In Lugansk problems with medicines

Medicines bought in Ukrainian-controlled territory are much more effective and cheaper.  

Ukrainian-made medicines have disappeared in pharmacies of the Russian-occupied city of Luhansk. "If earlier, as they say, it was necessary to know where and when it was possible to buy them, now nearly none of them is available," local residents told.

A local citizen who introduced herself as Maryna said she asked her relatives to buy Ukrainian medicines in the Ukrainian-controlled village of Stanytsia Luhanska, which is located 12 kilometers from the city. "Stanytsia saves us. The relatives buy at least [pills] for the flu and cold for my child. The price and quality are not comparable, Ukrainian ones are much more effective and cheaper [if bought in Ukrainian-controlled territory]," Maryna explained. Residents of the Russian-occupied city of Donetsk claim one can still find some Ukrainian-made medicines in the city, but they are much more expensive than others and are sold at a double price or even higher.

"Citramonum-Darnitsa [a painkiller produced by Kyiv's Darnitsa pharmaceutical plant] is available, for sure. But even this medicine is overpriced. A lot of Russian and Bulgarian [medications are available]," a resident of Donetsk, Iryna, said.

Two members of Russia-led forces eliminated by Ukraine's army in Donbas (Photo)

One of them was from Russia, and the other was from Moldova.

Officer of the 53rd separate mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Anatoliy Shtefan, has reported that two members of the Russian-led forces in Donbas were eliminated on July 17-18.

"On July 17, Andrei Borishpolets from Russia was killed near the town of Horlivka. The occupiers have reported about a successful shot by a sniper of [Ukraine's] Joint Forces plus the death of another militant of the illegal armed forces," Shtefan wrote on Facebook on July 19.

On July 18, a citizen of Moldova, Oleg Betian, was killed. "A terrorist from the so-called '15th international brigade' ('Pyatnashka') of Russian-led fighters. Head of the Briceni territorial organization of the Patriots of Moldova Party. Candidate to the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova," he said.

Photos of the destroyed infrastructure occupied city

The photos depict piles of scorched rubble. Earlier unpublished photos of the ruined Donetsk airport have been shared on social media. 

The images were posted by NGO Ukrainian Military Portal on Facebook.

The photos show the structures of a completely destroyed airport, broken military hardware, trip wires, an ammunition depot, remains of defensive barriers, and a church near the airport.

The airport, which was once a modern transportation hub, was destroyed in fierce battles after Russian-led forces' attempts to seize it on May 26, 2014. Ukraine's government completely lost control of the airport on January 21, 2015, after the so-called second battle of Donetsk Airport, when it was besieged for three months, three weeks and two days.

International observers spotted at "LPR" terrorists' wedding in 2016 still at work

Spirin says local interpreter Yevhenia Zimych works as a consultant to OSCE SMM Duty Officer in Luhansk region Drina Milfold.

Hromandske TV journalist Yevhen Spirin has said two members of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine who attended a wedding party organized by members of the Russian-backed "Luhansk People's Republic" ("LPR") terrorist organization in 2016 still work as part of the mission in Russian-occupied Donbas, eastern Ukraine.

"Two years ago, the OSCE said the monitors who had been spotted at the wedding of a terrorist leader's daughter were no longer working for the mission," the journalist wrote on Facebook on June 30. Spirin insists the OSCE lied because the two members of the OSCE mission still cooperate with the international organization. In particular, local interpreter Yevhenia Zimych is a consultant to OSCE SMM Duty Officer in Luhansk region Drina Milfold, he wrote.