Militiamen: Kiev was preparing attempted assassination of Bolotov for more than a week
Intelligence of Lugansk People's Republic knew about a possible attack.
Security officials of Kiev were preparing for liquidation of the Lugansk people governor Valery Bolotov for more than a week. Attempted assassination of commander of the South-East army was committed on May 13 at 11 am.
According to a source in the command of self-defense of Lugansk, the intelligence of Lugansk People's Republic revealed the plans of the militants several days ago.
- Two guards have been detailed to protect Bolotov, and he was moving through the region only in bulletproof vest - said the source.
Car, in which the LPR leader and his security guards were riding, was fired upon near the village of Izvarino, close to the border with Russia. Bulletproof vest saved Bolotov, bullet ricocheted off it and hit the shoulder. Condition of LPR leader is stable, there is no threat to life. He stays in one of the private clinics of Lugansk region.
According to the activists of the national militia, the Kiev authorities announced an one million dollars reward for Bolotov's head. But despite attempts to eliminate Lugansk people's governor, he intends to return to his duties. Self defense forces conduct their own investigation of attempted murder.
Source: http://lifenews.ru/news/133187
Slaviansk people's governor promised to shoot down helicopters with the UN symbols
Slaviansk people's governor, Vyacheslav Ponomaryov told about the results of armed clashes between the militias and the National Guard of Ukraine on the border of Kramatorsk and Slaviansk on the afternoon of May 13 and on the night of May 14.
- 8 Ukrainian soldiers were killed and 27 wounded in the afternoon armed clashes. Self defense forces destroyed two APCs - says Ponomaryov.
Leader of Slaviansk militia confirmed that self defense forces of the city used the tactic "the best defense is an attack".
- On the night of May 14, there were battles near the TV tower on the Karachun mountain. The last few days we are attacking the Ukrainian military. We are not going to stay in defense all the time. The task of militiamen is to open the enemy ring around the city and move to the western direction.
Commenting on the availability of UN helicopters under Kramatorsk, Ponomaryov said the militia will not make exceptions for them.
- We will shoot down helicopters with UN symbols in the same way as we were shooting down helicopters of Ukrainian armed forces. We have no arrangements with this organization. I warn all military pilots: airspace above Slaviansk is closed for you.
Militiamen scored four military helicopters that were shot down under Slaviansk and Kramatorsk.
In turn, representatives of the UN, having studied videotape of LifeNews, outraged by the fact that the Ukrainian Defense Ministry applied the helicopters with symbols of their organization. Responsible representative of the UN Secretary General, Eri Kaneko said the organization may revise relations with Kiev. According to him, Ukraine had no right to use helicopters with the UN symbols in Kramatorsk.
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On May 13th, LifeNews camera crew, risking their lives, appeared at the center of an armed conflict between militias and the National Guard. Carrying out their journalistic duties, reporters found the location of Ukrainian military equipment, particularly helicopters with the UN symbols.
Source: http://lifenews.ru/news/133198
DPR gave Kiev authorities 24 hours to withdraw troops from the Donetsk region
In case the Kiev authorities do not withdraw military equipment from the territory of self-declared republic, it will be destroyed.
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- If military equipment and army personnel will not be removed from Donetsk within a few hours, then all will be burned and destroyed, I already have spies and saboteurs. I'll not vouch for my actions - said substituent of DPR army chief, Sergey Strelyuk. - And I'll no longer care who's against us, young boys of 19 years old or mature professionals.
He also appealed to the mothers of conscripts, who are now serving in the Ukrainian army, asking to persuade their children to leave the territory of military units, otherwise they will be killed.
According Strelyuk, there'll be no negotiations will anybody, only the representatives of the people's power of several large cities will make an exception.
Previously, leadership of DPR stated that most law enforcement officers came to their side and no longer obey the Kiev authorities. Moreover, militias are increasing in the newly formed republic.
27,000 volunteers already enrolled there. Every day 200-300 people replenish their ranks. However, nobody simply gives them weapons. Basic military training is conducted with each volunteer.
Source: http://lifenews.ru/news/133231
LifeNews publishes photos of DPR Constitution
Key provisions of the document address the rights and freedoms of citizens, as well as the state system.
Constitution of Crimea is taken as the basis of the document. According to it, DPR proclaims itself a parliamentary republic. The President will not be elected. And major source of power is the people.
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The Supreme Council will serve as the legislative body. The deputies partitioned their votes for adoption of the Constitution of DPR, as the main document: 140 of them voted in favor, one was against and one abstained.
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Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Council will be the head of self-proclaimed state, also he shall be elected by Council deputies.
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On May 11, referendum on state independence took place in the Lugansk and Donetsk regions. The vast majority of the inhabitants of these regions voted for independence. Thus, in the Lugansk region, turnout was 75%, and 96.2% voted to secede from Ukraine. Relying on these results, Lugansk People's Republic proclaimed its independence.
