This ends our live-blogging for August 7. Be sure and check back tomorrow for our continuing coverage of the crisis in Ukraine.
RFE/RL asked Russian tourists in Prague what they thought about Moscow's embargo on most food imports from the United States and the European Union. The action was taken in retaliation for Western sanctions imposed on Russia for its support of separatists in eastern Ukraine and the annexation of Crimea. (RFE/RL's Russian Service)
From our news desk:
Ukraine's military says pro-Russian separatists have shot down a Ukrainian military jet.
Military spokesman Vladislav Seleznyov said the plane crashed some 40 kilometers northeast of the city of Donetsk, the main separatist stronghold.
He said the pilot had ejected safely after he managed to steer the plane away from a residential area. A search-and-rescue mission is currently under way for the pilot.
The Ukrainian military has lost a string of aircraft during four months of fighting against pro-Russian rebels in the east.
Last month, a Malaysian airliner was shot down over rebel-held territory, allegedly by the separatists, killing 298 people.
The head of the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU), Valentin Nalivaychenko, on August 7 said the separatists had wanted to bring down a Russian airliner to create a pretext for a Russian invastion. (UNIAN, AFP)
The latest report by the OSCE's monitoring team in eastern Ukraine: