'Slaughterhouse': Civilians die in Kiev's ruthless military attacks (GRAPHIC)

[Natural Citizen]

This is a minimally lengthy read so will share a sizable snippet.


Russia fears ethnic cleansing in Ukraine amid rise of neo-Nazism – Putin...

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland (R) and U.S. Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt (2nd R) distribute bread to riot police near Independence square in Kiev December 11, 2013. (Reuters / Andrew Kravchenko)

As Kiev continues to amass its forces in eastern Ukraine despite the ceasefire and use radical nationalist groups as armed battalions, Moscow is concerned about possible ethnic cleansing there, Russian President Vladimir Putin told ARD in an interview.

Speaking with Hubert Seipel of the German channel ARD ahead of the G20 summit, Putin warned of catastrophic consequences for Ukraine if the Kiev government continues to nurture radical nationalism and Russophobia, including in the ranks of its military and National Guard units that are still being sent as reinforcements to the country’s troubled east.

“Frankly speaking, we are very concerned about any possible ethnic cleansings and Ukraine ending up as a neo-Nazi state. What are we supposed to think if people are bearing swastikas on their sleeves? Or what about the SS emblems that we see on the helmets of some military units now fighting in eastern Ukraine? If it is a civilized state, where are the authorities looking? At least they could get rid of this uniform, they could make the nationalists remove these emblems,” Putin said.

The Russian leader dismissed the idea that only Russia has the key to solve the Ukraine crisis, saying that it sounds as if someone is trying to pass responsibility for the conflict to Moscow.

However, the president hinted at the possibility that Western countries could actually make a difference in the Ukrainian situation, and persuade the West-leaning government in Kiev to follow a path of national dialogue instead of sending tanks to rebel territories.

“There is just one thing that I always pay attention to. We are told again and again: pro-Russian separatists must do this and this, you must influence them in this way, you must act in that way. I have always asked them: 'What have you done to influence your clients in Kiev? What have you done? Or do you only support Russophobic sentiments?'” Putin said.

Western politicians and media have been accusing Russia of sending weapons to the rebels – which Moscow denies – but have provided no hard evidence of the claim. Initially, the self-defense forces of Donbass armed themselves with weapons and vehicles seized at military depots in the region, but they also managed to capture some hardware from the Ukrainian troops. The Ukrainian army, often severely underequipped, recently started receiving military aid from several Western countries.

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[Natural Citizen]

Over 4,000 dead, almost 10,000 injured in E. Ukraine fighting since April - UN...

At least 4,317 people have been killed and 9,921 wounded in the conflict in eastern Ukraine since April, according to the latest UN human rights report.
Of these, over 900 deaths have occurred since the ceasefire was announced on September 5.

The number of the internally displaced people also spiraled out of control: from more than 275,489 in September to about 466,829 in November.

“Violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law persist,” the report states. “The situation in the conflict-affected area is becoming increasingly entrenched, with the total breakdown of law and order and the emergence of parallel governance systems in the territories under the control of the [self-proclaimed] ‘Donetsk people’s republic’ and the [self-proclaimed] ‘Luhansk people’s republic’.”

The report, the seventh produced by the 35-strong UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, covers the period between 17 September and 31 October 2014.

DETAILS TO FOLLOW

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[Natural Citizen]

#Euromaidan 1st birthday: How the Kiev coup grew (Op-Edge)...

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State forces stood down and Yanukovich was forced to flee. The hardcore nationalists had ignored the peace agreement and the US capitalized by installing a puppet government, exactly per Nuland’s intercepted phone call.

There had been a coup in Kiev. Despite their agreement with Yanukovich, the EU leaders, amazingly, also backed the militant regime. Ukraine would never be the same again.

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[Natural Citizen]

NATO top commander vague about 'Russian threat' while pledging more military aid to Kiev...

Polish servicemen take part in military exercises outside the town of Yavoriv near Lviv, September 19, 2014 (Reuters / Roman Baluk)

NATO – and its supreme allied commander in Europe, General Breedlove – has previously made statements on Russia's military presence in Ukraine, without providing any concrete proof of such. The Russian Defense Ministry has called NATO's claims "groundless," reminding of earlier accusations by the alliance which were not backed up by any evidence.

Speaking about the possibility of sending lethal equipment into Ukraine, the general said that "nothing at this time is off the table," but the "focus remains on pursuing a diplomatic solution."

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has previously suggested that NATO give "special" status to the country outside the bloc, calling on Washington to provide Kiev with more "lethal and non-lethal" military equipment. Ukraine's appeal was turned down by US President Barack Obama, who promised Poroshenko only non-lethal assistance – which, according to the latter, is not enough.

While Ukraine is not a NATO member, the US Department of Defense intends to increase its military presence for constant army drills on the territory of the neighboring countries in Eastern Europe, including Poland and the Baltic states.

Russia has warned the bloc that its progress towards the east and Ukraine will trigger a strong reaction.

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[AngryCanadian]

Its ironic how the westren news media outlets have never shown any of these videos show the war crimes which the westren pro EU government have caused and created agaisnt the eastern Ukrainians, well they spew anti russian hatred and propaganda to fuel there agenda.

 

[Natural Citizen]

Its ironic how the westren news media outlets have never shown any of these videos show the war crimes which the westren pro EU government have caused and created agaisnt the eastern Ukrainians, well they spew anti russian hatred and propaganda to fuel there agenda.

Heh...

Poroshenko aims to change laws to allow foreigners into Ukrainian govt...

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko gives a speech during a parliament session in Kiev on November 27, 2014. (AFP Photo / Sergei Supinsky)

Ukraine’s president has announced plans to change the nation's legislation to make it possible to appoint foreigners to top government positions. This has been dubbed “unprecedented,” and may indicate that the country is being governed “from outside.”

“My idea is to change the laws in order to give the right to engage foreigners in state service, including government,”President Petro Poroshenko said in his address to Parliament on Thursday. “Or to expand the list of people whom Ukraine’s president may provide with Ukrainian citizenship in a speedy procedure,” he added.

Poroshenko also suggested appointing a foreigner as the head of the newly-created National Anti-corruption Bureau.

Earlier, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenuk suggested the creation of a new position – deputy prime minister of European integration affairs. He proposed that a European leader be appointed to the post.

Ukraine's Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk walks during a session of the parliament in Kiev November 27, 2014.(Reuters / Andrew Kravchenko)

Reports cited by RIA Novosti claim that foreigners may be offered top jobs in the ministries of finance, energy and coal production, and infrastructure, as well as the post of deputy prime minister.

In his Thursday address to Parliament, Poroshenko said that Ukraine's neutral out-of-bloc status had proved unjustified and should be abandoned.

"For this reason we have got back to the idea of integration with NATO," he added. "We are deepening our cooperation and the compatibility of our army with NATO's armed forces and reorienting to NATO standards.”

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[HOLLYWOOD]

Boy does that sound familiar? Just like the Washington DC's ZOG with dual citizenship sleeper agents.

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So where's the US media coverage of 1,000+ killed and 5,000+ wounded in eastern Ukrainian Oblasts? All you hear from the US/NATO corporate media is the Russian tanks that keep rolling into eastern Ukraine for the invasion that keep happening over and over... Western Ministry's of Propaganda keep on spewing lies across North America. Joseph Geobbels would be proud of American media/gov propaganda.

http://www.boilingfrogspost.com/201...in-and-again-and-yet-again-using-saddams-wmd/

Russia Invades Ukraine. Again. And Again. And Yet Again … Using Saddam’s WMD!

 

[Natural Citizen]

The BRICS summit thread has a lot of great information that is relevant to this, HOLLYWOOD. There is some serious skulldugerry happening with regard to a couple of major nations that will affect this whole thing.

This is a good thread... http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showth...-Declaration&p=5710196&viewfull=1#post5710196

A lot of what we see discussed or shared there directly relates to what we see happening in the Ukraine. I'm going to add to it maybe tonight or tomorrow once I get my thoughts together because now we have this... http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showth...ace-problems&p=5714391&viewfull=1#post5714391

 

[libertarianinternational]

Was expecting as much after the Nazis took control.

As much as I despise the Ukrainian government and their policies, they are more neo-liberal internationalists than Nazis. The Nazis were removed from government after the elections in October. The current coalition consists of four mainstream conservative and centrist parties and one agrarian socialist party. In the whole 450 seat legislature, Svoboda have 6 seats and Right Sector have 1 seat. That's 1.6% of seats. By contrast, the neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn has 5.3% of seats in the Greek legislature and Svoboda's former Hungarian ally, Jobbik, has 11.6% of seats in the Hungarian legislature. Both of these parties have pro-Russian orientations.

Neither side of this conflict are good. The real solution would be opening direct negotiations between Ukraine and Russia, which many in the Ukrainian government seem not to be interested in.

 

[Natural Citizen]

I'm just adding this as an update to the previous report...

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Poroshenko aims to change laws to allow foreigners into Ukrainian govt...

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko gives a speech during a parliament session in Kiev on November 27, 2014. (AFP Photo / Sergei Supinsky)

Ukraine’s president has announced plans to change the nation's legislation to make it possible to appoint foreigners to top government positions. This has been dubbed “unprecedented,” and may indicate that the country is being governed “from outside.”

“My idea is to change the laws in order to give the right to engage foreigners in state service, including government,”President Petro Poroshenko said in his address to Parliament on Thursday. “Or to expand the list of people whom Ukraine’s president may provide with Ukrainian citizenship in a speedy procedure,” he added.

Poroshenko also suggested appointing a foreigner as the head of the newly-created National Anti-corruption Bureau.

Earlier, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenuk suggested the creation of a new position – deputy prime minister of European integration affairs. He proposed that a European leader be appointed to the post.

Ukraine's Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk walks during a session of the parliament in Kiev November 27, 2014.(Reuters / Andrew Kravchenko)

Reports cited by RIA Novosti claim that foreigners may be offered top jobs in the ministries of finance, energy and coal production, and infrastructure, as well as the post of deputy prime minister.

In his Thursday address to Parliament, Poroshenko said that Ukraine's neutral out-of-bloc status had proved unjustified and should be abandoned.

