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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.

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13:32 6.9.2014

From today's press conference by Andriy Lysenko, a spokesman for Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council, via Reuters:

"After the cease-fire was announced, the situation in the anti-terrorist operation zone became more calm in general. However, a number of provocations by terrorists were reported yesterday in the evening and overnight. Within the past 24 hours, rebels shelled antiterrorist operation positions 28 times, 10 of them took place after the cease-fire was announced."

"Yesterday after 6 p.m., for the first time in the last few weeks, terrorists stopped shelling the residential areas of the city of Donetsk."

13:07 6.9.2014

13:07 6.9.2014

Worth reading, even if you have to autotranslate it:

12:51 6.9.2014

EuroMaidan says its YouTube channel is down.

12:38 6.9.2014

The United States releasing $60 million in assistance to Ukrainian Defense Ministry, detailed a bit by Ambassador Geoff Pyatt:

12:34 6.9.2014

12:33 6.9.2014

He's referring to the Kyiv-appointed governor of the fraught Donetsk region, Serhiy Taruta.

12:30 6.9.2014

A small group of Soviet veterans of the Afghan war are protesting in Bryansk against Russia's actions in Ukraine, RFE/RL's Moldova Service reports (in Romanian).

12:25 6.9.2014

And on a related note, correspondent Daisy Sindelar notes in this piece that while Europeans have protested, it generally hasn't been over Russia's actions with respect to Ukraine:

In Europe, Plenty Of Outrage -- Just Not About Russia's Actions In Ukraine

12:20 6.9.2014

The Azov battalion claims via Facebook that pro-Russian forces "massively mined" the area around the village of Shirokino before retreating. The PfM1 mines "look like a toy and make you want to pick them up," the pro-Ukrainian volunteer force warns.

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