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GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF MILITARY COOPERATION AND PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS OF THE GENERAL STAFF OF THE ARMED FORCES OF UKRAINE

Briefing on the Situation in the South-East of Ukraine

(02 – 08.06.2016) 1

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Self-proclaimed leadership on the temporary occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions under the Kremlin “advising” was carrying out to block Ukrainian initiatives regarding peaceful conflict settlement, in particular the deployment of OSCE police mission. So-called “DNR leader” O.Zakharchenko stated that the presence of the armed missions on the republic territory is unacceptable and may lead to the repeating of “Yugoslav scenario”. “LNR” leadership also expressed the opinion against the deployment of any international armed formations.

In order to form the base for discrediting of above mentioned initiative Russia suggests involving troops federal service units of the national guard of Russia in “safety and order promotion on the East of Ukraine like OSCE armed police mission”. Preparation of the appropriate appeal to OSCE authority was announced by R.Khudiakov, the Committee member of RF State Duma on international affairs.

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Under the favorable conditions Putin’s regime makes preparation for the organization of “local elections” on the temporary occupied territories of the East of Ukraine.

In accordance with the decree of V.Surkov, RF President assistant, the group of Russian political strategists and curators of Donetsk terrorists leaders has been conducting preparatory measures on organization in “DNR” preliminary voting – so-called “primaries”.

The aim is the modeling of the full cycle of the election process for provision of necessary result in case of adoption by the Kremlin the decision on “local elections” conduct (one will check the voting stations activity, the provision of safety precautions etc).

Highlights in the occupied territories of UkraineHighlights in the occupied territories of Ukraine

The illegal authority on the territory of occupied Crimean peninsula continued repressions against Crimean Tatars population. Under the pretext of provision of “national security and fight with extremism” in the Crimea, one has intensified administrative police regime. N.Dzhelial, the first deputy chief of Mejlis, has informed about the performed searches in the houses of Crimean Tatars in Simferopol` and Alupka. 30 May, 2016, N.Poklonskaya, “Crimean Prosecutor”, stated about the intentions to conduct monitoring of broadcast channels on the territory of temporary occupied peninsula, first of all those which are broadcasted from the mainland of Ukraine. The populist policy of self-proclaimed authority in the Crimea causes the deterioration of social economical situation on the peninsula. Despite the remarks of the leaders of local authority bodies regarding the improvement of standard of living, it is observed further population poverty, especially social domain employees.

Relations inside the Eurasian Economic UnionRelations inside the Eurasian Economic Union

There were defined the definite failures of RF foreign policy regarding the “countries from CIS”. 31 May, 2016, it was conducted the meeting of Supreme Eurasian Economic Council in Astana (Kazakhstan). V.Putin was trying to convince all the present in the organization efficiency. Along with that, the attention of all the others participants was drawn mostly to the problems of economical cooperation of EEU countries-members in the terms of the decrease of the world prices on energy resources and the actions of mutual limitations regime in trade with the countries of the West and Russia. Special discontent with the maintenance of artificial barriers on the way of products and services promotion within the organization was expressed by the President of Belarus O.Lukashenko. Also it was stated that after EEU joining foreign trade volume of Belarus decreased by 20 bln US dollars (up to 45 bln US dollars) in comparison with the figures of 2012-2013.

CONCLUSIONS RESULTING FROM THE SITUATIONCONCLUSIONS RESULTING FROM THE SITUATIONWITHIN THE CONTEXT OF RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN CONFLICTWITHIN THE CONTEXT OF RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN CONFLICT

The key factor that determines military political situation around Ukraine are Russia’s attempts to return our country in the domain of its influence using different means, in particular the armed aggression. The tasks of Putin’s regime regarding Ukraine didn`t change and envisage the following: tension maintenance at the line of separation and situation destabilization in other regions with the aim of forcing Ukrainian leadership to follow Russian terms of conflict settlement; economical potential exhaustion of Ukraine and formation of other conditions for bringing into power prorussian forces in our country; discredit of Ukraine at international level and persuasion of western countries in the necessity of reviving a dialogue with Russia and economical sanctions regime abolishing.

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GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF MILITARY COOPERATION AND PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS OF THE GENERAL STAFF OF THE ARMED FORCES OF UKRAINE

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