Situationen i Ukraina just nu, del 3

The situation at the front is critical. I realize that I am breaking rank with the numerous clarions and heroes far behind the front lines who have been pacifying the nation. Words like “heroism” and “stabilization of the front” are reassuring, as are stories about thousands of dead enemy soldiers and their burned-out tanks. By contrast, this wake-up call might seem very harsh.

It is time that we very bravely and very directly faced the truth. Arrayed against us is an extremely powerful and violent enemy, one that has prepared a very long time for this aggression. We must admit to ourselves, to our shame, that we once called this enemy our friend and our strategic partner. We have proven ourselves unprepared for the resistance that is needed. Even the fact of being in a state of “ceasefire” for the past four month has not meant that we have prepared ourselves adequately in the reinforcement of our own defenses.

http://euromaidanpress.com/2015/01/29/appeal-of-commander-andrew-beletskiy-the-situation-at-the-front-is-critical/

The Russian railway monopoly Russian Railways (RZD) will build a 140-km (87-mile) electrified two-track section in southern Russia bypassing the Ukrainian territory, the RZD press office said on Thursday.

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The project is estimated at 55 billion rubles ($820 million).

1/2 Donbas battalion says #Ukraine lost control over Vuhlehrisk. Separatist artillery now able to hit all along main road to #Debaltseve.

2/2 Explains why we saw grad craters along road 15km N of #Debaltseve. If pro #Russia forces can focus fire there, big problem for #Ukraine.

https://twitter.com/MaxRTucker/status/561172477133725697

https://twitter.com/MaxRTucker/status/561171712918953985

About 250 protestors captured the building of the City Council in the city of Krivoy Rog in the Dnepropetrovsk Region and require establishing order in the city, Irina Turovskaya, the organizer of the action and a social activist reported about it on her page in Facebook.

The protestors rushed into the building of the city council and captured the session hall. About 150 more people are staying outdoors at the entrance door to the City Council. The protestors demand a meeting with Yury Vilkul, Mayor of the city, Korrespondent news web site reports.

Donetsk city hall says five people were killed early on Friday afternoon as they were waiting for humanitarian aid outside a community centre. Two people were killed when a mortar shell landed near a bus stop. Five other people were reported to have died on Friday in sporadic artillery fire in the west of Donetsk.