Here's another video from Kyiv today courtesy of the Associated Press (natural sound):
Ukrainian Protesters Smash Up Russian Bank Branch in Kyiv
Protesters in Kyiv smashed windows and ransacked a branch of a Russian bank, Sberbank, in the Ukrainian capital. A group of demonstrators targeted the building on Tolstoy Square as events were held around Ukraine on the evening of November 21 to mark the third anniversary of the Euromaidan protests, which eventually ousted a pro-Moscow president.
We are now closing the live blog for today, but we'll be back following all the latest developments tomorrow morning. Until then, you can catch up with all our other Ukraine coverage here.
Main news from overnight:
Ukrainian security agency said it had detained two soldiers along the administrative border with the Russian-annexed Crimea peninsula, and accused them of being deserters from the Ukrainian army.
The announcement November 21 came just two days after a similar claim was made by Russian officials about men it accused of being Ukrainian saboteurs. Together, the claims and counterclaims added to the swirl of allegations and accusations by both Moscow and Kyiv.
The Ukrainian security agency, known as the SBU, was quoted as telling Interfax that two men had been detained after crossing the border into Ukraine, at Chonhar.
The agency said the two had served in the Ukrainian army before deserting to Russia.
Russia's Defense Ministry told news agencies that the SBU had detained the two on November 20 on Crimean territory and then took them to Ukraine.
Two days earlier, Russian state-run television broadcast video of two men being interrogated, identifying them former officers of the Ukrainian armed forces.
It said they were arrested last week, a claim Ukraine’s Defense Ministry called "another fabrication.”
Since Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, a de-facto border has been set up on the Ukrainian peninsula with soldiers from both Russia and Ukraine watching each other warily.
There have also been sporadic incidents involving security agents or military personnel trying to cross the border, sparking conflicting claims of responsibility.
Based on reporting by TASS and Interfax
Photo from yesterday: