Brakpan No.2
May 18, 2017, 13:17:47
After being waved through 3 checkpoints Ukrainian , the Russian controlled and then United Nations check point into the central district of Lugansk ,
each checkpoint is backed up nearly 20 minutes with cars and trucks , every time as they approached a control point , Misha radios ahead to the checkpoint commanders , then as they near , somewhat stopping the outgoing traffic , allowing them to drive around the line,
Johnny's had a habit of rolling down his window giving a nod to whoever looked in, helps in that no document checks are needed for them. Passing behind the block of the previously Separatist check point, Johnny yells out to a wiry young soldier taking a break for a smoke "Vasily! Something for you here, the man approaches , smiling.
Vasily : what, I can lose my job again from another of your bribes, Zhenya ? (Grins)
Johnny : yes of course, (he reaches into his bag and grabs 3 fat oranges, tosses them the 2 meters to Vasily, one by one, it turns out the young man can juggle, first two with one hand, then 3 with 2 hands, (the other 2 militia men and one woman all turn their attention to the clowning and laugh, return to their checking cars)
Johnny knows that Vasily has 3 children , and it's an unspoken gift for them, and he had tasted them before, they are tasty oranges, unusual for this time of year . Jenna is filming, taking photos and video...
Vasily pockets the oranges in his lightweight big front jacket pockets
Johnny : meet this journalist friend Jenna, from the Guardian,
can she maybe ask you some questions about the clash this morning?
Jenna pops out of the Land cruiser with an easy smile on her face
Nice to meet you Vasily !
"Any word from your side about the clash?
No news out yet , appears that a mixed group of civilian and government vehicles were tagged in a heated exchange near a small side road, the Ukrainians said that they were investigating an area of activity, were fired on, claimed to have held their fire, two people were lightly wounded.
Vasily : Nothing to say on it, all our forces responded to the snap head count, we all responded to the personal location verification command, I hear that the response was verified that no one active on our side was in that sector, or even very close to it.They say they checked the old mine near there, and even have some trackers on the ground,, but no news yet. A joint Patrol of helicopters is operating in the area right now, as we speak (he is checking his tablet ) It's a restricted, but shared access web site, for the Military commanders established under the #Minsk 3 agreement.
Jenna : thanks very much Vassily, she takes his photo standing next to Johnny (having gotten out to stretch his legs , smiling furtively, talking into his phone headset in Hindi) the Clash, It is trending big on Social Media, do you mind if I also post your photo on twitter, Juggling the oranges ?
Vassily : Sure, sure, if I lose my job over it, maybe I can find work in the Circus !
(even Misha manages a chuckle from his normal serious demeanor , as they jump back in the Cruiser and speed off: while there is no cell service, Jenna Fires off her reporting Post to her editor , using the local area wifi of the block post that Johnny gives her telling her it's good for 3 kilometers.
] 14:49:13 Land Cruiser going fast, coming to a rapid stop, dust flies up as it skids slightly to a stop :
***************
Arriving in the Central District of Luhansk :
Jenna : observes a melee of construction cranes, tractors, trucks as they roll into the apartment block she'll be staying in, she notes her mobile connection is quite strong, and texts her editor : arriving.
Johnny: starts to gets out at the Central administration building
(to Jenna :) I have to rush, so very sorry about the long detour, please call me this evening, the cafe is already closed, but there are several restaurants, the Mongolian restaurant Жирная свинья is quite good, and they have a spicy seasoned tofu cutlet if you want vegetarian, but there is also
"Godfather's" the hamburger place, you'll need a reservation for that.
Jenna: a Hamburger Place ? it figures (slight smile ) yes thanks, no worry about me, I do want to shower and get some messages through and explore a bit, can I order up a driver ?
Johnny; (checks his phone, sending a text) yes, the Burger Place is licensed and managed by these Turkish guys from California, while it has a loose dress code , don't be caught there without fashion , it will be socially awkward. http://godfathersburgerlounge.com
A driver is coming for you, he will be contacting your phone to settle on a pickup time,
Svetlana : the one I mentioned, she will be your security, arrive with him.