"For this reason we have got back to the idea of integration with NATO," he added. "We are deepening our cooperation and the compatibility of our army with NATO's armed forces and reorienting to NATO standards.”

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American, Georgian & Lithuanian get key jobs in Ukraine’s new govt...

Ukrainian Prime Minsiter Arseny Yatsenyuk (third right) in the government box at a session of Verkhovna Rada in Kiev (RIA Novosti / Nikolay Lazarenko)


The natives of the US, Georgia and Lithuania were hastily granted Ukrainian citizenship in order to become key ministers in the new government of Ukraine, which was approved by the country’s parliament on Tuesday.

President Poroshenko has also announced he will sign a decree to grant citizenship to foreigners fighting on Kiev’s side in the east of the country.

Natalie Jaresko of the US, who currently heads the Kiev-based Horizon Capital investment fund, will take reigns at the Ukrainian Finance Ministry.

In 1992-1995, Jaresko served as the first Chief of the Economic Section of the US Embassy in Ukraine.

Before that she occupied several economic positions in the US State Department, according to Horizon Capital website.

The position of health minister went to Aleksandr Kvitashvili, who occupied a similar post in the Georgian government in 2009-2012.

"Ukraine spends 8 per cent of its GDP on healthcare, but half of this money is being plundered. Aleksandr Kvitashvili must implement radical reforms as he has no ties with the Ukrainian pharmaceutical mafia,” Ukrainian PM, Arseny Yatsenuk, said as he presented the new minister to the deputies.

Alexander Kvitashvili, a candidate for head of the Ukrainian health ministry, at a session of Verkhovna Rada in Kiev (RIA Novosti / Mikhail Polinchak)

Lithuanian Aivaras Abromavicius has been approved as the economy minister by the new parliament, the Verkhovna Rada.

Abromavicius, who is a partner at the $3.6 billion-worth East Capital asset management group, conducts his operations from Kiev after marrying a Ukrainian.

“There’s hard work ahead of us because Ukraine is a very poor and corrupt country and we’ll have to use radical measures,”he told MPs from the Rada tribune.

Aivars Abramovicus (Aivaras Abromavicius), a candidate for head of the Ukrainian economy ministry, at a session of Verkhovna Rada in Kiev (RIA Novosti / Mikhail Polinchak)

288 out of 450 deputies supported the cabinet proposed by Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko, with the new ministers sworn in right after the vote.

“I congratulate the Ukrainians with the formation of the pro-European government,” Poroshenko wrote on his Twitter page.

He told the Rada that he views the foreigners as some kind of anti-crisis management need due to the difficult situation in economy, the fighting in Donbas, the necessity of radical reforms and large-scale corruption.

Earlier on the Tuesday, the president has signed special a decree granting Ukrainian citizenship to Jaresko, Kvitashvili and Abromavicius.

Dual nationality is forbidden in Ukraine and the trio has already written applications to give up the citizenship of foreign states, Yury Lutsenko, the head of the Petro Poroshenko Block (PPB), said.

Poroshenko said that there’ll be even more foreigners on administrative positions in Ukraine as the county “must attract the best international experience, which includes assigning positions in the government to representative of states friendly to Ukraine.”

Also on Tuesday, the MPs from Poroshenko’s ruling bloc have registered a draft law in the Rada on amending the Ukrainian legislation for it to allow citizens of other states in the government.

It had been announced by Poroshenko a week ago. This move has been dubbed “unprecedented” and attracted criticism from experts with some calling it “allegiance to the so-called European choice,” and others expressing concern that it can be a sign of Ukraine losing its sovereignty.

Poroshenko also promised to grant the citizenship of Ukraine to all foreigners fighting for Kiev against the militias in the country’s eastern Donetsk and Lugansk regions.

“I’m going to sign a decree conferring Ukrainian citizenship to those, who defended Ukraine with arms in their hands,” he wrote on Twitter.

However, not everybody in the parliament supported the inclusion of foreigners into the Ukrainian government.

Earlier, the MP from the Opposition Block said Aleksandr Vilkul suggested that by inviting people from abroad the Ukrainian authorities are trying to absolve themselves of responsibility for the state of things in the country.

Vilkul colleague, Yury Boyko, said he can’t understand how it wasn’t possible to find 10 candidates for the cabinet among Ukraine’s 40-million population.

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[Natural Citizen]

HRW: Kiev fails to probe cluster bomb use against Donbass civilians, should invite ICC...

A local resident outside his house destroyed in the Ukrainian army's artillery attack in Donetsk's Oktyabrsky district. (RIA Novosti/Alexey Kudenko)

Human Rights Watch (HRW) says Kiev has failed to investigate its army’s use of prohibited cluster bombs against civilians in the country’s east. It also recommends Kiev invite the International Criminal Court to investigate.

The human rights watchdog is dissatisfied with the investigation conducted by the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office into the use of cluster bombs by the Ukrainian armed forces in the east of the country, Human Rights Watch Executive Director Kenneth Roth told a media briefing in Kiev on Wednesday.

"Instead of analyzing physical evidence,” Ukraine’s Prosecutor General looked into the "presence of weapons in depots,” and said they were not taken anywhere, said Roth.

