Section: The United Kingdom
Lithuania presses charges over deaths in 1991 Soviet crackdown
VILNIUS (Reuters) – Lithuania has charged 66 citizens of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine with war crimes and crimes against humanity over the deaths of 13 civilians in a Soviet crackdown on the Baltic state’s pro-independence movement in 1991, prosecutors said on Monday. …read more Source:...
Amateur footage shows grenade attack near Ukrainian parliament- video
Warning: video contains footage of the explosion and injured people. Video taken from a building overlooking the Ukrainian parliament in Kiev shows the moment a grenade is thrown among police officers at a protest. The demonstrations were against a government vote to give rebel-territories in the east of the country greater autonomy. One police...
Anti-autonomy protests in Ukraine – in pictures
Protests erupt outside the parliament building in Kiev against constitutional changes granting more autonomy to pro-Russia separatists in eastern Ukraine … …read more Source: The...
Police officer killed in Kiev clashes
Nationalists protest as parliament passes changes to the law giving eastern regions more autonomy …read more Source: Financial...
Witnessing clashes outside Kiev parliament
Eyewitness account of bloodshed outside parliament …read more Source:...
Ukraine protests: police officer killed as protesters clash outside parliament
A police officer has been killed and about 100 other officers injured in clashes with protesters outside Ukraine’s parliament today. …read more Source: London Evening...
Fatal grenade attack as Ukraine votes on autonomy
One Ukrainian police officer was killed and 100 others were injured in clashes with armed nationalist protesters outside the parliament… …read more Source: The...
Explosion at Ukraine parliament protest: guardsman dies – video
Warning: video contains footage of the explosion and injured people Injured riot police can be seen trying to flee an area outside the Ukraine parliament in Kiev, after a blast goes off on Monday. Police and protesters clash after a vote to give greater powers to separatist regions in the east of the country. During the demonstration, grenades...
Ukranian National Guardsman Dies In Clashes
A Ukrainian national guardsman has died after being shot during a protest outside parliament, the Interior Ministry says. …read more Source: Sky...
Ukraine: At least 100 injured in explosion at Kiev protest
At least 100 people, including police officers and journalists, have been injured in an explosion during clashes with protesters in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev. Protests erupted as MPs gave their initial support to reforms that would give greater autonomy to the disputed regions of Donetsk and Luhansk in the east of Ukraine, where a fragile...
