It's safe say that the situation in Donbas may have had something to do with Dynamo Kyiv ending Shaktar Donetsk's dominance in the Ukrainian soccer league.
Our news desk has updated its story on the two Russian soldiers captured in east Ukraine yesterday:
The Ukrainian military claims to have captured two Russian soldiers fighting alongside pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine.
Vladislav Seleznev, spokesman for the Ukrainian General Staff, said on May 18 that the two men are being questioned by the Ukrainian Security Service and are on their way to Kyiv where they will face the media.
The military says the two Russian soldiers had been taken prisoner in the town of Shchastya, near the front line.
A video has emerged apparently showing one of the soldiers, said to be members of Russia's elite special forces, saying during questioning that he was a sergeant from the central Russian city of Togliatti.
Moscow on May 18 reiterated its position that there were no Russian troops in Ukraine.
Russia has admited, however, that a number of its nationals are fighting with the separatists in Ukraine's eastern Luhansk and Donetsk regions.
(AP, BBC)
As today marks the anniversary of the deportation of Tatars from Crimea, now is perhaps a good time to re-up these videos that RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service provided last year to mark the 70th anniversary of those turbulent times:
WATCH: 1944 Deportation Victim: ‘I Will Never Forgive Russia’
WATCH: 1944 Deportation Victim: 'We Said Goodbye To Our Home'
