"We have always acted and will act within the legal field", - the human rights activist A. Balubash

On Friday, August 28, was held a press conference of NGOs of Lviv about the situation between the NGO "Community Development"(“Rozvytok Hromady”), the State service of Ukraine on issues of geodesy, cartography and cadastre in Lviv region, as well as the NGO "Right Sector – the West"(“Pravyi Sektor-Zahid”).

In the Lviv Press club gathered representatives of NGOs, groups and associations - "Samooborona Lvivskogo Euromaidanu"( "Lviv Eromaidan Self-Defense"), “Lvivska oblasna Spilka Sotsialnogo Zahystu Biytsiv ATO ta Simej Zahyblyh”("Lviv Union of social protection of ATO soldiers and families of the victims"), "Community Development"(“Rozvytok Hromady”), "Rabiv do Rayu ne Puskajut" ("Slaves are not allowed to paradise"), Vseukrainska Koordynatsiyna Rada Maidanu”("all-Ukrainian coordinating Council of Maidan") and others, as well as representatives of mass media.

The press conference started with the speech of the Chairman of the NGO Oleg Dolinsky, who shed light on the situation happened in State service of Ukraine on issues of geodesy, cartography and cadastre on August 26 with the participation of famous NGO "the Right sector – the West". At the meeting were made public video that confirmed Dolinsky words regarding the actions of the activists with chevrons of right sector. Also, all participants had the opportunity to see real-time imagery from the entrance to State service of Ukraine on issues of geodesy, cartography and cadastre on 27 August, where was visible about fifty men, who identified themselves as members of the Right Sector. Men in camouflage uniforms with chevrons blocked the entrance to the representatives of NGOs, expressed obscenely incorrect and threatened with physical violence activists of "Community Development".

After that the representative of the Lviv regional Union of social protection of ATO soldiers and families of the victims, Maria Ferentz spoke about outrageous and anti-Ukrainian withholding of information concerning the allocation of land for ATO participants.

"Community development" protects the rights of ATO participants and their families. They have helped us and will help to servicemen to get the land that belongs to them by Law," said Maria Ferentz.


Human rights activist Andriy Balubash explained why and for what the public met with the chief of the above-mentioned control department. They were interested in how and who provide the land plots intended for the participants of the ATO. So, according to their social organization, no plot, intended to soldiers and their families are not provided, although on paper, the chief of the division Roman Mygal’ reported on the positive results of this process.

At the press conference also speak representatives of the "Samooborona Lvivskogo Euromaidanu"( "Lviv Eromaidan Self-Defense"), ""Rabiv do Rayu ne Puskajut" ("Slaves are not allowed to paradise"), Vseukrainska Koordynatsiyna Rada Maidanu”("all-Ukrainian coordinating Council of Maidan"). They all expressed support for "Community Development".

Joined the conversation the coordinator of the battalion of National guard of Ukraine, member of the interim investigation Commission (IIC) of Verkhovna Rada on investigation of circumstances of the conflict in Mukachevo, MP Andriy Antonyschak:

"We are familiar with "Community Development" for a long time, when the guys were naked and bare under Slovjans’k, they helped us. This organization helped and military under the Debaltsevo and now organizes rehabilitation for soldiers of ATO," - said Antonyschak.


Despite the mud, which is poured "Community Development" in the media, NGO activists have proven that they are acting only for the benefit and development of society in the legal field.