Parubiy: If we don't stop Putin now, then tomorrow his 'Girkins' will appear in Kazakhstan, Belarus, and the Baltic states.
Ukrainian Prosecutor-General Vitaliy Yarema says at least 21 members of the Ukrainian special forces participated in the deadly shooting of unarmed Euromaidan protesters in Kyiv between February 18-20.
He also said that his office had already identified at least three of the special forces involved in the shooting of peaceful protesters. He said the issue of identification was complicated by the fact that some of the troops were wearing masks, and that many of the weapons involved had since disappeared.
Approximately 75 people were killed on February 18-20, most of them unarmed protesters.
Yarema also said his office intends to restore investigation into several unlawfully dropped cases, including the 2000 murder of investigative journalist Heorhiy Gongadze.
Is an assault on Donetsk coming?
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk says Ukraine needs a "Marshall Plan":
Ukraine's military says the battle at Luhansk's airport has ended, with casualties among foreign fighters:
EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele says the European Union is working toward abolishing visa requirements for Ukrainian citizens completely. In an interview with RFE/RL's Andrei Shary and Irina Lagunina on July 7 in Prague, Fuele said Russia's annexation of Crimea will have no effect on visa-free travel for Ukrainians and cited Moldova as an example of a successful visa liberalization process. (RFE/RL's Russian Service)
The latest report from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's monitoring mission in Ukraine:
Both those Russians who continue to press Vladimir Putin to intervene militarily in eastern Ukraine and those who say that his policies in Ukraine have been a disaster are increasingly reviving an old Russian metaphor that cannot be encouraging to the current incumbent of the Kremlin.
Ever since Nicholas II and his advisors thought “a short victorious war” against Japan would work to their advantage and a defeat in that conflict sparked the Russian revolution of 1905, Russian analysts have often discussed Moscow’s foreign policy actions in terms of their consequences, often cataclysmic, at home.
Having Failed to Stage ‘Short Victorious War’ in Ukraine, Putin Faces Problems at Home