He explained the watchdog had appealed to Ukraine’s Military Prosecutor’s Office regarding the use of cluster bombs and Grad multiple rocket launchers by Kiev’s military in residential areas. In turn, the prosecutor appealed to the Ministry of Defense. Therefore he said “it’s no surprise” the ministry did not find any violations by Kiev’s military. In addition, the inspection did not check cluster bombs, but mines, he added.

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[Natural Citizen]

International human rights bodies confirm Russia’s White Book reports on Ukrainian abuse...

A woman enters a destroyed building after it was damaged by recent shelling in the western part of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, November 27, 2014. (Reuters/Antonio Bronic)

International organizations have confirmed the reports contained in the Russian White Book listing the human rights violations by Kiev troops in Eastern Ukraine, says the Russian Foreign Ministry’s top human rights official.

“For the first time Human Rights Watch clearly recognized that the Ukrainian military are using multiple-launch missile systems and banned weapons against civilians in Donbass. This confirms the data contained in the White Book released by the Russian Foreign Ministry,” Foreign Ministry’s plenipotentiary for Human Rights and the Rule of Law, Konstantin Dolgov told a news conference in Moscow. “Rights activists must put pressure on the West and on Kiev authorities to prevent further crimes,” the official added.

The conference was to mark the publication of the third edition of the White Book. The updated edition contains documented proof of new crimes and abuses, in particular those connected with the strategy of “social and economic strangling” of the eastern republics by the Kiev regime.

Earlier this week the Human Rights Watch group said Kiev had failed to investigate its army’s use of prohibited cluster bombs against civilians and recommended the International Criminal Court be invited to investigate.

Dolgov said the White Book was a project that would meet strong opposition “from the Kiev authorities and from the Western countries where the double standard policy has become some sort of domestic brand.”

The book has been amended with reports on the shelling of Donetsk residential districts, on the deaths of children, on mass civilian graves, on Kiev’s troops deliberately targeting the civilian infrastructure and on the contradictions surrounding the downing of the Malaysian airliner.

It also gives updated casualty figures, with 4,000 confirmed killed, and 9,000 wounded since the beginning of the conflict. Many of the victims are women and children, elderly people and disabled persons, the Russian report reads.

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[Natural Citizen]

Canada's military police to help Ukraine boost security, defense capability...

Canada will send its military police to Ukraine as a part of a security cooperation agreement signed Monday that aims to help the government and security forces to protect the country's territorial integrity.

Canadian Defense Minister Rob Nicholson and his Ukrainian counterpart Stepan Poltorak signed a declaration of intent between the two ministries on Monday. It stated that the two countries are “committed to continue working together to strengthen the capacity of the Ukrainian government and its security forces to defend Ukraine’s territorial integrity and its people.”

“Today representatives of Canada’s military police will arrive in Ukraine to look into the possibilities of cooperation,”Nicholson told reporters in Kiev.

The declaration does not represent a legally binding commitment between Canada and Ukraine under international, Canadian or Ukrainian law, said the document.

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Aside - US seeks to overthrow political leadership in Russia - Foreign Ministry

By imposing sanctions on Moscow, the US aims to change the political leadership, says the Russian Foreign Ministry, adding that Washington is “twisting the arms” of its allies so that they can continue an “anti-Russian front.”

“Behind the formally-declared aim to make us alter our position towards Ukraine, [we] see the [US] plan to form social and economic conditions to change leadership in Russia,” said Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov.

According to Ryabkov, first of all Western countries wanted “to punish” Russia for “free will of people in Crimea and [the city of] Sevastopol,” who in a March referendum decided to separate from Ukraine and to join Russia.

Then they decided “that Russia has to, according to US opinion, totally change course towards the Kiev authorities and Eastern Ukraine in general, and to re-evaluate its foreign policy,” he said.

Ryabkov noted that apart from plans to destabilize Moscow leadership, US are “twisting arms” of their own allies so that they could continue “Anti-Russian front” and follow US policies on sanctions against Russia.

Relevant Reading...

Ron Paul: ‘US provoking war with Russia, could result in total destruction’

"It's propaganda, is what it is" said Paul. "It's part of the war propaganda machines just like the major networks are, you know, you're not going to hear criticism on FOX or MSNBC or CNN about this. They're just going to ignore it."

Former US Representative Ron Paul (AFP Photo / Brendan Smialowski)

Lawmakers in the House of Representatives passed HR 758 this week by a vote of 411-10, in turn approving a bill “strongly condemning the action of the Russian Federation under Pres. Vladimir Putin.” Some in Congress are saying could be the green-light to another cold war, and Ron Paul, a former member of the House of Representatives for Texas, is one of them.

Speaking to RT’s Ameera David on Friday, Paul said he wasn’t surprised by the bill’s passage, but doubts many members of Congress bothered to read the act before approving it.

Resolution 758 strongly condemns the actions of Russia under Vladimir Putin, for what it describes as a policy of “aggression against neighboring countries,” in a motion that describes Moscow’s political and economic domination in the region.

However, Ron Paul says the bill was nothing but “16 pages of war propaganda that should have made even neocons blush.”

