and mortar fire.

@Guderian_Xaba Around midnight at #Optyne there was a battle with russian sabotage and recon group, repelled.

Russian Spetsnaz is now back into the fight ----

Shelling in #Donetsk & #Avdeevka continuing this morning.

Donetsk 6:52AM
Woke up by salvos. #Avdiivka loud. https://twitter.com/fhntv29/status/621165328245125120 …

Avdiivka 6:33AM
LOUD! https://twitter.com/GirkinGirkin/status/621163344427384832 …

#Donetsk 6:41AM
Wake up call by artillery. https://twitter.com/BylByleva/status/621162706121396224 …

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After a short lull in most front line areas--shellings have resumed.

Attacks will probably run in the 80/90s by tomorrow morning.


ATO presser announced over 100 ceasefire violations for yesterday, ruscists used tanks, heavy artillery, MRLS.

War is full in gear now----when 58 attacks per day is crossed.

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Mukacheve events--Russia's attempt to open second front in Western Ukraine, according to analyst.
http://euromaidanpress.com/2015/07/13/russian-footprints-in-mukacheve/ …

Interior Ministry: posts about alleged plans to strip Yarosh of immunity 'a fake'
http://www.unian.info/politics/1100888-interior-ministry-posts-about-alleged-plans-to-strip-yarosh-of-immunity-a-fake.html … pic.twitter.com/amG0fSH4pV

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In Post 708 Outlaw 09 asked:
Challenge for SWJ---can anyone give a short explanation to the following.....

The Ukraine needs a total of 50B USD in order to clear their budget issues, have massively and verifiably completed the legal laws needed for major reforms on just about everything, has lost 20% of their economy due to Russian invasion, has lost the Crimea, and has over 700 Russians tanks on their territory AND Greece has received over 300B USD and another 82B, has not completed a single major reform demanded by the EU/IMF in FIVE years

AND yet no one seems to want to help the Ukraine in raising the first 25B USD where even the US said they will help.

So I am open for any explanation of this problem that makes sense other than the one the US/EU simply does not want to confront an aggressor nation.

The same for the constant massive shellings and ground attacks--HAS anyone heard and or seen the same level political activity the West has used in the Greece crisis for the Ukrainian crisis?????????????

AT some point one wonders if there or any major western politicians willing to make a stand against Russia----actually it has been exceptionally quiet around Obama, Hollande, and Merkel.

The European Union (EU) is desperate to maintain stability within the Euro-zone, so politicians and diplomats have joined the bankers (including the IMF, with its French head). There is a fear that if Greece failed financially - over banks having money, making public debt payments and more - that other indebted nations would follow. Those nations are usually stated to be: Portugal, Spain, Italy and often France.

The EU can only handle one crisis at a time, such is the focus of decision makers and by its nature is very inward looking.

The Ukraine is simply not a "club" member, whatever its strategic value and being the victim of aggression. There is I suspect a deep pessimism over confronting Russia and the likely future of the Ukraine.

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In Post 708 Outlaw 09 asked:

The European Union (EU) is desperate to maintain stability within the Euro-zone, so politicians and diplomats have joined the bankers (including the IMF, with its French head). There is a fear that if Greece failed financially - over banks having money, making public debt payments and more - that other indebted nations would follow. Those nations are usually stated to be: Portugal, Spain, Italy and often France.

The EU can only handle one crisis at a time, such is the focus of decision makers and by its nature is very inward looking.

The Ukraine is simply not a "club" member, whatever its strategic value and being the victim of aggression. There is I suspect a deep pessimism over confronting Russia and the likely future of the Ukraine.

Interesting in that not challenging Russian aggression they are in fact "motivating more of it" as no action in Putin's eyes means indecision and weakness.

If we take the two kilometer annexation of more Georgian territory this week simply by moving the boundary stakes and Georgia is being eyed for NATO and eventually the EU--not a single peep came out of EU or really for that matter no one in particular except the Baltics and Finland as they recognized it for what it was a military land grab move by Russia using again a proxy.

