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    A civil war is an armed conflict that meets the following criteria:
    a) the war has caused more than 1,000 battle deaths
    b) the war represented a challenge to the sovereignty of an internationally
    recognized state
    c) the war occurred within the recognized boundary of that state
    d) the war involved the state as one of the principal combatants
    e) the rebels were able to mount an organized military opposition to the
    state and to inflict significant casualties on the state.

    All of the criteria must be meet in order for it to be defined a “civil war”.

    Insurrection:

    An act or instance of rising in revolt, rebellion, or resistance against civil authority or an established government.

    Invasion:
    Entrance of an armed force into a territory to conquer.
    Conquer can be also defined—to force a change ie political change upon a government that the government does not want.

    Does any of the three above items forbid a government from reacting to these actions—no it does not especially after the last Ukrainian election which was deemed one of the freest and fairest since it’s freedom from the Soviet Union.

    What mirhond was attempting to push via agitprop was the theory of a "Ukrainian civil war" which has been the constant propaganda drumbeat by the Russian government. Why --then Russia can and does state--ie Putin's Duma speech that they are "protecting ethnic Russian speakers from an evil Nazi junta". That seems to then to not sound like the term "invasion".

    Seems they do not quite understand the definition of a "civil war".

    WHAT we have from the Russian side is a Russian supported, funded and fueled with mercenaries "insurrection" that in August 2014 transitioned to an "armed invasion" WHICH has now transitioned a full blown Ukrainian Russo war being fought along a 200 mile front with a width of 50kms.

    Notice all western leaders to include Putin are running from the use of the term "war".

    As they are still running from the term "invasion" ie the US actually stopped using the term "incursion" and are saying now nothing.

    IF we look at the figures of the so called first --"independence fighters then separatists, and now Russian proxies" they really are all "mercenaries".

    Paid for by Russia, armed by Russia, trained by Russia and feed by Russia--the furthest thing from being a so called "local".

    Out of the current figure of 34K fighters of the DNR/LNR only approximately 4-6K are actually locals. Even the first Russian former or maybe not so former FSB officer mercenary Strelkov aka Girkin to arrive in the Donbass from Crimea --openly and often complained that the locals did not want to join and were poor fighters.

    So is what mirhond calls a "civil war" really a "civil war" when the majority of the fighters are Russian mercenaries and Russian troops physically located inside eastern Ukraine? --BTW an eastern Ukraine with a clearly defined international recognized border with Russia that one has to illegally cross to get to the Ukraine in the first place since they did not have a visa issued by the Ukraine????

    No----
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    As Russia has now "weaponized information" --words take on serious meanings-and one of those Russian "weaponized words" is "civil war".
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    Terrorists shelled Ukrainian army positions 75 times with Marinka being the hottest, - АТО press http://en.censor.net.ua/n344530

    Militants using mortars against Novotroitske near Mariupol http://24today.net/open/476716 pic.twitter.com/4f5U9B592e

    Somehow the civilian loss numbers do not match reality in the local hospitals and local morgue.
    Another set of Russian propaganda lies.
    News
    According to occupation media, 6 civilians were killed and 13 wounded in "Ukrainian shelling" over the last week.

    2 civilians killed, 6 wounded over past day in the Donetsk region, regional administration informs http://en.censor.net.ua/n344572

    'Local residents say tens of thousands of [Russian] soldiers are now garrisoned at Kuzminka, sleeping in tents.' READ http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/20/wo...vity.html?_r=1

    Incredible detail in this piece on Russian border village where Putin has amassed his troops http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/07/20...html?referrer= … pic.twitter.com/LiQBcm0aUH

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    Reference Moldavia--Transnistria

    Transnistria to begin call up for reserve officers and 18-27 year-olds for military service https://translate.google.ie/translat...tml&edit-text= … via @RealitateaMD

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    During the last 24 hours 5 Ukrainian soldiers were wounded, no deaths - ATO spox

    SBU seizes Russian FSB equipment used to eavesdrop opposition leaders and activists on Maidan. http://en.censor.net.ua/n344537

    What the heck was he thinking??????
    SBU detained a militant who decided have a rest in Berdyansk sea resort after fighting Ukrainian troops
    pic.twitter.com/wjJ0JyklCx

