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TOPIC OF THE ISSUE I AM A CITIZEN OF UKRAINE. I WAS ON THE MAIDAN, AND IT IS THE MAIN ACT IN MY LIFE SENTSOV IS IN THE RUSSIAN COURT. In the North Caucasian district military court in Rostov they continued the trial of the Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov, to whom Russia announced the accusation of terrorism and creation of the centre of the “Right Sector” in the Crimea. During the court meeting Sentsov noted that he considered this Court does not legitimate. “I am a citizen of Ukraine, who was illegally seized by the staff of your special services” – Sentsov said. He also said that he participated in the events on Independence Square in Kiev, and after the occupation of the Crimea by Russia he came back there. “I was on the Maidan, and it is the main act in my life. We were against the criminal president,” - he said. Sentsov said that was involved in the volunteer activities in the Crimea. “When your country began to occupy my homeland, we continued our volunteer work. But I never called for violence. I helped the journalists, who made the news about the events in the Crimea, helped interpreters and organized briefings” – Sentsov told. He told the court that all those who spoke in the court in this case he knew Gennady Afanasyev and Olexander Kolchenko. “I only know Gennadiy Afanasyev and Olexander Kolchenko. I do not know others. I understand that my explanation will not affect the verdict,” - the film director said. He emphasize that they supported the blocked by Russia Ukrainian special forces troops. “I searched for the abducted Ukrainian activists. We did not find some of them, I think they are not alive already” – Sentsov said. He said that on May 9 Kolchenko called him and said about the arrest of Afanasyev. Then Afanasiev called, speaking with the voice of sentenced to death. www.euroleader.in.ua
IN TODAY’S ISSUE:
I am a citizen of Ukraine. I was on the Maidan, and it is the main act in 2 my life - Sentsov is in the Russian court. Ukraine took 20 prisoners back from 2 the captivity of “DPR”. In Slavyans they detained a terrorist 3 of “DPR” at the place of a crime. Woman from Donetsk told Russian journalist about the atrocities of the 4 terrorists of “DPR” in Donetsk. Russia near the Ukrainian border formed the air force and air defense Army.
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EUROLEADER 2014 I AM A CITIZEN OF UKRAINE. I WAS ON THE MAIDAN, AND IT IS THE MAIN ACT IN MY LIFE - SENTSOV IS IN THE RUSSIAN COURT.
“Afanasyev tried to appoint me a meeting. I understood everything, turned off the phone, but began to look for the information of Afanasyev”- Sentsov told. On May 10 Sentsov was abducted from the house with a sack on his head and brought in a building of the former Security service of Ukraine. “I was thrown into a minibus with a sack on my head was brought in the building of the former Security service of Ukraine. They started a very hard interrogation, I was asked who of the activists I knew, who was going to blow up the monuments. The they started to kick me with hands, legs, bludgeons when I was lying and sitting. When I refused to speak, they began to use a suffocation. Many times I have seen it in a movie and did not understand how people gave up under this. But it is very scary. They threatened to rape me with a club, take out into the woods and bury me there. Four hours later they were tired, and drove me to search my house. Only there I learned that these were the workers of Federal Security service of Russia. They expected to see there the terrorists and weapon but found only my child - he was present during the search, which was not mentioned in the protocol. They found money, this was the money of my film company for the film “Rhinoceros”, - Sentsov told. According to Sentsov Russian secret services offered him to testify against the leadership of the Maidan. “I was offered to give evidence against the leadership of the Maidan and get 7 years of jail, or become the leader and get 20 years of jail” - he said.
UKRAINE TOOK 20 PRISONERS BACK FROM THE CAPTIVITY OF “DPR”. Ukrainian side took over 20 prisoners back from the uncontrolled territory of the Donetsk region. Thanks to the successful negotiations of Ukraine Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights Valeriya Lutkovska with the so-called “DPR” they managed to take away 20 prisoners from the Donetsk jail, some of which are “transit”. These are the people who last year went through the jail to other institutions or came to participate in forensics, and remained in jail as a result of the outbreak of hostilities. Considerable support in the organizing of this process was given by the leadership of Security service of Ukraine and State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine, Antiterrorist Centre and by the leadership of the Penitentiary Service in the Donetsk region. Handing of first nine Ukrainian prisoners from the uncontrolled territory of the Donetsk region was held on July 8, 2015. www.euroleader.in.ua
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IN SLAVYANS THEY DETAINED A TERRORIST OF “DPR” AT THE PLACE OF A CRIME. In Slavyansk they detained a local resident who is suspected of involvement in the illegal armed formations. In his house they found hidden grenades, fuses and ammunition. Now 19 y.o. terrorist is threatened of imprisonment for a term from 8 till 15 years. Law enforcement officers received information that the 19-year-old resident of Slavyansk last year was a member of the illegal armed groups - had served with weapons at a checkpoint in the city. After receiving of the court resolution, representatives of Slavyansk City police department together with workers of Security service of Ukraine searched a house of suspected. During the examination of the bathroom behind the pipes they discovered a package with grenades, two fuses and 60 ammunitions of 7.62 mm calibre. Suspected does not refuse his involvement in the illegal armed groups in the past. As the investigator police Lieutenant Sergey Kosenko reports, this person was declared a suspicion of a criminal offense under part 1 of article 258-3 “Creation of a terrorist group or terrorist organization, management of such a group or organization or participation in it as well as organizational or other assistance to the establishment or activity of a terrorist group or terrorist organization” of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, which provides an imprisonment from 8 till 15 years with confiscation of property or without it.
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WOMAN FROM DONETSK TOLD RUSSIAN JOURNALIST ABOUT THE ATROCITIES OF THE TERRORISTS OF “DPR” IN DONETSK.
