Good morning. The main news overnight was the result of talks between Ukrainian President Pyotr Poroshenko and Didier Burkhalter, Swiss president and current chairman of the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). In short, more drones and more monitors.
It's pretty quiet news wise. Barring any major developments, that concludes the live blogging for today.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in a TV interview shown today, has dismissed as "nonsense" claims that "Russia is interested in creating another (breakaway region like Moldova's) Transdniester or a buffer zone (in eastern Ukraine)."
And in a reference to the latest Western sanctions, he accused the United States of "trying to use the crisis in Ukraine to break economic ties between the EU and Russia and force Europe to buy U.S. liquefied gas at much higher prices."
An update from our news desk on the fighting around Donetsk:
Renewed fighting has flared up near Donetsk, despite a eight-day cease-fire between pro-Russian separatists and government forces in eastern Ukraine.
The Ukrainian military said its forces had repelled an attack on the airport of Donetsk.
The city of Donetsk is controlled by the separatists, but the airport is controlled by government forces.
Meanwhile, a convoy of trucks which Russian officials say are carrying humanitarian aid arrived in Luhansk, the other major separatist stronghold in eastern Ukraine.
The OSCE observer mission at the Russian-Ukrainian border said 220 trucks had crossed into Ukraine.
It said only 40 trucks were checked by Russian customs officials, and that none of the vehicles were inspected by the Ukrainian side or by the ICRC.
The Ukrainian government accused Russia of a "direct invastion" after a similar convoy entered Ukraine last month without permission from authorities in Kyiv.
Russia has defined the "new normal":
Meanwhile, the fighting continues in the east:
The Ukrainian military said its forces had repelled an attack on the airport in the eastern city of Donetsk by pro-Russian separatists, despite an eight-day ceasefire.
City authorities reported shelling in the area of the airport on September 13.
The city of Donetsk is controlled by the separatists, but the airport is controlled by government forces.
The military and the separatists have accused each other of repeated violations of the September 5 cease-fire agreement aimed to halt five months of fighting.
Meanwhile, dozens of trucks from a convoy which Russian officials say is carrying humanitarian aid on September 13 arrived in Luhansk, the other major separatist stronghold in eastern Ukraine.
The International Committee of the Red Cross said none of its officials is accompanying the convoy.
A similar convoy entered Ukraine last month without permission from authorities in Kyiv, sparking a protest by the Ukrainian government.