Ukraine News. Saturday 5 May. [Ukrainian sources]

3 times US senators wrote a letter to Lutsenko asking whether Ukraine's investigation into Manafort is being blocked.  Putin's oligarch Vekselberg interrogated in the US on interference with the elections.  US Embassy in Finland and Sweden warned of a possible threat of terrorist attacks.  Pentagon revives the Second Fleet of the US Navy against the backdrop of a growing confrontation with the Russian Federation.  The Russian mercenaries have destroyed a car with humanitarian aid from the Christian Salvation Service under Avdiivka.  7 Dutch companies were suspected of violating sanctions against the Russian Federation through the construction of the Kerch Bridge.  "He is not king to us". In the Russian Federation began anti-Putin actions, there are detained.  The film about the Holodomor in Ukraine "Gareth Jones" is filmed in Poland.  Ukrainian vessel detained by Russian coastguards for 'illegal fishing' off Crimea coast.

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Senators from the US Democratic Party urged Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko specifically to comment on the data contained in the New York Times publication on how Kyiv supposedly decided to "pause" an investigation into Paul Manafort in order not to offend President Donald Trump.

As Censor.NET informs with reference to the League, the relevant appeal, published on the US Senate website (PDF format), was signed by legislators Robert Menendez, Patrick Leahy and Richard Durbin.

We are writing to you to express concern about the reports that your office has taken steps that prevent the investigation of the US Attorney General  Robert Mueller,"- read in an open letter.

The senators stressed that such controversial information should not affect bilateral cooperation in legal matters, and reminded that the joint investigation of the "Russian case" matters not only for Mueller, but also for the disclosure of the schemes of the time of Yanukovych.

The Trinity of Senators in this connection asks Lutsenko's office three questions:

1. Did the GPU take any steps that would have prevented Mueller's investigation? If so, why?

2. Does someone from the Trump administration pick up the Ukrainian government or individual officials not to cooperate with Mueller?

3. Was any discussion of Mueller's inquiry in the context of the communication between the Ukrainian and American governments (and individual officials), including the timing of the meeting between the Presidents of Trump and Poroshenko in New York in 2017?.



Earlier, Deputy Prosecutor General Eugene Yenin said that the FBI Special Prosecutor Robert Muller did not apply to the Prosecutor General's Office for help in investigating the case against Paul Manafort.

Recall that the United States continues to investigate Russia's possible interference in the presidential election. Special Prosecutor Müeller finds out whether a trilateral headquarters agreement was negotiated with the Kremlin to undermine Tramp's rivalry from the Democratic Party, Hillary Clinton. Moscow denies interference with the US elections and requires the submission of documents confirming this.

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In the United States, secret services detained and questioned the Russian oligarch Victor Vekselberg on the basis of his possible involvement in the election campaign of US President Donald Trump.
This is written by The New York Times, according to Censor..NET.

According to sources, the agents of the special prosecutor Robert Müller, who is in charge of Russia's intervention in the 2016 presidential election, detained Viktor Vekselberg's Renova group owner at New York airport, and then interrogated a billionaire. It happened about two months ago.

Now, Muller's team does not consider Vekselberg as a direct participant in election intervention schemes, but he probably has information about the links between Russia and Donald Trump's election headquarters.

Investigators' interest also aroused the presence of Vekselberg at the inauguration of Donald Trump in early 2017 and his investment in the Bank of Cyprus, through which, according to Miller, funding was provided to Trump Election Headquarters.

Recall that Vekselberg, who is believed to have a favorable relationship with Putin, has become one of seven linked and Kremlin oligarchs who fell under the Tram administration in April.

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The United States Navy rebuilds its Second Fleet, responsible for the northern Atlantic, seven years after its disbandment, as the Pentagon puts Russia at the center of its military strategy.
Reuters reports, informs Censor.NET.

"In our new national military strategy, it is clearly stated that we are back in the era of great powers' competition, while the number of challenges to our security is increasing day by day, and they are becoming more and more complex, so we are reviving the Second Fleet today to respond to these challenges," - said John Richardson, commander of the US Navy at the base in Norfolk.

According to the representative of the US Armed Forces, the Revived Second Fleet will deal with the administrative and operational management of warships, ground forces and aircraft on the eastern coast of the country. In addition, the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean will fall into its area of ​​responsibility.

The publication notes that in 2011 the Second Fleet was disbanded for reasons of economy.

"However, since then, Russia has become more insistent, playing its military muscles in conflicts in Ukraine and Syria, and the tension between Moscow and Washington has increased," the report said.

Currently, the Navy has six fleets, with serial numbers 3-7 and 10. The second fleet operated from 1950 to 2011.

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On 04.05.18, at 16.20, at the time of fire from the side of the NFP (presumably from the terminal complex of the Donetsk airport) near the settlement of Optin Yasinuvatsky district of Donetsk region, a civilian NISSAN TERRANO, owned by the Christian organization "Rescue Service", was destroyed.
According to Censor.NET, this is stated in a statement by the headquarters of the Joint Force.



