Russian rouble rattled by Ukraine crackdown http://t.co/HHg6ejTxHY
— Vesa Ahoniemi (@VAhoniemi) July 1, 2014
#Ukraine President Poroshenko calls off unilateral ceasefire. Concern over Putin's reaction http://t.co/5UiyXuXPPH
— Ian Bateson (@ianbateson) July 1, 2014
Flying from Tbilisi to Kiev these days is not a straight affair as it used to be. pic.twitter.com/ioAHM7rfme
— Carl Bildt (@carlbildt) July 1, 2014
Here's another update from our news desk:
The Ukrainian government says its forces have relaunched an "antiterrorist operation" against pro-Russian separatists in the east after a 10-day truce failed to resolve the crisis.
Speaker Oleksandr Turchynov told parliament today that "this morning, the active phase of the antiterrorist operation was resumed. Our armed forces are attacking the terrorists' bases and strongholds."
President Petro Poroshenko announced late yesterday that he was not renewing the cease-fire and that Ukrainian forces would go on the offensive.
"We will free our country," Poroshenko said in a statement.
Meanwhile, a senior lawmaker from Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats told German radio that the EU would decide today whether to ratchet up sanctions against Russia.
Norbert Roettgen, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Bundestag, said the EU had made "concrete, accomplishable" demands to President Vladimir Putin that had been largely unmet.
Huge column of Ukrainian armor moving towards Sloviansk. Heavy self-propelled Howitzers and Uragan multiple rocket launchers.
— Simon Ostrovsky (@SimonOstrovsky) June 30, 2014
Excellent talks with Ukraine PM Yatsenyuk. Economy in focus. Turning the country around. Key reforms on the way. pic.twitter.com/j7ZKQOmO8V
— Carl Bildt (@carlbildt) July 1, 2014
Russ's @rentvchannel reports journalist wounded by shell fired from #Ukraine side at Izvarino near #Luhansk border https://t.co/pXpuYDj9XI
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) July 1, 2014
Donetsk mayor's office says shooting taking place in city centre around police station http://t.co/bvvmkPA06w #Ukraine #Russia
— Thomas Grove (@tggrove) July 1, 2014
Remember two Mistral carriers that France is building for Russia in $1.64 billion deal, which the United States and other allies asked Paris to reconsider because of Moscow's involvement in the Ukraine crisis? French officials insisted that they were going to honour the contract and now Reuters has this video of some 400 Russian soldier arriving in Saint-Nazare in western France on June 30 to receive training on operating the French warships:
