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Kiev (Ukraine), May 11 (EFE / EPA).- (CAMERA: Sergey Dolzhenko) The Ukrainian Prosecutor's Office accused two of the most prominent pro-Russian deputies, Victor Medvedchuk and Taras Kozak, of high treason, among other things, for their business in the Crimean peninsula, annexed by Russia in 2014.
Russian naval war games continue in the Black Sea near Crimea where relations with Ukraine are worsening, with Kiev's U.N. envoy calling for Security Council meeting to help ease hostilities. Mana Rabiee reports.
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a lavish ceremony on Red Square following a landslide victory in his country’s presidential elections. The concert marks the tenth anniversary of Russia’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine, when Moscow formally recognised the peninsula as a federal subject. IMAGES
Voters cast their ballots at a polling station in Russian-controlled Crimea, as the three-day presidential election kicks off. Early voting got underway in occupied territories of Ukraine, and the vote will also take place in Crimea, the peninsula annexed by Moscow in 2014 -- a move that most of the international community has refused to recognise. IMAGES
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg calls Russia's 'heavy losses' in the Black Sea a 'great victory' for Ukraine, after Kyiv said it had destroyed another Russian warship in the key battleground. SOUNDBITE
During a press conference on his two-day state visit to Sweden, French President Emmanuel Macron says that "the cost of a Russian victory is too high for all of us" and that Europe must support Ukraine "whatever it takes, whatever it costs." SOUNDBITE
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