News Highlights

While there was a reduction in the number of attacks yesterday evening, this morning saw shelling in both the Lugansk region and the Shirokino area.

The Ukrainian military’s ATO press centre claims this morning that Russian-backed forces violated the ceasefire 11 times between 18:00 and midnight yesterday.

Grani.ru reports that at least 65 protesters have been arrested on Bolotnaya square in Moscow today at a demonstration in support of political prisoners held since the major anti-government protests there on May 6, 2012.

Interfax-Belarus reports that the meeting trilateral Contact Group has begun in Minsk.

The Ukrainian military has announced that five Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and 12 wounded over the last 24 hours.

Ukrainska Pravda reports that Andriy Lysenko, spokesman for the Ukrainian military’s Anti-Terrorism Operation (ATO), has announced at a briefing today that three Ukrainian soldiers have been wounded over the last 24 hours.

Nikolai Polozov, a lawyer defending Nadezhda Savchenko, has announced that the Russian Investigative Committee (SK) has extended their investigation into his client until November.

The leadership of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People’s Republic (LNR) have declared a state of martial law in order to prevent “provocations.”

The Ukrainian military claims today that Russian-backed fighters conducted 27 attacks on Ukrainian positions between 18:00 and midnight yesterday.

The video shows a convoy containing several armored vehicles, tanks, and supply vehicles. We have confirmed that the video was taken in Makeyevka (Makiivka). Using Yandex Maps, we can determine that the video was taken roughly here. Yandex is not detailed enough to match the angles exactly, and there is significantly more vegetation in the […]