Maidan Community Sector, Lviv: Dear friends!
War, not the expected peace arrived at the doorstep of Great Britain and France when they gave up Czechoslovakia to Hitler in 1938. War is happening right here at home and not in faraway Europe – the United States were harshly reminded about this at Pearl Harbor in 1942. War descended on Ukraine and thus is now much closer to Paris and Berlin, because Europe and the US haven’t supported Georgia in 2008. War showed up in the homes of Dutch, British, French, German, Australian families because Europe and the US weren’t courageous enough to lend a helping hand to Ukraine in 2014. It is impossible to run away from war and overwhelming aggression, it is impossible to buy yourself off. The war will catch up with you if you don’t stand up to it with utmost determination.
September 20 – 3219 people have died as a result of fighting in Donbas, 8198 people have been injured – informs UN Office in Ukraine.
September 20 – In Minsk, the participants of the contact group on conflict resolution in eastern Ukraine have signed a Memorandum to implement the protocol dated September 5th, which consists of 9 points: stop the use of weapons by conflict parties, retain the units and formations at their in positions as of September 19th, and ban the use of all weapons and offensive actions. Besides, the Memorandum provides for the withdrawal of large-scale arms to the distance of at least 15 km on each side. Thus, a wide security zone of least 30 km is created, combat aircraft flights are prohibited, including remotely piloted aircraft, except that of OSCE. Foreign military aircraft flights are also prohibited. The last provision of the Memorandum envisages the withdrawal of all foreign military forces as well as so called mercenaries from the territory of Ukraine. According to the document, all of the above must be implemented within 24 hours after signing the Memorandum (before the evening of September 20th).
September 20 – Defense Minister of Ukraine Valeriy Heletey claims that Russia has used prohibited tactical nuclear weapons against Ukrainian military – Russia’s troops struck Luhansk Airport with a self-propelled mortar 2C4 “Tyulpan” twice.
September 20 – Russia tried to disrupt the speech by the representatives of Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people at the World Conference on Indigenous Issues in New York, by expressing a written protest regarding this matter. But the UN Secretariat declined Russia’s request.
