Ukraine's Interior Ministry says two guardsmen policemen were found shot in the Donetsk region. (I can't get to the link, so unclear to me if these are the same two men reported here.)
No fresh starts here.
Also see our story on the bogus Tefft social-media accounts that have already arisen and/or been shut down: "Sham Twitter Feed Of U.S. 'Ambassador' To Russia Blocked."
People around the world are responding to Russia's ban on virtually all Polish fruit -- ostensibly for health and documentation violations but widely regarded as tit-for-tat over EU sanctions -- with #eatapples activism:
An update with confirmed death toll, via our newsroom:
Ukraine's military said 14 people, including at least 10 soldiers, were killed in an ambush by pro-Russian separatists near the town of Shakhtarsk, in eastern Donetsk region, early on August 1.
Military spokesman Oleksiy Dmytrashkivsky said the death of 10 soldiers has been confirmed but that four other bodies had not been identified and could be either soldiers, or separatists.
Ukraine's military has recently forced the separatists out of some areas they held in the east after days of intense fighting.
Shakhtarsk is in the area where a Malaysian airliner came down on July 17, allegedly shot down by the separatists.
A team of Dutch and Australian police and crash experts visited the crash site for the first time on July 31, having been unable to reach the site for days because of the heavy fighting.
Based on reporting by Reuters, UNIAN, and ITAR-TASS
As we and others try to get confirmation on the death toll (which Reuters suggests is likely to be less than the figure Ukrainian television is reporting, citing military sources), here are more details of the incident, from the same agency.
Military officials said a paratrooper unit had come under mortar and tank fire near the town of Shakhtarsk, in the region where a Malaysian airliner was brought down on July 17, and the number of casualties was being checked.
Reuters quotes Ukrainian television as saying that 20 servicemen were killed in a separatist attack in east Ukraine, military officials seeking confirmation.