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Presidential elections in Belarus ended on Sunday, demonstrating a high turnout of 79%. After the announcement of first data of exit poll, according to which incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko wins, gaining 79.7% of the votes, the situation escalated: the voters at the call of the opposition began to gather at polling stations to "control the vote count" in some cities, arrests started, police began to disperse the protesters.
Voters could vote for one of five candidates for the presidency: it is the co-Chairman of public Association "Tell the truth" Andrey Dmitriev, ex-Deputy Anna Konopacka, the acting head of state Alexander Lukashenko, a housewife of svetalana Tikhanovski, the Chairman of the party "Belarusian social-democratic Gramada" Sergey Cerecer. At the same time Belarusians would vote against all candidates.
In Ukraine, beat and tried to rape in front of son of TV presenter Anastasia Meadow, the incident occurred in a train travelling from Mariupol to Kiev. This was told by the victim on instagram.
Night in the passenger compartment penetrated by a stranger. He began to beat the woman. Waking up, she saw that the attacker was naked. Meadow cried, woke up her little son, who also began to shout and ask "not to beat your mother." The man tried to hit the child, but the presenter managed to stop him. The attacker began to molest the woman.
Elections in Donbass require compliance with several conditions, including control of the Kiev on the state border with Russia, said Friday the ex-President of Ukraine, the new head of the delegation of Kiev in the contact group on settling the situation in the Donbass Leonid Kravchuk.
Earlier, the former President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma stopped work in the contact group. On Thursday the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a decree which authorized the Kravchuk delegation to represent Kiev in the group.
The ex-President of Ukraine, the new head of the delegation of Kiev in the contact group on settling the situation in the Donbass Leonid Kravchuk has said he would not support a special status for the region, we can only talk about the "special system".
Earlier, the former President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma stopped work in the contact group. On Thursday, the Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has signed a decree which authorized the Kravchuk delegation to represent Kiev in the group.
The statement of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky about "bombing all planes had" caused confusion of Internet users.
Previously Zelensky during a visit to children's hospital in Kiev, asked why a new building of medical facilities is not opened to the Day of protection of children.
Kiev, appointing ex-President of Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk, head of the delegation in the trilateral contact group, trying to find authoritative figure who would understand both sides, but for settlement in the Donbass necessary to the implementation of policy measures of the Minsk agreement, said the expert of the Center for political conjuncture Alexei Chesnakov.
Earlier ex-President of Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk said that he agreed to lead a delegation to Kiev on the negotiations of the contact group on settling the situation in Donbass is another former President Leonid Kuchma.
The President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky has signed a decree which authorized the country's first President Leonid Kravchuk to present the delegation of Kiev in the contact group on conflict settlement in the Donbass, and was deprived of the same powers formerly head of the delegation Leonid Kuchma, the text of the document published on the official website of the office of the President.
Earlier, the former President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma stopped work in the contact group on conflict settlement in the Donbass. Wednesday Zelensky said that among the candidates for the post of head of the delegation of Kiev in the contact group on Donbass have Kravchuk and Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, first Deputy head of the delegation Alexei Reznikov. On Thursday, Kravchuk agreed to lead the delegation.
The ex-President of Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk agreed to lead a delegation to Kiev on the negotiations of the contact group on settling the situation in Donbas.
"I decided: if I can, and I want to do something to speed up the peace in the Donbass — I'm going to do it until his last breath, that's why I agreed", — quotes the TV channel "Ukraine 24" the words of the policy.
Ukrainian radicals staged clashes with journalists of TV channel "KRT" near the building of the National Council for television and radio broadcasting in Kyiv, informs on Thursday the Internet-the edition "Strenia".
Earlier, a media rights activist and journalist Dmitry Vasilets said that on TV channel "KRT" sent a fifth unscheduled inspection and channel threatens the revocation of the license. On Thursday, the employees of the TV channel came out to protest near the building of the national Council on TV in Kiev, where the regulator at the meeting considering the question of cancellation of the license of the broadcaster.
Minsk has agreed with Kiev about the active cooperation between the border agencies and strengthen ohrannika to prevent destabilization in the background of the election campaign in Belarus, said on Thursday the press service of the Belarusian foreign Ministry.
Previously the foreign Ministry of Belarus ended successive meetings with the heads of diplomatic missions of Russia and Ukraine on the issue of more than 30 detainees in Belarus Russians. The meeting was attended by the Russian Ambassador in Belarus Dmitry Mezentsev and the Minister-Counsellor, acting head of the Embassy of Ukraine to Belarus Piotr Wroblewski.
The Pechersky district court of Kiev arrested for 2 months two suspects in the organization of a series of explosions in the Ukrainian capital, reported on Thursday a press-service of the Kiev Prosecutor's office.
Earlier the security Service of Ukraine said that detained two suspects in the organization of a series of explosions in Kiev, in particular near the metro station "Shulyavska" and in a residential building on the hem, they demanded 500 thousand dollars.
The number of cases of the coronavirus in the Ukraine for the day increased by 1197, died 23 people, said Thursday the system to monitor the spread of coronavirus Council of national security and defense Council (NSDC) of the country.
As of July 30, the country found 68 794 case COVID-19, died from infection 1,673. According to the system recovered 37 394.
Ukraine can be conducted in parallel with Russian military exercises "Caucasus-2020" private maneuvers "in quite unexpected places." About it on air of TV channel "Ukraine 24" stated the Secretary of national security and defense Council (NSDC) of the country Alexey Danilov.
