Novorossia/ Ukraine update 6\19\2015..Putin says Ukrainians, Russian One People, One Ethnic Group

Putin: Ukrainians, Russian One People, One Ethnic Group

Putin: We Cannot Evade the Ukraine Question

What do Russians really think about the Ukrainians?

Russia pledges to keep food embargo if Western sanctions stay

Obama is afraid of return of the USSR

Ukraine conflict can become as dangerous as Cuban missile crisis

US Senate approves defense policy bill that calls for arming Ukraine forces

Six Ukrainian Regions are demanding federalization

Kirby: New attacks Marinka, Shirokino, Mariupol?

Militants would be convenient to grab Marinka, as a strategic asset

‘American Pindosia, hands off Novorossiya!’ picketing USA consulate

Ukrainian Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) – the Euromaidan way

Life in Donetsk (#34) – We thought OSCE will be here

http://en.voicesevas.ru/news/yugo-vostok/5961-the-war-in-novorossia-online-06182015-chronicle.html

LPR held extensive tank exercises

Battalions “Azov” and “Donbass” tried to storm the settlement Shirokino.

Local residents told “Voice of Sevastopol” that Kievsky district (Donetsk) was shelled with artillery from the locality Vodyanoye at 21:20 of June 18.

It was reported to “Voice of Sevastopol” that AFU were shelling settlement Gorlovka with tanks from the direction of the settlement Shumy and mine Yuzhnaya at 21:05 of June 18.

As “Voice of Sevastopol” found out, Donetsk airport was fired with small arms from the settlement Peski at 21:15 of June 18.

Local residents told “Voice of Sevastopol” that AFU shelled Oktyabrsky (Donetsk) with heavy artillery from locality Opytnoye and settlement Peski at 20:55 of June 18.

As “Voice of Sevastopol” found out, there was a blast on the eastern outskirts of Lugansk in the evening of June 18.

Roundup of the day for June 17-18, 2015
1. The situation over the past day in the LPR and the DPR.
2. Regiment “Azov” will become riot police.
3. Battalion “Tornado”, including its commander, were detained for torture.
4. Ukraine will start the sixth wave of mobilization.
5. Two suspects in the murder of journalist and writer Oles Buzina detained in Kiev.
6. The murder of Boris Nemtsov was backed by Security Service of Ukraine and the United States.
7. Nalivaychenko dismissed as head of the SBU.

Humanitarian convoy from Russia arrived in Donetsk

http://en.voicesevas.ru/news/analytics/5967-all-roads-lead-to-rome-could-italy-resolve-the-ukraine-crisis.html

The meeting followed a visit by Renzi to the White House, where he held talks with US President Barack Obama which resulted in what observers describe as a shift in Italy’s foreign policy.

Obama and Renzi held talks in the Oval Office on April 17 over Italy’s position on western sanctions on Russia linked to the crisis in Ukraine.

Renzi is understood to have said Italy would not break with the western line on sanctions against Russia, but at the same time intended to pursue a deeper relationship with Moscow.

According to La Stampa newspaper, the foundations for Italy’s thaw with Russia were first laid out during Renzi’s March 5 talks with Putin in Moscow, more than a month before the White House meeting.

Warming of Relationships

Renzi’s trip to Moscow marked the first official visit by a western leader to Russia since the Crimea referendum and suggested that Italy’s foreign policy was going to stray from its European allies. Renzi and Putin spoke for more than three hours, signifying how strongly the two leaders sought to build their personal relationship.

Last week, Putin visited Rome where he and Renzi discussed the issue of anti-Russian sanctions imposed by the West during their talks. According to the Russian president, Italian companies lost over $1 billion due to sanctions. Russia and Italy also called for the full implementation of the Minsk agreements on Ukrainian reconciliation, and affirmed their commitment to a peaceful solution to the conflict.

Putin then went on to meet the Pope who presented the Russian president with a medal depicting an angel of peace and solidarity during the meeting, while the Russian president gifted the pontiff a panel depicting an image of Christ.