Yanukovych

"What surprises me more than the lies told daily by the regime in Kyiv is the West engagement in this game of spreading untruths," Minister Lavrov said last night in an interview with Belarusian state television BTRC, part of which was published on the Russian Foreign Ministry's website, reports TASS.

Montenegro's government has imposed a new sanctions list on Ukraine and Russian politicians and businessmen allegedly involved in the illegal transfer of funds from Ukraine, once again aligning itself with similar EU punitive measures.

The editor in chief of the Ukrainian publication Neteshinskiy Vestnik has been murdered, as reported by the Bulgarian National Television.

The younger son of former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych drowned in Lake Baikal in Russia.

Ukrainian MP Nestor Shufrych confirmed the death of Yanukovych's son, who was also called Viktor, the BBC reports.