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GUNFIRE IN UKRAINE ON VICTORY DAY The events in Mariupol are likely to lead to more accusations from both sides. On Twitter, Marcus Papadopoulos, editor of UK-based magazine Politics First, wrote, “What Kiev's forces are doing in Mariupol today, of all days, is the ultimate offence to the veterans of the Great Patriotic War. Sickening.” Earlier today in a television address, Ukraine’s Interim Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk said, “The country's leadership has received information about dark plans by Russian saboteurs and their mercenaries." He urged the population to “stay away from large gatherings,” The Moscow Times reported. Speaking at a military parade on Moscow’s Red Square, Vladimir Putin highlighted the “iron will of the Soviet people,” saying that it was the USSR “which chased the Nazis to their lair, achieved their full and final destruction, won at the cost of millions of victims and terrible hardships.” But his speech also seemed to take a swing at Ukraine’s leadership, which Moscow believed allowed the rise of neo-Nazis and fascists. Read more from Reuters. British newspaper The Independent, meanwhile, published an exclusive report showing that G7 leaders are soon expected to sign an “emergency response plan” to assist Ukraine over the coming winter if Russia restricts gas supplies. NIGERIAN PRESIDENT ON TERRORISM Some voices are, however, denouncing the side effects of the campaign. For example, the founder of the website Compare Afrique argues that “the United States military loves your hashtags because it gives them legitimacy to encroach and grow their military presence in Africa.” Meanwhile, a former mediator who participated in talks with Boko Haram told The Daily Telegraph that the Islamist group might be seeking to exchange the girls for jailed fighters. “If you look at the fact that these girls have already been in captivity for some three weeks, then it is possible to detect a conciliatory tone in this statement from Shekau – he is not saying he is going to kill the girls,” Shehu Sani said. $3.2 BILLION SOUTH SUDAN PEACE TALKS MY GRAND-PÈRE'S WORLD
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