Ukraine news

A far-right group in Ukraine takes its name from a notorious 14-word phrase by white supremacist David Lane. Most would describe it as a “neo-Nazi” group, but a Ukrainian court has ruled against a media outlet for doing just that.

A group of far-right radicals has thwarted a press-conference at the Ukrinform news agency in Kiev, throwing eggs at eastern Ukrainian parliamentary candidates who complained about election fraud.

Former president of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko was not poisoned during the 2004 campaign, Ukraine’s chief military prosecutor said in an interview, casting fresh doubts on the narrative shaping Kiev politics for the past 15 years.

Kiev has sanctioned the arrest of a Russian-flagged tanker that had already been arrested by Ukraine’s Security Service last week, for allegedly blocking its ships in the Kerch Strait back in 2018.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has published a video showing its troops boarding a Russia-flagged oil tanker. The tanker allegedly blocked the passage of Ukrainian Navy ships in the Kerch Strait last November.

Officials in Moscow have said that Ukraine, which has seized a Russian tanker, has acted like a pirate, and urged Kiev to think of how the act could affect the release of its own sailors, currently imprisoned in Russia.