Ukraine crisis. News in brief. Friday 19 February [Ukrainian sources]

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News -
Russian forces fire 55 times at the Ukrainian people yesterday.
22 times at the Marinka checkpoint.
Update - one soldier injured yesterday.

Weather -
Cool today and tomorrow, but then warmer again. 0 now. High of +3. ok.
Tomorrow zero predicted - freezing point. But then plus temperatures every day.
Could the temperature be above average every day this month? Chances.

Footie -
Shakhtar drew 0-0 against the German side Shalke in Lviv.
Not a bad result, but now they have to play next Thursday in Germany.
In the balance. Shakhtar are not the team they used to be.

Italian writer, essayist, historian and medievalist and an expert on semiotics Umberto Eco died on 85 th year of life, told Repubblica members of his family.

"Name of the Rose" and "Foucault's Pendulum" By night he died at home. Additional details about the incident are not given.

The last novel of the writer "Zero Room" was published in January of last year.

Umberto Eco was born in Alessandria in Piedmont in 1932, and later the memories of his childhood in fascist Italy had a major influence on his prose. Eco, which has repeatedly called one of the leading intellectuals of the world, dedicated his life to research on semiotics, linguistics, history and philosophy of the Middle Ages.

By his own admission, writing novels Eco engaged on weekends in their spare time philosophy. It brought him international fame first novel "The Name of the Rose," was published in 1980, and before that in the print out several studies on semiotics, aesthetics and transfers. Total writer has published seven novels (best known as received "Foucault's Pendulum" and "The Island of the Day Before"), always emphasizing the duty of the writer to surprise and "change" the reader.

glavcom.ua In Russian

On Friday, February 19, around 17:40 in Donetsk powerful explosion. Write about it in social networks users.

Explosion sound was clearly audible in all areas of the city, reports 62.ua citing local residents.

"A bright flash and after 5 seconds, a powerful bang, which I have heard half of the city, but most Zaperevalnaya, Yuzhelektrosetstroy, Budennovky district very strong boom", "Branch, Shchorsa - a mighty bang", "Kiev also heard strong boom with a wave, a little door possessed "- Donetsk team wrote.

In Russianobozrevatel.com

President Petro Poroshenko submitted a proposal on granting the consent of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Victor Shokina to release from office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine.

This was reported on the website of the President.

In Poroshenko clarified that the document submitted in accordance with paragraph 25 of part one of article 85, paragraph 11 of part one of Article 106 and part one of Article 122 of the Constitution of Ukraine.

Documents to be submitted to the plenary session of the Verkhovna Rada is authorized representative of the President in Parliament Stepan Stepan Kubiv.

After that, the GPU said that Shokin 15 February is a short vacation . Now his duties shall be the first deputy Yuri Sevruk.
According to media reports, 17 February Shokin took their belongings out of the room , and the day before he spoke about the resignation as a done deal.

obozrevatel.com In Russian

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