CNN "moves" Ukraine's Slavyansk to Russia's Crimea

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The American CNN TV channel has revealed a shocking lack of geographical knowledge. A CNN report about self-defense fighters' pullout from the towns of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk in southeastern Ukraine carried a map locating Slavyansk in the western part of Crimea.

Covering Ukrainian troops' seizure of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk, both situating in Ukraine's southeast Donetsk region, the CNN mislocated Slavyansk, "moving" it to Crimea which has recently become part of Russia.

Ukrainian army carries out artillery strikes against self-defense in Slavyansk despite ceasefire

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Ukrainian government forces continue to carry out artillery strikes against the militia's strongholds in defiance of the declared ceasefire, the defense minister of the self-proclaimed "Donetsk People's Republic", Igor Strelkov, has said.

"After 6:00 pm yesterday, artillery fire exchanges and local gun battles continued in the Semyonovka area. The adversary opened mortar fire on the village and continued to "hunt" passing cars by firing at them from a tank stationed at their checkpoint near the village of Vostochny," Strelkov was quoted as saying by Donbass people's governor Pavel Gubarev on his Facebook account, Interfax reports.

Jen Psaki suggests that phosphorus bombs under Slavyansk belongs to Russia

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During a briefing, State Department spokesman Jen Psak for the first time heard from the journalists that the day before the incendiary phosphorous bombs were used under Slavyansk. Her reaction surprised the journalists.

On June 13, 2014 answering the question what is the opinion of the State Department on the use of phosphorus bombs in Slavyansk, Jen Psak repeated:

-"By whom? By Russians?"

-"By Ukrainian army", said the journalist.

-"No, I didn’t see that", answered Psaki.
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