Former Ukraine's president reveals his only mistake during Maidan crisis

Standing behind the disruption of Friday's session in the Svyatoshinsky district court in Kiev are the same people who bear responsibility for committing crimes during Maidan rallies in February 2014, former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich told a news conference in Rostov-on-Don.

Ukraine police says pro-Russian militants seize hundreds of guns. -- Special-purpose police refuse to go to Slavyansk

DONETSK, Ukraine - Pro-Russian militants have seized a second building in the eastern city of Slaviansk, which houses the local headquarters of the state security service, police said on Saturday.

At least 20 armed militants took over the city's police headquarters earlier. "The same group has seized the building of the SBU (security service) in Slaviansk," Donetsk regional police said in a statement.

Ukrainische Berkut-Sonderpolizisten begrüßen geplante Vergabe russischer Pässe

Angehörige der von den neuen Machthabern in Kiew aufgelösten ukrainischen Sonder-Polizeieinheit Berkut haben die Absicht Moskaus begrüßt, ihnen die russische Staatsbürgerschaft zu gewähren.

„Wir sind bereit, die erforderlichen Papiere zu sammeln“, sagte der Kommandeur einer auf der Krim stationierten Berkut-Einheit, der anonym bleiben wollte, am Freitag in einem RIA-Novosti-Gespräch in Simferopol.