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At least 22 people including Army cadets are killed as military plane crashes in Ukraine with two more people left seriously injured Transport plane was carrying 28 passengers when it crashed and caught on fire in town of Chuhuiv, Ukraine Deputy Interior Minister said ‘it’s impossible to establish the cause’ of the crash which killed 22 … Read more
Look out below! 250 British paratroopers jump into Ukraine in joint exercise with its army in show of force against Putin Around 250 Colchester-based soldiers dropped into the Ternivsky training area Troops parachuted into the country from 600ft from C-130 Hercules transport MoD said it built on strong relationship between Ukraine and UK’s armed forces Tensions … Read more
Die-hard Jewish pilgrims have refused to leave Ukraine’s border with Belarus after more than 1,000 give up hope and turn back due to coronavirus restrictions. Orthodox-Jewish believers, including hundreds of children, have camped out throughout the week in no-man’s land at the border crossing ahead of Jewish New Year celebrations this weekend. Tens of thousands … Read more
Double-amputee’s wife is asked to take her husband’s severed legs away from Ukrainian hospital in a sack The woman was told to ‘take the legs’ because doctors had no disposal facilities A friend said the woman fainted after taking the severed limbs away in a sack Her case has sparked a scandal in Ukraine amid … Read more
Around 2,000 Hasidic Jews have gathered at Ukraine’s border with Belarus where their annual pilgrimage has been barred due to coronavirus restrictions. Kiev has accused President Alexander Lukashenko of manufacturing the crisis by giving the pilgrims hope that they could cross the frontier in retaliation for Ukraine’s support for the recent pro-democracy protests. Despite Ukraine’s … Read more
Pripyat in Ukraine is a place unlike anywhere else I have been. It is a place of utter despair. On the face of it, it seems quite a pleasant town, with avenues, hotels, a square, a hospital, parks with fairground rides, several schools and swimming pools, cafes and bars, supermarkets and hairdressers, a football stadium … Read more
Pripyat in Ukraine is a place unlike anywhere else I have been. It is a place of utter despair. On the face of it, it seems quite a pleasant town, with avenues, hotels, a square, a hospital, parks with fairground rides, several schools and swimming pools, cafes and bars, supermarkets and hairdressers, a football stadium … Read more
An interactive map has revealed how huge proportions of people do not think vaccines are safe, raising concerns about whether people would get a Covid-19 jab. Researchers from the UK, US and Belgium compiled data from surveys of nearly 300,000 people in 149 countries to identify vaccine ‘hesitancy hotspots’. They found that European countries were … Read more
An interactive map has revealed how huge proportions of people do not think vaccines are safe, raising concerns about whether people would get a Covid-19 jab. Researchers from the UK, US and Belgium compiled data from surveys of nearly 300,000 people in 149 countries to identify vaccine ‘hesitancy hotspots’. They found that European countries were … Read more
Belarus opposition politician Maxim Znak has been snatched from his office by masked men wearing plain clothes, his allies have claimed. The former lawyer, 39, was one of the last remaining members of the country’s opposition Coordination Council still at large as President Alexander Lukashenko’s crackdown continues. It comes after claims that opposition leader Maria … Read more