I will see you later, he winks, gives the wave, grabs his bag and trots into his administration building.
Stanislav: as Jenna steps out of the Land cruiser to take a quick photo, he is getting out behind her, he says "so Nice to meet you Jenna, enjoy your visit! " I have some accounting to manage, he walks off to the west, away from the administration building, carrying a laptop bag.
Micha : Let's go drop you off Miss, I have further chores
they quickly navigate the light traffic and use a couple small streets to get to where she'll stay
it's a Soviet Era worker's apartment of the trademark Soviet style, Micha grabs her roller bag under his big left arm, Jenna follows him , they go into the foyer,
Inna, a bespectacled wizened looking dark haired lady, who manages the desk, gives her the keys for an apartment, 417.
"Go up the stairwell, through the hallway, on your left "
Jenna : notes that Misha's right hand is at the ready to his holstered pistol, he leads the way>
there were stories of ruffians climbing second story balconies
and holding up residents of apartments recently.
Misha silently checks the apartment, cracks the window , tightens up the shades, looks under the bed
Jenna says : thanks Micha ! , gives him the light double cheek kiss. Dobo Bachinya ! (go With God)
checking that the wifi works, Jenna glances at the Social media Fire storm , and her photos of Johnny and the Juggling Soldier Vasily are trending. Because of some military activity in the Crimea neutral zone during the night, rumors of a truce collapse and a return to open hostility swirl about.
President Poroshenko, in an unusual departure regarding his commenting on isolated incidents
(conferencing minutes before in real time through his earpiece with the Minister of defense of Ukraine ) he speaks to the press from a hastily assembled press briefing at an economic reform conference in Austria,
" There was a probe along the marshy shorelines of Kherson by a possible unit of Russian Commandos with unverified reports of mines or devices being placed in the shallows, light arms fire was exchanged , no casualties
He has says "I regret that there is no news to report about The Clash at the New Bridge area , while it is the first such incident in 19 weeks, it also tests the verification system under the Minsk 3 agreements.
(a flurry of questions from the press )
Aide :That is all for now,
President Poroshenko will be presenting at the main conference in 20 minutes
Putin, (having not been seen for 6 days since his purported night time arrival in Sevastopol)
he has missed a previously scheduled morning appearance at a new Power Generation facility in Yevpatoria, with a Crimean Deputy Energy minister saying that he had to go into meetings with his Minister of Defense , and the Russians are claiming that on the previous evening, a US Naval battle group had illegally entered into Crimean territorial waters. An unknown stock photo of Putin Meeting with his Defense minister Sergey Shoygu is issued.
... USDOD claims they were forced slightly off course by a Russian Frigate and Merchant ship convoy that cut them off. The Naval Group has now entered a Turkish Port.
Also, 2 expensive cars were destroyed in the night by fire, caused by incendiary devices , they were parked in open parking garages belonging to Russian Property developers in Yalta's Soviet Prime Estates neighborhood , where a lot of new development and renovation was being done.
Russian Ministry of Defense issues a statement that a bullet damaged, military grade Zodiac motor boat had been discovered on Crimean shores, that a unit of Ukrainian commandos had entered Crimea, issuing Geolocated photos with footprints going up from the shore tire tracks....
Jenna, she feels some apprehension, texts the driver "Sho" (She wonders if he is Japanese )
she is ready for pickup in 3 minutes, he is nearby,
despite the apprehension Jenna texts out a quick multi platform , pleasant sounding "Everything is going great" message to her friends, family and panicked boyfriends Carlos in Spain and Felix in Sao Paulo.
she shuts all her signals off, showers and gets redressed in an all black outfit. Pulls on her turquoise Nomad runners.... grabs her grey backpack , locks the door and trots down the hall, stairs, saying goodbye to Inna, the door manager for the apartment!
