1. Russia-controlled court in Crimea takes 5 minutes to jail Ukrainian academic for 5 years.

Court of occupied Crimea sentenced Dmytro Shtyblikov, the citizen of Ukraine for five years of imprisonment and fine in the sum of 3.300 dollars.  

He is accused of attempt to sabotage and illegal possession of weapons. Moreover, the FSB of Russian called the Ukrainian to be the officer of the Ukrainian special services while the Ukrainian Defense Ministry disapproved this information.

2. Actual situation in the eastern part of Ukraine.

The situation in the eastern part of Ukraine has remained restless. Russia-backed militants keep using Minsk-proscribed weapons.

Russia-backed militants shelled ATO troops’ positions using rocket and barrel artillery, various grenade launchers, anti-tank missile systems.

In mentioned time period militants were shelling Ukrainian troops’ positions in Maryinka, Shyrokyne, Avdiivka, Zaitseve, Zaitseve Svitlodarsk, Zolote, Novoluhanske and Troitske Taramchuk, Maryinka, Novotroitske and Starohnativka of Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

 For all shelling Ukrainian troops responded with fire from weapons allowed under Minsk agreements.

As a result, two Ukrainian servicemen were killed, 2 were wounded.

On November 16^th, near Hnutove a service vehicle of Ukrainian National Police hit an anti-tank landmine while on duty. The explosion killed one policeman and wounded two more.