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AsiaPac · 19 mins ago

Ukraine court remands organiser of weapons show attacked by Russia

KYIV – A Ukrainian court on Monday remanded in custody the organiser of a weapons exhibition that was struck by Russia in an attack that killed at least 11 people and triggered an outcry across the country.Prosecutors brought a case against Vasyl Goncharuk, head of a weapons industry association, accusing him of negligence leading to loss of life following the Russian ballistic missile strike on a shooting range outside Kyiv on Friday that was hosting the exhibition.There was widespread anger at the way the event was held, including from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky who said it “certainly should not have been taking place there”.On Monday, a court in Kyiv remanded Goncharuk in custody without bail pending trial, an AFP journalist attending the hearing reported.“I fully understand
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