- More of the latest from Ukraine here and here
- Overview “Information on measures taken by the Government of Ukraine in the areas of security and defense” (Department of Information and Communication of the Secretariat of the Cabinet)
- “Militia defeated Ukrainian punitive position near the village of Pobeda” (donetskiy.org, pro-separatist, in Russian)
- “Russian foreign minister issues blistering attack on US, Nato” – more (European Commission news aggregator)
- “Lavrov says crisis in Ukraine can be resolved with good will” (ITAR-TASS)
- “Russian foreign minister blames US for Ukraine crisis” (Associated Press)
- “Cold War thinking decried at UN” (Deutsche Welle)
- Russian Foreign Ministry statement “The Russian Foreign Ministry rejects media reports citing allegations by the Reuters news agency about a meeting of Russian and Ukrainian military officials in the Donetsk region with the aim of determining a “buffer zone” between the positions of the DPR and LPR and those of the Ukrainian side. In this connection, we would like to emphasise that all issues pertaining to the implementation of the ceasefire regime are being discussed between representatives of the Ukrainian side and representatives from individual areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Russia’s role as a member of the Contact Group consists of providing the necessary assistance to this process in cooperation with the OSCE mission.”
- “Lavrov: UN Declaration Needed to Prevent Use of Coup as Means to Change Regime — Russia suggests adopting a UN General Assembly declaration on nonrecognition of a coup as a way to change the regime in a country, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at the 69th session of the UN General Assembly on Saturday …. “It is time to eliminate completely from international communication attempts of some states to illegally put pressure on other countries,” he added ….” (RIA Novosti)
- “Head of migration service: Ukraine’s 3,500 citizens apply daily for shelter in Russia” (ITAR-TASS)
- “Humanitarian flights by (Ukrainian businessman/oligarch Rinat) Akhmetov delivered at Donbass 550,000 food packages …. “Since August, as part of humanitarian flight Rinat Akhmetov at Donbass already delivered 550 thousand food packages to cover the nutritional needs for more than a million people. As of today, in the city of Donetsk and Lugansk regions delivered over 350 thousand. Food kits distributed people – more than 250 thousand. biggest aid sent to Donetsk, Mariupol, Pervomajskiy, Novoazovs’k and Slavic areas Svyatohirsk, Horlivka, Kirov, Avdiyivka, Krasnodon and Sverdlovsk (Rovenky). Besides food bags of flour, meal, oil, sugar, canned, condensed milk, biscuits, candles and matches, humanitarian flight brought baby food and hygiene kits, “- said in a statement. The humanitarian cargo is packed and help distribute volunteers, including FC “Shakhtar” and the stadium “Donbass Arena” ….” (Interfax-Ukraine)
- “Humanitarian flight Rinat Akhmetov delivered to the Donbass products to million” (Rinat Akhmetov Foundation news release, in Russian)
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