Life in occupied Luhansk region: Sandwiches instead of wages (Photo)

The economy in occupied Donbas is seeing new lows.

The occupying authorities in the so-called "Luhansk People's Republic" ("LPR") have decided to give out sandwiches instead of wages to employees of enterprises due to the lack of cash. "The economy in the occupied areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions (ORDLO) has hit rock bottom! A third millennium meme is a sandwich instead of a wage! This photo shows an extract from the instructions, but people on the other side of reality confirm it is actually the case," speaker for the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine Oleh Slobodyan wrote on Facebook and attached the copy of the document dated February 7, 2018. "For the period of a delay in December wages, Acting Director Igor Berezhnoy should arrange catering of personnel and distribute sandwiches at canteens," Director of JV Rovenkyantratsit, a Rovenky-based coal mine, Vladimir Shatokhin said in the instructions.

Two Donbas militants from Russia blown up by their own mine

On Sunday, near the Ukrainian armed forces positions in the Svitlodarska arc area in Donbas, two militants, citizens of Russia, were blown up by their own mine-blasting fences. This is reported by the press center of Ukrainian headquarters with reference to intelligence information.
According to the Ukrainian military, both deceased are related to the so-called. "7th separate motorized brigade" of militants.

"Both militants turned out to be citizens of the Russian Federation, one of them was Vladimir Lyubimov, a resident of the Krasnodar, born in 1988. The second one, Mikhaylov Sergey, born in 1972, a resident of the city of Astrakhan. Second militant received mine-explosive wounds," a statementsaid.
The headquarters does not rule out that media of militants will try to accuse the Armed Forces of violating the ceasefire, attributing the death and injury of members of the groups to the Ukrainian military.
"Another fact of the Russian presence in Donbas was discovered, and information about the militants' belonging to the regular troops of the Russian Federation is being found out," the Donbas conflict headquarters reported

Source:112.international

Russia continues its full-blown support of its proxy forces in eastern Ukraine

Press secretary of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry Dmytro Hutsuliak has said Donbas militants have crossed into Russia to receive more motor and armored vehicles. According to the press secretary, "Russia continues its full-blown support of the occupation forces".

"It is established that on Feb 18-19, 2017, militants from the separate motorized rifle regiments of the so-called '1st Army Corps' of the Russian occupation forces were sent to the Russian town of Kamensk-Shakhtinsky of Rostov region to get motor and armored vehicles," he told a Tuesday briefing, referring to the information of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, an UNIAN correspondent reports.

LNR militants approve billl allowing to detain people for 60 days

The self-proclaimed administration of 'Luhansk People's Republic' passed the law that allows the local police to detain people for 60 days. This may occur if the particular individual is a suspect in a 'crime against LNR's state security.' The respective amendment was submitted to the bill about the martial law.

'A person may be put in preventive detention for up 30 days - in case he/she undergoes respective checks for involvement in a crime, which threatens the Republic's security. The term may be extended up to 60 days', the amendment says.  

'LNR' (LPR) is a breakaway non-recognized state in eastern Ukraine's Luhansk region. It appeared in April 2014, after the forceful seizure of power by local separatists. Intensive military actions between them and Ukrainian government troops have been going on ever since.

Source:https://112.international

Ukrainian medicines not available in Russian-occupied Luhansk

Medicines bought in Ukrainian-controlled territory are much more effective and cheaper.  

Ukrainian-made medicines have disappeared in pharmacies of the Russian-occupied city of Luhansk. "If earlier, as they say, it was necessary to know where and when it was possible to buy them, now nearly none of them is available," local residents told the Ukrainian news outlet LIGA.net.

A local citizen who introduced herself as Maryna said she asked her relatives to buy Ukrainian medicines in the Ukrainian-controlled village of Stanytsia Luhanska, which is located 12 kilometers from the city. "Stanytsia saves us. The relatives buy at least [pills] for the flu and cold for my child. The price and quality are not comparable, Ukrainian ones are much more effective and cheaper [if bought in Ukrainian-controlled territory]," Maryna explained. Residents of the Russian-occupied city of Donetsk claim one can still find some Ukrainian-made medicines in the city, but they are much more expensive than others and are sold at a double price or even higher.

"Citramonum-Darnitsa [a painkiller produced by Kyiv's Darnitsa pharmaceutical plant] is available, for sure. But even this medicine is overpriced. A lot of Russian and Bulgarian [medications are available]," a resident of Donetsk, Iryna, said.