The information says: "The information about the destruction of a civilian vehicle in the military commandant's office of the city of Avdiivka was received at 19.40. It was determined that on 04/05/2018 a group of volunteers of the Christian Rescue Service NGO went on a car NISSAN TERRANO from Avdiivka to the settlement of Optinoe to provide humanitarian assistance to the local the population and other military personnel.

The aforementioned car on the way to the city of Avdiivka stopped to unload the humanitarian aid. Approximately at 16.20, when the driver and passengers were about 10 meters away from the car, they heard hiss and apparently saw a rocket flying in the direction of the car from the side of illegal armed formations possibly from the terminal complex of the Donetsk airport. As a result of the missile (presumably released from the PKK), a civilian vehicle along with the property was destroyed.
Civilians were evacuated to Avdiivka on a military vehicle.

It has been pre-determined that representatives of the Christian organization "The Rescue Service" have not suffered".

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Seven Dutch companies are suspected of violating EU sanctions in building a bridge from Russia to the annexed Ukrainian Crimean peninsula through the Kerch Strait. The General Prosecutor's Office of the Netherlands on Friday, May 4, confirmed that these companies are under investigation.

This is reported by Censor.NET with reference to the German wave.

According to the prosecutor's office, these companies provided special devices for hanging piles of the Crimean bridge. Previously, it was reported that there were two Dutch companies under investigation, but now it became clear that five more companies are in the field of prosecutor's office in The Hague.

According to the investigation, these companies could supply technical equipment for the construction of the Crimean Bridge, as well as maintain maintenance of previously installed equipment.

"Providing goods and services in violation of European sanctions violates established international norms", - the statement states.

According to the Dutch media, Dematec Equipment and Biljard Hydrauliek are among the companies under investigation.

Local media outlets write that if these companies are found guilty of violating sanctions, they can be fined up to 820 thousand euros as legal entities. The maximum penalty for individuals includes a fine of 82 thousand euros or a term of imprisonment of six years.

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Protest actions "He is not king" started in Russian cities, organized by supporters of Alexei Navalny and confined to the inauguration of President Vladimir Putin, which will take place on May 7.

Reported Cenzor.NET referring to "Medusa".

According to the broadcast on the YouTube-channel "Bulk Live", concerted actions were held in Vladivostok and Khabarovsk, as well as in Komsomolsk-on-Amur. And also in South Sakhalinsk, Magadan and Irkutsk.

In Barnaul, where the action took place in Hyde Park and did not require agreement, several people were arrested. Activists in Krasnoyarsk also report detention of participants.

At 9 am (Moscow time) it is planned to start shares in several Siberian cities, in particular Novosibirsk, Tomsk, and Ulan-Ude.

In Krasnoyarsk, before the action was arrested coordinator of the Naval headquarters Yana Gerasimova, she was accused of organizing an uncoordinated event.







The "He is not king" campaign is confined to the inauguration of President Vladimir Putin, which will take place on May 7. In a number of cities, in particular Moscow and St. Petersburg, they are not coordinated with local authorities. In some regions, the detention of activists began before the actions.

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The Ukrainian fishing vessel YMK-0041 homeported in Ochakiv, Ukraine, was detained by the Russian invaders in the Black Sea for allegedly unlawful fish capture. Five crew members were taken to Russian-occupied Crimea.

As reported by Censor.NET citing UNIAN, Russian coastguards detained a Ukrainian fishing vessel (homeport Ochakiv) west of Cape Tarkhankut off the coast of the illegally annexed Crimea.

"The Ukrainian fishing vessel YMK-0041 homeported in Ochakiv, Ukraine, was detained," the press service of the so-called "Russia's FSB Border Department in Crimea told Krym.Realii news outlet. The vessel was detained for "illegal fishing."

The occupiers claim that the illegal fishing gear – several kilometers of nets – was seized. The trawler and crew of five Ukrainian citizens were taken to Crimea for further procedural actions. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has not yet commented on the detention of Ukrainian citizens.

On March 25, the Ukrainian Border Guard Service arrested the fishing vessel flying the Russian flag in the Ukraine's water zone of the Sea of Azov. The check showed that the vessel had previously called into Crimean ports in violation of the Ukrainian legislation.

On April 4, arrested vessel’s captain Vladimir Gorbenko was brought to Kherson for bail hearing. He was charged with violation of the order of entry into the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine and departure from it under part 2 of article 332-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

On April 6, Kherson city court remanded Nord’s captain in pretrial custody until May 31. He was later bailed out after a bail of 35,240 hryvnia (about $1,330) was posted for him.

The employees of the General Consulate of the Russian Federation tried to smuggle Nord’s crew out of Ukraine on the night of April 8. The day before, the vessel’s crew members were fined for unauthorized entry to the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine and leaving it.

On May 3, the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine said that Russian coastguards had started to inspect vessels heading to Ukraine on a daily basis. The inspections began on April 30 and were triggered by the March 25 arrest of the Nord trawler.

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