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A portrait of slain separatist leader Aleksandr Zakharchenko hangs outside the Donetsk Opera and Ballet Theatre on September 2.
A portrait of slain separatist leader Aleksandr Zakharchenko hangs outside the Donetsk Opera and Ballet Theatre on September 2.

Live Blog: Ukraine In Crisis (Archive)

-- EDITOR'S NOTE: We have started a new Ukraine Live Blog as of September 3, 2018. You can find it here.

-- Tens of thousands of people gathered on September 2 in the separatist stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine to mourn a top rebel leader who was recently killed in a bomb attack.

-- Prominent Ukrainian historian Mykola Shityuk has been found dead in his home city of Mykolaiv, police said on September 2.​

-- Ukraine says it has imprisoned the man it accused of being recruited by Russia’s secret services to organize a murder plot against self-exiled Russian reporter and Kremlin critic Arkady Babchenko.

-- Ukraine and Russia are trading blame for the killing of a top separatist leader in eastern Ukraine.

-- Aleksandr Zakharchenko, the head of the head of the breakaway separatist entity known as the Donetsk People’s Republic, was killed in an explosion at a cafe in Donetsk on August 31.

-- The United States is ready to widen arms supplies to Ukraine to help build up the country's naval and air defense forces in the face of continuing Russian support for eastern separatists, the U.S. special envoy for Ukraine told The Guardian.

-- The spiritual head of the worldwide Orthodox Church in Istanbul has hosted Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill for talks on Ukraine's bid to split from the Russian church, a move strongly opposed by Moscow.

*Time stamps on the blog refer to local time in Ukraine

16:36 22.8.2018

Here's a news item from RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service:

Aide Of Ukrainian Prime Minister Goes On Trial As Alleged Russian Spy

Stanislav Yezhov was detained by Ukrainian state security officers on December 21, 2017. (file photo)
Stanislav Yezhov was detained by Ukrainian state security officers on December 21, 2017. (file photo)

KYIV -- An aide to Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Hroysman who is charged with spying for Russia went on trial on August 22.

Stanislav Yezhov has pleaded not guilty to the charges, saying investigators have no evidence that would prove he served as a Russian spy.

At the trial, Prosecutor Oleksiy Vdovychenko presented materials suggesting that Yezhov had electronically sent audio recordings to an unknown person and written texts about talks between top Ukrainian officials and representatives of foreign governments.

The Holosiiv District Court's Judge Olena Pervushyna adjourned the trial until September 3, ordering the prosecutors to "more thoroughly" prepare for the process.

Pervushyna said Vdovychenko presented the evidence in the case in an "illogical sequence."

Yezhov, who accompanied Hroysman on his international trips and often served as an interpreter, was arrested in December and charged with "acting in the interests of security services of the aggressor country."

If convicted, Yezhov faces up to 15 years in prison.

Yezhov previously has worked at the Ukrainian Embassy in the United States as well as the Ukrainian president's office.

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