From our news desk, more sanctions on Russia:
Switzerland has extended its sanctions over Ukraine's crisis by adding 26 more Russians and pro-Russian Ukrainians to the list.
Switzerland's Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research said on August 5 that the move was made because of Moscow's continued role in the ongoing Ukraine crisis.
The new additions to Switzerland's sanctions list mirror the names on a European Union blacklist last month and comes into effect as of August 5, at 6 p.m. local time.
The lists now include a total of 20 companies and 87 individuals -- such as the head of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), Aleksandr Bortnikov, Intelligence Service chief Mikhail Fradkov, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, deputy head of the Security Council Rashid Nurgaliyev, and others.
The listed individuals and companies are banned from travelling to Switzerland or from transfering any assets from outside the EU to Swiss banks. (Interfax and ITAR-TASS)
A retired Ukrainian soldier decided to rejoin the army after he saw a television report about troops suffering losses against the separatist insurgency in the country's east. The 58-year-old sniper, who uses the nom de guerre "Klym," now fights alongside younger soldiers in the Donbas Battalion in the embattled Donetsk region. (RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service)
Kyiv says Russian military buildup on border continues:
Ukraine's National Security Council says its forces continue to be under fire from Russia:
Today's map of the military situation in eastern Ukraine from the National Security and Defense Council:
