According to this tweet, there was a bomb threat and evacuation at Ukraine's Channel 5 TV station.
And this from Reuters. An angry crowd physically attacked the governor of the Ukrainian town of Khmelnytsky at the regional administration building on July 2. In a video made public on July 4, residents are seen striking Governor Leonid Prus and shouting "Resign!" and "Disgrace!" before chasing him out of the building. It was not immediately clear what provoked the scuffle, or how it was related to the broader crisis in Ukraine.
From the Kyiv Post, the "leader of the self-proclaimed 'Luhansk People's Republic' (LPR), Valeriy Bolotov, has dismissed the 'republic's' government, according to a decree published on the LPR Web site.
It's July 4 and Putin has sent Obama a message.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for better relations with the United States in a congratulatory message to President Barack Obama marking U.S. Independence Day on July 4.
The Kremlin said in a statement that "Putin also highlighted that Russia and the United States, as countries carrying exceptional responsibility for safeguarding international stability and security, should cooperate ... in the interests of the whole world."
A huge number of casualties have been reported in eastern Ukraine:
A spokesman for the Ukrainian army's operation in eastern Ukraine says government forces killed 150 militants near the town of Mykolayivka, outside of Slovyansk in Donetsk region.
Oleksiy Dmytrashkivskiy said one Ukrainian soldier was killed and another four injured in the fighting, which began on the evening of July 3 and was aimed at sealing off the town.
Separately, residents of Donetsk city report hearing sounds of fighting involving heavy artillery overnight.
A city administration spokesman told reporters the fighting was near the villages of Peski and Karlivka. There are no immediate reports of casualties.
Meanwhile, the head of the separatist Luhansk People's Republic,Valery Bolotov, has dismissed his administration.
No reasons for the dismissal of the former administration were given in a statement on the self-declared republic's website.
Good morning, we're starting up the live blog.
This ends our live-blogging for July 3, check back tomorrow for continuing coverage.
Slovyansk is burning.