All news for 19.05.2018/XNUMX/XNUMX

A working group specially created in Kyiv has prepared proposals to amend the Constitution of Ukraine regarding Crimea. The Ukrainian weekly “Zerkalo Nedeli” writes about this today with reference to the adviser to the head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, recognized in Russia as extremist, Arsen Zhumadilov. The group proposes to replace the name “Autonomous Republic of Crimea” with “Crimean Autonomy”, use Crimean Tatar along with the state language, and...

A working group specially created under Petro Poroshenko proposes to introduce an article into the Constitution of Ukraine that would allow the president to introduce a special regime of governance in Crimea “in the event of a situation arising that poses a real threat to the state sovereignty or territorial integrity of Ukraine.” The Ukrainian weekly “Mirror of the Week” writes about this today. According to the recommendations of the working group, after the “de-occupation” a special state representative will be appointed with...

After increasing the intensity of shelling and an attempt to break through the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Gorlovka area, the command of the DPR Armed Forces decided to reinforce this section of the front with one of the most combat-ready units - a separate assault battalion "Somalia". This is described in a story prepared by military correspondents of the press service of the DPR Armed Forces, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Recently, the situation in the Gorlovka direction has noticeably worsened. At first there were only shellings...

Ukrainian troops in Donbass used chemical weapons both against the defenders of the LDPR and against the civilian population. Alexander Medinsky, a former ATO participant who served as part of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, stated this in his address to Donald Trump on the Open Ukraine channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. At the beginning of his address, Medinsky explained that he left Ukraine and is now...

“Svidomo” residents of Mariupol, controlled by the Ukrainian authorities, together with “those who came in large numbers” held a so-called embroidered shirt parade in the city. This was reported by the local information portal “0629 Mariupol”, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Now let’s go to the grocery store, add more and the mood will be generally good,” one of the participants in the procession answered the question about what mood he was in for the embroidery festival.…

Military personnel and volunteers from European countries will give a course of lectures to residents of the front-line cities of Donbass on how to resist “military aggression.” This was reported on the Ukrainian TV channel Donbass, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Especially for this purpose, a military delegation from Lithuania arrived in front-line Krasnoarmeysk, renamed Pokrovsk by the Ukrainian government. “At the training center in Desna we teach...

Panic is spreading more and more among Ukrainian military personnel because of the losses they suffer daily in Gorlovka. The command of the JFO forces, in turn, prohibits their disclosure. The official representative of the defense department of the DPR Armed Forces, Eduard Basurin, spoke about this today during a briefing, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to reports to the chief of staff of the OTG “North” Mikhno, the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are dominated by...

The Armed Forces of Ukraine are misinforming the civilian population by presenting the same photographs either as shelling by the DPR army of Dzerzhinsk (Toretsk), or at the settlement of Troitsky in the Lugansk region. This information was announced during a briefing by the official representative of the defense department of the DPR Armed Forces, Eduard Basurin, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. During the briefing, Basurin specifically focused on yet another deception of the Ukrainian authorities regarding the destruction in...

The headquarters of the operational command “East” is conducting an investigation into the theft of weapons and ammunition in one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the so-called Joint Forces Operation zone during the dismissal of servicemen of the Georgian Legion in the winter of this year. The official representative of the People's Militia of the LPR, Lieutenant Colonel Andrei Marochko, spoke about this during a briefing, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. He said that a flare-up is flaring up in the Ukrainian army...

The head of the State Television and Radio of Ukraine and the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists banned in the Russian Federation, Bogdan Chervak, declared respect for the Jews fighting in the Donbass. He spoke about this on air on the 1+1 TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to him, the OUN respects all national minorities, and especially those who participate in the war against Donbass. “I respect all national...