Heroic Ukrainian female officer taken hostage by the terrorists “blew up” social media.

Social media users are calling to rescue Ukrainian officer Nadiya Savchenko, who has been taken hostage by Donbas terrorists.

For this all those impartial are being asked to post the photograph of the aviator, who has already been dubbed “G.I. Jane,” or publicly demonstrate support. “All you have to do is post her photo with the hashtag #SaveOurGirl on social networks or publicly show your support,” Twitter users write.

Earlier, a video has been shared on the web in which the hostage is being questioned by terrorists. Despite the accusatory tone of the questions and her essential helplessness, the pilot is holding up with dignity.

Nadiya survived Iraq and is a merited professional in the Ukrainian army with over 10 years’ experience. During the questioning it was discovered that the woman had been captured during an attempt to rescue wounded Ukrainian soldiers: “I was going after our wounded. Two of our armoured carriers were shot in the village of Metalist and I came for the wounded.”

Nadiya Savchenko has no illusions as to the intentions of the criminals. When a bandit (as is concluded from the context – of Russian nationality) asked her the question: “If you are freed, will you return here with weapons?”, she answered: “I will not be freed, I will be killed. You Russian government will kill me on accusations that they ascribe.”

We remind you that Putin’s propaganda, in its usual manner, called Nadiya – senior lieutenant, navigator-operator of a Ukrainian Armed Forces helicopter, “a sniper involved in the murder of Russian journalists.”

The group “InfoResist” shared a video report of Military TV of Ukraine about the hero dated back in 2011.

Source: Channel 5

Translated by Mariya Shcherbinina

Multiple Russian military units cross Ukrainian border

A column  of 7 Russian KAMAZ trucks is moving towards Slovyansk, announced Volodymyr Chepovyy, press spokesman for the National Security and Defense Council, at a press briefing on June 20, reports Ukrainska Pravda.

“ATO (antiterrorist) forces are responding to the movement of the column of unmarked Russian KAMAZ trucks with trailers on the Snizhne-Yampil-Slovyansk road in the Donetsk Oblast, said Chepovyy.

Ukrainian Film Director Under Threat of 20 Years Imprisonment in Russian Federation

Oleh Sentsov, the Ukrainian film director who is being accused of preparing a terrorist attack in Crimea, might face 20 years imprisonment in Russia, as his lawyer Dmytro Dinze informed, who also noted that official charges have been brought against Sentsov only on June 11, Deutsche Welle reports.

“It is already possible to consider twenty years of imprisonment under the Russian anti-terrorism law,” Dinze says. Before being granted access to the documents of Sentsov’s case, the attorney had to sign a confidentiality statement. 

The meaning behind Poroshenko’s “Peace Plan”

President Petro Poroshenko

By Taras Klochko, Espreso TV, June 18, 2014

All the peace-loving statements voiced by President Petro Poroshenko have image-making as their primary goal. It is highly unlikely that the president seriously expects to implement his peace plan.

From the first days of his presidency, Poroshenko has constantly stressed the need for a peaceful settlement through negotiations of the situation in the East. Already in his inaugural speech, Poroshenko presented the “presidential peace plan” whose essence is quite simple: a ceasefire, amnesty for terrorists who have not committed serious crimes, and negotiations, but certainly not with terrorists like Girkin or Bolotov, but with “influential people in the East” who are ready to establish order.

Ukraine’s Foreign Minister becomes YouTube sensation

Andriy Deshchytsia

After Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andriy Deshchytsia performed the famous hit of football fans about Russia’s President Putin, his video on YouTube has attracted more than a million viewers, reports Ukrainska Pravda, June 16.

The video, filmed by Hromadske TV, appeared on YouTube the day it was filmed, June 14. To date, it has attracted more than a million viewers, and the number keeps growing.

Donbas civilians forced to join terrorist militias

Photo: dt.ua

In the village of Dmytrivka, in the Shakhtarsky district, 50 men have been mobilized by terrorist militias under threat of execution, reports Espreso TV, June 15, citing Censor.

“I’m a resident of Donbas, namely from the Shakhtarsky district, village of Dmytrivka. On June 14, in the evening around 17:00, ‘our brothers,’ namely Chechens, started going through our village and forcibly taking into their army men aged 16 to 65. Anyone who refused was threatened with being shot. Women gathered together and protested, but they ignored it, to put it mildly, and said that all the men joined voluntarily,” Tetyana, wife of one the “mobilized” men in Dmytrivka told the news source Podrobnosti, Espreso reports.

Journalist warns embassy violence serves Russia’s interests

Vitaliy Portnikov

Journalist Vitaliy Portnikov is calling for an examination of events that took place near the Russian Embassy in Kyiv on Saturday, June 14, in a statement posted on his Facebook page, reports Espreso TV.

“Anybody who feels hidden malevolent satisfaction with what is happening near the Russian embassy in Kyiv should consider who is benefitting from the fact that the main news item on TV channels worldwide will be coverage of that event, and not the tragedy of the Ukrainian plane in Luhansk and the evidence of the Russian origin of the weapons discovered in the southeast. Let him think of the fate of our compatriots, the diplomats of Ukraine who are working in Moscow and other cities of Russia. And let him understand that this is precisely the goal — to present Ukraine as a country of “scumbags” where only Russia can restore order and which only the Kremlin can protect from the righteous anger of the Russian people.”

Poroshenko reminds French President of EU sanctions against Russia

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko

The President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko had a phone conversation with the President of France François Hollande, Saturday, June 14, reports the press service of Ukraine’s president.

Hollande expressed his condolences in connection with the tragic events and the loss of Ukrainian military. Poroshenko, in turn, said this was a tragic moment for him and for all the people of Ukraine.

President declares day of mourning for Ukraine’s military

The President of Ukraine has expressed his deep condolences to the families of the fallen Ukrainian soldiers and border guards who died on June 14 while conducting anti-terrorist operations.

“On Sunday I declare a day of mourning for our military. This is a great loss not only for the families of the fallen but for the entire country. Ukraine is grieving, but we will resolutely continue the struggle for peace,” Poroshenko said.

“All those involved in the cynical terrorist attack of this magnitude will be punished without fail. Ukraine needs peace. However, the terrorists will receive a proper response,” he said.

The President is convening a meeting of the National Security and Defense. He has instructed the Cabinet to provide assistance to the families of the deceased.

Source: http://www.president.gov.ua/news/30514.html

Ukraine accuses Russia of blatant violation of border agreements

Statement by the Information Policy Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine on the violation of the state border with the Russian Federation,
June 11, 2014

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine strongly condemns the blatant violations by the Russian Federation of the state border regime, which are continuing despite all the legitimate demands of the international community and the Ukrainian government.

The border guard service of the FSB (Federal Security Service) and other responsible authorities of the Russian Federation are continuing to enable the illegal transfers of armed organized groups and militants to Ukrainian territory.