The OSCE's representative for media freedom on the situation in eastern Ukraine:
And now some vox pops from Ukrainians reacting to their government signing a pact with the EU today.
A monument to Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin near a regional government building in the Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk was dismantled on June 27. Our Ukraine Service were there.
Some vox pops are coming from our language services, guaging reactions to the signing today of key EU agreements. First up Georgia:
The Twittersphere has been abuzz with talk of an extension of the cease-fire. Our news desk has some more details:
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says he will decide whether to extend a unilateral cease-fire in eastern Ukraine when he returns to Kyiv later from an EU summit in Brussels.
The cease-fire is due to expire today.
Media reports citing diplomatic sources said Poroshenko told EU leaders he was ready to extend the cease-fire by 72 hours, the same time period the EU has given Russia to act on Ukraine or face the prospect of sanctions.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow would welcome a three-day extension of the cease-fire, but it must not simply delay an "ultimatum" for separatists to disarm.
President Vladimir Putin has called for a long-term cease-fire to allow for peace talks.
Meanwhile, the Interfax news agency says talks involving representatives of Kyiv, Moscow, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), and pro-Russian separatists on the cease-fire are under way in Donetsk.