Commander of Ukrainian Navy Rear Admiral, Sergei Haiduk, was arrested today at his headquarters in Sebastopol together with a group of officers , reports "Interfax." According to the press service of the Defense Ministry of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Navy Commander "were taken in unknown destination."
The press service also said that nearly 100% of Ukrainian military units are locked, some of them have been captured. Later "Kryminform" agency reported referring to the Prosecutor's Office of Sevastopol, Hayduk " was temporarily detained, because the are some question to him." Today, about 200 fighters of "self-defense" blocked the headquarters of the Ukrainian Navy in Sevastopol, and then they broke into the territory of Staff.
After some to the negotiations in the headquarters of the Ukraine Navy Commander arrived the head of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, Vice Admiral Alexander Vitko. After 15 minutes, he left without commenting on what is happening.
Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk instructed First Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Yarema and Defense Minister Igor Tenyukh urgently go to the Crimea to help de-escalate the conflict.
However, the leader of the Crimean separatists Sergey Aksenov said that envoys of Kiev will not be allowed to the peninsula. " Nobody will let them to Crimea, and thy ill be sent back ," he said.
The situation in the Crimea remains tense after yesterday's shooting in Simferopol. According to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, on March 18 as a result of attack on the 13th Main Directorate of photogrammetric center of the Chief operative support of the Ukrainian, was killed ensign of the Armed Forces, Kakurin. After that, the Ukrainian military in Crimea were allowed to use weapons.
Yesterday Yatsenyuk said that the conflict in Crimea has changed from the political to the military stage due to fault of the Russian side. Adviser to the Ukrainian Defense Ministry Leonid Polyakov said today at a briefing that Ukrainian soldiers have not left Crimea yet. -02D-
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On November 27, an online hearing took place at the Khatai District Court regarding a petition from the defense for the release of Alaskar Mammadli, the founder of Toplum TV, under house arrest. Mammadli has been in custody at Baku’s Detention Center No. 1. The court denied the petition, Mammadli's brother, Nasimi Mammadli.
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On November 28, another hearing took place in the case of public activist Ilhamiz Guliyev. During the proceedings, the court reviewed a response from the 28th Police Station of the Yasamal District in Baku. At the previous hearing, the defense had requested that the court obtain footage from the surveillance cameras at this police station, where Guliyev was taken on December 4 of last year. However, the police response stated that the video footage had not been preserved.
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Due to significant violations, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have rejected the results of Georgia's recent parliamentary elections held on October 26 and are calling for the elections to be rerun within the year, a resolution adopted by the European lawmakers on Thursday.
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On November 27, it marked one year since the arrest of Kanal-13 editor Aziz Orudjev, who was detained just a week after the arrest of employees from another media outlet, Abzas Media. According to Orudjev’s family, his health has significantly deteriorated during his time in detention. Over 20 journalists are currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan.
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