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TOPIC OF THE ISSUE LGBT-ACTION EQUALITY MARCH IN KYIV ENDED WITH FIGHTS, ARRESTS AND INJURIES. Despite the attempts to disrupt the March of equality it took place in Kyiv. June 6 in Kyiv it was LGBT-action equality March. During the parade there were fightings, several people were wounded. About three dozen violent young men came to the place, where the March of equality was. They threw tear gas and smoke bombs at the LGBT representatives. Then they began to use their fists. Although the participants were guarded by a huge number of city police, there were many with injuries. One employee of police received a shrapnel wound from bombs, another has a slight wound in the arm. At present over 25 provocateurs are detained. They all had screwdrivers, knives, firecrackers and other dangerous objects. 11 policemen were wounded. Participants went about 500 meters along the waterfront Obolonska and finished the March. Police continued to accompany people because near by there were people, who expected them with the cue balls. Two deputies – Sergiy Leshchenko and Svitlana Zalishchuk were at the March. Together with activists there was the Ambassador of Sweden to Ukraine Andreas von Bekerat with his wife and the representatives of the organization Amnesty International. In the ranks of marchers there were journalists, artists, writers and human rights defenders. Euroleader activists who participated in the March of equality came with the slogan “Equal rights are for everybody”. One of the activists said: “We are fighting for equal rights for all groups and for eradication of homophobia in the Ukrainian society. If LGBT rights are violated, who can guarantee that the rights of other groups will not be violated? Because on the way to Europe Ukraine must understand that prohibition of discrimination should be carried out on any ground”.
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IN TODAY’S ISSUE: Ukrainian soldiers showed the documents of the Russian fighter, Who was killed in Mariyinka.
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Terrorist network created by Russian security services in Kharkiv destroyed.
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Near Donetsk revealed the armed men with stripes of Russian troops.
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The Crimea is seen by Russia as its outpost, people there will be made to move from the peninsular.
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The State Security Service of Ukraine begun a criminal case against the 6 Russian security forces for Savchenko abduction. On the occupied territories there are 7 not supplied medicines for HIV-positive children.
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EUROLEADER 2014 LGBT-ACTION EQUALITY MARCH IN KYIV ENDED WITH FIGHTS, ARRESTS AND INJURIES.
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EUROLEADER 2014 UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS SHOWED THE DOCUMENTS OF THE RUSSIAN FIGHTER, WHO WAS KILLED IN MARIYINKA. The documents and trophies once again confirm Russia’s participation in the conflict in the Donbass. One of the dead enemy soldiers had these documents: a passport of citizen of North Ossetia, the Russian insurance certificate and a certificate from the so-called “Luhansk People Republic”. Ukrainian soldiers say: insurance companies go bankrupt in Russia soon, too many mercenaries die in the Donbass. This one is from the sabotage and reconnaissance group of the paratrooper troops “Ryazan” died at the assault of Mariyinka. 28-th separate motorized brigade reported. We pay your attention that this 28 th brigade held Mariyinka defense during the assault on June 3. Soldiers also said: we cleaned Mariyinka from the terrorists for 99%. 12 enemy fighters were taken captured, of whom two Russian citizens, it is for sure. The positions are being strengthened. Two days after the battle the city attended by the representatives of the OSCE mission. Everything was fixed, they made photos and talked to prisoners and then left.
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EUROLEADER 2014 TERRORIST NETWORK CREATED BY RUSSIAN SECURITY SERVICES IN KHARKIV DESTROYED. MORE THAN 20 MERCENARIES ARRESTED.
Russia continues to send mercenaries who went through commando training in schools of the Chief Intelligence Department of the Russian Federation General Staff in Belgorod and the Rostov region into peaceful Ukrainian cities. There are people in each institution that give result notwithstanding the circumstances. An officer of Kharkiv Department of the Security Service of Ukraine obtained the rank of Colonel recently ahead of time for taking part in operation on liquidation of sabotage groups in the Kharkiv region. The operation began on April, 8. More than 30 kg of TNT, three latest silent sniper rifles “Vintorez”, used by Russian special forces, Shmel portable rocket launchers, silent pistols, rifle SVD, about 20 automatic weapons, a lot of ammunition were confiscated. The most resonant terrorist attacks of the Russian special forces in the Kharkiv region, including tank explosions on railways, attack on the military Commissariat, night club explosion, volunteers’ office attack, have been solved. It is especially important that terrorists who attacked Euromaidan march on February 22 have been detained. As a result of that awful crime three persons were killed. Lieutenant Colonel Vadym Rybalchenko died in the service, Euromaidan activist Ihor Tolmachov and a 15-year old boy died later. The commander of the sabotage group that did it is captured. The terrorist network created by the Russian special forces, that was acting for nearly a year, is eliminated. More than 20 terrorists are detained.
