Helicopters of the United Nations over Kramatorsk: nonsense?

Not so long ago during retaliatory operation of Kiev in the sky over Kramatorsk some helicopters on which the United Nations symbolics was put were noticed. Video shot by locals flew about the Internet with a velocity of light and should get on eyes to the high-ranking politicians.

Representatives of the United Nations were revolted with the similar incident, after all any mandate on use of helicopters or other equipment with symbolics of the United Nations to Ukraine was not provided. The Ukrainian authorities underwent sharp criticism and from leading world powers and the international organizations. Anything surprising if to take into consideration that it, perhaps, the first case of so impudent use of another’s symbolics in the purposes.

Just the purposes also cause most of all questions. Anybody for certain cannot find out, why it was necessary to break so obviously the international arrangements and bypassing all existing rules to use symbolics of the United Nations.

It is known that for investigation of incident the special commission is created. To understand the reasons of it events we will try also, and for this purpose we will in detail stop on several versions which could throw light on the aims laid down by Kiev.

First of all it should be noted that, according to the majority of experts, use of symbolics was not than other, as the cunning tactical move which has been thought up by the Ukrainian security officers. In what cunning? And that commanders of retaliatory divisions wanted to mislead inhabitants of Kramatorsk purposely. In this case the idea of deception consisted in that locals, having seen helicopters with the letters UN and the corresponding coloring, took them for trunk-call group of the international observers and left for a meeting. Then they surely would become an easy mark for National guard and other divisions participating in suppression. On such examples we distinctly see that in the war all means are good, and a case with helicopters – only one of experiments of the Ukrainian management in this direction.

The second and third versions as a whole are similar and differ only in details. Some users of social networks assume that use of symbolics of the United Nations was connected with that it arrived on arms of National guard quite recently, probably directly before operation, and in a hurry gallant Ukrainian fighters absolutely forgot to recolour equipment. The main thing – to achieve an air superiority over "awful separatists-terrorists", any international arrangements are necessary to nobody. Versions disperse only in that, the equipment from where arrived. Adherents of the first option consider that it arrived from sympathizing forces from the United Nations, and supporters of the second – that was reactivated from warehouses where was after participation in peacekeeping operation in Congo. But whatever of them it was true, in any case the conclusion arises one – in the Ukrainian army everything absolutely badly with arms and military equipment. Otherwise why to use the helicopters once used in interests of the United Nations if it is possible to involve serviceable helicopters mighty Zbroynikh Sil Ukra§ni. Most likely, it is an example of a pitiable condition country army to which the former Minister of Defence Igor Tenyukh not so long ago pointed.

Investigation of events proceeds, proceeds also the retaliatory operation of the Kiev authorities which has carried away lives more than one hundred people. The end it is not visible to these processes yet. However already now it is possible to tell that in incident with helicopters the Ukrainian management arrived not so wisely: having counted upon full support from the West, it is impossible to use "insolently" symbolics of the United Nations in the purposes. Most likely, quite confused people not familiar with bases of conducting combat operations and the international arrangements sat down at Kiev. At last, such steps undermine trust to the new power from the western society.

Feodor Kapralov