"There will be exercises in parallel with the "Kavkaz-2020", and they can be in quite unexpected places... Where will the exercises - let's wait for September, let's see," he said.
The official representative of the people's militia self-proclaimed Luhansk people's Republic Yakov Osadchiy expressed the hope that Kiev will "find the strength" to observe a truce in the Donbass.
On Monday in Donbass came into effect extra measures to ensure ceasefire. The commander of the joint forces of Ukraine Vladimir Kravchenko said that the militia violated the truce in the region on the first day of entry into force doper. Representation of the self-proclaimed Donetsk people's Republic in the Joint center for control and coordination of ceasefire and the people's militia LC named these statements provocation. The President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky said that in the Donbass, despite the declared truce, are "single shots", the Ukrainian military will respond to the firing.
The people's militia self-proclaimed Lugansk people's Republic accused the Ukrainian security forces in the mining of farmland in the area controlled by Kiev of the settlement of Orekhovo at the contact line in the Donbass.
Earlier, the people's militia LNR accused the Ukrainian security forces in the mining of the territories controlled Kiev near the village of Golden-4, in an area which is planned to open the crossing point "Pervomaisk-gold."
The security service of Ukraine said that detained two suspects in the organization of a series of explosions in Kiev, in particular near the metro station "Shulyavska" and in a residential building on the hem, they demanded 500 thousand dollars, said Wednesday the press service of the Ministry.
"The security service of Ukraine identified and arrested two organizers of a series of explosions in Kiev.. who demanded 500 thousand dollars", - stated in the message.
The number of cases of the coronavirus in Ukraine for the day grew on 1022, died 21 others, said Wednesday the system to monitor the spread of coronavirus Council of national security and defense Council (NSDC) of the country.
As of July 29, the country identified 67 597 cases COVID-19, died from infection 1 650 people. According to the system recovered 37 394 persons, including 650 over the past day.
Ukraine appealed to the UN Secretary-General in connection with the Russian naval parade in the Crimea in honor of Navy day, reported by "UKRINFORM".
In the letter from the permanent representative of Ukraine to the UN Sergei Oxalis said that Kiev considers the parade in "the occupied Sevastopol a violation of international law, including numerous resolutions of the UN General Assembly and legislation of Ukraine."
The former Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Spiridon Kilinkarov, the TV channel "Russia 1" voiced the only way to establish peace in the Donbass.
He expressed the opinion that the agreement on a temporary truce will be violated sooner or later.
Kyiv city Council voted to rename the street Russian in the Darnytsia district of the Ukrainian capital outside of Yuri Litvinsky - Ukrainian soldier killed in Donbas, the press service of the Moscow city hall on Tuesday.
"Today, the city Council decided to rename the street Russian in Darnytskyi area on the street Yuri Litvinsky. Litvinsky Yuri is an active participant of the revolution of Dignity, a reserve Colonel (posthumously), the battalion operational purpose "Donbass" of the National guard of Ukraine, participated in liberation of the territory of Donbass. Died from a sniper's bullet," reads a statement on the website of the municipality of Kiev.
The ex-President of Ukraine, the representative of Kiev in the contact group Leonid Kuchma is one of the few Ukrainian negotiators, who constructively approached the meetings on Donbass, his receivers have to make the right conclusions from its work on conflict resolution, said the envoy of the self-proclaimed Donetsk national Republic in the contact group, foreign Minister DND Natalia Nikonorova.
Kuchma on Tuesday stopped work in the contact group on conflict settlement in the Donbass. The second President of Ukraine this year will be 82 years old.
The mayor of Kiev Vitali Klitschko came to the meeting of the Kyiv city Council on crutches and joked that he may "punch" irresponsible officials.
According to the press service of the Kiev city Council, Klitschko came to the meeting on Tuesday on crutches.
Russia refuses to discuss the return of their officers in the joint center for control and coordination in the Donbass, but about the conditions is difficult to say, said the press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov.
Earlier, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister for reintegration of the temporarily occupied territories Alexey Reznikov said that Kiev wants the Russian officers returned to the Joint center for control and coordination of ceasefire and stabilization of the demarcation line.
The Russian Orthodox Church on Tuesday celebrates the memory of St. Prince Vladimir and the baptism of Rus ' Day. The Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Kirill on this day will have a festive divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.
"The core of religious life is the divine Liturgy, and on the Day of the baptism of Russia, when the Orthodox Church celebrates the memory of Holy Prince Vladimir, in all the churches held worship services, and his Holiness Patriarch Kirill will lead a divine service at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, which will begin at 10 a.m.", - told reporters the Deputy head of the Synodal Department for Church and society and the media Vakhtang Kipshidze.
Ukrainian security forces in violation of additional measures to ensure the ceasefire in the Donbass has placed weapons in the settlements on the territory controlled by Kiev, said on Tuesday to journalists by the representative of the people's militia self-proclaimed Donetsk people's Republic.
Additional measures to ensure that the ceasefire came into force in Donbass on Monday. These measures include a complete ban of fire, placing weapons in the settlements and near them, offensive and reconnaissance and sabotage actions. In addition, they provide for disciplinary liability for the violation of the ceasefire. Orders ceasefire, containing measures for its maintenance, should be valid until full settlement of the conflict.
The people's militia self-proclaimed Luhansk people's Republic has not recorded attacks by Ukrainian security forces since the beginning of the additional measures of control over the ceasefire in Donbas entered into force on 27 July.
