Here is a map of the latest military situation in Donbas, issued by Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council (click image to enlarge):
Here are a couple of videos from RFE/RL's Crimean Realities YouTube page.
This one shows armed men surrounding the Tatar-language TV station in Simferopol (natural sound):
And this video shows a TV presenter announcing the raid on the station (natural sound, no subtitles):
RFE/RL's news desk has just issued this sanctions-related item:
Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman has warned the West said putting further economic pressure on Russia over the conflict in Ukraine would be "absolutely destructive."
Dmitry Peskov spoke on January 26, after U.S. President Barack Obama said Washington was considering all options except military action to influence Russia's behavior after Moscow-backed separatists launched a new offensive in eastern Ukraine and casualties mounted.
The state-run RIA news agency RIA quoted Peskov as saying that threats to increase economic pressure on Russia were "absolutely destructive, completely unjustified, and in the end shortsighted."
He said that "such blackmail never has and never will cause Russia...to change its consistent and well-known policy."
Peskov said the United States and European Union should instead put more pressure on the Ukrainian government, which Moscow claims is to blame for the recent escalation in the conflict that has killed more than 5,000 people since April.
With reporting by Reuters