{"id":55741,"date":"2016-06-20T22:28:48","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T22:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uacrisis.org\/?p=44357"},"modified":"2016-08-01T16:11:22","modified_gmt":"2016-08-01T13:11:22","slug":"44357-wochenubersicht-vom-14-bis-20-juni-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/44357-wochenubersicht-vom-14-bis-20-juni-2016","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Ukrainian media digest, June 14 – June 20, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Situation in ATO zone<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The situation in the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Zone remains tense. Combined Russian and militant troops continue attacks upon the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. A total of 291 attacks were registered over the past week. Seven Ukrainian servicemen were killed in action over the last week and 28 more were wounded in action.<\/p>\n

The most tense situation remains in the Donetsk and Mariupol sectors. In the Mariupol sector, heaviest fighting was observed at strong points near Krasnohorivka, where combined Russian and militant troops were firing from 82-mm mortars, 120-mm mortars, tanks and 152-mm artillery systems. In the Donetsk sector, on June 18, the adversary was firing upon the Ukrainian units stationed in the area of Zaitseve, Novhorodske and Avdiivka using various types of weapons. Ukrainian positions were also being shelled with 122-mm self-propelled artillery systems near Nevelske. (Detailed report in English on the situation in the combat zone over the last day<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Number of attacks, including the ones with the use of heavy weapons, in the combat zone in Donbas\u00a0increased over the past week, stated OSCE<\/a>\u00a0Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine Principal Deputy Chief Monitor Alexander Hug.<\/p>\n

Liberation of hostages. Ukraine\u2019s representative to the humanitarian subgroup within the Trilateral contact group on settlement of the situation in Donbas and the President\u2019s envoy on peaceful settlement of the conflict in Donbas,\u00a0Iryna Gerashchenko<\/a>, sent an appeal to the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier calling for assistance in in order liberate Ukrainian hostages. She also noted, that over the last month not only the security, but also the humanitarian situation in Donbas deteriorated as militants blocked liberation of captives.<\/p>\n

According to Gerashchenko, a lawyer was granted access to a Ukrainian citizen, staff member of the\u00a0UN monitoring mission Yuriy Suprun who is being held captive<\/a>\u00a0by the self-proclaimed \u201cDPR\u201d militant group. Gerashchenko added that at the Trilateral Contact Group meeting in Minsk representatives of the occupied areas of Donbas claimed they \u201chave detained Suprun, he is suspected in \u2018war crimes\u2019 but failed to explain when they were allegedly committed as he used to work for international humanitarian organizations over the past two years.\u201d She also said Ukraine recalled to the representatives of the occupied areas of Donbas its readiness to exchange\u00a025 Ukrainian hostages in serious medical condition<\/a>\u00a0for 50 pro-Russian detainees.<\/p>\n

OSCE police mission<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The cost of the OSCE police mission in Donbas will be about USD one billion, saidYevhen Marchuk<\/a>, chair of the security subgroup within the Trilateral Contact Group. He emphasized that currently there is neither understanding nor agreement between the sides as to the\u00a0mission\u2019s status and functions<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Elections in Donbas<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Holding local elections in the territories that are currently controlled by self-proclaimed militant groups \u201cDPR\u201d and \u201cLPR\u201d is unlikely by the end of this year, said Denis Pushylin, representative of the self-proclaimed \u201cDPR\u201d militant group as\u00a0quoted by the Russian media<\/a>. \u201cLast week on Wednesday another meeting of the Contact Group and of the four working subgroups took place. Unfortunately, no progress has been achieved in the work of the political subgroup. There is our position and there is a Ukrainian position \u2013 they are absolutely opposite ones, we do not succeed in achieving a compromise. That\u2019s why the elections this year are not on the agenda,\u201d said Pushylin quoted by the Russian news agency TASS.<\/p>\n

Political statements. Defense ministers of\u00a0NATO<\/a>\u00a0member states approved the Comprehensive\u00a0Package of Assistance for Ukraine<\/a>, said Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary General following the meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Commission in Brussels. The Assistance Package is to include consultancy and practical aid in areas of command and control, logistics, cyber defense and rehabilitation of wounded soldiers. The aim is to \u201chelp Ukraine establish more effective and efficient defense and security structures, and to strengthen civilian control over them. We are also developing new projects, including in the areas of countering hybrid warfare and explosive devices,\u201d said NATO Secretary General. Final approval for the assistance package is expected at the NATO summit in Warsaw.<\/p>\n

Human rights: the case of Klykh and the situation in Crimea<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Alexei Salov, editor-in-chief of Argumenty Nedeli \u2013 Krym, the last reasonably independent media in the occupied Crimea was arrested on June 14. Journalists of KrymRealii say the editorial board of Argumenty Nedeli \u2013 Krym was forced to adopt the Russian jurisdiction, a number of propagandist materials have appeared on the web site. At the same time the outlet was actively covering human rights violations of Crimean Tatars and the process of banning their representation assembly Mejlis.Review<\/a>\u00a0by the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group.<\/p>\n

Additional criminal charges were brought against Ukrainian political prisoner\u00a0Stanislav Klykh<\/a>\u00a0sentenced to 20 years in Russia for alleged participation in the Chechen war alongside Ukraine\u2019s former PM Arseniy Yatsenyuk.\u00a0Klykh is now also accused<\/a>\u00a0of disrespect towards court. Ukrainian human rights defenders have emphasized several times deteriorating condition of Klykh(including psychological disorder resulting from torture). However, Russian expert assessments rejected these claims. (Statement by the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group<\/a>\u00a0in English).<\/p>\n

