Nina Petrovna, 79, stands atop the smoldering mess of what used to be her home in #Donetsk after rockets destroyed it pic.twitter.com/lc1MlhdmJO
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) August 18, 2014
Seeing Ukrainian reports that Luhansk central market is on fire as a result of street fighting
— Leonid Ragozin (@leonidragozin) August 18, 2014
Zakharchenko on refugee convoy 'we didn't shoot them, we didn't shoot them with Grads and we didn't shoot them with Grads we got from Russia
— Thomas Grove (@tggrove) August 18, 2014
Extraordinary that huge controversies over Russia taking Crimea - and reducing numbers of venues - end up as 3 paras http://t.co/JfMcUBsiuA
— Daniel Sandford (@BBCDanielS) August 18, 2014
In #Donetsk fire trucks dispense water to civilians. pic.twitter.com/8YjB6AbG0B
— Christopher Allen (@cjkallen) August 18, 2014
Some Russian lawmakers are supporting a campaign against rock musician Andrei Makarevich, threatening to strip him of state awards after he performed for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the eastern Ukraine last week.
Read Tom Balmforth's report here
Kyiv is now giving an indication of how many fatalities there were in the attack on a military convoy escorting IDPs in eastern Ukraine:
A spokesman for Ukraine's national security council says "dozens" of civilians have been killed in a rebel attack on a convoy of people trying to flee war-torn eastern Ukraine.
Col. Andriy Lysenko told reporters August 18 that he is unable to provide exact figures but that dozens have died, including children.
Kyiv says the convoy was hit near the villages of Khyashchuvatye and Novosvitlivka in Luhansk region August 18 despite the fact the trucks flying white flags.
A rebel spokesman has denied the reports of the attack.
Konstantin Knyrik told Russia's Interfax news agency, "Such claims are pure propaganda."
(Reuters, AFP)
Tetyana Chornovol resigns, says there is 'no political will in #Ukraine to combat corruption.' http://t.co/IWNanBotds pic.twitter.com/yolnZpufPL
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) August 18, 2014