Ukrainian media digest 20 August 2014

According to interior minister deputy Zoryan Shkiryak, the police have established the identities of some 3,000 terrorists from DPR and LPR organisations, UNIAN news agency reports. He says, “presumably 1,800 terrorists belonging to the gangs of Morhovy, Bolotov and Kozytsyn have been identified with the help of sweep operations.”
www.unian.net

The head of Odessa regional administration Igor Palitsa has sent a letter to Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Vitaliy Yarema about MP Sergey Kivalov’s involvement in separatists’ activity. “In the article mentioned above after extremely freely interpretation of historic facts, the author makes conclusions which could foment hostility between Ukrainians, who live in western and eastern regions. These calls could be qualified as elements of the crime, mentioned in part 2, article 110 of Ukraine’s Criminal Code,” Palitsa points out.
www.unian.net

New checkpoint will be opened on the border of Crimea and Kherson region, Kherson regional state administration’s press office informs. The official ceremony will take place tomorrow, 21 August. Kherson’s governor Yuriy Odarchenko will take part in the ceremony. It is unclear where the new checkpoint will be. It is likely, it’ll be organized in Kalanchak small town region.
context.crimea.ua

Ukraine’s president Petro Poroshenko dismissed Yuriy Odarchenko the head of Kherson regional state administration. As KHERSON online resource states, the Cabinet of Ministers has already decided who will be new appointee – MP from UDAR fraction in the parliament Andrey Putilov.
www.unian.net

Dnipropetrovsk region will produce drones for the army, deputy head of the regional administration Pavel Khazan writes on his Facebook. Militarists have already received 4 robot-like air drones, nearly 10 planes are planning to be delivered in the nearest future. It’s become possible due to the mutual project of manufacturing enterprise and Country’s Defense Found.
www.unian.net

In the interview Donets governor Sergey Taruta told about dangers of social revolts and creation if his own political project for the upcoming local elections. He also told about whether he is ready to become “a daddy” for Donbass.
lb.ua

Coordination council of Ivano-Frankivsk region has written the second appeal to hold a meeting with the head of the regional administration Andrey Trotsenko. Council’s representatives want to discuss several questions including the work of former representatives of the Party of Regions. There is still no reaction from the governor.
pravda.if.ua

The city council of occupied Simferopol has forbidden Kardashlyk to hold a meeting devoted to the European day of remembrance for victims of Stalinism and Nazism due to hot weather, the head of Mejlis office Dilyaver Akiev informs.
news.allcrimea.net

Mayor of Zaporozhzhya Aleksandr Sin has met Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Groysman. They discussed the program of preparing housing and utilities infrastructures for the autumn-winder working period, when gas limits could be reduced. The program has been developed by city authorities.
www.vv.com.ua

Terrorists have seized local tax office building in Rovenky, Luhansk region. Militants have been gathering their people. There are more armed people on streets.
chaspik.pp.ua

Terrorists used Grad rocket launcher system in Khartsyzsk, Donets region, in the direction of Ilovaysk and Zugres.
www.unian.net