Foreign "mercenaries" sentenced to death, Lavrov: "Russia has nothing to do with it, the laws of Donetsk apply"

"Russia is open to dialogue - he said - but it takes two to dance the tango ." This was said by Russian Foreign Minister Sergej Lavrov about a possible resumption of negotiations urged by various parties.

Azot, the chemical plant of Severodonetsk is under siege by the Russians who have now conquered the rest of the city. A situation similar to that of the Azovstal steel mill in Mariupol: in the bunker plant there are about 800 military and civilian people to whom the pro-Russians have ordered to " lay down their arms and surrender ", specifying that "conditions are not accepted".

The case of the death sentence expressed by the supreme court of the self-styled People's Republic of Donetsk against the British "mercenaries" Aiden Aslin, Shaun Pinner and the Moroccan Saaudun Brahim, who fought for the Ukrainian army, is still under consideration, but "they can ask for grace". For the UN it is a "war crime".

But London's reaction to the news has been called " hysterical " by Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. Zakharova said Britain should appeal to the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), which is internationally recognized as part of Ukraine. Previously, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov declined to comment on the cases, saying they are under the jurisdiction of the DPR.

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UN: "Pro-Russian trials are a war crime"

The United Nations says it is concerned about the death sentences imposed by pro-Russian separatists on two British soldiers and a Moroccan soldier captured by Russian troops while fighting for Ukraine.

"Since 2015, we have observed that the so-called judiciary in these self-styled republics has not respected the essential guarantees of a fair trial, such as public hearings, independence, the impartiality of the courts and the right not to be obliged to testify. trials of prisoners of war constitute a war crime, "said UN spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani.

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New Moscow-Kiev prisoner exchange is the 11th

Ukraine and Russia have carried out another prisoner exchange, the eleventh known since the conflict began in February, according to a Ukrainian regional governor. In a post on Telegram, quoted by the BBC, the governor of Mykolaiv, Vitaliy Kim, writes that four Russian prisoners were exchanged today with five Ukrainians.

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The Russian Deputy Foreign Minister meets the US Ambassador

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov met with US Ambassador in Moscow John Sullivan today. This was reported by the Moscow Foreign Ministry quoted by Russian agencies. "The parties - says Moscow without mentioning Ukraine - have discussed some issues of the bilateral agenda".

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France ready for an operation to unblock the port of Odessa

France is "ready to participate in an operation" to "unblock the port of Odessa", according to an Elysée source.

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Pro-Russian to the military of Azot: "Surrender"

The approximately 800 military and civilian refugees at the Azot chemical plant in Severodonetsk sought contacts to start negotiations. This was reported by the Russian agency Ria Novosti, citing a representative of the Lugansk separatists. "The Ukrainian militants hiding in the Azot plant were told that they must lay down their arms and surrender, no other conditions are accepted," said the pro-Russian representative.

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Moscow: “Death sentences? We didn't decide them "

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called Britain's reaction to the sentencing of Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner in Donetsk, controlled by Russian separatists, as 'hysterical'. The Guardian reports it.

On Telegram, Zakharova said Britain should appeal to the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), which is internationally recognized as part of Ukraine.

Previously, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov declined to comment on the cases, saying they are under the jurisdiction of the DPR.

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Negotiations, Lavrov: "The tango is danced in two"

Russia is open to dialogue, but "it takes two to tango". So the minister

Russian Foreign Affairs Officer Serghei Lavrov, as reported by Tass, regarding the diplomatic path as a solution to the conflict in Ukraine.

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Lavrov: "Ukrainian sanctions do not deserve an answer"

Russian Foreign Minister Serghiei Lavrov said the sanctions imposed by Ukraine against 35 senior Russian officials do not deserve a response. This was reported by the Russian state news agency Tass. "I don't think this deserves any concrete step on our part," Lavrov said.

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Lavrov: "Dpr laws decide on death sentence of the British military"

The decision on the British and Moroccan soldiers, sentenced to death yesterday in Donetsk, is made "on the basis of the laws of the DPR (the self-styled Donetsk People's Republic, ed)" and "the judicial system of the Republic" must not be interfered with. This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Serghei Lavrov, who urged "not to speculate on the subject of the sentence of foreign mercenaries convicted in the DPR".

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Kiev: "Russia hits grain stores in Mykolaiv"

Mykolaiv mayor Oleksandr Senkevych denounces that the southern port city continues to be bombed daily by Russian artillery from all directions and that a private port in the city, which is one of the largest grain ports in Ukraine, has been hit. . The district was damaged, with four storage sites burned and all grain inside lost.

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Kiev: Russian army seeks defense weak points in the East

The Russian army is looking for weak points in the Ukrainian defenses near the Siverskyi Donets River, in the eastern part of the country, the Moscow units have not abandoned their attempts to launch assault operations in the area: so the spokesman for the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, Oleksandr Motuzyanyk, reported by the Guardian.

"Russia's strategic goal is the complete destruction of Ukraine. They will not let us live in peace. The Russian Federation wants to completely destroy the Ukrainian state and install a government here that it can control," Motuzyanyk said.

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Zelensky: "Severodonetsk is still standing"

"Severodonetsk, Lysychansk and other cities of the Donbass, which the occupiers now consider the primary objectives, are still standing." This was stated by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, as reported by the BBC, stating that Ukrainian troops were again attacked in the main city of Lugansk.

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"Moscow wants control of Lugansk by June 12"

Russian troops are trying to establish full control over the Lugansk region by June 12, the date of the celebration of the Day of Russia, says the head of the regional military administration, Sergiy Gaidai, on Facebook. Gaidai also reported that fighting is continuing in the eastern Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk and in the settlements of Hirske and Popasna: "Severodonetsk holds up, but the Russians are destroying everything. The Russian world is a desert. The enemy is trying to achieve this. goal, "wrote Gaidai.

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Risk of cholera epidemic in Mariupol, cases already reported

"The medical services in Mariupol are probably close to collapse: isolated cases of cholera have been reported since May, a serious epidemic will further aggravate the situation". British Defense Ministry intelligence writes in a tweet on the daily update of the situation in Ukraine, adding that in Severodonetsk "Russia has again control of most of the city, but its forces have made little progress in the attempts. to encircle the wider area from the North and South ". According to the report, Russia is working to provide basic public services to the population in the occupied territories, but access to clean water has been inconsistent as serious disruptions to telephone and internet services continue. Furthermore, according to London intelligence, it is likely that there is a critical shortage of medicines in Kherson.

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Kiev, "we lose on the front line, we depend on Western weapons"

Ukrainian Deputy Chief of Military Intelligence Vadym Skibitsky said that Ukraine is losing to Russia on the front line and that it now depends almost exclusively on weapons from the West to keep Russia at bay: "This is now a war of artillery. The fronts are now where the future will be decided and we are losing in terms of artillery. Everything now depends on what the West gives us, "he told the Guardian.

(Unioneonline)