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 5 – Russian troops have resumed the offensive of Mariupol, – informed the spokesman of the National Security and Defense Council Andriy Lysenko.
September 5 – Russian army is suffering significant manpower losses in Donbas – the death toll has reached two thousand persons. The number of wounded can be estimated by multiplying the death toll by four. To hide these losses, they bury the bodies of their soldiers in Donbas mines, – said the spokesman of the National Security and Defense Council Andriy Lysenko.
September 5 – The rotation of the units of the Russian army, which have lost their fighting ability, has started in Ukraine, -informed the spokesman of the National Security and Defense Council Andriy Lysenko.
September 5 – Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk believes that Ukraine has enough funds to implement the initial phase of “The Wall” project – constructing a wall to fence Ukraine from Russia, similarly to what was done by Israel in regards to Palestine.
September 5 – The negotiations with participation from the second President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma, Russian Ambassador to Ukraine Mikhail Zurabov, OSCE Special Representative Heidi Tagliavini, the leaders of the militants representing “People’s Republic of Donetsk” and “People’s Republic of Luhansk”, took place in Minsk.” Following the meeting, a protocol specifying ceasefire in Donbas was signed (ceasefire to start at 6 pm on Friday, September 5th).
September 5 – Self-proclaimed “People’s Republic of Donetsk” and “People’s Republic of Luhansk” still intend to separate from Ukraine. They are preparing a ground for Putin to play this “card” in the future and thus have the ability to “bargain” for some preferences.
September 5 – All ATO forces have ceased fire in the east of Ukraine at 6 pm on Friday, September 5th, – informed the spokesman of the National Security and Defense Council Andriy Lysenko.
September 5 – Truce agreement was achieved as a result of sanctions – Barack Obama – “The only reason that the truce agreement was reached is that some sanctions have already been imposed and we are preparing even more powerful sanctions”.
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