As @RolandOliphant puts it, this is "insane" (irresponsible, even?) REN TV reporting from the front lines of the battle for Ilovaysk by Viktoria Lukashova and her cameraman Stanislau Mukhin:
Ukrainian Finance Economy Minister Pavlo Sheremeta says he's resigning, casting a further pall on Kyiv's efforts to get the economy under control and meet its debts.
He added on Facebook that "So instead of another fight with yesterday's system, I decided to concentrate on working with the people who will create tomorrow's system."
An ITAR-TASS flash: Trucks with Russian humanitarian cargo start moving to Ukrainian border.
But unclear to me if by "to border" they mean beyond the no-man's zone that the eight trucks entered yesterday.
As Russia's economy falters:
Former Pussy Rioter @tolokno (Nadya Tolokonnikova). "Try to explain to Americans or Europeans why closing McDonald's upsets you. They'll look at you like a lowlife :-)"
This Moscow-based Twitter account (@shaveddinov in Russian) is taking the McDonald's closures seriously, listing the various local providers for McDonald's food. Here's one tweet that says "most of the buns for McDonald's in Russia are made by the East Balt bakery in Moscow."
This one quips: "When they came for Jean-Jacques I was silent, when they came for McDonald's..."