Ukraine News in brief. Thursday 12 October. [Ukrainian sources]

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TODAY'S HEADLINES:
PACE rapporteur on Ukraine has resigned.  SBU exposed in Lviv groups that arranged provocations paid by Russian propaganda.  In Odesa, a woman after a suicide attempt strangled the baby.  The second party with 60 thousand tons of coal arrived from Ukraine from the USA.  Russia didn't allow Ukrainian doctors see kidnapped Ukrainian prisoner Gryb in detention center.  Ukraine and three other countries continued for six months the sanctions against Russia.

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Chairman of the European People's Party in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, PACE Vice President and Speaker of the Monitoring Committee on Ukraine, Axel Fischer resigned.

This was announced by a deputy from the faction of the BPP, a member of the Ukrainian delegation to the PACE, Alexei Goncharenko.

"The chairman of the largest PACE group of the European People's Party Axel Fischer resigned. Major changes in the PACE, "he wrote.

The German Bundestag deputy from the Christian Democratic Union, Axel Fischer, was the speaker of the PACE Monitoring Committee on Ukraine.

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Employees of the Security Service of Ukraine exposed the group, which, on request of representatives of the aggressor country, arranged provocative actions in Lviv.

Tsensor.NET informs about it , referring to the press center of the SBU.

Law enforcers found that attackers, hiding behind social slogans, participated in protest actions ordered by Kremlin propagandists. Employees of the secret service have recorded the involvement of the "leaders" of the group in a series of acts of vandalism, including against consular and diplomatic institutions of foreign countries operating in the region.

Operators of the Security Service of Ukraine also documented that the group's members distributed in social networks materials aimed at destabilizing the political situation in the region. A comprehensive expert-linguistic study found public appeals for the violent overthrow of state power in publications that the attackers distributed on the Internet.

During eight searches at the place of residence and at the offices of radicals, law enforcement officers removed the computer equipment and materials with evidence of illegal activity.





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In Odessa, law enforcement detained a 28-year-old woman who strangled her 4-month-old daughter with a pillow. Police turned to a male abuser.

This is stated in a statement on the website of the National Police in the Odesa region.

It was also found that on the eve of the woman tried to commit suicide by drinking a large amount of sleeping pills, but the pills did not work.

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The second party of anthracite from the USA arrived in Ukraine at the "Sea Commercial Port" Yuzhny ". The Victoria ship delivered 60 thousand tons of coal.

This is reported by "Yuzhny".

"Over 9 months, 540 thousand tons of anthracite were sent to the warehouses of Ukrainian power plants. In October, the company plans to process two more bulkers with anthracite, with a total capacity of more than 200 thousand tons. The handling equipment and production facilities work without any remarks. I am sure that nothing will prevent us from continuing to work efficiently, "said Vitaly Zhukovsky, Acting Director of the State Enterprise" ICZ "Yuzhny".



The first vessel from the United States, Ocean Ambitious, was moored to the transshipment complex of the State Enterprise "ICZ" Yuzhny "on September 13. In less than 2 days, the port workers unloaded about 62 thousand tons of 875 coaches.

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Russia didn't allow Ukrainian doctors visit imprisoned Ukrainian citizen Pavlo Hryb, who was kidnapped by FSB in Belarus and arrested in Russia under trumped-up charges.

The detainee's father, Ihor Hryb, wrote on Facebook, Censor.NET reports.

"The representative of the Consulate General of Ukraine in Rostov-on-Don has just informed us that representatives of the Russian side, regardless of an ECHR letter and numerous notes by Ukrainian diplomats, did not allow Ukrainian doctors V.Prytula and Yu.Kuchin to visit [Pavlo Hryb - ed.]," the father wrote.

Earlier, Ukrainian reserve officer Ihor Gryb announced his son Pavlo Gryb was kidnapped by Russian FSB in Belarus:

"FSB had lured Pavlo to Gomel under the guise of meeting a girl, and detained him."

On Aug. 24, 2017, Pavlo Gryb, aged 19, left for Belorussian Gomel to see a girl he met through social media, without knowing her personally, the father wrote. The girl was supposed to come from the Russian Federation. Pavlo was to return home on the same day, but he didn't. His father went to search for his son in Gomel the next day, and found that Pavlo was wanted by Russian FSB for a terrorist attack.

On Sept. 8, Hryb's attorneys said they were not allowed to see their client in Krasnodar prison.

On Sept. 13, a court in Krasnodar, Russia, arrested Gryb until Oct. 17.

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Ukraine, Montenegro, Albania and Norway have prolonged anti-Russian sanctions for six months by joining the similar decision of the EU Council.

According to Censor.NET, referring to 112 , this is stated in a statement by Federika Mogerini, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs.

The statement states that the decision of the EU Council of September 14 continues the existing restrictions until March 15, 2018. The countries that joined him will do everything to ensure that their national policies are in line with him.

On September 14, the EU Council officially extended for six months "targeted" sanctions against officials from the Russian Federation, Nazi fighters and legal entities involved in the aggression against Ukraine in the Crimea and the Donbass. These measures consist of freezing assets and travel restrictions.

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At a meeting of the joint committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, they refused to set up a working group that actually had to "look for ways to reform the Council of Europe to return Russia."

This was stated by Facebook's permanent representative of Ukraine to the Council of Europe Dmitry Kuleba.

