Ukraine News in brief. Wednesday 23 August. [Ukrainian sources]

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TODAY'S HEADLINES:
US diplomats greeted Ukrainians with Independence Day.  Moscow has no doubts about the US attempts to intervene in the election of the Russian president.  The Russian command has forbidden terrorists "LNR/DPR" and local residents to disclose data on losses.  Dodon called the "successful" presence of the Russian army in Transnistria.  Kiev is waiting for lethal weapons from partner countries, while only Lithuania provided assistance.  On the Potemkin Stairs in Odesa, deployed a huge flag of Ukraine.

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The staff of the United States Embassy in Kyiv congratulated Ukrainians on the forthcoming Independence Day, singing a song in Ukrainian.



"On behalf of the American people, Ambassador Marie Jovanovich and the US Embassy in Ukraine wish Ukrainians a Happy Independence Day," the statement said.

The US Embassy staff sang the song "Good morning, Ukraine!" By the Ukrainian rock band "Numer 482".

As reported by the "Apostrophe", in the city of Brovary, on the stage set on the central square of the city on the occasion of the Independence Day celebrations, a map of Ukraine is depicted without Russia occupied by Crimea and districts of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts.

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Ukraine at the moment has received lethal weapons only from Lithuania, but hopes to provide such weapons from other partner countries.

According to Cenzor.NET , with reference to Interfax-Ukraine , this was stated by S. Poltorak to journalists at an arms show in the center of Kiev on Wednesday.

"From the first day of the Russian aggression... we appealed to all countries of the world to help us in the form of lethal weapons, only Lithuania has given us such help so far." We continue to wait and are ready to receive lethal weapons. Partner countries, and we very much hope for such support, "he said.

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On the Potemkin Stairs in Odesa, deployed 26-meter national flag of Ukraine.

According to Censor.NET, with reference to the "Duma" , on the Primorsky Boulevard started the ninth Vyshivankovy Festival. According to the tradition, its participants carried a huge national flag along the Potemkin Stairs, the length of which exactly corresponds to the age of the state from the day of proclamation of independence.



The participants of the action, among them servicemen of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, raised a yellow-and-blue banner along the steps, and at the top, at the monument to Duke, they performed the national anthem.

As the head of the organizing committee of the festival Natalia Mazharova said, the main goal of the event is to remind once again that Odesa is Ukraine. "It is a bright and warm action, and it is exactly such events, when so many Odessa citizens and guests come and join the Ukrainian culture, unite our country, unite the people of Odessa and strengthen our faith in an independent and prosperous state," she said.







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Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that Moscow is accustomed to American intervention and lives with him.

This is reported by Censor.NET with reference to Gazeta.ru.

"Of course, there will be no doubts," the diplomat replied to the question whether Washington will interfere in the presidential elections in Russia.

"We are used to American interference, we live with it, it's like listening to telephone conversations by US intelligence agencies." If you do not proceed from this, you just have to be absolutely naive person who lives on another planet and does not understand what's what " - added Ryabkov.

Previously, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the investigation of Moscow's alleged interference in the American elections is an anti-Russian hysteria.

Recall, in early January, the Office of the Director of the US National Intelligenceunveiled anon-secreted part of the report on cyberattacks by Russian hackers during the presidential elections in the United States. The document says that the campaign to help Republican Donald Trump to win the election of the US president was ordered to begin by Russian President Vladimir Putin. US intelligence believes that "with a high degree of probability," Putin "ordered hacker attacks in order to influence the elections."

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The Russian command has announced a strict ban on the disclosure of publicly available data on dead and wounded militants.

As informs Censor. No, this was on his page in Facebook, wrote the coordinator of the group "Information Resistance" (IP), People's Deputy from the "Popular Front" Dmitry Tymchuk.

According to him, the command of the "1st AK DPR" and the "2nd AK 'LNR" synchronously sent out to the commanders of formations, units and separate divisions a circular about the need to "conduct explanatory work among the personnel of units and units" regarding the strict prohibition on disclosure in Open access (in communication with representatives of the media and in social networks) data on the dead and wounded militants.

"It is prescribed, in addition to explanations to the personnel, to oblige rank-and-file fighters from among local residents to conduct similar" explanatory work "with relatives and acquaintances.This prohibition is due to the fact that such information is used by the enemy (ie Ukrainian state structures) for reconnaissance and propaganda purposes "- wrote Tymchuk.

As previously reported, the terrorists" DNI "unveiled losses of the" 9th assault marine regiment of the 1st army corps, "with a list of destroyed 149 mercenaries are available. s ect.

