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.
"At least a few thousand more Russian troops" in buildup on border with Ukraine, says NATO's secretary-general, via Reuters:
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Thursday that at least a few thousand more Russian troops were now at Ukraine's eastern border, a build-up he called a regrettable step backwards.
"We now see a new Russian military build-up around the Ukrainian border. At least a few thousand more Russian troops are now deployed," Rasmussen said in London.
"I consider this a very regrettable step backwards. It seems Russia keeps the option open to intervene further in Ukraine," he said. "The international community would have to respond in a firm manner if Russia were to intervene further in Ukraine."
He added: "That would imply deeper ... economic sanctions against Russia which would have a very damaging effect on the Russian economy."
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President Poroshenko relief...
...as newly appointed Prosecutor-General Vitaly Yarema (bottom) and outgoing acting Foreign Minister Andriy Deshchytsia (top right) congratulate newly appointed Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin after parliamentary voting on June 19.
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Hromadske TV quotes Ukrainian security official in this report alleging that "Luhansk pseudorepublic" separatists tried to strong-arm miners from the Komsomolskaya mine into fighting for them.
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Meanwhile, slightly quieter in Luhansk?
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Re-upping our interactive map on the humanitarian situation -- where displaced persons are going. If it's unwieldy navigating this in the embed below, just click HERE for a full-page version.
