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May 2nd synopsis on the events in Ukraine:
- Slvayansk managed to survive this day with relaitevely minor losses, Ukrainian military and para-military didn't enter the center of the city, has lost 4 helicopters and 3 APCs near it, no data about losses in personnel. Just gives you an idea how good organization of self-defence save lifes.
- The example of bad organization is a city of Odessa, struggle of one side with another claimed over 40 burned or choked to death by a fire set by pro-Maidan activists. Nemirovsky, the head of Odessa province, was very fast to legitmize these murders. Police did almost nothing.
- Events in Kramatorsk, the town near Slavyansk, totaled dozens of dead bodies, mostly unarmed locals, who were trying to stop Ukrainian military on its way to Slavyansk. Pretty sure those who opened fire weren't from Ukrainian military, could bet anything this was recently formed Natioanl Guard, i.e. militarized Right Sector.
- US and EU are giving carte-blanche to junta in Kiev for further actions. While Russian authorities are most probably thinking about intervention as one of possible outcomes of the situation, needless to say that it won't ease exisitng tensions with the US and most likely accusations of an agressions will follow. Ukrainian news aside from few lines in the morning news were silent on the events in Slavyansk. I have feeling that this is the whole idea of current junta actions, to provoke military actions.