Today's map from the National Security and Defense Council:
Ukrainian authorities, in a video posted today, claim to debunk a Russian state television report showing a purported rocket strike on a residential area in Donetsk, saying the "rocket" is actually spliced footage of an abortive rocket launch from Baikonur, in Kazakhstan, in 2013.
Russia's Defense Ministry has already dismissed the claim as false.
The vandals who painted the Moscow high-rise star Ukrainian blue and raised the Ukrainian flag "could face seven years in jail," Ukrinform reports, quoting ITAR-TASS, not just the three originally reported.
This slon.ru article (in Russian) is the most comprehensive and detailed account of where the Russian humanitarian convoy stalled at the Ukrainian border stands -- including warnings from the International Committee of the Red Cross about how the drivers must conduct themselves. There has been speculation that the trucks might try to position themselves strategically to hinder Ukrainian forces or otherwise intervene.
There is talk that the first 16 trucks in the convoy of around 270 trucks, might be allowed into Ukrainian territory within hours.
A vox pop from our correspondent in the Russian capital, Tom Balmforth:
Moscow's McDonald's Fans Not Lovin' Closure
The Russian Defense Ministry dismisses that Ukrainian accusation as "sensational" and untrue, with a ministry spokesman adding that the next such "revelation" from Kyiv will be that "a Kalashnikov rifle or F-1 grenade will be captured allegedly with detailed personal diaries of Russian soldiers."
Our Russian Service is looking into this woman's possible identity and whether she is among those detained, and finally, whether in fact she is -- as it certainly appears -- on the painted "seven sisters" star where the flag was raised yesterday.