As for the Donetsk region, 74.87% of local residents came to the polling stations, and 89.7% of the electorate voted for the act of state independence. According to voting results, Donetsk People's Republic proclaimed itself a sovereign state.
Source: http://lifenews.ru/news/133230
In Donetsk, the police took the side of militia
Protege of Kiev, oligarch Sergey Taruta has no longer any real levers of power.
Leadership of self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic states that most law enforcement officers took their side and no longer obey the Kiev authorities. Moreover, militias are increasing in the newly formed republic.
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- All our police are with the people, its employees wear the St. George ribbons. They do not obey the Ukrainian authorities - co-chairman of the Presidium of DPR, Miroslav Rudenko said.
According to him, the head of the Donetsk regional administration, Sergey Taruta which was appointed by Kiev, has no real power in the region.
- So far head of state was not elected in our republic, and post of head of regional administration no longer exists here. So this protege of Kiev can call himself governor all the time, but he no longer has real power - Rudenko said.
Source: http://lifenews.ru/news/133217
Ukraine set an ultimatum for the resumption of water supply to the Crimea
The authorities in Kiev demanded to pay the debt and return watering equipment, which was taken before.
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Ukrainian authorities put conditions for resuming the water supply to the Crimea. To begin, Kiev demanded repay the debt for already delivered water. The self-proclaimed authorities calculated that this sum makes 200 thousand dollars.
Also Kiev insists on returning of equipment that was used in the Crimean water management system. State Council of the Crimea, in its turn, emphasized that this equipment is of little value, and they are ready to part with it.
The Russian Defense Ministry announced the beginning of supply of artesian water to the peninsula. Specialists of the Western Military District completed the assembly of the pipeline section of 5 km length and started supplying fresh drinking water to Stariy Krym (Old Crimea) in the south-east of the peninsula. Thus about 2 thousand cubic meters of water will be supplied to Crimea every day.
Network of field pipelines stretching over 125 km and with a capacity of more than 9 thousand cubic meters per day will be built on the peninsula.
Up to 85% of the needs of the peninsula in fresh water were fulfilled through the North Crimean canal. On April 26, Kiev completely blocked its floodgates, but in the late afternoon the Ukrainian authorities nevertheless resumed limited water supply.
Source: http://lifenews.ru/news/133211
Odessa massacre victims died in seconds, not from smoke – emergency service chief
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People wait to be rescued on the second storey's ledge during a fire at the trade union building in Odessa May 2, 2014. (Reuters / Yevgeny Volokin)
Victims of the Odessa fire massacre died within seconds, but not from smoke or carbon monoxide suffocation, the head of Odessa's emergency service department, Vladimir Bodelan, said on his Facebook page.
Violent clashes erupted on May 2 between rival rallies of anti-government protesters and radicals supporting the coup-imposed authorities in Kiev. The confrontation led to a tragedy that left 42 people dead and over 200 injured as nationalists burnt the protester camp and then set fire to the Trade Unions House with anti-Kiev activists trapped inside. According to witnesses, many of those who managed to escape the flames were then strangled or beaten with bats by radicals.
"I'm sure that 99.9 percent of the people were killed in the Trade Unions House within seconds and did not suffocate from smoke...[or burn in the] fire. But there are forensic experts, we will wait for their findings," Bodelan said.
Bodelan was by the building when it was set on fire and said that even before the smoke spread inside, he saw people leaning outside windows trying to take a breath of fresh air.
“I cannot explain why they were having such trouble breathing, but I am 100 percent sure that it was not because of the smoke caused by the fire,” Bodelan said.
He added that there was a bang after the fire started inside the building, which apparently extinguished the blaze on the central staircase. “In that second, a few people jumped from the building...The majority of them were alive and they were even able to walk on their own two feet. But a couple dozen meters later, they lost consciousness and fell to the ground, with their tragic end known to all.”
He witnessed rescuers carrying more than 350 individuals out of the building while others who managed to jump out of the windows were heavily beaten by radicals – which led to many choosing to stay inside the building.
Bodelan said that several thousand individuals who were gathered outside the building prevented firefighters from getting close to the scene of the fire for quite some time.
"The worst thing in this situation was that fire brigades that arrived at the site on time could not begin putting out the fire because the attackers were shooting and resisting,” he said.
All of Bodelan’s attempts to increase police presence in the area went unanswered.
“I was forced to negotiate with activists, who looked to me as heads of fighter units, that we could work calmly,” he said.
Forty-two of those killed in the massacre have been identified by both local and social media. Up to 48 people are still considered missing, according to various sources. Over 60 people remain in hospitals, 26 of whom are in grave condition.
Residents of Odessa gathered last weekend for a memorial service to commemorate the victims of the May 2 bloodshed.
Source: http://rt.com/news/159028-odessa-victims-died-seconds/