Daily digest. The event review of the situation on the occupied, frontline and peaceful areas of the East of Ukraine and also Crimea

Shoes shop continues cards of ‘Oschadbank’ on captured territory of Luhansk region, drugs of $20 000 cost were stopped on the demarcation line of Donetsk region, ‘LPR’ prepares round-up, economic fantasies of ‘DPR’, ATM of Crimea are switching off, Aleksander Gaydei once again saved from justice, Ukraine will congratulate annexed Crimea with New Year holidays.

Readers of informator.media have sent on interesing advertising, printed in one of the newspapers of uncontrolled by Ukraine Pervomaisk in Luhansk region. The advertisment offers to every desirous to continue ‘Oschadbank’ bank cards to apply into shoes shop, located on the central market area of captured by fighters Stakhanov. There is also the telephone number.

Anonymous source of our edition on the occupied area of Luhansk region has noted that such a ‘business’ is ‘put on the conveyor’ there. Rustlers, having contacts on controlled by Ukraine territory, for some money can contribute inset the photo in passport, getting of new one, registration of a pension, continuing of bank cards, registration of IDP-benefit etc. And everything could be done without customer participation.

‘Offices, specializing on this kind of operations, are equipped in such boothes’, source of  informator.media has noted.

The staff of Criminal Police Department of regional main office has detained in Konstantinovka 24-year old female passenger of the bus, who was carrying in her bag nearly 500 grams of particularly dangerous drug. The cost of seized methadone, according to the price of black market, is more than half a million of UAH, that is equaled $20 000.

As part of preventive measures cops of Donetsk region in a cooperation with cynologists were working out railway stations, bus stations, big transport hubs. Narcotics were detected on the stop of the intercity transport in Konstantinovka in one of the buses, which was moving from the other region.

Thoroughly disguised drug was sniffed by service dog in time of the standard checking. Dog, trained on the search of narcotic and psychotropic matters, pointed on the bag, which is owned by 24-year old female, dweller of Bakhmut (ex-Artemovsk)  in time of searching of the luggage space.

There were nearly 500 grams of the substance of a white colour, preliminary – methadone. Particularly dangerous drug was prepared to sale and packaged in a convolutions of 1 g and 0.5 g like ‘candies’. The cost of 1 g of methadone reaches 2000 UAH (80 USD).

It was impossible to find the drug by the naked eye. The convolutions were sealed inside of candles.

Narcotic baggage costs half a million of hryvnias, which is equaled to $20 000 by estimate.

The tranche from more than 700 doses of methadone, which was going to Bakhmut, was seized and the girl-transporter was detained. Now the investigators work with her.

Seized was sent for examination, according to which the fact will get the legal qualification.

Informator.media has found out that mass arrests are prepared on the temporary occupied areas by ‘authorities’ of self-proclaimed ‘LPR’. The own source of the edition has reported about it.

In particular, so-called ‘MGB’ (State Security Ministry) and other ‘republic’ protectors have arranged about distribution of ‘suspects’ for arrests to improve indicators of their activity before the New Year.

A lot of people, who demonstrated in any way their pro-Ukrainian position or discontent of actions of new ‘power’, will be under the blow.

So-called ‘authorities’ of so-called ‘DPR’ are continuing to lie about growing indicators of ‘republican’ economy and also about fantastic future plans.

So-called ‘acting Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers, Minister of income and fees’ of illegal ‘DPR’ Aleksandr Timofeev (callsign ‘Tashkent’) has claimed that fees increase on the captured by fighters area was 210%. ‘Tashkent’ didn’t clarify where he got such a data and how it impacted on the life of citizens of the occupied territory.

The “Minister’ assures that next year ‘DPR’ authorities are planning ‘gross increase of 13%’. Moreover Timofeev has claimed that ‘last weeks there is the rush of the entrepreneurs from Ukraine, who are ready to locate their manufactures on their territory and to produce’.

‘Tashkent’ predicts the ‘rapid growth of the economy‘. But only after ‘active phase of warfare will finish and there comes peace’.

And till this moment citizens of occupied territories have been feeded only by old wives’ tales.

The main bank of the so-called ‘Crimean government’ – ‘Genbank’ decided to switch off temporary the ATMs in connection with ostensibly prepared cyberattack.

The message of bank press-service clarify that ATM net will be turned off from 9 pm on December 4 to 9 am on December 5. ‘The reason is the preparing Ddos-attack (cyberattack) on RF bank system’, press-release pointed.  

Stopping the operation of devices was held ostensibly to prevent ‘unauthorized transactions and the loss of money of the customers’.

‘Genbank’ added that non-cash transactions could be fully implemented. Cash was possible to get from other banks ATMs. There is more than 190 filiations of ‘Genbank’, mounted more than 450 ATMs, 140 cash points and over 1,100 POS terminals on the territory of annexed Crimea.

According to the information of insiders of informator.media one of the ‘ex-field commanders’ of self-proclaimed ‘LPR’ Aleksander Gaydei (callsign ‘Rim’), who was not so long ago detained by Russian border guards in the checkpoint ‘Gukovo’, was released on all directions.

As it was reported earlier, Gaydei was transferred to so-called ‘authorities’ of captured by fighters part of Luhansk region, where he is wanted. However, there were no confirmations about this from the side of ‘LPR’.

Presumably, Gaydei, after the Russian secret services interrogation has already backed in Shakhty town (Rostov region), where he ‘entrenched’ after he might to break into a run from ‘LPR’.

The mainland Ukraine will congratulate annexed by Russia Crimea with the New Year holidays. Krym.Realii reports.

The chairman of Kherson Regional Administration has claimed that translation will start from TV-tower near administrative border with occupied Crimea. The head of the administration added that congratulations to Crimea inhabitants will be creative.

‘It will be mightily’, the head of Kherson Regional Administration added.

In his turn, the chairman of Henichesk District Administration Alexander Vorobiev has claimed that dwellers of occupied by Russia peninsula will get not only appointed congrats from the mainland, but also will have main greeting from Ukrainian President Petr Poroshenko.

The situation on the demarcation line.

The most restless situation was last evening in Avdeevka, where gangs’ members used mortars. 30 mines were shot on Ukrainian positions. Colonel Andrei Lysenko, the speaker of the Ministry of Defense for ATO has reported about it in time of briefing in the Ukrainian crisis media-center.

In general 3 long and strong shellings happened at this direction.

‘All of them were in different places – in Luhanske, Avdeevka industrial zone and on ‘Shakhta Butovka’ (Butovka mine) position. Every of them has been continuing for two hours. It was between 7 pm and 10 pm. There was the silence on Donetsk direction at the rest of the day’, colonel Andrei Lysenko told.  

There are no wounded and dead among Ukrainian militaries during last day.

There was calm till 7 pm on Luhansk direction.

‘Afterwards the enemy began to shoot in three districts at the moment – between Zhovte and Lopaskino, in Krymske and near Popasna’, ATO speaker noted. Fighters mostly used light weapon. During last day there were 9 shootings from fighters’ side, 1 of them is from heavy weapons.

According to Lysenko’s words, insurgents shot in Mariinka district and on the frontside Talakovka – Shirokino on Mariupol direction.

Exactly here insurgents mostly use heavy weapon, like 82-mm and 120-mm mortars, comparatively with other directions.

‘The most strong shellings were in Mariinka and Shirokino’, ATO speaker added.

There were 14 shootings from fighters’ side on Mariupol direction, in particular 7 were from heavy weapons.

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