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 10 – Ukraine isn’t making any concessions regarding its territorial integrity; next week the Parliament will discuss a draft law on a special regime for local government in Donbas, – said the President Petro Poroshenko.
September 10 – President Petro Poroshenko has said that Russia withdrew 70% of its troops from the territory of Ukraine. This is the latest available information from the Main Directorate for Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine.
September 10 – Russia will not stop at anything trying to destabilize the political and economic situation in Ukraine, – said former Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski. If the EU decides to provide substantial financial assistance to Ukraine, it may save the situation. Whereas NATO should support Ukrainian army.
September 10 – Russia demands that Ukraine and the European Union amend the Association Agreement to allow Ukraine to become a member of the Customs Union. Russia insists on its right to decide for Ukraine and the EU what they must sign. In political science terms this means that Russia does not recognize the sovereignty of either Ukraine or the EU.
September 10 – German Chancellor Angela Merkel is calling for an implementation of a new package of sanctions against Russia.
September 10 – “Up to now, as a result of court decisions, 256 people, including 21 Russian citizens have been arrested and detained. These people… were sentenced for committing serious or other crimes”, – said the Head of the Security Service of Ukraine Valentyn Nalyvaichenko.
September 10 – Poland has stopped reverse gas supply to Ukraine. “Russia has reduced gas supply to the Republic of Poland for 24% in order to break the reverse gas supply to Ukraine from Poland”, – stated Igor Prokopiv, the Chairman of the Board of “UkrTransGaz”.
