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ITAR-TASS quotes Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev as saying the Russian government will disburse $7 million to Rostov region to help house refugees from Ukraine.
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The Ukrainian parliament, accepting President Petro Poroshenko's nomination, has approved First Deputy Prime Minister Vitaliy Yarema as prosecutor-general, Reuters reports.
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Reuters on this morning's fighting in Krasnyi Lyman:
Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian separatists were locked in fierce fighting in the east of Ukraine on Thursday after rebels rejected a call to lay down their arms in line with a peace plan proposed by President Petro Poroshenko, government forces said.
Heavy fighting broke out at around 4 a.m. near the town of Krasny Liman, which itself has been under government control since early this month.
"We issued an ultimatum to the terrorists overnight to surrender their weapons. We guarantee their safety and investigation in line with Ukrainian law ... They refused," said government forces spokesman Vladyslav Seleznyov.
"Now we are trying to narrow the encirclement. They are trying to break out," Seleznyov said.
Heavy fighting broke out at around 4 a.m. near the town of Krasny Liman, which itself has been under government control since early this month.
"We issued an ultimatum to the terrorists overnight to surrender their weapons. We guarantee their safety and investigation in line with Ukrainian law ... They refused," said government forces spokesman Vladyslav Seleznyov.
"Now we are trying to narrow the encirclement. They are trying to break out," Seleznyov said.
09:04
19.6.2014
Acting Foreign Minister Deshchytsia won friends in the Verkhovna Rada with his profane characterization of Russia's president, it would appear.
Here's our story on the "Putin d*ckhead" meme as a rallying cry: "Some Smile, Others Squirm As Obscenity Becomes Latest Rallying Cry In Ukraine Crisis."
Here's our story on the "Putin d*ckhead" meme as a rallying cry: "Some Smile, Others Squirm As Obscenity Becomes Latest Rallying Cry In Ukraine Crisis."
