The Ukrainian Ministry of Strategic Industries has called on domestic media outlets to offer a refutation and apology for publishing accusations that Deputy Prime Minister Oleh Urusky was detained for participating in a drunken brawl at a Turkish hotel, which the ministry has called a "lie

Germany and France have objected to broadcasting on the UN website of an informal meeting of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on the conflict in Ukraine at the initiative of Moscow, expected to be attended by the representatives of the self-proclaimed Donbas republics, Russia's Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Dmitry Polyanskiy said