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Greeks in Ukraine Urge Restraint in Reporting After Fatal Incident

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Corman Maxim, who was killed in a brawl with Ukrainian soldiers, was an ethnic Greek. Credit: Facebook/Мирненська селищна військово-цивільна адміністрація – офіційна сторінка

The Federation of Greek Societies in Ukraine issued a statement urging restraint in reporting related to an incident on Sunday that resulted in the death of two people and the injury of two others.

In a post on Facebook on Monday night, the federation was responding to reports earlier in the day about an incident involving Ukrainian soldiers in the village of Hranitne, near the country’s eastern border.

The Federation described the incident as a “tragedy” that was triggered by a verbal argument that ended up in the shootings. The incident, which took place at a local cafe, resulted in the death of one ethnic Greek man and two ethnic Greeks injured.

It also said that only one of the fatalities was an ethnic Greek, as opposed to an earlier Greek Foreign Ministry announcement claiming both of the dead were ethnic Greeks. The Federation confirmed that both individuals who were injured in the incident were ethnic Greeks.

In a Facebook post, the Ukrainian municipality named the two victims: Corman Maxim Volodymyrovich born in 1979, and Vitaliy Oleksandrovich Reutsky born in 1976.

Corman Maxim was an ethnic Greek.

Greeks in Ukraine say that tragedy has no political character

Appealing to Greek media and particularly to social media commentators, the Federation of Greek Societies in Ukraine asked that “this tragedy not be endowed with a political character.”

“The clash, which took place at night at a local café had absolutely nothing to do with the worsening situation at the contact line between the parties, nor with any [form of] military persecution of the local population, as imagined by certain Greek bloggers,” it said.

“We appeal to journalists not to spread fake information, but to check and cross-check it carefully,” the statement added.

The federation went on to describe the situation in areas with significant Greek populations near the border with Russia as “calm.”

“No one is panicking,” it said.

Greece calls on its citizens to leave Ukraine

Earlier the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that two men of Greek descent were killed in the incident and expressed its condolences to the families of the victims.

Greece urged its citizens to leave Ukraine amid fears of a Russian invasion on Monday, joining many nations around the globe that have already withdrawn citizens and diplomatic staff.

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew warned on Sunday that the crisis in Ukraine could escalate into a third world war.

During his sermon after the Sunday service at the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Fanar, Istanbul he stressed that weapons were not the solution and can only bring about “war and violence, sorrow and death.”

He called on all religious leaders and those in positions of power, as well as all persons of goodwill, to strive for a peaceful resolution of the dangerously escalating situation in Ukraine

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