    UA Security Service prevented terrorist act in Shchastya. Operatives deactivated 2 anti-tank landlines

    Police seized over 20 grenades, small arms produced in Austria, US, Ukraine and 40,000 in Kyiv region pic.twitter.com/pnGjaNDIpX

    ATO Staff has convincing evidence that militants conducted false flag op, shelling Donetsk to discredit Ukrainian Army

    ATO spox: Mariupol sector: brief armed incidents near Dokuchayevsk, Telmanove, Mariupol. Enemy snipers active in the vicinity of Hranitne

    ATO spokesperson: Other hotspots: Incessant fighting on western outskirts of Donetsk, Maryinka, female civilian wounded in Berezove

    Well so much for that so called 100mm weapons withdrawal by the mercenaries-----
    Donetsk sector: Militants used heavy artillery by Svitlodarsk, Horlivka from 4 spots. Shelled Lozove from 152mm howitzers


    Col. Andriy Lysenko: Ceasefire was holding in the area stretching west of Shchastya to Popasna

    Col. Andriy Lysenko: Luhansk sector: fighting continued near Shchastya & Stanytsia Luhanska. 3 resident houses, infrastructure damaged

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    New Spetsnaz camo uniform---
    Desert/summer variant of Flectar-D pattern?
    pic.twitter.com/jGadfoTsF7

    PESKI- AVDIIVKA sector: 26 howitzers, 22 artillery units, 8 MRLS of militants.

    New footage from yesterday's "troop withdrawal" shows Russian forces with the SA-16 Gimlet.
    pic.twitter.com/nNDooxBGck

    UA intel reports Russian forces have created system of bases (staging areas) for holding hardware along entire front http://inforesist.org/razvedka-soobs...ake/?_utl_t=tw

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    AND this after repeated statements by the DNR/LNR that they had wihtdrawn their 100mm and under weapons—notice the 122s and 152s AND tanks which are a violation of Minsk 2 just keep on shelling.

    JCCC managed to stop shelling of Luhanske today. Also took video of the bombardment
    Video →https://m.facebook.com/story.php?sto...04&__tn__=%2As … pic.twitter.com/kBt9ECXMzq

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    Latitude 67N SIGINT @uascan
    Increased activity on the russian military sw strategic networks incl WEGI, MDV, Baltic Sea Navy

    Air Policing jets on 20 JUL in international airspace above the Baltic Sea near LV border identified RU AF 1X Il-20.

    Ukrainian artillery unit commander: "Every night our positions near Donetsk are shelled http://24today.net/open/476857

    Pro-Rus propaganda has been advertising heavy weapons removal while Avdiivka shelled. Trying to provole Ukrainian response?

    Situation tense as #Russian militants fire artillery and tanks in #Ukraine
    http://www.unian.info/war/1102525-at...and-tanks.html … pic.twitter.com/gbfjTj5zfp

    NO insignia on #Russia|n soldiers fleeing #Kuzminka mil. base nr #Ukraine's border after fire
    https://youtu.be/oRZL_4PqSoY pic.twitter.com/Zb0O8r8cbI

    East #Ukraine Fronline: Sniper fire, rocket shelling continues near #Avdiivka http://uatoday.tv/politics/east-ukra...ka-459104.html … pic.twitter.com/O5o2vTG994

    Kornet Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) in Ukraine Point to Russian Presence – Reuters. http://24today.net/open/185788 pic.twitter.com/NGgULngROC

    VIDEO 18+ #Russia(ns) say destroyd #Ukraine column #Bakhmutivka w foreignrs use 9K129"Kornet" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nZB...7ooEg58h4aqgbA … pic.twitter.com/qzzlkolWV4

    Kornet #missile tube found in #Ukraine. #defense http://bit.ly/1blvRoG pic.twitter.com/F4cofDpkPj

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    Russian response to the 1 km land grab of Georgina territory and then having masked armed men in Spetsnaz uniforms crossing into Georgian territory.

    Land grab and armed troops is the new Russian term "developing border infrastructure"----guess they mean the BP pipeline that was not on the South Ossetia territory.

