06:54
9.6.2014
In case you missed it, here's the statement from Petro Poroshenko's office which the newly inaugurated Ukrainian president is quoted as saying "We have to stop the shooting this week."
06:23
9.6.2014
RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service quotes a source at the Dnipropetrovsk regional hospital saying that the latest soldier arriving yesterday from Donbas fighting puts at 14 the number of those injured during the counterterrorism operation there, including two civilians.
06:04
9.6.2014
05:48
9.6.2014
From Russian media reports:
A Russian crew from Zvezda TV has arrived in Moscow after being released from detention in Ukraine.
Zvezda TV today confirmed the arrival in Moscow of soundman Andrei Sushenkov and cameraman Anton Malyshev, saying the two had been turned over to Russian authorities at the Nekhoteyevka border crossing in the Russian region of Belgorod.
It said the two were airlifted to Moscow by a Russian military plane.
They drove into eastern Ukraine from Russia on June 6, saying they'd cover the inauguration in Kyiv of President Petro Poroshenko.
Contact with them was lost on June 6 after they phoned their producer in Moscow, saying they’d been stopped at a checkpoint near Donetsk.
Zvezda TV -- together with Russia’s Human Rights Council, the Journalists Unions of Russia and Moscow, and the European Commission -- had urged Poroshenko to secure their release.
Zvezda TV today confirmed the arrival in Moscow of soundman Andrei Sushenkov and cameraman Anton Malyshev, saying the two had been turned over to Russian authorities at the Nekhoteyevka border crossing in the Russian region of Belgorod.
It said the two were airlifted to Moscow by a Russian military plane.
They drove into eastern Ukraine from Russia on June 6, saying they'd cover the inauguration in Kyiv of President Petro Poroshenko.
Contact with them was lost on June 6 after they phoned their producer in Moscow, saying they’d been stopped at a checkpoint near Donetsk.
Zvezda TV -- together with Russia’s Human Rights Council, the Journalists Unions of Russia and Moscow, and the European Commission -- had urged Poroshenko to secure their release.
05:31
9.6.2014
This dsnews.ua report suggests that with continued refusal to accept a "road map" in the federal budget for Crimean socio-economic development two months into its planning, the Russian government is showing a change of heart.
05:23
9.6.2014
One of the images circulating of the destruction in Slovyansk, where -- along with Donetsk -- Ukrainian forces were in intense fighting against pro-Russian separatists.
18:05
8.6.2014
Barring any major development we're wrapping up the live blog for the day.
16:54
8.6.2014
16:10
8.6.2014
A lot of similar videos have been doing the rounds today, showing burning buildings, destruction in Slovyansk.
15:38
8.6.2014
BREAKING: Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski has announced that Bulgaria is suspending work on the disputed Russian-backed South Stream gas pipeline following criticism from the European Union and United States
Oresharski, speaking after a meeting with U.S. senators, said, "I have ordered all work to be stopped. We will decide on further developments following consultations with Brussels."
Russia's energy ministry said that Moscow has not yet received any official notifications from Bulgaria about the suspension.
The South Stream pipeline was designed to carry Russian gas to the EU bypassing Ukraine.
Gas was to be pumped to the Bulgaria’s Black Sea port of Varna before extending overland through Serbia, Hungary, and Slovenia to supply gas to the Western Europe via Italy and Austria.
Oresharski, speaking after a meeting with U.S. senators, said, "I have ordered all work to be stopped. We will decide on further developments following consultations with Brussels."
Russia's energy ministry said that Moscow has not yet received any official notifications from Bulgaria about the suspension.
The South Stream pipeline was designed to carry Russian gas to the EU bypassing Ukraine.
Gas was to be pumped to the Bulgaria’s Black Sea port of Varna before extending overland through Serbia, Hungary, and Slovenia to supply gas to the Western Europe via Italy and Austria.