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| Ukrainian airplane with soldiers shot down by the Russian terrorists (Image: US News) |
Ukrainian military and security forces continue an active phase of the
ongoing anti-terrorist operation launched in Eastern Ukrainian Donetsk and
Luhansk regions, where the Russian and Russian backed terrorists continue to destabilize
the situation.
After successes of Ukrainian Armed Forces and National Guard on Friday,
13 June, when the city of Mariupol was released from the terrorists and the
control over the city was restored, Ukrainian military faced terrible losses on
Saturday, 14 June. Russian terrorists have shot down Ukrainian aircraft transporting
soldiers and ammunition to the zone of the anti-terrorist operation. There were
three Ukrainian aircrafts sent to the ATO zone and planning to land in Luhansk,
as one of them was shot down during the landing. 49 people including 30
soldiers from all over Ukraine and 9 members of the airplane’s crew were killed
as a result of this strike.
In addition to that heave battles continued on Saturday on the border
with Russia, as Russian backed terrorists have opened fire on one of Ukrainian
border checkpoints. Ukraine has lost 5 soldiers in this battle.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has addressed the nation in his
speech and expressed condolences to the families of the dead soldiers. He
called this situation unacceptable and called for the Western leaders and
partners to use all the possible measures in order to help Ukraine to stop
Russian aggression. Thus, Mr.Poroshenko called on EU to impose the next wave of
sanctions against Russia and its key economic sectors during his telephone
conversation with the French President Francois Hollande.
It’s worth mentioning also that Ukraine has presented the evidence of
the Russian military presence and Russian direct assistance and support of the
terrorist cells operation in eastern Ukraine. Among these evidences are the
weapons produced in Russia and being on the balance of Russian military and
documents seized after several terrorist bases were destroyed during the
Saturday’s anti-terrorist operation.
In addition to that NATO and USA have presented earlier the evidences
and satellite pictures showing the movement of three Russian tanks, which
appeared on 12 June on the territory of Ukraine. NATO, for example, made a deep
analysis of the pictures and made a conclusion that these tanks came from the
Russian side and are Russian, and there could be probably the tanks used by
Russia during the Crimea conflict. It’s worth mentioning that NATO and Western
countries have stated earlier that if there will be the evidences of Russian
direct involvement in Eastern Ukrainian conflict, there will be serious
consequences. Thus, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has stated today that the
current situation and Russian refusal to de-escalate the situation is
unacceptable, and USA warmed of the imposing of the third wave of sanctions.
The statements about the direct and open war in Ukraine led by the neighboring
country started to officially appear in the West.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian forces continue their anti-terrorist operation and
have taken offensive during the latest days, according to the Saturday’s
statement of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. He stated that at least 11
cities in Donetsk and Luhansk regions were freed and released from the
terrorist during the latest 24 hours and more than 280 km of the border were
taken under control. He also stated that the special and urgent meeting of the
National Security and Defense Council and Parliament will be held on 16 June in
order to discuss the current situation and to take decision about the further
measures. Thus, the border should be closed as soon as possible, which should
make impossible the movements of the Russian terrorists and military technique
and weapons from Ukraine. In addition to that the special humanitarian
corridors are being created in the anti-terrorist operation zone in order to
give the civilians the chance to safely leave the war zone.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council and heads of
an anti-terrorist operation reported that more than 250 terrorists were killed
during the latest day of an operation and 11 cities were cleared of the
terrorists.
Thus, the situation remains tense, as an anti-terrorist operation is
ongoing and Ukrainian army still suffers terrible losses.
In addition to that, dozens of protesters in Kyiv have surrounded the
Russian embassy on Saturday, demanding Ukrainian authorities to cut the
diplomatic relations with the aggressor and to expel the Ambassador. Peaceful
demonstration though turned into clashes, as angry protesters have torn the
embassy cars and threw the eggs and stones at the embassy building. An attempt
to storm the embassy was stopped, but it created an unpleasant situation, as
Russian officials immediately demanded UN Security Council to issue a
resolution regarding this incident as a violation of the international treaties
and norms. Interestingly, Russian side seems to forget about its troops and
militants crossing Ukrainian borders and leadi9ng a war here.
Meanwhile, as Russia continues its military
aggression and the so-called hybrid war in Eastern Ukraine, it also continues
its usual gas wars with Ukraine threatening to cut off the gas in case Ukraine
won’t pay its debts. Ukraine though insists that there are no debts and that
Ukraine will not pay unjust price for Russian gas. Ukrainian Prime Minister
Arseniy Yatsenyuk has stated recently that Ukraine will sue Russian in Stockholm
Court and that it will stop receiving Russian gas since Monday, 16 June.
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