NEAR DONETSK REVEALED THE ARMED MEN WITH STRIPES OF RUSSIAN TROOPS. Observers of the monitoring mission OSCE in Donetsk revealed the armed men with stripes of the Russian army units and military equipment with numbers of the Russian Federation. Spokesman for the OSCE mission in Ukraine Michael Botsiurkiw declared about it. “I want to mention an important fact, that last week on ThursdayFriday (May 28-29) near Donetsk, our observers encountered three armed men in camouflage with stripes of the Russian military units,” - he said.OSCE observers also captured on camera military equipment with Russian numbers and markings. Earlier, on 21st of May, UN officials talked with the detainees in the East Russians Yevgeniy Yerofeyev Olexandr Alexandrov who consider themselves prisoners of war, while Russia calls them former soldiers. Russian Defense Ministry said that these citizens had passed the military service, but now they were not already military men.
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EUROLEADER 2014 THE CRIMEA IS SEEN BY RUSSIA AS ITS OUTPOST, PEOPLE THERE WILL BE MADE TO MOVE FROM THE PENINSULAR.
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“Today in the Crimea 2.3 million people live, Russia does not need so many”, said the head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people Refat Chubarov. The authorities of Russia and the Crimea peninsula intend to develop the peninsular as a military area, what means that they are not interested in presence of many people who now live in the Crimea and they will try to reduce its number. Chubarov said that now in Crimea 2.3 million people live. “Occupation authorities will displace people. Now they only displace people without making other forms of brutal destruction of people” - he thinks. The head of Majlis believes that for the Crimean Tatars they carry out systematic discriminatory and repressive policies because they want the Crimean Tatars to leave the peninsular. Russia increases its military presence in the Crimea and expresses the probability of deployment of nuclear weapons on the peninsular. Now in the Crimea there are 24 thousand Russian soldiers.
MORE THAN 300 UKRAINIAN ARE IN THE CAPTIVITY OF THE TERRORISTS, MORE THAN 1,200 PEOPLE GONE MISSING. Security Service of Ukraine has created an updated list of all the Ukrainian people that today are held hostage by the terrorists and stay in the Russian Federation. They are more than 300. More than 1,200 people unfortunately are missing. Ukrainian side is interested in the involvement of the International Red Cross search and identification of missing persons. The Russian Federation has taken a position that involvement of anybody needs to have the consent of the people you want to help. There is a blockade of any initiatives to find ways of de-escalation and assistance in humanitarian situations. 11 of 300 hostages are now in the Russian Federation, perhaps number of such people is more.
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THE STATE SECURITY SERVICE OF UKRAINE BRINGS TO THE CRIMINAL LIABILITY 53 CITIZENS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, 47 OF THEM – FOR THE TERRORIST ACTS.
The State Security Service of Ukraine is investigating criminal proceedings concerning 53 citizens of the Russian federation, and for most of them, they opened criminal proceedings for committing of the terrorist acts. Totally they bring to the criminal liability 53 of the Russian Federation, 47 of them - for the commission of the terrorist acts, illegal possession of weapons. Another six Russian citizens suspected of espionage.
THE STATE SECURITY SERVICE OF UKRAINE BEGUN A CRIMINAL CASE AGAINST THE RUSSIAN SECURITY FORCES FOR SAVCHENKO ABDUCTION. The Security Service of Ukraine wants to bring the members of the Investigative Committee, the Penitentiary Service and the Federal Security Servicy of Russia to justice, who falsified the case of Nadiya Savchenko. The Security Service of Ukraine begun the criminal proceedings in regard of the employees of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, the Federal Security Service of Russia, Penitentiary Service of Russia and other officials, who falsified a case and involved in the unlawful detention of the aviatress, and now MP of Ukraine Nadiya Savchenko.
OCCUPATION AUTHORITIES GATHER THE DATABASE OF THE LGBT REPRESENTATIVES OF THE DONBASS. Earlier in Donetsk the oldest in Ukraine LGBT organization existed and worked. But after the occupation, organizations and people have moved to other cities, those gays and lesbians who remained, they must hide their sexual orientation. At the end of last year in Luhansk on the ground of homophobia one gey was killed. Also “so-called” police of the terrorists collect the database of LGBT representatives of the Donbass.
THE TERRORISTS CAPTURED MORE THAN 80 JOURNALISTS, ONE JOURNALIST IS STILL IN CAPTIVITY. In the eastern Ukraine during 2014 the terrorists captured 79 journalists, since the beginning of 2015 4 journalists were in captivity. Last year 79 journalists were in captivity of the terrorists, 35 of which had been there more than two days. Since 2015, terrorists took hostage four journalists for a long period of time. Now there is only one prisoner journalist - Maria Varfolomyeyeva. www.euroleader.in.ua
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EUROLEADER 2014 ON THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES THERE ARE NOT SUPPLIED MEDICINES FOR HIV-POSITIVE CHILDREN. June 5 there was a picket in front of the Parliament of Ukraine, who drew public attention to the problem of HIV -positive children on the occupied territories. There there are more than 3, 5 thousand children, who need treatment or they will die.
IN ATO MORE THAN 1,700 SOLDIERS WERE KILLED. During the ATO 1723 ATO soldiers were killed, 1368 of them are the soldiers of the Ukrainian Army. But the figure is actually considerably higher. It is because the bodies of dead soldiers are not identified and there are many missing.
IN AREA OF ATO 1 179 PERSONS GONE MISSING.
This category includes both military men and civilians. During the ATO in the Donbass 1 179 people gone missing.
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