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IFJ Slams Expulsion of Russian Journalist by Ukraine
BRUSSELS (Sputnik) — Philippe Leruth told Sputnik that the banning of Zakhar Vinogradov by the Ukrainian authorities was an insidious form of censorship. “The fact he was not given any explanation makes me think this was a principle decision and not a reaction to any piece he published, and to which Ukrainian authorities had then been able to...
Lavrov: Newly Formed Association Will Boost Crimea’s Interaction With West
YALTA (Sputnik) — The establishment of the international association “Friends of Crimea” will help to promote interaction between the peninsula and international partners including in the West, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. “I am convinced that the results of the conference, including the creation of the international association...
‘Friends of Crimea’ Forum to Kick Off in Russia’s Yalta
SIMFEROPOL (Sputnik) — Foreign delegations are arriving to the Crimean peninsula to participate in the International Forum Friends of Crimea, Crimean Deputy Prime Minister Georgy Muradov told Sputnik on Sunday. This conference will be attended by the former politicians, businessmen, international organizations’ representatives. Foreign...
Ukraine’s Parliament May Discuss Donbass Reintegration Bill in Mid-November
KIEV (Sputnik) — Ukrainian parliament may hold the second reading of the bill on Donbass reintegration, initially set for October, in the middle of November, Ukraine’s presidential parliamentary representative Irina Lutsenko said Saturday. In early October, the Ukrainian parliament in the first reading adopted the bill on reintegration of...
Two Gas Pipelines Damaged in Crimea, Sabotage Not Excluded
SIMFEROPOL (Sputnik) — Another gas pipeline was damaged in the southern Crimean settlement of Zaprudne, and the act may be regarded as sabotage, the head of the region’s state unitary gas enterprise Krymgazseti told Sputnik on Wednesday. “A medium pressure gas pipeline of 270 mm diameter has been damaged near Zaprudne settlement. The nature...
Ukraine’s Forces Shell Donbass Ceasefire Center in Donetsk – DPR
DONETSK (Sputnik) — “At 09:00 a.m. [07:00 GMT] the Ukrainian Armed Forces based in Mar’inka opened a precision fire on Oleksandrivka using an SPG-9 [anti-tank grenade launcher]. The shelling lasted for more than an hour. At around 09:10 a.m. an explosion was registered near a school building, where the monitoring group ‘Oleksandrivka’...
Ukraine’s Forces Shell Donbass Ceasefire Center in Donetsk – DPR
DONETSK (Sputnik) — “At 09:00 a.m. [07:00 GMT] the Ukrainian Armed Forces based in Mar’inka opened a precision fire on Oleksandrivka using an SPG-9 [anti-tank grenade launcher]. The shelling lasted for more than an hour. At around 09:10 a.m. an explosion was registered near a school building, where the monitoring group ‘Oleksandrivka’...
Russia’s Monitoring Officers in Donbass Come Under Shelling – DPR
DONETSK (Sputnik) —The mission reported that “shelling of the Bezymennoye observation post started at 15:25 on October 27, twenty-five 82-millimeter mortar shells were fired and the fire was being delivered from the direction of Shirokino [controlled by Kiev].” According to the reports, the shelling is continuing and the information about the...
Russia’s Monitoring Officers in Donbass Come Under Shelling – DPR
DONETSK (Sputnik) —The mission reported that “shelling of the Bezymennoye observation post started at 15:25 on October 27, twenty-five 82-millimeter mortar shells were fired and the fire was being delivered from the direction of Shirokino [controlled by Kiev].” According to the reports, the shelling is continuing and the information about the...
Explosion in Kiev: Ukrainian Official Wounded, Bodyguard Killed
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — A deadly detonation in Solomenskiy district of Kiev late on Wednesday has killed the security guard of the opposition Radical Party member Ihor Mosiychuk. The Ukrainian authorities reported later that at least five persons, including Mosiychuk and political analyst Vitaly Bala, were seriously injured. Ihor Mosiychuk’s...
