Armed man carrying explosives holds 20 people hostage after seizing a bus in Ukraine The assailant is armed and carrying explosives, officials have claimed online Authorities said the man was frustrated with ‘Ukraine’s system’ on Facebook He is holding 20 people hostage after seizing control of a bus in Lutsk, Ukraine By Will Stewart and … Read more
Putin orders snap military drills involving 150,000 troops and hundreds of aircraft and naval vessels on Ukrainian border to ensure ‘security in Russia’s southwest’ Russia is conducting snap military drills along its southern border with Ukraine 150,000 troops are involved and will test readiness for larger drill in September It comes just hours after Ukraine … Read more
Rudy Giuliani made a surprise appearance at the White House on Wednesday and answered reporters questions on a number of topics although he declined to say what he was doing in Washington. Giuliani, the former New York City mayor, serves as President Donald Trump‘s personal attorney and, at one point, served as the administration’s cyber … Read more
Cat got your tongue? Herd of cows lick a purring moggy through the bars of their pen Five cows cleaned a cat with their tongues at a dairy farm near Kiev, Ukraine Bizarre footage taken by Sergey Vasilevich shows the cat enjoying their affection The cows compete with each other to get a lick of the … Read more
A nursery school teacher tied a pillow to the face of a one year old girl – ‘causing her to die from suffocation and vomiting’. Irina Sukhanova, 51, has been detained by police in Zaporizhia, south-eastern Ukraine, on suspicion of murder, according to law enforcement officials. The carer wanted to stop the girl, named Alesya, … Read more
British couples will have to quarantine for two weeks before they can hold their babies after arriving at a Ukrainian clinic where 97 newborns are marooned due to coronavirus lockdown. Four desperate British couples have flown to Kyiv and are now on a fortnight’s quarantine before meeting their infants at the BioTexCom human reproduction centre. … Read more
Woman strips off and puts her knickers over her face after Ukrainian shop worker refused to serve her without a mask on The unnamed woman put her knickers on her head at a post office in Ukraine She was asked to put on a face mask but opted to use her knickers instead It was … Read more
Ukraine authorities bust hacker attempting to sell 773M passwords and usernames in a ‘megabreach’ that compiled years worth of stolen data Ukraine’s security service arrested a hacker called Sanix Sanix was arrested in connection with a database of 773M stolen passwords an usernames A police raid also turned up two terabytes of other stolen data The … Read more
A Russian ex-spy charged with downing the passenger jet MH17 has said he feels a ‘moral responsibility’ for the disaster. Igor Girkin is one of four people accused of murder over the missile shot in July 2014 which killed all 298 people on the Malaysia Airlines flight over Ukraine. Girkin was a commander of separatist … Read more
Lions who were both born into captivity have found happiness together after their rescuers decided to introduce them to one another. King of the jungle Luke and lioness Phuku defied the odds to form a strong bond at Love Lions Alive sanctuary in Free State, South Africa, after meeting earlier this year. The pair were … Read more