UNIAN: Ukraine diplomats furious over UK newspaper `advertising` Russian-backed separatists

By UNIAN.

Published July 12, 2018 at 10:11 am

A Russian flag flies near Russia-backed separatists sitting atop a 2S1 Gvozdika (122-mm self-propelled howitzer) as a convoy of Russian-hybrid forces takes a break as they move from the frontline near the eastern Ukrainian city of Starobeshevo in Donetsk region, on Feb. 25, 2015.

Photo by AFP

In its “Pictures of the Day” section on July 11, 2018, the Telegraph chose to publish a photo showing who the editors described as “members of a special military unit of the separatist self-proclaimed Lugansk People’s Republic” taking part in a drill in the militant-stronghold of Luhansk, the regional center in eastern Ukraine which is now beyond Ukraine government control.

“It’s shameful to see the Telegraph advertising Russian-led terrorists in eastern #Ukraine,” the Ukrainian embassy in the UK wrote on Facebook.