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They call the village of Chermalyk in Donetsk Oblast near the northern banks of the Sea of Azov and the area around it the grey zone, because its centre is being controlled by separatists. Formally, it is hard for the government to establish control over cities and villages in the grey zone.

According to Ukrainian Interior Minister's adviser Anton Gerashchenko, a hand grenade has been thrown in law enforcement forces; he also states that around 30 people have been detained.

Clashes between police forces and protesters started near the Parliament building after MPs supported decentralization amendments to the Ukrainian constitution.

[Kremlin] regime wants to make itself last longer, but by doing all of that they just bring their own collapse closer. And people who believed in reforms and order yesterday, they observe processes like ours today and losing faith in authorities, so tomorrow these 86% of people will overthrow the ruling authoritarian regime, told OIeksandr Kolchenko to the court.

We know there are Russian troops in Donbas. We have the whole floor in prison here filled with 'rebels'. These are the facts, told Oleh Sentsov in his defiant court statement in Rostov—on—Don, Russia.

A two storey building in Kyiv has got a new life today. Non—governmental organisations like Krym—SOS, Vostok—SOS, Free People Employment Centre, and New Donbas, that for more than a year work on problems of internally displaced persons, have finally joined their forces together under the same roof.