A photojournalist for Novaya Gazeta spoke to potential eyewitnesses from the city on the main square of Slovyansk about a story on Channel One , in which a woman identified as a refugee from Slovyansk and a native of Western Ukraine talks about the execution of a militia member’s relatives Photo galleries of Evgeny Feldman:

Sergei Dolgov, editor-in-chief of the Mariupol newspaper “I Want to the USSR”, was found dead near Dnepropetrovsk. This was announced on Facebook by the co-chairman of the Popular Front of Novorossiya Konstantin Dolgov. According to him, on June 18, the journalist was kidnapped and taken away in an unknown direction by armed men in civilian clothes. Dolgov suggested that they could be members of the Dnepr-1 battalion, which is financed by oligarch Igor Kolomoisky.

The militias report that on the outskirts of Lugansk, fighting began with the use of tanks. “Much is unclear, but it is confirmed that the enemy threw about 70 tanks into battle as part of two compact armored groups.

A farewell ceremony was held in Tbilisi for ex-President of Georgia Eduard Shevardnadze. This is reported by Novosti-Georgia . They said goodbye to the politician under a triple volley and the national anthem. Shevardnadze was buried in a park on the territory of the Krtsanisi residence, where he spent the last years of his life. His wife Nanuli Shevardnadze was buried in the same place ten years ago.

In the city of Zlatoust, Chelyabinsk region, snow fell. According to ITAR-TASS , on the eve of the city there was a heavy downpour, which later turned into a blizzard. “It was not even snow with rain, but natural white snow flakes, like in winter. Of course, it melted quite quickly, but the sight is amazing, ”the agency quotes Valery Semyannikov, a resident of Zlatoust. Snow also fell in the city of Satki in the same region.

As a result of the shelling of the private sector of the Trudovskaya mine village near Ukrainian Donetsk, 12 people were killed, according to the website of the Donetsk City Council. The incident happened the day before, July 12. City officials express their condolences to the families and friends of the victims.

The body of the leader of the Kushchevskaya gang, Sergei Tsapok, who received a life sentence for the murder of 2 people in the village of Kushchevskaya, Krasnodar Territory, was cremated in Volgograd, Interfax reports . “The cremation was urgent. The body of Sergei Tsapok was brought to the crematorium by relatives,” the funeral services told the agency. It is not yet known when and where the ashes of Tsapok will be buried.

US Secretary of State John Kerry said that serious disagreements remain between the "six" of international mediators and Iran in the negotiation process on the nuclear program, Interfax reports . Kerry noted that during the consultations in Vienna he is going to explore the question of whether progress in these negotiations is possible.

An employee of private security died in a hospital after an accident in the south-east of Moscow involving an SUV, ITAR-TASS reports . “The policemen were taken to the hospital, where one of them died from his wounds,” the press service of the Moscow headquarters told the agency. Law enforcement officers are now deciding whether to open a criminal case.

The representative of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Andriy Lysenko, said that the troops involved in the anti-terrorist operation in the east of the country did not shell the territory of Russia. “Definitely, Ukrainian troops are not firing at the territory of the Russian Federation. We did not shoot,” RIA Novosti quotes a representative of the NSDC information center.

The Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Southern Federal District opened a criminal case into the death of a man in the Rostov region after a shell ruptured from the territory of Ukraine. As reported on the website of the department, the case was initiated under paragraphs "a", "e", "g" of part 2 of article 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - a murder committed in a generally dangerous way by a group of persons.

In Odessa, on Sunday night, two branches of Privatbank, owned by the head of the Dnepropetrovsk region, Igor Kolomoisky, were blown up by unknown people, Dumskaya.Net reports . There are no victims or injured. The first explosion occurred at about half past one in the night. On Krasnoslobodskaya Street, the roof of the building and the signboard were damaged as a result of the explosion; in the department on Yadova Street, the doors were knocked out by the blast wave.

was told on Sunday The authorities of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic banned the export of food from the city, RIA Novosti at the headquarters of the militia. The reason for the ban, according to the interlocutor, was the fear that the Ukrainian security forces could begin a blockade of the city.

One resident of the Rostov region was killed, two more were injured as a result of a shell from the territory of Ukraine hitting a residential building in the city of Donetsk (Rostov region). This was reported to Interfax-South by a source in law enforcement agencies of the region.

On July 13, special forces of the Israeli Navy conducted a special operation in the Gaza Strip, from where rocket attacks on Israeli territory had previously been made. It is reported by ITAR-TASS with reference to Haaretz. According to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), the operation was completed successfully. Responsibility for shelling Israel from Lebanese territory was claimed by Hamas militants. During the raid, four commandos received minor injuries. They are hospitalized.