Most worryingly for the once-presidential nominee of the Libertarian Party is the statement that “military intervention” by Russia in Ukraine “poses a threat to international peace and security.” In his Facebook blog, Paul says it is not an accident that such wording was used as it will allow more aggressive resolutions to follow and this is merely sowing the seeds for this.

“If we accept that Russia is posing a ‘threat’ to international peace, how can such a thing be ignored? These are the slippery slopes that lead to war,” Paul says.

Paragraph 45 of the resolution gives the green light to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to restart Kiev’s military campaign against anti-government militias in the southeast of the country, which would be contradicting the Minsk Agreement signed in Belarus on September 5 to end hostilities in Ukraine, Paul said.

He believes this will potentially lead to the deaths of thousands more civilians, while the bill also calls on President Barack Obama to “provide the government of Ukraine with lethal and non-lethal defense articles, services, and training required to effectively defend its territory and sovereignty.” The 79-year-old politician questions the sanity of putting US weapons in the hands of US-trained troops, who would be “engaged in a hot war on Russia’s border.”

On September 18, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko made a speech to the US Congress, saying that Kiev needed lethal aid to help them overcome anti-government forces in the east.

"Blankets and night-vision goggles are important, but one cannot win the war with blankets. You cannot keep the peace with a blanket," the Ukrainian president told lawmakers, adding that Ukraine urgently needs "more military equipment, both lethal and non-lethal," which drew a round of applause from those assembled.

According to Paul, the US resolution is littered with hypocritical statements. It accuses Russia of violating Ukraine’s sovereignty, despite not being able to provide any proof despite Washington having numerous high powered satellites that can read number plates from space.

The House also overlooks the role the US played in overthrowing a democratically elected government in February, Paul points out.

“We have all heard the tapes of State Department officials plotting with the US Ambassador in Ukraine to overthrow the government. We heard US Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland bragging that the US spent $5 billion on regime change in Ukraine. Why is that OK?”

The United States has for decades championed the rights of self-determination for peoples around the globe, but Paul believes this is only when it suits Washington. He cites the example of the people in the east of Ukraine holding what the US stated where “illegal” and “fraudulent” elections. “Aren’t the people of eastern Ukraine allowed self-determination? Isn’t that a basic human right?” he said.

 

[Natural Citizen]

11 killed, 13 injured as shell hits bus near Donetsk, E. Ukraine - reports

Over 40 people have been killed and 120 wounded in shelling in the period January 1-12...

Markin said that more than 4,800 people have died in the military operation in eastern Ukraine since the beginning of the conflict last April.

Eleven people died and 13 more were injured as a bus was shelled in the eastern Donetsk region, Ukraine’s Interior Ministry said. Denis Pushilin, Donetsk People’s Republic representative at Minsk talks, said the attack may have been staged by Kiev.

The incident took place near a Ukrainian military checkpoint near the town of Volnovakha on Tuesday, the spokesman for the Interior Ministry in the Donetsk region, Vyacheslav Ambroskin, said. He posted the information on his Facebook page.

Initially, 10 people were killed in the shelling. A woman reportedly died in hospital later in the day, according to the Donetsk regional administration which cited health officials. The regional administration also reported that 18 people had been injured.

Ambroskin said the checkpoint was shelled from the direction of the town of Dokuchaevsk, which is under the control of local militia forces. The town of Volnovakha is under Kiev’s control.



Ukraine’s Donetsk Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation into the shelling, qualifying the case as a terrorist act, according to its press service. It said that the attack was “targeted" and “carried out by a Grad multiple rocket launcher using over 40 shells.”

The site of the shelling was “deep in Kiev-controlled territory” and the Donetsk militia could not have reached it, the spokesman for the DNR People’s Council, Andrey Purgin, told Donetsk media.

“We don’t have the capability to shell this checkpoint either from the side of Telmanovo or Elenovka. The Ukrainian side has to figure out what has happened deep in its territory. It’s very far from the contact line,” Purgin said.

“I don’t rule out the possibility that [the attack] could be the Ukrainian army’s provocation, to attempt to put the blame for what has happened on local militia,” Pushilin said. He added that according to his data the closest DNR artillery crew was stationed 50 kilometers from the site, which makes it technically impossible for the local militia to have shelled it.

The ministry said that “the most probable explanation of the incident is that the Ukrainian army or the representatives of the nationalist armed groups like DUK or Right Sector shelled the bus.”

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[Natural Citizen]

E. Ukrainian rebels say they now control Donetsk airport...

Smoke rises above a new terminal of the Sergey Prokofiev International Airport after the recent shelling (Reuters / Maxim Zmeyev)

The militias in southeastern Ukraine say they’ve taken control over the strategic Donetsk airport, following an exhausting standoff with government forces. The airport has been a scene of violent fighting since last May.

“The airport is under our full control now,” Valentin Motuzenko, an advisor to the head of the People’s Republic of Donetsk, told Rossiya TV channel.

According to the adviser, Ukrainian forces again opened fire on the militias at the airport without any warning on Wednesday.

Motuzenko stressed that before coming up with any counter-measures, the militias provided a green corridor for the Kiev troops to retreat.

“The majority of them [Ukrainian soldiers] denied the offer, but some used the corridor and left. Those, who stayed were eliminated,” he said.

