The Russian Foreign Ministry on Friday published a list of 500 US citizens – including former president Barack Obama – who are banned from entering the country with immediate effect. The move is a response to the ongoing American sanctions against Moscow.

Some 50 projectiles fired by a multiple rocket launcher have dropped on the city of Donetsk, RT correspondent Roman Kosarev has reported from the scene. The strikes are said to have hit the Kalininsk neighborhood of the capital of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR).

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