Section: US & Canada
Ukrainian arrests 7 Russians for plotting attacks
The Ukrainian Security Service says that it has arrested seven Russian nationals who are believed to have been plotting attacks in Ukraine, but one of the suspects says he is safe in Russia. …read more Source: FOX...
Ukrainian arrests 7 Russians for plotting attacks
The Ukrainian Security Service says that it has arrested seven Russian nationals who are believed to have been plotting attacks in Ukraine, but one of the suspects says he is safe in Russia …read more Source: ABC...
Russian Court Keeps Ukrainian Seamen In Jail Through Late July
A Moscow court has extended the pretrial detainment period for several of the 24 Ukrainian seamen who were jailed after the Russian Coast Guard seized their vessels near the Kerch Strait in a flare-up of tensions in November. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
A comedian is hot favorite to be Ukraine’s next president – so what are his policies?
A comedian-turned-politician is a strong favorite to win Ukraine’s presidential election run-off vote this coming Sunday, despite little being known about his policies. …read more Source:...
There’s One Far-Right Movement That Hates the Kremlin
Ukraine’s Azov movement is hostile to Russia, friendly to neo-Nazis, and inspired by France’s new right. It’s not running in Ukraine’s presidential elections because it plans to win power by playing a long game. …read more Source: Foreign...
Ukrainian Authorities Say Russian ‘Terror’ Group Thwarted, Seven Arrested
Ukrainian authorities say they have arrested seven people they claim were sent by Russian security services to carry out political killings and other “terrorist” acts, including the slaying of Ukrainian intelligence agents. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Hungry for Change, Ukrainians Set to Elect Comedian as Next President
By Matthias WilliamsKIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainians fed up with entrenched corruption and hungry for change are likely to elect Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a… …read more Source: U.S....
Ukraine’s Election Is an All-Out Disinformation Battle
Support for this article was provided by a grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.KYIV, Ukraine—“Everything,” Dmytro Zolotukhin tells me, “is going like they wanted.”Slumped in a chair in a café here in the Ukrainian capital, Zolotukhin wasn’t talking about the campaign of Volodymyr Zelensky, a comedian who is favored to win the...
Poll Favors Comedian as Run-Off Vote Nears in Ukraine
The presidential candidate and comic actor Volodymyr Zelenskiy is likely to win Ukraine’s presidential election, according to an opinion poll published on Tuesday. The poll by the KIIS research firm showed Zelenskiy, a political novice who plays a fictional president in a popular TV series, on 72.2% of the vote. Incumbent Petro Poroshenko...
Facebook ‘Bans’ Ukrainian Far-Right Group Over ‘Hate Speech’ — But Getting Rid Of It Isn’t Easy
Facebook tells RFE/RL that it has officially banned the far-right Azov movement from its platform. But the company’s lax enforcement means pages belonging to the group keep popping up and its leaders are still there as well. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