"According to the observers mission of the LC in the Joint center for control and coordination (JCCC) during the last day violations of the cease-fire by the AFF (armed forces of Ukraine - ed.) is not fixed," - said Tuesday the press service of the defense Ministry of the Republic.
The number of cases of the coronavirus in the Ukraine for the day increased by 919, died 13 people, said system to monitor the spread of coronavirus Council of national security and defense Council (NSDC) of the country.
As of July 28, the country has detected 66 575 cases COVID-19, died from infection 1629 people. According to the system recovered 36 744 persons, including 622 for the last day.
A rally demanding to prevent the "surrender" in the Donbas has ended on Monday outside the offices of the President of Ukraine in Kiev, the correspondent of RIA Novosti.
Monday in the Donbass entered additional measures to maintain peace. The commander of the joint forces of Ukraine Vladimir Kravchenko said that the opponents violated the ceasefire in the region on the first day of entry into force topmar its enforcement. Representation of the self-proclaimed Donetsk people's Republic in the Joint center for control and coordination of ceasefire (SCCC) has named these statements provocation. On Monday, the public organization "resistance Movement surrender" organized a rally at the office of the President.
Kiev launched an information campaign to destabilize the situation on the contact line in the Donbass, told reporters the self-proclaimed representative of the Donetsk people's Republic in the Joint center for control and coordination of ceasefire (SCCC).
The Department explained that in the summary of operations of the joint forces of Ukraine refers to two violations of the cease-fire supposedly from the DNR. One of these facts were recorded on the night of 27 July in the area of the settlement Water, the second at lunchtime, near the village of Lenin on Gorlovka direction. The DNR fact both denied and said that in the area of Gorlovka at the Kiev time the violations were carried out repair work on the pipeline section damaged by the fire. At that time in the place were mirrored patrols of the OSCE SMM and task force DNR to SCCC, which recorded the full observance of the regime of silence. The restoration of the water pipeline passed in a regular mode.
Kiev's actions forced the self-proclaimed Donetsk people's Republic doubt the long-term compliance with Ukrainian security forces of the ceasefire regime in the Donbass, said Monday the Deputy of the DNR people's Council Vladislav berdichevskiy.
Earlier, the commander of the combined forces of Ukraine said that units of the DND allegedly violated the truce in the first hours after the entry into force of additional measures. The DNR office in the Joint center for control and coordination of ceasefire (SCCC) has called the charges a provocation.
The DNR called a provocation allegations from Kiev of violating the ceasefire in the Donbass. The purpose of the security forces was to destabilize the situation in the region, say the militias.
"Units of the militia DND, strictly observe its obligations. In the period from 0:10 to 0:45 (same as GMT. — Approx. ed) monitoring group SCCC have been a number of explosions of unidentified explosive devices near the settlement Water, which is under the control of the armed forces of Ukraine", — said the representative of the Republic in the Joint center for control and coordination of ceasefire (SCCC).
Almost 70% of Ukrainians are of the opinion that the events in the country develop properly, according to a survey conducted by the sociological group "Rating".
In June, the sociological service of Razumkov centre held a similar survey, according to which 61% of Ukrainians believed that their country is moving in the wrong direction. In may of thought so only 49%.
Representation of the self-proclaimed Donetsk people's Republic in the Joint center for control and coordination of ceasefire (SCCC) has stated its readiness to create an effective mechanism to monitor the truce.
Agreed by the contact group on additional measures for the security of the truce suggesting a complete ban of fire, placing weapons in the settlements and near them, offensive and reconnaissance and sabotage actions. In addition, they provide for disciplinary liability for the violation of the ceasefire. Orders ceasefire, containing measures for its maintenance, should be valid until full settlement of the conflict. Meanwhile, the operation of the United forces of Ukraine said Monday on recorded attacks by DNR in the first hour from the moment of entry into force of additional measures. The DNR called a provocation allegations from Kiev of violating the truce in the Donbass.
More than 60% of Ukrainians believe that the economic situation in the country over the past six months has deteriorated, about 40% of citizens fear further deterioration, according to a survey conducted by the sociological group "Rating".
Previously, "Rating" published the results of a similar survey conducted in June. Then 64% of Ukrainian respondents noted the deterioration in the economic situation of Ukraine for the last six months. Over half of the citizens were of the opinion that because of the incompetence of the authorities there may be a crisis.
The level of distrust the people of Ukraine to President Vladimir Zelensky has grown to 53%, according to a survey conducted by the sociological group "Rating".
Earlier in July, the Fund "Democratic initiatives" to them. Ilko Kucheriv published the results of a similar survey. Then Zelensky trusted 44% of Ukrainians did not trust – 49%.
An unknown object exploded in a residential building in Kiev, no one was injured, said Monday the press-Secretary of police of Podolsk district of the Ukrainian capital Anne Strashok.
"The hem of explosion of an unknown object somewhere on the second floor of the house. No one was hurt. Now at the place of work investigative team, explosives experts. Establish all circumstances of incident", - quotes Strashok edition "Ukrainian truth".
The number of cases of the coronavirus in the Ukraine for the day increased by 807 to 65 656, died 11 people, said Monday the Minister of health of the country Maxim Stepanov.
"For the last day ill 807 people, including 65 children and 43 members of staff. Recorded 11 deaths. Recovered 315. During the entire period of a pandemic, sick 65 656 people, of whom 661 4 children and 8 380 paramedics. Just recovered 36 122 persons and deaths – 616 1", Stepanov said at the briefing.
