5 - 12 January 2016

MAIN Russia delivered gas to freezing Genichesk in Kherson region Jan 5, 2016 Russian gas started flowing from the territory of the Crimea to the Genichsk district in the Kherson region of Ukraine in response to a request for help from the local authorities who had addressed the Russian President Vladimir Putin. German media: Ukraine - the worst is still ahead Jan 6, 2016 “Ukraine: the worst is still ahead” - quite a discouraging title of an article published today in “Frankfurter Allgemeine” adds a new taste to the discussion on what is currently going on in the country which, according to the official web-site of the President of Ukraine, Mr. Poroshenko, “returned to the path of democracy” after the Revolution of Dignity.   Kirill wishes Ukrainians reconciliation while Filaret begs for ‘victory over aggressor’ Jan 7, 2016 It was announced by Ukrainian philosopher Sergey Datsyuk. The Head of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill referred to the military conflict in Ukraine in his Christmas message, mentioning that among the combatants on both sides of the front line there are believers of the Moscow Patriarchate. War crimes fact finding mission: Top French delegation arriving to Donetsk Jan 11, 2016 Top political lawyers from France are arriving in delegation to the Donetsk People's Republic on Monday to make an official visit to gather first hand information and documents about Ukrainian war crimes committed in Donbass.   Ukraine and ‘death squads’: look into monsters’ eyes Jan 10, 2016 If Ukraine has turned into the country of ‘death squads’ and continues to be the one, then extremely unnerving conclusions are waiting for us drawing on the Latin American experience. DEFENCE No truce for Donbass people on Christmas - DONi photo report from Donetsk Airport region Jan 7, 2016 Russian world is celebrating Christmas on 7.1.2016. DONi Press Center gathered a group of international journalists to observe the situation in the outskirts of Donetsk, particulary in the region of the Donetsk Airport, Spartak and Oktyabrsk. Ukraine fired on the crosswalk to Lugansk Village Jan 11, 2016 The Kiev forces fired on from a machine gun the crosswalk to the Lugansk Village. It was reported by colonel Igor Yashchenko, the Acting Chief of Staff of the LPR People’s Militia Corps.   Kiev and OSCE refute the Ukrainian media statements about attacks by LPR Jan 5, 2016 Representatives of the Kiev authorities and the OSCE SMM refute statements by the Ukrainian media about the shootings on the part of the LPR People’s Militia. It was announced by colonel Igor Yaschenko, the Acting Chief of Staff of the LPR People’s Militia Corps. Kiev threatens to begin occupation of DPR and LPR Jan 6, 2016 Ukraine will resort to special-operations forces for carrying out not large-scale raids on occupation of localities in Donbass. It was claimed on the air by the former commander of the battalion "Donbass", the People's Deputy Semyon Semenchenko.   AFU defiantly provoked the LPR soldiers in the area of Zolotoye Jan 10, 2016 On January 9 the Kiev military defiantly provoked the LPR soldiers in the area of the locality Zolotoye. It was reported by colonel Igor Yaschenko, the Acting Chief of Staff of the LPR People’s Militia Corps. Donbass Life On Alley of angels Donetsk honoured memory of children fallen victims to Kiev’s aggression Jan 7, 2016 The ceremony commemorating the children who got killed as a result of Kiev’s military aggression in Donbass took place on the Alley of angels in the Donetsk Lenin Komsomol Park. 16 local newspapers and two republican periodicals created in DPR over past year Jan 6, 2016 The Acting Minister of Information of the DPR Elena Nikitina summed up the results of the department’s activity in the sphere of development and realization of the state information policy in the Republic.   Kramatorsk, epidemic, horrible statistic of deaths Jan 10, 2016 In Donbass there is spreading panic, the information space is quickly filled with alarming reports of large-scale flu epidemic.   DPR is not to stop supplying coal to the territory controlled by Kiev Jan 5, 2016 A representative of the DPR authorities explained irregular coal supplies to the territory controlled by Kiev by delayed payment for coal from the Ukrainian side and added that the deliveries would continue.   9,3 thousand children born in DPR in 2015 Jan 11, 2016 More than 9 thousand children were born in the Donetsk People's Republic over the last year – the DPR’s Minister of Justice Elena Radomskaya. Other About 200 Canadian soldiers sent to Ukraine - rotation of troops training Ukrainian forces Jan 11, 2016 About 200 Canadian military trainers will be deployed to Ukraine to conduct UNIFIER operation aimed at training Ukrainian soldiers and officers, Canadian Defense Ministry said in a statement Monday. Rovno demands the abolition of blue, red and white Jan 9, 2016 Attentive patriots from Rovno have found out another “treason”. It turns out that markets of the regional centre sell Christmas tree garlands with Russian symbols. Well, what to call Russian symbols? The package for the Christmas decorations is made in the colours of the tricolor of the Russian Federation, reports the local news agency “Rovno Informational”.   Ukraine to face unemployment and reduction of social benefits once having lost Russian market Jan 6, 2016 The embargo of the Russian Federation on import of the Ukrainian agricultural products, raw materials and food threatens Ukraine with suspension of production and the whole series of negative social and economic consequences. Such opinion was voiced today by the Acting Chief of Research Centre of Donetsk University of Economics and Trade, the Doctor of Economics Natalya Voziyanova. Monitoring: Ukrainian TV reinforces barriers and hatred while covering the conflict in Donbass Jan 10, 2016 In the talk shows of the central Ukrainian TV channels there sounds a hate speech; in the centre of their attention there are inter-regional, inter-ethnic and inter-religious barriers, not the ways of overcoming them. These are the results of the monitoring of the conflict-sensitive coverage of social groups’ problems relevant to the conflict in eastern Ukraine in the Ukrainian TV media. The monitoring was carried out by the "Telekritika" as a part of the OSCE project funded by the British Embassy in Ukraine.   Ukraine has exceeded the dangerous level of public debt 3.5 times Jan 5, 2016 Ukraine’s public debt is 3.5 times higher than the level which is considered dangerous. It was announced by Anna German, the former MP of the Verkhovnaya Rada.