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After a week of intense fighting, Ukraine's National Guard ceded the village of Novosvitlivka, near Luhansk, to pro-Russian separatist forces. Video shot on Septermber 3 by RFE/RL correspondent Andrei Babitsky shows remains of Ukrainian armored vehicles scattered around the village and a school destroyed by artillery fire. (RFE/RL's Moldova Service)
Mourners gathered in the Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk on September 3 to commemorate soldiers of the Dnipro volunteer battalion who were killed in August battling pro-Russian separatists in Ilovaysk, a town near Donetsk in the country's east. (RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service)
According to yesterday's map of the military situation in the east, Debaltseve looks likely to be cut off:
NATO's outgoing chief outlines goals for the summit in Wales:
The badges of Ukraine's volunteer battalions:
David Cameron warns Russia of more sanctions:
British Prime Minister David Cameron says it is unacceptable for Russian troops to be in Ukraine and warned that Western states will step up sanctions against Moscow if it does not change its behavior.
Cameron spoke to BBC Television before a two-day NATO summit in Wales on September 4-5, at which the alliance is expected to show unity against Russia over the conflict in eastern Ukraine.
Western governments reject Russia's denials that it has sent troops and weapons into Ukraine to help separatists fighting government forces.
Cameron said, "We need to be absolutely clear that what is happening here is unacceptable, Russian troops on Ukrainian soil."
He said sanctions had already had an effect and added, "What Russia needs to understand is if they continue with this approach in Ukraine, this pressure will be ramped up." (Reuters, BBC)