On March 6, the car of the commander of the Ukrainian special police battalion “Slobozhanshchyna,” Andriy Yanholenko, exploded in the government-controlled eastern city of Kharkiv. The commander and his spouse were inside the car at the time of the explosion and both were hospitalized. Yanholenko received medium-level injuries, but his wife is in critical condition. The interior minister of Ukraine, Arsen Avakov, said that the government would respond with greater resolve to the terrorists’ attempts to destabilize Kharkiv. “No, not for the sake of fueling exasperation and revenge, but in order to prevent repeating the tragedy—[faced now by an] ordinary …read more
Source: The Jamestown Foundation
