This is Ukraine today – June 25

Maidan Community Sector, Lviv: Dear friends!

By annexing Crimea, Russia has carried out an act of aggression against Ukraine. Currently Russia is transferring terrorist and sabotage groups to Eastern Ukraine. Russia aims to prevent legitimate presidential elections from happening. Everyday life in Eastern Ukraine has turned into a continuous nightmare in the middle of Europe. Our country is being destroyed right before our eyes. We therefore take the courage to inform you about current events in Ukraine. This is just another point of view. We will do our best to remain objective.

June 25 – Russian President Vladimir Putin has not lost the right to invade Ukraine, even after Russia’s Federation Council has revoked the Resolution on “the use of Armed Forces in Ukraine”. Another Resolution, which was voted for by Russia’s Federation Council in 2009 during Dmitry Medvedev’s presidency is still in force – “it hasn’t been formally annulled and there was no reason to do it”.

June 25 – Speaker of Russia’s Federation Council Valentyna Matvienko doesn’t believe that it is necessary to deploy peace keeping contingent in the east of Ukraine.

June 25 – The exchange of over ten hostages-servicemen has already taken place during the ceasefire in the east of Ukraine.

June 25 – Russian terrorists in Odesa were preparing several terrorist acts (explosions), informs Interior Minister of Ukraine Arsen Avakov.

June 25 – Russia has transferred a fighter squadron consisting of МІG-29 planes closer to the border with Ukraine. Russia is also conducting reconnaissance flights, stated the press-officer of the Information Center at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Volodymyr Chepovyi.

June 25 – According to volunteers only 40-45% of population are remaining in the city of Sloviansk in Donetsk region. Sloviansk was invaded by terrorists

June 25 – German Chancellor Angela Merkel has proposed that Viktor Medvedchuk should become a mediator and support the activity of a Trilateral contact group. Kuchma, Zurabov and Tagliavini are already part of this group. Medvedchuk is the leader of “Ukrainian Choice” (Ukrainskyi Vybir) and Putin’s mouthpiece in Ukraine. Are they trying to hand Ukraine over to Putin once again?

June 25 – On Wednesday morning, members of illegal armed groups have been continuously firing at the block posts of Ukrainian servicemen in Donetsk oblast. 10 servicemen were wounded. Ukrainian servicemen didn’t fire back – they were adhering to ceasefire conditions – Christians, what can one say…

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Taras Voznyak

Culture expert, political scientist, editor-in-chief and founder of Independent Cultural Journal "Ї", Co-founder and Head of the Board of Directors of Polish-Ukrainian Cooperation Foundation (PAUCI), Member of the Board of Directors of International Renaissance Foundation, Executive Director of the Ukrainian Center of International PEN-Club
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