November 22, 2016
by Andrei Makhovsky
Minsk (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (click here) said on Tuesday that
Ukraine's detention of two Russian soldiers near the border with Crimea
was "a provocation."
Ukrainian
security services detained two Russian soldiers near the border with
Crimea on Monday. Kiev said the men were deserters from the Ukrainian
army detained on Ukrainian-controlled territory, while Moscow claimed
they were seized in Crimea.
There were some demonstrations in Ukraine as well. The Ukraine officials holding the defectors are most likely cautious about more trouble in the country.
November 22, 2016
By Interfax-Ukraine
Protesters (click here) tried to break into the building at 23b Velyka Vasylkivska, where according the office of the leader of the Ukrainian Choice NGO, Ukraine’s envoy in the subgroup for humanitarian affairs of the Trilateral Contact Group, Viktor Medvedchuk, is allegedly situated.
They knocked out windows on the ground floor, threw smoke flares thus starting a fire inside the building. It was extinguished by the protesters themselves, an Interfax-Ukraine correspondent reported.
Some of the protesters broke the windows in Russia’s Sberbank office in the Leo Tolstoy Square nearby.
After this, law enforcement officers intervened and drove the protesters away from the building.
The protesters had no symbols and insignia on their clothing. They did not hold any posters or flags. Their faces were covered with balaclavas.
There were some demonstrations in Ukraine as well. The Ukraine officials holding the defectors are most likely cautious about more trouble in the country.
November 22, 2016
By Interfax-Ukraine
Protesters (click here) tried to break into the building at 23b Velyka Vasylkivska, where according the office of the leader of the Ukrainian Choice NGO, Ukraine’s envoy in the subgroup for humanitarian affairs of the Trilateral Contact Group, Viktor Medvedchuk, is allegedly situated.
They knocked out windows on the ground floor, threw smoke flares thus starting a fire inside the building. It was extinguished by the protesters themselves, an Interfax-Ukraine correspondent reported.
Some of the protesters broke the windows in Russia’s Sberbank office in the Leo Tolstoy Square nearby.
After this, law enforcement officers intervened and drove the protesters away from the building.
The protesters had no symbols and insignia on their clothing. They did not hold any posters or flags. Their faces were covered with balaclavas.