No more than half a dozen Kiev troops remain in hiding at the airport at the moment. Militias are searching for them, the advisor said.

The People’s Republic of Donetsk now plans “to invite the international observers so that they could see the violations and atrocities committed at the airport by the Ukrainian state and its military,” he concluded.

The Donetsk airport became the venue for several large-scale battles between May and late September, in which over 70 people died.

As a result, the international airport that used to handle some five million passengers annually is now lying in ruins.

The Ukrainian military launched an operation in the country’s southeast last April, after the Donetsk and Lugansk Regions refused to recognized the new, coup-imposed authorities in Kiev.

The death toll in the Ukraine conflict has exceeded 4,700 people. Over 10,000 have been injured, according to UN estimations.

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[Natural Citizen]

Donetsk shelled as Kiev 'orders massive fire' on militia-held E. Ukraine...

Ukrainian troops have launched a massive assault on militia-held areas Sunday morning after an order from Kiev, a presidential aide said. The self-proclaimed Donetsk republic’s leader accused Kiev of trying to restart the war.

The order to launch the offensive was issued early approximately at 6:00 am, according to Yury Biryukov, an aide to President Petro Poroshenko.

“Today we will show HOW good we are at jabbing in the teeth,” he wrote on his Facebook page, a mode of conveying information favored by many Ukrainian officials.

In a later post he said: “They are now striking a dot. Uuu…” in a reference to Tochka-U (‘tochka’ means ‘dot’ in Russian), a tactical ballistic missile, one of the most powerful weapons Ukraine so far deployed against rebel forces.

“That wasn’t a dot but ellipsis. Strong booms,” he added.

Reports from the ground confirmed a sharp escalation of clashes across the front line, with particularly heavy artillery fire reported at Gorlovka.

“Locals in Donetsk said they haven’t heard such intensive shelling since summer,” Valentin Motuzenko, a military official in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, told Interfax news agency.

“The Ukrainian military are using all kinds of weapons, Grad multiple rocket launchers, mortars…” Motuzenko said.

A source at the site told RT that a group of OSCE monitors have demanded that the Ukrainian military stop the shelling. The source added that there is a danger that the group may itself come under artillery fire.

A picture shows a building destroyed by shelling in eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on January 18, 2015 (AFP Photo / Aleksander Gayuk)

Aleksandr Zakharchenko, who was elected in November the prime minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, has accused Kiev of using the ceasefire to regroup their troops and boost their armaments, and now of trying to restart the all-out war.

“It’s clear that Kiev is making an attempt to take revenge for the serious military defeat it took from the militia last year,” he added. “Kiev always ignored our numerous suggestions to pull back heavy weapons from the disengagement line.”

“At the moment, we are aware of five civilians killed,” the Donetsk administration said, adding that the shelling of the city by Ukrainian forces is still under way.

Several residential buildings, a shop and a bus station have been seriously damaged by artillery fire in the city, RIA Novosti reported.

The Putilovsky Bridge, which is located near the Donetsk airport, has also been destroyed in the shelling, RT’s Roman Kosarev reported from the scene.

There were also reports of attacks on the town of Makeevka and several nearby villages.

The militia added that at least one shell hit a residential area in central Donetsk rather than the outskirts of the city.

Two people have died and 16 other received injureies after a Ukrainian shell exploded at bus station in city of Gorlovka, the press service of the People’s Republic of Donetsk said.

Several buildings in the city also suffered direct hits during the bombardment, including four schools and a kindergarten, the press service added.

Witnesses said that Kiev used aviation in the assault, with Sukhoi Su-24 warplanes jets seen in the air above Gorlovka.

The ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of Donetsk (DPR) has called upon the international community to address the worsening of the situation in southeast Ukraine and “make every effort to stop unpunished mass murder in the heart of Europe."

“The People’s Republic of Donetsk again suffered a treacherous and large-scale attack from Ukraine,” which is aimed at the destruction of the republic’s population and infrastructure, Aleksandr Kofman, DPR foreign minister, said in a statement.

The actions of the Kiev forces in Donetsk Region “bear all characteristics of serious war crimes,” Kofman said.

Moscow is seriously concerned by the by the renewal of shelling of residential areas of the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk by Kiev forces, the Russian president’s press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, said.

The actions of the Ukrainian military in no way promote the settlement of the conflict between Kiev and the eastern regions, he said.

"Of course, the stance of the Russian side will be expressed. Of course, it involves serious concerns over the resumption of full scale warfare in Donetsk, including shelling of populated residential areas. And, of course, such a state of affairs doesn’t promote the fulfillment of the Minsk agreements [from September 5] and the further search for a peaceful solution,” Peskov told Govorit Moskva radio station.

The escalation comes after several days of violent clashes at the ruins of the Donetsk International Airport, a scene of constant fighting over the months of shaky ceasefire between Kiev’s troops and local militia forces.

The militia, who have accused the Ukrainian military of launching constant attacks on Donetsk from their positions at the airport, reported taking over the location this week. Kiev denied this report.

The Ukrainian Security and Defense Council confirmed the resumption of hostilities and that Kiev's objective was to recapture the airport.

