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    U.S. Lawmakers Invite Ukraine’s Former National Bank Chief After Reports Of Attacks
    Sep19

    U.S. Lawmakers Invite Ukraine’s Former National Bank Chief After Reports Of Attacks

    The former governor of the National Bank of Ukraine has been invited to the United States to address lawmakers after she was nearly run over and her home set ablaze. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    U.S. Says Moscow Used ‘Sham’ NGOs At OSCE Forum To Promote Claim Crimea Belongs To Russia
    Sep19

    U.S. Says Moscow Used ‘Sham’ NGOs At OSCE Forum To Promote Claim Crimea Belongs To Russia

    The United States has accused Moscow of using “sham organizations” to promote its “spurious claim” that Ukraine’s Crimea region is part of Russia during an annual human rights conference of the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Ukraine Police: Man Detained Who Threatened To Blow Up Bridge, Fired Shots
    Sep19

    Ukraine Police: Man Detained Who Threatened To Blow Up Bridge, Fired Shots

    An elite Ukrainian police unit detained a 42-year-old man who fired shots from his car and threatened to blow up a bridge where he disrupted rail and vehicle traffic during rush hour in Kyiv on September 28. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Russian Trolls Love Targeting U.S. Veterans
    Sep19

    Russian Trolls Love Targeting U.S. Veterans

    The post popped up in select Instagram feeds shortly before the election in 2016. Its photo depicted an anonymous black-clad woman on an airport tarmac, crying over a metal casket covered in an American flag. “Killary Clinton will never understand what it feels like to lose the person you love for the sake of your country,” the caption began....

    The Decisive Moment: Ukraine Photographer Rescues Victim Of Anti-LGBT Mob
    Sep19

    The Decisive Moment: Ukraine Photographer Rescues Victim Of Anti-LGBT Mob

    In the aftermath of Kharkiv’s first gay-pride parade, one incident stands out for its harrowing violence and the way it was stopped — by a veteran photojournalist. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Top Kyiv City Official In ‘Serious’ Condition After Attack
    Sep19

    Top Kyiv City Official In ‘Serious’ Condition After Attack

    A deputy chief of the Kyiv City State Administration (KMDA) has been hospitalized in “serious” condition after being assaulted by an unidentified attacker. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Facebook Removes Over 160 Ukrainian Accounts For ‘Inauthentic Behavior’
    Sep18

    Facebook Removes Over 160 Ukrainian Accounts For ‘Inauthentic Behavior’

    Facebook says it has deleted 168 accounts, 149 pages, and 79 groups based in Ukraine for “coordinated inauthentic behavior,” its head of cybersecurity policy, Nathaniel Gleicher, said in a September 16 statement. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Police Suspect Arson in Attack on Kyiv Home of Ex-National Bank Chief
    Sep18

    Police Suspect Arson in Attack on Kyiv Home of Ex-National Bank Chief

    This story originated in VOA’s Ukrainian Service.Police have opened a criminal investigation in the apparent arson of a home belonging to the family of former National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) chief Valeria Gontareva, which was razed early Tuesday in Kyiv.Gontarevа, who recently spoke with VOA’s Ukrainian Service from her home in London,...

    Facebook removes hundreds of Iraqi, Ukrainian accounts for ‘coordinated inauthentic behavior’
    Sep17

    Facebook removes hundreds of Iraqi, Ukrainian accounts for ‘coordinated inauthentic behavior’

    Facebook has purged its platforms of hundreds of accounts and pages for engaging in “domestic-focused coordinated inauthentic behavior” in Iraq and Ukraine, the company said Monday. Nathaniel Gleicher, Facebook’s head of cybersecurity policy, said the company took action against two separate campaigns targeting Iraqi and...

    After Secret Raid, Amputated Leg, And Controversial Prisoner Swap, Ukrainian Officer Has Doubts
    Sep17

    After Secret Raid, Amputated Leg, And Controversial Prisoner Swap, Ukrainian Officer Has Doubts

    Dmytro Herzhan lost a leg, and a fellow soldier, during a secretive mission to capture the Ukrainian man linked to the 2014 downing of the Malaysia Airlines passenger jet. The military intelligence officer has mixed feelings about how the mission to grab Volodymyr Tsemakh unfolded, and what followed. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe /...