The Right Sector made the head of the Chernovtsy Region to step down the office. Chernovtsy, 17.03.2014

Mikhail Romaniv, the recently appointed head of the Chernovtsy Region, resigned under the pressure of the local community.

The UNIAN correspondent repots that this morning activists of the Right Sector, People’s Self-Defence and the local community picketed the Regional State Administration where the new governor Romaniv was presented.

The protestors entered the building and did not allow the newly governor to enter his office. People demanded his resignation as his nomination was not adjusted with the community. Besides, Romaniv was criticized for his membership in the United Social Democratic Party of Ukraine and a passive position over the situation in the Maidan in Kiev. After a nearly one-hour argument Romaniv signed a letter of resignation. He did it after the protestors menaced with starting a starvation. As the UNIAN has already reported, Oleksandr Turchinov, the interim president of Ukraine and speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament, signed the act appointing Romaniv the head of the Chernovtsy Regional State Administration on March 15.

Source: http://www.unian.net/politics/897218-v-chernovtsah-novonaznachennyiy-predsedatel-oga-smog-porabotat-vsego-odin-den.html

 

1. Radical Maidan activists declare going underground. Kiev, 17.03.2014

The Euromaidan radical wing Spilna Sprava organization declares leaving the Maidan and starting preparation for a guerilla war against Russia, reports Interfax referring to the movement’s coordinator Oleksandr Daniluk.

He says that the Ukrainian military forces are too weak to fight properly against the Russia army and the only effective way to oppose Moscow is to launch a strong guerilla movement.

‘The organization must concentrate on preparation and coordination of actions of special subdivisions capable of performing military operations on the occupied territory,’ stressed Daniluk.

Source: http://www.polit.ru/news/2014/03/18/guerrilla/

 

1. The coordinator of the "Narodnaya Alternativa" organization Anton Davidchenko was arrested in Odessa. Odessa, 17.03.2014.

The arrest took place downtown, not far from the office of the organization. Security Service officers were involved in this operation; Davichenko's comrades attempted to intervene in the process. Detainee promoted the creation of the "Novorossia (new Russia) territory" (uniting of Odessa, Nikolaevskaya and Hersonskaya Onlasts).

Source: http://hubs.com.ua/news/v-odesse-zaderzhali-odnogo-iz-organizatorov-prorossiyskih-mitingov.html

1. A power clash happened in the Korostem City council of Zhitomirskaya Oblast. Korosten, Zhitomirskaya Oblast, 17.03.2014

A power clash between the local self-defense and unknown individuals dressed in camouflage with "Nobody but us" stripes happened in the building of the Korostem City council of Zhitomirskaya Oblast. three members of self-defense received injuries.

Source: http://mvs.gov.ua/mvs/control/main/uk/publish/article/1001472

1. Captured Russian trucks will be given to the National Guard. Chernigov, 18.03.2014

Tens of trucks of KamAZ daughter company in Ukraine captured by the ultra-right radicals in Chernigov, will be sent to form an auto park of the National Guard, said a source in the Ukrainian Parliament on Tuesday. "All of the confiscated equipment will be given to cover the needs of the National Guard. While all personal transport, including property of the companies and small business, none of the citizens and businessmen are not going to give up voluntarily

because the budget does not provide any compensation for confiscated property, and the companies and business are not willing to suffer significant loss".

Source in the Ukrainian Parliament informs that the "Right Sector" representatives often try to confiscate private cars from regular civilians. "For the past two days I have been getting complaints from people in Kiev and other cities where the "Right Sector" representatives try to confiscate off-road vehicles and trucks from the civilian population."

Source: http://www.vz.ru/news/2014/3/18/677760.html

 

1. Unidentified Individuals took over "Bogdan-Auto". Simferopol, 18.03.2014

"Bogdan-Auto" company in Simferopol, which is a part of the retail network "Bogdan", was taken over by the armed people who are keeping its employees hostage, reports corporation's press-service. According to the company's data, unknown armed individuals burst into the company around 12.00 and since then there is no communication with its employees. It is known that their cell phones were taken away from them. According to the preliminary information, there were at least 15 workers.

Source: http://interfax.com.ua/news/economic/196544.html

 

150. Oleksandr Panteleymonov, the chief manager of the First National Channel, was beaten in Kiev. Kiev, 18.032014

Members of Parliament from the Ukrainian Assosiation Svoboda forced Oleksandr Panteleymonov, the acting president of the National Television Company of Ukraine (NTCU), step back from office.

The representatives of the Svoboda arrived at the NTCU around 19.30. Ihor Miroshnychenko, an MP from the Svoboda, called the NTCU a ‘Moscow stooge’ and accused him of constant lie at the channel during the Maidan. The deputies forced Panteleymonov sit down at the table and hit him on the head. After that about 20 people pushed Panteleymonov into a off-roader and drew away in an unknown direction.

‘I encountered Oleksandr in lift after the incident. When the doors opened I saw him with a split lip, slashed forehead and a twisted jaw. What you saw in the video is just harmless cuffs on the nape and punches on the teeth. After beating in the office they beat him unmercifully near a fence in the street. And the more foul a rogue who took part in that was, the closer he strived through the crowd trying to at least pinch him. It is a real rustic meanness as it is,’ quotes the Komsomolskaya Pravda in Ukraine an eye-witness of Panteleymonov’s beating.

Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, condemns categorically the actions of the Svoboda MPs. ‘I am appalled by this outrageous action, which goes against all media freedom values and cannot be tolerated,’ Mijatović wrote in a letter to Oleksandr Turchinov, the acting President of Ukraine, reports OSCE press-service. Accoring to Mijatović, the OSCE is especially worried about the fact that ‘some attackers not only represent the legislative branch of power, but also are members of the freedom of speech and information committee of the Parliament.’ ‘I urge the government to strengthen journalists’ safety, especially during the current crisis in Ukraine,’ Mijatović said. She mentioned that it was not the first incident in Ukraine. On 17 March a group of individuals stormed the office of state television in the Chernigov region and forced its director to resign. She also called on the authorities ‘to launch swift and transparent investigations and bring all those responsible to justice’.

The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media called on the authorities to take steps to transform state television and radio into a true public service broadcaster, independent from political and business pressures.

Source: http://zn.ua/UKRAINE/deputaty-svobodovcy-siloy-zastavili-prezidenta-ntku-napisat-zayavlenie-ob-otstavke-141412_.html

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151. The Maidan guards prevent a UNIAN correspondent to go through Institutskaya Street.

The Maidan guards prevent a UNIAN correspondent to go to Khreshchatyk Street through Institutskaya Street. Several people demanded to examine his backpack. After the correspondent refused, they claimed that they would not allow him to go down the street to the Independence Square as ‘military law is introduced in Ukraine and everyone should observe precautions.’

Source: http://www.unian.net/society/898337-ohranniki-maydana-ne-propuskayut-korrespondenta-unian-cherez-institutskuyu.html

 

152. Unknown people threw Molotov cocktails into the building of the Russia’s Sberbank in Kiev. Kiev, 19.03.2014

In Kiev unknown people threw Molotov cocktails into the building of the Russia’s Sberbank in Esplanadnaya Street. 112.ua got this information from a source in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

‘About 5.30 a.m. a group of unknown men attacked a branch bank of the Russia’s Sberbank in Esplanadnaya Street. They threw several Molotov cocktails. The building got no damage, only metal structures were sooted,’ the source reports.

Source: http://112.ua/kriminal/v-kieve-neizvestnye-brosili-kokteyli-molotova-v-zdanie-sberbanka-rossii-36900.html