The Security Service of Ukraine has thwarted Kremlin plans of a new ‘people's republic’ in the west of Ukraine. Organisers and other key persons have been arrested.
A statement purportedly from separatist leader of the so-called ‘Luhansk People’s Republic’ (LNR) Igor Plotnitsky claiming he is back to work and blaming his assassination attempt on ‘the enemies of Donbas,’ has been published.
Pecherskyi District Court of Kyiv put ex-Party of Regions MP Volodymyr Medianyk in jail until October 4, having satisfied the motion of the Prosecutor General’s Office.
The citizens of Toretsk (former Dzerzhynsk) in Donetsk oblast asked the Head of National Police in Donetsk oblast Vyacheslav Abroskin to look into the activities of a group of people including the mayor of Toretsk who, in their opinion, were involved in the occupation of the city by militants in 2014.
On July 16, Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko reported in Ivano-Frankivsk that Viktor Medvedchuk, leader of the Ukrayinskyi Vybir [Ukr.: Ukrainian Choice] movement, had launched mass attempted registration of ‘territorial communities,’ urging not to pay taxes to the central government.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) detained infamous Kharkiv journalist Andrii Borodavka who was hiding in Russia as he was suspected of attempted violation of the territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine.
A group of nine people reportedly beat up a former fighter from Ukraine’s 93rd brigade in Horishni Plavni (former Komsomolsk), allegedly for participating in the ATO.
The Prosecutor General’s Office has started criminal proceedings against Petro Poroshenko Bloc MP Alexey Honcharenko based on articles 110 and 161 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.