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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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Here's some more from the wires on the new nominee for the post of Ukrainian finance minister:
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has nominated the country’s ambassador to Germany, Pavlo Klimkin, as his candidate for foreign minister.

The Ukrainian parliament's website said Poroshenko’s office submitted the nomination of Klimkin today to replace acting Foreign Minister Andriy Deshchytsya.

Klimkin's candidacy is expected to come up for a vote later this week.

Klimkin, 47, has been Ukraine's envoy to Germany since 2012.

He is a pro-European diplomat who has played a big part in talks on a political Association Agreement with the European Union.

Poroshenko also nominated Valeriya Hontareva as the new head of the central bank, to replace Stepan Kubiv.

Correspondents say Hontareva is an experienced banker who is respected in business and investment circles.

Her nomination must also be approved by parliament.
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The OHCHR has published what seems like a pretty damning report on the current situation in eastern Ukraine and Crimea (from RFE/RL's news desk):
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) says there is growing evidence of kidnappings, illegal arrests, torture, and killings in separatist-controlled eastern Ukraine.

In a new report issued today, the office also speaks about "worrying trends" emerging in Russian-annexed Crimea.

The document covers the period from May 7 to June 7 and is the third to be produced by the 34-strong UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission since it was deployed to Ukraine in March.

UN human rights chief Navi Pillay urged pro-Russian armed groups in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions to "stop taking themselves, and the people living in their regions, down this dead end."

The report also notes that Crimea residents "known for their 'pro-Ukrainian' position are intimidated” and adds that leaders and activists of the indigenous Crimean Tatars face prosecution and limitations on the enjoyment of their cultural rights.

Since Ukraine launched an offensive against separatists in April, at least 356 people, including 86 Ukrainian soldiers, have been killed, said the OHCHR.
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