Traces of the Donetsk People's Republic in Kramatorsk.
From our news desk:
-- A court in Moscow has extended the pretrial arrest of Ukrainian film director Oleh Sentsov, who was detained in Crimea and accused of plotting terrorist attacks.
The Lefortovo District Court's spokeswoman said on July 7 that Sentsov's pretrial detention had been prolonged until October 11.
Sentsov and three other Ukrainian citizens were arrested in May on suspicion of planning terrorist attacks in Crimea's major cities -- Simferopol, Yalta, and Sevastopol.
Last month, the European Film Academy, the chairman of the Ukrainian Association of Cinematographers, Serhiy Trymbach, and prominent Russian film director Nikita Mikhalkov urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to assist in Sentsov's release.
Interfax-Ukraine reporting that members of Ukrainian National Guard have discovered caches of ammunition for Russian-made sniper rifles in Slovyansk.
Activists planning auto-protest outside Akhmetov's dacha on July 8.
From our news desk:
The Ukrainian judge who sentenced former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to seven years in jail has been added to the country's wanted list.
Ukraine's Interior Ministry said on July 7 that Judge Rodion Kireyev is wanted for "intentionally pronouncing an illegal verdict."
Kireyev disappeared from Kyiv last week.
Kireyev sentenced Tymoshenko to seven years in jail on charges of abuse of power in 2011. Her supporters said the prosecution had been politically motivated.
Tymoshenko was released from prison in February after her political rival, President Viktor Yanukovych, was ousted and fled the country following three months of antigovernment protests.
All eyes are on Donetsk, as separatists driven out of Slavyansk retreated there . Video from Reuters shows pro-Russian separatists controlling checkpoints on roads into the city as the military continued its offensive against rebels in other eastern cities. On July 6, militants and their supporters gathered in a central square in Donetsk to demand an end to the fighting.
More from our news desk on the Kyiv shooting:
At least four people have reportedly been injured in a shooting on Independence Square in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv.
Media reports in Ukraine cited unnamed sources in the Kyiv police on July 7 as saying that the shooting had taken place overnight on the square, known as the Maidan and which was the epicenter of three months of antigovernment protests.
The reports say at least four people were taken to hospitals after the shooting.
Maidan activists said on July 7 that some 30 men wearing balaclavas opened fire on the square overnight.
It is not clear who the attackers were.
Much of the protest encampment has remained on the square since February, even after a pro-Western government took office, with holdout demonstrators calling for the Maidan to continue until the new government implements important reforms.