Here's an item from RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service:
Pro-Russian Ukrainian Politician's Associate Questioned In 'Terrorism' Case
KYIV -- Taras Kozak, an associate of Ukrainian pro-Russian politician, Viktor Medvedchuk, has been questioned by the country's security service (SBU) over terrorism-related cases.
SBU spokeswoman Olena Hitlyanska told RFE/RL that Kozak's questioning on October 3 was related to probes launched into terrorism, financing terrorism, and money laundering.
Kozak, who owns the media holding that includes the 112 Ukraine and NewsOne television channels, said in a televised interview that he was not charged with any crime and was questioned as a witness.
Last week, the Ukrainian National Council for Television and Radio Broadcasting refused to extend 112 Ukraine's broadcasting license, citing the channel's "failure to fix violations of the broadcast concept since 2014."
In October 2018, Ukrainian lawmakers adopted a resolution proposing that the National Security and Defense Council impose sanctions on the owners of 112 Ukraine and NewsOne.
The resolution was adopted after more than 25,000 citizens signed a petition demanding that the two broadcasters halt their activities, accusing them of "being tools of Russian propaganda in Ukraine."
Relations between the two countries have been tense since 2014, after Russian annexed Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula and began supporting pro-Kremlin separatists in Ukraine's east in a conflict where more than 13,000 people have been killed.
Here's more from our news desk on the new NSDC secretary:
Ukrainian Ex-Governor Danilov Appointed National Security Chief
Oleksiy Danilov, a former member of parliament and ex-governor of the easternmost Luhansk region, has been appointed secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council (NSDC).
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy signed the relevant order on October 3 to fill the position that former Finance Minister Oleksandr Danylyuk had occupied until earlier this week.
Danilov, 57, has been deputy NSDC secretary since July 23.
Last month, Danylyuk announced he had offered to quit without giving a reason for the decision.
A native of the Luhansk region, Danilov was that regional capital's youngest mayor at age 31 from 1994 to 1997, and also served as the region’s governor for much of 2005.
He was also a member of parliament in the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc in 2006-2007.
He has a law degree from the Luhansk Institute of Internal Affairs, a master's degree in management from the Eastern Ukrainian National University, and a teaching degree in history from the Shevchenko Luhansk State Pedagogical University.
Based on reporting by RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service, Censor.net, and UNIAN
Poroshenko Fails To Show Up For Questioning In Illegal Border Crossing Case
Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has failed to show up at the National Bureau of Investigation (DBR) for questioning as a witness in an inquiry into alleged illegal border crossing.
DBR spokeswoman Anzhelika Ivanova said on October 3 that Poroshenko was supposed to arrive for questioning at 10 a.m. local time in "the criminal case related to the possible organization of the illegal crossing of Ukraine's state border by [unspecified] individuals, using forged documents."
According to Ivanova, Poroshenko will be summoned again as his lawyer explained his client's absence was due to his "busy parliamentary schedule."
The probe in question is one of several launched against Poroshenko after he was defeated in a presidential poll in April by Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
It was launched after an investigative report by a joint project by RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service and the UA:Pershiy television channel, Skhemy (Schemes), revealed that Poroshenko flew on a private jet to the Maldives in January 2018 with seven other individuals who may have used other identities and skipped passport control.
Poroshenko has denied the allegations saying that his vacation to the Maldives was legal.
Poroshenko, who is currently a deputy in parliament, has skipped other questioning requests from the DBR over several other probes launched after he failed to win a second term in April.
A billionaire confectioner, Poroshenko and his party ran on a pro-European, anti-Russian ticket in the July parliamentary elections, winning 25 seats.