This video from RFE/RL's Current Time TV is not related to the crisis per se, but is bound to of interest to anyone who follows events in Ukraine. (According to the report, the material for the fake alcohol originated in the Luhansk region):
Counterfeit Alcohol Leaves More Than 50 Dead In Ukraine
At least fifty-three people died and more than 30 were hospitalized in string of alcohol poisoning cases across Ukraine since late September. Authorities arrested a man suspected of producing bootleg alcohol in his home, but they have not yet managed to pull all of the dangerous liquor from the market. (RFE/RL's Current Time TV, Olga Kalenichenko, Ilya Nikonov)
Here's an item from RFE/RL's news desk on Savchenko's visit to Moscow:
Savchenko In Moscow For Ukrainians' Appeals Hearing
Ukrainian parliamentary deputy Nadia Savchenko has travelled to Moscow to attend a hearing in the case of two Ukrainian citizens convicted of fighting with Chechen separatists in the 1990s.
Savchenko posted a statement on social media on October 26 saying, "It is important for me to be here, to support them at least with my presence."
Savchenko plans to attend an appeals hearing at the Russian Supreme Court in the cases of Mykola Karpiuk and Stanislav Klykh. Karpiuk has been sentenced to 2 ½ years in prison, while Klykh has been sentenced to 20.
Ukraine considers both men to be political prisoners and has repeatedly asked for their extradition.
Savchenko, a former military pilot, was captured in eastern Ukraine in June 2014 and illegally taken to Russia, where she was charged with aiding in the killing to two Russian journalists. She was sentenced to 22 years in prison, but was released in a prisoner swap in May 2016.
With reporting by UNIAN
We can vouch for this -- a long but worthwhile read:
Interesting piece this:
Here's an excerpt:
"Just stop shooting!"
That, reportedly, was what Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko shouted at his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin last week as the two had an apparently heated exchange during talks in Berlin over the conflict in eastern Ukraine.
As reported by news website Liga, citing sources in the Ukrainian delegation present at the talks, Poroshenko interrupted Putin to make the remark, raising his voice in the process.
The Ukrainian president has, however, denied those reports. Speaking in recent days on Ukrainian television he said, “I never raise my voice during negotiations. But I did ask Putin to stop artillery fire from Russian troops.”
The Kremlin has backed up Poroshenko’s version of events, with Russian presidential spokesman Dimitry Peskov telling state-backed news agency RIA Novosti that Putin and Poroshenko had a “difficult” conversation, but that no voices were raised.