And they stole in the process a UK company owned (BP) pipeline in the process--and nothing heard from the UK.

It seems that the EU does not want to recognize one of the main geo political goals of the current Ukraine offensive--destabilize the EU to the point that it is not a political/economic power AND disconnect it from the US.

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The Russian Army if it is going to expand the mercenary territory MUST make a move within the next three weeks and then they will be into the autumn and winter timeframe.

The rains have moved through and the ground is getting very "tank friendly".

Situation in ATO zone getting tenser: Russian (hybrid) forces opened fire 100 times, clash occurred near Opytne - HQ http://24today.net/open/471897

We must be prepared for the worst scenario for the Donbass - NATO official http://censor.net.ua/n343900 https://twitter.com/UKRinNATO/status/621197049330073600 …

Tymchuk/IR report 200-220 Russian GRU spetsnaz deployed across several districts of occupied Luhansk, Ukraine http://24today.net/open/472043

Over 200 Russian GRU special forces operatives arrived in Luhansk and more than 500 raw militants brought in Donetsk - InfoResist

15.07.2015 12:02


Dmytro Tymchuk wrote on his page on Facebook citing situation report of the Information Resistance group, Censor.NET informs.

According to him, the arrival of the detachment consisting of 200-220 servicemen of one of the special brigades of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation has been recorded in Luhansk: "The detachment has been split into groups and deployed in several districts of Luhansk."

In addition, the redeployment of the terrorists' armor and artillery to location north of the town of Rovenky has been recorded. Up to 10 armored fighting vehicles (BMD-2, BTR-80A / BTR-82A, one airborne BTR-D), three 120-mm 2S9 Nona-S self-propelled guns have been redeployed.

"The terrorists continue accumulating hardware as part of the "brigade" of militants deployed in the outskirts of the town of Mospyne. At the same time, the part of the equipment (six tanks and four IFVs) has been redeployed northward of this location towards the southern section of the Donetsk belt highway.

The terrorists' replacement of more than 500 militants arrived in the Petrivskyi district of Donetsk by covered trucks, vans and buses. The militants are "raw" judging by their behavior," Tymchuk wrote.

InfoResist also reports that the battery of militants' D-30 howitzers as well as mortar detachment (a total of 6 mortars) have been redeployed from Horlivka towards Vuhlehirsk: "There were also two MT-LBs (multi-purpose light-armored towing vehicle) and two BTR-70 APCs spotted in the convoy."

The Russian Army is in a particularly strange place for them--after a massive three month crash training program for their own proxies--the proxies are still incapable to defeating the UA as they were in August 2014.

The Donbass as it is now is a non viable mass of land thus the need for more territory--more territory means more actual Russian troops engaged if they are going to be successful which means more loses as the UA is showing a great deal of confidence now, has grown to 60K vs 6K in August 2014 BUT to gain more territory it must move in troops from the border to overcome the UA numbers as Russian doctrine says 4/5 to 1 ratio which then opens Russia to more harsher sanctions.

Coupled with a much improved UA artillery ability and ever growing number of tanks and more importantly a lot more ATM teams--and yes the 64 is a far better tank than the 72 ever was and the Russian Spetsnaz even taking loses recently --it will be a bruising fight.

AND if the word has gotten around the Russian Army that you can in fact get killed easily in the Ukraine as it seems to have--then moral is currently not the best even with their contractors.

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Russian activist Elena Vasilieva publishes an updated list of 562 verified Russian servicemen KIA in eastern #Ukraine http://www.evasiljeva.ru/2015/06/30062015.html …
Inofficial numbers are running in the 2200 KIA and over 4000 WIA.

