Ukraine's security service has released a video showing arrested pro-Russian Ukrainian politician Viktor Medvedchuk asking to be exchanged for Ukrainian troops and civilians in the besieged city of Mariupol. Key points: Pro-Russian Ukrainian politician Viktor Medvedchuk was captured by Ukraine last week He has appeared in a video asking Russia and Ukraine's leaders to undertake a prisoner swap Two captured …
LVIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s detention of fugitive Ukrainian oligarch Viktor Medvedchuk, the former leader of a pro-Russian opposition party and a close associate of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has been met with enthusiasm in Kyiv and irritation in Moscow. Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chair of Russia’s Security Council and the country’s former president, posted threats to Ukrainian authorities on the …