Monday, 28 July 2014

Amerika Syarikat MELEPASKAN Imej Satelit 'MEMBUKTIKAN' Rusia menembak ke UKRAINE . . .



SrikandiTV Jabatan Negara Amerika Syarikat telah mengeluarkan imej satelit melalui e-mel yang mengatakan ia bertindak sebagai "bukti" bahawa Rusia menembak roket tentera Ukraine di seberang sempadan. Imej-imej yang diberikan di Twitter oleh Duta Amerika Syarikat ke Ukraine, Geoffrey Pyatt.

4 muka surat dokumen melalui e-mel yang bertajuk 'Bukti serangan Rusia ke Ukraine,' mengandungi 4 imej satelit, semua temu janji di antara 21 Julai dan Julai 25/26.

Imej monokrom yang diambil oleh satelit awam dikatakan menunjukkan tembakan dari pelancar roket berganda "di sebelah sempadan Rusia" & "serangan meriam di Ukraine."

Slaid telah disediakan oleh Pejabat Pengarah Perisikan Kebangsaan Amerika Syarikat (DNI), dan datang dibekalkan dengan penerangan yang singkat. Oleh itu, slaid pada Julai 25/26 menunjukkan apa yang pegawai-pegawai Amerika Syarikat mendakwa diri mereka sebagai "rankaian parut di tapak pelancaran roket berganda di sebelah Rusia sempadan berorientasikan ke arah unit tentera Ukraine di Ukraine."

Slaid diambil pada 23 Julai yang dikatakan menunjukkan sendiri digerakkan meriam "berorientasikan ke arah satu unit tentera Ukraine di Ukraine." Ia berkata, "corak kesan kawah berhampiran unit tentera Ukraine menunjukkan serangan dari meriam" dile-paskan dari meriam sendiri-'propelled' atau ditunda, naib beberapa pelancar roket "hanya terdapat dalam unit tentera Rusia, di sebelah sempadan Rusia."

US releases Satellite IMAGES 'proving' RUSSIA 
is firing into UKRAINE . . .

The US State Department has released satellite images via email which it says act as “evidence” that Russia is firing rockets at Ukrainian troops across the border. The images were posted on Twitter by the US ambassador to Ukraine, Geoffrey Pyatt.

The four-page emailed document, titled 'Evidence of Russian Shelling into Ukraine,' contains four satellite images, all dating between July 21 and July 25/26.

Monochrome images taken by civilian satellites are said to be indicating fire from multiple rocket launchers “on the Russian side of the border” and “artillery strikes within Ukraine.”

The slides were prepared by the US Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), and came supplied with a short description. Thus, a slide dated July 25/26 shows what US officials claim to be “ground scarring at a multiple rocket launch site on the Russian side of the border oriented in the direction of Ukrainian military units within Ukraine.”

The slide taken on July 23 is said to show self-propelled artillery “oriented in the direction of a Ukrainian military unit within Ukraine.” It said that “the pattern of crater impacts near the Ukrainian military unit indicates strikes from artillery” fired from self-propelled or towed artillery, vice multiple rocket launchers “only found in Russian military units, on the Russian side of the border.”

Multiple Rocket Launcher Strikes within Ukraine (25/26 July)

Courtesy of US State Department

Courtesy of US State Department

Diambil pada 21 Julai, imej yang terakhir dikatakan menggambarkan "kawasan luas kesan berhampiran tentera Ukraine" yang "menunjukkan tembakan dari pelancar roket berganda-ganda."

"Kesan bawah kawah sisipan menunjukkan kesan dalam sebuah kampung tempatan," dituntut DNI.

Taken on July 21, the last image is said to be illustrating a “wide area of impacts near the Ukrainian military” that “indicates fire from multiple rocket launchers.”

“The bottom impact crater inset shows impacts within a local village,” DNI claimed.

Courtesy of US State Department

Jabatan Negara Amerika Syarikat tidak membuat sebarang kenyataan rasmi - untuk akhbar atau di laman webnya - dikaitkan dgn pembebasan e-mel, tetapi mengarahkan pengikutnya di Twitter untuk microblog Pyatt, di mana dia naik "imej bukti baru."

Pyatt lakukan kongsi imej di akaun Twitter beliau, tetapi tidak termasuk apa-apa maklumat tambahan.

Washington berkata, maklumat lanjut boleh didapati di laman web kedutaannya di Ukraine. Walau bagaimanapun, pada masa penerbitan, tiada kemas kini boleh didapati di laman web kedutaan atau di blog Pyatt ini pada halaman yang sama.

Paul Craig Roberts, kolumnis dan ketua Institut Ekonomi Politik, memberitahu RT bahawa dia meragui kredibiliti gambar-gambar yang dikeluarkan oleh Jabatan Negara.

