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A criminal suspect in Ukraine managed to get away after he pulled a hand grenade and forced a police chief to drive him for hours through the countryside — with other officers on their tail. The incident began when cops tried to detain Roman Skripnik, 32, accused of stealing a car outside a court building in Poltava, according to police.

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