Gay-Pride Event Banned In Odesa
An Odesa court has banned a gay-pride festival that was originally planned for this weekend in the Ukrainian port city, saying the event could lead to violence. Dmitry Volchek and Anna Shamanska have more here.
Almost 850 Ukrainians missing Donbas, adviser says:
A total of 846 Ukrainians are missing in Donbas, on the territory of the government's Anti-Terrorist Operation, says an adviser to the head of the Ukrainian Security Service, Yuriy Tandit.
He says that "2,852 people were freed [from captivity], 172 hostages are still there. Besides, we have a number of missing people -- 846."
Earlier Tandit had said that out of all those captured, around 30 people were Ukrainian troops held in captivity in the Russian Federation.
Moscow has not commented on his statement.
-- Anna Shamanska
Russian officials destroying banned Western food reaches a new level of absurdity:
Here is today's map of the military situation in eastern Ukraine, according to the National Security and Defense Council:
Ukrainian ambassador to Latvia, Yevgen Perebyinis, on Russian sanctions:
“What an outrageous disgrace that this painting with 'sanctioned' produce still hangs in the Hermitage,” he writes.