"Saya boleh menyatakan dengan keyakinan yang lengkap maklumat yang penting ini tidak akan dilepaskan dengan cara ini," kata Roberts. "Jika ini dikeluarkan oleh Jabatan Negara, yang meragu-ragukan saya, ia begitu tidak profesional; ia bermakna bahawa Jabatan Negara yang cuba untuk menyebarkan propaganda mengenai Rusia pada media sosial.

Sekarang cara yang jenis maklumat akan dibebaskan pada sidang akhbar dengan tahap yang tinggi pegawai kerajaan menangani ketua biro organisasi berita utama."

Beliau menambah bahawa pakar-pakar akan menerangkan maksud gambar-gambar dan kesahihannya.

"Kerajaan Amerika Syarikat telah terdesak untuk menghasilkan maklumat untuk menyokong tuntutan. Ia tidak akan mengeluarkan maklumat dengan cara ini, "kata beliau sambil menambah bahawa sesiapa sahaja boleh menyebarkan maklumat di media sosial.

Rusia telah berulang kali mengkritik Amerika Syarikat kerana tuduhan yang dibuat oleh Jabatan Negara tanpa apa-apa keterangan yang mampan. Washington secara langsung menyalahkan Moscow untuk membina tentera dekat dengan sempadan, dan juga untuk "tembakan senjata berat Rusia dari sebelah sempadan Rusia pada anggota tentera Ukraine."

Pada hari Ahad, bagaimanapun, Kementerian Pertahanan Rusia berkata pemeriksa antarabangsa yang telah datang untuk memeriksa keadaan tentera Moscow sepanjang sempadan Ukraine telah mendapati tiada pelanggaran.

"Ianya telah datang kepada perhatian kami bahawa dakwaan baru oleh pegawai-pegawai Amerika Syarikat atas untuk mengumpul yang dikatakan tentera Rusia di sempadan Ukraine telah menyuarakan," sambungnya.

Antarabangsa. pasukan mencari 'tiada pelanggaran' oleh Russia di sepanjang sempadan Ukraine Intl. teams find ‘no violations’ by Russia along Ukrainian border

Kementerian itu menyenaraikan solek antarabangsa yang pemeriksaan, termasuk wakil-wakil dari Amerika Syarikat, dan juga NATO dan Ukraine.

"Tiada kes pelanggaran oleh Rusia di sempadan Ukraine yang telah didaftarkan oleh pemeriksa," kata kementerian itu. "Tindakan yg kerap oleh Ukraine tpt pengambilan tentera di sempadan Rusia tlh menghalang keupayaan kita sendiri untuk melakukan pemeriksaan dan flybys sama di sepanjang sempadan kita," kata kementerian itu.

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The US State Department made no official statement – to the press or on its website – linked to the email release, but directed its followers on Twitter to Pyatt's microblog, where he uploaded “new images of evidence.”

Pyatt did share images on his Twitter account, but did not include any additional information.

Washington also said that more details would be available on the website of its embassy in Ukraine. However, at the moment of publication, there were no updates to be found on the embassy's site or on Pyatt's blog on the same page.

Paul Craig Roberts, columnist and head of the Institute for Political Economy, told RT that he doubts the credibility of the photographs released by the State Department.

“I can state with complete confidence that information this important would not be released in this way,” Roberts said. “If this was released by the State Department, which I doubt, it is so unprofessional; it would mean that the State Department is trying to spread propaganda about Russia on social media.

Now the way this type of information would be released would be at a press conference with a high level of government officials addressing the bureau chiefs of the major news organizations.”

He added that experts would explain the meaning of the photographs and their validity.

“The US government has been desperate to produce information to back up its claims. It would not release information in this way,” he said, adding that anyone can spread information on social media.

Russia has been repeatedly criticizing the US for accusations made by the State Department without any sustainable evidence. Washington directly blamed Moscow for building up troops close to the border, as well as for the “firing of Russian heavy weapons from the Russian side of the border at Ukrainian military personnel.”

On Sunday, however, Russia’s Defense Ministry said that international inspectors who have been coming to check the state of Moscow's troops along the Ukrainian borders have found no violations.

“It has come to our attention that new allegations by top US officials as to the alleged amassing of Russian troops along the Ukrainian border have been voiced,” the ministry said.


The ministry listed the international makeup of those inspections, which include representatives from the US, as well as NATO and Ukraine.

“No instances of violations by Russia along the Ukrainian border had been registered by the inspectors,” the ministry said. “Frequent action by the Ukrainian military taking place on the Russian border has hindered our own ability to perform similar inspections and flybys along our border,” it continued.



Berpuluh-puluh, termasuk 2 KANAK-kanak, mati sebagaimana mortar Gorlovka tentera KIEV dalam E.Ukraine . . .



SrikandiTV Sekurang-kurangnya 13 orang awam dan berpuluh-puluh mungkin lebih telah terbunuh oleh empangan meriam berterusan, sebagai tentera kerajaan menutup di atas kedudukan militia di sekitar bandar Gorlovka di timur Ukraine.

Yang 1-tahun - terbunuh sebelah ibu bapanya - dan yang berumur 5 tahun adalah antara yang mati, menurut maklumat yang diterbitkan oleh pentadbiran serantau Donetsk. Beberapa wartawan tempatan atas alasan tlh melaporkan bahawa sebanyak 30 yang terbunuh, sebagai pertempuran berterusan.

DOZENS, Including 2 Children, die as Kiev troops Shell Gorlovka in E.UKRAINE . . .

At least 13 civilians and likely dozens more have been killed by continuing artillery barrages, as government troops close in on militia positions around the city of Gorlovka in eastern Ukraine.

A 1-year old - killed next to her parents - and a 5-year old are among the dead, according to information published by the Donetsk regional administration. Several local journalists on the ground have reported that as many as 30 have been killed, as fighting continues.


Tentera kerajaan mencapai pinggir bandar 250,000 orang lewat pada hari Khamis, dan telah ditolak militan kembali ke dalam kedudukan di dalam kawasan perumahan.

Daripada kira-kira 5:00 pagi Ahad, peluru meriam berat mula meletup bersama beberapa lebuh raya utama.

"Mereka mensasarkan ibu pejabat kami, tetapi tidak dijawab dan melanda kawasan perumahan sebaliknya," sumber militan tempatan memberitahu agensi berita RIA.

"Satu daripada mortar melanda tingkat atas sebuah pasar raya popular yang mem-punyai pelanggan di dalam. Satu lagi hit meletup di halaman di luar blok apartmen, dan satu lagi di sebelah sebuah hospital bersalin. 

Kita masih tdk tahu berapa ramai yg mati - ada ambulans di mana-mana, "penduduk tempatan Sergey, yg tidak mahu memberi nama keluarga beliau kerana takut tindakan balas, memberitahu RT.

Government troops reached the outskirts of the city of 250,000 people late on Thursday, and have pushed militants back into positions inside residential areas.

From about 5am Sunday morning, heavy artillery shells began to explode alongside several of the main highways.

"They were aiming for our headquarters, but missed and hit residential areas instead," a local militant source told RIA news agency.

“One of the mortars hit the top floor of a popular supermarket that had customers inside. Another hit exploded in a courtyard outside an apartment block, and another next to a maternity hospital. We still don’t know how many are dead – there are ambulances everywhere,” local resident Sergey, who did not want to give his surname for fear of reprisals, told RT.

"Rumah saya telah diranapkan, dan salah satu dalam-undang-undang saya mempunyai sekeping serpihan yang diserah simpan di kaki, manakala seorang lagi mempunyai kerosakan mata," kata Vera, satu lagi penduduk tempatan, melalui telefon.

Beratus-ratus buah rumah telah ditinggalkan tanpa elektrik dan air, selepas garis infrastruktur telah melanda, tetapi jalan-jalan di bandar telah menjadi terbiar sebagai orang awam merapatkan di flat mereka.

"Bekalan makanan semakin sukar didapati di Bandar ini. Dalam beberapa hari lepas, peniaga pasaran gelap seolah-olah ia telah muncul entah dari mana, "tulis blogger tem-patan Egor Voronov.

Sebuah gereja yang terletak berhampiran sebuah hospital di Gorlovka telah rosak semasa serangan itu, Gorlovka dan Gereja Ortodoks Rusia Slavyansk di Ukraine dila-porkan. Letupan itu merosakkan tingkap, pintu, dan menara loceng.

Para pegawai dari Donetsk Republik Rakyat diri mereka mengatakan kerajaan kuat menggunakan tetapi tidak tepat BM-21 Grad (Hail) peluru berpandu di kawasan padat dengan penduduk.

“My house has been reduced to rubble, and one of my in-laws has a piece of shrapnel lodged in his leg, while another has eye damage,” said Vera, another local resident, by phone.

Hundreds of houses have been left without electricity and water, after infrastructure lines were hit, but the streets of the city have become deserted as civilians cower in their flats.

“Food supplies are increasingly scarce in the city. In the past few days, black market traders seem to have appeared out of nowhere,” wrote local blogger Egor Voronov.