"Under the scenario of Russian lawyers, even the creation of a working group should have become a signal for Moscow and all those who have not yet decided in the CoE: we are ready to negotiate, we are looking for a solution," he wrote.

Recall that on October 10, during a speech to the PACE, the president of the Czech Republic, Milos Seman, said that he considers Ukraine's loss of Crimea "a completed cause" and offered to settle it with payments from Ukraine.

In turn, the Czech Prime Minister Bogusław Sobotka stressed that Zeman's statement contradicts the Czech foreign policy .

We also recall that Russia can be excluded from the Council of Europe in case of non-payment of contributions.

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Hungary will continue to refuse to support the European integration of Ukraine if the law "On Education" will not be changed.

This was stated by the head of the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Peter Syyjarto on the results of the meeting with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavel Klimkin, reports Associated Press.

According to Siiyardo, Budapest will continue to stick to its position to block the further rapprochement of Ukraine with the European Union.

The Hungarian minister also added that relations between Ukraine and Hungary at this stage are experiencing the worst crisis since 1991, when Ukraine gained independence.

During talks between the Foreign Ministry's Heads of Government in Hungary, Pavlo Klimkin explained the details of the new Law of Ukraine "On Education" to Siiyarto .

Earlier, Syyarto claimed that the Government of Hungary would block further Ukraine's rapprochement with the EU.

On September 28, the Law "On Education" came into force in Ukraine . The law states that the language of the educational process in the educational institutions is the state language, but according to the educational program one or more disciplines can be taught in two or more languages.

The same day, the Foreign Ministry of Ukraine sent the Law "On Education" for examination to the Venice Commission .

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary and Romania will jointly require the change of the Ukrainian law on education . PACE will consider the Ukrainian law on education on October 12.

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In the city of Chekhov (Moscow region) there is a large shopping center "Perspektiva". This is reported on the official website of the local administration of the Ministry for Emergencies.

"On October 13, at 00.10, a promptly-next shift in the TSUKS received a notification of a fire in the territory of the shopping center" Perspektiva "at the address: Moscow region, Chekhov city, Polygraphy street, building 1 b", - the website says.

According to preliminary data, the area of ​​fire has already approached 1.5 thousand square meters. Videos are spotted on the network by eyewitnesses.

At present, 23 rescuers are involved in extinguishing and 7 units of special equipment are involved, reported the regional directorate of the Ministry for Emergencies. According to unconfirmed information, there is one victim.

When the firefighters arrived, the whole mall was in the smoke, but no open fire was detected. But now the fire covered almost the entire roof of the building. After extinction, the experts find out all the circumstances and causes of the fire. The firefighters try to localize the fire and prevent the fire to the neighboring buildings.

According to preliminary data, the cause of the fire could be a faulty wiring. Do not exclude the version of arson.





As reported by the "Apostrophe", previously in the network appeared a terrible video destroyed by the fire of the shopping center "Syndika" October 8 in Moscow.

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The pro-Russian party "Yobbyk" was the organizer of an anti-Ukrainian action, scheduled for October 13 under the embassy of Ukraine in Budapest.

It is reported by " Ukrinform " with reference to the director of the department of information activities of Zakarpattya regional state administration Yaroslav Galas.

The Hungarian religious Protestant organization "Church of returning home" made an appeal to the action, but the organizer of the action was another.

"The organizer of the action is the right party" Jobbyk. "It is she who collects people under the Ukrainian embassy in Budapest, but this action is not to be considered an official position of Hungary." The Yobbike party is an opposition, it is its attempt to declare itself on the eve of the election,"- said Noise.

According to him, the political prisoner tried to obtain support in the Transcarpathia earlier, and for some time there was a receptionist and member of the party, Bailey Kovacs, but was closed by a court order.

According to Galas, October 13, Ukrainian patriots will hold a mirror action under the Consulate General of Hungary in Uzhgorod.

With regard to the action in Budapest, it intends to take part in the European Parliamentary Member Christina Morvai. Earlier, the SBU banned entry into Ukraine of an MEP for trips to the occupied Donbas and support of the "DNR / LNR" militants.

Recall that the ultra right-wing nationalist party "For the best of Hungary", better known as Jobbik Magyarországért Mozgalom, has repeatedly expressed its commitment to the idea of ​​separating Transcarpathia from Ukraine. Representatives of political forces have strong ties with the RF and repeatedly met with its leaders. Members of "Jobbyk" are also in constant contact with leaders of terrorist groups in the Donbas.

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The delegation of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces failed to obtain an American visa to participate in a joint briefing at the UN headquarters on missile defense issues.

It is reported by Interfax referring to the head of the Main Directorate of International Military Cooperation of the Russian Defense Ministry Alexander Yemelyanov.

"The delegation of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces under the guidance of the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia, Lieutenant-General Andriy Tretyak, was scheduled to participate in this briefing. However, the local side of the entire delegation of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, including Lieutenant-General Tretyak, will enter the territory The USA did not issue", - said Yemelyanov.

On October 12, a joint Russian-Chinese briefing on the issues of the deployment of the global missile defense system was held in the fields of the First Committee of the UN General Assembly.

As reported by the "Apostrophe", previously the US from August 23, 2017 suspended the procedure for issuing nonimmigrant visas in Russia.

Earlier, the government of Russia announced a reduction in the number of diplomatic and technical staff working in the US embassy and consulate in Russia to 455 people.

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