13:22 #Donetsk @PVB40 [fb] Regional administration building is encircled by fully equipped militants, many in civilian clothes

Maxim Tucker @MaxRTucker
Tight security around #Donetsk administration today, likely for Zakharchenko-Surkov summit. Rumour has it DPR head being asked to step down

Zakharchenko is having a meeting at the administrative building. Heavy security blocking access to the building #Donetsk

This "is the beginning of the end of Russia's ties with the Council of Europe” (@coe) https://twitter.com/INechepurenko/status/621242683974152193 …

"Russia Is Showing Cold War-Era Levels of Aggression" by @Helledale
http://dailysignal.com/2015/07/13/russia-is-showing-cold-war-era-levels-of-aggression/ …

Five #Ukrainian servicemen were killed by a land mine yesterday in Stanitsa Luhanska border settlement, MoD reported. pic.twitter.com/cEAqHSgSnz

The Russian 8th Mountain Motorized Rifle Brigade in Ukraine: https://en.informnapalm.org/the-8th-mountain-motorized-rifle-brigade-in-ukraine/ … via @en_informnapalm pic.twitter.com/iVKUTArM4H

Tough-talking Gennady Moskal, renowned for his crackdown in the east, will now be sent west. The front is shifting https://twitter.com/tweetsnv/status/621242970013044736 …

In the last day militants attacked checkpoint Mariinka, Zolote & Majorsk - Border guard service
http://dpsu.gov.ua/ua/about/news/news_7886.htm …

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hackingteam a library of stuff about your unique fingerprint on the web http://ht.transparencytoolkit.org/rcs-dev%5Cshare/HOME/Naga/httpX/Identification/ …

The hack of the Italian company "The Hacking Company" has literally been an eye opener for the internet security world into the dark side of the net and shows one the extent of what cyber warfare can in fact be and or is already.

BTW--15 virus's, keyloggers and Trojan software included in the hack were not detected by some extremely costly AV software products--research into others s ongoing.

hackingteam leak is like a biowar labo that is holding 'open visitors' day - copy what you want - digital nuclear warfare

hackingteam would anyone give any trust to any software written by hackingteam or somebody linked with them

hackingteam how to protect your bios from being attacked by Trend Micro pic.twitter.com/mY1NFeRSbe

#hackingteam BIOS rootkit infected : just throw away the hardware if you are hacked http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/hacking-team-uses-uefi-bios-rootkit-to-keep-rcs-9-agent-in-target-systems/ … pic.twitter.com/FPMBi11AVE

hackingteam we published links to that keylogger yesterday

hackingteam how they followed #bitcoin and other digital currencies with their keylogger http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/07/hacking-team-broke-bitcoin-secrecy-by-targeting-crucial-wallet-file/ … pic.twitter.com/mLCvZMBheD

hackingteam use only firefox Latest version - they block ALL flash - too many (unkown) exploits pic.twitter.com/k9DoO3d85K

hackingteam goes on - says has more non-leaked and better exploits and launches new version http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/07/hacking-team-remains-defiant-touts-new-version-of-spyware-suite/ … pic.twitter.com/3zZtCXhfZ1

hackingteam yesterday another flashexploit discovered by half AV https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/334245285400637d0ff9fdb840b0ad1f909513d37c86d38177 dc165582c28127/analysis/ … pic.twitter.com/MXjB7EUkfO

hackingteam you can download the new flash exploit here—takes two minutes to infect a machine

hackingteam was ready for new browsers and windows10 https://twitter.com/markloman/status/618341156125048832 …

hackingteam everybody awake @virustotal this safe elevator.c file is the opentype zeroday for windows - look comments pic.twitter.com/87eYMvadcP

hackingteam there are about 47 of their exploits and malwares in their library to download—am not including the link… - and AV recognition bad

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While #Ukrainians focused on #Mukachevo shooting, Russia transfers more forces to e. #Ukraine. http://obozrevatel.com/crime/54701-posle-sobyitij-v-mukachevo-rossiya-vvodit-vojska-na-donbass-fotofakt.htm … pic.twitter.com/ZhULHA6br8

Bild
Fuhrpark (Reparaturbereich) der russischen Streitkräfte im besetzten Donbas - mit Typenbezeichnung.
v @Ukr_Che pic.twitter.com/ba9lg7AzgT

NSDC of Ukraine ✔ @NSDC_ua
Traffic police prevented arms smuggling to Dnipropetrovsk region. Seized RPG-22, ammo, 15 AK magazines, explosives pic.twitter.com/JkNtsQjO0S

NSDC of Ukraine ✔ @NSDC_ua
Ukraine’s police uncovered large arms arsenal in Avdiivka. Seized 3 grenade launchers, 3,000 ammo, 27 F-1 grenades pic.twitter.com/QHxTjKucSo

NSDC of Ukraine ✔ @NSDC_ua
.@OSCE_SMM reports of illegal crossing of 150 trucks across UA-RU border daily. Food & metal products transported from Ukraine to Russia

NSDC of Ukraine ✔ @NSDC_ua
Militants plotting to stop “ArtemVuhillia” coalmines from September 1 due to failure to pay miners’ salaries

NSDC of Ukraine ✔ @NSDC_ua
Militants declared so-called “nationalization” of Starobesehe power station & pipelines militant-controlled Donetsk region

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Russian Army summer offensive is slowly ramping up and is now ongoing.

8 #Ukraine servicemen #KIA,18 wounded. #5 killed hit explosive device near #Bolotenne.The worst shelling since #Minsk II. #ATO Headquarters.

AND any comments from Hollande, Merkel or Obama--where are those red lines if things get worse they talked about.

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Reference the shot down of MH17---

Acc. to Russian media #MH17 may've been shot down by everything but #Russia's BUK system. So UN tribunal isnt neededhttps://twitter.com/hdevreij/status/621255960561086464 …

There was even a story yesterday about the possibility of an Israeli AA missile being used.

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Russian Army summer offensive is slowly ramping up and is now ongoing.

8 #Ukraine servicemen #KIA,18 wounded. #5 killed hit explosive device near #Bolotenne.The worst shelling since #Minsk II. #ATO Headquarters.

AND any comments from Hollande, Merkel or Obama--where are those red lines if things get worse they talked about.

RUSSIAN SUMMER OFFENSIVE IS NOW FOMRERLY UNDERWAY

Donetsk front escalating, constant fighting at the airport reported https://twitter.com/666_mancer/status/621263086792634368 …

Tymchuk says 200-250 #Russia|n SpecOps arrived in #Luhansk. Fits with pictures of #Russia|n trucks arriving there.
https://www.facebook.com/dmitry.tymchuk/posts/723530117775646 …

Recorded arrival in Lugansk units numbering 200-220 people. the composition of a special brigade of GRU of the General Staff."

More pictures from #Luhansk where more #Russia|n soldiers arriving: https://twitter.com/AlexandruC4/status/621271206054883328 …

Putin's personal advisor to the eastern Ukraine is now in Donetsk and the fighting breaks just as it did the last time he was there--that battle lasted three days.

AND still no comments from all of the Western leaders---seems they are in the appeasement game these days.

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In Post 708 Outlaw 09 asked:

The European Union (EU) is desperate to maintain stability within the Euro-zone, so politicians and diplomats have joined the bankers (including the IMF, with its French head). There is a fear that if Greece failed financially - over banks having money, making public debt payments and more - that other indebted nations would follow. Those nations are usually stated to be: Portugal, Spain, Italy and often France.

The EU can only handle one crisis at a time, such is the focus of decision makers and by its nature is very inward looking.

The Ukraine is simply not a "club" member, whatever its strategic value and being the victim of aggression. There is I suspect a deep pessimism over confronting Russia and the likely future of the Ukraine.

David--have thought much about just why it is that France and Germany have both rejected since 2004 the Ukraine joining either NATO and or the EU.

