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A Ukrainian ultra-nationalist leader has been shot dead in what officials describe as a special forces operation. Oleksandr Muzychko, better known as Sashko Bily, died in a shoot-out with police in a cafe in Rivne in western Ukraine, the interior ministry said. He was a leader of Right Sector, a far-right group which was prominent in the recent anti-government protests. Meanwhile, Ukraine's parliament has voted to accept the resignation of Defence Minister Ihor Tenyukh. Mr Tenyukh had been accused of indecision in the face of Russia's military takeover of Crimea. The shooting of Muzychko happened just hours after Russian Foreign...

Oleksandr Muzychko, an ultra-nationalist member of Ukraine’s recent protests who was wanted in Russia for alleged war crimes, was shot dead late Monday in the western Ukrainian city of Rivne, according to reports by Russian news outlets, RT and Interfax. There were conflicting accounts of what happened to the man also known as Sashko Biliy. According to Ukrainian lawmaker Oleksandr Doniy, writing in a Facebook update, unknown assailants cut off Muzychko’s car just before midnight, bringing it to a halt. Muzychko, a bald bear of a man who led the ultra-nationalist group Right Sector, was dragged out of the car,...