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[REGNUM] The refusal from the Lithuanian authorities to the request of the Prosecutor General's Office of Belarus to extradite Svetlana Tikhanovskaya was received by the Belarusian side. This was announced on July 11 by the General Prosecutor of the Republic Andrei Shved on the air of the Belarus 1 TV channel.
“ We have received documents ... about Lithuania’s refusal to extradite her (Svetlana Tikhanovskaya - REGNUM's note ) ,” the Prosecutor General said.
TASS reported:
According to the Belarusian prosecutor general, "no motives" for the refusal were provided. "We see no legal grounds for that," he noted.
He said that several Belarusian opposition activists, who face criminal charges in Belarus, are currently living in Lithuania.
"We are taking all possible measures to ensure that these criminals are extradited to Belarus," he noted.
"We have very good results of work in this area with our Russian colleagues and we are thankful to them for that. Such personas are extradited under law when there are legal grounds for that."
LUGinfo] A total of three Ukrainian soldiers were killed when they entered into a minefield in the breakaway republic of Lugansk Saturday night, according to data supplied by the Lugansk government.
According to the source, the solders were caught in the minefield near the settlement of Novozvanovka. They settlement is in the area of operation of the Lugansk 24th Brigade.
The deceased were identified as Junior Sergeant Mufiy, senior soldier Melnichuk and an unidentified officer. Their bodies were taken to a military hospital in Severodonetsk.
The news release charged the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire Regime with aiding in the transport and insertion of the soldiers. The center is staffed with both Ukrainian and Russian officers.
The Ukrainian units the deceased were part of is the Ukrainian operational-tactical group "North", which recently replaced the Ukrainian 92nd Brigade, which was rotated out of the front line.
Lugansk and its sister republic Donetsk are said to be one of the most heavily mined areas on the planet.
According to TASS, the area around Yasinovataya in Donetsk was shelled by Ukrainians.
The village of Krasny Partizan was shelled four times from 82mm mortars Sunday night, landing mines.
Krasny Partizan is near the contested locale of Yasinovataya, which has been a scene of intermittent fighting, including direct rifle and heavy caliber weapon fire since the summer of 2016.
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LUGinfo] A total of three Ukrainian soldiers were killed when they entered into a minefield in the breakaway republic of Lugansk Saturday night, according to data supplied by the Lugansk government.
