Vitaliy Portnikov
Chechen and Georgian blood is no different from Ukrainian blood – it is also red.
Kyiv is claiming that the state borders with the Russian Federation have been fully closed. To hear this statement, it took three months of Russian aggression, annexation of Ukrainian territories, import of saboteurs and heavy weaponry. But Ukrainian citizens have to blame themselves for this, and not just the government. Continue reading
Andriy Parubiy
Russia continues to supply arms and militants to Eastern Ukraine, but Ukrainian forces are closing off the border, said the Secretary of the National Security Council Andriy Parubiy at a press briefing, June 16, reports Ukrainska Pravda.
“In reality, the Russian military invasion is continuing, and we are dealing with Russian invaders. The Russian army is arming the militants and deploying them in great numbers to the East of our country,” he said. Continue reading
Lviv – The Western border of Ukraine is being protected, the Eastern one, however, requires defence. However, according to experts, Ukrainian border service workers are unable to protect the borders by themselves. One of the reasons is the lack of organisation of action of ATO forces and the border workers. This was stated during a video conference between Lviv and Donetsk experts at the local press club.
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Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine regarding another provocation by the Russian side at the Ukrainian-Russian border, May 24, 2014
On May 24, around 4:00, the Ukrainian Border Guard Service at the Dubrovka checkpoint in the Donetsk Oblast recorded another illegal border crossing from the Russian Federation by 5 trucks and 2 passenger cars with armed men. There is every reason to believe that, like the previous breaches at the border with Russia, this provocation occurred with the direct assistance and connivance of the Russian border guards.
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