Ukraine Activist Released From Forced Treatment Fears Future

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By BosNewsLife News Center womanZAPORIZHIA/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- An elderly human rights activist who was forced to spend more than two weeks in a Ukrainian psychological hospital for "socially dangerous behavior" said Wednesday, August 14, she remains confined to her home amid fears of more persecution.

NEWS WATCH: Ukraine’s Prime Minister Challenges Election Results

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife pr_a3641UZZHOROD, UKRAINE (BosNewsLife)-- Ukrainian election officials say they will not consider Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's complaints of presidential election fraud. Results show opposition leader Victor Yanukovich defeated  Tymoshenko by 3.5 percentage points in the February 7 runoff election.

NEWS WATCH: Ukraine Launches New Ceasefire; Peace Talks Uncertain

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent Bos NewsLife ukrainenoww KIEV, UKRAINE (BosNewsLife)-- A ceasefire called by President Petro Poroshenko has begun in eastern Ukraine as part of efforts to revive a much-violated truce with pro-Russian separatists, but it remained unclear whether a peace meeting would go ahead as planned on Tuesday.

NEWS WATCH: Ukraine: ‘Russia Open For Peace Plan Amid New Fighting’

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife poroshenko KIEV , UKRAINE (BosNewsLife)-- A town in eastern Ukraine has came under heavy shelling by pro-Russian seperatists,  a day after the Russian and Ukrainian leaders met in Belarus, to discuss the escalating crisis in east Ukraine.

BREAKING NEWS: 100 Killed In Ukraine; Church Cancels Prayers For Government

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife clashKYIV, UKRAINE (BosNewsLife)-- The influential Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Kyiv Patriarchate) says it has removed prayers for the government from its liturgy, after as many as 100 people died when a truce broke down between security forces and anti-government protesters.Thursday's clashes came while European Union ministers attempted to talk with the embattled president Viktor Yanukovich.