You can use this file to share with your foreign friends, you can send this file to foregoing embassies, political parties, NGOs, activists with a request: they need to call their senator, member of parliament and request sanctions in Ukraine on corrupt regime! The report contains photos of victims - dead, killed, tortured.
2. FIVE PROTESTORS KILLED
Sergiy Nigoyan, Armenian, Dnipropetrovsk oblast, 20 yo, was
KILLED BY A SNIPER on Jan 22 - he got 4 gunshot wounds.
Sergiy was a strong patriot of Ukraine, knew Ukrainian poetry
and history. He came to Maidan (the place of protests in Kiev)
after he had seen on TV how peacefully protesting students
were brutally beaten up by the armed special-purpose police
(Berkut) in Kiev.
Yuriy Verbytsky, Ukrainian, together with a civic activist Igor
Lutsenko, were KIDNAPPED FROM HOSPITAL by regimebacked unidentified people. Both were severely beaten up in
snow, tortured and left in the forest to die. Igor survived, Yuriy
froze and was found dead in the forest. Yuriy was an alpinist,
seismologist, hold Phd in Math and Physics, loved dogs, lived in
Lviv, was a peaceful person.
Mihail Zhizdnevskyy, a Belarus, who left the dictator-run country
due to his political beliefs. He worked in Kiev and the
neighboring city. He was also GUNSHOT BY A SNIPER with a
wound into the heart, he died before being taken to the hospital.
Mihail was a brave and bright personality, who died for
democracy of Ukraine.
3. HUNDRERDS INJURED, DOZENS TAKEN BY
POLICE – BEATED AND HUMILIATED
Mihail, one of Ukraine's hero and a brave man, who stood for the liberty of the
whole nation. He was seized by Berkut (armed specialized police), beaten up,
totally undressed, humiliated into photos with policemen. More read here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/23/ukrainian-protestvideo_n_4653399.html
Kirill Buntov, 19yo, Ukrainian, Zhytomyr, was seized with Sergey Sikorsky, 30
yo, Ukrainian, Cherkassy, when they left barricades in Kiev. Both were
unarmed, not violent. They were kidnapped by regime-backed unidentified
people, taken to forest, brutally beaten up, humiliated, and left to die in snow
and frost. Both have repulsed muscles of heels, unable to walk. They crawled
from forest for help. Now Kirill is in comma. Police guards the hospital and
wants to take him to trial, once he regains consciousness, to sentence to
years in prison.
Vlad Cilitsky, 23 yo, Ukrainian, one of the best students of Kiev Polytechnic
Institute, an engineer-programmer of Samsung, was brutally beaten up by
Berkut (armed special purpose police). Vlad has brain concussion, can’t see
with one eye, other injuries. Doctors forbade him any kind of movement, but
the court trial still happened. Witnesses say that the judge arrived to the trial in
alcoholic condition.
Myhailo Nyskoguz, 17yo, student of Chernivtsi Economic College. Did not take
part in protests, but was taking pictures on his phone. When seen, he was
seized by Berkut (armed special purpose police), brutally beaten up by 40
Berkuts, humiliated, cut with knife, and was laughed at when showing gasps of
pain. The police took a person to court trial to be sentenced to 8-15 years for
mass protests.
4. Yukhym Dyshkant, a poet, Artur Kovalchuk, a graduate from Kyiv School of Economics, and
Dmytro Moskalec , a musician, were brutally beaten by regime-backed violent people in
Kiev. After Berkut (armed special police) took them to jail, and not directly to hospital! Two
are now jail for 60 days before the next court that will deliver a verdict in their cases, while
Artur is currently in hospital.
Tetyana Chornovol, a well-known journalist and civic activist, mother of
two children, was severely beaten up by a gang of unknown people,
which are believed to be linked to bloody regime. She was driving a car,
then was being hit by another car and forced to stop, taken from car
and beaten up almost to death. She was actively investigating the
corrupt ways of President Yanukovychand their assets. More here:
http://www.euronews.com/2013/12/25/anti-government-journalisttetyana-chornovol-beaten-up-in-ukraine/
5.
6. 5 WAYS YOU CAN HELP FROM ANYWHERE
1•
Call your Congressmen, Member of Parliament, Senator telling them to SUPPORT
FINANCIAL SANCITONS on the Ukrainian politicians... those who stand against
democracy.
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Call for putting pressure on Russia to stop its interference in Ukraine
2•
Ask your news provider to cover the events in Ukraine
3•
Spread information in social media!
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See kyivpost.com or leading Western publications for recent info on Ukraine.
Share our stories with your friends and co-workers.
4•
Organize a rally in support of EuroMaidan in your city
5•
Transfer funds to Euromaidan.
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Trusted account info at the end of this letter
To Universities/Think Tanks: Organize a discussion of events in Ukraine
To Western Media:
Provide more coverage of the events
7. WAYS TO DONATE
If you live abroad and want to support people on Maidan by donating money, we gathered information
on where money can be transferred. The information below is TRUSTED and has been checked by
the official representatives of Maidan:
1. maidanhelp.org
Beneficiary: Panchenko Irina, IBAN: UA173052990005168742300994138, Account no:
5168742300994138, Bank of Benefifiary: PRIVATBANK, SWIFT: PBANUA2X. Intermediary bank: JP
MORGAN CHASE BANK, SWIFT CHASUS33, Correspondent account 0011000080.
More here (in Ukrainian): http://www.maidanhelp.org/search/label/Фін.допомога
2. helpeuromaidan.org
USD PL68 2490 0005 0000 4000 4645 6288
EUR PL68 2490 0005 0000 4000 2307 4729
PLN
23 2490 0005 0000 4000 5359 7365
Bank: Alior Bank Spolka Akcyjna
SWIFT Code: ALBPPLPW
Receiver: ALLA FILIPPOVA
Billing address: ul. Majora 5/19, 31-422 Kraków, Poland
Please add note: "To charitable aid for peaceful protesters in Ukraine"
People responsible: https://www.facebook.com/DmitriyBayev
https://www.facebook.com/alla.filippova.
Contact Tel in Poland: Tel. +48-22-2578635.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Help-Euromaidan/765304816829345.
Website: http://helpeuromaidan.org/.
8. WAYS TO DONATE
3. You can transfer Bitcoin to the following
address: «1MvkidNwrEga5Q6XXeD8ksGrZ1WzMo4qbW».
QR-code: https://blockchain.info/address/1MvkidNwrEga5Q6XXeD8ksGrZ1WzMo4qbW.
4. You can transfer Litecoin to the following
address: «LTCXhrVXdVwgnpRz68D8mGFjiGmKbxK2Gk».
Transactions and balance can be seen here: http://blockexplorer.com/address/LTCXhrVXdVwgnpRz68D8mGFjiGmKbxK2Gk.
Person responsible: https://www.facebook.com/yura.babak).
5. Medical needs of Maidan. Donate here:
http://www.gofundme.com/medicalmaidanukraine
6. Support Демократичний Альянс, Democratic Alliance, an NGO turned political party, which has a
great track record exposing rampant corruption and has been one of the most vocal, organized and
creative groups behind the protest movement in Ukraine. http://dem-alliance.org/pidtrimati - you can
google translate the page and use the credit card as Option #1 for payment.
7. Online TV that broadcasts trustworthy news on the situation in Ukraine:
http://hromadske.tv/donate/ Use PayPal (Option #1) and click Donate.
9. WORLD MEDIA ON THE SITUATION
CNN “Is Ukraine Becoming a Dictatorship?”:
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/01/23/opinion/ukraine-unrest-dictatorshiplutsevych/index.html
BusinessInsider “10 Things The West Should Know About The Situation in Kiev”:
http://www.businessinsider.com/understanding-euromaidan-2014-1
Washington Post “The West Must Break Ukraine Free From Mr Putin’s Grasp“:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-west-must-break-ukraine-free-frommr-putins-grasp/2014/01/21/400a30aa-82c8-11e3-bbe5-6a2a3141e3a9_story.html
Forbes “Why Is Nobody Saying The Obvious: Putin Destabilized Ukraine”:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/melikkaylan/2014/01/23/go-ahead-say-it-putindestabiliized-ukraine/
Arnold Schwarzenegger on the situation in Ukraine:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-zrqcB934Qk