Kiev launched it's retaliation days after President Poroshenko ordered a new wave of mobilization into the country’s armed forces. The government plans to hold at least three conscription campaigns over 2015 to sustain its military operations in the east.

Continued - Donetsk shelled as Kiev 'orders massive fire' on militia-held E. Ukraine

 

[Natural Citizen]

Constant shelling in Donetsk as peace talks in Minsk end in blame game...

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According to the UN's estimate, the civil war in Eastern Ukraine has claimed at least 5,000 lives since April 2014, when residents in Donetsk and Lugansk regions of Ukraine took up arms against a coup-imposed government in Kiev, which responded with a military crackdown on the area.

Shelling of the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk is continuing practically non-stop with shells landing in civilian areas after mediators’ talks failed Saturday. Militia and Kiev forces are fighting for the strategically key area of Debaltsevo.

Officials of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) said at least three civilians have been killed by Ukrainian artillery fire targeting residential areas overnight.

“Overnight, the Ukrainian troops fired about 30 barrages at DPR cities. The night shelling injured 14 civilians” in two of the city’s neighborhoods, reported Eduard Basurin, deputy defense minister in the DPR.

Four more people have been killed on Sunday, the militia said, while the total number of injured over the past 24 hours is being counted at over 20. They blamed Ukrainian units holding two villages northwest of the city and several infiltration groups for the violence.

“They drive the streets in common freight mini-vans or garbage trucks and fire mortars they have inside at civilian and military targets, mostly to spread panic,” a militia official told RIA Novosti.

Ukrainian shells landed on two residential buildings, near a school, at the roof of a morgue near one of the city’s hospital and at garages, reports said.

A house destroyed by Ukrainian army's shelling in Kuybyshevsky district, Donetsk (RIA Novosti / Sergey Averin)

Meanwhile clashes between Kiev loyalists and militia forces continued along the front line. Kiev reported losing 13 soldiers dead in the past 24 hours of hostilities. A further 20 soldiers were injured in the clashes, a military spokesman said. Their opponents offered no update on their casualties.

Continued - Constant shelling in Donetsk as peace talks in Minsk end in blame game

 

[Natural Citizen]

Video... Conflict torn region of Donetsk

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Ukraine: Shelling causes further death in Donetsk
1:17

Ukraine: Gorlovka cathedral BOMBARDED by heavy shelling
1:22

Ukraine: Deadly shelling of Donetsk aid centre kills five *GRAPHIC*
1:01

Ukraine: Mortar attack hits Donetsk bus, at least five dead *GRAPHIC*
1:09

Ukraine: Donetsk's destruction mounts as shelling kills three
0:55

Ukraine: "Kiev shelling peaceful residents" - Deadly Donetsk bombardment continues [GRAPHIC]
1:03

Ukraine: Houses catch fire after shelling near Donetsk airport
1:27

Ukraine: Night-time shelling hammers residential areas of Donetsk
1:08

Ukraine: DNR fighters hold positions near village of Telmanovo
0:45

Ukraine: 'DNR and LNR aiming to unite along one front' - PM Zakharchenko
1:27

Ukraine: Hundreds mourn the victims of Bosse bus station shelling
1:03

Ukraine: Mourning as funeral held for trolley bus attack victim of Donetsk
1:08

Ukraine: 'Kiev's military units will be removed by us' - DPR's Zakharchenko
1:18

Ukraine: Toddler Sophia OPHANED by Donetsk shelling, locals respond with care
1:12

Ukraine: 'No need for peace talks, we're on the offensive' - Zakharchenko
0:57

Ukraine: 'Bodies at Donetsk airport dressed in NATO uniforms' - DNR's Basurin
1:04

Ukraine: 'Don't take Donbass' kindness for weakness' - Zakharchenko tells Kiev
1:13

Ukraine: Donetsk airport littered with dead bodies *GRAPHIC*
0:46

Ukraine: Bloody aftermath of Donetsk trolleybus shelling *GRAPHIC*
1:33

Ukraine: Captured soldiers face wrath of locals at spot of trolley bus shelling
1:16

Ukraine: DPR force "guilty" Ukrainian officer to see aftermath of deadly tram shelling
0:51

Ukraine: Shelling kills nine in tram stop strike *GRAPHIC*
1:22

Ukraine: Mourners grieve for young parents killed in shelling
1:21

Ukraine: Two killed as shelling hits Donetsk residential area
1:06

Ukraine: Ukrainian soldiers SURRENDER, TAKEN PRISONER after battle for Donetsk airport
1:17

Ukraine: DPR's Zakharchenko challenges Poroshenko to meeting AGAIN
0:59

Ukraine: Captive Ukraine soldiers join DPR's Zakharchenko at presser
1:04

Ukraine: Civilians take cover as heavy shelling POUNDS Donetsk
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Ukraine: 2 KILLED, 11 injured as shelling rages in Donetsk *GRAPHIC*
1:16

Ukraine: After hospital shelled: "We don't want to live with you"
1:02

Ukraine: Morning shelling pummels Kirovsky district, hits homes
1:01

Ukraine: Metro Cash & Carry in RUINS amid shelling of Donetsk airport
1:02

Ukraine: "Kiev is provoking a new war" - Zakharchenko
0:53

Ukraine: "Kiev used ceasefire to reinforce and relocate their forces" - Zakharchenko
0:52

