The AFP news agency has issued this video showing the aftermath of intense fighting close to the center of Donetsk today:
Disturbing #s of people in military attire moving across RUS-#Ukraine border in plain sight of OSCE observer mission http://t.co/LUlae5OshP
— Andrew S. Weiss (@andrewsweiss) August 14, 2014
CNN: Which foods are off #Russian menus? (#INFOGRAPHIC) http://t.co/2eiXRH9Lsa
— Kyiv Post (@KyivPost) August 14, 2014
Remember Tetyana Chornovol -- the Ukrainian journalist who was savagely beaten and left for dead during Maidan protests late last year? She writes quite moving here about losing her husband -- a volunteer soldier who was killed last week while fighting Moscow-backed separatists.
This blog puts together evidence that pro-Russian forces are shelling their own towns http://t.co/b3TWJX7aup
— Daniel Sandford (@BBCDanielS) August 14, 2014
DNR says Girkin/Strelkov appointed to chief of general staff. 'His candidacy will be put up for approval by DNR Supreme Council tomorrow.'
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) August 14, 2014
At the Russian aid convoy, now parked off the main highway, I asked to look in a lorry: no secret weapons stash...just sleeping bags
— Steve Rosenberg (@BBCSteveR) August 14, 2014
Erm ok so this isn't humanitarian aid. Column of over 20 APCs, 10km from the Ukraine border, and heading closer pic.twitter.com/OMvJmHzsx1
— Shaun Walker (@shaunwalker7) August 14, 2014
@leonidragozin @shaunwalker7 Volleys of rockets heard throughout afternoon here, now small arms fire sounding mere blocks away from hotel.
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) August 14, 2014
How Putin's gamble with Ukraine has accelerated the outflow of Russian money and talent: http://t.co/oQQGKqQPgP pic.twitter.com/so0QusfrA1
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) August 14, 2014