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Two Ukrainian stories before 23 July 2020
Summary
A look back at two reports from Ukraine in the days leading up to 23 July 2020: a hijacked bus in Lutsk and suspicions served on judges.
What was happening in Ukraine in the days before 23 July 2020? Two reports from that period, very different in character, framed the moment.
On 17 July 2020, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) notified Pavlo Vovk, head of the Kyiv District Administrative Court (OASK), and other judges of that court that they were suspected of creating a criminal organisation and seizing power. The notification was directed at the head of one court and at his colleagues on the same bench.
On 21 July 2020, in Lutsk, an attacker seized a bus with passengers on board. The report of the hijacking was brief, and it marked a separate and sudden event in the same week.
The two reports had no stated connection. One concerned an anti-corruption body and a court; the other, a hostage situation on a city bus. Taken together, they show the range of news reaching readers in the days before 23 July 2020.
