CIVIC SECTOR OF

GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT

2020

EuroMaidan Newsletter # 343

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- denies calling for new elections in Belarus shares EU position on elections in Belarus mercenaries to . Delegations of Ukraine, UK, Baltic States to PACE condemn election violations, violence in Belarus, President's Office denies statement by Belarusian

August 11 warn Russia against interference. administration saying that Kyiv calls for new election in country. Belarusian police detain and beat teenagers, injure 5-year-old. Iran’s ambassador to Ukraine has said that

343. compensation for the Ukrainian plane which was Ukraine generally shares EU position on elections # downed mistakenly near Tehran in January 2020 in Belarus – MFA. will be based on international regulations. UWC condemns violence against protesters in StopFakeNews with Marko Suprun (No. 293). Belarus. Fake: Terrorists arrested in Crimea. Russian From falsifications to Russia’s role: Nine questions constitutional changes make Crimea forever and answers about the protests in Belarus. Russian. Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry acknowledges Belarus to start missile troops, exercise that Crimeans are forever lost to Ukraine. near Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant on Lithuanian Pro-Kremlin disinformation and elections in

NEWSLETTER border on Monday. Belarus.

Belarus initiates ‘mass riot’ criminal charges Kremlin watch briefing: Russia’s pillars of against detained Ukrainian rights activists. disinformation and propaganda.

Belarus hands over 32 of 33 Russian Wagner Bestiarium Kremlinensis S – Z.

Left: Flowers stronger than guns as “Ladies in White” protests spread throughout Belarus Centre: Chilling testimonies of police brutality, humiliation & “re-education” amid vicious crackdown on Belarusian protesters. Right: Lukashenko regime’s savagery may be backfiring in Belarus

Protests in Belarus: is there anything Ukraine can do? Russian hybrid intervention into Belarus is likely imminent The gathering autumn clouds. Perceptions of Why are protesters in Belarus using the white-red- weakness drive the Kremlin’s hybrid aggression white flag? against America and Ukraine to new heights. An introduction to the White-Red-White flag of Ben Hodges: "If Kremlin will move, there would Belarus, and the Belarusian politics of memory. be massive cyberattacks against Ukraine ". Warning: Russian hybrid intervention into Belarus Kuleba: Russia diplomatically wishes well to is likely imminent. Belarusians, but we understand that Belarus, Soviet-era repression, deportation & famine wiped weakened and rejected by West, will be easy prey out a third of Ukraine’s population. for Kremlin. Protests in Belarus: is there anything Ukraine can 1 do?

Ukraine conducts drills near Crimea

, 2020 , Russian-led forces arranging positions near

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- moves to Grodno. Donbas truce: Russian-led forces arranging positions near Mariupol. Belarusian IL-76MD military transport plane made

several suspicious flights between Russia and Zelenskyy appoints gerontocrats to negotiate with Belarus on August 12. Russia in Minsk. FlightRadar service shows a special flight of the

343. August 11 Ukraine conducts drills near Crimea. Russian Aerospace Forces landing in Belarus. # Russia’s fake ‘Ukrainian fascist’ returns to Ukraine to fight against ‘fratricidal’ .

'LPR' sniper surrenders to Ukrainian military.

Kremlin deploying Russian Guard troops to

NEWSLETTER Belarus border – media (Photo, video).

Belarus’ 103rd Vitebsk Separate Airborne Brigade

Left: Happy Birthday to National Guardsman & defender of Ukraine, Vitaliy Markiv! Right: Elderly Ukrainian imprisoned by Russian invaders of Crimea for ‘treason against Russia’.

Right:

Court in Russia refuses to hear Tatar defense witnesses Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry condemns illegal military exercises in Crimea

confirming Crimean Tatar political prisoners’ Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry condemns illegal innocence. military exercises in occupied Crimea. Russian court revokes detention of Crimean Tatar

Invented narrative of Russian propaganda in civic journalist, but refuses to release him. Crimea: "Humanitarian crisis" with freshwater. . Court in Russia refuses to hear defense witnesses

Ukraine’s new anti-corruption bodies lock horns with state

, 2020 , Three-year forecast of Ukraine’s economic, social development released

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Week's balance: Cabinet announces reform at Ukraine recalls ambassador from Belarus. Ukroboronprom, economy ministry releases macroeconomic outlook, while hryvnia beefs up. Over 64% believe should be only national in country – poll.

Ukraine’s GDP decreased by 11.4% in Q2 2020 – State Statistics Service. Ukrainian justice based on false police reports:

343. August 11

# From Maidan to former Kremlin political prisoner. Ukraine’s new anti-corruption bodies lock horns

with deep state over rotten court. Investigative project's car set ablaze in Kyiv (Photo). Yulia Kuzmenko released from detention as ‘proof’ of involvement in Sheremet murder increasingly in question.

NEWSLETTER Three-year forecast of Ukraine’s economic and

social development released.

Reforming and revitalizing Ukraine’s national railway company, Ukrzaliznytsia.

Left: Rally under way in Kyiv to show solidarity with Belarus. Video of flag over Kyiv Right: Ukrainian banner on balloons launched over Russia-

annexed Crimea.

Green light for the privatization of Ukraine’s monopolies Ukrainian startup gets behavioral patterns from online users

Luxoft, and Ciklum show staff reductions. Green light for the privatization of the Ukraine’s State monopolies of gas, mail service and railways. Ukrainian startup gets behavioral patterns from online users. Three tech companies with offices in Ukraine among the TOP 5,000 best U.S. businesses Embracer Group acquires Ukrainian studio 4A according to Inc. Games, a developer of Metro games, for $36 million. Top 50 IT companies in Ukraine. SoftServe,

Left: A Mercury found , 2020 , in Odesa region

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- Right: Ukrainian ballet dancer turned legend with Black Crow.

343. August 11

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Italian revolutionary found his inspiration in Odesa Meet a crop of musical artists championing their mother tongue

The Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi ‘Ukrainian language? Hell yes!’ Meet a crop of NEWSLETTER found his inspiration in Odesa. musical artists championing their mother tongue. Jean-Claude Van Damme is in Kyiv to shoot his newest film for Netflix – ‘The Last Mercenary’.

Left: National Museum of Chornobyl

Right: Bouquet Kyiv stage: the return of the arts festival

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