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Ukrainian servicemen ride in a tank close to the airport in the eastern city of Donetsk, a facility which has been the site of intense fighting for several weeks.
Ukrainian servicemen ride in a tank close to the airport in the eastern city of Donetsk, a facility which has been the site of intense fighting for several weeks.

Live Blog: Ukraine In Crisis (Archive)

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14:35 21.8.2014

RT is carrying a live feed of some of the Russian trucks from the humanitarian convoy having documents checked at the "Donetsk" border checkpoint:

14:06 21.8.2014

I can think of some folks who won't like this a bit, and not all of them are at Marvel Comics.

14:01 21.8.2014

Our Moscow correspondent has pointed out that a certain Vladislav Dovgopol, head of a Russian Parachuting Society, has posted an "open letter to the president" on vKontakte in which he vouches for the "four athlete parachutists" reportedly taken into custody after the "seven sisters" flag stunt. He says those in custody aren't responsible for the vandalism of painting the star and raising the Ukrainian flag and urges those who painted the star to come forward and end their "disgusting and cowardly hiding."

13:48 21.8.2014

Interfax (screaming all-cap's are theirs): RUSSIAN CUSTOM OFFICERS START CLEARANCE OF HUMANITARIAN GOODS FOR EASTERN UKRAINE - FEDERAL CUSTOMS SERVICE

13:45 21.8.2014

13:27 21.8.2014

Today's map from the National Security and Defense Council:

13:24 21.8.2014

13:20 21.8.2014

Ukrainian authorities, in a video posted today, claim to debunk a Russian state television report showing a purported rocket strike on a residential area in Donetsk, saying the "rocket" is actually spliced footage of an abortive rocket launch from Baikonur, in Kazakhstan, in 2013.

13:05 21.8.2014

Russia's Defense Ministry has already dismissed the claim as false.

13:03 21.8.2014

The vandals who painted the Moscow high-rise star Ukrainian blue and raised the Ukrainian flag "could face seven years in jail," Ukrinform reports, quoting ITAR-TASS, not just the three originally reported.

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