Yurii Fomichev, the mayor of occupied Slavutych, said he had not compromised with the Russian military, but the town’s defenders could no longer fight them without exposing residential neighbourhoods ...

Russian forces entered the northern Ukrainian city of Slavutych and seized a hospital there Saturday, taking the mayor hostage, and then releasing him as thousands of residents filled the streets ...

Yuri Fomichev, mayor of Slavutych, was briefly detained by Russian soldiers after they took control of the town, which is home to staff who work at the Chernobyl nuclear site. 'I have been released.

Mayor Yuri Fomichov was abducted by Russian forces in the Ukrainian town of Slavutych. The mayor was released hours later after residents came out to protest. Fomichev said that Russians had ...

Russian forces took control of Slavutych and took Mayor Yuriy Fomichev hostage on March 26. Fomichev later told AFP by phone that he had been released. The military administration of the Kyiv ...

Gunfire and the sounds of explosions were heard in the northern Ukrainian city of Slavutych after residents protested against Russian occupation. The city's mayor, Yuriy Fomychev, who was ...

Russian troops who entered the northern Ukrainian city of Slavutych on March 26 responded to a protest against the war with gas and gunfire, Ukraine’s public broadcaster reported. The mayor of ...

LVIV, Ukraine, March 25 (Reuters) - Ukraine said on Friday its troops had repulsed a first attack by Russian troops closing in on the town of Slavutych, where workers at the defunct Chernobyl ...

SLAVUTYCH, Ukraine, April 26 (Reuters) - Ukraine marked the 37th anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster on Wednesday by urging the world not to bow to Russian "blackmail" over nuclear ...