    Interfax: 14:57
    South Ossetia set to continue developing border infrastructure despite Georgian actions - Tibilov

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    Under the rules of Russian "weaponization of information" if we take my definitions of;

    civil war
    insurrection
    invasion

    THEN where does in fact reality on the ground fit in??

    This is verified ground reality;

    OSCE
    Between Sept. 1 and June 1, monitors counted 20,021 Russians in military uniforms crossing to and from rebel-controlled eastern Ukraine.


    So is this an example of a;

    civil war
    insurrection
    invasion

    Clearly not "a civil war" if 20K plus Russians in military uniforms are coming and going from Russian into eastern Ukraine--that smacks more of an "invasion".

    BUT wait under the Russian rules of "weaponization of information" these are fighters who volunteered, were voluntold, are vacationing and got lost because they had no GPS and maps, vacationing and took their own tanks and artillery with them while on vacation, former Russian military service members, Russian military retirees, Russian military contractors, plain Russian citizens defending fellow Russians from murdering Nazi's, Russian neo Nazi's fighting Ukrainian Nazi's, local miners AND truck drivers.

    BUT definitely not part and parcel of the Russian military--that simply cannot be the case--"absolutely no Russian troops in the Ukraine" is the mantra from Moscow since August 2014--but wait what about those 10 Russian airborne troops who were POWS in august 2014 and the two Russian GRU Spetsnaz POWs in 2015??

    That is "weaponization of information".

    Dismay, distract, distort, deflect, doubt, distrust--the 6Ds of the Russian "weaponization of information".

    Now if we look at the word--"plundering" which I think everyone assumes means "taking everything not nailed down, is not yours and you will not pay for it" because it belongs to the "enemy" and is the 'spoils of war".

    So is the massive theft of Ukrainian coal being shipped via Russia railway coal carriers to Russia, the complete dismantling of five Ukrainian factories and shipping them to Russia, the taking of anything that is scrape metal then shipping it to Russia and the recent taking of the Ukrainian grain harvest--150 truck loads of grain to Russia "plundering"??

    It definitely fulfills the definition of "plundering."

    So how does that fit into the term "civil war" where supposedly the local population is attempting to defend itself--not steal and ship everything to another country.

    THEN if we take the concept of the destruction of the entire critical infrastructure and civilian housing infrastructure by one's own defenders ie Russian Army how does that fit into the concept of a "civil war" vs say an "invasion" where that is expected to occur??

    Core question----Why does one destroy one's own house if I am in a "civil war" to defend myself??

    That is the "Russian weaponization of information".

    Once one understands "the game" it is quite easy to discern truth from fiction.
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    Russian "weaponization of information" moment of truth.--"we do not use the civilian population as human shields". BUT why does that then happen?? Which by the way is normal for an "invasion"---- but wait I though we are in a "civil war".....??

    Cognitive dissonance at work.

    VIDEO: RUSSIANS FIRING FROM ARTILLERY ON AN APARTMENT BUILDING IN AVDEEVKA
    http://www.publika.md/te-iau-fiorii-...-_2360011.html
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    OSCE
    Between Sept. 1 and June 1, monitors counted 20,021 Russians in military uniforms crossing to and from rebel-controlled eastern Ukraine.


    Shelling at a Volnovakha checkpoint, Sun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiPE...ature=youtu.be

    Ukraine @ServiceSsu captured 3 sets of Russian intel equipment for cell phone interceptions. http://www.sbu.gov.ua/sbu/control/uk...7&cat_id=39574 … pic.twitter.com/CzHM5e1OQe

    As the war in Ukraine simmers, some of those newly-experienced bomb-expert vets are getting arrested back in Russia. https://meduza.io/en/news/2015/07/20...a-stash-of-tnt

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    There is an increasing shrillness in the tone from the Russian FM in trying to ram through their version of the Minsk 2 agreement which is the "Bosnian solution" and they are trying to wrap up the Ukrainian adventure because there is apparently serious damage to their economy and it is getting worse--far worse--Ukraine is costing them an estimated 30-40M USDs per day. AND they are virtually swimming in red ink in Crimea.

    International analysts forecast #Russia #default in 2-3 yearshttp://www.unian.info/economics/1102...2-3-years.html … pic.twitter.com/ZRd0w845ZV

    Debt load of Russia’s more than 80 regions amounted to $42 billion over the last five years http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...ears-to-escape … pic.twitter.com/BVbOJYvZ5u

    Russia's state lender, Sberbank, says ruble shocks & spending cuts are coming, again. https://meduza.io/en/news/2015/07/20...uts-are-coming … Welcome back to the bad days?

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    OSCE
    Between Sept. 1 and June 1, monitors counted 20,021 Russians in military uniforms crossing to and from rebel-controlled eastern Ukraine.

    Humanitarian aid should be delivered via Ukraine controlled border with complete customs control @poroshenko https://twitter.com/APUkraine/status/623146379905531904

    Near Donetsk, Ukrainian troops see no signs of shelling coming to a stop http://uatoday.tv/politics/east-ukra...ka-459104.html … pic.twitter.com/a5ue6TM6Yf

    Interfax

    July 20, 2015 14:12

    Karasin, Nuland due to speak on Minsk agreements' fulfillment on phone on Monday (Part 2)

    MOSCOW. July 20 (Interfax) - Russian State Secretary, Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin has said he will discuss the progress of the fulfillment of the Minsk agreements with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland on the phone later on Monday.

    "Yes, the contact will take place. We plan to get in touch with her on the phone tonight," Karasin told Interfax, answering a question as to when he was due to have contact with Nuland.

    The senior Russian diplomat said that the implementation of the Minsk agreements would be discussed in the telephone conversation.

    "Whatever field we take there are problems which are so far being resolved with great difficulty," Karasin said.

    "These are constitutional reform, a whole set of political issues, demilitarization of Shyrokyne, which is another problem, the state of affairs along the contact line, which is also a problem directly related to security, humanitarian affairs, delivery and distribution of humanitarian aid, and economic rehabilitation of southeastern Ukraine. All of this is very important," the Russian deputy foreign minister said.

    "These are a set of issues on which a lot can and should be said," he said. "Yet in addition to speaking one should also be acting."
    After the unilateral pressure placed on the Ukraine to pass a "special status" bill which they did we got a massive "false flag" shelling of multiple cities and towns across the front lines.

    notice the unilateral move was not reciprocal.

    Then we get the mercenaries announcing they are withdrawing all 100mm weapons are less from the front lines--WHY they want the UA to unilateral disarm --right now the US has largely no responded with heavy artillery when massively fired on and their heavy weapons are for the most part still in storage areas.

    Right now the UA has been actually successful in fending off Russian ground attacks with their 100mm or less weapons using 82mm mortars, RPGs and AGL. They call when necessary for artillery strikes when the shellings get to intense.

    BUT the 100mm weapons that were pulled back only went 1.5kms still within their maximum effective ranges.

    So the UA has not disarmed much to the anger of the Russian and her mercenaries.

    BTW--there is still ongoing heavy artillery shelling the UA positions--so the loudly announced withdrawal by both Russia and her mercenaries was simply a bold lie.
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    Quote Originally Posted by OUTLAW 09 View Post
    OSCE
    Between Sept. 1 and June 1, monitors counted 20,021 Russians in military uniforms crossing to and from rebel-controlled eastern Ukraine.

    Humanitarian aid should be delivered via Ukraine controlled border with complete customs control @poroshenko https://twitter.com/APUkraine/status/623146379905531904

    Near Donetsk, Ukrainian troops see no signs of shelling coming to a stop http://uatoday.tv/politics/east-ukra...ka-459104.html … pic.twitter.com/a5ue6TM6Yf

    Interfax

    July 20, 2015 14:12

    Karasin, Nuland due to speak on Minsk agreements' fulfillment on phone on Monday (Part 2)



    After the unilateral pressure placed on the Ukraine to pass a "special status" bill which they did we got a massive "false flag" shelling of multiple cities and towns across the front lines.

    Notice the unilateral move was not reciprocal.

    Then we get the mercenaries announcing they are withdrawing all 100mm weapons are less from the front lines--WHY they want the UA to unilateral disarm --right now the US has largely no responded with heavy artillery when massively fired on and their heavy weapons are for the most part still in storage areas.