Ukraine: See shell-blasted Toyota showroom near Donetsk airport
1:15

Ukraine: Heavy shelling devastates Gorlovka
1:06

Ukraine: Aftermath of tank battle, Putilovsky bridge destroyed
0:40

Ukraine: Thousands march for Volnovakha bus victims in Kiev
0:52

Ukraine: Heavy shelling continues as Kiev escalates conflict
0:45

Ukraine: Watch anti-Kiev forces batter Kiev positions with artillery fire
0:45

Ukraine: Kiev launches 'major attack' on E. Ukraine, Donetsk devastated
1:14

Ukraine: Collective punishment? Donetsk residents bare brunt of Kiev shelling
0:59

Ukraine: DNR/DPR forces officially claim control of Donetsk International Airport
1:11

Ukraine: See the DESTROYED Donetsk Airport now under DPR control
1:01

Ukraine: 'Poroshenko man-up and collect the Ukrainian flag' - DPR's Zakharchenko
0:58

Ukraine: Heavy shelling hurts Donetsk, killing four
1:01

Ukraine: "U.S. made weapons found at Kiev airport positions" announce DNR/DPR
1:21

Ukraine: 'Over 20 rounds were shot!' Donetsk awakes to shelling aftermath
1:12

Ukraine: Get close to the heat of battle at Donetsk Airport
1:11

Ukraine: The shelling around Donetsk Airport's impact on civilian homes
0:45

Ukraine: This is the aftermath of deadly shelling in Donetsk
1:07

Ukraine: Donetsk's residential areas battered by mortars and artillery
0:42

Ukraine: Army general briefs Rada on Donetsk airport
2:00

Ukraine: Homes and families destroyed as shells hits residential Donetsk *GRAPHIC*
0:55

Ukraine: Donetsk residents forced to pick up fresh Kiev shelling pieces
1:09

Ukraine: Heavy shelling destroys homes in Donetsk
1:22

Ukraine: How about a festive gingerbread TANK?
0:54

Ukraine: Frosty the militiaman? Meet the DPR’s latest member
0:56

Ukraine: Ammo and grenades decorate DNR Christmas tree
0:58

Ukraine: DPR militia let Kiev troops evacuate a wounded fellow from Donetsk airport
0:46

Ukraine: POW exchange takes place in Donetsk
1:17

Ukraine: New Years gifts arrive for Donetsk children
1:11

Ukraine: Check out these eerie scenes from Donetsk Airport
0:44

Ukraine: Oktyabrsky turns GHOST TOWN after intense fighting
1:28

Ukraine: Families reel as homes destroyed in Donetsk shelling
1:17

Ukraine: This man just forged a crown for Putin from Ukrainian army SHELLS
1:26

Ukraine: Worshippers commemorate deceased DNR fighters
1:06

Ukraine: Watch Donetsk People's Republic MPs take oath to 'guard the people'
1:14

Ukraine: These two ITALIANS just joined the Donetsk People's Republic
1:01

Ukraine: Donetsk hit by 'Grad' missile, 12-year-old killed *GRAPHIC*
1:01

Ukraine: Shelling blows dome off Orthodox Church in Donetsk
1:23

Ukraine: Two killed in Donetsk bus shelling
0:58

Ukraine: British journo Graham Phillips alive and kicking after Kiev shelling ordeal
1:15

Ukraine: Repairs begin in Donetsk as winter approaches
1:02

Ukraine: MH17 clean up operation FINALLY underway
0:42

Ukraine: Russian aid reaches East Ukraine as winter kicks in
1:30

Ukraine: Join LNR fighters on the front line near Nikishino
1:16

Ukraine: New DNR parliament holds historic first session
1:02

Ukraine: Journalist films moment he was nearly SHOT by sniper
1:26

Ukraine: Village in FLAMES after Kiev shelling
0:34

Ukraine: Donetsk ravaged by intense shelling
1:03

Ukraine: Step inside a Donetsk shell-proof shelter
1:34

Ukraine: Shells strike Donetsk civilian areas, four wounded
1:21

Ukraine: Father of boy HIT in football pitch shelling speaks out
1:29

Ukraine: OSCE oversees prisoner exchange
1:01

Ukraine: "Donbass voting for peace!" Polling stations geared for ballot
1:20

Ukraine: Children injured in mine explosion [GRAPHIC]
1:27

Ukraine: Russian doctor rescues nine "severely ill" Donetsk children
1:17

Ukraine: Kobzon defies travel ban, arrives in Donetsk
0:46

Ukraine: Care packages crank up support for front-line fighters in Donetsk
1:13

Ukraine: DPR forces vow to continue fighting for Donetsk airport
1:53

Ukraine: Workers fight to power Ilovaysk as winter looms
0:54

Ukraine: See Orthodox believers pray in shell battered church
1:21

Ukraine: This teen GIRL vows to avenge her loved ones killed in Donbass
1:54

Ukraine: DNR forces brace for 'imminent' attack on Donetsk airport
1:32

 

[Natural Citizen]

RAW: Ukrainian nationalists stage torch-lit march in Kiev...

 

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