Good morning. We'll start the live blog today with some of economist Timothy Ash's musings on what's wrong with Ukraine:
We are now closing the live blog for today, but we'll be back again tomorrow morning to follow all the latest developments. Until then, you can keep up with all our other Ukraine coverage here.
A sign of the times to be seen here in this story from RFE/RL's Carl Schreck:
An MH17-related story that's been rumbling around the Twittersphere:
Speaking of Saakashvili, here's a bite from his presser today:
Saakashvili Wants To Return To Ukraine To Fight For Citizenship
Ex-Georgian president and former regional governor of Odesa, Mikheil Saakashvili, said he wants to be allowed back into Ukraine so he can fight to have his Ukrainian citizenship restored. It was revoked in July by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, reportedly on the grounds that Saakashvili failed to mention there was a criminal case against him in Georgia. Speaking to journalists in Kyiv on August 1 via video link from New York City, Saakashvili said Poroshenko was aware of the case when he granted him Ukrainian citizenship in 2015. (RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service)
