"The case comes amid a "decommunisation" campaign by the Ukrainian government, which has celebrated nationalist groups who fought the Soviets. If charged, the veteran could face a prison sentence."
Here is today's map of the security situation in eastern Ukraine, according to the National Security and Defense Council:
UPDATE ON SEMENA TRIAL:
The trial of RFE/RL contributor Mykola Semena, a Crimean journalist who is fighting what he says is a politically motivated separatism charge on the Russian-controlled peninsula, has again been adjourned.
Semena's trial has been adjourned three times due to different reasons since it started on March 20.
The trial resumed on May 3, but the judge adjourned it for a week after two witnesses for the prosecution did not show up in the courtroom.
The judge ruled that the witnesses must be forcibly brought to the courtroom if need be.