Digests & Analytics Ukraine

Key events as of 29.06.2014 from IA "Digest & Analytics Ukraine"

Ukraine

• Public council was held on Maidan square, where volunteer military battalions of Ukrainian army appealed to Ukrainian President Poroshenko, demanding to end the armistice. On top of that, strong demand to ban participation of Mr. Shufrych and Mr. Medvedchuk in the negotiation process was stressed. Maidan activists also warned the president that this council could be the last peaceful action.
• 1+1 TV channel CEO unveiled content of his conversation with the channel owner, the governor of the Dnepropetrovsk region Mr. Kolomoyskiy, where the later insisted on appointment of Mr. Medvedchuk  as a governor of Donetsk region.
  Earlier, the OSCE mission stated that Mr. Medvedchuk participated in the Donetsk negotiations, held with participation of the OSCE mission and the Ambassador of the Russian Federation Mr. Zurabov, as a representative of DNR terrorists.

Theater of war

• Terrorists seized two military bases in Donetsk – air defense and national guards.
  Commander of the national guards base, attacked by terrorists, blew up armament warehouses and saved his personnel.
• Five Ukrainian military were killed and at least seventeenth were injured over the last day, from terrorist attacks.
  Altogether, 145 persons have been killed and 312 have been injured during the anti-terrorist operation, as confirmed by the National Council for Security & Defense official, Mr. Lysenko.
• Railroad section was destroyed by explosion in the Kharkiv region.  Police opened a criminal investigation on charge in terrorism.  The explosion took place in two areas near the railroad bridge. Accident of the Adler-Kiev train was prevented.
• “Donetsk people’s republic (DNR)” terrorists seized the military faculty of the Donetsk Technical University and chemical factory, specialized in production of industrial mine explosives. No weapons were found in the faculty, the factory being considered by terrorists for future grenades production.
• Cease-fire was violated by terrorists attacking Ukrainian military everywhere throughout the territory of Donbass. During the day, DNR terrorists attacked Kramatorsk Airport, positions of Ukrainian military, fired on residential areas of Slovyansk, as well as tried to seize block-post near Lugansk, in Schastye village.
• Russian drone was destroyed on the border in Lugansk region. Frontier guards distroyed the drone that violated Ukrainian border and possess clear evidence of its Russian origin.

World events from Ukraine’s point of view

• Second telephone talks were conducted between presidents of Ukraine, Russia, France and Chancellor of Germany.
  During a conversation, Russian President Putin insisted that long-term cease-fire should be implemented by the Ukrainian side. Mr. Poroshenko urged Mr. Putin to block Russian border to prevent infiltration of terrorists to Ukraine. Ceasefire will expire and planned sanctions against Russia could come to force on Monday, June 30.
• Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Klimkin confirmed live on TV channel "Inter" that the Association Agreement being intended to be ratified as soon as possible between the EU and Ukraine.
  Issues, to be solved during the implementation of the agreement, will be purely technical and related to the free trade zone with the EU. One of the key areas, considered by the Minister, is the visa-free regime introduction that Ukraine is fully ready for and that is planned for January-February 2015.