Russia's financial reserves in July dropped by a reported $4 billion.
More than 140 people who have taken part in the fighting in eastern Ukraine have been given posts in the Defense Ministry.
The losses from Ukrainian mines each month are estimated to be some 250 million hryvnyas (nearly $12 million).
There is a plan for Ukraine's Vinnytsia region to build a large solar power station that could help a bit to ween the region off of Russian energy.
Ukrainian parliamentary deputies have urged their colleagues in Europe Union countries not to travel to Russian-occupied Crimea, as a delegation of extremist French deputies did recently.
Weapons and ammunition discovered by Ukrainian secret service agents in Odesa.
That concludes our live-blogging of the Ukraine crisis for Friday, August 7. Thanks for reading. Check back here tomorrow for more of our continuing coverage.
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Protesters in Donetsk, held by Russian-backed separatists, gathered outside a hotel used by OSCE monitors.