    Right now the UA has been actually successful in fending off Russian ground attacks with their 100mm or less weapons using 82mm mortars, RPGs and AGL. They call when necessary for artillery strikes when the shellings get to intense.

    BUT the 100mm weapons that were pulled back only went 1.5kms still within their maximum effective ranges.

    So the UA has not disarmed much to the anger of the Russian and her mercenaries.

    BTW--there is still ongoing heavy artillery shelling the UA positions--so the loudly announced withdrawal by both Russia and her mercenaries was simply a bold lie.
    Did anyone miss the full compliance by the Russians on fulfilling all points of Minsk 2--I did not see a single implementation and yet they demand all points to be implemented by the Ukrainians.

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    Kiev says "Demon" Bezler returned to Horlivka. B/c rebel leadership wasn't quite crazy enough http://nv.ua/ukraine/events/odioznyy...ku--60010.html … pic.twitter.com/ewJQnDfEEX

    SG: NATO "will never accept” Russia's efforts to create “spheres of influence along its borders" http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/20-july...ldova-and-will

    Russian foreign Ministry has denounced the joint military exercises of NATO and Ukraine pic.twitter.com/LfxZsS1fjS http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/20-july...nced-the-joint

    Russian GRU intell unit on the ground ? Russian Orlan-10 variant crashed near Kassab, Lattakia. pic.twitter.com/8TOOmoU6nN

    Same advanced Israeli drone series which was shot down over the Ukraine and recovered by the Ukrainians--each cost the Russians 6M USDs so now they are in the hole for 12M USDs.

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

    Dmitry Tymchuk: Military update 7.20

    July 20, 2015 by chervonaruta

    Operational data from Information Resistance:

    Russian-terrorist troops in Donbas continue actively using artillery and heavy armaments to shell the positions of Ukrainian troops as well as settlements, including those controlled by the terrorists themselves.

    The situation continues to be the most tense in the Donetsk sector. Terrorist fire is virtually uninterrupted on the stretch spanning Krasnohorivka – north-west outskirts of Horlivka – Pisky – northern outskirts of Avdiivka. Four militant artillery groups are active along the Pisky-Avdiivka line (26 cannon artillery units: mainly D-30 howitzers plus Msta-B howitzers; twenty-two 122 mm Gvozdika 2S1 and 150 mm Akatsiya 2S3 self-propelled guns deployed as several batteries; as well as six to eight Grad BM-21 122 mm MLRS systems constantly maneuvering along this sector of the front). Additionally, four militant armored vehicle groups have been reported on the front line(16 tanks operating across the entire sector, and 22-24 armored combat vehicles of various types, while the bulk of the heavy armaments has been slightly withdrawn to the rear and collected in several “armored vehicle parking lots” on the premises of local businesses, logistics centers, and warehouses). These armored vehicle groups are constantly firing on the ATO forces strongholds from camouflaged positions prepared in advance. The arrival of armored vehicles to their firing positions and subsequent retreat after shelling is always carried out under the cover of fire by advanced enemy infantry groups using heavy machine guns, 82-mm and 120-mm mortars, AGS-17 grenade launders and ZU-23-2 auto-cannons. The crews and armored vehicles comprising the “advanced” enemy armored groups are continuously rotating.

    In the past 24 hours, militants in this sector repeatedly used cannon artillery, shooting mainly from the area of Spartak, from firing positions east of Panteleimonivka and in Donetsk – between Voronykhina and Yurjeva streets (near Shcheglovske cemetery). Over the past 24 hours, shelling was carried out by a total of four militant cannon artillery batteries and at least six self-propelled artillery guns. Fire strikes were made on advanced positions of Ukrainian troops as well as on objects and targets in the tactical midst of the ATO forces (up to 10 km inward from the separation line). The enemy is clearly trying to disrupt the ATO forces’ command and control systems in this sector.
    In the Luhanske, Troitske and Zaitseve areas of the Svitlodarsk bridgehead, the enemy opened fire several times, using small arms and grenade launchers (AGS-17 and SPG-9). The fire strikes were brief, intended more to harass our troop units than to engage any targets.

