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Ukrainian servicemen ride in a tank close to the airport in the eastern city of Donetsk, a facility which has been the site of intense fighting for several weeks.
Ukrainian servicemen ride in a tank close to the airport in the eastern city of Donetsk, a facility which has been the site of intense fighting for several weeks.
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Live Blog: Ukraine In Crisis (Archive)

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17:36 18.6.2014
Ukrainian authorities announce arrest of the "head" of the "Donetsk People's Republic" in Mariupol -- "Baba Natasha."

17:14 18.6.2014
A member of Ukraine's National Guard complains in an interview with RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service about a lack of proper military planning as troops fight in the country's east. The soldier, who wished to remain anonymous and whose voice has been altered for this video, pleaded with the government to provide more professional support for Ukrainian military operations.
Ukrainian National Guard Soldier: 'We're Used As Cannon Fodder'
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17:03 18.6.2014
RFE/RL's Zhanna Byezpyatchuk and Robert Coalson have been profiling Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko's new chief of staff Boris Lozhkin:
Lozhkin's supporters stress his management skills. Critics, however, are suspicious of his decades-long role as a media mogul and political insider as well as his longstanding ties to Russia.

"I think that for Poroshenko it is a powerful argument that he brought in a fresh person, unjaded, who can look afresh at how the presidential administration has functioned and how it should function," Kyiv-based analyst Volodymyr Fesenko tells RFE/RL.

On the other hand, Lozhkin -- before he sold his stake in Ukraine's United Media Holding (UMH) group just prior to his appointment -- was a media-tycoon who thrived during the presidency of Viktor Yanukovych.

"Did we make this revolution just so the oligarchs could keep their advantages," Ukrainian journalist Oleh Shynkarenko asks, echoing the view of many of the Euromaidan protesters who were already skeptical of Poroshenko, himself a wealthy oligarch.
Not only are Lozhkin's personal qualities still crucial unknowns, but the nature of the job is as well.

Ukrainian presidential chiefs of staff have usually been powerful behind-the-scenes political figures. But recent reforms -- particularly the restoration of Ukraine's 2004 constitution -- have aimed to limit the power of the presidential administration and restore balance among Ukraine's government structures.

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15:32 18.6.2014
According to the UN's refugee agency, because of the turmoil in Ukraine there are now some 17,500 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the country. RFE/RL has produced this interactive map of where they have taken refuge.

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