An award-winning journalist for Ukrainian web-based newspaper Ukrayinska Pravda was killed Wednesday morning by a car bomb, in what Ukrainian authorities have suggested is an effort to destabilize the country.Pavel Sheremet, an investigative journalist who covered Russia-Ukraine relations and was known for publicly criticizing the Kremlin, was driving to work when the bomb exploded in central Kiev. The vehicle belonged to Sheremet’s girlfiend Olena Prytula, the co-founder of Ukrayinska Pavda, Reuters reported. Prytula was not in the car at the time and Sheremet was the only reported casualty.On Wednesday, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said he believed the attack was an …read more
Source: VICE News