After watching the first ever US Ukrainian Business Forum and the results of that meeting maybe the core reason is not particularly Russia but one of economics.

Meaning the US businessmen and their companies were totally surprised that there are three or four major areas of immediate joint ventures and investment---IT, aerospace/aircraft, agriculture and gas turbine ship engines--I would also add the basic heavy industries of coal and steel since the Ukraine has the largest European coking plant.

Right after the meeting via the WSJ it was announced that US agricultural businesses were sending to the Ukraine over 1B USD in farming equipment and Cargill is already in the country. If done correctly the Ukraine can virtually feed the world with a modern grain production.

Maybe Germany and France do not want economic competition in these areas especially the French and if we add the business and work reformation that has been completed to modernize --France is nowhere close to the same reforms.

If you notice the French and the Germans have the aerospace/aircraft wrapped up as well as the agriculture especially French political parties that are dependent on their farmer vote.

Another unspoken competition area is military defense development and arms sales--can France and Germany afford a strong competitor even in the EU?

With economic power and growth comes political clout inside the EU --might be the reason for French and German resistance.

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Perfect example of Russian “flip propaganda”—meaning if we shelled the Ukrainians over 100 times THEN we will in turn claim “they shelled us 86 times” AND we will never admit that they only fired in return when directly threaten by us.

Seems they forgot the OSCE and even the Russians in the JCCC have verified a large number of the mercenary shellings repeatedly.

Just a continuation of the “it ain’t us” propaganda.

http://tass.ru/en/world/808806

Donetsk republic registers 86 ceasefire violations by Kiev forces over past 24 hours

July 15, 15:57


The Defense Ministry noted that the cities of Donetsk, Gorlovka, Yasinovataya and Debaltsevo, as well as a number of populated localities, had come under fire

MOSCOW, July 15. /TASS/. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are increasing the intensity of the shelling of the territory of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR). Over the past 24 hours, 86 violations of the ceasefire regime have been registered, the DPR Defense Ministry said.

"The intensity of the artillery bombardments by the Ukrainian side grew by 35 over the past 24 hours and totaled 86 ceasefire violations," the Donetsk news agency quotes the ministry as saying.

The Defense Ministry noted that the Ukrainian Army had fired 116 artillery and 38 tank shells on the territory of the Donetsk republic, 235 82-mm and 120-mm mines and used anti-aircraft installations, grenade launchers and small arms.

It added that the cities of Donetsk, Gorlovka, Yasinovataya and Debaltsevo, as well as a number of populated localities, had come under fire.

The ceasefire in the Donbas region formally came into force on February 15. The requirement to halt the hostilities is envisaged in the Package of Measures for the Implementation of the Minsk Agreements. This document was signed by the Contact Group members on Febrary 12. The self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Luhansk have repeatedly stated that the observance of the truce depended entirely on the Ukrainian side.

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Perfect example of Russian “flip propaganda”—meaning if we shelled the Ukrainians over 100 times THEN we will in turn claim “they shelled us 86 times” AND we will never admit that they only fired in return when directly threaten by us.

Seems they forgot the OSCE and even the Russians in the JCCC have verified a large number of the mercenary shellings repeatedly.

Just a continuation of the “it ain’t us” propaganda.

http://tass.ru/en/world/808806

Donetsk republic registers 86 ceasefire violations by Kiev forces over past 24 hours

July 15, 15:57

Notice the Russian mercenaries fail to mention that they themselves fire
122mm and 152mm heavy artillery and BM21, BM27 MRLSs as well as their own tank fire of 120mm and 120mm mortars.

AND they also failed to mention that the UA only does counter battery fire when the shellings get to intense.