Flash coronavirus infection recorded in the hostel of the Kiev Polytechnic Institute named after Igor Sikorsky, where COVID-19 was confirmed for more than 50 students, said on Sunday the press service of the city hall in the Ukrainian capital.
"The Metropolitan Institute of special communication and information protection of National technical University of Ukraine "Kyiv Polytechnic Institute named after Igor Sikorsky" an outbreak of the incidence of coronavirus. In one of the dorms laboratory-confirmed 52 cases of coronavirus among students," - said in a statement on the website of the municipality.
The number of cases of the coronavirus in Ukraine for the day grew to 920, up to 64 849, died 15 people, said on Sunday the system to monitor the spread of coronavirus Council of national security and defense Council (NSDC) of the country.
As of July 26, the country identified 64 849 cases COVID-19, died from infection 1 605 people. Just recovered 35 807 people, including 310 for the last day, these are the figures given on the website of the monitoring system of the national security Council.
Holy Feodosievsky monastery in Kiev was closed on quarantine from-for a COVID-19, said on Saturday the press service of the religious community.
According to Ministry of health of Ukraine, as of July 25, in the country identified 63 929 cases COVID-19, died from infection 1590 people. Just recovered 35 497 people, including 611 - over the past day.
Four people who were posing as representatives of the office of the President of Ukraine, became suspects in the "for sale posts" reported Saturday on the website of the National police.
During a pretrial investigation it is established that in Kiev the participants of the organized group pretended to be the representatives of the office of the President of Ukraine and was looking for citizens who would like to get senior positions in public authorities and state-owned enterprises. From them, the suspects received the money in especially large sizes for facilitating such assignment.
The number of cases of the coronavirus in Ukraine for the day grew on 1106 to 63 929, died 19 others, said Friday the system to monitor the spread of coronavirus Council of national security and defense Council (NSDC) of the country.
As of July 25, in the country identified 63 929 cases COVID-19, died from infection 1 590 people. Just recovered 35 497 people, including 611 for the last day, these are the figures given on the website of the monitoring system of the national security Council.
The Pechersky district court of Kiev decided to close the administrative proceedings against Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, due to late amendments to the Declaration of income, according to a court decision published on the website of the Unified register of judicial decisions of Ukraine.
Earlier the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky personally notify the National Agency for prevention of corruption that violated the law and made the Declaration of data about significant changes in the property state.
Ukrainian security forces put weapons and equipment in residential districts of Kiev-controlled settlements in the Donbass, said on Friday the official representative of the people's militia self-proclaimed Luhansk people's Republic Yakov Osadchiy.
At the end of September 2015 signed an agreement on the withdrawal of weapons caliber greater than 100 millimeters and tanks from the frontline. This process ended on 12 November 2015. The people's militia LC has repeatedly accused Ukrainian security forces in the placement of weapons and military equipment near the houses in the settlements at the contact line in the Donbass.
The number of cases of the coronavirus in the Ukraine for the day increased by 972, and 62 823, died 20 people, said Friday the system to monitor the spread of coronavirus Council of national security and defense Council (NSDC) of the country.
As of July 24, in the country identified 62 823 case COVID-19, died from infection 1 571 employees. Just recovered 34 886 employees, including 886 for the last day, these are the figures given on the website of the monitoring system of the national security Council.
Ukrainian police did not find explosives in the office of PrivatBank in the centre of Kiev, reported the press service of the Kyiv Department of the National police of Ukraine.
Earlier Thursday, the press service of the Channel reported that law enforcement officers check the message about detection of a suspicious subject in the branch of PrivatBank in the centre of Kiev.
Ukrainian law enforcement officers check the message about detection of a suspicious subject in the branch of PrivatBank in the centre of Kiev, reported the press service of the Kyiv Department of the National police of Ukraine.
Earlier Thursday, the mayor of Kiev Vitaly Klitschko called on the police, in particular the security Service of Ukraine and police to strengthen security measures in the city because of the attempts to destabilize the situation.
Ukraine and the EU signed a Memorandum of understanding and a loan agreement on granting to Kiev macro-financial assistance in the amount of 1.2 billion euros to combat the coronavirus, said Thursday Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmyhal.
"Ukraine will receive 1.2 billion euros macro-financial assistance from the European Union. Today signed a Memorandum of understanding and a loan agreement with the European Commission," wrote Smigel on his page in Facebook.
The observance of the cease-fire is a basic prerequisite for the implementation of the Minsk agreements and opens the way for implementation of other provisions of this agreement, said the press service of the office of the President of Ukraine.
A videoconference of the contact group on the Donbas held on Wednesday. The parties agreed to a ceasefire on the line of demarcation in the Donbass from July 27.
The national police of Ukraine has strengthened security measures in the nine regions of the country, reported the press service of the police.
On Tuesday, the man in the center of Lutsk took the bus, where there were about 20 passengers, and if he had explosives and weapons. The security service of Ukraine has classified it as a terrorist attack, and the interior Ministry brought another criminal case under three articles: the taking of hostages, infringement of life of police officer and unlawful use of a weapon. According to militiamen, the malefactor has put forward the General requirements and stated dissatisfaction with the system, demanded, in particular, to the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky has recorded a video message urging to watch the movie "Earthlings". After negotiations that lasted more than 10 hours, Zelensky has done, then managed to release all 13 hostages that were in the bus, no one was hurt. The man was detained, he was elected a measure of restraint.
