In today's Daily Vertical, Brian Whitmore looks at the ramifications of Ukrainian National Security Sercretary Oleksandr Turchynov's announcement that Kyiv know the of Russian Army commander fighting on the separatists' side in eastern Ukraine:
Interesting figure cited by the Kremlin-funded RT network:
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk’s National Front party won’t participate in local elections on October 25 this year.
The decision was made by the party’s political council, he says.
“These elections are local, not national. Ukrainian people must elect new representatives to the local government,” said Yatsenyuk.
Some political scientists have already speculated as to why the National Front made this decision:
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg will visit Ukraine in September, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin announced today.
“NATO secretary-general’s visit next month will be really significant, watch for this visit,” Klimkin said.
In other news, Russian President Vladimir Putin will head Russia’s delegation to the 70th UN General Assembly, which will open on September 15 in New York.
Ukraine's ICTV channel shared a photo of a 74-year old man from the Ukrainian Volunteer Corps and told his story:
“In his spare time, he pickles cabbage. He says that if you do everything right, then a three-liter jar can hold five cabbages. The next day Tykhon will put on a bulletproof vest, get into a car along with the personnel and will head to Bilokamyanka to carry out an assault.”