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So are the Russians going to blame the Ukrainians for "dirty aircraft fuel"????

http://tass.ru/en/russia/808849

Official says fuel likely reason for Russian strategic bomber's crash

Russia
July 15, 16:39

Russian Vice-Premier Dmitry Rogozin
"Engines never fail on their own, especially all at once," the vice-premier told journalists



NOVO-OGARYOVO, July 15 /TASS/. Engine failure could not have been the main cause behind the Tupolev Tu-95MS plane crash. Fuel is likely to be the main problem, Russian Vice-Premier Dmitry Rogozin said on Wednesday.

"Engines never fail on their own, especially all at once," the vice-premier told journalists. He did not rule out that low-quality fuel could have caused the Russian Air Force plane to crash.

The aircraft crashed in the Khabarovsk Territory in the Russian Far East during a training flight on Tuesday morning.

The flight was performed without an ammunition allowance. The plane crashed in a deserted area and there is no destruction on the ground.

Russia’s Defense Ministry suspended the flights of Tupolev Tu-95MS (NATO reporting name: Bear) strategic bombers.

The Defense Ministry’s press office said that a technical failure is the likely cause for the crash. A source told TASS that the strategic bomber crashed due to failure of all of its four engines.

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There is a series of RUMINT reports going around the Ukrainian Parliament that both the US and Germany are while publicly stating their support for Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity pressing the Ukraine hard to include the “special status” for the Russian occupied Donbass zones that are currently occupied by Russia military forces.in the upcoming Constitutional changes which have been already signed off by the Vienna Conference as being quite good for a decentralization concept for the all of the Ukraine.

Does anyone see the hypocrisy if this is in fact true???? Especially from the country that signed the 1994 Budapest Memorandum and then has done nothing to defend that territorial integrity other than using vague promises and a lot of words.

Has not Germany and especially the US learned that by giving in politically when the other side will never compromise nor withdraw it’s 700 tanks and 12K soldiers and has annexed a large portion of a country in direct violation of international law simply does not work well at all.

So by "giving in to Putin" just what does Germany and the US gain for the Ukraine??????

So are both Germany and the US if the Rumint is correct the new 1938 “Munich appeasers”??????

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There is a series of RUMINT reports going around the Ukrainian Parliament that both the US and Germany are while publicly stating their support for Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity pressing the Ukraine hard to include the “special status” for the Russian occupied Donbass zones that are currently occupied by Russia military forces.in the upcoming Constitutional changes which have been already signed off by the Vienna Conference as being quite good for a decentralization concept for the all of the Ukraine.

Does anyone see the hypocrisy if this is in fact true???? Especially from the country that signed the 1994 Budapest Memorandum and then has done nothing to defend that territorial integrity other than using vague promises and a lot of words.

Has not Germany and especially the US learned that by giving in politically when the other side will never compromise nor withdraw it’s 700 tanks and 12K soldiers and has annexed a large portion of a country in direct violation of international law simply does not work well at all.

So by "giving in to Putin" just what does Germany and the US gain for the Ukraine??????

So are both Germany and the US if the Rumint is correct the new 1938 “Munich appeasers”??????

BRKNG: PM Syroid says EU/US put press on Ukraine Parliament, force to put "special" Donbas status to Constitution. Violation of sovereignty!

Some are pointing the finger at the US Nuland and her Russian back channel contact to Putin.

Great reality example of just how Germany changes with the wind politically speaking----first they push for the Minsk 2 then they do nothing to support it and the Ukraine against Russian non compliance and then this--------

1 German gov't,2008 and again in early 2015: Israel's security interests are "non-negotiable" for Germany
2. Today:Germany blasts Israel for opposition to Iran deal

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Russian Army summer offensive is slowly ramping up and is now ongoing.

8 #Ukraine servicemen #KIA,18 wounded. #5 killed hit explosive device near #Bolotenne.The worst shelling since #Minsk II. #ATO Headquarters.

AND any comments from Hollande, Merkel or Obama--where are those red lines if things get worse they talked about.

The national security Council warns of possible attack on Donbass on three directions http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/15-july-the-national-security-council-warns-of-possible-attack … via @RadioVesti