The number of cases of the coronavirus in Ukraine for the day grew to 829, up to 60 995, died 16 people, said Wednesday the system to monitor the spread of coronavirus Council of national security and defense Council (NSDC) of the country.
As at 22 July the country identified 60 995 cases COVID-19, died from infection 1534 people. Just recovered 33 172 people, including 973 for the last day, these are the figures given on the website of the monitoring system of the national security Council.
The President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky was easier to negotiate with hostage takers in luck than with representatives of the self-proclaimed DND and LNR, said Russian expert, member of the Council for interethnic relations under the RF President Bogdan Bezpalko.
Zelensky previously complied with the men who seized hostages in a bus in Lutsk, and called on all in Facebook to watch the film "Earthlings" on the problem of animal cruelty. After the man was detained, the President had deleted the post in Facebook. While Kiev for more than five years conducting a military operation in the Donbass against the LC and the DNI, which declared independence after a coup in Ukraine in February 2014. Authorities of Ukraine called the militia terrorists. In direct negotiations with Donbass, Kiev is not.
Unknown reported about a mining of a number of medical institutions, banks, shopping centres, railway and bus stations in Kharkov, said Tuesday the press service of the Channel region.
"According to the address left it is investigative-task force and specialists of explosive control. Reporting tab explosives in hospitals, supermarkets, shopping malls, banks Kharkov, hotels, post offices, railway and bus stations received by e-mail to the police on 21 July at around 15: 00 (same as GMT - ed.)", - stated in the message.
Representatives of Kiev in the political sub-group on Donbass during the discussion of the timing of the transfer of border and constitutional reforms adhered to the dualistic position, said RIA Novosti the representative of the self-proclaimed Luhansk national Republic in the subgroup Rodion Miroshnik.
Earlier Tuesday, there were meetings of political, humanitarian, economic sub-groups and groups on security issues. Wednesday will be a meeting of the contact group.
Found near Kiev metro station "Minsk" on Tuesday, explosives and hostage-taking in luck are not linked, said the Minister of internal Affairs of Ukraine Arsen Avakov.
"Every day we find some explosives and some weapons. It has nothing to do with it," - said Avakov at a briefing which broadcast "the Fifth channel", answering a journalist's question, is there a link between events near the metro station "Minsk" in Kiev and the taking of hostages in luck.
Unknown reported about a mining of a number of facilities in Odessa, being tested, reported on the website of national police in the region.
Earlier Tuesday, police were checking the building of two vessels after the message about the mining, dangerous items were found.
Police defused two suspicious objects on the market "Minsk" in Kiev, said the mayor of the Ukrainian capital Vitali Klitschko.
Earlier, the press service of the national police of Kiev reported that the militiamen neutralized a suspicious object near the metro station "Minsk".
Unknown assailants blew up an ATM in the Podolsk district of Kiev and stole money, the amount of damage is established, according to the press service of the national police in the Ukrainian capital.
"In the Podolsk district of the capital, attackers blew up a street to the ATM, took out the cassette with the cash and disappeared. On the given fact criminal case", - told the police in Facebook.
The self-proclaimed head of the Donetsk national Republic Denis Pushilin called a violation of international law, the involvement of Kiev's foreign mercenaries to the conflict in the Donbass.
The head of the DND said that the representatives of the people's militia of the DPR in the survey area in the district of Gorlovka, where on 13 July by mines diversionno-prospecting group of the security forces found the bodies of three dead commandos. One of them was a citizen of Estonia. During the inspection of the victims each had discovered the equipment, the expensive equipment and special means of production of the NATO countries.
Protection of a suspect in the murder of journalist Pavel Sheremet, military nurses Jana Dugar after studying the case filed a motion to the Prosecutor to close the case due to alleged lack of evidence of her guilt, said Monday the lawyer of girls Nikolay Orekhov.
Earlier, the Ministry of internal Affairs of Ukraine announced the completion of an investigation into the murder Sheremet, the parties opened the case file for study. After familiarization with the materials of the case it must be submitted for consideration to the court.
The Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine has expressed protest to the Russian foreign Ministry over the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Crimea.
On Monday, Putin visited Crimea and took part in the groundbreaking ceremony for the warships for the Russian Navy at shipbuilding plant "Gulf".
The President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky said that law enforcement officers must do everything to find the real killers, organizers and customers of murder of the journalist Pavel Sharamet, and called the crime "a disgrace for Ukraine."
"Today is the fourth anniversary of the murder of Pavel Sheremet. In Belarus, Russia and Ukraine, he stood for the values of democracy, rights and freedoms of the individual. First of all, the citizen's right to free opinion and speech. And the duty of the government to be honest, transparent and accountable to citizens. He could never take away freedom so the customers decided to take a life. His daring murder is a loss for all independent media and journalists. And yet this crime is a shame for Ukraine", - wrote Zelensky in the Telegram on Monday.
The U.S. Embassy in Kiev to the fourth anniversary of the death of the journalist Pavel Sheremet requires a thorough and impartial investigation of his murder.
"In the fourth anniversary of the assassination of Pavel Sheremet, we join the Ukrainians, who continue to demand that thorough, impartial and credible investigation that will bring justice to those who ordered and committed this murder. We respect the role of mass media and other independent Ukrainian journalists in the brave message of truth and assist in the open exchange of information and ideas. The work of independent journalists is vital to the success of democracy", - stated in the message of the Embassy in Facebook.
