Strelkov: "April opportunities lost bc of Russia's 5th column. Liberals made suicidal interventions criticising decisions of our President"
— Oliver Carroll (@olliecarroll) September 11, 2014
Strelkov ends his press conference saying, "if I were God, I could answer your question" (When will war end?)
— Thomas Grove (@tggrove) September 11, 2014
. @MarkGaleotti lays out the four "founding principles" of Putin's geopolitical strategy: http://t.co/byL7SRRCI0
— Robert Coalson (@CoalsonR) September 11, 2014
Another update from our news desk:
The Ukrainian parliament speaker says President Petro Poroshenko will submit Ukraine's Association Agreement with the EU to the legislature on September 16.
Oleksandr Turchynov said the Verkhovna Rada would vote on ratification of the accord "immediately."
Turchynov said lawmakers had "no right to postpone ratification any longer."
He said Poroshenko had agreed with the European Parliament on the simultaneous ratification of the accord.
Ukraine's pro-Western government and the EU signed the political provisions of the Association Agreement in March and the economic portion in June, ignoring objections from Russia.
Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukoych abandoned plans to sign the Association Agreement last November, triggering months of protests that led to his ouster in February and touching off a crisis that resulted in Russia's annexation of Crimea and deadly conflict in eastern Ukraine.
(UNIAN, ITAR-TASS)
Result of Regrouping! MT @lauraphylmills Ukraine war zone today. If true, huge gains f rebels NE o Mariupol pic.twitter.com/Ev09SenuKK
— Nikolaus von Twickel (@niktwick) September 11, 2014
Lysenko says that the map doesn't show rebel positions- just how far their shells theoretically reach into Ukraine. Ok now I'm more confused
— Laura Mills (@lauraphylmills) September 11, 2014
I stressed to UN Secretary General the need to start the political process of releasing hostages,including Nadiya Savchenko and Oleh Sentsov
— Петро Порошенко (@poroshenko) September 10, 2014
#Strelkov staging comeback? Journalist says he'll return to east Ukraine after month-long holiday, but won't announce http://t.co/l4vksu5nWl
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) September 11, 2014
Winter is coming... (from RFE/RL's news desk)
Germany has joined Poland in reporting reductions in deliveries of Russian natural gas amid heightened tensions between Moscow and the European Union over the Ukraine crisis.
German energy company E.ON said it registered small reductions in deliveries of natural gas, after Poland said that Russian natural gas supplies had dropped almost a quarter this week.
Gazprom is denying any cuts.
Ukraine has accused Russia of reducing gas supplies to Europe in order to disrupt "reverse flow" supplies from European countries to Ukraine.
Kyiv depends on the "reverse flows" for its gas, as Gazprom has already halted supplies meant for consumers in Ukraine in a politically charged pricing dispute.
A senior member of Russia's lower parliament house, Vladimir Gutenyov, today urged Gazprom to consider reducing or halting gas supplies to European countries which allow "reverse flows" to Ukraine.
(Reuters, AP, ITAR-TASS)