Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Ukraine Prosecutor Says Suspects Detonator Triggered Munitions Blast
Ukraine’s Prosecutor-General Yuriy Lutsenko said investigators are operating under a theory that saboteurs may have used a detonator to trigger a massive explosion and fire at a munitions depot in central Ukraine this week. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s Military Chief Says Russia Left Troops In Belarus After War Games
The Ukrainian military’s chief of staff says Russia left troops behind in Belarus after staging military exercises there, despite Moscow’s pledge not to do so, Reuters reports. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Commemorates Victims Of Babi Yar Massacre
Ukraine has marked the 76th anniversary of a World War II-era massacre of 33,771 Jews by Nazi troops on the outskirts of occupied Kyiv. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia Detains Two Suspects In Crimea As Spies For Ukraine
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) says a Russian soldier has been detained, along with a “female acquaintance,” on suspicion of spying for Kyiv in the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian City Councilor Shot Dead After Interview On Corruption
Officials in the central Ukrainian city of Cherkasy say a municipal councilor has been shot dead just hours after the broadcast of a television interview he gave about corruption within the city’s utility services. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
European Lawmakers To Consider Resolution On ‘Rights Abuses’ In Crimea
The European Parliament is scheduled to debate and vote on a resolution highlighting what European lawmakers say are human rights abuses by Russian-installed authorities in Ukraine’s occupied Crimean Peninsula. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
CPJ Urges Ukraine To Free Uzbek Journalist Sought By Uzbekistan
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Ukrainian authorities to release Uzbek journalist Narzullo Okhunjonov from detention, allow him to remain in Ukraine, and reject any request to extradite him. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Security Chief Says Depot Blasts Dealt ‘Big Blow’ To Combat Capability
Explosions at two large Ukrainian military depots this year have caused losses of ammunition so high that they represent the biggest blow to Ukraine’s combat capability since the start of the conflict with Russia-backed separatists in 2014, a senior security official said on September 28 in Kyiv. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe /...
Human Rights Envoy Disturbed By Alleged Abuses Of Gay Men In Chechnya
The Council of Europe’s human rights chief, Nils Muiznieks, said he was very disturbed by reports of torture and killing of gay men in Chechnya. Speaking to RFE/RL senior correspondent Pete Baumgartner on September 26, Muiznieks criticized Moscow’s lack of cooperation amid reports of rights abuses in Chechnya and Russia-occupied...
Crimean Tatar Leader Given Two-Year Sentence For ‘Separatism’
Russian-appointed judges found Crimean Tatar Leader Ilmi Umerov guilty and sentenced him to two years in a penal colony for his opposition to Russia’s takeover of the Crimean Peninsula. (RFE/RL’s Crimea Realities) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
