07/09/2014 Ukraine: Daily Highlights - A shaky truce has taken hold in Donbas, which is regularly interrupted by terrorists

07.09.2014 Daily Highlights by “Digests & Analytics Ukraine” News Agency

A shaky truce has taken hold in Donbas, which is regularly interrupted by terrorists shelling Ukrainian army positions and sleeping neighborhoods in cities. The exchange of prisoners is ongoing. Russia brings additional military hardware and troops to Donbas.

06/09/2014 Ukraine: Daily Highlights - Truce, established by the Minsk Protocol, has been immediately breached by terrorists

06.09.2014 Daily Highlights by “Digests & Analytics Ukraine” News Agency

Russia pretended as if being ready to deescalate the conflict in Donbass via signing the truce protocol but almost simultaneously breached it via its militants. Europe intends to introduce additional sanctions against Russia on Monday.

Ukraine

• Central Elections Commission have formed 213 district commissions for the upcoming parliamentary elections planned for 26 of October. Elections will not be held in 12 districts according to the law on occupied territories status.
• Prime-minister Yatsenyuk has initiated creation of a temporary investigative commission on Ukrainian arms sales operations during the period of 2004-2014.
• As has been reported by the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry, due to the combat operations in Donbass, coal mining output declined two folds in August 2014 vs previous year. This puts a significant strain on coal supply for power stations and could push Ukraine to import energy coal.

War In Ukraine

• OSCE has published text of the cease-fire protocol,which was signed in Minsk by Ukrainian  ex-president Kuchma, Russian Ambassador in Ukraine Zurabov, OSCE representative Tagliavini and terrorist organizations DPR and LPR. The protocol strongly echoes the ultimatum by Russian President Putin proclaimed two days earlier, and contains points that essentially make Ukraine lose control of some territories and undermine its sovereignty.
• Truce, established by the Minsk Protocol, has been immediately breached  by Russian troops that shoot at a convoy in Luhans’k region, on the territory controlled by Ukrainian military. During the night, terrorists shelled outskirts of Mariupil with heavy artillery and multiple rocket launchers “Grad”. At the same time, the artillery shelling of  Donets’k and Luhans’k has stopped. DPR militants have asked school teachers to start working from Monday, September 8. Russian ruble notes and Russian passports being delivered to Donets’k and Luhans’k. DPR terrorists are attempting to identify civilians loyal to Ukraine via school teachers. Humanitarian aid, escorted by representatives of the International Red Cross, hasn’t been able to reach Luhans’k due to the artillery shelling of the convoy. As per NSDC information, Russia has concentrated around 15 thousand troops on Ukrainian border in Kherson region.
• SBU has captured several terrorist groups accused of preparing terrorist attacks and collecting intelligence on Ukrainian troops in Mariupil, Luhans’k region and Kyiv.

International

• Press Relations department of the European Commission has informed, that the Association Agreement with Ukraine will be ratified via the fast-track procedure during the next session, which will be held in Strasbourg on September 15-18.
• An open letter by the President of the European Parliament Van Rompuy and the President of the European Commission Barroso declares that additional sanctions against Russia, Crimean authorities, terrorist “republics” and Russian oligarchs will be introduced on September 8.
• International experts from Malaysia and Australia hope to continue investigations of the Malaysian Airlines MH-17 flight crash site ASAP. Preliminary report on the catastrophe will be published on September 9 in the Hague.
• Moscow’s Lefortovsky court has put under arrest an Estonian security service employee, who has been kidnapped in Estonia.

Trends

• Ukrainian society questions authorities on legality of the truce protocol signed in Minsk with representatives of terrorists organizations.
• DPR ad LPR terrorists act according to their initial plans of Donbass cessation from Ukraine and unification with Russia.

05/09/2014 Ukraine: Daily Highlights - Cease-fire protocol have been signed in Minsk by ex-President Kuchma and self-proclaimed terrorists organizations DPR and LPR

05.09.2014 Daily Highlights by “Digests & Analytics Ukraine” News Agency

Cease-fire protocol has been signed in Minsk between Ukraine and DPR & LPR terrorist organizations, but its text hasn’t become public yet. At the same time, Europe is not backing off from introducing new sanctions against Russia.

02.09.2014 Ukraine: Daily Highlights - Official position of Naftoaz in the negotiations with Gazprom has been announced while Russian troops invaded Ukraine

02.09.2014 Daily Highlights by “Digests & Analytics Ukraine” News Agency

Ukrainian Army is engaged in heavy positional fights with terrorists advancing in Donbass, which are supported by Russian regular army. Ukrainian hryvnya has strengthened after a positive decision from IMF. Ukraine is preparing for tough negotiations with Gazprom and looking forward for decisive and real military support from Europe and NATO during the summits planned this week.

31.08.2014 Ukraine: Daily Highlights - Several hundreds of Ukrainian military from volunteer battalions and regular army broke through the encirclement near Ilovays’k - The EU sanctions against Russia were not introduced during the EU summit on August 30 due to positions of some countries

31.08.2014 Daily Highlights by “Digests & Analytics Ukraine” News Agency

Ukraine

• Citizens of Kherson broke up a pro-Russian rally. Participants detained by police confessed, that they’ve came from Zaporizhya and have been paid for participation. Border guards and Armed forces are strengthening the border line between Crimea and continental Ukraine

Kyiv

• As situation in the east of Ukraine have recently worsened, block posts have been introduced around the capital, with traffic police and special battalion «Kyiv-1» being on duty twenty-four hours a day.

29/08/2014 Ukraine: Daily Highlights - Ukraine goes in NATO and the EU - Russian troops with support of mercenaries and terrorists of DPR and LPR are advancing to the Ukrainian territory

29.08.2014 Daily Highlights by “Digests & Analytics Ukraine” News Agency

Ukraine

• Yatsenuk Government has submitted to the Verkhovna Rada a bill to amend non-aligned status of Ukraine. It chooses a course of participation in NATO and the EU, and a ban on participation in any post-Soviet economic, political or military alliances.
• Authorities in the Donetsk region are preparing housing for temporary refugees for the winter season. These will include summer vacation establishments, which have heating, and those where heating could be easily introduced.