Stolen Pictures Returned to Poltava

An anonymous artist's nineteenth century work Turks Battling the Crusaders and Clara Peters' Still Life (1612) were located in the course of a joint operation by the British police, Interpol, and Ukrainian law enforcement authorities. Four persons, among them a Ukrainian citizen, have been tried by a British court and sentenced to varying terms.

As for their accomplices in Ukraine (who actually stole the canvases), chances of apprehending them are very slim, says Liudmyla Vakhnina, head of Poltava Museum's exhibition department.