An update from our news desk on Putin's visit to Crimea:
Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is on a two-visit to Crimea, is to meet with Russian government officials and parliament members on August 14.
The presidential press service said that Putin will deliver a speech touching on some key issues ahead of regional elections in September.
Taking part in the meeting in Yalta will be Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin, and a number of federal ministers.
After he arrived in Crimea on August 13, Putin chaired a meeting with his top security chiefs in Sevastopol.
Ukrainian officials have denounced Putin's visit to Crimea as unacceptable, after Moscow annexed the peninsula from Ukraine in March.
Twitter convoy tracking...
Steve Rosenberg is the Moscow correspondent for BBC News.
Good point.
The convoy has still not arrived, whether it is even supposed to arrive. Meanwhile, Putin is in Crimea.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is due to meet with his top security chiefs and address government and parliament members on the disputed Crimean peninsula on August 14.
The Russian presidential press service said Putin will chair a meeting of Security Council members in the Crimean capital, Sevastopol, and discuss domestic issues, "including those in Crimea," with Russian State Duma lawmakers and federal ministers.
Putin arrived in Crimea for a two-day visit on August 13.
The United States and the European Union have imposed sanctions on Russia over Moscow's unrecognized annexation of Crimea in March as well as the Kremlin's alleged support for pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine.
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin were among the officials accompanying Putin on his Crimean visit.
Ukrainian officials have criticized Putin's visit.
That concludes the live blogging for tonight.
This is happening Friday:
European Union foreign ministers will hold an emergency meeting on August 15 to discuss EU's response to the ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Ukraine.
Courtney Weaver, the deputy Moscow bureau chief for the Financial Times, is in the Russian city of Voronezh.
Our news desk wraps together the Strelkov stuff. (Still no clarity though.)
The condition of Igor Strelkov, the so-called defense minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DNR) in eastern Ukraine, is unclear.
The separatist website novoroinform.com posted a brief message on August 13 saying there was information Strelkov had been badly wounded but the report did not say where or when this happened and added, "We would be happy if the information provided turns out to be wrong or exaggerated."
Officials connected with the DNR gave different accounts.
Denis Pushilin posted a video on YouTube in which he said he had heard reports Strelkov was seriously wounded but could not confirm that information yet.
Pushilin was the self-styled chairman of the DNR's supreme council but he resigned in mid-July and is believed to be in Russia.
Spokesman for the DNR Defense Ministry Vyacheslav Brig dismissed the reports as "nonsense" and said the reports were a deliberate attempt at disinformation.