A member of Ukraine’s men’s Olympic skeleton team flashed a sign reading “NO WAR IN UKRAINE” after completing his third run at the Beijing Games, but has avoided any penalty after officials ruled the move did not violate rules prohibiting political protests.
Russia says French President Emanuel Macron was made to sit at the opposite end of a long table for his talks earlier this week with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin due to his refusal to take a Kremlin-administered COVID-19 test.
A court in Kyiv has upheld a decision to allow former President Petro Poroshenko to remain free during a treason case that he and his supporters reject as politically motivated.