From a Newsweek piece titled "Ukrainian Intelligence Seize Arms Cache as They Uncover 'Russian' Plot to Attack Kiev":
Russian special forces plotted a series of armed attacks against Ukrainian cabinet ministers and several other targets in Ukraine’s capital city of Kiev this week, according to a spokesperson for Ukraine’s counter-intelligence services (SSU), after a weapons cache was uncovered.
The explosive allegations come ahead of parliamentary elections in Ukraine on Sunday, and a suspected assassination attempt on a parliamentary candidate on Monday.
The SSU seized weapons including portable air defence systems and rocket propelled grenade launchers believed to belong to the group behind the plot from a location in Kiev, according to a press statement on the service’s official website also featuring pictures of the equipment.
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"Novorossia Factor: The National Anthem Song Contest," from "The Telegraph":
If you’ve always fancied yourself as a competitor in the Eurovision song contest, but never quite made the cut, this opportunity could be for you.
Novorossia, the break-away state established by Russian-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine, is in search of a national anthem -- and it has launched a song contest to find one.
The move is just the latest in a series of initiatives launched by separatist leaders as they seek to turn the patch of territory into a functioning, recognisable state.
Read the full story here.
Here is today's situation map of eastern Ukraine by the National Security and Defense Council:
