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The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine appealed to the EU with a request to initiate a ban on entry to Ukraine and EU countries for 300 Russian journalists. He spoke about this on Monday at a briefing in Kyiv. “We will demand from the EU that it ban the owners of Russian television companies and leading journalists from entering the EU territory.

The court chose two months of arrest as a measure of restraint for the former mayor of Slavyansk Nelli Shtepa, reports . the press service of the Kharkiv region prosecutor's office Shtepa, who was ousted from the post of mayor by the militias in April, was charged under Part 3 of Art. 110 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (encroachment on the territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine).

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree that prohibits the purchase of foreign-made cars and equipment for budget funds. “Colossal funds are allocated from the federal budget for the purchase of goods and services, and, of course, based on general considerations, it is better when they go to domestic companies rather than foreign manufacturers,” Medvedev said at a meeting with deputy prime ministers on Monday.

The An-26 military transport aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force was indeed shot down by militias, members of its crew successfully ejected and got in touch with the General Staff of the Ministry of Defense. This was reported to the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko by Defense Minister Valeriy Heletey.

An 11-year-old boy from San Diego, California has been diagnosed with an allergy to nickel, which is used in the manufacture of an iPad tablet, reports the Associated Press , citing the medical journal Pediatrics. This conclusion was made by the doctors of the clinic, to which the boy turned for help, having examined the patient and found a rash on his body. The teen has been using his tablet every day since he was given it, the parents say.

The mayor of Donetsk Alexander Lukyanchenko announces an ultimatum and threats against him from representatives of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic. According to the official, the militias demanded to provide for their military needs, even at the expense of residents. For this reason, the mayor was forced to move to Kyiv.

The European Court of Justice has not confirmed the information that former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych and Prime Minister Mykola Azarov have filed lawsuits demanding the lifting of sanctions imposed by Brussels against them. This was reported to ITAR-TASS by the press service of the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg. “We have no information about this,” a court spokesman said.

The Russian Foreign Ministry said that Russia, in good faith, invites OSCE observers to the Donetsk and Gukovo checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border, Interfax reports . The head of the department, Sergei Lavrov, sent a corresponding letter to the President of Switzerland, OSCE Chairman-in-Office Burkhalter.

The mayor of Donetsk Alexander Lukyanchenko announced threats against him from the separatists, Interfax reports . According to the official, representatives of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic demand that their military needs be met at the expense of residents. “Three days ago, as the mayor, I was given an ultimatum: I was required not to provide for the life of the townspeople, but to provide for the military needs of the DPR, including to the detriment of the residents.

Militiamen of the Luhansk People's Republic report that they managed to shoot down two aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force. As Interfax was told in the press service of the LPR, at about 13:00, the militia shot down a military transport aircraft from a MANPADS in the Izvarino area. He fell somewhere near the village of Dolzhano-Nikolsky, the source added. Eyewitnesses report that they saw several paratroopers and cargo dropped from the aircraft.

Bulat Mardanov, the paramedic of the ambulance station of the Bugulma Central District Hospital, addressed the Investigative Committee with a corresponding statement today. At this moment, the exhumation of the bodies of children is taking place in the cemetery. On January 2, 2014, a fire broke out in one of the houses in Bugulma. Two victims of the fire - girls 5 and 8 years old - were taken to the emergency room of the Bugulma Central District Hospital. After a while they died.

Starting this fall, military chaplains in Russia will take refresher courses and pass exams to work with military personnel. This was reported by ITAR-TASS with reference to Alexander Surovtsev, head of the department for work with religious servicemen of the Main Directorate for work with personnel of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

Britain refused to issue visas for 12 high-ranking Russians. Of the representatives of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, only Deputy Minister Yuri Slyusar and Head of the Aviation Industry Department Andrei Boginsky came to the Farnborough air show. The reason for the refusal to issue visas to Russian officials, the British authorities called the behavior of Russia in the situation around Ukraine.

The central stations of the Sokolnicheskaya line of the Moscow metro will be closed for repairs on Saturday, July 19. According to Interfax with reference to the press service of the metro, major repairs are being carried out on the central section of the "red" line (from the Komsomolskaya station to the Park Kultury station). Stations Krasnye Vorota, Chistye Prudy, Lubyanka, Okhotny Ryad, Biblioteka im.