That concludes the Live Blog for August 9. Please check back tomorrow for more Ukraine in Crisis news.
Ukrainian director Oleh Sentsov still on trial:
Here is today's map of the military situation in eastern Ukraine, according to the National Security and Defense Council:
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has ordered the General Staff to inform the OSCE and -- through the Joint Coordination Center for Cease-Fire Monitoring -- the Russian Federation about cease-fire violations by pro-Russian separatists in Donbas.
Poroshenko's statement followed a day in which Ukrainian positions experienced the most intense shelling in weeks, according to the press center of Ukraine's Anti-Terrorist Operation.
Separatist new agency DPR news has reported shelling from the Ukrainian side. A well-known separatist Twitter account, "Reports of the Militia," tweeted in the afternoon on August 9 that "Minsk is obsolete."
Although the OSCE hasn't explicitly blamed anybody for the burning of seven of its cars in Donetsk on August 9, the organization stated in a Facebook post that the responsibility for ensuring protection of OSCE employees lies on those in control of Donetsk.
-- Anna Shamanska