Though the eastern Ukrainian ceasefire is by and large holding, some new skirmishes have broken out in and around the rebel capital city of Donetsk, testing a pause that has lasted for weeks with some of the deadliest incidents since the ceasefire began.
Ukraine reported nine of its soldiers killed and 27 wounded in clashes around the Donetsk airport, which they’ve continued to hold throughout the war. Donetsk locals also reported three civilians killed and five injured as the military shelled the city’s administrative and residential districts.
Most of the Ukrainian soldiers killed appear to have been from a single incident where a rebel tank destroyed a large armored personnel carrier around the outskirts of the airport, sparking a skirmish.
While Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has maintained that the worst of the eastern civil war is over, the military is still trying to push the narrative of a huge war with Russia, claiming two of their soldiers who were released by the rebels had actually secretly been held by the Russian military. Russia denied the claim.
All this is a part of a long term scenario.First Yatseniuk wait for new arms delivered by NATO countries.Poroshenko has already dismissed communist party and Party of regions.Ukraiina parlement do not represent anybody.In October there will for that reason new parlmeent elections where separatists regions do not take part,neither the party of regions neither communists.So will win a little committee from the party of war (Yatseniuk).So they will democratly decide to retake Donetsk region with the support of babushka Merkel and unsane Obama who will discover a new invasion of Russia. They do not care about the mass graves left by the Ukrainian army.Maybe they franckly believe that they do not exist.So the winter may be probably hot.
Why not say it as it is — there has not been anything like Parliament after the coup. Contrary to the uttely false story Obama has been stickig to — Yanukovic and his government did not flee, thus allowing the Rada to select new government — all legal. Truth — hours after the deal was signed by the three foreign ministers of Europe — Germany, France and Poland, with Yanukovic government, the Right Sector and Svoboda parties armed goons BROKE into the Rada (Parliament), and DETAINED those deputies that did not flee. Those that remained were BEATEN, all recorded on phone cameras, then ordered to sit in their place, and VOTE for the new Government. If they refused, their familied would be killed — or at least that is what the threat was. They then voted for WHATEVER the hunta wanted. Even with the detained deputies from The Party of Regions, and Communist Party — THEY NEVER HAD QUORUM. They literally put some of their party members to sit in — to make sure cameras did not show empty seat. THEN in August, the strongest Nazi/rebranded "right", Svoboda, EXITED the Government, that caused the Govenrment to be illegal. Since the already illegal Rada could not agree to new Government, Rada WAS DISMISED. However, ever since, both the fake Rada as well as the Government without mandate — still rule. And such bodies are passing laws, including accession to EU! To make it all fun — they are prohibiting Party of Regions and Communist Party — while still needing them in Rada. Being prohibited, these parties CANNOT run in the upcoming parliamentary elections, insuring that the larges party — Party of Regions that covers the entire Ukraine, cannot be on the ballot! So, with the exeption of the right wing/nazi parties, there is nobody there — except the newly founded party Poroshenko put together hastily before elections. So, we have Fatherland (nazi party of Yulia Timoshenko, and Yatsenyuk), that promised to "nuke" Russian population of Ukraine, then we have Svoboda, with Olegh Thyangibok — Mr. Right Hand Up Man on all pictures, except when he took photo with John McCain, then, of course, Right Sector, Trident, etc. etc. And to make it more fun — they even use TWO CONSTITUTIONS SIMULATENOUSLY — sort of, pick and choose parts.
It is all as illegal as it gets. It does not bother our neocon establishment. Now we know why they all have to grovel in front of the one and only power.
A criminal government — Can it make people moral?
So, I ask you, which must come first, an honest government or a moral society?
For an immoral society will always strive to enslave the uneducated laboring-class. For East Ukraine has an economy that is mostly manufacturing and mining, repetitious drudgery type employment resulting in laboring-class type communities with impoverished neighborhoods.
Comes now the greed driven society of Ukraine to think it most terrible for their laboring-class slaves to break free of their economical prison and by a deadly rebellion strive for an independent type Republic.
And if the rather stupid thugs that came to power did not promise to kill them all — Russians and Russian-mother tongue speakers, they would be still working in mines, factories or in fields. But the thugs became too excited with the power they got — and a chance to have their tiny Galicia expanded by a lots of ELBOW ROOM — that they made all sorts of plans. Yulia Timoshenko promised to "nuke them, nuke them all", while Svoboda and the Right Sector proposed more environmentallly friendly killing. All of their party offices were to be put to use by LOCAL COMMANDERS that were to start killing first educated population, middle class and anyone working in state or local govnments. It was proposed that the decisions will be all left to local commanders, and that the executions will not require approvals from any other auhtorities.
So, even stupid people who just worked in fields, mines and factories — and had not time to frolick on Maidan Square — figured out that it is fight — or flight.
There is no way Kiev will ever have these people trust any "Ukrainian" government that does not accept them even as human beings. We have further proof — soft executions. Poroshenko announced that he will by 2016 have replaced over 75% of civil service on all levels of government. Obviously — Russians and Orthodox Ukraininians need not apply — and they will be practically non -citezens. That will hit all those in now Russian speaking parts of the country not just Donetsk and Lughansk. What will this mean for Odessa, Dnyepropetrovsk, Kharkov and other predominantly Russian speaking regions. Also, in Mariupol — where over 90% of population speaks Russian as their mother tongue — the Azov death squads are killing people — there will be a lots of mass graves there, should Russians ever free the place.
The Kyiv forces continue to shell Donetsk and the rebel forces continue to attack the Donetsk Airport. Video shows the Ukrainian forces holed-up in airport buildings and driving around the airport complex in armored carriers. The rebels are attacking with infantry, tanks and artillery. From the look of things, the defenders seem disorganized and liable to panic (wounded aren't being evacuated) The rebels will hold Donetsk longer than Kyiv will hold that airport.