Ukraine's top prosecutor 'escapes assassination':
A top Ukrainian prosecutor says unknown assailants have attempted to kill Prosecutor-General Viktor Shokin.
Deputy Prosecutor-General Anatoliy Matios said on November 3 that three bullets were shot at Shokin's office late on November 2 from a nearby building.
Bulletproof glass on the office windows saved Shokin's life, he said.
Matios added that the shots were aimed at Shokin's head and body.
Shokin was appointed by President Petro Poroshenko in February. He has faced accusations of stalling high-profile corruption cases against allies of former President Viktor Yanukovych, who was toppled by pro-European protests in February 2014.
In September, the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Geoffrey Pyatt, publicly accused the Prosecutor-General's Office of obstructing efforts to combat corruption and shielding its own employees from graft investigations. (UNIAN, Interfax)
Here's a video of a rally held in Kyiv today in support of Hennadiy Korban:
Ukrainian protesters demanded the release of politician Hennadiy Korban, head of the UKROP party, at a rally on November 3, claiming that his detention is politically motivated. Korban was arrested on October 31 on suspicion of embezzlement, involvement in kidnappings, and ties to organized crime. (RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service)