A memorial sign in honor of the journalist Pavel Sheremet has opened in the center of Kiev on the place of his death, the stream led to the publication hromadske in Facebook.
Sheremet died July 20, 2016 in Kiev as a result of the car bomb. He's about ten years worked on Russian television, including on the First channel, the last five years lived in Kiev, worked in the Internet edition "Ukrainian truth", and "Radio News".
The number of cases of the coronavirus in the Ukraine for the day increased by 731, 842, 58, died 8 people, said the monitoring system of the spread of coronavirus Council of national security and defense Council (NSDC) of the country.
As of 19 July, the country identified 58 842 cases COVID-19, died from infection 1485 people. Just recovered 30 879 people, including 369 for the last day, these are the figures given on the website of the monitoring system of the national security Council.
Ukraine has already "refused" to Donbass and claims to the Crimea, said the former member of Parliament Eugene Moore in the broadcast channel "OUR". The release record published on the YouTube channel policy.
"Failure" of Kyiv from these territories, he explained, "the unwillingness to pay money" to the people living there.
The number of cases of the coronavirus in the Ukraine for the day increased by 847, 111, 58, died 21 others, said the system of monitoring the spread of coronavirus Council of national security and defense Council (NSDC) of the country.
As of July 18, in the country identified 58 111 cases COVID-19, died from infection 1477 people. Just recovered 30 525 people, including 756 for the last day, these are the figures given on the website of the monitoring system of the national security Council.
The explosion occurred near the metro station "Shulyavska" in Kiev, one person was injured, said Friday the press service of the national police of Ukraine.
According to police, the explosion occurred on Victory Avenue at the entrance to the metro station "Shulyavska". On call immediately left the police, investigative team Chief and district police administrations, specialists of explosive service, cynologists and representatives of other relevant services.
The head of the District administrative court of Kiev Pavel Vovk, head of the state judicial administration (SJA) Zenoviy Holodyuk and Deputy and five judges OASC received the status of suspects, said on Friday the press service of the National anti-corruption Bureau (NEB).
Earlier Friday, the press service of the court said that the law enforcement officers came to him with the searches, one of the reasons for their conduct called "the case of the euromaidan".
Ukrainian ex-Minister of ecology during the reign of Viktor Yanukovych, Mykola Zlochevsky called in for questioning on charges of giving $ 6 million of bribes to heads of anti-corruption bodies, reported on Friday on the website of the National anticorruption Bureau of Ukraine.
"Summons Zlochevskiy Nicholas V., registered at the address: Kyiv city, reitarskaya street. You need to arrive on 21 July 2020 at 15.30 (same as GMT - ed.), 22 July 2020 at 14.30 and 23 July 2020, at 11.30 in the National anti-corruption Bureau of Ukraine at the address: Kyiv city, street Surikova, 3 for questioning in criminal case No. 52020000000000362 of June 3, 2020", reported on the website.
The rejection of the implementation of the Minsk agreements can swing from the perspectives of settlement in the Donbass, said press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
According to him, Moscow is significantly alarming statements heard from Kiev that, "he says, Minsk package of measures is no longer relevant, that it is necessary to change, need to replace some other, more modern document."
The rally against the bill on the abolition of the compulsory study 80% of subjects in schools in Ukraine in the state language once again takes place on Friday near the building of Verkhovna Rada in Kiev, the correspondent of RIA Novosti.
The bill provides for amendments to the laws on language and on education and transfers from 2020 to 2023, the transition of Russian for 5-11 classes on teaching in the Ukrainian language. The author of the bill is a member of the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada concerning law enforcement and a Deputy of the "servant of the people" Maxim Buzhansky. The Verkhovna Rada Committee on issues of human and information policy recommended to reject the bill. Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Dmitry Razumkov earlier reported that the Ukrainian Parliament on Friday will consider this document.
Ukrainian law enforcers have tightened security in Central Kiev for a rally against the resumption of Russian-language education in schools of Ukraine, said on Friday the press service of the Kyiv Department of the National police of the country.
The rally against the bill on the abolition of the compulsory study 80% of subjects in schools in Ukraine in the state language once again takes place on Friday near the building of Verkhovna Rada in Kiev.
Pechersk district court of Kyiv has extended for two months the arrest of the suspect in the murder of journalist Pavel Sheremet, Andrei Antonenko, reports on Friday the Agency "RBK-Ukraine" with reference to the decision of the court.
Earlier, the Kiev appellate court upheld the detention until July 23 Antonenko.
The number of cases of the coronavirus in the Ukraine for the day increased by 809, 57 to 264, died 11 people, said the Minister of health of the country Maxim Stepanov.
According to him, most cases of infection COVID-19 over the past day registered in Lviv (132), Rivne (88), Ivano-Frankivsk (67) regions and Kyiv (76).
President Vladimir Zelensky made a return of the lost territories.
"I'm sure chance to achieve this we, Ukrainians, there is only one case — if we all unite, like 30 years ago," he said at the ceremonial meeting of the Verkhovna Rada on the occasion of the anniversary of the Declaration of sovereignty of Ukraine.
The Senator from the Crimean region, a member of the Federation Council Committee on international Affairs Sergei Tsekov called regular fiction Kiev's proposal to introduce a transition period for Crimea to return Peninsula in the Ukraine.