Human rights defenders report on merciless terror against Crimean Tatars on the occupied peninsula. Cases of abduction and people going missing continue in Crimea.Analysis by the Kharkiv Huma Rights Protection Group in English<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Opinion poll: Do Ukrainians wantvisa-free regime and EU membership?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation in cooperation with the sociological service of the Razumkov Center interviewed 2009 respondents older than 18 years of age in all regions of Ukraine save Crimea and the occupied parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions on November 14-22, 2015. The theme of the poll was the visa free regime with the EU. Overwhelming majority, namely 56,6 percent agreed that the visa-free regime is important for Ukraine, 33,7 percent of them consider it being \u201cgenerally important\u201d, 22,9 percent \u2013 extremely important, 19,3 percent \u2013 of little importance, 17,4 percent – not important at all and 6,6 percent are undecided.\u00a0Infographics<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A public opinion poll by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology conducted in May 2016 shows that Ukraine\u2019s population has a positive attitude towards the perspective of the country\u2019s EU membership. At the same time the idea of accession to the Customs Union is finding less supporters than before. According to the opinion poll if a referendum on whether Ukraine should join the European Union was held in May 2016, 49 percent of Ukrainians would vote for accession to the EU, 26 percent would vote against, and the remaining 24 percent are either undecided or would not vote. At the same time, the idea of Ukraine\u2019s accession to the Customs Union alongside Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan does not enjoy much support among the population of Ukraine: if respective referendum was held in May 2016, only 16 percent would vote for the accession, 57 percent would vote against, and the rest 27 percent are either undecided or would not participate in the referendum.\u00a0Polling results in English<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Economy: decrease of the state debt and ProZorro success \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Ukraine\u2019s Gross External State Debt decreased<\/a>\u00a0by USD 1,371 billion in the first quarter of 2016 compared to the fourth quarter of 2015 or by 1,2 percent reaching USD 117,358 billion.<\/p>\n

Thanks to the e-procurement system ProZorro UAH 217 million of public money was saved as of May 2016 in course of 16,4 thousand tenders conducted, reports\u00a0ProZorro on the web site<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Arts and culture<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Ukraine is part of this year\u2019s edition of the \u201cBiennale Architettura\u201d International Architecture Exhibition in Venice. Ukrainian project \u201cBeyond the Front\u201d is presented in the collateral events program by the Izolyatsia foundation. The project looks at urban life in areas of conflict by juxtaposing government-controlled Mariupol and occupied Donetsk.\u00a0Read on (in English).<\/a><\/p>\n

News in English<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Reportage<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Political prisoners Soloshenko and Afanasyev come back to Ukraine from Russia<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Ukraine Today<\/p>\n

Freed Ukrainian Political Prisoner: Sanctions Against Russia Must Continue to Free Others \u2013\u00a0statements of liberated Soloshenko and Afanasyev<\/a><\/p>\n

National Anti-corruption Bureau arrests 10 high-ranking officials involved in gas fraud<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Kyiv Post<\/p>\n

Kremlin deploys more tanks to eastern Ukraine<\/a>\u00a0– Ukraine Today<\/p>\n

Putin discusses Ukraine at Saint Petersburg Economic Forum<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Kyiv Post<\/p>\n

Ukraine submits papers to Russia for extradition of political prisoner Karpyuk<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Kyiv Post<\/p>\n

Top 10 latest triumphs of Ukraine<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Kyiv Post<\/p>\n

Foreigners in service with in Ukraine\u2019s army<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Ukraine Today<\/p>\n

Putin\u2019s territory in Finland<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Ukraine Today<\/p>\n

On the way to peace. How ATO veterans are looking for a job. Psychologists say that the Ukrainian combatants, one way or another, suffer from the self-proclaimed “ATO syndrome.” Therefore, after demobilization, it is difficult for the troops to come back to civilian life. For many ATO fighters, socialization means employment.\u00a0UNIAN<\/a>\u00a0report<\/p>\n

Pressure on the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the occupied Crimea intensifies \u2013Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group<\/a><\/p>\n

Interviews<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

After Marseille Europe can understand Russian hybrid methods used in Ukraine<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Ukraine Today interviews military expert Mykhailo Samus<\/p>\n

\u201cFrance has forgotten that it\u2019s Europe\u2019s indecisiveness during the Georgian war that led to Ukraine conflict\u201d<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 interview with Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister for European and Euroatlantic Integration<\/p>\n

Analytical materials<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Russian hooligans at Euro-2016: who are they?<\/a>\u00a0– analytical study by Hromadske International<\/p>\n

Why the visa-free regime of Georgia and Ukraine with the EU is being postponed?<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 analytical study by Hromadske International<\/p>\n

What is the new Ukrainian identity like?<\/a>\u00a0– analytical study by Hromadske International<\/p>\n

Why Ukrainians were exchanged for Ukrainians?<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Hromadske on the exchange of Afanasyev and Soloshenko<\/p>\n

Opinion<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

What Russian soccer hooligans tell us about Russia<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Alexei Bayer\u2019s column, Kyiv Post<\/p>\n

Portrait: new faces in office<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Human rights defender Valentyna Telyshenko known for Gongadze case takes up the post of Deputy Prosecutor General<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Kyiv Post<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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