    The “war in the greenery” continues, with sabotage and reconnaissance missions, patrols and raids by “small groups” on both sides. In the past 24 hours, several skirmishes were observed between sabotage-reconnaissance and infantry units of both sides: between the settlements of Zolote and Orikhove (a militant sabotage-reconnaissance group stumbled upon the concealed combat security of the ATO forces); near Schastya (firefight between patrols), and near Krymske (a militant group stealthily entered the “neutral strip,” but was spotted by Ukrainian troop look-outs, and was forced to retreat after a short skirmish involving grenade launchers).

    The “sniper war” is gaining momentum. Both sides make use of individual snipers as well as specially trained sniper groups. Snipers are the most actively used in the areas of Mar’inka, Pisky, Shumy-Kirovske, Chermalyk-Shyrokyne, Novotoshkivka-Krymske, Schastya and Stanytsia Luhanska.

    Militant artillery and mortar units are stepping up their activity south of Donetsk, near Hranitne and Starohnativka. The enemy is using both 82 mm and 120 mm mortars and cannon artillery. In the past 24 hours, shelling was carried out by one battery of Gvozdika 2S1 122 mm self-propelled guns (rotating with an Akatsiya 2S3 battery positioned west of Starobesheve) and one battery of 122 mm D-30 howitzers.

    Militants are transferring engineering and sapper equipment to the areas of Mospyne (Prydorozhnje), Oleksandrivka and Horbatenko, to clear minefield installations. Three IMR-2 (combat engineering vehicles) and one BAT-2 (armored track layer) units have been identified in the areas. Some of the terrorist tanks deployed south of Mospyne (Byryuky – Mikhaylivka – Svitle) are being equipped with detachable mine-clearing implements and practicing traversing passageways through minefields.
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    Russian official needs to fully reread the ICAO regulations--he is totally wrong.

    http://tass.ru/en/world/809699

    Russian senator: MH17 flight crash probe under international law should be done by Ukraine

    World
    July 20, 19:58 UTC+3

    Russian senator Andrey Klishas believes the probe should be done by Ukraine on whose territory the Malaysian passenger airliner was shot down
    MOSCOW, July 20. /TASS/. The investigation, which the Dutch authorities are carrying out into the MH17 flight crash above east Ukraine last year, contradicts international legislation, a senior Russian senator said on Monday.

    Andrey Klishas, chairman of the Committee for Constitutional Legislation and State Development at the Federation Council, the upper house of Russia’s parliament, said the probe should be done by Ukraine on whose territory the Malaysian passenger airliner was shot down.

    The Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation of December 7, 1944 "does not stipulate the right of another state to investigate the circumstances of an accident, except for the state on whose territory the tragedy occurred. In this regard, a question arises: what are the grounds, on which the authorities of The Netherlands are investigating the crash of the Malaysian Boeing airliner?" the senator wrote in his blog on the Federation Council’s official website.

    Article 26 of the 1944 Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation reads that "the State, in which the accident occurs, will institute an inquiry into the circumstances of the accident, in accordance, so far as its laws permit, with the procedure which may be recommended by the International Civil Aviation Organization," the senator said.

    "Let us note that the Ukrainian authorities have not used this right and have not taken any specific steps towards investigating the circumstances of the accident," the senator added.

    "Any agreements between the Ukrainian authorities and the authorities of The Netherlands (if such agreements exist), including those relating to the investigation of the circumstances of the Malaysian passenger airliner crash in the Ukrainian air space, contradict the provisions of the 1944 Chicago Convention," the senator said.

    "Moreover, even upon the existence of some secret agreement between the Ukrainian and Dutch authorities, the latter do not have the right to investigate the circumstances of the tragedy," he added.

    The head of the Federation Council’s Constitutional Committee said that "with the idleness of the Ukrainian authorities to investigate the circumstances of the tragedy, the Malaysian authorities have been deprived of the possibility to appoint their observers to be present during the investigation."

    At the same time, Article 26 of the Convention stipulates that "the State in which the aircraft is registered shall be given the opportunity to appoint observers to be present at the inquiry and the State holding the inquiry shall communicate the report and findings in the matter to that State," the senator said.

