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History: June 2020

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Retrospective · events of 1 June 2020

Russia abducts Ukrainian soldier at Berloha post near Crimea

Opinion

A look back at tremors in Ivano-Frankivsk region, an online awards ceremony and a soldier's abduction near Crimea.

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Retrospective · events of 2 June 2020

Odesa market shooting and a quiet few days

Opinion

A look back at a shooting at Odesa's Seventh Kilometre market and two other items from Ukraine's news at the start of June 2020.

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Retrospective · events of 3 June 2020

Odesa market shooting and Carpathian tremors, early June 2020

World

A look back at two incidents reported in Ukraine in the first days of June 2020, one in Odesa and one in the Ivano-Frankivsk region.

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Retrospective · events of 4 June 2020

Two police and crime stories from early June 2020

World

A look back at a police gang exposed in Pavlohrad and a shooting at an Odesa market that preceded it.

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Retrospective · events of 5 June 2020

Ukraine's news in early June 2020: crime and quakes

World

A look back at what Ukrainian reports recorded in the days up to 5 June 2020, from a police scandal in Pavlohrad to a shooting in Odesa.

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Retrospective · events of 6 June 2020

What did 4 June 2020 reveal about policing?

Opinion

Two reports from 4 June 2020, one from Pavlohrad and one from Crimea, showed how law enforcement and courts were in the news just before 6 June 2020.

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Retrospective · events of 25 June 2020

Shkarlet becomes Ukraine's education minister

Politics

A look back at the vote of 25 June 2020 that put Serhiy Shkarlet in charge of education, and at the EU border talks of the previous day.

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Retrospective · events of 26 June 2020

Education minister pick Shkarlet was previously caught plagiarising, reports said

Politics

A look back at a parliamentary appointment and a separate EU discussion on reopening borders, as reported around 26 June 2020.

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Retrospective · events of 27 June 2020

What did Libya's government ask of the West?

World

A look back at 27 June 2020, when Libya's recognised government sought sanctions over Russian mercenaries, while the EU weighed rules for reopening its borders.

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Retrospective · events of 30 June 2020

Roundup: EU safe-country criteria, Libya's sanctions call and Shkarlet's appointment

Politics

A retrospective on the political threads running into 30 June 2020: a new education minister in Kyiv, an EU border list and a Libyan appeal.

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