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What happened in Ukraine around 17 April 2018?
Summary
A retrospective on a deadly road crash in Kryvyi Rih and other reports from the days around it.
What was reported on 17 April 2018? In Ukraine, the main event of the day was a road accident in Kryvyi Rih involving a car, a minibus and a bus. Nine people were killed and another 21 were injured.
Other reports from the preceding days
On 14 April 2018, militants of the self-proclaimed "DNR" began flooding the Yunkom mine in Yenakiieve. A nuclear explosion was carried out at the mine on 16 September 1979.
On 12 April 2018, the television channel UATV began broadcasting in test mode to the occupied territories of Luhansk region.
Beyond Ukraine, on 14 April 2018, in the context of the 2018 bombing of Damascus and Homs during the Syrian Civil War, Russia called for an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council. It was also reported that Russia was considering supplying S-300 missile systems to Syria.