    The Malaysia Airlines Boeing-777 passenger airliner on a flight from the Dutch city of Amsterdam to the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur crashed in the area of hostilities between local militias and Ukrainian governmental troops in east Ukraine’s Donetsk region in July last year. All 298 people aboard the airliner died in the air crash.

    Most of the air crash’s victims were Dutch nationals.
    There is a globally endorsed @UN draft MH17 resolution, brought in by Malaysia. http://liveuamap.com/en/2015/20-july...h17-resolution

    We have submitted our own draft resolution." – UN Russian Ambassador Churkin
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    Russians still shelling even after stating their were withdrawing all weapons 100mm and less--seems they forgot the 122, 152mm artillery that was suppose to have been withdrawn under Minsk 2.

    Donetsk: russians are shelling from self-propelled howitzers https://twitter.com/NeilRem/status/623177121507229696

    Kremlin’s main “tongue” pass terrorists’ shelling of Avdiivka as attack of Donetsk PHOTOS+VIDEO http://en.censor.net.ua/n344626

    OSCE also say they could not confirm JCCC reports about shelling in Avdiivka due to security reasons..

    20:10 #Yasynuvata @GirkinGirkin Rumble.

    20:10 #Avdeevka @JuZolyshkaLia Closer small arms burst

    nearby Avdeevka shells are landing... artillery pullout by DNR was just a joke.

    20:05 #Avdeevka @JuZolyshkaLia I think in #Opytne direction there's ongoing battle. Both small arms and explosions are heard.

    20:04 #Avdeevka @bamr69 "So let's wait promised shelling? Explosions are becoming more frequent and closer. Damn withdrawal"

    20:01 @666_mancer [zello] "#Makeevka, Chaykine mine area: distant booms" "#Yasynuvata: rumble in the airport"

    20:22 #Staromykhaylivka @papandopoolo Intense small arms fire joined the sporadic artillery shots.

    20:22 @Al_Pod Small arms fire in #Staromykhaylivka for more than an hour already

    20:22 #Horlivka @vladicvp Single booms in #Shyroka_Balka for now, calm in general.

    OSCE report on #Donetsk shelling. Says 125 mm tank rounds. Tanks dont't have 10 km range if I remember right. http://us6.campaign-archive2.com/?u=...e&e=7e51c3b9d7

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    OSCE
    Between Sept. 1 and June 1, monitors counted 20,021 Russians in military uniforms crossing to and from rebel-controlled eastern Ukraine.

    Humanitarian aid should be delivered via Ukraine controlled border with complete customs control @poroshenko https://twitter.com/APUkraine/status/623146379905531904

    Near Donetsk, Ukrainian troops see no signs of shelling coming to a stop http://uatoday.tv/politics/east-ukra...ka-459104.html … pic.twitter.com/a5ue6TM6Yf

    Interfax

    July 20, 2015 14:12

    Karasin, Nuland due to speak on Minsk agreements' fulfillment on phone on Monday (Part 2)



    After the unilateral pressure placed on the Ukraine to pass a "special status" bill which they did we got a massive "false flag" shelling of multiple cities and towns across the front lines.

    notice the unilateral move was not reciprocal.

    Then we get the mercenaries announcing they are withdrawing all 100mm weapons are less from the front lines--WHY they want the UA to unilateral disarm --right now the US has largely no responded with heavy artillery when massively fired on and their heavy weapons are for the most part still in storage areas.

    Right now the UA has been actually successful in fending off Russian ground attacks with their 100mm or less weapons using 82mm mortars, RPGs and AGL. They call when necessary for artillery strikes when the shellings get to intense.

    BUT the 100mm weapons that were pulled back only went 1.5kms still within their maximum effective ranges.

    So the UA has not disarmed much to the anger of the Russian and her mercenaries.

    BTW--there is still ongoing heavy artillery shelling the UA positions--so the loudly announced withdrawal by both Russia and her mercenaries was simply a bold lie.
    Video Shows Russian-Backed Spotters Directing Shelling Of Apartment Buildings in UA Avdeyevka
    http://www.interpretermag.com/ukrain...sualties/#9220 … pic.twitter.com/7OItv1DNky

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