10:45
10.6.2014
Vladislav Seleznev, a spokesman for the Ukrainian counterterrorism operations, says via Facebook that two Ukrainian soldiers were wounded in fighting overnight or early today as militants tried to break out of the military cordon around Slovyansk.
In Kramatorsk, Seleznev says, Ukrainian troops were targeted by mortar fire for three hours. They returned fire, he adds, killing 40 "mercenaries" and destroying mortars and enemy positions.
Also, Seleznev says, breakaway militants shelled the airfield in Luhansk.
In Kramatorsk, Seleznev says, Ukrainian troops were targeted by mortar fire for three hours. They returned fire, he adds, killing 40 "mercenaries" and destroying mortars and enemy positions.
Also, Seleznev says, breakaway militants shelled the airfield in Luhansk.
10:32
10.6.2014
RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service shot this videa as Ukrainian military forces inspected motorists' IDs and searched suspicious vehicles at one of the roadblocks outside the embattled eastern city of Slovyansk. This checkpoint is on the road between Slovyansk and Izyum, a district hub in the southeast of Kharkiv region.
10:27
10.6.2014
SN.ua cites a Hromadske TV report saying that the family of Roman Lyagin, the head of the "Donetsk People's Republic's" so-called election commission and the breakaway group's "labor and social affairs minister," lives in Germany.
09:46
10.6.2014
09:46
10.6.2014
"In #Slovyansk, #fighters trying unsuccessfully to break out of ATO [antiterrist forces] ring."
09:05
10.6.2014
08:55
10.6.2014
This just in:
Moscow has threatened to cut off gas supplies to Ukraine at 0600 GMT on June 10 if Kyiv didn't pay, but an immediate energy crisis in Europe has been temporarily averted as the parties decided to meet again either on June 10 or 11 in Brussels.
Reuters quotes sources at Russian gas giant Gazprom as saying on June 10 that Russia was supplying the EU and Ukraine with the usual volumes of gas.
Reuters quotes sources at Russian gas giant Gazprom as saying on June 10 that Russia was supplying the EU and Ukraine with the usual volumes of gas.
08:52
10.6.2014
Good morning. Starting the live blog for another day.