Interpreter Staff

On UAF Day, No Casualties on the Front Line; Saakashvili Supporters Clash with Police; 14 Police, 2 Protesters Injured

December 6, 2017
Spotlight
The Bell
Ukraine At War
Police break up a protest camp early in the morning of December 6, 2017 in Kiev, of supporters of former Odessa governor Mikheil Saakashvili. Screen grab from video by Reuters/1+1

Ukraine Day 1387: LIVE UPDATES BELOW. Supporters of former Odessa governor Mikheil Saakashvili clashed with police; 14 officers and 2 protesters were injured.

Yesterday’s coverage of the Ukraine conflict can be found here.

An Invasion By Any Other Name: The Kremlin’s Dirty War in Ukraine

 

On UAF Day, No Casualties on the Front Line; Saakashvili Supporters Clash with Police; 14 Police, 2 Protesters Injured
2017-12-07 08:47:10

Ukrainian soldier. Photo via Liga.net

Today is Ukrainian Armed Forces Day. No casualties were reported. Liga.net has a photo essay of some of its best pictures.

The Ukrainian government is paying bonuses to all those serving in the ATO — those on the first line, 5,000 hryvnia (US $184); those on the second line, 3,000 hryvnia (US $110). President Petro Poroshenko also signed a law to provide housing for soldier and their families and measures have been taken to improve rehabilitation facilities.
In its evening dispatch, the ATO reported that there were 11 cease-fire violations.
On the Lugansk line, there was one attack with a 120-mm mortars on the approaches to Novoluganskoye.
On the Maritime line, militants used infantry weapons and 120-mm mortar-launchers near Shirokino and also a tank.
Mortars were also fired on Starognatovka and Vodyanoye. Grenade-launchers were fired on Gnutovo and an armed BMP attacked Bogdanovka.
On the Donetsk line, Avdeyevka was attacked with light infantry weapons.
The Ukrainian Military has claimed that the Russia-backed forces used white phosphorus munitions near the village of Novoselovka (Novoselivka) which are banned under the Minsk agreement.

Set as default press image
2017-12-07 08:46:12

In Kiev today, police clashed with supporters of former Odessa governor Mikheil Saakashvili. At least 14 policemen and 2 demonstrators were injured.
The Prosecutor General issued a warning for Saakashvili to turn himself in, but he has ignored it.

Larisa Sarhan, a spokeswoman for the prosecutor-general, said on December 6 that Saakashvili now faced three criminal charges — attempting to commit a crime, involvement in premeditated criminal activity by a group of persons, and providing assistance to a criminal organization and concealing their criminal activities.

— Catherine A. Fitzpatrick