A church located near a hospital in Gorlovka was damaged during the shelling, Gorlovka and Slavyansk’s Russian Orthodox Church in Ukraine reported. The explosions damaged windows, doors, and bell towers.

Officials from the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic say the government is using powerful but imprecise BM-21 Grad (Hail) missiles in densely populated areas.

Askar Ukraine terletak berhampiran pelancar roket berganda "Grad" ditetapkan pada kedudukan berhampiran bandar timur Seversk pada 12 Julai 2014 (A Ukrainian serviceman rests near a multiple rocket launcher "Grad" set on the position near the eastern city of Seversk on July 12, 2014 (AFP Photo/Genya Savilov)

Tentera Ukraine juga menggunakan MRL yang lebih kuat - BM-27 Uragan (Hurricane) terhadap bandar2 di bawah kawalan ‘self-defense forces’. Perbezaan utama antara Grad dan kompleks Uragan adalah berkaliber mereka - 122 mm untuk Grad dan 220 mm untuk Uragan - yang mempunyai kesan yang benar-benar dahsyat kawasan sasaran yang terjejas.

The Ukrainian army is also using even more powerful MRLS - BM-27 Uragan (Hurricane) against the cities under control of self-defense forces. The major difference between Grad and Uragan complexes is their caliber - 122 mm for Grad and 220 mm for Uragan - which has a truly devastating effect of the affected target area.

Sekeping gambar yang menunjukkan pelancar roket berganda Ukraine "Grad" ditetapkan pada kedudukan berhampiran bandar timur Seversk (A picture shows a Ukrainian multiple rocket launcher "Grad" set on the position near the eastern city of Seversk (AFP Photo/Genya Savilov)

Anti-Pengganas Operasi Kiev (ATO) Ibu Pejabat telah membuat tuduhan balas, men-dakwa kuasa2 anti-kerajaan bertanggungjawab utk "tindakan keganasan berdarah."

"Penjenayah yg menembak sewenang-wenangnya kepada orang awam utk merekrut lebih banyak pejuang kepada perjuangan mereka, dan untuk menjatuhkan kerajaan Ukraine," kata pegawai di laman ATO Facebook.

Pegawai ATO terus mesej dengan mengatakan bahawa pertempuran sedang dija-lankan di kawasan-kawasan luar bandar di seluruh Gorlovka, dan mendakwa bahawa semua laluan melarikan diri dari bandar kini telah terputus.

Namun demikian, DPR komander Igor Girkin dan Igor Bezler nampaknya telah susut daripada bandar, menurut sumber-sumber dalam tentera Ukraine. Laporan itu datang walaupun tuntutan yg lebih awal oleh kerajaan bahawa serangan udara yg disasar-kan berjaya memusnahkan ibu pejabat sementara di bangunan kerajaan.

Pada hari Sabtu, Presiden Ukraine Petro Poroshenko berjanji bahawa tentera Ukraine - yang berada di bawah-lengkap & di bawah terlatih pada permulaan konflik - sekarang telah mencapai kapasiti pertempuran, dan berjanji bahawa "taktik baru" telah diterima pakai yang akan membolehkan "berskala besar kerugian awam "yang perlu dielakkan.

Walaupun data yang menyeluruh mengenai kecederaan semasa konflik telah keras untuk mendapatkan, yang IGCP kumpulan pemantauan berasaskan Rusia telah mem-buat kesimpulan atas dasar OSCE dikumpulkan dan data ATO bahawa lebih 1,100 Ukraine terbunuh dlm konflik itu sejak menjatuhkan Viktor Yanukovich pada Februari.

Kiev’s Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters have made a counter-accusation, claiming anti-government forces are responsible for the “bloody acts of terrorism.”

“The criminals are firing indiscriminately upon civilians to recruit more fighters to their cause, and to discredit the Ukrainian government,” officials said on the ATO Facebook page.

ATO officials continued the message by saying that clashes are ongoing in the rural areas around Gorlovka, and claimed that all escape routes from the city have now been cut off.

Nonetheless, DPR field commanders Igor Girkin and Igor Bezler appear to have slipped out of the city, according to sources in the Ukrainian army. The report comes despite an earlier claim by the government that a targeted airstrike succeeded in destroying their temporary headquarters in a government building.

On Saturday, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko promised that the Ukrainian army – which had been under-equipped and under-trained at the start of the conflict – has now reached battle capacity, and promised that “new tactics” have been adopted that will allow “large-scale civilian losses” to be avoided.

While comprehensive data on casualties during the conflict has been hard to obtain, the Russia-based IGCP monitoring group has concluded on the basis of collated OSCE and ATO data that over 1,100 Ukrainians have died in the conflict since the toppling of Viktor Yanukovich in February.


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