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Moldovan President Igor Dodon believes that the withdrawal of Russian troops from Transnistria is only possible after a political settlement of the conflict

So he commented on the appeal of the representative of Moldova to the UN in Facebook with the request to include in the agenda of the General Assembly the question of the complete withdrawal of Russian troops from Transnistria.

"It is necessary to consider separately the peacekeeping operation, which has been successful since the experience of the past 25 years and must be continued, and finding a military base whose removal is possible in the course of a political solution to the conflict." All of this is well understood, we believe this is an empty PR course,"- Wrote Dodon.

He called on the representative of Moldova to the UN to "catch dust in the eyes of Western curators and puppets," recommending "the government to focus on concrete steps to restore confidence between Tiraspol and Chisinau, solving the current problems of people from both sides of the Dniester and restoring the negotiation process in the format of "5+ 2".



TRANSLATION:
We must separately consider the peacekeeping operation, which, according to the experience of the last 25 years, is successful and must be continued, and finding a military base, the export of which is possible when the conflict is resolved politically. All this is well understood.

We think that this is an empty PR move.

What to do to throw dust in the eyes of Western curators and puppeteers, we recommend that the government focus on specific steps to restore trust between Tiraspol and Chisinau, address current problems of people from both banks of the Dniester, the resumption of the negotiation process in the 5 + 2 format.

-Recall that the Moldovan parliament passed a declaration demanding to withdraw Russian troops from the territory of Transnistria.

-On the eve of the visit, the representative of Moldova at the United Nations, Victor Moraru, unveiled the text of the letter requesting to include in the agenda of the 72nd session of the General Assembly the question of the complete withdrawal of Russian troops from Transnistria.

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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro urged Russia and the Vatican to help defeat the "military threat" from the United States on August 22.

This is reported by Radio Liberty.

Maduro also said that he would soon go to Moscow, to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

"I ask the pope (Rimsky - ed.) For help against the military threat from the United States," Maduro said at a press conference in Caracas.

Venezuelan President added that he is afraid of the US invasion after President Donald Trump has said he is considering military intervention against an authoritarian government.

It is noted that the ambassador of the Vatican, who visited Moscow on the same day, called on Russia to help weaken the tension in Venezuela.

Earlier Trump stated that it does not exclude the possibility of military intervention in the situation in Venezuela .

Also, President Nicholas Maduro invited a telephone conversation with Trump . However, in the White House he was denied.

Recall that in May Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro signed a decree on the beginning of the reform of the National Constitutional Assembly - the body that controlled the opposition to the president of the party.

The Assembly was reformed with the help of the Constituent Assembly, and the voting on them took place in the country on July 30. Elections were accompanied by protests and battles . The Constituent Assembly now has the authority to dissolve the National Constitutional Assembly.

In turn, on July 31, the United States imposed sanctions against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

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The head of the Free Democratic Party of Germany, Christian Lindner, said that the issue of Russia's annexed Crimea could be postponed, but the annexation could not be recognized.

He stated this in an interview with Deutsche Welle.

Lindner stressed that his party does not call for recognition of the annexation of the Crimea.

"Our proposal is to return to the traditional German policy of detente ... The Crimean annexation is a violation of international law, we do not accept it. Sanctions remain in force ... But it's worth looking at whether we can interrupt the current spiral Escalation and an arms race, are they ready to change their policies in Russia, "the politician said.

According to him, the party's position is to freeze the conflict without recognizing the annexation of the Crimea and "offer a dialogue on other issues."

"Maybe once the tension is so reduced that it will be possible to talk about the Crimea," said Lindner.

As reported by the "Apostrophe", earlier, on August 5, the German politician Christian Lindner made a scandalous statement about the need to establish relations with Russia without distracting from the Crimea.

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Russia's Ambassador to the Sudan, Mirgaas Shirinsky, died at a residence in Khartoum.

This is reported in the Twitter channel Al Arabiya.



This information was confirmed by the Department of Information and Printing of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia.



"On August 23, Ambassador of Russia to the Sudan Mirgaas Shirinsky died of Khartoum. As soon as we receive detailed information from the staff of the Russian embassy in Khartoum, we will inform about the circumstances of our colleague's death," the statement reads.

The details of the incident are not yet known. The circumstances of the death of the diplomat are clarified.

We note that Mirgaas Shirinsky led the Russian diplomacy in Khartoum from 2013.

As reported by the "Apostrophe", on January 26, the Russian ambassador to India, Alexander Kadakin, died in New Delhi.

Recall that on December 19, 2016, a Russian diplomat Andrei Karlov was publicly killed in Turkey, in Ankara.

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