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
Belarus’s embattled president Alexander Lukashenko says he has placed the military on high alert and will close borders with Poland and Lithuania amid fears of a ‘war’. The strongman, known as Europe’s last dictator, appealed to the ‘crazy leaders’ of both countries, plus Ukraine, not to let conflict break out, saying it ‘will not resolve … 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
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
Belarus’s President Alexander Lukashenko admitted he ‘may have stayed in power a little too long’ today but vowed to hold onto power despite continued protests against his disputed election victory. Lukashenko’s rare admission comes after 26 years in power and the day after country’s opposition leader was allegedly snatched by masked men. Speaking on Russian state … Read more
A Belarus opposition leader tore up her passport to foil authorities trying to deport her to Ukraine in the dead of night, it was claimed today. Maria Kolesnikova was driven to a border crossing in the early hours of this morning but ‘took action’ to prevent her ‘forcible expulsion’, Ukraine’s government said, a day after … Read more
Mother is fined after she was spotted taking her one-week-old baby for a walk in a carrier bag in Ukraine The unnamed woman, 29, was spotted by shocked passers-by in Kiev Video shows the woman pulling her baby out of the carrier bag Officers reportedly put the baby in their car and called an ambulance … Read more
Horrifying moment that will chill every parent: Girl, four, is lured into a car and abducted at a petrol station in Ukraine while her mother was paying inside Elizaveta Kolisnichenko was abducted from a petrol station in Boryspil, Ukraine A man, dressed in all black, can be seen ushering her into a white car on … Read more
Vladimir Putin forms elite ‘spec ops force’ to intervene in Belarus if protests ‘get out of control’ Vladimir Putin said is he will intervene in Belarus if protests ‘get out of control’ He confirmed Russia has created a reserve police force to send to the country Added that move would honour joint defence pact Russia … Read more
Ukrainian TV presenter, 28, suffers horrific facial injuries after being viciously beaten by a stranger who tried to rape her in front of her six-year-old son on a train Anastasia Lugova, 28, was assaulted by Vitaliy Rudzko, 45, in train compartment She was travelling to Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday with her six-year-old son Zakhar Rudzko faces … Read more
Ukrainians behind bars can get ‘luxury’ prison cell upgrades if they buy £55-a-day vouchers Ukrainians prisoners can upgrade their jail cells at a cost of £55 a day Ukrainian Justice Minister Denys Maliuska said four prisoners have done so Officials said the upgraded cells will allow prisoners better quality food Amnesty International has condemned the system … Read more
Humans could live on the planet Mars if a fungi which spawned inside the Chernobyl nuclear reactor is used to protect against radiation, scientists say. A layer of the fungus around 21 centimetres thick could ‘largely negate the annual dose-equivalent of the radiation environment on the surface of Mars’, researchers found. ‘What makes the fungus … Read more