Former Ukrainian journalist Olexandr Chalenko, who currently lives in Moscow and works in the Kremlin media recorded an interview with a resident of Donetsk Anna Sergienko, who together with her husband was abducted and tortured by so-called “Don Cossacks”. Before the war, Anna Sergienko was an entrepreneur and had a small retail outlet in the Donetsk market “Sokil”. After the war beginning the market has been captured by the militants of one Cossack group, who renamed it into “Cossack brining”. “Director” of the market became Anatoly Yakubenko, who from May sharply raised the rent for all traders. In November 2014 Anna Sergienko and other tenants asked the Cossacks, who took the market “Sokil” under their control, to reduce the rent, because of the difficult economic situation in the city trade stopped and did not bring profits. Then Sergienko fell out of favor to the Cossacks. November 30 at three o’clock the terrorists abducted Anna and her husband together with their car. The abduction was filmed by the neighbours of Sergienko. “- The car was surrounded by 5-6 armed people with machine guns, they demanded to get out. We blocked the door that allowed me to call my brother and say about the attack, then they smashed the side windows and dragged me by the hair out of the car, and despite the resistance and cries, they pushed me into a car, they terrified the people gathered at the cries with shots from the machine guns. In the car they took my phone and fastened my eyes. We drove about 30 minutes. I was put on a metal floor and I had not to stand up, hands held tight and painful, they put handcuffs on my husband hands and dragged them tight. He has scars now, thank to God, that hands survived because they took the keys and we opened the handcuffs with what we had near. Victor and I were kept in different rooms “- the woman said. My husband and I were kept in, how to say properly a dog box of 1,5m to 1,5m of build, they called it a glass in darkness and coldness. It is a concrete construction with metal doors and roof (composition). They took our property and documents. In captivity we had been for 75 days and they wanted to continue to hold us but my husband escaped. So I do know that the Cossacks kept us. They kept us 6-7 days on the Travneva street, and after - 68-69 days in the construction of underground in Donetsk Budionovskiy district. Before it I did knew what hunger meant, I have learned what thirst meant and how to wait to go to a toilet. Next to the bench a bucket was, it was not often taken. After all this I had a stomach pain, I had cystitis, suffered from pneumonia ... although when I had a high temperature it was easier, it seemed to me that I could sleep and not to wake up, or to wake up elsewhere in another place. www.euroleader.in.ua
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WOMAN FROM DONETSK TOLD RUSSIAN JOURNALIST ABOUT THE ATROCITIES OF THE TERRORISTS OF “DPR” IN DONETSK. And darkness ... it crushes. Loneliness ... alone with your thoughts. I cried a lot, asked for mercy, I do not understand for what I have this all. They were deaf to requests to inform relatives about Victor and my location, to call was not allowed. I was told that I was not looking for, and my relatives were killed, probably another form of tortures. First six days on Travneva street they did not leave me alone – a man armed with a gun was with me. People were changed every 6-8 hours, however I wanted to stay alone. I am not a criminal and do not understand what happened to people, in particular to men? Why are they so cruel? I do not want to describe it. When it became quite unbearable, I thought I die. Then I was taken to another house where I was in a room with boarded up windows and iron doors, but there was heat. However, they fed me every two days. I had a VERY strict fasting. Wheat porridge without salt was more delicious than pasta without salt. Bread was given very rare, they said that they had no bread for themselves. Sometimes they brought me soup. For 75 days I was taken to the shower 6 times – Anna told. According to Anna Sergienko words, the militants took away her money, car and jewelry. She could not to take it back. The “law enforcement” bodies of “DPR” do not try to find and return her car, which is used by the Cossacks. They released Anna on February 12 after her husband managed to escape. Realizing that Victor can raise the noise the Cossacks threw Anna out in handcuffs and with a sack on her head near the Shcheglovske cemetery. They threatened to be silent, if he wanted to stay alive. According to the woman words, she complained about her captors to “law enforcement” of “DPR”, but they only arrested Anatoliy Yakubenko. The rest of his accomplices gave to leave. It was not interesting for them what happened to Anna and her husband. In this Cossack gang there were many, who were in prisons. I just made sure that this was not a prison, but a concentration camp. I cannot understand the concepts that say that to torture a woman is honorable – Sergienko complained. The woman also said that in May the Cossacks were disarmed, but after their removal the orders in Donetsk had not changed. “Now at the market “Sokil” something unclear is happening - though the Cossacks were took off, but people continue to be abducted and intimidations also continue” – Anna confessed . According to Anna words, in “DPR” she does not see her future and she does not believe the separatist government that does not want to punish looters and bandits.
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EUROLEADER 2014 RUSSIA NEAR THE UKRAINIAN BORDER FORMED THE AIR FORCE AND AIR DEFENSE ARMY.
The Russian Army has modern aviation complexes and other equipment. The Ministry of Defense of Russian Federation announced the formation of units of the air force and air defense at the borders of Ukraine. This is stated in the press service of the Defense Ministry of Russian Federation. 6th Leningrad Red Banner Army of Air Force and Air Defence (Air Force and Air Defence) again has been formed in the West. The structure of the union includes formations and units of the 1st Air Force and Air Defense Command of Western military district, situated on the territory of 28 subjects of Russia in the Northwest and Central federal districts (Central federal district borders with Ukraine) . It is the units of fighter, bomber, military transport and army aviation, and also units of radio connection and anti-aircraft missile troops. The Army has modern aviation complex Su-34, Su-35C, Su-30cm, helicopters Ka-52, Mi-28N, Mi-35, Mi8MTV5, anti-aircraft missile systems S-300, S-400, “Pantsyr- C “, the other modern military equipment. This Army has the area of its responsibility - the airspace of the area of 2 million square meters. km, more than 3 thousand km of the state border.
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