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Ex-Ukrainian justice minister detained in shootings probe
Ukraine’s Security Service says former Justice Minister Olena Lukash has been detained in connection with a probe into deadly shootings during opposition protests in 2014. … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Ukraine’s rebel center in limbo as fighting dies down
The fighting has subsided, but Donetsk is quickly sinking into the past — a shabby Soviet-like state of empty streets and deprivation. Huge portraits of Josef Stalin hanging in the city center only reinforce the impression of failure. … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Weapons pullback in eastern Ukraine in jeopardy
Ukrainian government forces and Russia-backed rebels in the east of the country are threatening to stop the ongoing weapons withdrawal if their positions continue to come under attack. … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Ukrainian accused of plotting attack against Russian Embassy
A prosecutor has accused a Ukrainian man of plotting a terror attack against the Russian Embassy in London after returning from a visit to eastern Ukraine at the height of the conflict there. … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Ukraine reports sniper attack on top prosecutor
Ukrainian authorities say a sniper shot at the country’s top prosecutor as he sat in his office, but that bulletproof glass prevented any casualties. … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Gov’t forces, rebels in eastern Ukraine report fighting
Government and separatist forces in eastern Ukraine are both reporting renewed fighting. … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Austria: 11 injured in Ukrainian tourist bus crash
Austrian officials say a bus carrying Ukrainian tourists crashed through a guardrail while approaching a highway and flipped, injuring 11 people, two of them seriously. … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Russians mourn victims of plane crash in Egypt
Most victims – except 4 Ukrainians and 1 Belarusian – were Russian, from St. PetersburgFlags across Russia were flying half-staff on Sunday in 1st of 3 days of mourning Emergencies Situations Ministry to start delivering victims’ bodies to St. Petersburg … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Director of Ukrainian library detained in Moscow
Russian investigators say the police have detained the director of a Ukrainian library in Moscow on suspicion of inciting ethnic hatred. … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Ukrainian soldier killed near rebel-held Donetsk airport
Ukraine says one of its soldiers has been killed by rebel forces that were violating a cease-fire in the east. … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...