Inna : welcome to Luhansk Jenna!
After being waved through 3 checkpoints Ukrainian , the Russian controlled and then United Nations check point into the central district of Lugansk ,
each checkpoint is backed up nearly 20 minutes with cars and trucks , every time as they approached a control point , Misha radios ahead to the checkpoint commanders , then as they near , somewhat stopping the outgoing traffic , allowing them to drive around the line,
Johnny's had a habit of rolling down his window giving a nod to whoever looked in, helps in that no document checks are needed for them. Passing behind the block of the previously Separatist check point, Johnny yells out to a wiry young soldier taking a break for a smoke "Vasily! Something for you here, the man approaches , smiling.
Vasily : what, I can lose my job again from another of your bribes, Zhenya ? (Grins)
Johnny : yes of course, (he reaches into his bag and grabs 3 fat oranges, tosses them the 2 meters to Vasily, one by one, it turns out the young man can juggle, first two with one hand, then 3 with 2 hands, (the other 2 militia men and one woman all turn their attention to the clowning and laugh, return to their checking cars)
Johnny knows that Vasily has 3 children , and it's an unspoken gift for them, and he had tasted them before, they are tasty oranges, unusual for this time of year . Jenna is filming, taking photos and video...
Vasily pockets the oranges in his lightweight big front jacket pockets
Johnny : meet this journalist friend Jenna, from the Guardian,
can she maybe ask you some questions about the clash this morning?
Jenna pops out of the Land cruiser with an easy smile on her face
Nice to meet you Vasily !
"Any word from your side about the clash?
No news out yet , appears that a mixed group of civilian and government vehicles were tagged in a heated exchange near a small side road, the Ukrainians said that they were investigating an area of activity, were fired on, claimed to have held their fire, two people were lightly wounded.
Vasily : Nothing to say on it, all our forces responded to the snap head count, we all responded to the personal location verification command, I hear that the response was verified that no one active on our side was in that sector, or even very close to it.They say they checked the old mine near there, and even have some trackers on the ground,, but no news yet. A joint Patrol of helicopters is operating in the area right now, as we speak (he is checking his tablet ) It's a restricted, but shared access web site, for the Military commanders established under the #Minsk 3 agreement.
Jenna : thanks very much Vassily, she takes his photo standing next to Johnny (having gotten out to stretch his legs , smiling furtively, talking into his phone headset in Hindi) the Clash, It is trending big on Social Media, do you mind if I also post your photo on twitter, Juggling the oranges ?
Vassily : Sure, sure, if I lose my job over it, maybe I can find work in the Circus !
(even Misha manages a chuckle from his normal serious demeanor , as they jump back in the Cruiser and speed off: while there is no cell service, Jenna Fires off her reporting Post to her editor , using the local area wifi of the block post that Johnny gives her telling her it's good for 3 kilometers.
] 14:49:13 Land Cruiser going fast, coming to a rapid stop, dust flies up as it skids slightly to a stop :
***************
Arriving in the Central District of Luhansk :
Jenna : observes a melee of construction cranes, tractors, trucks as they roll into the apartment block she'll be staying in, she notes her mobile connection is quite strong, and texts her editor : arriving.
Johnny: starts to gets out at the Central administration building
(to Jenna :) I have to rush, so very sorry about the long detour, please call me this evening, the cafe is already closed, but there are several restaurants, the Mongolian restaurant Жирная свинья is quite good, and they have a spicy seasoned tofu cutlet if you want vegetarian, but there is also
"Godfather's" the hamburger place, you'll need a reservation for that.
Jenna: a Hamburger Place ? it figures (slight smile ) yes thanks, no worry about me, I do want to shower and get some messages through and explore a bit, can I order up a driver ?
Johnny; (checks his phone, sending a text) yes, the Burger Place is licensed and managed by these Turkish guys from California, while it has a loose dress code , don't be caught there without fashion , it will be socially awkward. http://godfathersburgerlounge.com
A driver is coming for you, he will be contacting your phone to settle on a pickup time,
Svetlana : the one I mentioned, she will be your security, arrive with him.
I will see you later, he winks, gives the wave, grabs his bag and trots into his administration building.
Stanislav: as Jenna steps out of the Land cruiser to take a quick photo, he is getting out behind her, he says "so Nice to meet you Jenna, enjoy your visit! " I have some accounting to manage, he walks off to the west, away from the administration building, carrying a laptop bag.
Micha : Let's go drop you off Miss, I have further chores
they quickly navigate the light traffic and use a couple small streets to get to where she'll stay
it's a Soviet Era worker's apartment of the trademark Soviet style, Micha grabs her roller bag under his big left arm, Jenna follows him , they go into the foyer,
Inna, a bespectacled wizened looking dark haired lady, who manages the desk, gives her the keys for an apartment, 417.
"Go up the stairwell, through the hallway, on your left "
Jenna : notes that Misha's right hand is at the ready to his holstered pistol, he leads the way>
there were stories of ruffians climbing second story balconies
and holding up residents of apartments recently.
Misha silently checks the apartment, cracks the window , tightens up the shades, looks under the bed
Jenna says : thanks Micha ! , gives him the light double cheek kiss. Dobo Bachinya ! (go With God)
checking that the wifi works, Jenna glances at the Social media Fire storm , and her photos of Johnny and the Juggling Soldier Vasily are trending. Because of some military activity in the Crimea neutral zone during the night, rumors of a truce collapse and a return to open hostility swirl about.
President Poroshenko, in an unusual departure regarding his commenting on isolated incidents
(conferencing minutes before in real time through his earpiece with the Minister of defense of Ukraine ) he speaks to the press from a hastily assembled press briefing at an economic reform conference in Austria,
" There was a probe along the marshy shorelines of Kherson by a possible unit of Russian Commandos with unverified reports of mines or devices being placed in the shallows, light arms fire was exchanged , no casualties
He has says "I regret that there is no news to report about The Clash at the New Bridge area , while it is the first such incident in 19 weeks, it also tests the verification system under the Minsk 3 agreements.
(a flurry of questions from the press )
Aide :That is all for now,
President Poroshenko will be presenting at the main conference in 20 minutes
Putin, (having not been seen for 6 days since his purported night time arrival in Sevastopol)
he has missed a previously scheduled morning appearance at a new Power Generation facility in Yevpatoria, with a Crimean Deputy Energy minister saying that he had to go into meetings with his Minister of Defense , and the Russians are claiming that on the previous evening, a US Naval battle group had illegally entered into Crimean territorial waters. An unknown stock photo of Putin Meeting with his Defense minister Sergey Shoygu is issued.
... USDOD claims they were forced slightly off course by a Russian Frigate and Merchant ship convoy that cut them off. The Naval Group has now entered a Turkish Port.
Also, 2 expensive cars were destroyed in the night by fire, caused by incendiary devices , they were parked in open parking garages belonging to Russian Property developers in Yalta's Soviet Prime Estates neighborhood , where a lot of new development and renovation was being done.
Russian Ministry of Defense issues a statement that a bullet damaged, military grade Zodiac motor boat had been discovered on Crimean shores, that a unit of Ukrainian commandos had entered Crimea, issuing Geolocated photos with footprints going up from the shore tire tracks....
Jenna, she feels some apprehension, texts the driver "Sho" (She wonders if he is Japanese )
she is ready for pickup in 3 minutes, he is nearby,
despite the apprehension Jenna texts out a quick multi platform , pleasant sounding "Everything is going great" message to her friends, family and panicked boyfriends Carlos in Spain and Felix in Sao Paulo.
she shuts all her signals off, showers and gets redressed in an all black outfit. Pulls on her turquoise Nomad runners.... grabs her grey backpack , locks the door and trots down the hall, stairs, saying goodbye to Inna, the door manager for the apartment!
Inna : welcome to Luhansk Jenna!
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