KYIV, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Ukrainian police on Sunday detained a group of people suspected of preparing mass riots in the capital Kyiv and other cities to cause instability as tensions rise with neighbouring Russia, Ukraine's interior minister said on Monday.

The United States and other Western countries have said Russia could be preparing for a new invasion of Ukrainian territory after massing more than 100,000 troops near the border, and Ukraine has said Russia is trying to intimidate and destabilise it.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukrainian-police-detain-group-suspected-planning-mass-riots-2022-01-31/

Activists came from down the street and across the state to Des Moines Saturday to raise a white flag in support of a peaceful solution to tensions between Europe and Russia.

The protest occurred just hours after the Iowa Army National Guard announced mobilization orders to head to Poland.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has massed an estimated 100,000 or more troops near Ukraine’s border, raising concerns of a possible invasion. He wants concessions from the West, in particular assurances that Ukraine will not be allowed to join NATO.

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2022/02/05/russia-ukraine-news-putin-iowans-call-peaceful-solution-us-troops/6676428001/

Three days after Minneapolis police executing a no-knock warrant fatally shot Amir Locke, protests are expected to continue in the city as community members demand accountability for the death of a man remembered by family as a "bright light."

Car horns blared in downtown Minneapolis on Friday as dozens gathered, temporarily clogging the street, in a car caravan protest calling for the firing of Officer Mark Hanneman, who shot Locke on Wednesday.

Body camera footage shows Hanneman shot Locke, a Black man, as the 22-year-old began to rise from underneath a blanket on the couch he was resting on early Wednesday. Locke was holding a gun his family says he was in legal possession of.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/02/05/amir-locke-shot-minneapolis-police-protests-demand-accountability/6674669001/