UKRAINE – Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2015-#161 :: Tuesday Afternoon 18 August 2015
Johnson’s Russia List :: JRL 2015-#161
Tuesday Afternoon – 18 August 2015
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Ukraine
1. Interfax-Ukraine: UN: 6,800 killed, 17,100 wounded since beginning of conflict in Donbas.
2. Kyiv Post editorial: Crying bear.
3. Bloomberg: Ukraine Says Separatist Attacks Ease for First Time in Week.
4. TASS: Ukrainian forces fire more than 7,000 shells and mines at DPR territory – DPR.
5. TASS: 11,000 DPR civilians live on disengagement line under fire.
6. Vice News: Jack Losh, Ukraine’s Mystery Battle: Hunting for Truths Across an Elastic Border.
7. Interfax: Putin: ‘Crimeans voted for reunion with Russia. Done. Full stop’
8. AFP: Putin slams ‘external control’ over Ukraine on Crimea visit.
9. Interfax: Putin visits Crimea, says Ukraine’s future is “together with Russia”
10. TASS: Putin calls for cautious approach to ethnic issue in Crimea.
11. Kremlin.ru: Meeting with representatives of Crimean ethnic groups’ public associations.
12. Sputnik: Kiev Furious Over Ukrainians Going to Crimea for Holidays
13. http://readrussia.com: Mark Adomanis, Who’s Going to Foot the Bill for Ukraine?
14. Harper’s Magazine: Andrew Cockburn, Undelivered Goods. How $1.8 billion in aid to Ukraine was funneled to the outposts of the international finance galaxy.
15. New York Times: Artifacts from Crimean Museums Are Held Hostage by Politics.
16. Interfax-Ukraine: Sixth mobilization stage in Ukraine 60% complete – General Staff’s Pravdyvets.
17. Ukraine Today: Ukraine faces possibility of further waves of conscription with only half of 25,000 target reached.
18. Fort Russ: Why the upcoming UAF offensive will fail.
19. Paul Goble: Ukrainians Will Need a Generation to Overcome Trauma from Russian War, Émigré Psychotherapist Says.
20. Ukraine Today: Goons harass Odesa Gay Pride forum activists.
21. Kyiv Post: Western-educated Ukrainians seeking to transform government from key posts.
22. Interfax-Ukraine: Poroshenko Bloc sees no alternative to PM Yatseniuk.
23. Kyiv Post: Samuel Ramini, Yanukovych trial won’t bolster confidence in justice system.
24. Wall Street Journal editorial: Putin Escalates Again in Ukraine.
