Foreign Minister: Step to the Ukrainian ambassador in Athens for the death and injury of expatriates
Following his instructions Nikos Dendiaswas called to Ministry of Foreign Affairs The Ambassador of Ukraine to Greece Sergei Sutenkoin which it took place walk for the serious incident that took place in Granitna village of Eastern Ukraine and as a result, according to information received by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the death and injury of expatriates.
The Greek side, as stated in a statement to the Foreign Minister, “in addition to the deepest grief caused by this incident, underlined its particular concern and the need to protect the Hellenism of the Diasporawho has already suffered the most. “
It also demanded “that the incident be fully investigated and that the perpetrators be brought to justice.”
The Ukrainian ambassador, according to the statement, expressed his sincere condolences to the families of the victims, noting that there was no political or ethnic motive and that the incident was a crime under common criminal law.
Finally, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs notes that according to the information of Mr. Sutenko, “there were two dead Ukrainian citizens, one of which was expatriateand two seriously injuredboth expatriates. He concluded that those responsible have been arrested and will be brought to justice. “
Early at noon on Monday, February 14, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs killed two expatriates and injured two more in the village of Granitna. The perpetrators, according to the first information, were three soldiers of the Ukrainian army, who got involved with the expatriates for an insignificant reason.
THE journalist, Costas Onishenkoquestioned his information of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the bloody incident, claims that it has nothing to do with the current tension in the Ukrainian border with Belarus, where Russian forces are concentrated. Referring to the two injured in the bloody incident, he said that the man who is being treated in a serious condition is the son of the president of the local Greek community of Granitne.
In his statements today, the Deputy Foreign Minister Miltiadis BarvitsiotisSpeaking to OPEN, he mentioned characteristics:
“The initial information was about two dead. “Last night, the journalistic information all converged that one Greek was dead and two were injured.”
Donetsk Russophones: There were political motives in the assassination
A different version was given by representative of the popular militia of her self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, according to Open. According to Russian-speaking people in Donetsk, there are political motives in the vocal episode which resulted in two Greeks losing their lives.
THE Edward BasuriHe claimed that the Ukrainian soldiers entered the cafeteria with their weapons in the cafe where the Greeks were and after getting drunk, they started blaming the patrons between them and the two Greek expatriates who lost their lives as “separatists” who “hate Ukraine”.
According to Basuri, some coffee drinkers at the time tried to calm them down. However, they did not succeed. So the Ukrainian soldiers pulled out their weapons and so the verbal confrontation turned into panic with one of the two Greek expatriates dying instantly while the second was transported to the hospital where he eventually ended up.
What the Financial Times reports
In their telegram from MondayThe Financial Times reported that the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry confirmed that the victims were members of the Greek community living in its southern part Donbassnear Mariupol.
The announcement of the local police did not make it clear if the perpetrators are soldiers. He says, however, that military investigators are investigating the incident.