Daily Digest: Top news of the weekend of May 11–12
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- Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor and now U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, was planning a trip to Ukraine to advance investigations that would likely be helpful to his boss. Then, suddenly, he decided not to come, blaming enemies of the president and even of the United States. Read our story to find out why he wanted to come, why he cancelled, and what was going on behind the scenes in Ukraine.
- Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has fired his deputy chief of staff, Oleksiy Filatov. In March, Filatov was issued a notice of suspicion on money laundering charges, but the Prosecutor General’s Office subsequently cancelled the charges. Read our story to find out more.
- The car of journalist Volodymyr Yehorov, the chief editor of the TVi television channel, was set on fire in an apparent act of arson targeting Yehorov for his work.
- Just two years since Ukraine got visa-free travel with the European Union, over 2 million Ukrainians have taken advantage of the new visa-free regime to visit Europe.
- The annual Kyiv Euro Marathon attracts 3,000 runners. Learn more and see the photos.
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