Luhansk "acting" rebel leader Igor Plotnitsky also denies refugee convoy attack - (RU) https://t.co/LuHvgSKO9q
— Nikolaus von Twickel (@niktwick) August 18, 2014
Nina Petrovna, 79, stands atop the smoldering mess of what used to be her home in #Donetsk after rockets destroyed it pic.twitter.com/lc1MlhdmJO
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) August 18, 2014
Seeing Ukrainian reports that Luhansk central market is on fire as a result of street fighting
— Leonid Ragozin (@leonidragozin) August 18, 2014
Zakharchenko on refugee convoy 'we didn't shoot them, we didn't shoot them with Grads and we didn't shoot them with Grads we got from Russia
— Thomas Grove (@tggrove) August 18, 2014
Extraordinary that huge controversies over Russia taking Crimea - and reducing numbers of venues - end up as 3 paras http://t.co/JfMcUBsiuA
— Daniel Sandford (@BBCDanielS) August 18, 2014
In #Donetsk fire trucks dispense water to civilians. pic.twitter.com/8YjB6AbG0B
— Christopher Allen (@cjkallen) August 18, 2014
Some Russian lawmakers are supporting a campaign against rock musician Andrei Makarevich, threatening to strip him of state awards after he performed for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the eastern Ukraine last week.
Read Tom Balmforth's report here