A pretty poignant video here:
As civilians have fled war-torn areas of eastern Ukraine, they've left behind their homes, their possessions, and sometimes their dogs and cats. Hundreds of these abandoned animals have wound up at a shelter on the outskirts of Kyiv, where a small staff is stretching its limited resources to feed and house the influx of strays. Donations can be made through PayPal at the address MMLUDIVINE@gmail.com (Produced by Salyar Ali, RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service)
This just in from our news desk:
Russian authorities have seized several assets at a candy factory owned by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in the Russian city of Lipetsk.
Poroshenko's company, Roshen, said on April 28 that Russian officials are "deliberately taking all possible steps to prevent the company from selling its assets in Russia."
Poroshenko promised ahead of his election in May to sell Roshen.
Oleg Kazakov, the Lipetsk factory's deputy head, said on April 28 that production would continue at the factory despite the seizure.
Roshen said it would appeal the decision to seize the assets, which it said are worth some 2 billion rubles ($38.9 million).
Russian authorities raided the factory on April 1 in what they said was a search for materials related to a tax-fraud case.
A Russian Investigative Committee spokesman said after the raid that the Roshen factory was suspected of receiving a fraudulent tax rebate of some 180 million rubles ($3.1 million).
(Reuters, TASS)