Earlier, the former head of the foreign intelligence service of Ukraine Mykola Malomuzh in an interview with Ukrainian media suggested that the transitional period for the return of the Crimea back under Ukrainian jurisdiction. In particular, according to him, in the Crimea, you can create a "free economic zone under international supervision and with the participation of foreign investors." Malomuzh believes that over time the Peninsula to Russia would be economically unprofitable and financially unaffordable.
Kiev in the contact group on settlement in Donbass only pretends to negotiate, but in fact continues to sabotage Minsk agreement, said on Thursday Russia's permanent representative to the OSCE Alexander Lukashevich.
Earlier, the Parliament of Ukraine appointed on 25 October, the next local elections the relevant draft resolution was supported by 326 parliamentarians when the required minimum of 226 votes, while the elections will not take place in uncontrolled Kiev territory of Donetsk and Lugansk regions.
Party "Opposition platform For life," said he would initiate a resolution in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, which will hold local elections in the Kiev-controlled areas of Donbas.
Earlier, the Parliament of Ukraine appointed on 25 October, the next local elections the relevant draft resolution was supported by 326 parliamentarians when the required minimum of 226 votes, while the elections will not take place in uncontrolled Kiev territory of Donetsk and Lugansk regions. Also will not hold elections to the regional councils controlled Kiev territory of Donbass. These areas will continue to obey the civil-military administrations.
Unknown assailants attacked a member of the "party of Sharia" in Kiev, a man splattered with gas and was beaten, said Wednesday journalist Olga Shary.
"Today, just half an hour ago there was an attack on our party. I am now waiting for details. Or rather waiting for a video. Left our journalists. I have them (the victims – ed.) contacted. As he said, splattered gas, attacked, beaten on the head. In principle, all what has happened before," said Shary, the TV channel NewsOne.
The people's militia self-proclaimed Lugansk people's Republic accused the Ukrainian security forces in the mining district of the Kiev-controlled town of Popasna at the contact line in the Donbass.
Previously, the people's militia LNR accused the Ukrainian security forces to install more than 300 mines in the area controlled by the Kiev village Popasnaya at the line of contact in Donbas, in the LC also recorded the installation of anti-personnel mines prohibited by the Ukrainian security forces in the area.
United States of America has increased its financial assistance to Ukraine to fight the coronavirus at $ 1.8 million, the full amount will be 17.3 million dollars, reported Tuesday the U.S. Embassy in Kiev on his page in Facebook.
Earlier, the us Embassy in Kiev announced that the United States will provide Ukraine with funding of $ 15.5 million dollars to combat COVID-19.
The head of representation of the self-proclaimed Donetsk people's Republic in the Joint center for control and coordination of ceasefire (SCCC) Ruslan Yakubov said that now the possibility of finding the bodies of the Ukrainian security forces allegedly killed as a result of unsuccessful attempts to get closer to the positions of the Republic near the village of zaytsevo.
Earlier it was reported that on Monday as a result of unsuccessful attempts to get closer to the positions of the DPR forces near the village of zaytsevo on the outskirts of Gorlovka on their own mines exploded, the soldiers of the sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Ukrainian armed forces. Later in the defense Ministry of the Republic reported that one Ukrainian security forces were killed and evacuated on the territory of the DNI. The mission of the Republic in the JCCC said that, under the guise of evacuating their dead soldiers, the security forces have made another attempt to approach the positions of the DNI.
Ukrainian TV channel "Direct" has filed a lawsuit in the District administrative court of Kyiv to the National Council of the country on television and radio broadcasting in connection with the conduct of the unscheduled audit in January 2020, said Tuesday the press service of the court.
The ninth of January 2020, the national Council of Ukraine on television and radio broadcasting has appointed an unscheduled field audit of the channel is "Direct" because the word master, which allegedly contained "an attack on the honor and dignity of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky".
The number of identified cases of coronavirus COVID-19 in the Ukraine during the day increased by 638, to 54 771, died 14 people, said Tuesday at a briefing the Minister of health of the country Maxim Stepanov.
"For the last day ill 638 people, including 26 children, and 64 members of staff. It recorded 14 deaths. Recovered 651 people. During the entire period of the pandemic ill 54 771 people, including 3 children and 906 7 499 workers. Just recovered 27 154 people, and deaths – 1 412," - said Stepanov.
The President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky advocated for increased penalties for drunken driving, in particular, the head of state said that if there was a fatal accident, which was caused by a drunk driver, he should face a penalty of up to life imprisonment.
Two adults and two children were killed and one person was injured in a collision between two cars in Kiev on Sunday. After this incident, Zelenski advocated for increased responsibility for drunk drivers and initiated an extraordinary session of Parliament for the enactment of the requisite legislation. The Parliament of Ukraine at an extraordinary meeting on Monday adopted in the first reading the draft law on strengthening of responsibility of drivers for committing a fatal road accident in an alcohol intoxication. The document still must pass a second reading.
Ukrainian forces made an unsuccessful attempt to approach the positions of the people's militia units of the self-proclaimed Donetsk people's Republic (DPR), told journalists the representative of the defense Ministry DND.
"Today, our observers using optical reconnaissance were recorded movement of DRG of six militants 137 battalion of 35 brigade (armed forces of Ukraine - ed.) toward the positions of the militia in the southern district of zaytsevo. Our defenders, observing a ceasefire, continued monitoring of the treacherous action of the enemy. When driving near a group of enemy positions triggered two mines," - said the representative office.
A Ukrainian court on Monday was allowed to remove an electronic bracelet with a suspect in the murder of journalist Pavel Sheremet nurses Jana Dugar, she was allowed to move around the country, according to the website of "Hromadske radio".
Earlier on Monday, the Kyiv appeal court upheld the detention until July 23, a suspect in the murder Sheremet Andrei Antonenko. In addition, the Pechersky district court of Kiev refused to change the measure of restraint for the suspect in this case Yulia Kuzmenko, which the court previously upheld the detention until 24 July.
The Pechersky district court of Kiev refused to change the measure of restraint for a suspect in the murder of journalist Pavel Sheremet Yulia Kuzmenko, said on Monday the Agency "UKRINFORM".
Earlier, the Pechersk district court of Kyiv extended the arrest Kuzmenko until July 24.
Ukrainian authorities to create a semblance of "focusing on achieving a peaceful settlement" of the conflict in the East of the country, but in fact give birth to the negotiation process to a standstill, said in an interview with RIA Novosti a special representative of Russia in the Contact group on settling the situation in Ukraine Azamat kulmuhametov.
According to the special representative of the Russian Federation, the situation with the implementation of the Minsk package of measures puts the political leadership of Ukraine in the situation of "zugzwang": on the one hand, Kiev wants to abandon Minsk, and with another - understands that to do this does not.
Kiev's attempts to support the national machinery has caused discontent of Brussels. The EU Ambassador Matti Maasikas sent to the Prime Minister Denis Shmyhalou and the speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Dmitry Razumkova a warning letter about the inadmissibility of violation of the Association Agreement with the EU. Why the European officials can dictate to the Ukrainian authorities the conditions in the material RIA Novosti.
Brussels is dissatisfied with the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on procurement of machinery "with a proven degree of localization of production." Maasikas regarded it as "significant violation of the foundations of equal trade and non-discrimination".
Ukrainian party "the Opposition platform For life" urged President Vladimir Zelensky and his team to resign.
This is stated in the statement published on the website of political power.
The deterioration of relations between Moscow and Kiev not connected with the Crimea, said Vladimir Putin in an interview with "Russia 1".
According to him, first, in Ukraine there was a coup and seize power, and then "views" and "ways" with her leadership, "were diametrically opposed".
Kiev didn't do anything and doesn't make for a settlement of the situation in the Donbass, said press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov.
"Kiev as nothing was done in terms of implementation of the Minsk package of measures and the Paris agreements, and does not" - said Peskov on air of TV channel "Russia 1".
The Ukrainian leadership increasingly has insisted that the Minsk agreements need to change, Moscow still does not understand, does this mean Ukraine's withdrawal from the agreement, said the press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov.
"Is it about the reluctance of Kiev to resolve this problem, or is it evidence of the inability of leadership in Kiev to resolve this problem, or at the same time - we look at the statements of the Ukrainian leadership, which increasingly, more and more insistently says that the Minsk agreements need to be changed. Does this mean the official release Kiev from the Minsk package of measures or does not mean - we don't know yet," said Sands on the channel "Russia 1".
To present an alternative document of Donbass, will need dialogue with the breakaway republics, but Kiev rejects that, said the press-Secretary of Russian leader Dmitry Peskov.
"To develop any alternative document is required to be a dialogue with the representatives of the breakaway republics and the Kiev flatly refuses this dialogue," - said Peskov on air of TV channel "Russia 1".
Ukraine does not issue itself and blocks the import from Russia of scientific literature, said Saturday the head of political Council of party "Oppositional platform For life" Viktor Medvedchuk.
"Of extreme concern is the situation with import to Ukraine of the scientific literature. According to the representatives of the publishing market, in 2020 our country is not imported any copies of books from Russia, which was and remains the main provider of specialized scientific publications for Ukrainian consumers in many key sectors of the knowledge... Thus, blocked the arrival to Ukraine of the special literature, which in our country is not being published because of the crisis of the scientific-educational sphere" - quoted Medvedchuk's press service on the website of the political power.
Ukrainian miners ended the protest over wage arrears, reported Saturday the head of the Independent trade Union of miners of Ukraine Mikhail Volynets.
Ukrainian miners on 30 June began an indefinite protest at the office of the President with the requirement to pay them debt on a salary. Prime Minister of Ukraine Denis Shmyhal said that the government repaid the debt to the miners. Later Volynets said that miners also need to provide safe working conditions, stable work of Ukrainian enterprises and are against the import of Russian electricity and coal.
The people's militia self-proclaimed Luhansk people's Republic recorded the undermining of a mine car with Ukrainian servicemen at the line of contact in the Donbass, told reporters on Saturday the official representative of the defense Ministry LNR Yakov Osadchiy.
Earlier, the national police LNR said about the installation of prohibited anti-personnel mines by sappers of the 30th and 93rd brigades of the Ukrainian security forces in the areas of the four Kiev-controlled villages near the line of contact, as well as more than 300 anti-tank mines in the area controlled by the Kiev city Popasnaya.
The Deputy head of the delegation of Kiev in the contact group on settling the situation in Donbass Alexey Reznikov said that Minsk agreements, not much is working, but decisions about their review may be accepted only at the level of "Norman" summit (Germany, Russia, Ukraine and France).
Thursday Reznikov said that the Minsk agreement is largely irrelevant. After that, the Deputy head of presidential administration Dmitry Kozak said that Moscow expects from Kyiv official data about the further participation in the Minsk agreements.