So another day of the Luhansk business. Poroshenko last night held a 'war cabinet' to discuss the ongoing events (see http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/463778.html). I suppose they had to be seen to chat about it. It seems the basics of the issue is an argument between the so call 'Prime Minister' Igor Plotnitsky and the so called 'Interior Minister', Igor Kornet, who Plotnitsky fired on Monday (see http://en.lug-info.com/news/one/lpr-...r-kornet-18602). Both of course are Moscow puppets but they work for different people; Plotnitsky being a political figurehead - he signed Minsk 2 - works for Moscow's political guy who deals with the proxies - Surkov (who recently met Kurt Volker in Belgrade for instance). Kornet who is charged with internal security must be approved and get his orders from the FSB. There is a rumour of "someone close to Surkov" saying that Moscow had taken Kornet's side in his dispute with Plotnitsky sometime last night. Power was restored but the local TV stayed down over night.
So the movement of troops came mostly from Donetsk - I believe some have photo's of already identified 'DPR' vehicles in Luhansk, some went from the Debaltseve area and others came in from Muscovy. Today these unidentified troops cleared out the so called 'Prosecutors Office' in Luhansk and allegedly arrested the 'Prosecutor'.
Kornet has apparently said he is still 'Minister of the Interior' and then another guy (who it was said had been arrested), the new appointee mentioned on Monday Vladimir Cherkov claims to be the so called 'Minister of the Interior' - supposedly at a press conference.
The 'DNR' seems to be trying to take over 'LPR' and some say Zakharchenko (the boss of the Donetsk mob) has been asked to take over the 'LNR'. Confused yet? Perhaps that is the real point? Seems unclear who is winning or what the point is but perhaps time will tell.
In the meantime Ukrainian forces have liberated several villages in the Svitlodarsk 'bulge' and the Muscovites are all screaming "unfair!".
So the movement of troops came mostly from Donetsk - I believe some have photo's of already identified 'DPR' vehicles in Luhansk, some went from the Debaltseve area and others came in from Muscovy. Today these unidentified troops cleared out the so called 'Prosecutors Office' in Luhansk and allegedly arrested the 'Prosecutor'.
Kornet has apparently said he is still 'Minister of the Interior' and then another guy (who it was said had been arrested), the new appointee mentioned on Monday Vladimir Cherkov claims to be the so called 'Minister of the Interior' - supposedly at a press conference.
The 'DNR' seems to be trying to take over 'LPR' and some say Zakharchenko (the boss of the Donetsk mob) has been asked to take over the 'LNR'. Confused yet? Perhaps that is the real point? Seems unclear who is winning or what the point is but perhaps time will tell.
In the meantime Ukrainian forces have liberated several villages in the Svitlodarsk 'bulge' and the Muscovites are all screaming "unfair!".
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