Ukrainian authorities say an Su-24M attack aircraft "returning from an assignment" was "shot down" near Novosvitlivka in Luhansk. "Pilots escaped," they add.
From correspondent Charles Recknagel:
Explainer: Moscow's Food War With West Could Hurt Russia Most
As @RolandOliphant puts it, this is "insane" (irresponsible, even?) REN TV reporting from the front lines of the battle for Ilovaysk by Viktoria Lukashova and her cameraman Stanislau Mukhin:
Ukrainian Finance Economy Minister Pavlo Sheremeta says he's resigning, casting a further pall on Kyiv's efforts to get the economy under control and meet its debts.
He added on Facebook that "So instead of another fight with yesterday's system, I decided to concentrate on working with the people who will create tomorrow's system."
An ITAR-TASS flash: Trucks with Russian humanitarian cargo start moving to Ukrainian border.
But unclear to me if by "to border" they mean beyond the no-man's zone that the eight trucks entered yesterday.