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Ukrainian servicemen ride in a tank close to the airport in the eastern city of Donetsk, a facility which has been the site of intense fighting for several weeks.
Ukrainian servicemen ride in a tank close to the airport in the eastern city of Donetsk, a facility which has been the site of intense fighting for several weeks.

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18:48 13.8.2014

In short, no clarity at all on Strelkov injury story.

18:44 13.8.2014

18:02 13.8.2014

17:48 13.8.2014

Just ITAR-TASS reporting so far:

16:48 13.8.2014

Less Ukrainian booze on Russian shelves:

Russia's food safety watchdog has suspended imports of certain types of Ukrainian-made alcoholic drinks.

Rospotrebnadzor said on August 13 that imports of Ukrainian-made vodka, beer and beer-related drinks will be suspended starting on August 15 because of "repeated violations" of legal requirements.

The move comes just one day after the Ukrainian parliament, in a first reading on August 12, backed a bill to impose sanctions on Russian companies and individuals for supporting pro-Russian separatists battling government forces in eastern Ukraine.

Russia has already suspended imports of a number of food products from Ukraine.

It has also imposed restrictions on imports of food from Western nations that have imposed sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine crisis.

16:25 13.8.2014

15:48 13.8.2014

UPDATE: Putin has now arrived in Crimea to meet with his top security chiefs and address members of government and parliament traveling with him.

15:02 13.8.2014

14:59 13.8.2014

14:59 13.8.2014

This appears to be part of the "camp" that was reportedly set up and then broken down this morning:

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