Ukraine commemorates the defenders of Donetsk airport today. The airport saw fierce fighting between Ukrainian and pro-Russian forces throughout much of 2014.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy commemorated the Canadian victims of the Ukraine International Airlines crash in Iran.
It's time now for us to close the live blog for today, but we'll be back again tomorrow morning to follow all the latest developments, including the situation with Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk. Until then, you can keep up with our ongoing Ukrainian news coverage here.
It sounds like he might be staying put, at least for the time being.
Hmm, maybe that's why there is talk of him resigning? (See below)
Released By Separatists, RFE/RL Journalists Describe Imprisonment In Eastern Ukraine
Stanislav Aseyev and Oleh Halazyuk, two contributors to RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service, were among the civilians released by Russia-backed separatists in a prisoner swap on December 29, 2019. Both had been held for more than two years. Shortly after their release, the two journalists told RFE/RL about the conditions of their imprisonment and the charges leveled against them. (By Current Time and RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service)
